Raya Day 1

Just woke up with a stomachache in the morning. Last night came home so late that I immediately dozed off right away. After having my cuppa choco drink, feel so much better and fresh now.

Nice lil' kampung house

Another one just below the hill

Yesterday was quite a heavy day. Home visit started quite late, so there was so much rushing to do. I have already lost counts on how many houses we went to. Let's see..1,2,3,4...forgot already. The houses here are so nice. The atmosphere was so much like those days during the black and white tv time. The kampung is so untouched and you see oil lamps are lit around the house. Also not forgetting the view of paddy fields. The smell of the woods can be so surreal and natural.

Traditional food

Satay and many more

Then we were served the foods! There was a galore of food as if the supply would never deplete. I like the fact that most foods are originally made and also each family has their own specialty. Mini's house is specialized for her satay, Ribo's house is good at Jawa mee, Siti's mum served us the Semenanjung style of Asam laksa, Hasna cooked us Chicken Rice ala Pahang style, Sher's kampung prepared rendang with lemang, and the list goes on.

Look, the table is always long to accommodate the food

We lost our way while figuring our how to get back to the mainroad from the bushes

Later we also stopped by at Big Sis house for another round of supper. Here the specialty is pork, opps. They don't celebrate Raya, but ChrisLAM wor..haha. She's a Christian but we can always have food for gatherings anytime. Nice, nice. Sis house serves the most and strongest alcohol. They kept serving whisky of 45 or 47% of alcohol. Some drunk but I was still steady. Even had time to take a pic with this cute lil' puppy. Ehem...(what was I trying to do?) In the end, I could feel the food touching the neck already, wa..so exaggerating!!

Cute, aint?


Then, the big kids just refused to sleep. The night was still young it seemed. So, the tour continued up to the hill where we met with the others for another round of drink and dancing and singing. Sher's went up the stage with the mic, and we had to go dancing again and again. But people here really could sing well. Me, ehem, got so much training to do still, hehe.

Ok, that yeos only for decorative purposes, haha, courtesy of the petrol kiosk owner.

Ok, that's the TIGER table

It's the second day of raya here and I have already got invitation for tomorrow. It's not only the food that I've enjoyed but the warmth and generosity that people show us that I feel so much missing from the life in big cities. It's like rediscovering basic human values that has long been buried under the tarred road in the city years ago. Looking forward to more food tonight!