Friday, November 04, 2005
Yesterday was what the Malays termed as Hari Raya Puasa, marking the first day of Syawal for muslims here in Perth... a day of celebration for a month of fasting in Ramadhan… I smsd my rellies & friends & found out that most of Asia are celebrating on the same day too. What's weird was that some parts of Perth will only be celebrating today... Mind you, Perth is really not that big & we have no time difference & for us to have 2 different days of celebration blew me away. But then again, who am I to say what should or should not be the correct date?I received a text from Nor last nite & told her that I had fish burger for dinner & will be packing one for Kris to take to work the next day (being Hari Raya) & she laughed her head off saying it's the first time she had heard someone actually celebrating Hari Raya with fish burger!! Her reply was quite hysterical, but what was I supposed to cook? I mean, we don’t have much of a celebration here in Perth...
Firstly, no one actually comes to visit me, knowing I'm not married yet (most people visit the houses of married couples) so there's really no need to make cookies & cook especially for them.
Secondly, I've already made Chicken Korma the other day... Kris liked it... and I don't see any reason to make it again. Also, I don't have any lontong or lemang to make lodeh & serondeng... and I'm the only one who can eat sambal tumis in this house! So, fish burger is good enough for us!! Hehehe...
Finally, I did try to make some cookies, but it being my first time & that the oven was not a chef's oven, some of them got burnt due to heat not distributed equally in the darn oven... Kris ate it anyway... One of my aunt here in Perth said that he ate it cos there's nothing else to eat!! Harharhar... She's so funny!! YEAH RIGHT!! The ones that weren't burnt were actually quite good... but I’m not gonna make anymore cookies... at least not anytime soon. I may try again next year & will take into account the tips & advise given to me about baking cookies, if I find the need to.
And even tomorrow, Kris is working & we'll prolly not even make it to Karl's housewarming party. Kris said to use the lamp we bought for our own use. I dunno where to put it though. It doesn't really suit the decor of the house but I'll find a space for it.
To all Muslims around the world, Selamat Hari Raya, maaf zahir batin... Have a great Eid Mubarak.
