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Preparation
This year Hari Raya collided with my involvement with F1 Night Races. Therefore the first victims was the ketupat. I could only make 30 pieces of ketupat, usually more. But this was salvaged by Yas (Isteri Abang Nal) who volunteered making up the numbers. Since Zaiton did well with the cooking together with Chef Nabihar, the ketupats, rendang plus other dishes were well prepared. Well done mummy & grany.......
I guess all this for the love for all the cucus, Adam, Exel Ali, Ashydiq, Aidid, Hazirah & Danial.
Kueh Suji
My lovely wife Zaiton, found an immediate passion to fill up her time while waiting for me every F1 nights (usually i got home around 1.00AM) She successfully made her own Suji and I am impressed. Personally I never like Suji. But this year it became the pride of the family. May be next year we could take orders as the words get around. Boys - Ashydiq & Aidid snapped up every Suji available.
Family Re Union / Tracking relationship via Family Tree
This is the first year we celebrated Hari Raya since my dad, Haji Baba passed away & I felt tinged of sadness evenmore. But what struck me was that I realised as the more of the elderly family members left us, we are only left with memories. Problem is my children or new member to the family (thru marriage), will not be able to know who is who in the family tree.
There is now the urgency to start my " Family Tree" project. This is to put on record every member for this family and confirm their data officially, so if 50 or 60 years down the road my grandchildren will know who their grandfather was, and plus other grandies/grannies. Always pandang belakang...
Hari Raya House to House Visit
Another issue that cropped up every Hari Raya is that I always can remember the house but not the address. And the phone number is usually not updated. This usually hamper the original plan & lead us to scrambling of options !! Therefore to assist my fellow family members overcome this or at least soften the difficulties, I will update try to update all the latest address or contact number from nenek, datuk, pak cik, mak cik to anak-anak saudara.... Hopefully next year will be a breeze.....
Transportation
This year I' ve got a 7 Seater Hyundai Trajet to move around the 1st week. Almost an incident- free until Aimei, Alin's maid opened the door and touched a nearby park car with the owner making so much fuss on nothing. This happened at Ang Mo Kio near Cik Jan new house (She just move). He could even took a photo & wanting to claim insurance, such a classic case of an idiot !! Well that did not dampened the Hari Raya spirit at all ....
