Dah habis Puasa ..... Makan-Makan Pula .........

Hi semua, wishing everybody an enjoyable Hari Raya celebrations.

I celebrated Raya at my in-laws this year. Every Raya we alternate antara my kampong and my hubby's, and this year it is his side punya turn. So tak da la rushing sangat pasal nak cuti cos it is not far from KL, we went back on raya eve morning. The traffic was okay. I suppose most people started off masa weekend before that or on Deepavali.

Raya tahun ni is just a quiet affair, (maybe because both my in-laws are not that well) but the obligatory rendang and kuah lontong tu masih ada la. Followed by the visits to the rumah-rumah sedara. By the evening semua dah macam normal, just waiting for other relatives to make the return visits. We came back to KL on the morning of the 3rd raya and visited a couple of relatives' houses before balik rumah.

Sunday (4th day) was quite busy for me cos that day all my sisters and brothers came over. Bukannya I plan to have an open house hari tu tapi terpaksa.

To start from the beginning, my younger sister left her car at my house bila dia balik kampong for raya. She happens to be the only one who went back kampong. All my other siblings celebrated raya in KL or with their in-laws. Before you start thingking 'eeee teruknya !!!!' everybody ada reason why they did not go back for raya. Lagipun my parents sekarang ni tinggal with my younger sister in Puchong, and only went back kampong for Ramadhan. On Sunday tu all three of them (father, mother and sis) datang balik ke KL. Since kereta dia ada kat my house, of course they have to come her first. Naturally, adik-beradik yang lain tu pun datang sini la sebab nak raya dengan my parents and dengan each other.

But it wasn't that difficult really. Since semua dah tahu yang my house is going to be the meeting place we agreed to have a pot luck gathering. So I made mee curry and my other sisters bawa rendang, nasi himpit and kuah kacang. My daughter baked a cake and we ordered some satay. Semua sekali I thing ada la about 35 people semuanya, including some cousins who also dropped by when they knew that my parents are at my house.

I thought that is the end of the raya makan-makan that I have to prepare for, tapi petang tadi my daughter pula dah hint-hint nak buat makan-makan raya untuk kawan-kawan dia. Ikut her estimate ada la around 20-25 orang. Tak habis lagi la nampaknya.... ini yang kakaknya, yang adik tu tak cakap pula berapa ramai. I told them, kalau nak buat kena buat together cos I tak nak letih dua kali. And they have to promise to help me prepare for it and plus the cleaning up.

Just to let you know, I don't have a maid. But I am thankful because so far I don't have much problem in getting all my three children, including my son to help whenever we have a big gathering of people for makan-makan. That includes the washing up before and after which I know ramai yang tak berapa suka buat, especially the cleaning up after.

Okay that's it for now. Got to start thinking of the menu........