Still Raya What....

I know it is NOT a compulsory to post an entry about raya, but somehow I feel it is a must. Ye la.... it is an important event / celebration in our lives kan?

My problem is, I dunno how to summarize it. Those who read my blog regularly or know me personally will realize that I am such a long-winded woman! Yes..... I too realized that okay...? Let see.... may I start with:

The Eve of Raya (Aiyooo... ini pun citer ker?)

I took the day off ; konon-konon nak kemas rumah and pack things for long balik kampung. I ended-up going pusing-pusing Klang and Shah Alam looking for an open clinic. It started when I was garu-ing my kepala on what to do first, I heard Aiman cried lain macam sket. I checked. Badan nya panas. Nearly 39 degree. I panicked. Lap badan dia dengan tuala basah and keluar gi clinic. Masa ni la pulak all LAPAN clinics we went closed for raya holiday. I feel like throwing a stone to their 24hours signs. When we finally found one, got Aiman checked, bagi ubat and all, it was already 5pm.

Ayah & Anak yang ke-mengantukan lepas makan ubat

Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, it was on the eve of hari raya where I was supposed to be at my mother in law's helping her with buka puasa and other raya preparation. This is my first raya to be at my MIL’s place first. Bad impression la kan? Satu helai baju pun tak kemas lagi. We reached her house dekat buka puasa time. Dah la tak bawa sebijik kuih pun..... alahai...... Anyway, maybe because of ubat, Aiman slept well. His body temperature later subsided. We went through the raya preparation dengan meriah and gelak ketawa. I guess, I am lucky to have such nice mertua, ipar duai, biras, nieces and nephews.

1st Day of Raya

Surprisingly I had pretty good sleep that night. Aiman bangun once and terus tido after minum susu. My main concern in the morning was to ensure Aiman tak deman. Make sure makan ubat, minum susu, and mandi and pakai baju raya. He was so nyenyak.

Aiman tak sedarkan diri.....

While the rest pergi masjid for sembahyang raya, few stayed back to prepare breakfast. We had breakfast – this is the first time I had breakfast with all of Che Man's family members. Salam-salam-duit-raya-ambil-gambar. BUT..... Che Man and I, we decided to bersalam bermaafan later in private, coz kita orang malu nak buat camtu in front of his family.

In the afternoon, we drove to Melaka. My MIL’s kampung. Che Man and I bersalaman dan bermaafan dalam kereta on the way to melaka, bleh?

Acara ambil gambar di pagi mulia

Brekafast

2nd Day Raya

Melaka was fun too. It was not overcrowded as I had imagined. There were so many people but it was a fairly comfortable. We went around for raya. Nice people, delicious food. On a different note; Aiman spent much of his time sleeping – could be due to the medicine I diligently gave him. Poor him that I brought him from house to house for raya in a mengantuk mode like that. This is an experience for me. To have a very young child with you while visiting other people houses, sometimes you got to forget about menjamu selera dengan selesa.

Aiman bukan main tido lagi...

3rd Day of Raya & the rest of the week

When they are many people in one house, preparing meals requires a lot of time. I took the safer task – kontrak basuh pinggan. In the afternoon we decided to singgah Nilai – my hometown for lunch before the others proceed to their own destinations. The going back journey felt so long. I missed my family so very much. We were delayed by heavy rain in Melaka.

Heavy rain & flood that delayed our plan. This is jalan raya okeyyyy...

We had our lunch at 3.30pm. It was nice. Thanks to my sister & my dear mother who had to rush with lunch preparation. They never disappointed me in that department. It was sooooo good to be home.

Che Man felt sick that night. He slept most of the time. Aiman dah tak demam. Just selsema and sikit batuk. My elder sister came back from her Kedah. Things went on slowly but with festive mood. Raya visits and all. I felt so relax, so at home. I took the opportunity to take Aiman to children specialist in Seremban too. Lucky that he was only demam selsema biasa. We also went to get his MYkid. Dah berzaman, baru lah terhegeh-hegeh nak collect. Anak aku orang Negeri Sembilan wey...!

Aiman dengan his MyKid

We went to visit my older brother at PESADA. Happy to see him, he was happy to see us. Happy to be able to celebrate raya with him, even in such situation. At least we know that he is healthier there.

Nephew, Nieces, Younger sisters and Aiman with my brother

My elder sister insisted that we shoot for family photo together before my younger sister go back to her place. It was too last minute’s notice, so you won’t see my parents and the other younger sister in this photo. Other than that, I tak ambik banyak gambar, coz I was shy to take out my camera and ask people to pose – susah la aku ni!

Mak, Abah, Adik takde dalam gambar. Isehman....!

We came back to Klang on Saturday evening.

Well, masih hari raya lagi. We did a small family gathering at my place last week, and this time I was totally forgotten about ambil gambar. Satu pun takder. Arghhhh!

I don’t think I can host an open house this raya season. Demam berpanjangan, Aiman asyik nak berdukung and and Che Man is busy with his work even on weekends. I might call few close friends for small dinner or tea and that will be in batches – rumah saya kecik! Since the raya month is almost over, maybe in the month of Zulkaedah?

ANYWAY....

SALAM AIDILFITRI & MAAF ZAHIR BATIN