hey there folks!it's been quite a loooooong time since my last post on ramadhan : P "aku da agak dah....2 weeks je ko neh" yeap ekey,you're right : P haha.well,it's raya eve,and i would like to wish all muslims "selamat hari raya, maaf zahir batin" or "selamat idul fitri" to my fellow indonesian friends : )
I remember last year,when i was celebrating raya miles away from home and family,and my favourite ketupat palas and kuah kacang : P in this place called jakarta, even worst, grogol~ it was like a sleepy ghost town that day,where the locals (so called the locals : P) all went home happily to their villages,mostly in central java, leaving jakarta sleepy,inhabitant-free and yes,pollution free : P one can run happily on the streets,without fearing of getting hit by that noisy bajai (bajai is a type of three-wheeled transportation used by the locals, google it : P)
i remember...that day i was wearing my all-black baju melayu,with my mrsm sampin : P searching for a cab,heading to the embassy for the morning eid prayer.well,finding one cab wasn't that easy that particular morning...regarding us being the only people,well,better said inhabitants walking along the streets of tawakal in the early morning of 1st syawal (rats don't ride the cabs though : P) after,well...about half an hour searching that f*ckin cab!finally one blue bird taxi saved the day! : D happily carried our four-big-fat-lazy-asses along the smooth and traffic-free roads,that is usually crammed with cars and people,straight to the kedutaan besar malaysia jakarta,which in those early days there, was the place i called home (well...because they serve malaysian food : P)~
as usual,we arrived quite late that morning,like any other day : P. everyone was in the main hall, chanting the "takbir raya", which was quite synonym with the raya-morning-mood~everyone dressed up nicely,with happy-shiny-faces, smiling : ) the prayer went well,and the "perutusan" from the king was read,which was the most boring part of the day~then,came the BIG FEAST : D ketupat,lemang,kuah kacang and rendang.it wasn't even near to my maktok's homemade kuah kacang and ketupat palas,but,who gives a damn sh*t about it?u lived abroad,so act like one! : P there's this one malaysian army commando who i think drank about 7 glasses of teh tarik? "rindu makanan malaysia,dah 2 minggu dekat bandung~" : P i felt sorry for him...haha.hyperglycemia~ : P
the event continued with speech from the dato' duta,and that stupid poncho2 dance,which i didn't join (my hip is quite...unflexible : P).went to the wisma malaysia later on, filling our tummies with nasi minyak,credits to maisarah and the gang : ) and sang happily on the wisma's stage,that same ol' lagu raya songs : )
it was a memorable hari raya, even without celebrating it with my beloved family.well,not this year though!this year im home! : D
P/S; i hope u enjoy reading this one izzaty ; )
