Tuesday, October 17, 2006
With Hari Raya, less than a week away, I am pretty pleased to see that things are all falling into place, hopefully with no last-minute-panic rush to get or prepare anything. Last week, I switched on to my 'Martha Stewart'mode and baked 5 different Hari Raya cookies- some also to give to the in-laws to fill in the void left by Shah-the resident baker, who's in Adelaide now. Our room is looking good, all the 'baju's' & shoes are all set & ready, even my hubby have already polished the windows, washed his fish tank and helped out in the kuih-making bit as part of his 'contribution'. He of course already have a BIG Hari Raya toy to keep him happy:)
Amirul have been diligently doing his full-day fasting (except for the first 2 days where he did only half day) although you get the occasional..'umi, macam lapar lah.." or "umi, Mira's chocolate tu macam sedap eh..?" he still made it through the day. Although I must say he did lose a considerable amount of flesh from his already thin frame. He turned 6 two weeks ago, and we 'celebrated' his big day in conjunction with the Majlis Iftar at my grandma's house together with all the aunties, uncles & cousins. Joining his already crowded Toy Storey 'family' is Jessie & Mr Potato Head and a plush version of Buzz Lightyear.(I think his toybox is already like a mini Toy Story 'concentration camp'...)
I feel almost too surreal as we are yet in a panic mode over the impending Hari Raya. Could we have everything all covered & prepared? But thinking back, since we are still practically 'renting' my mum's house, everything looks almost 'covered'. I even do not feel the need to go JB like the previous years as I feel we do not have anything else to buy-of course if you go JB for the fun of it, there will ALWAYS be things to buy.
Work have been quite hectic. We added another hotel work under our belt apart from the other 2 we are already handling. Tiring, but I guess it must be good news as it means my finances are covered indefinitely for at least 2 yrs, insyaallah...
I would like to wish all Selamat Menjalani Ibadah Puasa(with about 6 more days left) & Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir & Batin.
