Finally the Sun's Out

After many days of rain and gloomy skies...the sun showed itself this morning. Let's hope it stays bright and dry till the end of the day today.

More Rain on Wednesday

And it rained some more today.....
As expected, roads were lined with cars.

Rainy Tuesday

More rain came our way on Tuesday. The sun didn't even make its appearance. What a wet, wet day.....

Putrajaya 23102007 @1.20pm

Gloomy skies over Putrajaya.

Rainy Days and Mondays

For folks who took off the whole of last week to cuti raya, today’s their 1st day back at work. The weather however, had other plans. It had this in store for most of us city folk drivers….RAIN and lots of it!!

The view out of my bedroom window was so dark and gloomy this morning. Two things played on my mind….should I venture the rain and be stucked in a traffic jam on the way to work …or should I wait and leave until the office rush is cleared. The wiser of me decided to pick the later.

So…I didn’t bother to leave home till it was almost 8.45am. Sent Nissa to school and pumped petrol into my car and then only headed to work. Pheww….what a breather…the road to work was OK. Heard on the radio that most roads into the city were jammed. A normal thing one would have to encounter when it rains in KL.

It’s back to reality I guess. After all the celebrations, all the ketupat lemang, it’s back to deadlines, submissions and meetings. It’s gonna be a long week this week.... that’s for sure :-((

Perhaps this song from the Carpenters best describes the feelings for today…

Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down

One for the Album

All smiles for the Raya album.....

A photo shoot of the family.

Mom, my sister and children and me and the family.

Mom, my sister Shamilah & me.

My sister Shamilah, hubby and her two boys.

Faris control macho...and check out how the samping is tied...beranak kaw-kaw!!!

Finally, a candid of ABE catching a nap.

Let's Balik Kampung!!

It's Hari Raya!!! And let's balik kampung!!!

What would Raya be if it's not going back to one's hometown to celebrate with family and friends. Eidul Fitri this year falls on Saturday 13th October 2007. For folks who are in the city, many had headed for their hometowns even as early as Wednesday.

Festive decorations on the road to Mom's place.

So...where is the "Kampung"?? Hehe..hehe...it's Seremban, a small town about 1 hour drive to the south of KL. Yup...I am a Negri girl and proud of it. When I tell friends that I am from Negri Sembilan, some of them go "Aaaa....orang negeri....adat pepatih...where girls get to keep ALL the harta." Alah...whatever lah...one thing for sure, I don't have to spend many, many hours for my journey back.

My kids were excited to go back to meet up with their cousins. And for me, I was excited to be home at Mom's place. There would be plenty of yummy food and I could take some time out to rest as well. I don't know what's with our family home....but I sure am able to get a good rest here. I sleep better here all the time. Maybe it's because I am more relaxed...the mind is more at peace, hence the sleep is more peaceful.

We left Shah Alam that Friday afternoon. Traffic was good. It took us only 1 hour to get to my Mom's place. On the way, we stopped to get some lemang, a must have delicacy for Raya.

Mom had made chicken & beef rendang. With the help of Bibik, I had prepared serunding and kuah kacang at home. We had a good buka puasa that evening. The dinner table was full with stuffs to eat. The kids had a real good time enjoying the good food....after all Eidul Fitri only comes once a year.

Later that night, the folks from the nearby surau came and did takbir at our house. There were more children than adults. Mom had a surprise for the children. She served them ice-cream. Ha..hah...that was quite some treat for them. Something different from the usual lemang, ketupat & kuah kacang.

Folks who came takbir at the house.

Kengkawan...got ice-cream in this house lah...

We slept late that night. Have to conserve some energy for the next day coz we'd be visiting more relatives at the Kampung.

It's EIDUL FITRI today

After a month of fasting, we celebrate EIDUL FITIR today. EIDUL FITRI is celebrated on the first day of Shawal, at the completion of Ramadan.

The Eidul Fitri is a very joyous day. It is a true Thanksgiving Day for all Muslims. On this day Muslims show their real joy for the health, strength and the opportunities of life, which Allah has given to them to fulfill their obligation of fasting and other good deeds during the blessed month of Ramadan.