it was not a lonely raya after all~!!!

:D

yup. i had to spend d raya in kuantan.
away from parent. away from relatives. away from friends. :P but it really was not totally away from everything as wut i expected. hehe.

of cos... d day before raya tu cam all busy rearranging the house... n preparing for raya.
i was in a very energetic n my raya mood was soaring high... maka menjadilah kuih last minitku... kuih samprit... :P walopon d look of it x brape menjadi... but i think d taste is well reserved! hehe. mengikut kata2 org yg merasa sedap n as i'm writing this blog... adela tinggal dlm 10 bijik je lagik kot... yg lain dh slamat kene ngap. hehe

then moved on to cleaning and arranging the furniture.
then my next project was to call up my mom, ideal's auntie and my cousin's wife and ask for recipe. hahahah. rendang ayam & laksa from mama. lontong from aunty is. kaksal for daging rendang tok. start going thru my groceries checklist n decided to cook rendang ayam n lontong je after considering i'm gonna work alone in d kitchen n i doubt i'll have d energy to cook everything. :P

so dat nite i started to cook the rendang ayam... senang je rupenye... main masuk2 je... lepas tu tunggu masak. ahhaha. :P cume my kerisik ade sdikit hangit. after consultation wif mama baru found out...kalau nk goreng kelapa wat kerisik... bile die dh stat perang sikit2 tu terus tutup api... den smbg je goreng tanpa api... cos d heat from the pan will continue to cook the kelapa. dah brownish kasi sejuk sket den trus tumbuk to get kerisik. hehe

lepas tu trus siapkan bahan2 to cook lontong 2morow morning cos i know i'll start my morning in the kitchen late 2morrow. i'm so not a morning person. :P

so end up sleeping around 2am that day n woke up at 6.45am and went stret to kitchen to reheat d rendang. boiled the nasi impit nona (yup... dis yr xde ketupat palas original sbb xtau anyam daun) so nasi impit jela... den trus wat lontong n d sambal kuah kacang (also segera nona. heheheh)

ideal came back from work around 7ish.. n he was sent stret to take d sunat ari raya shower... n while i was cooking...smelly...n messy... he's getting all well-groomed, handsome and wangi. haish! first time raye i was all selebet di pagi raya being d housewife in d kitchen. so off he went to solat raya sesorg leaving me wif my half cooked lontong n nasik impit.

seb baik all was ready before he came back from d mosque... so when he returned... all was ready including me! hehe. all wangi wif my baju raya. sebak gak time beraya wif hubby (1st time la katekan)... den called mama n abah... tried to make it sound all cheery n happy to avoid a soppy raya morning over d phone. hehe. :P i did save my tears.

then came our first guest... a neighbour wif his son... n after about 10 min,... suddenly our house was flooded wif our front-door neighbour n his family members!!! ramai gile ok!!!!!! me panic a lil bit cos my pinggang mangkuk yg dikeluarkan sket je... yg lain sume dlm kotak atas almari. aahhahahaa. last2 biar jelah dorg pakai ape yg ade... pinggan, mangkuk kecik, mangkuk besar sume kuar. :P sudu segala jenis sudu pon kuar. seb baik we were prepared wif bottles of soft drinks so i didn't have to prepare any drinks for guest. at dat time i was so relieved dat i cooked evrything extra... kalau x malu je xtau nk idang ape to guest. :P

so... d start of my raya was definitely not a boring and lonely one. amat meriah ok... i was pretty sure it was merrier than the one i had in KL 2 yrs back. :P cume of cos... i missed my family.

we went to a colleague's house later n i received a confirmed news from mama dat they r coming to kuantan dat evening!!! heheheh. so makin meriahlah rayaku after dat.

mama, abah, afaf, ijat, abg khalis n nuha my niece pon datang! they spent 2 nights there and jus went back yesterday. mama siap bawak dtg daun palas and i took the lesson of anyaman very seriously this time around! thn depan nekad nk buat sniri. heheheheh.

so.... it really was an exciting n great raya for both me n hubby. i got to spent d morning raya wif hubby n later shared d happiness wif ma beloved family....

tq mama, abah, ijat n abg khalis for coming down to kuantan!

LUV U ALL LOTSSS!!!