malam raya yg menyeronokkan

i did come over immediately after sahur. d first thing mum made was these colourful jellies. it looks simple but superbly delicious.
this is another type of jelly mum made. sedap woo...
this is air bandung, specially made for berbuka. lihatlah buih2 itu...
chicken rendang 1st stage.
masukkan santan.
ayam kampung ye puan2...
beef rendang. im not a big fan though.
nasi impit.

eh yang, gaya u masukkan kerisik tu sexy la...har, har...
not satisfied with 2 types of jellies, she decided to bake a cake.
adik2 ku yg rajin menolong.
si mat sorang ni, dari sahur bangun tak tido2 smp la org habis masak.

lebih kepada menyibuk untuk menolong aunty masukkan kuih ke dalam bekas.
buka time!! lazatnye tak terkira!!
chef terhormat yg tak sabar nak rasa makanan.
di kiri sekali, si kenit yg sibuk nk makan sekali bersama dgn ultraman kudung.
alhamdulillah, selamat puasa sebulan...

if u noticed, there's no rania in the pictures. believe it or not, she's down with fever. seronok sgt main bunga api and i guess d smoke was too much for her last nite. so i gave her medicine and had to force her to rest so that she could get well soon and pakai baju raya. on d other hand, omar was eating non stop and he was so hyper that i suspected somebody must have given him red bull. things didnt work out as i planned. were supposed to jalan2 kl tengok lampu after isyak but since rania is not well, we had to abandon d idea. so we watched raya dramas instead. kenapa sume cerita sedih? tak bole ke buat klakar2 sket? it is so predictable. nway, apart from rania down with fever, everything was fun. sayur lodeh esok baru masak takut nanti basi. to ida, enjoy d pictures. my parents did think bout u while cooking. to everybody, selamat hari raya aidilfitri!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cerita raya

firstly sorry for the low quality of pictures. taken using my phone. plus at nite so this is d best i could get. on d left is rania and omar's playmate. i invited him over. without him, it wouldnt be as fun as it was. it happened that rania wasnt afraid anymore. mungkin kena tunjuk macho...
dahla tak takut, pegang 2 sekali...!


oh yeah, we had fun. seeing them playing together makes all d problems go away, be it big or small. it makes u appreciate the small, small things. (philosophical la pulak...)
tonite will be d last sahur. immediately after, i have to go to mum's house to help her cook. it's gonna be a big, big feast for berbuka later. i cant wait. i think, that's d best part. it's the last day of fasting, u keep yourself busy with food preparation, ie; kuah kacang, sayur lodeh, rendang ayam, rendang daging, nasi impit, ketupat, lemang (beli)...and when u break fast for the last time for the year with the food that u cook from scratch, it is all worth it, dont u think? and the takbir that u hear from the tv, it makes u all melancholic and smiley and hati berbunga and filled with satisfaction.
oh, i juz looooooooove d raya mood in me rite now...

satu hari di hari jumaat

since im feeling better, i'll show u what we had for last nite's berbuka. nothing special, kari daging, ayam goreng, sayur, sup yong tau foo and d most left was a dish from a neighbour, a tunisian dish. GILA TAK SEDAP okay.........
durian with pulut, santan and gula.
my handsome boy yang dah siap mandi.

macam terra mamat ni.....

lagi ampat hali

to those who wished me well, thank u.
im better now but the persistent cough is still there. but at least im better than a week ago. everybody knows im a sucker for raya. and ive planned so many things during ramadhan. but like they say, man can only plan. i managed to fast the first half of ramadhan effortlessly. the next 10 days was a struggle. and this remaining 5, i hope im back in the mood. during those 10 days, i called a friend to consult with. i thot i was depressed and i need some 'perk-me-up' conversations. it did help. she told me things that i shouldnt be worried about. and how to fill up the emptiness. maybe it was the sickness that triggered the emptiness. i hope so.
sometimes when u dont have the energy to do anything, all u wanna do is lie down and shut your eyes. but like i said, im better now. been listening to raya cds in my car, tagging my kids along to sing with me. got my baju raya, bought kuih semprit coz that's my favourite, did go to kg baru yesterday to search for bunga api but it was a lost cause. ended up stuck in d afternoon jam but hubby's not complaining. why is it so difficult to find bunga api nowadays?
but the search is still on.................

hari ke 24

ivr got my phone back. finally! seriously, i was miserable d whole time! well, everything's ok now.
and i've been sick. again. went to see a doctor (but definitely not in kedah), and he told me my immune system is kinda low due to lack of sleep and maybe stress. d stress part i dont want to elaborate but d lack of sleep part, how true! omar has been sleeping at 2 - 3 a.m. every night for d whole month of ramadhan and it tires me. by 5 i have to get up again and i cant bring myself to sleep again after that. so by the 15th day of fasting, i was like a zombie. d part that i hate d most is d cough. annoying pleghmatic cough. really, really hate it. today is the 24th day of fasting, and im still coughing. and when i'm sick, i'm so weak. d weak part, i cannot tolerate.

dont u juz hate our political scene lately? it makes u hate everybody. it makes u not wanting to tolerate. it's not that u can't, but u juz dont want to. everybody is so selfish in their own way. ppl are meaner and meaner each day. there's hatred everywhere. it's either u confront or u cocooned. d culprits? newspapers!

phoneless

ive been living without a handphone for 2 days now. i sent it for repairs but i dont have an extra phone. so i have to live phonelessly. imagine, no phone? can u? u cant sms, u cant receive calls, u cant make important calls, u cant view pictures when ure bored, u cant snap pictures...i thot i could handle it. n i dont even fall into that 'famous' category where ppl wud call me endlessly. and yet, i feel miserable without a phone. i guess i have to wait.

hari ke-8

hello ppl! hows fasting so far?
mine's so far so good. i stayed at home more due to afternoon nap. ehem, sorry, didnt mean to make anybody jealous of my laidback lifestyle. but seriously, d more i stayed at home, d more i looked at d time. especially when it rains, d time seems to stretch a lil bit longer. even my sis dreads fasting during weekends. she'd prefer weekdays where all of a sudden it's already 6.30pm. i havent had d chance to visit d ramadhan bazaar so far. coz mom even makes dessert. so why bother buying eh? i did visit yesterday but more of looking some 'bunga api' for my kids. quite difficult to find though. after tarawikh, d most memorable sight is to look at them playing with bunga api. it reminds me of my childhood. we managed to find a stall selling it, and d moment we reached home, we got down to business. it turns out that rania was a bit frightened of the sparks and omar was more interested in blowing out d candle. so we actually got to see me and my other half, playing with bunga api, holding 2 at d same time, while trying to spell out our name with d sparks as fast as we could. so there u have it, 2 grown ups having a blast, each reminiscing d old days, enjoying 10 minutes of pretending d kids were not there. fun aint it?

slamat berpuasa!

i would like to wish all of u, slamat berpuasa. semoga diperbanyakkan ibadat di bulan yang baik ini. it comes once a year and no matter how difficult it is to try to steer away from your rountined lifestyle, for this month, try to leave the not so important ones. sacrifice. it will give u the greatest satisfaction at d end of d day. heck, even im reminding myself here.

selamat menjamu selera!

note to kucingoren : rafique ada tak tahun ni??