raya

Woke up for subuh and stayed awake despite the early hour. showered and went down to kitchen and started preparing roti jala. earlier last night, cooked kuzi ayam. then the rest of the housemates joined in. as usual bila dah ramai2, hingaqq..

around 730, started to walk to the sports center for Eid prayer. beautiful sunny day. quiet journey as there's only 3 of us. the atmosphere there was hard-to-explain-with-words. non-discriminant. these pictures proved.

i wish i could record the khutbah. it came from the heart of the imam. beautifully said and insya Allah, listened. amongs all that i can remember

'During the Eid prayer, you see the mosque masya Allah, full with people. But for zuhr prayer, the very next prayer after eid, the mosque is empty...everybody's busy with the celebration. they forgot about jamaah. they forgot about the mosque'

'We do not have any control in our life. Only ALLAH has the power to control, and ALLAH is the GREATEST power'.

there was not much plan for the day. got ready at home while waiting for other friend to give us a lift to the joint-open-house. meantime, watched Peah's vidclip. rasa nak berguling2 gelak. iskk, rinduunyaaa...only had a destination for the day unlike the previous years, but the companies, the food and the joy we had made up for everything we missed back home. potlucks of laksa johor, mee rebus, rendang, lontong, kuzi, kuah kacang, cupcakes;), etc etc..scrumptious.

we spent the whole afternoon & evening eating, laughing, posing for the cameras and videos(!!), eating again, previewing the censored videos and pictures taken earlier, laughing out loud and watching movies.by the end of the day, everyone's knackered and i dozzed off in front of the tv in no time. what a pleasant and laid back celebration for me. as much as it doesnt feel much like raya this year, i had bundle of joy and sweet memories.

reached home around magrib and there were on the table

parcel from my sister. this time, it's almond london. ecstaticed after reading her note. i know, everyone's waiting for my flight home, i know;)

kad raya from kha1ee1. suprised, yet the kindest thought. duit raya, saya masuk tabung yeh?

i've promised my brother to go online so i bugged him. we both webcam-ed as almost everyone's home, so mum got to see me in my baju raya and i got to see how 'busy' they were breaking the last fast. penuh balai dengan food. afterwards, abg long managed to get us voice-chatted while vieweng each other, so i dont have to go downstairs to make a call. it was a quiet night for them, i could see. with lotsa XY's, there's not much they were doing apart from playing scrabble and lazing around. each took turn to entertain me while i was busy yawning. i hail for the technology for bringing me closer to my loved ones. there's nothing more precious than seeing their faces, even just on the monitor.

i went off to bed, CONTENTED. my 4th raya abroad is an almost-perfect one. My CREATOR, families and friends.

Allah MAHA ADIL, kan? DIA tak pernah biarkan aku kat bawah lama2..nanti DIA angkat aku balik, ke tempat yang lebih tinggi. syukur.

'I want you to remember one thing. Everyone here loves you very much...'
-Uncle-

p/s.the rest of the pictures? most probably after the exam=)