1st of September, third day of the Hari Raya celebration......
Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri to all our Muslim friends and their loved ones.
Hari Raya is a lovely time for everyone, me included. It is not possible not to be caught up in the excitement, especially when we see the kids so happy looking for their new baju and songkok and shoes. Go to any baking shops and you would find all these mak ciks and ciks filling up their baskets with loads of stuff that would end up as the most yummy kuih-kuih, kek-kek and biskut-biskut. The menfolk would inevitably be hovering at the cash-counters with their wallets out on the ready. And funnily, these guys looked more than happy to spend their money!!!
My neighbours from across the road, Shariza, Gwei and their two lovely boys had an open house for the neighbours on the first day of the Raya. Shariza is a great cook. The dining table looked like it was going to crash with the weight of chicken curry, prawn and coconut, vegetables in coconut milk, tempe with chicken liver and so many, many other sumptuous-looking dishes. She was incredible. She had cooked all these delicious dishes herself and she appeared to greet us at the door with not a hair out of place. PHEW!!! Talk about superwoman!!!
The house looked lovely too with all those baskets of petunias Gwei and Billy had hung up in their porch. I couldn't resist taking a picture to share. Don't they look pretty?
I guess I better stop admiring those flowers and get down to some serious work. I have offered to make a cake for Ting-Ting and Weng Kong this Saturday. They will be registering their marriage and I thought it would be nice to make them a cake although the Chinese ceremony will not be till 25th. December. Yep, the chu-men (getting out of the door, literally), tea ceremony and wedding dinner will be on Christmas Day!!
Saturday is only, what? two days away!!! *panic-panic* I am going......
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