Mohon Maaf Zahir Batin...

I know my blog dah bersawang semacam...reason being is: I am very, very, very, very busy with my work...I have no time to update my blog. Seb baik ari ni ada siiiikit free. Dapat jugak aku update serba sedikit.

Okay, the day before raya we all gathered at my granny's house at IP. Buka puasa meriah sungguh sebab everybody's there. The look on my granny's face is priceless...she's just too happy at times like this. No pictures taken sebab busy makan and makan and makan...then kemas2 apa yang patut. We re decorate my granny's place from top to bottom, from front to back. Siap tuh, terus ke dapur for the potong memotong blender memblender goreng menggoreng thingy. Aku tolong sikit sebab ada appointment di saloon pukul 2030hrs. Not me lah, I'm just the driver, yang ada appointment tu is my sisters and cousins. Walaupun saloon tu cuma a few minutes walking distance, nowadays I don't trust them to walk on their own. Not after a lot of kejadians (Manglish ok!) that's been happening, latest is Allahyarhamah Nurin Jazlin(Al-Fatihah & GOD, please forbid that from happening to any of my family members...AMIN).

After saloon, back to the house and continue with our raya preparation. Badabingbadabang, it's almost 3am when we're done with the prep. Pas tu tried to catch our beauty sleep yang cuma 2 1/2 hours...bangun balik jam 0530am and trus masak. My duty is to cook nasi minyak and the other lauk pauk my mom yang uruskan. Selalunya my granny yang masak tapi tahun ni dia tak larat dah, me n my mom yang took over the reign of official chief cook for Hari Raya (and other family related functions). The dishes are Nasi Minyak, Ayam Masak Merah, Kari Tulang, Daging Sambal and Acar Basah. After sembahyang raya, lawat kubur and salam salam semua tu, terus rumah diserang bertali arus. Awal awal tu kitorang plan nak balik rumah awal sikit, dalam jam 3 petang ke, tapi memandangkan keadaan yang busy teramat itu plan changed. Akhirnya, kami sampai rumah dalam jam 7 petang. Rehat kejap,terus zzzzzz........kepenatan dan ke'busy'an makes me forget to snap any pictures di hari raya yang pertama...isk isk isk...

2nd day of raya pula, we're hosting an open house espeially for my non-muslim relatives from my mom's side. Tapi nama pun open house, ramai pula kawan2 adikku yang tercinta itu datang. We cooked Nasi Minyak, Nasi Impit, Ayam Goreng Berempah, Ayam Masak Merah and Daging Kuah Kacang. Ngam ngam siap masak and kemas rumah, tetamu datang. Fuh, sibuk giler sampai ke malam! And as usual, gambar pun tidak di ambil kerana kepenatan yang teramat...

3rd day of raya, again, we're hosting an open house. Kali ni especially for relatived sebelah my dad pula (and friends too). We served them my specialty- Nasi Ayam, Mi Hailam, Ayam Goreng Lada Hitam and Ikan Taucu, as you can see below:-

The lauks pauks...erk...tangan sepa pulak tu?

My mom and my aunt Norma - shy shy tenuk pula dia ni. Dah orang ambik gambo tu pose ajela!

My sis Norizah a.k.a Ija Cantik busy SMS-ing her boyfriend

It's me! Posing cantik depan rumah . Taken before tetamu datang


My granny (Mamuda) and me...

The clearer view of the food...

The hungry crowd...Uncle Encho, cousin Zariq and cousin Amirul

Aunty Kamalia Abdullah @ Cecilia Han

Ini saja gambar2 yang sempat aku ambik sebelum rumahku diserang secara berkumpulan dan tanpa belas kasihan oleh kengkawan adik adik aku. I ended up cooking the 2nd batch of the chicken rice and mee hailam. Korang bayangkanlah, sampai 10 kilo beras nasi ayam aku masak! Anyways, it's a good day. Penat tapi seronok melayan tetamu. Malamnya trus tido mati.....zzzz...kroh kroh kroh kroh....

Itu la kesimpulan for my raya this year in short (kalo buat version yang panjang kang korang x larat nak membaca). Tak larat aku menaip. Esok2 aku update lagi ye. Till next post, TataTitiTutu...

The Updates

Hi...

Okay here's some updates since my last posting...

The Attack on Bazar Ramadhan
So, I went to Bazar Ramadhan at Sembulan with Idayu. We're so lucky we could get a parking. Sampai saja aku terus attack gerai Martabak Jawa. Tergezut aku when I saw the harga! Last year, 1 piece of Martabak Jawa is only RM1.00, sekarang it's RM1.50! Oh well, oleh kerana orang orang di rumah tu teringin Martabak Jawa Sembulan, so aku pun beli la 3 pieces of it. Next is the Gado Gado. I bought yang pedas punya. Price, same as ever..RM2.00 per tapau. Then aku lalu di gerai jual kuih kochung and pulut inti daging. Aku beli 3 pieces each. Nampak pula hati buya (limpa) yang di grill, then ada kuah kicap tu...nyum...nyum...tanpa membuang masa aku rembat 5 cucuk. Then aku nampak pula my mom's favourite - Ikan Baulu panggang. Harga RM7.00 seekor. Not bad kan? Aku pun beli la seekor. Tidak apa lah...after all, it's for my mom. Pas tuh, aku beli Lai Chi Kang, tauhu sumbat, tempe goreng, satay, agar-agar and popiah. Ikut kan hati, banyak lagi aku mau rembat but takut membazir la pulak. So I stop at that. My mom bising juga when she saw me beli banyak benda, but bila aku hulur the ikan panggang, diam pula dia..hahaha..malam tu berbuka meriah la jawabnya. End of story No. 1

The Buka Puasa Hosting
So, as I've mentioned in my previous post, we're hosting a buka puasa on Saturday. I wnt to Pasar with mom and bought stuffs for the event. We chose to serve Ikan Goreng, Ikan taucu, ayam goreng, ayam masak Kicap, Ulam, Sambal Belacan, Masak Lemak Nangka and Mixed Veggie. Tengah-tengah masak tu, my grandma called and cakap dia teringin makan mihun goreng la pulak. Aku pun kerah my bro to beli the mihun. It's almost 1730hrs when our tetamu's sampai. Nasib baik aku sempat mengemas beforehand. In short, our buka puasa is a success la kiranya. Soprry ek takde gambar coz takde camera...hehehe

The Buka Puasa @ Ocean Seafood
Al-kisahnya, tak jadi due to unforeseen circumstances. So takde la story.

The Cousin's Story
Ceritanya, my cousin ni rasa yang dia macam terasing from her own family sebab her mother loves the sisters more than her. FYI mother dia ni my mom punya first cousin so aku ngan dia 2nd cousin la. So dia kol aku asking about my raya's preparation. After that aku lak tanya dia punya preparation. Selalunya memang dia balik Tawau tempat parents dia tapi tahun ni dia cakap tak balik. Hmmm...ini mesti ada something wrong...so aku korek la lagi. Tup tup dia nangis pulak then bagi tau aku yang dia gaduh ngan mother dia. According to her semua tu pasal kakak dia and another cousin of ours and pasal duit pun ada juga. Aku biar je dia nangis, I mean biar dia puas2 kuarkan apa yang ada dlm hati dia tuh, baru aku console her, bagi advise sikit. Apa pun next week aku dah set satu ari nak buka puasa ngan dia nih. So karang aku update kagi yek...complicated cerita dia ni sebenarnya so I have to take time to compose her story. Harap korang bersabar.

Setakat ni la nampaknya yang aku larat taip. Esok2 aku post lagi ye.

Till next post, TataTitiTutu...