The Couplehood Journey of a Distort Soul....

Aidil Fitri 2011 @ Day 4...

We will be driving back to Shah Alam today. I manage to send our WISH for some needed bath at Gujapa before having my heavy breakfast at home @ nasi lemak ayam. We started our journey from Pokok Assam at 10am and we drove to Matang to meet with Eliza's parents and siblings. We entered the highway at 11am; traffic was smooth and we realized that we had taken Irfan bihun goreng by mistake. We met up with my sister at Simpang Pulai R&R; it was packed. We continue our journey and make another pit-stop at Behrang before reaching home at 2.30pm. We immediately un-pack our luggage and went to Subang Parade for lunch. We bought toys for Arief (Ultraman, Dinasours and Hot Wheels) at Parkson and then we had lunch at Kenny Rogers Rosters. Eliza bought book at MPH for our Aussie trip this Sunday and we drove back to Shah Alam; stopping at Shah Alam Mall to buy Arief's new bag (Bakugan) and buy our travel essentials at Giant. Eliza prepared burger with eggs for our dinner tonite and we continue packing for our trip until 2am :-)

Aidil Fitri 2011 @ Day 3...

I woke up feeling refresh after a good night rest. We will be visiting Ijam's in-laws today at noon in Matang with Eliza's families and relatives. We had bihun goreng there and then we drove back to Elina's house in Matang where we visited Tok Chik nearby. We then drove to Taiping for some needed refreshments @ cendol. We stopped by Fazlan's house to taste his home-made dodol from Negeri Sembilan; quite delicious. We went home to Pokok Assam as Eliza will be preparing spaghetti bolognaise for tonite family gatherings in Matang. We went to Firli's house in the late evening for his open house; soto and spaghetti. We arrived at Matang by 8.30pm and the chicken is being cooked via BBQ. I didn't ate much as I was too full from today's food adventure. Arief enjoyed the most as he gets to play with his recently bought bunga api and watched his many uncles and cousins play with fire-crackers :-)

Aidil Fitri 2011 @ Day 2...

Today we went to Penang with my whole family; first time for us in Aidil Fitri. We began our journey at 10.30am and reach Penang by noon; smooth traffic all the way. We wanted to have lunch at Line Clear but it was still close. After calling my father-in-law and Yeop, we manage to drive to Restoran Kayu Sg Dua / Bukit Jambul; took us an hour with all the miss-turn (didn't bring my GPS along). We ordered Kari Kepala Ikan, Ayam Madu, Ayam Goreng, Sotong Kari, Telur Goreng, Sayur Kobis and Telur Masin. It was delicious and the bill came up to RM110 (worth every RM spent). We then drove back to Taiping; stopping at Juru to buy cucur udang and visit my in-laws in Sri Kota. We then went to Kpg Boyang to visit my auntie's families and we arrive home by 6.45pm. Exhausted with all the glorious food. I was suffering from a mild flu and immediately went to sleep after taking my medicine :-)

Aidil Fitri 2011 @ Day 1...

As with every Aidil Fitri since we got married, we went to Sri Kota early in the morning to perform Solat Sunat. This time my mom-in-law went with Eliza and for the first time Arief followed me for solat sunat. Arief was well behave but he did asked me during our solat why I'm using plaster on my toes. We finished everything by 9.30am and we went back to Sri Kota for our breakfast and the maaf-maafan ritual (only us and Ijam as Elina & Neng will only be back on Wednesday). We then went back to Pokok Assam for my family gatherings; with laksa and bukhara ayam. We manage to FaceTime with Aiman in Buffalo at noon; he even wore his new baju melayu. The gathering ended by 3pm and we were quite exhausted. We then went to my auntie house in Kamunting at 8.30pm for bihun sup before heading back to Sri Kota for some needed R&R :-)

Aidil Fitri 2010...

After a month of fasting we celebrated Aidil Fitri at Sri Kota and Pokok Assam. I went to visit my arwah father's grave at around 6.30am with my mom; we were the second family there (apart from my uncle who came with his son @ Fadzli). We make a brief stop at the nearby market to buy cucumber for my mom's laksa. I was a bit late arriving at the mosque (Sri Kota) for Aidil Fitri prayers but I still managed to squeeze in to pray inside the mosque. Manage to meet-up with a few of my old buddies there. We did the customary salam & gambar raya at Sri Kota before heading back to Pokok Assam; where my family gather at my grandmother's house. It seems that this year theme is green; just nice as we wore green as well. Eliza's parents and families came there at around noon and we manage to take our family picture at my mom's small gazebo :-)

 

2009 Aidil Fitri 03...

My sister will be going back to Shah Alam today as Aiman will be sitting for his exam next week; need to study hard for his calculus. We went to visit my friend's house; we went to Mack's house in Kamunting with Fazlan and his family. It has been awhile since we last met and we had a blast at the gatherings. We had seafood mee and it was delicious; and I really enjoy eating the fruit cake. From there we went to Fazlan's house in Sri Kota but not before washing Arief at Mack's house as he pooped. And Fazlan prepared nasi minyak. Arief was keeping himself busy playing with Fazlan eldest son. We waited for Mahadi to arrive with his family before we went back to Pokok Assam to rest :-)

2009 Aidil Fitri 02...

We went for our Aidil Fitri rounds with Eliza's parents this morning (Neng is still in Kajang and Elina went back to Baling yesterday evening). We went to Ijam's in-laws house at Matang; Pak Teh went with us as well. BTW I did went to check whether the famous mee udang is open tomorrow but most of them were closed for one week (only Mak Jah will be open for tomorrow but for their open house). Ijam's in-laws prepared laksa for us and Arief was sleeping when we arrived there (he is still tired from yesterday adventure). Arief woke up as we were about to go to Mack's mom house at Matang. We had fresh fried karipap while waiting for Mack to arrive from Kamunting; he came with his wife siblings and it was a full house. From there we went for a brief visit Tok Cik at Matang (beside Elina's house) before driving to Simpang to visit Abah's cousin. We had mee jawa; and we were obviously full from all the foods. We went back to Pokok Assam for some needed rest; Arief didn't sleep at all as he continue playing all over the house. We went to Mak Cho's house in the late evening where they served mee rebus and nasi putih. Arief as usual slept in the car during the short journey and woke up upon arriving. He didn't eat at all; just went to watch TV in the room and watched his cousins jumping from the double decker bed. We went to KFC Kamunting to buy Bucket for dinner; faster as compared to the one in town :-)

2009 Aidil Fitri 01...

I was up rather late last night watching Arsenal thrashed Wigan and MU won against Man City; but I still woke early to visit my father's grave with my mom (my normal routine every Aidil Fitri). When I reached back home Arief was already awake and taken his bath. He wore his new baju melayu and he looks so handsome; complete with his small songkok. But his cousin Ilyas decided to wear his Ben10 t-shirt and short for Aidil Fitri. BTW I did manage to eat nasi himpit with my mom's kuah kacang; extremely pedas and delicious. We then drove to Sri Kota where I went for my Aidil Fitri prayers at the nearby mosque. After prayers, we gather back at Sri Kota for family pictures and sessi bermaaf-maafan. We finished at around 11.30am++ and we went back to Pokok Assam for my family huge Aidil Fitri reception held at my grandmother house. Arief was sleeping and Eliza had to watch over him at home. We had a blast exchanging duit raya and eating non-stop. The best part is when we get ready for our family photo; and Acu Din uses his loud hailers to ensure that everybody was in the picture. It was hillarious but everyone managed to fit in. BTW I sneaked back home to eat my mom's laksa; as did Eliza but she had it earlier. Eliza's parents and siblings came to Pokok Assam at around 3.30pm and we served them nasi himpit with lontong and kuah kacang; not forgetting the usual ketupat, lemang, rendang and kuih raya. We were supposed to go to Sri Kota at night as Pak Teh is driving down from Semenyih but Arief was already sleeping by 9pm :-)

Open House in Enstek, Seri Kembangan and Lake Edge...

We went to Abg Ngah open house at Enstek and we arrived there with my sister. Arief was sleeping during the journey and woke-up upon arriving; and continue to play with Ilyas. Kak Zah cooked nasi tomato but we were aiming for the "char kueh teow". We talked about their recent trip to Bandung; they even paid a visit to Mie (uncle) step-mother there. The step-mother saw Mie when he was 1 year old in a malaysian magazine way back in 1970's; and she contacted Tok Chu to become Mie's step-mother; and until now Mie haven't met his step-mother in person. Remarkable :-)

From Enstek we drove to Seri Kembangan and we accidentaly left Arief Crocs at Abg Ngah house. We arrive there by 3pm and most of our TM & TM Net friends were already there enjoying their meals of laksa, lontong and sate. From there we went to Linda's new house at Lake Edge; nearby to Puchong IOI Mall. It was amazingly impressive; no wonder the price is half a million. We were full and I only ate rojak pasembor. Arief was busy playing with the small pebbles at the drive-way. We waited until Mazlan and Hani to arrive before we drove back home :-)

Open House at Datin Hanim's Bungalow...

This is the first time that we will be going to Datin Hanim's new house in Kota Damansara (she previously stayed in Seksyen 6 Shah Alam). Datin had already email us the map; luckilly we are familiar with Kota Damansara and it was easy to locate her house (huge corner bungalow). Arief was sleeping along the journey and continue sleeping while we take turns to eat. The buffet table is located beside the swimming pool; and we ate char kueh teow, laksa assam and lemang with daging rendang :-)

Open House at Sg Pusu...

After playing three sets of tennis (double) at Bangsar in the morning, I arrived home at around noon. My in-laws had already went to Banting for house-hunting with my sis-in-law. We drove to Sg Pusu after Zohor and Faris already provided us with the map to his weekend house (it was nearby to UIAM Gombak). The journey is about 45 minutes from Shah Alam and Arief was sleeping during the journey. The house is located on a small hill at Sg Pusu; nice "kampung" surroundings. We thought we were late but we were the second to arrive (my sister was there). Arief immediately went to play with Ilyas and Fahmi; playing with the Shell Ferrari cars. We enjoyed our lunch; white rice with gulai ikan, udang masak sambal, jelatah and sambal belacan. We also ate bihun sup and chocolate cake. I think we overdosed ourselves :-)

Kosmokars & Open House at The Plaza Condo...

I went to service our car at Kosmokars; hoping to drink Chococinno but their Nestle dispensing machine no longer have Chococinno. I booked the earliest service slot; 8.15am and finished at around 9.30am. Ample time for me to reach the office. We went to Linda's Open House at her new condo @ "The Place" (nearby to TTDI) in the evening. Eliza took LRT until Taman Bahagia and we drove to "The Place". BTW Arief pooped while waiting for Eliza at the LRT; we wanted to clean him at the nearest petrol station but the toilet was horrible. We decided to clean Arief at Linda's condo. Driving there was ok apart from the minor traffic jam (evening rush). Finding "The Place" is easy as I'm familiar with TTDI. We parked at the basement and walked to the lift which was heavilly guarded by the securities. We didn't have to register as Linda had already told the securities of her open house today. It was on the 12th Floor; unit No 7 and the condo is huge @ 1,800 square feet with an excellent view. We cleaned Arief at Linda's condo before having our dinner @ Nasi Kerabu Terengganu and Laksa Johor. Arief was busy playing with Ema's son who is 4 years old and Arief was trying to imitate his every moves especially the half sommersault. We really do enjoy the Nasi Kerabu and we went home by 8pm :-)

Aidil Fitri 2008 Part 7...

We wanted to escape the traffic crawl @ Balik Kampung and we started our journey from Taiping at 9am. I managed to eat nasi goreng for breakfast at Sri Kota and request my mom to prepare nescafe O for the journey; as usual my mom also prepare "lauk-pauk" for our lunch today (complete with pekasam for Eliza). The journey was smooth all the way; apart from few cars that decided to drive fast, tailgatting and jumping queqes. Arief and Eliza slept along the way as expected. I exited at Subang Toll to re-load my TouchNGo and we arrived home by noon. At first we wanted to go to Giant and Tesco to buy our groceries but after unpacking all the "lauk-pauk" from my mom; we ate first because it looks so tempting. My mom prepared ayam masak merah, kari ikan, sayur kobis, ikan goreng, sambal belacan, udang goreng bawang and not forgetting pekasam. Arief enjoy eating rice with prawns :-)

After lunch we went to Giant at Shah Alam Mall; the place is a bit empty. We stopped by at the LEVIS Store and bought Dockers blazer for me; it was on 50% sale as they plan to close the outlet due to disagreement with the frachisor. We bought our normal groceries; plus a toy gun for Arief. BTW everytime we went into Giant, Arief will request for Vitagen and he will drink it while we shop. We went to Tesco Shah Alam to buy diapers for Arief; Drypers here is much more cheaper. At Tesco we bought Arief Electronic Guitar for RM15. On our way out, we bought fruits (pineapple, mangga muda and kedongdong). We arrived home at around 4pm, a bit tired but we still need to pack our luggage. We'll do it later tonite :-)

Aidil Fitri 2008 Part 6...

No "roti canai" Bismillah Restoran for today; I'm too tired to wake-up early and my in-laws bought "nasi lemak". We went back to Pokok Assam to get ready for a wedding reception and open house at Acu Din house in Ipoh; btw my sister had already went back to Shah Alam. The wedding reception is held at Dewan MPT; the daugther of my mom's cousin. All of my relatives in Taiping went to the wedding and we were seated in three tables. Arief as usual walk all around the hall. We were there by noon but we ate at 1pm; it seems that we have to wait for the bride & groom to arrived. Their arrival was accompanied by "kompang"; the same group that plays kompang non-stop at our wedding. To our suprise, there is a performance by "silat gayung" after the "kompang". The "silat gayung" took longer than expected with several individual sessions; luckilly they served our rice during the "silat gayung" performance and without hesitation we just started eating. No disrespect to the bride & groom but we are hungry from waiting since noon. Arief was hungry as well and he ate nasi minyak with chicken; the nasi was delicious :-)

The journey to Ipoh was quite an adventure; jam started to build-up from Kuala Kangsar. I decided to use the old route to Ipoh; exiting at Kuala Kangsar Toll. Eventhough the journey was much more smoother but numerous traffic lights in Sg Siput and Chemor slowed us down. Arief slept all the way to Ipoh. We finally arrived in Ipoh by 4pm; my other relatives arrived earlier as they continue to use the NSE because the traffic jam was only until the Sg Perak R&R. BTW we forgot the location of Acu Din house; confused by the wedding reception nearby. We were so hungry that we ate almost everything on the table; satay, nasi dagang with paprik, mee kari and laksa. We went back at around 5.30pm and stopped at Changkat Jering Pasar Malam to buy Murtabak, Pekasam and pecal for dinner :-)

Aidil Fitri 2008 Part 5...

I went again to Bismillah Restoran; this time alone as Aiman was still sleeping (slept late as he is working on his assigment). I ordered 10 roti canai and ate one roti canai with teh tarik. I wanted to buy "nasi lemak" but I can't seem to find any (maybe it was too early). We wanted to visit our friends house in the morning but nobody was free; we ended up going into town to eat "cendol". This time the "cendol" taste a bit weird; and I didn't finish my portion. After the dissapoinment at "cendol", we visited Acik Nan's house (just behind my house) and Acik Zakiah prepared home-made "yong tau foo"; we really liked the spicy "kuah" and Arief ate quite a lot with the spicy "kuah". My cousin; Irwan came in the evening with his family. Arief & Ilyas was busy playing "ultraman" when they arrived (both were sleeping at noon); they don not know the meaning of the word "tired". It was quite a handful to play with both of them but it was fun. We went to my aunties house in the late evening; Mak Cho and Mak Lang where we ate laksa, bihun goreng and kuehteow goreng. We arrived in Sri Kota after maghrib; my in-laws brought back "sup gearbox" from Baling. It was so tempting that I took a bite and a sip; it was delicious but the amount of "lemak" is alarming; it took me awhile to clean my hand from the "lemak" residue :-)

Aidil Fitri 2008 Part 4...

I woke up early in order to go to Bismillah Restoran for "roti canai"; Aiman went with me eventhough he was still sleepy. We were the second customer there and our 10 "roti canai" is ready; we ordered another 10 for Pak Teh and ate 4 roti canai with teh tarik. We were there until 7.15am; waiting for my friend Halim to arrive as we reserved his table. I spend the whole morning playing Wii with Arief, my cousins and nephews. We didn't have any invitations for open house today so we opted to stay-in and have lunch at home; we really like the "sambal tumis udang". We make plans to visit our friends house after lunch but Arief was sleeping and it already started raining. My in-laws came in the evening; and Abg D bought mee goreng. We went back to Sri Kota by Maghrib; to have "laksa" at Kak Lijah house next door. After Kak Lijah house, we went to Mahadir house in Matang; eating "laksa" again. It has been awhile since I last came here but it did bring back a lot of childhood memories :-)

Aidil Fitri 2008 Part 3...

My in-laws plan to celebrate Eliza & Zakuan birthday tonite at Matang; with BBQ as the main course. Our task is to buy the birthday cake. I surfed the web to find out the phone number for Secret Recipe in Tesco Taiping; called the outlet and booked 1kg of Chocolate Mud Cake. Tesco was a bit packed but parking was easy. I also ordered two slices for Chocolate Banana and a slice of Oreo Cheese. We were waiting for my sister to arrive from Shah Alam; and I play tennis with Arief & Fadzli as well as Nintendo Wii. Arief was ecstatic to meet up with Ilyas & Irfan; playing as "ultraman" and wrestling with me on the floor. We went to Seri Kota first to fetch my in-laws to Matang and we found out that instead of BBQ, we will be serving KFC (everyone was tired from eating food the whole day). The event was a joyous one indeed; almost all of Eliza relatives came. Arief was busy playing with his cousin; and he also ate ketupat with KFC. We went back at around 10.30pm as Arief is already sleeping. Eliza had a blast birthday celebration; twice in a day :-)

Aidil Fitri 2008 Part 2...

From the gatherings in Sri Kota we went to my family gatherings at Pokok Assam. We arrived at around noon and it was already packed with relatives; cars were parked all around the compound of my house. Immediately when we arrived, my mom had prepared a birthday cake for Eliza to celebrate her birthday. It was a suprise and everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to Eliza. The first thing that we ate was "laksa", even Arief enjoy eating "laksa" with Eliza. Arief enjoy the crowds as there is a lot of small kids that he can play with. After all of us finish eating, Acik Nan & Acik Zakiah make an annoucement on Fadzli wedding this coming November 2008; which focus on the responsibilities of each relatives during the wedding. As we are expecting about 2,000 people to attend; including various VVIP & VIP (Acik Nan was the previous Village Head and now hold the post of Pengerusi JKKP). I got the task with Eliza to welcome the bride's family on 29th November; and Haza or Aiman will be the "pengapit" :-)

Aidil Fitri 2008 Part 1...

My Raya morning began as usual; woke up early for Subuh and I went with my mom and Pak Teh to the cemetery. It was raining slightly and we were one of the earliest to arrived. My "arwah" father's grave is nearby to the entrance; as well as both of my uncle (arwah Pak Lang & Pak Cho). My oldest brother; Bazelan (died at birth) is buried beside my auntie (my mom eldest sister) and my grandfather (arwah Pak Wan). Alhamdulillah all the grave is in good condition. After reciting "surah yassin with doa"; we went to the wet market to buy "laksa basah" but it was out of stock. My mom always prepare "laksa" as the main specialty of our house. I ate nasi himpit with "kuah kacang" and "rendang tok & ayam" for breakfast before getting ready to go to the mosque for Sembahyang Suhat Hari Raya at Masjid Sri Kota. Arief looks smart in his "baju melayu" and "songkok" that I bought yesterday evening. After finish praying, we gather at my in-laws house. I managed to eat ketupat with "ayam masak merah" and "daging minang" while waiting for Elina families to arrive. BTW we did took a lot of pictures while waiting and again Arief looks so handsome with his songkok. Once they arrived, the "mohon maaf" session begins with my in-laws and be followed by the oldest siblings first. This will involves the exchanges of "duit raya". We did received a lot as today is also coincide with Eliza's birthday :-)