we didn't go back to perak and kedah this year because hammad's PMR is a week after raya. a good thing too because my O&G end block exams are directly after raya (but hammad's exams are more important).
since our experience of eidulfitr in johor last 3 years ago was dull and boringl with our 2 elder sisters celebrating at their in-laws, we don't want another of that happening. so we decided to celebrate eid at kakyung's place in shah alam instead. at least everyone will be around and we can go visit our many relatives in klang valley yang tak balik kampung.
i arrived at kakyung's house on sunday night. nawaz was so happy to see me. (that feeling is priceless i tell ya.) i helped clean the house and make it ready for the whole family to stay. mak, ayah, nibah, kakchik and hammad came the next day.
on raya eve, we broke our fast at pak andak's house in klang. mak andak's cooking was glorious and delicious as usual. we didn't do the regular takbir after isya'. pak andak had a group of his neighbours over to do takbir ramai2. my sisters and i stayed in a room at the back and chatted while observing nawaz, aisyah and ayyasy play happily (nawaz and aisyah have a love-hate relationship... they're excited to see each other but they gaduh and fight just as easily).
pagi raya was the usual berebut toilet and ayah rushing us all to get ready on time. we went to masjid negeri shah alam. it was full of people by the time we arrived. my intestines just had to grumble at that time lah kan and required urgent attention so i had to ajak kak chik to teman me find the toilet. we were both in the toilet during the 1st rakaat of prayer but alhamdulillah we could join the 2nd rakaah. since the mosque was full, we had to pray just outside of the toilet. dulu pernah la solat kat tangga but this experience definitely beats that one.
after the prayer, i ajak kakchik pergi tempat lain. tak nak lah dengar khutbah pun kat depan tandas so we went up the stairs. as we were going up, a group of ladies were going the opposite way (nak balik umah kot). i looked toward the other stairs and saw segerombolan lelaki pun balik jugak.
this is a new scene for me since at all the solat rayas i've been too (in baling or sg petani or skudai) people stayed until the end of the khutbah. of course lah i slalu tidur during the khutbahs if their boring and the tone is monotonous, but still i sticked around. terkejut tengok orang balik just after solat raya. yang lelaki dah siap berkumpul kat tepi rak kasut and merokok. (lain sket suasana kat kl nih)
since i couldn't really focus on hearing the khutbah due to the poor sound system outside, my attention was on the various colourful dresses of the many indonesian workers who attended the prayer. orang melayu punye baju raya biase je either baju kurung and kebaya and maybe jubah only menutup aurat properly or not je. but these indonesian ladies garments were eye-catching. macam2 jenis baju ada. they got up in groups so i had a constant diversion from the khutbah only hearing glimpses of the content.
back at kayung's house we had our regular salam2 session and tangkap gambar (walaupun sume camera buat hal, good thing for cameraphones). the difference is in the number of people. at our kampung, there would be a large group of aunts and uncles to salam. everyone had to wait their turn. our session didn't last long this time.
after the eventful eid prayers, we did the annual salam tradition
a very happy kakyang with her kakyung
then we went to kakyung's in-laws in PJ. the nasi lemak and nasi himpit with rendang and lodeh were heavenly.
Achik Fiza and YB Nawaz on their way to his grandparents house in PJ
tertidur dalam perjalanan (macam lah jauh sgt)
then we went to pak ngah's house in ampang. there we ate rendang kerang and daging masak pedas.
at pak ngah's house in ampang
then at ayah's friend's house in taman melawati, they served strawberries as the brother owned a strawberry farm in cameron highlands. at night, we went to aunti maiza's house in klang and had rendang peparu.
mak and ayah went to another house after that but my sisters and i begged to go home as our stomachs were already bloated.
it doesn't matter where you celebrate raya, as long as you have your family around :)eid mubarak everyone!
nawaz bersedia utk tidur dgn aunties tapi tengah malam lari kat mama gak
