Post Eid al-Adha ramblings...

I am blogging from my bed!! Aaaahhhh... I pat myself on the back for applying for an extra day of leave... in this gloomy weather, you just don't feel like working...

There are a few things cramming my head, fighting for space and attention these days. Some things that need to be done and insya-Allah, I will try to resolve it. I pray He shows me the right way. Ameen.

Alhamdulillah, we were blessed to celebrate yet another Eid-ul Adha, kan... may He bestows his redha on all the sacrifices we make... ameen.

My family had a tahlil for all our beloved ones who've gone before us, Sunday night. You see, my dad passed on one Friday, eve of Eid-ul Adha in 2002. So, since then, we've always held a tahlil every 10 Zulhijjah... I hope all our efforts will benefit our beloved, ameen.

Like ms hart mentioned in her blog, the weather was so gloomy yesterday. But since we stayed indoors, I didn't really mind. The weather was cool, so tak lah berpeluh-peluh bila sibuk melayan tetamu...

We had a simple menu for Eid -- ketupat daun palas, nasi himpit, rendang ayam & daging and mom's original laksa lemak. I baked a choc cake and some cupcakes. SIL brought a choc cheese cake. Enough to fill our tummies from morning till night!! :-D

In the afternoon, the ladies from the nearby surau sent a periuk of sup gearbox from the korban in the morning. Alhamdulillah, our family ada rezeki lebih to korban seekor lembu. I pandang sebelah mata je sup gearbox tuuu... you can see the fat floating on the surface of the soup tauuu... eeeiieww

Did I tell you my camera went bonkers?? I dropped it about 3 weeks ago and it plunged from the third floor down to the second floor!! So angry at myself for being so careless. I now have a hard time using it to take photos (I have no problem reviewing saved photos though)... the lense macam buta... kena godek2 and if I'm lucky, I can 'see'... more often than not, the lense refuses to 'open up' and all there is is blackness... how laa...

So, since camera buat hal, malas nak layan dia to take photos... but I did my best in godek-godeking to capture the bakes I did for Eid and here they are... (alamakkkk malu la kalau wiz tengok!! ;-) -- Wiz!! I was inspired by you, you know!!) Am sure all of you know Wiz, kan... Wiz is THE Queen of cupcakes, novelty cakes, all the cantik-cantik cakes, lahhh... Maira's beeeauuutiful handbag birthday cake was baked by the Royal Majesty herself... I bow to you, my queen... :-D

Aaaahhh... even though it's my day off today, I still have to attend a work-related dinner + awards ceremony at S*hangri-La tonite. Bummer!! Malassss....

Salam Aidilfitri 1429!!

Getting ready for raya

Two more days to raya and preparations are under way to greet the festivity. Have been at mom's since Saturday (FYI my mom's place is just 10 minutes away from mine) and helping out where I could. Some parts of the old house is being repainted (still in progress and it's less than 48 hours till Eid!!)

The girls are having fun offering to help this and that. Nak tolong ini, nak tolong itu...

Misha & Maira 'helping' to fill up the 'lil 'pond' @ Wak Mi's...

My BIL came over yesterday to pick up some things and brought along his cucus, Aiman and Lisa. The kids begged to stay the night and hang out with their aunties (hehe). They are a boisterous lot!! The kids had fun playing some bunga api...

I spent two very productive hours yesterday morning at Jalan TAR searching for tudungs. I say productive because I manage to get all the colours I wanted (well, almost). Buying tudung to match the shade of your outfits sound trivial, but percayalah, it can be such a chore and so meletihkan... so happy I completed the 'chore' yesterday!!

It will be a busy time @ mom's today -- nak kopek bawang etc to make rendang (thank God for bibik!), wash all the cookie canisters, more of mengemas rumah and all the raya preparation thingy... I have been trying to occupy my time with all sorts of activities sebab dalam hati ni... asyik terkenang si dia... every minute.

I am putting focus on making the girls happy throughout this holiday... it should be a happy time for them and I will try not to nag (ooopppss...suddenly I remembered they didn't do their Kumon worksheets yesterday!! nak kena nag ni!! hehe). Maira!!! Misha!!!