Bestnya raya kat kampung ni ... Balik Kampung..
Ever since we got married, my mrs. & I have made arrangement for Eid, one year it would be on my side and another year it would be on her side. The arrangement has worked fine since, so this year we celebrated Eid in Pekan.
As I grow older & wiser (doesn't feel like it), I noticed that the Eid celebration feeling has lost some of its luster. As a kid, I would wait impatiently for raya coz that would be the time for collecting duit raya, trying on new clothes bought during Ramadhan, eating all the raya dishes and playing fireworks but as an adult the feeling is reversed as I am the one who's going to fork out the duit raya, buying the clothes and the preparation for it.
But wherever Eid is celebrated, the traditional dishes (Malaysian) would be similar albeit different tasting. For example, at my mrs.'s place, they are having ketupat but at my mum's, we'll be having lontong (this is the pure bona fide Javanese lontong) but the rest would be the same, rendang either beef or chicken, masak lodeh and sambal kacang.
Here's one I made earlier
( bangga tu dapat buat at least satu after 3 tries )
Lontong daun pisang & kuih lopes - hmm...food
( wonder how to shed those weight after indulging into these? )
Apart from the food differences, the environment is also different. At my mrs. her house would be the focal point of gathering as her grandmother is still around, but at my place we would go around to the elder relations during the first day.
But all in all, the spirit of Eid is still abound, irregardless of our geographical location as witnessed when celebrating here in Malaysia or even when I was abroad.
As I grow older & wiser (doesn't feel like it), I noticed that the Eid celebration feeling has lost some of its luster. As a kid, I would wait impatiently for raya coz that would be the time for collecting duit raya, trying on new clothes bought during Ramadhan, eating all the raya dishes and playing fireworks but as an adult the feeling is reversed as I am the one who's going to fork out the duit raya, buying the clothes and the preparation for it.
But wherever Eid is celebrated, the traditional dishes (Malaysian) would be similar albeit different tasting. For example, at my mrs.'s place, they are having ketupat but at my mum's, we'll be having lontong (this is the pure bona fide Javanese lontong) but the rest would be the same, rendang either beef or chicken, masak lodeh and sambal kacang.
Here's one I made earlier
( bangga tu dapat buat at least satu after 3 tries )
Lontong daun pisang & kuih lopes - hmm...food( wonder how to shed those weight after indulging into these? )
But all in all, the spirit of Eid is still abound, irregardless of our geographical location as witnessed when celebrating here in Malaysia or even when I was abroad.
Eid Mubarak everyone.
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