What We did Last Raya?

This year, we spent the first day of raya in PJ. Normally we would be heading to Perlis on the second day but not this year. We need to settle students grades by 9th September. So we plan to go back to Perlis after that. Now what did we do for Raya?

The first day we went for solat raya at Uni*en mosque. Then we headed to my parents place and stayed there till 6 pm. We ate laksa johor, rendang, lemang and nasi impit cooked by my mom. We took pictures of the three of us and also seperate pictures with my sister and her hubby, my mom and my dad but no pictures of us all as a family. Some relatives came to visit and also my dad's friends.

The second day we went visiting to IKEA. I was confident that there would ne not many people but boy was I wrong. There were tonnes of people and we had a helluva time getting a table to eat at the Cafe. Not to mention the long queue. But we divided and conquered. I waited for a table with my aunty and uncle while my sis and her hubby went to buy the food. We waited for almost an hour for a family to finish their food. We thought they were never going to leave because they kept on refilling thier coffee and soft drinks. The purpose of going to IKEA - to met with my mom and aunty's family friends from Jakarta. Plus we had nothing else to do at home.

We met the same family friends again on the third day of Raya when they came over to my mom's house for lunch. This time it was a proper gathering where my mom's siblings also came. You see, my mom's family used to live in Kota Kinabalu (when she was 18 yrs old) and they were all close friends with another family from Jakarta. After more than 40 years, they decided to gather on that day. All my mom's siblings (bar my pilot uncle who flew to Sydney on his last flight before he retired with M*AS) and all sibling's from the Jakarta family (minus one sister who could not come). Lots of pictures were taken but it's all in my mom's camera except for the one below.

On the fourth day we rested at home. We didn't receive any visitors except for Shah's brother and family. We might invite some friends over but we're not sure when as we will be going back to Perlis for the Malaysia Day long weekend break. So, this post sums up our raya which I not as happening as every one else.