Wedding Receptions

Wedding receptions are synonymous with school holidays. No weekend passes by without a single kenduri being held. Last weekend, we attended one in Taman Tenaga (previous neighbour and the colour theme was green). Today, there's one in Bandar Baru Bangi (ex-colleague's daughter got married). Next Sunday, a neighbour's son will end his bachelorhood. Come Dec, there are already three receptions in line. Putrajaya, Kuala Kangsar and Kajang. God willing, we'll be there.

Today, we got boiled eggs as the parting/thank you gift from the bride's family. Haven't gotten one for quite sometime since family nowadays are proned to have other type of gifts to be given away eg cakes or other mementos. It's interesting too, to find out that some of our friends are also the friends of the host. It's a small world after all.

With all these weddings taking place and me being invited, it just shows one thing.. Yours truly is getting older...Hmm...

Barack Obama, 44th USA President!

I just need to post tonite before the next day arrives, just to make sure that a historic moment like this is not missed by lamanoflife. Nay, I'm not an American but nevertheless, like many others worldwide, watched McCain conceeding defeat to Obama, and followed by the latter's speech in Chicago over CNN.
The results truly is a history.

Hari Raya Open House

We went to three open houses and a detour to a fast food outlet (courtesy of Na and Ridzuan) yesterday. Started from home at around 11am and headed straight to Taman Setiawangsa,KL. The traffic on MRR2 was tolerable. Food wise, the massala mutton was nice but decided not to eat a lot for fear of 'headache'. We had our Zohor prayers at Masjid Muaz bin Jabal. One new thing that I observed was the ATM-like machine for e-derma in the mosque.

From there, we went to Kota Damansara. Satay was the main food that we ate. At around 6, we congregate at A&W, Petronas, Kota Damansara. Been quite sometime that I had the last waffle so decided to order one. Hubby ordered the same. (picture: Mak, Ayah, Mar, Ani (partly hidden) and Aby enjoying the food)

After Maghrib, our last destination was Kajang. Nasi dagang awaited us there.... Reached home at 10pm and had a good sleep last nite.

After all the stuff that went in yesterday, today hopefully all the fats will be broken down. 3 of us are fasting today.

Majalah Laman Impiana

Isu Nov-Dis 2008 sudah dibeli semasa mengambil anak di sekolah tadi.

Majalah Laman memang menjadi sebahagian daripada rujukan untuk inspirasi laman kami. Gambar2nya cantik dan mengasyikkan!! Banyak perkara yang dipelajari dari majalah ini. Nama pokok, cara menanam, pembiakan pokok (propagation), lanskap.

Tomato....#6

Here's our lovely tomatoes. Had plucked 4 so far. Not as big as the ones we bought at the market though but that's fine I guess.

We bought the seedling at MAHA and used baja organik!! The wooden 'pancang' + the yellow rafia was done by hubby taking cue from observing MARDI's techniques! Simple and proven effective.

Another seedling hasn't borne fruits yet but I'm keeping my fingers cross.

It's a nice feeling to harvest your own vegie......

Ulam-ulam

Semalam kami berulam.
Antaranya, daun mengkudu, ulam raja dan bunga misai kucing.
Dicecah dengan cili tumbuk.

Rasa teruja kerana...
tomato sedang berbuah,
jagung pula sedang menunjukkan tanda2 ndak berbuah
putik cili pun ada 2,3.

Alhamdulillah,
Ya Muhyi, Ya Muhyi, Ya Muhyi,
Allah Yang Maha Menghidupkan.

A 10-year cycle....

the stories today:

a. consumers urged to be careful in spending so that they will be in a good financial shape in the event of a recession.

b. Be frugal but don't stop spending

c. ...makanan, kewangan dan minyak....

d. isu ekonomi global turut.....

**It's time to visit my vegie patch.... :-)**

4.10.2008 - The Wedding - Part 3

A picture tells a thousand words!! The bride, bridegroom, ayah and mak after the akad nikah. Congratulations and BarakaAllah.

"Selamat Pengantin Baru"

4.10.2008 - The Wedding - Pt 2

Tiket tol selamat di genggaman, maka meluncurlah kenderaan yang dipandu di lebuhraya PLUS. Melewati sempadan negeri, Selangor dan N Sembilan, jam di kereta menunjukkan masa memihak kepada kami. Masih punya waktu untuk sampai ke Sg Buluh sebelum acara dimulakan. Takut tersekat di jalan, maka kami memilih untuk mengguna Kerinchi Link, walaupun lebih belanja tol!

Tepat 10.50pg, kami tiba di Masjid Sg Buloh. Ehh...mana rombongan pengantin ni? Betulke masjid ni? 'Telefon opah, tanya masjid mana?'. 'Betul, opah kata masjid kat Econsave!' balas anak gadis. Selesai Tahiyatul masjid dan Dhuha, masih juga rombongan belum muncul... Hp berdering. Nombor pengantin di skrin telefon. 'Kak dah sampai ke?' 'Dah lama dah. Awat lambat ni?' 'Ada tukar duit tak? Kami on the way ni.' Dari jauh kelihatan kereta pengantin.... Tekan minyak nampaknya...nasib tak terlepas lorong ke masjid.

Hai, Tuan Kadi sudah sampai. Ahli rombongan lain belum sampai.. Selang beberapa minit, yang lain pun tiba. Alhamdulillah.

Dayang Yah membawa dulang cincin sementara Dayang Akak bertugas mengambil gambar. Dayang Mak pulak bawa fail. Kami pun memasuki ruang solat masjid untuk acara yang dinanti-nanti.

Bersambung.....

Oct 4,2008 - The Wedding - Pt 1

After a few weeks of preparation, the day finally arrived!
The night before (Fri) we held a small keduri doa selamat attended by some mosque congregation, after Isyak prayers. In doing so, we prayed and hoped that the next day's event will run smoothly. We tried our best and the rest will be left to HIM.

The food (above) was cooked by us except for the pulut kuning which was prepared by a makcik of Saujana Utama. There were kari telur (Zuridah's specialty- my SIL), sayur buncis + carrot (by my bro, the man chef that nite), ayam masak merah and sambal udang (yours truly...).

The small gift on the plate was acquired by the bride. Consists of dates, got them from Shah Alam.

Not forgetting the rest of the team... Amir, my other bro prepared tea and watermelon. My daughters with other details... Mak helped to prepare door gifts, ayah as the host. Last but not least, of course, dear hubby who sweat it out to make things smooth as possible.

Thank you!!!!