aidilfitri without meamor

with other malaysian students in Toronto 2008

Its aidifitri tomorrow. Last year aidilfitri was celebrated without meamor and this year it is going to be the same (is it celebrating when there is no celebration?). For a family of 4 (plus mak 5), not having all of its members in an event is a significant loneliness. 2 years aidilfitri without him here, listening to takbir raya really inviting tears, the routine would be skype after subuh, performing the mass solat sunat raya at section 19 masjid, having a 'breakfast' of rendang, nasi impit and kuah kacang then continuing skyping again before visiting MIL and FIL in Petaling Jaya. And aina will be following ateh visiting families and friends.

Pagi lagi sudah ke pasar seksyen 6, cari daging, ayam dan beberapa lagi mengikut nota pesanan yang mak dah siapkan. Tapi kali ni DH helped me since troli pasar rosak and tak larat nak angkut seorang barang pasar nanti. Balik rumah buat washing and hanged all cucian at the car porch sebab cuaca tak berapa panas. Then buat house spring cleaning (its a big task) - sweeping, mopping, clearing the dust, mengemas yang bersepah-sepah. Luckily aina independently helped washing the car porch area (time kasih aina, mama saayang aina!). How I wished I still have a maid. Ria, our last maid ran away while I was away  in Bosnia.Beza ada maid dengan tidak, life now is a bit huru-hara since semua kena buat sendiri, baiknya pulak 'we enjoy the privacy'. If meamor di sini, all those chores are a mother and a son's shared work - sambil kemas sambil dengar dan nyanyi lagu raya sama-sama, saat-saat akhir pun sempat pergi beli bunga ke, pasu ker when we found the decoration tak cukup meriah. But for these 2 years, everything is kept to very simple and minimum.

Petang raya eve ni DH and aina had already left for takbir at FIL's place. I had chosen not to go since I promised to skype meamor on the night raya eve. Hope this raya would be a better one for him compared to last year since it falls on Sunday and now he rents a house with 7 other Malaysian students. Last year he wore a full baju melayu siap samping on the raya day and attended classes!