Imtiyaz

It has been more than a week after my last entry. Hope that u guys can still remember me.. Kot la lama tak update, satgi lupa kawan sorang ni. Huhuh

We have less than 2 weeks to leave Ramadhan and to celebrate Syawal. Are you happy?Alim people cry to enter Syawal and leave Ramadhan. Because they want to grab more points that we cannot find in any other month.But we normal people , tak sabaq-sabaq nak tunggu Syawal kan? Dok ingat, bila la nak habis posa ni.

Renung-renungkan

Last weekend, we went back to MIL’s house for bukak puasa. As usual, MIL yang akan sibok-sibok preparing this and that. Cook and feed SI for lunch. While this menantu bertuah merely helping bit here and there. I love to bukak puasa at kampong because of the environment and feel. I remember when I was small, I used to be a transport to bring food to neighbour’s house. Sometimes have to wait for them to ‘salin bekas’ and exchange with their dishes. Food that normally been exchanged are kuih, bubur, whatever that we call dessert is likely to be exchanged .People don’t give fruits ( very rare except for unusual fruits) . and lauk ( again except for very special lauk)

My MIL’s kampong is still practicing this, Since their house is quite near to each to each other, each house just prepare one kuih/ dessert/bihun/mee/etc. Then they distribute to nearby. 3 houses is enough. They will get 3 different dishes back and total have 4 types of side dishes . and it happen everyday. Not once a week. On Sunday, our family prepare moreh to be distributed to jemaah kampong after tarawikh. –jenoh jugak dok prepare bahan-bahan untuk 70orang.

For me, the side dishes like kuih/murtabak is always from PARAM. Only main dishes like nasi ,lauk-pauk is cooked by me. Compulsory to have a big container of mix fruits.( everyday must have papaya,watermelon, honeydew, and some other fruits like banana, apple ) and I will decorated with kurma all over the bowl..heheh..very nice and colourful looking. – This is my papa style since we were small. Now,very seldom to receive /tukaq-tukar juadah with neighbour but still have. not that frequent. Ye la..masing-masing sibok keje, sampai umah dah pukul 6, nak masuk untuk family lagi..takdan nak buat side dishes ni.

Unless is weekend, sometimes I goreng bihun/mee or do taukua sumbat with kuah kacang ( our peberet) for extra dishes and give some to others. And I like to have variety of kuih muih during bukak posa..) oohh... sungguh bernafsu diriku ini…

OK, enough mentioning about food during day time.

Besides all the good food goes into our tummy, how bout spiritual , heart’s food dan bekalan for hereafter. Sia dah bertingkat ke .??? Jangan jadi sia-sia udah le..MOga sama-sama kita manfaatkan baki Ramadhan ini...

p/s: Bila dah start baca doa qunut masa witri tu, dah rasa semakin singkatnya Ramadhan kali ini.

*Sia- mangkuk tingkat*