That’s all folks

 Syawal has come to an end and I’m humbled to have received 13 groups of guests this time. But then I’m still expecting probably another 2 groups this week. 

So what did we cover over the last weekend of Syawal?

We conquered the east. 

The only open house I looked forward to each Raya.

At cousin’s cos of her home cooked food.

Cos it’s at cousin’s kan so memang tak malu amik plateful like this. Can you see that tulang? ❤️

My last eidfit for this year. And I cannot wait to buy new baju kurung for upcoming 2 weddings. Proud of ourselves for surviving on public tpt from the east.

And so blessed and grateful for these popmart versi JKT. Owes the cousin so much more. 🥹

And such a special last Syawal weekend cos milestone unlocked. I don’t know what you’re trying to imply but thank you for making the weekend more bearable. 

Exhausted

 I think I’ve used up all of my energy since last Thursday.

Movie all the way at South, Friday raya 2 houses then movie, Saturday cooked for the sis early morning, co hosted guests and received 2 groups of  guests at night and Sunday went to Mom’s and she received a guest. 

Monday came we chilled a bit yet still hungover. 

Tuesday was just marketing.

Wed beraya pepagi hari and rushed home. 

Today accompanied Mom and came home really really shagged. Till I didn’t join the boys for dinner and took a nap instead. And all these in between chores eh. Like vacuum the house, laundry (cuci, jemur, angkat, lipat, kemas X10) buang sampah, cook. 

But Alhamdulillah for the beautiful sunset splash today. 

Despite not seeing you, not viewing me and not liking this roller coaster ride. 

And finally Putih stopped and waited for me when I called out. Tapi mata tu… Jangan nak squint sangat. Geram

Last week of Syawal

Last lap!

Well, still expecting guests this coming weekend.

And still beraya today! Pepagi lagi. 

9.30am sampai. 

 

Soto for Raya brunch. ❤️

The colorful cakes so yummy but no space to stuff them. 

Eidfit for today! Dengan hujan lebatnye lagi.

Think we’ve received 11 groups of guests so far.

Phew. Humbled especially to those who’ve made time to come over and taste my mediocre cooking. 🫠

Happy eh? Today view byk2. So so tempted to msg tau tapi iman masih kuat. 🤗

How do I?

What do you mean it’s still the wkend?

My badan rasa mcm da patah 10.

Every raya I would looked back and pondered how I managed to survive cooking for groups of guests. 

Not that my cooking sedap na but at least edible. Heh. 

Sis already ordered mini buffet for her gathering but she still requested for my sambal udang. This recipe from mom is so underrated. Ingredients super simple just dried chilli, lotsa onions garam and gula. No asam no belacan. I would whip this every Raya.

Food was not bad but lacked telur rebus. And that ikan is weird combo eh with ketupat. Sapa la makan lontong with ikan. So I cooked that sambal udang, delivered it early morning, had 2 servings of meals and went home to prep for night guests. Also probably the 1st time we had guests over late till almost 11pm. But heart’s so so full. I only cooked lontong goreng and the husb said a tad bit too sweet (eeeeks!) and fried nuggets, chix popcorn and few drumlets. Bff even brought along cheesecake and love letters for us. Alhamdulillah despite having to help sis host her besties, I managed to receive 2 groups of guests. I truly appreciate (word ni lagi) guests making time to come by our humble place. 

Today nak chill can?

And and and… it’s been a few wkends by now.

Am I supposed to be jealous already?? Haha.

Later I doa more okie. For you to mention that way early in our conversations meant you were in that situation before? That got people jealous one ar? Tapi i got no time seh. I busy. Busy fikir nak buy new shoes, busy stressing about mould on my bags, busy nak cari kasut sekolah, busy nak fikir vote untuk siapa… tsk

Back to back movies

Watched movies 2 days in a row.

It was crazy. Impromptu.

Inilah pinkitude abis. Went beraya at 2 houses, got home and changed swiftly. 

I forgot how it was like watching movies on a weekend. Occasionally I do watch movies but at off peak timings like early in the day. And this one filled with many big kids and they clapped and cheered. Teringat tgk movie at KLCC last time. Seriously though, this generation’s totally different from our time. We would be all shy and well-behaved except for scary movies when we would screamed uncontrollably because of shocking scenes.

Grateful for the fulfilling day. What started with early nasi lemak lunch at mom’s, nasi jagung at cousin’s, lontong goreng at his army friend’s crib siap tapau sekali and thai late dinner.

And yesterday. I don’t know why but i got the urge to watch this so i told the bf bestie. She gyler eh. Cos she agreed to watch with me padahal she gonna watch the same one at night. What sorcery is this? 

Anyways so glad I managed to catch this one. I’m not really a fan of Asian movies what more msia punya. I used to like syafiq but I got over him. Eh. Haha. This movie’s lessons were real. You’ll nvr know whom you can trust. Best said not to trust anyone 100%. I cannot even trust myself at times. And in between chapters of life you’ll get sabotaged. Life’s like that. But at this age, I always feel that it’s best to say your thoughts especially about how you feel about someone. Close or not. Because, life’s really really short. I’ve lost friends abruptly and when I think of them, I do regret not communicating more with them when they’re still much around. So sometimes I just blurt things out. And I don’t care much about their reaction or whether they accept it. And being honest, saves everyone’s time. I don’t think it’s a right thing to do to not tell someone about your true feelings just cause you’re unsure of the outcome. Entahla apa aku bebel ni. It’s past my bedtime. And it’s going to be a long Saturday. Eh weekend’s only about to start?

Day 2 of cold turkey… Fail

You and me.

Big fail. 

Day 1 of cold turkey

 

Yes. After feeding you with tonnes of my daily info and thoughts, it’s time for you to play your part.

It’s no fun doing all I can but you on the other hand setakat do what you did. Appreciate that you click whenever I posted for the past week or so. But it’s going to take more than just clicking now. If you can get by the wkend easily, I could too. I’ve given up now. So wherever this takes me, I’ll accept. Wholeheartedly. 

It’s time for me to stay low. 

Survived 13 Syawal

 In my hot pink sneakers! 🩷

On my 2nd day. Wah lao. Of all days. Tak kasi chance langsung. But Alhamdulillah survived.

We only had 4 houses but we started late cos the husb had a morning duty and the son was feeling a little under the weather. And we received our 9th group of guests! Masha Allah. So humbled when guests wanted to come over. The exhaustion of hosting all’s worth it! Appreciate (ehhhhh) all the precious catch-ups with the siblings in law. So much love despite our differences. 

I’m so blessed. 🥹

Eid’s a party on 10 Syawal

This time the raya outing was quickly done and over with. We only planned last week, decided to throw in advanced birthday celebration as well. 

But no less drama still. At first, no one wanted to cook. Ended up, everyone cooked. Then the husb found faux lash on the floor and he couldn’t vacuumed it. Haha.

 

Eidfit terpaling busy. 

Siap with sparkling juice segala. 

Truly a celebration. 

Fried fish noodle soup and satay! Complete set eh.

Missed this mess. 

Nasi Ayam and nuggets. Whereas I cooked pizza, chix ribs and mee goreng. Grateful for this precious friendship. 

Dad’s 76th

 Alhamdulillah. Dad turned 76 last Sunday. 

Squeezed a family meal in between visiting.

Had to squeeze another cake cutting before heading back home. Oh husb bought him a hp finally. 

Hope it’s for his benefits. 

Glad that I got to meet the bff this Syawal. 

Very impromptu.

Mom’s night skyline looking so unreal like Macau. 

Definitely more stars than ours.

Pretty sight at the birthday hmmm late lunch venue. Despite the Sunday chaos, food and service was great.

Here’s the buttermilk cod fish with avocado spags.

It makes me wonder

 How blessed I am to be still in touch with friends from long time ago. How I appreciate the bonds forged and to be able to stay friends despite some silent times despite covid challenges despite the tests of time. From childhood friends to colleagues turned lifetime friends. 🥺

From being so carefree and happy go lucky to being strapped down with huge responsibilities and life’s fulfilment. And when I thought I couldn’t get anyone new into my life cos you know, no space, so I had to choose wisely or rather sometimes not so wisely to squeeze someone into that little bit of vacant space in my heart, if any. What is this emo surge post hosting guests?

So lucky I am if you are still a little bit into me. Because I treasure every individual making me smile or cry and jokes through life so that we all can brace through whether smooth or otherwise. And how amazed I am that there’re so many of you could withstand my merepek attitude and my emo seasons. My heart’s so full and overwhelmed.

Alhamdulillah.

You get what you give

 

Today was unpredictable. We were expecting 2 groups of guests but hey, 4 groups turned up. And then my ex partner passed me this! Dejavu ke apa eh. A little freaky cos I just gave this away last Thursday and 2 days later, it came back to me! What kinda sign is this? Was telling my friends how creepy the reciprocal I get of late. So it’s really true You get what you give? Then if I give u my heart I’ll get yours? Hahaha. Tak klaka seh.

Today being the 1st Raya wkend and we kept our day free because BIL wanted to come over. So I invited our annual Raya guests as well. Timing was perfect though they overlapped a little but after that really was turn by turn. Wondering why I was exhausted, then realised been entertaining guests 1-8.30pm. 🫠

However, I treasure the chats and catch-ups with my in laws, cousin and ex partner. Raya is always superb tiring but full of love. 

Best day in a long time

I was going back and forth on grabbing you something. It’s been such a dilemma. But I just go with the flow. Wanted to grab them tarts but I saw it was just a layer of it. So I walked on to 7e instead. 

Thought wanted to ask you come down but I guess I couldn’t deal talking with you personally. So with heavy heart, walked over to the bus stop. But then I saw you just seen my post entah how, I told mom to wait and I rushed back in. Left it at the counter and even shamelessly asked the lady for a piece of paper. And I scribbled some endorphins s$:& and even daringly signed off my name. She asked if you knew me I confidently said yeah. 

Reached home decided to freshen up and minta doa. Really minta doa for signs. Saw the msg almost immediately after. 🥺

 

Then jiran came up and passed me this. 😩

The more la I emo. Because, I only gave chocs then I got my fave Care Bear which I’m gonna use totally for both specs and hp. A while later, 2 ladies came and after answering survey qns they gave me $10 SS voucher. 

Then our fave special guests came over for Raya. 

So thankful and emo laaaaaa.