Masih lagi cerita tentang renovation rumah..

Next zone is the Dining area.














By the end of the day ...





... it's done!

Awal pagi hari ni, saya dah bersiap-siap. Nak ke mana tu?

Today, my parents, Faiz and I ada breakfast appointment dengan my Mak Ngah and her daughter, Kak Ju ... breakfast Nasi Kandaq Kampung Melayu! nyum...nyum...

Lama dah tak pi makan kat sana, nowadays kerap makan di Jelutong jer sebab dekat. Although the food taste today was a bit disappointing, I enjoyed myself nonetheless because of the people I was with.

Selepas selesai makan, Faiz drove us to Bayan Mutiara - bawak Mak Ngah visit rumah baru kita. The wet kitchen's wall is ready..

Not only that! The second zone - The Dry Kitchen - is also done!

Now you see it ....

....phufff!.... it's gone!!

Ketuk Ketuk

Renovation works at my new house have started. The first target is the most important zone for the whole family, the ...

Ok.. now let's go in to the next zone .. The Dry Kitchen.

See you there!

Jitra Open House

18 September 2010 - After Asar prayers, my parents, Faiz and I left for Jitra to attend my cousin Rohana & Shaker's Rukun Tetangga Open House.

We were still early when we arrived and the caterers were only beginning to set-up the place. That gave us time to relax and sembang-sembang.

Zuraidah (Rohana's eldest sister) & husband Md Noor

Among the food spread were :-

limau, kurma, anggur & biskut Raya

serawa

ketupat nasi & pulut, kuah kacang, rendang

ayam goreng

kurma kambing

dalca

acar

pasembur ayam

yong tau foo

ais kacang

drinks

.... laksa, mee kuah, satay dan some others that I've lost count! Memang a real food feast!! Waduh! sabaq Dollyyyy... sabaq! kesian sama kat perut tuuu..!

Nak mention jugak kat sini, a special VIP guest tetamu tuan rumah ..

Datuk Mohd Johari Baharom & isteri

Di awal majlis, I wanted to snap a photo of the 'tuan rumah', Shaker Ahmad, tapi he said he was not properly dressed for the occasion yet. Lepas majlis pun bermula.. and I went food crazy .. lupalah pulak nak ambik gambar ..hehehe.. teruk betul la I !

But anyway, I 'petik' this lovely family photo from Danial's (my nephew) recent Raya album buat kenang-kenangan in my blog. Ok la tuuu.. dari tak der langsung, kan? ..

standing from left: Shaker Ahmad, Syamil Shaker, Dayana Md Noor, Hazran Md Noor, Danial Md Noor, Ariff Md Noor, Aiman Md Noor, Md Noor

sitting from left: Rohana, Sofea Shaker, Hjh Ramlah (my Mak Ngah), Shazzana Shaker, Zuraidah

Yasmin, Julia and a friend arrived a little while later just as my family and I had finished our food. By then, tetamu pun dah sangat ramai dan khemah pun dah jadi a bit congested disebabkan hujan. Lepas temankan diorang makan seketika, kami pun bertolak balik. Before that, the girls sempat bergambar for Mama's blog..

from left : Julia, Shazleen Shaker, Shazzana Shaker, Yasmin

Selamat Berangkat Siti Khadijah

16 September 2010 - Jamuan Raya keluarga Mak Chik Hasnah serta Kenduri Kesyukuran Dr Ahmad untuk anaknya Siti Khadijah yang bakal melanjutkan pelajarannya ke Ireland 26 September ini. Congrats to this sweet future Doctor!! Mak Chak Dolly tumpang gembira and berbangga.

Siti and Ariff (younger brother)

Among our family who attended:

my father-in-law Haji Ismail Mukhtar

from right: Hafiz (my brother-in-law), his wife Ina and son-in-law Saiful Fitri

Nur Izzati Hafiz dan daughter Sophie Izzana

from left: Nur Izzani Hafiz (niece), Ina and mother-in-law

enjoying our food

Photos Credit to Redhuan Malek

Hari Raya Aidil Fitri 2010

It has been 10 days since my last entry. Raya pun dah seminggu berlalu. Kelmarin finally selesai kemas-mengemas as well as ironing 4 big baskets of clothing. Fuhh!!

First day of Raya this year started off being exceptionally quiet. Kalau selalunya rumah penuh dengan tetamu for the 'Open House' event, with my parents away ber-Hari Raya di Pahang, this year my guests were only a handful. By noon, we locked-up the house and went visiting my aunts in Bukit Mertajam and later proceeded ke rumah mertua. Haa.. kat sini, bila dah berjumpa saudara-mara, barulah terasa suasana raya.

my sister, Ani with niece Dayana and nephew Khalid

from left: Firdaus, my father-in-law Ismail Mukhtar, Farid and cousins

Firdaus with my nephew's wife Sheila and son Aidiel

Balik dari rumah mertua, that night my sister and I started our preparations for tomorrow's menu.

kulit udang

kulit udang digoreng sebentar supaya wangi

kemudian rebus, di-blend kasar, tapis dan ambil airnya

kuah udang

tambahkan ketam, sotong kering, ayam, udang kering for flavour

sambal

Resipi di sini

Day 2:

Yasmin and I .. all ready and waiting for guests

Ani (sister) and I .. posing dulu sementara belum 'belemoih'

Sudah menjadi tradisi keluarga, on 2nd day my relatives akan datang ber-Hari Raya at my place dan menikmati my sister's hidangan istimewa - Mee Udang / Hokkien Mee. Tapi.. menjelang tengahari, masih belum nampak sesiapa datang... eemmm... mana pegi, ek?

3pm.. barulah the first car arrived. They said they were caught in a gridlock on the Penang Bridge for three hours!!. Rupa-rupanya the Tenaga Nasional power cables, 2km away from the Prai toll plaza, caught fire and caused a massive traffic jam on both sides of the bridge. At the height of the jam, the bumper-to-bumper crawl stretched up to at least 10km!!

Those who got on the bridge road link early managed to cross over to the island while the rest of my relatives cancelled their trip or turned back and headed home as the road to the bridge was closed.


Day 3: Barbeque Night

Pagi Ahad, Adnan (Ani's friend) and Rudy (Yasmin's friend) arrived from KL for the Raya holidays. All four of them then took over the kitchen .. cleaning and marinating the chicken for the BBQ while Farid and his friend Khalid were out getting the sausages, potatoes etc.

Alhamdulillah, the weather was excellent that night for BBQ and the turnout of guests were good. From the looks of it, we all had fun!

from left: Ayie, Hairie, Hazwan and Shafiq

lamb and chicken

potatoes

Rudy & Shafiq

Khalid & Farid sempat berposing lagi

Yasmin's group of friends

My sincere gratitude and thanks to all that helped out in making it a memorable and fun night.

Photos credit to: Shazleen Syaker, Yasmin, Zuliani & Hazman Hafiz