Eid-Adha

We went back to MY HOMETOWN for the Eid-Adha! (Yay!) It was a BIG for me
since I miss APAK's lemang last Eid-Fitri.

AZ was a bit more socialized this time. The fact that his Pak Ngah was
there to play with him is a big relief. He got to to see lots of new
things, chicken, lots of them (and ada ayam berlaga lagi engkau!), loud
singing birds, lots of cats (and he get to poke them, too!),
to-be-slaughtered kerbau (big grey cow) and he even got chased by the
goose at Tok Su's house (apa lagi, berlari lah Mommy dukung, damn
goose!!) He was dressed prettily in red and smiled cheekily when Daddy
the camera-man asked him to. So cute!

This was the first raya (after soooo long) I can sit in front of the TV
watching movie with a peaceful mind of a clean sink and clear dining
table. We always spent the last few hours of the Raya night washing (and
washing and washing) the dishes, the kuali rendang, the another kuali
rendang, the basins where the santan's was squeezed, the emptied hampas
kelapa, the mixing bowls, all those got to be washed and wiped and
stored before the tomorrow's coming many many cups and saucers, and
pinggan makan lemang, and glasses. The last-minute-cake always made
Alang use and reuse the mixing bowls, crowding the sink that we have
just cleaned. This time, the sink was clear since 10:00 pm but she
messed it up again by waking up at 2:00 a.m to bake some cake! I woke up
seeing the sink for Subuh and growled and went back to sleep! Why can't
people just cleaned after their own mess?

The Hari Raya.
Mak has started slicing up the shallots when the kerbau was still up
standing. She started her daging masak hitam at around 11:00 in the
pressure cooker and finished packing at around 3:00 for us to bring
back. We stopped by at Kepong, Hamdan's mom in law's place to see the
little Baby Soleh. He puked big time on his daddy's lap and Hamdan
looked damn worry! Kesian.... We moved after Maghrib and final stop was
K Endon's place. I walloped her simple but delicious bihun goreng,
headed home and went to bed around 10:30.