hey hey hari raya. hey hey hari raya.
my raya started from yesterday when alin, my daughter flew in from melbourne. she had another new hairstyle. i knew my investment is berbaloi (she is a hairstyling student). later she showed me photos of her with trophies won as Victoria's "hairstyling student of the year 2008" and second place in the "rock pop" style category.
buka posa was was laksa.
today's breakfast menu was also laksa. plus ketupat, rendang, lemang and meehoon. consumed after solat raya at the setiawangsa mosque. which was packed, by people who this year decided to skip the balik kampung madness (wise move)
noon was a trip to our big bro's house in bukit jelutong where umi and all the bros and in laws and nephews,neices and grand nephews have gathered. TJ was surprisingly 15 minsearlier than us, but he was still "on the way " to see our umi who was inside the house.
after the makan,(lamang,ketupat and umi's legendary rendang,among other must haves ) it was photography time. and the official photographer, our MMU qualified Che Wan did a good job, with the help of 6 other amatures. Umi was overwhelmed and had tears in her eyes as she thought of three significant absentees, our dear and departed aruah ayah and aruah brother israf (alfatihah for them) and israf's daughters fifi, hadirah and hafizah, and wife maliah who are now in alor star after maliah's father passed away last 22 sept.
Umi at 87 is blessed with spiritual and physical strength. and her wealth of children, duaghters-in-law, children and great grandchildren. More important her great grand daughter Abigail is a kutianyir, who will inherit all her properties in Broelluck, Minangkabau Sumatera and carry on her warisan suku .
And after the photo sessions, it was duit raya time, and it was my turn to hulorg to the nephews, neices and grandnephews and grandneices.
Yes, hari raya is about family. And reunions. I thought about a friend who could not be with her mum and family because of differences in opinions and circumsatances, and I feel really sad for her. And for the 100 over indonesian workers whose tongkang sank last night in port klang (with 12 deaths ) because they were cheated and the tongkang was overloaded.
So we all should bersyukur for the blessings Allah has given us. Takbir!
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3 comments:
Allah is great!yes u r rite pakbang,raya is all about family, n reunion.some of us might say that bkt jelutong will never be thorpe rd,but we managed to get together for raya.thorpe rd is all about us.thorpe rd is not the same without tokyah,pakcik israf n didi. i look forward for more raya being together with all of us, whereever we could gather.
Salam empunya rumah,
Selamat Hari Raya dan Maaf Zahir Batin.
I was on my daily visit to Kak Emila's, reading comments, when i blog hopped to Dymstify and finally landed me here.
Wah, i am sure Hari Raya must be quite "menyeronokkan" just from reading your post.
I agree, Hari Raya is all about Family. And Reunions. And Forgiving. (Plus the foodie too).
p/s: at first glimpse, this blog name sounds like something Japanese or Korean, but then, i was laughing... ahhhh.. canyoukira? funny..and interesting at the same time. :)
can you kira! rizal is my first commentator outside my circle of family. welcome to my humble blog.
I still have not pu on photos.cos I don't know how.
You kow, people like me are digital immigrants. We grew up when there was no tv, only radio, medium wave and short wave. now it's digital radio.
We also grew up on analogue tv.now it's digital tv.
then came the intrnet, and now blogs.
so we miograted from analogue to digital.
but those under under 30 all grew up in the digital world and hence they are known as digital natives. the cyberworld is part and parcel of their lives. they can't live without their handphones, pc, laptops etc and are always multitasking.
we digital imigrants must try and cope up,, slowly but surely.
soon I will log my photos in. there's so much to share cos i am also a traveller. been travelling for free doing it for free in the name of work. you ee my olympic story in beijing still not complete yet.
I will have to go into you blog, rizal and maybe we can laugh together.
cheers!
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