We in the UK celebrate Raya a day earlier, i.e. on 16th November. Barely 2 months here, and comes the challenge of celebrating Raya without beloved families and friends!! And hubby has classes on the Raya day as well - can it be much worse?!!
Initially me and hubby planned to solat raya at this school in Cheetham Hill. The solat raya there will be conducted by the Malay community, for there are a lot of Malaysians in that area. But in the end we scrapped the idea as we are not familiar with the area, and it's a bit far from our place. Hubby went for solat raya with his uncle at a nearby mosque in Whalley Range where were live, but he said it was a whole new experience as the khutbah was in Urdu (the only words he understood were insaan & doonya). There was no takbir raya as well! Ohhh tak sah Raya without takbir raya ok!! Cara solat pun lain, and due to the health and safety issues/ regulations, korban activities were not done out in the open...don't know where. Maybe some pusat penyembelihan...
Since I am now a housewife(!!), I planned to cook some food and invite people over. Not that we know a lot of people here in Manchester though. Haha. So we invited a friend, Shaheeda with her husband and 2 adorable kids, and hubby's uncle and aunt.
And I cooked:
Nasi tomato
Ayam masak cabai hidup
Homemade popiahConsidering this is my first time whipping up these dishes, and the lack of the ingredients in my house - no bunga cengkih, bunga lawang, jintan manis etc, the taste is not too bad (quoting the visitors! Not me trying to be perasan! Haha)
A wise friend once told me, if you are in a foreign country, you can't depend on others to make you happy or create life experiences for you. You yourself have to create the mood for any occasions. In Malaysia you have the TV to air the takbir raya for you and your mom to cook ketupat and rendang. Kita just goyang kaki je tunggu tetamu mai rumah.
Here, I can choose to snuggle in my duvet and sleep well into the afternoon. No takbir, no Raya dishes. But then, what will I learn by doing that?
Even though this Raya is not as joyous and happening as back in Malaysia, I have never been this tired by preparing dishes, never.
Tired, but satisfied. Now where's the takbir raya mp3?
U cooked all those?? Salute!!! hehe..u know what,i didnt go blk kampung for raya plus i tak masak anything special..shame on me :(
ReplyDeleteIda: Ha la I masak. Mula2 I takut tak jadi I dah standby nak order kebab ka pizza ka...sekali mcm ok la, nasik tu mcm a bit tak ckp air tp nasib baik x mentah, ayam tu I masak lama sebab nk bg kuah dia pekat then ayam dia hancur2 skit...but still can eat laa
ReplyDeleteMr Lonely: OK will do
bravo bravo! im proud of you dear! see, its actually easy like a,b,c...once you get the feel, u can cook anything :)
ReplyDeletemore food pic's please....
bagus sungguh nasihat your fren tu. hope u will enjoy the stay in the uk.
Lynn: U laa that friend tuu hehehe. U and others really make my stay in the UK much2 easier...nnt if I masak lagi I post more pics k!
ReplyDeletebetui ke hng masak ni, nampak sedap ja..nampak saja la heheh....mak masak lontong n rendang daging n abah buat nasik tometo jer.....lebih kurang sama menu....cmna nak buat popiah....ajaq pls
ReplyDeleteAMAZING Shasha..:))but still mcm tak percaya... hahaha.. well done!!
ReplyDeletegosh lama jenguk!!! congrats sha2 ur now a real hauswife =) cam lyn, i pon nk tgk more pics frm u..lg best if u put on fb =)
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