Our New House

I am too busy (translate=lazy) to write, so i republish a posting from Mrs Tigerkun's blog:

I have never dreamt to settle down in Bangi. I took a loan in 2004 and finally moved in to our new house last school holidays.

A kenduri kesyukuran + tahlil + was held last Saturday. A J/V between us + my mother inlaw & aunts/uncles.

Invited close relatives - aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, inlaws (of my husband and me) + few neighbours for the occasion.

Food? Masak sendiri - the hardwork of my mother in-law and aunts + maids...

A day before the kenduri, we went marketing in Kajang. Cheap prawns were bought from Tesco Kajang @ rm9.90/kg, chicken @ rm3.80/kg and frozen local beef @ rm8.00/kg - cool!

We arrived home from the market at 11am and my Carrens were full with all the kenduri stuff. "Puan, air tak de sejak jam 9 pagi!!!" said my maid. Ya Allah.... camna nak buat - nak cuci ayam, daging and the udang... Some more mother in-law bought ketam for lunch. I panickedly called the developer's project's KEPALA "tolonglah sambung balik air kat area rumah saya. Saya nak kenduri ni!!! Saya nak cuci ayam, daging, udang, ketam, ikan...". Then i decided to bring the chickens (6 ekor kesemuanya) to an uncle's house in Putrajaya to be cleaned and kept in their freezer. Petang nanti baru ambik, save one problem. The developer had to temporarily cut down water supply for some joining works in the area. Luckily, the supply came back around 1.30pm.

The kenduri day - an Imam from the nearby mosque was specially booked and invited by my husband to recite the doas and tahlil...he was a very young imam. I've asked my dad to be on standby just incase the Imam didn't turn up. Few relatives got lost but managed to arrive before we started lunch.

Everybody was happy with the food - daging masak kurma, ayam goreng masalla, sayur campur, sambal tumis udang, ikan masin, ulam + sambal belacan, kerabu, nasi putih. We had air oren (supplied by uncle atan) + teh tarik + teh "O" for drinks. Kuehs like lopeh, som-som, baulu kemboja and cut fruits were served to the guests. Zer brought small cup cakes, (Datin) Yong Zawiyah as usual brought her famous kek lapis, aunty Zauyiah supplied koleh kacang lapis, last but not least aunty Rusni & aunty (Datin) Jun came with their puddings! What a feast!

Dato' Amran Hamid (whom my father said must be invited) commented "Saya datang sebab dengar cerita masak lauk sendiri... your mum in-law's a good cook! But do you know that her grandma cooks even better?" I stumbled and smiled. Dato' also asked me whether i have met my mother-in law's grandma....of course not lah Dato'. My husband said that his great grandma passed away in 1982. I only got married in 1991.

To those who came and helped us throughout the kenduri, thank you from the bottom of my heart. To those who could not make it (Aya,Azra) sudi-sudikanlah menatap gambar-gambar di atas :-)

How i wish my mum and father in-law were around .....