Selamat Hari Raye Aidiladha!

The day after we got back was Hari Raya Haji. So after the early morning prayers at the nearby stadium, we went to the market to buy groceries! (The mosque was too small to house such a large congregation; it was surprisingly a 'family' thing, unlike the majority-male muslims praying in Singaporean mosques for both Hari Raye prayers).

Grocery shopping...

Maknye (the 'mother'):

Bapaknye (the 'father'):
Clayton (check out that yellow building! Its ClubX! lol):
Can sing, can cook. Anyone interested? Anyone? Anyone?

Cutting onions. Real men don't cry:

Ruzi came later to help us with the 'sayur lodeh' for our lontong. Rowds made chicken rendang and chilli prawns, with the help of Abang 'Brahim'.

After cooking and rest, we all got dressed up in our best baju kurungs (maybe just the girls...):

Our Hari Raye feast, from top left to foreground: lontong, chilli prawns and chilli paste, rendang (and not forgetting the sayur lodeh, not in the picture):

'Perempuan Melayu terakhir' (meaning: last Malay lady) trying to take a jump shot... (Perempuan Melayu terakhir konon... meaning: Yeah rite...):

Dzul and Miin:

Yummy!:

We joked that each of us had a really traditional (and not to mention outdated) Malay names; from left: Abang Ramli, Pe'ah, Petom, Tipah, Jenab and Abang Selamat:

And we later had a really wet and slippery time after the dinner (of course we changed out from the nice clothes...). We played games (wrestling especially!) on plastic tabletop covers made slippery with soap and detergent and eggs and water...

It was helluva time! Promise to upload the pictures once I get my hands on them!