kueh rayer yey

food for break fast was abundance. there was home cooked mi bandung, air chinchow, mak esah's signature bubur som-som. abg ngah went to the bazaar and bought honeydew with milk drink, ayam panggang, murtabak, tako thai, rojak mamak. i added domino’s pizza to the variety. alhamdulillah, more than enough for group of 13.

gulp gulp

tak dapat candy, muker cramp ah..tension

ayam panggang..sungguh teraser rempahnya hingga ke tulang, tak bedek

italiano?

sesungguhnyer kami bersepupu dan berpuasa

it was kinda sweet and hilarious. with 45 minutes into midnight, 2nd last tray of choc chips halfway baked in oven, suddenly everything was total darkness. BLACK OUT!!!!!! OHH TIDAAKKK........

awesome K800i sony ericsson. this was taken with flash during blackout. spot the candles.

now taken without flash..the real case scenario

there emerged the heavily depended white long stick of candles. hubby was already snoring after isya’…penat kau, 4 jam dia kejerkan kereta jepun tu…polish and wax, terus lepak. betollah cakap orang, kalo bom meletup pun belom pasti dia bisa digegarkan dari ngoroknya. aperkan lagi BLACKOUT. amidst all that, not sure how we all ended up lying face up staring into the dark cloud and the moon outside the house, on the front car porch…bro-in-law bentang tikar, bentang kenbes….and voila! semua open-air camping kat luar. then wafa’s equivalent ‘talented’ cousin, iqmal scoured the storeroom just to take out a pair of binoculars. it was a beautiful saturday night of full moon you all….the moon was bright and illuminating. one by one we passed on the binoculars for a glimpse of that MasyaAllah moon. my sis figured out the shape that formed inside the moon was like a shape of a foetus but i placed my bet on minnie mouse while great hari raya songs were played, thanks to the niece’s nokia 6680. ngah syiok syiok feeling feeling top top keluar lagu PAYUNG and PEREMPUAN CANTEK pulak. ngeri pun ader….tapi oleh kerana bukan misha omar yang nyanyi (pontinak harum sundal malam, tau kan?) ini rihanna and sean kingston yang nyanyi…takleh seserem sangat.

teringat bonda once said..bulan puasa bukan maknanya semua syaitan di belenggu. yang dirantai tu syaitan penggoda..yang menggoda fikiran, menghasut dan mencabar nafsu kiter. tapi jin, jembalang, membang tanah, ha-ha-hantu yang berkeliaran, yang takda tujuan, tak der rumah tu, tu tetap ader taooo...

saner sini semua cocet cocet…indulged in conversations after conversations at 1am. i think that night we were the most rowdiest neighbour in the neighbourhood. nasib baik takder pulak owang jerit “hoi, boleh tolong diam tak!” or else we would have replied “aper ko ingat ni rumah mak bapak ko yang belik ker…kalo tak leh tahan ko pindahlah kat tepi tanjung rambutan brother!”.

aksyen jer tu.

and then there was finally light at the end of the tunnel…ceybah. electricity was restored after almost 2 hours of basking in the moonlight. the aftermath – 1 tray of chao-tar cookies and another tray-sudahlah-simpan-yang-ini-buat-besok-pulak lah. one valuable lesson learnt from this event?

AIR AND WIND NEVER FELT THIS GOOD BEFORE. when a black out happens, it seems as though the darkness took away the wind with it. kepanasan beb…that’s why we all ended up at the car porch.

his partner in crime titon...thus the pout

sempat posing dalam gelap kakakku

ni aper kes?

lepak-ing outside, basking in the moonlight

spot the white round thingy? dats the moon.

yesterday her royal highness returned home with a wide smile. RM130 in exchange for 6 types of cookies in big sized containers. penat memang penat….tapi berbaloi and most crucial - happYness lah!

so then after break fast of fresh coconut juice, her royal highness was sighted dining with the company of yacht team (10 of us) at Eatzi’s yishun safra club. farewell dinner for my boss of 10 years. he is finally moving on to protective coating team. all the best for him. last minute dinner, nasib baik his royal highness was cool about it. got for my now “former” boss the home made tart gulung, potato chips and kerepek ubi pedas…semua dia nyer favorit tu. sebak jugak when thinking he is our boss no more. and of course, food....creamy mushroom soup, toasted garlic bread, t-bone steak with black pepper sauce, choc ice-cream with sliced roasted almonds topped with cream and red cherry. all for her royal highness. and after all that my now "former" boss had to say that i've lost weight. bro, you kelakar ka pa...lu sindir gua ah?

dinner ended at 9.30pm. his royal highness drove my storeguy home while I stopped over at mak buyung’s to give her the potato chips she ordered. excited tol si mak buyung tu…ingatkan aper lah. ruper rupernyer dia excited jumpa baju rayer that fits her..maklumlah, dah nak masok 8 bulan kan. at this stage only blanket and beach towel seem to fit her. *chuckles*.

another ending to an already marvelous weekend.

Thank You Allah.