We made it home to CJ after all this raya. A phone call to mum made me scrap my earlier plans to raya in KL. Told my daughter to see her boss to get extra days cuti else she's just going to find her own way home to CJ (or spend raya alone!) and told Luq to drop off midway on his journey and dont come to KL (unless he wants to spend raya alone too!)Pre-raya at CJ is typical - cooking is predominant with no time for anything else. There is the rendang tok, rendang pedas, ketupat daun palas and wajik. Add to that list nasi impit and kuah kacang and kuah lodeh and curry chicken. But raya was a bit quiet this time - there were only four of us siblings.
Raya itself is spent - eating, what else? - and catching up with each other. But the kitchen is the place to be where mum is concerned.. we cook and clean and cook and cook..
Raya at the in-laws is totally different. We can lepak all day watching tv if we like - switching channels the busiest that we can get and nobody would complain about it. We cook a big pot of anything at the start of the day and eat that all day long.. (no comments from me..)
On the third day of raya we are already back in KL. Unfortunately once we get home, there is not much of the raya mood anymore. The children would be occupied with the PC / PS2 / Disney channel / sleeping (???) Then there'd be big piles of dirty laundry to get over with and the house has to be cleaned (it is raya - the house need to be sparkling..) It is too early to go out visiting also - seem like everyone's still beraya di kampung.
Today the children plan to visit Low Yatt to get some stuff. I need to get the groceries - the boys are home and I need plenty of food. Maybe I should bake a cake too..
How's that for raya? Dull, eh? I have to do better next year.
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