The First Day of The Eid - Morning

People are always excited on the first day of the Eid.  So were we.  We woke up before the Subuh prayer and started cleaning ourselves and wearing new clothes, of course!

 She chose this outfit herself.  The color for this year was grey for us ladies.  For Papa and Tareeq, they're wearing last year's Baju Melayu.

 We went to the masjid early - about 8.00am.  Not many people were there yet.  So we got to choose the perfect spot - near the wall.

 People started filling the masjid but it's still early.

 By 9.00am Zoey was restless and she's tired of waiting.  She also felt a bit suffocated due to her thick shawl.  So I removed it and she's still not happy because it's already almost an hour and she couldn't move here and there.

 After the prayer, she decided not to wear the hijab anymore.  The prayer finished around 10.00am. We got back and ate lots of Ketupat and Lemang.  We're also waiting for Pak Chaq to arrive to go to Tok Ngah's house, as usual.

At Tok Ngah's, our favourite dish is always the Beef Curry eaten with ketupat.  Simply marvellous! Zoey and Nukman went out to get some rambutans from the tree.

Their usual corner - with Rosman, my cousin.

 This time Nukman accompanied Tok Wan at the corner.

Eating at Tok Ngah's is a never ending activity.

I had to stop eating.  So, I took them outside.

To the paddy field behind Tok Ngah's house.

Left behind because she was busy playing.

The vast paddy field in the background.

And one with the kampong as the background.

Not yet ready to be harvested but good enough to be turned into emping - a dish using rolled young rice grains.

Then Tareeq and Nukman joined us.

Complete!

Standing L-R: Nurul Nadhirah, Nurul Nadiah, Tareeq holding  Zoey's feet, Nukman

Squatting L-R: Taqreesa, Tareena, Nurul Nailah

 On the way back to the house, they found the chicken coop.

After Spending the Eid at Tok Ngah's we proceeded to Seberang Perai to Papa's aunt's house.  The trip took about 1 hr plus and everybody was sleepy and sleeping in the car.  Zoey continued sleeping in the masjid where we stopped for the Asar prayer.

We arrived at Tok Su's house.  This was the only Raya picture of me and Papa. Huhu...

Zoey was busy picking rambutans outside.

I enjoyed it too!

That night we went to Aunty Munirah's parents' house in Taman Golf.

Nina's favourite boy - Aunty Mun's Hazim.

A group picture before going home.

It was a fun day from that morning onwards.  We got to meet families and friends too! And I just love the travel - going here and there.  Aaaannnnd... loads of food to eat!

Preparing For the Coming Eid

I normally bought cookies for the Eid.  This year Zoey insisted on baking our own cookies.  I remembered when I was small, always helping my mother (with my sister) baking all kinds of cookies for the Eid and it was fun.  So, I guess I'd let Zoey experience and enjoy the fun too.

 The first cookie is the Dahlia Cookie.  So I asked her to cut some cherries.  Since I only had the green ones, they'd do just fine.

 Then I taught her to press the dough.  After a few attempts she gave up and I had to finish everything!

 Her job then was to sprinkle some chocolate rice - because the green cherries were not beautiful.

Done and baked!

 The next day we baked some Cornflakes Cookies.  She diligently helped me, again.

Watching the Barbie Playhouse video on youtube.  This time she stayed until the end.  Good job Zoey!

After that we decided to prepare some Maruku - as requested by Papa.

A simple but time-consuming favourite.  I started around 10am and finished by 4.00pm.  My right arm still hurts today from 6 hours of rolling and cutting the thinly-rolled dough into strips like these.

Oh ya! Zoey decided to not help after about 2 hours into it. Hahaha....

The burnt oil that was used for frying.  I forgot to switch off the burner while rolling and cutting the next batch.  So, I had to wait for it to cool off before using new oil. *Sigh!*

While I was preparing the Maruku, Nina made these Chocolate Chips Cookies.  They taste like the ones sold by Famous Amos!

After about a week now, the cornflake cookies and the chocolate chip cookies are down by half.  So today, after work, I have to make some new ones to bring back to Maktok and Tokwan.  It's quite a fun feat baking them with the girls.  Asha didn't join us because she's busy polishing her guitar skill.

We'll do this again next year.  Eid Mubarak to all.  We'll go back to Kedah tomorrow night.  Mami informed that they're preparing the house.  Yay!  Pak Chaq also agreed to a BBQ on Sunday. Another Yay!