Well, Raya's over. I can finally bask in the sweet sweet smell of chewing gum in the morning once more. Let's start where most good stories begin, in the begining.
Actually planned to skipped the Friday's lecture, but thanks to Debbi's black magic vodoo- my car broke down (let's skip the minor details except the part where I almost banged into the car in front of me AND where I was scared shitless). So have to send it to be repaired- finally picked it up on friday after lectures. As usual, any repair on that bloody nuisance of a car costs a bum load. Truth be told, I was kinda glad to be there on friday. We received our pre-ordered jersey (finally!!) and did a photo shoot afterwards; the results...
Packed my bags and cabut for home on the same day.
On Day 1 of Raya- woke up early to visit my nenek (father's side) in Klang. Dropped my mom off at her house and went to Sembahyang Raya. One of the sermons was quite hillarious. The imam was clearly jittery, you can hear the person next to him whispering '..jangan lupa....cakap lagi sekali...' over the microphone. Tut Tut. Anyway, when that was over and done with- there was nothing else but the good fattening part. It was '...food glorious food...' all the way till about 2 p.m. Stuffed my self with rendang, sate, ketupat, lemang, pulut, and most importantly, the various assortments of cakes and cookies. Yum Yum.
Moving from house to house. It's so unfair, but the kids get more Duit raya than me. Hmpf!!!
The aunties. My nenek is on the far right whilst my parents are at the table eating the very hot but very nice sambal sotong.....
After we're done moving from an unknown (to me that is) house to yet another stranger unknown house, we all crowded back into my nenek's house. Just lounged there eating cookies till about 6pm. Reached my house back at around 7:30 and started packing for Kedah.
Day 2/3/4 - As usual, the outbound journey was delayed by minor incidents. Finally left Kepong 1 and a half hour behind schedule. My parents can actually drive to Kedah within 3h and 15 min. When I drove that day, we left at 11:30 am and reached there at 4:15pm. You do the maths. To my defence, we encountered a torrential downpour. I could barely see 1 metre ahead of me. It was that bad. AND it poured consistently as well. Also, it doesnt help when you hear comments like '..perlahan sikit...kereta kat depan tu dak dekat dah...nanti kena saman you bayar...brek!!! brek!!!...'. Reached Kedah all sleepy and a bit moody. For most malay families, you only dress up on the first day of raya. After that, it's t-shirts and shorts all the way. The same applies to us. We did things that you normally expect at a family reunion (all of my 7 uncles and aunties where there-it was quite a joyous occasion).
The only thing worth mentioning is that it took the menfolk 3 hours to get the BBQ fire started (much to the delight of all the aunties who sat there and 'snickered' all the way).
On Friday, we went to some unpronounceable place and....
Returned back to KL at 7 am on saturday. This time ladies and gentleman, there was no rain nor crowd. So....reached Kl at 10:30 am *claps hands*.Must say I'm quite proud of myself. I'll try to beat that record next year. :-p
Anyway, slept till about 2 pm then went to meet Ira at 1u. The sole purpose of me going there was to visit the new GAP store- I had Duit Raya to spend as well. But my god!! The price. HUHUHHU. When I was in UK, GAP was affordable. Now, it's just outrageous. An 'ok' looking shirt costs about RM150. I wanted to buy this nice looking jacket before I realised it was RM500 (499 to be exact). Left the store pretty hurriedly after that. My hand was already inching its way towards the credit card. Try explaining that expenditure to my father.
Was surveying the prices for a new mp3 Player as well. But cant seem to find any store that sells iRiver clix. Probably have to go to Low Yat after all. Moved to GSC after that, but all the good seats was taken. So decided to spend our time at San Francisco Cafe chatting. The Carbonara meatball there sucks. Highly not recommended!!!