housewarming harith & durra

assalamualaikum and hey! :)

sabtu lepas, kitorang pi merasmikan rumah baharu harith and durra hihhii.

tahniah, adik-adikku masuk rumah baharu.

sekali la, housewarming and doa selamat. ada makan-makan.

nah, photos sekitar majlis housewarming hari tu.

the kiddos and i. ada lauk nasi ayam dan mi hun sup as main dishes.
lain-lain side dishes pun ada.. semua sedap-sedap. alhamdulillah.

gambar family yang berjaya hadir (hadir tu satu bentuk kejayaan jugak 😂)

sarah dan ayna. uzair, adik diorang pi tempat lain time ni. meja makan kot. haha

family friend kitorang sejak childhood pun datang. awin, azreen and mama diorg.
alhamdulillah aunty nampak sihat & ceria. she's a cancer fighter.. tapi dah tak buat chemo. berubat kampung. chemo tak larat, panas badan katanya. betul tu, bukan semua orang tahan chemo. plus, chemo ni rosakkan sel2 baik dalam badan. pada sy cara alami mungkin lebih baik. wallahu a'lam. wani doakan aunty sentiasa sihat :)

view keseluruhan di ruang depan.

cik arah, nek yah, babah, faliq, cik po and cik ija.

izrul, ummu & marissa.

bersama-sama tuan rumah yang sibuk dan berada di sana sini hahaa. harith and durra.
thank you for inviting us! (gambar naim tak de, naim dalam bilik)

adik-beradik. cik po, cik arah, cik yah (my mom).

 

ok dah settle event family2 before ramadan, insyaAllah.

ha a la tak sempat buat potluck this time. tunggu raya la pulak haha

till then!

starting the raya gear

assalamualaikum and hi! :)

would like to post this time in english.

but don't mind me, this won't make me any less malay or malaysian. still am ;)

so!

this time it's about raya.

today marks the 17th day of syawal.

alhamdulillah i started replacing the ramadan fast quite early this time, together with the 6 days of syawal fasting. 6 days completed. got another few days to finish the rest. *root for me! lolx*

the pandemic is also nearly ending *alhamdulillah!*,

raya open houses are permitted this year (how cool is that!).

so we went to our first open house, at neighbour's.

donning blue and white, mix and match.

i think i didn't snap any photos at my neighbour's house,

but there's a video! haha

ya, the open house took place at night.

i love the night vibe. one cuz it's cozy, not too hot (hm but still hot, prolly the weather.. hihi), and it's early syawal, so many people are doing the syawal fasting on daylight.

best reasons to do open houses at night.

so after a while, the house was swarming with so many people,

we quickly finished our meal and headed out to play fireworks and firecrackers.

anaqi and i.
they were many other kids too, but not in the shot.

end story of our first open house on 2022.

and down here is the photo of lemang periuk kera, or the pitcher plant lemang.

we've been looking for it right before raya, but to no avail.

i was asking around cuz my husband really dig it *that's how i love him, went looking every nook and cranny for the things that he crave -- if you read this, hun. (i bet not) haha*

finally i found it!

someone at the office shared the info,

and suddenly many other people were ordering too.

 i was more than glad to help them ordered this, so everyone would have the pleasure to taste this delish dish.

oh oh and the rendang! (spicy yellow 'pencen' chicken rendang -- btw how do you call an ayam pencen in english? LOL)

the rendang was fiiiiine.

sedaplah. at par to my tastebud. and yours too *everyone loves delish food lah, right?* kehkeh.

MYR15 per set, bought from mr. uzai, a former staff at our office.
he's doing this full time now, so do not hesitate to contact him to order: 013-6317688
(putrajaya and nearest)

ok to our next open house!

this happened last saturday.

i usually set my weekends *friday too* as 'free-of-fasting' days to celebrate things like this open house lah. lolx

SHARING

i've read somewhere about ramadan's fasting replacement (ganti puasa wajib).

if we're replacing ramadan fasting on that particular day (it's wajib, right),

we cannot bluntly just breaking fast without a concrete reason.

E.G.: we're replacing a fast today.

suddenly, office has eid open house.

so we just break our fast to celebrate and to eat. or because our friends ask us to.

we can't, cuz breaking ramadan fast, even though when we're replacing it, is a sin (berdosa).

unlike sunnah fasting (syawal fasting, or the monday thursday fasting),

that one, we can break our fast because it's not wajib.

wallahu a'lam.

so if we know there will be open houses or whatsnot, and we want to go there to eat,

make sure we're not fasting on that day lah.

fast the next day also cannn :D

*but yeah, one must complete the fasting replacement soon. do not wait till the end of the year. cuz who knows what will happen to us that time, right? tetiba sakit ulcer ke, or gastrik, terkejar pulak nak ganti last minute*

BACK TO THIS OPEN HOUSE STORY. LOLX

idk how to tell this kid to pose a decent look these days. haha!
(always making faces in front of the camera. i surrender already :P)

yeah, this open house is the grand one.

almost look like a wedding, right?

there were many dishes and as a foodie, i was loving it!

beriyani rice, spicy sweet chicken, roasted lamb, satays, apam balik, many many more i can't list them all.

the drawback is just, there were so many people too. peak hours may be.

so i couldn't eat calmly.

there were like two families standing around our table,

waiting for anyone to get up so that they could take over.. haha.

thing is, i just sit and started eating!

i felt like people are looking at me while i ate lolx *though they didn't? i just felt it because they were all surrounding the table*

so i just ate some dishes quickly and then got up to give seats to others.

how baik. not. haha

right before our table being swarmed with guests.

nevertheless, i had a good time there.

met my former boss, didn't catch up anything *lolx*, just saying hi and bye, and a photo snap, cuz he's busy with many guests.

thank you, for the warm hospitality.

next!

the next day on sunday, my fam said let's go balik kampung our late abah.

so let's!

our late abah was a tampin's boy.

tampin, as in negeri sembilan.

the land of delicious authentic lemang and smoky food (smoky beef, smoky chicken, smoky duck. all smoked. lolx. JK)

our grannies already passed away before abah,

so the ones that reside there are our mak lang, induk siti and induk chom. that's how we call our aunties in nogori.

right now both induks are not in the right 'weather'.

induk siti can barely stand up, or else she'll faint. speedy recovery for her.

last time induk nah was there too, but passed away due to cancer. *al-Fatihah*

usually induk nah will help mak lang like go buy groceries, drive the van/car and things like that.

now that induk nah is not around, mak lang did it herself at her golden age.

i pray that Allah give her strength and wellness to face days ahead. and pray for many manyyy rewards for here as she takes care of the family since forever.

thank you, mak lang.

us all, with mak lang.
Allah grant her a good health at the age of.. 73 i think. alhamdulillah.

mak lang and our kampung house.

trivia: my yearly rendang raya's recipe was originally from mak lang.

like no any other.

i never find a rendang as delish as mak lang's.

usually she cooked rendang with like 5 chickens every raya.

but now as she grew older and had to take care of induk,

she just cooked 2 chickens this year.

she cannot cook much like before.

so now when i feel like i want to eat mak lang's rendang,

i have to cook it myself. sobs. :P

next we went to pak ngah and mak ngah's house in seremban.

mak ngah was also not in the best condition (bila dah ziarah sana sini baru la tau keadaan saudara mara. Allahu).

she told us that she fall on march, hurt her waist (and body)

and now she just lay and resting on her bed.

the time i visited, mak ngah was also having a fever. may Allah grant her wellness.

us all with pak ngah. not in the photo; the kids, husb, ain and durra.
they're all somewhere outside the frame. lolx

me and mama. may Allah always blessed her with good health and His rahmah.

last but not least,

i wanna talk about kuih raya (traditional raya cookies/biscuits).

didn't buy much,

this year, i think initially i bought one semperit and two nutella swiss tart. haha

yeah that's it.

then my mom gave me this cornflakes biscuits, made by her.. yums!

cornflakes biscuits by mama.

and this flower semperit, i just bought it for MYR22 only at tampin.
sedaplah pulak, it really melts in the mouth.

 

so to many many more open houses in the future *insyaAllah*

lolx. bye!!

our raya aidilfitri 2020

assalamualaikum and hi, pretty people! :)

dah masuk raya kelima,

rasanya tak lambat sangat untuk wish semuaaaa HAPPY AIDILFITRI!

or eid mubarak! or the classic selamat hari raya aidilfitri.

mohon ampun dan maaf atas kekhilafan diri ni.

scoreboard 0-0 okeh! :D

raya tahun ni dikenali sebagai #coveid.

iaitu covid + eid?

iaitu raya sambil-sambil menghadapi pandemik covid-19.

PM pun dah beritahu,

korang-korang ni raya sehari je.

tu pun kalau nak berkunjung,

just dalam negeri yang sama saja (or in our case, dalam klang valley saja).

lepas tu tak boleh bermalam.

max 20 orang je dalam sehari yang ada dalam satu rumah.

aight kitorang pun follow je la.

walaupun husb & myself, dua-dua 'kampung' kat selangor,

sejak MCO start 18 mac hari tu, tak pernah gerak ke mana-mana ye (except ofis)

tak balik 'kampung' pun. just video call family.

tang raya ni baru laa berkesempatan nak balik.

skema jugak kitorang ni follow rules tak rentas sana sini,

tak bawak budak-budak keluar rumah. haha

yosh, demi keselamatan sejagat.

ya kalau dah nak kena, kena juga.

tapi at least kita dah ambik precautions, so tak la ralit sangat (mintak dijauhkannn).

walaupun raya ala 'kad' ini tahun,

baju raya beli jugak,

and juadah raya masak jugak. lololx

bulan ramadan hari tu sy rajin ambik gambar langit.

so here's gambar langit 1st of syawal ;

cantik kaler langit time raya hari tu *love*

lauk-pauk macam ayam dengan ketupat tu,

kita masak malam raya eve.

esoknya tinggal panaskan je.

juadah di atas meja, raya pertama.

sy memang suka gila-gila dengan raya dishes. the rendang, lemang, ketupat palas semua. awesomeness.

lemang beli, ketupat palas beli lepas tu re-rebus and goreng, nasi himpit mini nona, rebus jugak.

juadah baharu; ayam kicap berempah berkerisek.

ahha tahun ni masak ayam kicap berempah ni.

memang marvellous rasa dia-bukan-nak-puji-masakan-sendiri-tapi-resipi-ni-memang-sedap. bahaha

biasanya on hari raya biasa (bukan MCO),

bila kita berjalan-jalan raya dengan family husb kat banting,

akan sampai satu rumah sedara husb ni.

diorang punya menu every year is ayam kicap berempah dengan lemang.

memang ngam makan dua-dua ni.

biasanya kitorang datang ramai-ramai, makan siap bertambah.

sebab sedap sangat.

so tahun ni tak dapek nak makan, kita pun pi cari resipi.

tak tau la sama ke tak exactly, tapi dapatlah menghilangkan kempunan HAHA

nanti-nanti bila rajin, sy share resipi kat blog ok.

then ada satu rumah ni pulak,

akan hidang lauk dengan nasi putih. fuhhh

biasa akan ada la lauk macam masak lemak, ikan bawal kecik-kecik goreng garing, sayur campur semuaaaa.

aaaa i cannottt. haha

kalau kat ganu pulak, kampung tok ai,

pagi-pagi raya, menu kitorang is sateeeee.

malam raya eve tu dah berkumpul cucuk sate ramai-ramai.

then ada kari ayam cik mah masak.. yum2.

sy akan bawak rendang dari rumah.

pastu rumah sebelah tok pulak akan hidang nasi minyak sedap super sedap, ayam dia lembut mak aih.

tertelan-telan ailio cerita pasal makanan yang tak kesampaian on raya coveid ni. ahaha

tu belum kat nismilan. kampung arwah abah den.

mak lang punya rondang.. fuhh jangan cakap la.

tiada tandingan. ikiki

sebut pasal rendang, ni ha rendang ayam kampung yang sy masak tahun ni. harus pakai resipi mak lang. tapi 1st day raya tak kering sangat lagi. lepas-lepas tu baru berjaya dikeringkan. haha

kuah kacang express. cap jamilah mansor. sedapp! beli kat shopee.

fruits platter. mengenangkan asal raya je tak de sayur, so kali ni kita letak buah banyak sikit.

air ribena laici ni husband yang buat. time raya je sy minum ais. hari lain tak minum. lolx. sedap betul air ni woih.

ni ayam kicap berempah time masak malam sebelum raya. sedap betul, memang akan repeat lagi masak ni insyaAllah.

raya eve tu dah rasmikan dulu ayam kicap dengan lemang. wahhaha

ketupat ni beli dengan budak ofis, tapi sy suka goreng punya version. macam kat ganu.

gambar raya pun tak de la beria sangat tahun ni ye.

mana boleh je. haha

baju theme mint green.

kat rumah sendiri tak sempat bergambar, kita snap snap kat kampung banting je. jyeahh. with ariana.

tang posing tu kita cover belakang ariana lah, sebab kegemukan melanda. haha

time puasa turun 2kilo,

lepas tu menstrual, makan balik, naik balik 2kilo *tepek dahi*

macam tak de artinya diet HAHA

saranghaeeee. biskut sarang semuttthaee.

yeobo and myself. kemain korean panggilan yeobo bagai. hahah

*yeobo = honey in korean

petang tu, gerak ke shah alam pulak.

on the way, singgah rumah zaim kat sijangkang, sebab husb nak pi beraya sana.

lepas tu zaim bawak kitorang jalan ke casa rabiah.

syahma, wife zaim kerja kat casa rabiah ni. kira macam homestay resort gitu.

anaqi and pool. ariana tido ternganga dalam kereta time ni. haha

disebabkan ariana tertidur, kitorang bertiga je la ferfeeling gambar raya kat casa rabiah ni :P

then sampai shah alam, rumah mama pun dekat pukul 6 petang.

kenapa raya boleh sehari jeeee waaa.

mana sempat ni. rushing ok.

kat shah alam ada macam-macam juadah jugak.

yang penting ada nasi minyak ye, gulai daging, ayam masak merah, acar timun wahhhh sedap!

dan pelbagai lagi hidangan tapi macam tak de gambar je dalam kamera ni.

sempat tangkap igstory je haritu kot.

gambar tak snap. sibuk makan je. lolx

kad raya untuk family.

gambar raya sempoi bak ang dengan family ai. tu pun time nak balik baru bergambar hahaha

mama cakap dah tunggu nak bergambar sesama, tapi kitorang tak sampai-sampai, lolx

so diorang dah tukar baju semua.

jadilah ada gambar sekeping ni daripada tak de :P

then malam tu baliklah ke dengkil semula.

kemain ekspress raya kali ni.

sebelum entry berakhir,

ada jugak ni snap gambar juadah hari raya kedua.

walaupun beraya kat rumah sendiri je,

meriah tu tetap kena ada.

walaupun pakai tshirt je kita. haha

meja makan kecik je, tapi makanan banyak. guane tu?

raya kedua, husb request daging salai masak lomak cili api.

ni ha rupa bentuk rendang ayam kampung yang dah semakin kering. makin kering, makin sedap, seriously.

rendang ni memang jenis lagi lama lagi sedap.

jenis yang ko makan berkali-kali pun takkan muak.

rendang lain ai is tak tahu, tapi resipi mak lang memang tak lapuk dek hujan. haha

rendang kerang, bawak daripada banting. sodapp.

eh tetiba tersesat lauk ikan siakap goreng tiga rasa. ni makan buat berbuka semasa raya ketiga.

alkisahnya bahan basah banyak dah habis dalam fridge.

ayam habis terus. kedai pulak tutup lagi.

tinggal ikan je. ada siakap seekor ni, kita pun masaklah.

kat rumah ni memang suka makan ikan. haha

ok tu lah cerita raya MCO 2020 kitorang.

serba sederhana, apa adanya gitu.

sederhana tapi raya vibes tu ada la.

ha korang jangan lupa sambung puasa 6 ok,

banyak ganjarannya, insyaAllah.

till then, peeps!!

ciao cincau!

harith and durra's reception | 02.03.19

assalamualaikum and hi! :)

cerita sebulan yang lepas punya.. ahhaha.
mohon maaf para pembaca sekalian,
i was caught up with lots of things last month.
sibuknya ya ampun :P

so ni adalah cerita majlis kenduri kahwin my bro, harith & durra.
buat kat IDCC, shah alam.
baju pengantin warna dark purple.
dan tema baju untuk family members; rose gold.
we all love the color because it looked sweet and elegant at the same time.

oh. dan caterer haruslah dengan shahmie catering.
ayam masak merah dia sedap, kot!
turun tak berapa temurun since wedding sy lagi pada tahun 2012.. teehee.

the kids = AAs. memang saja bawak kaler untuk diorang ni supaya duduklah diam kejap :P

baju budak berdua ni, satu tempah (ariana) dan satu lagi beli (anaqi).
to those yang mencari baju budak-budak untuk kenduri dan nak cepat,
sila ke kompleks PKNS shah alam kat belah atas.
ada la a few kedai yang jual dengan harga yang sangat affordable.
sampin pelangi anaqi pun harga baru RM25. baju lupa harga, tapi murmur je :D

wafiy. kat belakang tu naqi. our young cous.

cangg!! ni lah dia barisan lauk-pauk daripada shahmie catering & event sdn. bhd.

tak puas hati kan tengok gambar kecik?
nah, kita bagi gambar close up pulak. haha

daging masak beriyani kot ni. lupaaaa haha. baru sebulan dah lupa. apakah ini semua :PP

my heaven on earth; ayam masak merah. serius shahmie punya sedap.

dalca sayur. yums!

untuk nasi putih, ada ikan sweet sour. yang ni ai is tak sempat rasaaaa. bizi kot. lololx

ni terpaling awesome jugak. acar buah!

buah-buahan dengan tembikai dilebihkan, kata caterer kami :P

ada jugak manisan, bubur pelbagai ubi ( i don't know the actual name hihi) dengan mi hun sup.
oklah sebab ada budak-budak kecik kan.
kot yang tak masak lauk sebab pedas, boleh makan mi hun sup.
ais krim kon pun ada jugak :)

my rose gold modern kurung.

warna dalam gambar won't do any justice.. lolx.
warna dia lebih rose gold di dunia sebenar :DD
bunga-bunga 3d tu sy beli kat kompleks PKNS, shah alam dan jahit sendiri.
looked nicer with the flowers.
hujung lengan adalah net (sebenarnya nak organza tapi tak sempat beli, so apa yang ada je la daripada kain lace tu = netting)
tailor tak buat lining kat dalam (bahagian lengan), so pakai lace hand socks la kita *tak nampak dalam gambar*

i think i gained weight that time. cuma tak timbang je HAHA. nampak tak, berisi daripada biasa *NOT pregnant! lolx*

with ariana, my precious.

with mama *hearts*

budak-budak ni dok makan ais krim je la kerjanya. hihi

look at anaqi! :P

ni lah mesin ais krim yang bertanggungjawab tu! HAHA. ais krim ni pun bawah shahmie catering.

goodies/weeding favors. untuk budak-budak punya, sy yang buat. i love packing gifts.

suasana di luar dewan. simple je.

luar dewan. bolehlah sambil-sambil tu tengok pemandangan bandar raya shah alam. kemain besor cermin tingkapnya.

my bro, faliq and mama.

faliq & ain.

guest book's table, set by me and team :D

memang seronok buat meja ni.
barang-barang kebanyakannya beli kat kaison.
pen-pen semua beli kat kedai RM2.10, dekat dengan rumah.
guest book pulak buat sendiri daripada buku RM11 yang dibeli kat kaison.. balut dengan glittery wrapper.
banyak yang DIY la.
save duit ai. wahhaha

pak su & cik su.

my in laws family. husb tiada di tempat kejadian ketika ni. floor manager tu sibuk :D

tq, en jit sudi memeriahkan majlis kami :) one of the nicest bosses that i know. dah bersara dah en. jit ni.

dewan yang sedang-sedang saiznya dan tak besar sangat.

ketibaan pengantin!! xD

bos dan rakan-rakan ofis pun datang. diorang ni datang daripada event rehearsal ok. esoknya ada event dengan Tun M. tenkiuuu.

the dais. harith nak yang simple dan tak terlalu over kerawangnya.

mama, mak ngah, pak ngah. sebelah tu husb as floor manager. hujung tu pulak pak su tengah baca doa.

kan dah kata! bz sokmo floor manager kita hari tu :P

kitorang-kitorang duduk kat depan untuk tunggu giliran nak salam restu.

erni, my close, good friend from university ^^

faizul, former officemate to me and my mom. ya, keciknya dunia bekerja dengan kumpulan orang yang sama :D

keluarga nenek dan atuk angkat sy. daripada sy baby ni diorang jaga. thanks for coming :)

kak ana from office, datang dengan husbnya yang jugak kerja kat ofis kami tapi kat bahagian lain. terima kasih datang! :)

my dearest cous, kak gee :)

dah petang-petang, budak-budak pun tidurrr.

mama's friends from work (now mama dah bersara).

snap gambar sikit dengan pengantin! again, husbandku tengah sibuk HAHA

ma bro and sis :P

ni former jiran and childhood best friend, awin. kira family friend kami la.

aunty safura, awin dan azreen kat guest book table.

with hubster.

with my artwork. lolx

ariana dan meja guest book kami.

di penghujung-hujung majlis, anne daripada ofis pun datang. pagi tu ada hari sukan anak dia :D

izrul, ummu, kak gee (semua ni cous-cous ipar) dan cik long (aunty).

my good friend, raja. datang dengan husb beliau. thanks rajaness!!

my aunt's fam, cik arah, papa and everyone! ^^

aunties and mama. oh. and tuah! :P

with my aunt, cik arah.

with cik arah and kak gee!

last but not least, bergambar dengan mama dan makcik-makcikku. ahaha

minta maaf kalau ada gambar yang tak termasuk dalam ni.
atau sebarang kekurangan sepanjang majlis berlangsung.
and thanks to those who came,
or couldn't come but kirim salam, duit, hadiah semua.
you guys rock and were awesome!

andd to the pengantin; harith and durra..
congratulations, lovebirds!!
happy wedding's day to both of you.
cherish your marriage life, selalulah bersama-sama tak kira susah atau senang, sentiasa bertolak ansur, sabarunnah (esp on the first 5 years, as everyone says) and bring up beautiful, awesome kids to our family! haha

hari kerja kahwin memang penat,
balik tu collapse la kita sampai ke esoknya ahad. lolx
but it was fun.
dan habis dah kenduri adik-beradik sy.
alhamdulillah semua dah settle down.
lepas ni join wedding cousins je pulak (anak-anak kecik lagi)

till then!