My click here, here and here entry!

Ooooo.... korang mengata aku yer....

Yelah, akak ada blog ke???

Anyway, wanted to have this entry earlier however, time is just not on myside nowadays. As much as I tried to manage and adjust here and there, I got to admit, I still need more than 24 hours a day. Don't we all.

If it's not too late, I want to put on record I had a great Raya. Been to many open houses, the last weekend of Raya was 13 Saturday and Sunday combined. We went to many places, and tried our best to attend all the invites except for the day Adik got engaged.

The last one was at lil^red's Open House which I got to meet my blogger friends. And I am so proud I succumbed to all the sarcasm and remarks menusuk kalbu about the "activeness" of my blog. Then, they asked me when do I plan to blog about this very soon after the even. "Alah, akak buat ler click here, here and here entry!".

Sampai sudah, baru ler nak buat. So here's my click here, here, here, here and here entry for the happenings of the event. And dapat member baru, so apa lagik, click here lah!

At least akak nie takde ler truk macam click here yang nie....Hahahaha!!!

Anyway, will try to be more dilligent in future. Tak larat ler kena perli!!!

Finale of Raya Open Houses

Last weekend was "shutdown from work weekend" for me. I just need to unwind myself and forget the backstabbing and cut throat corporate world. Forget the politicking and how to survive and depends solely on your work quality rather than sucking up to the relevant parties. For those who has access to my FB would know, I am ready to face the devil today! Insyallah, Allah will be on myside...

Anyway, last weekend was also the final weekend for Raya hence the final weekend for all the Raya open houses. Yet, we continue to receive invites. Saturday, we have 6 invites and Sunday 4 invites. We need to let go the Sunday invites though, need to go back to Batu Pahat to attend to a family matter.

The cuties also have their own open house to go to. Imagine, they are really growing up. Soon, they will spending the Raya with their friends rather than family...nie yg start emo nie...

I did not snap many photos, just wanna enjoy all the visits to all the friends and relatives houses instead. The traffic, again, was bad....But, jgn lupe, I am not the only one nak beraya...

Alhamdulilah, we managed to cover all houses, 3@BSP, 2@KJ and 1@ShahAlam... Kira ok ler tu...

We rushed to the Macy Warehouse Sale right after all this visits. Thanks nae for the sms, that really excite me to start another shopping spree....

The cuties, cepat skit makan, Mama needs shopping therapy!!!

Raya@MO

After rushing back from this event, we had to attend another Open House, this time it's our company open house held at Mandarin Oriental. The traffic was really bad, we ended up reaching office after one hour journey walhal the place was very near to the next venue...letih akak tau!!

Most of my workmates were there already. I was full so did not eat anything here. Just socialising and having a good time with my friends. Many familiar faces from other companies as well. A meriah event indeed.

Actually, loads of photo taken durimg this event but not from my camera. So far, received only one, thanks yer anon for sending this photo to me...Cantik ler I masa nie, good camera you have there ;)...

So exhausted when I reached home...alangkah best kalau boleh trus beradu, too bad still have lots of house chores that need to be attended too....

Raya@PNB

Myself, Cik Puan Ambang and Ms Money Matters were invited again to another Open House, this time organised by PNB held at Dewan Perdana. We booked a cab to go to this place as we anticipate parking may be a problem. We also booked a cab back to office after the event.

As predicted, parking was a problem. And what makes it worse, it was raining. We had to go through massive jem on the way there and on the way back as well.

The food however, manage to compensate the other not so positive aspect of the event. They have this Shamsudin Lamin some sort like ghazal group to entertain us.

We did not stay for long, have to go to our company event. While we were waiting for our ride back, the DPM, Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak was making his exit as well. So, dapat ler snap gambo dari jauh. He got alot of bodyguards so no way to take a close up.

The funny thing was, many VIPs were waiting for their ride back at the lobby and all are using big cars...And when our ride came, all dok staring, naik cab je minah bertiga nie...apa pandang2, ingat org naik teksi nie takde duit ke??

Raya@Bukit Jelutong

After Bangsar, next stop was to Bukit Jelutong. The traffic again was testing our patience and I keep on telling myself, bukan we all je nak beraya. Others on the road pun nak beraya gak kan!

This Open House was together with housewarming so we dropped by Subang Parade to get a housewarming gift for the host. We got her a some sort of painting that can be hung on the wall. Hope she likes it. Lupe ler pulok nak ambik gambo...

The Open House was grand. Siap ada kambing golek BBQ tu. A kind of Open House I don't think I can afford just yet.

The house was so beautiful. They even have a garden in the middle of the house. According to my friend, it comes in a package when they purchase the house. They were given about 10 types of design for the garden and then the developer will do the necessary.

We were so full, so, we thought of skipping the other 2 houses and just go to the last one in BSP. This was the Open House of our front door neighbour, so tak leh avoid ler...No pics taken for this sebab muka masing2 dah macam really exhausted....Just wanted to crash on the bed and be done with it!!!

And what make it worse, esok keje and the cuties got exams...TENSEN!!!

Raya@Bangsar, Restoran Rebung

Sunday morning!!!!

We started our day early. We knew we are going to be out the whole day today. Hence, we woke up early to do some house cleaning.

Since it was already 18th Days of Raya, I suggested for us to wear casual clothing. We have been wearing baju kurung to all the other open houses, so I felt like wearing jeans and blouse today.

Sempat posing dulu before kluar rumah. HARUS!!!

Us in the car, my princess was busy reading at the back.

The first destination is the Open House organised by my big boss at Restoran Rebung in Bangsar. Yup, the actual Rebung place owned by Chef Ismail and Angkasawan Malaysia, Sheikh Muszaphar. It was our first time here...

UPDATED PICTURE - Gambar meja sebelah just for anon...I feel I know who you are...hehehe...

The place and food overall was ok. But the logistic was quite a problem. Difficult to find parking spots. We arrived early so the parking problem was not so critical. We were not there for long. We have other destinations to be at.

Thanks TMD and Puan Sri for inviting us. Tahun depan ajak lagik yer...

Raya@Keramat

After Kajang, we headed to Keramat. Invitation received from the newly wed workmate. We didn't get to go to their wedding due to this so we make it a point to go to their open house.

The traffic was terrible. From Kajang to Keramat took us about 2 hours. Giler lama tu...

When we arrived, the cuties were exhausted. My baby slept in the car all the way and when she woke up, she was a bit cranky. But, kejap je, her mood was back to normal when she saw the chicken wings...

I did not eat much, still full and getting tired being in the car for so long. But, tak berani nak komplen, like I am the one driving??

We were supposed to go to Wangsa Maju after that, to Ms Money Matters place...but why we didn't go...Maleh nak critor, asalkan Ms Money Matters understands, ok ler tu...

Next - BBQ dinner@BSP organised by the Ketua Kampung...No pics taken cause it was already late. Arrived there at around 9pm lepas tetamu tak diundang baru ler reti nak balik!!!

So, out of 6 invites, we managed to cover 4, actually we can cover all if not because of the things that I refused to talk about!

Raya@BSP&Kajang

Last weekend was declared as makan free weekend. Why?

Because we were invited to 6 open houses all together. As mentioned before, my hero acted as the itinerary keeper, making sure we adhere to the schedules.

First stop was our next lane neighbours. The cuties love this open house as they have one place just for the kids to eat. We were among the first to arrive hence the cuties got to sit at the place peacefully. I was really watching what I eat for 2 reasons ; takut when you go to the next house, you can't eat anymore and second reason is...akak nie dah tak cukup besar ker .....

Next stop was to Kajang, to my sister in-law's parents house. They came to our event last week so we thought it will be rude for us not to come to their house.

It was a good decision. Instead of having the typical ketupat rendang dish(but they still have this anyway, yelah, tak complete ler raya kan), they cooked delicious masakan kampung, with siput sedut, ayam goreng berempah, sambal belacan and kawasan2 yg sewaktu dgnyer...here, difficult to control cause the food was so good, but I restrained myself from having second helping...

So, next stop mana yer???

Raya@Mrs Green

The date : Friday, 17 October 2008
The time : Around 8pm
The place : Mrs GREEN house @ BBB

The food

The nice kuih raya container - kalau org tak nampak, and kalau beg aku besar, harus ku cilok bekas dari Langkawi ini, sungguh berkenan!

The people

The cuties

Mrs GREEN was very kind to invite us, a bunch of crazy people to her house last Friday. Actually, her place is not very far from our house, about 15 minutes drive. However, it took longer than that, it's either the map failed us or we failed in reading the map. Being in a state of denial, we strongly believe the first option - sorry Mrs GREEN...hehehe...

We had loads of fun, with the good food(harus hancur diet ku) and of course good company. By the way Mrs GREEN, if ever you are going to Langkawi again, can you get me the cool kuih raya container yang telah menawan hatiku...that makes a good birthday present for me ;)

Raya@Utusan

I was invited by a good friend of mine to attend the Kumpulan Utusan's Hari Raya Open House yesterday. I am allowed to bring friends so I begged for Mrs GREEN, lurza, Cik Puan Ambang and William to come along.

I never expected the event to be that big. There were artists, the ballroom was nicely decorated,food were every where and Raya songs berkumandang.

The parking was full so we have to opt for valet parking. Mahal tu, RM20 hinggit!!!...


I got to take pictures with Mila, Noryn Aziz and Mawi Ekin. Cik Puan Ambang insisted her photo to be taken with Aizat while William, malu2 konon so acted only as the photographer. There were many other artists




Then, we started camwhoring all over the lobby. Kat tangga pun ada.

And lurza, the leader of all camwhorer started posing while we waited for the car. Mrs Green pun apa lagik, join skali ler...hehehehe....

Thanks guys for willing to accompany me. And thanks Izam sebab sudi ajak. Harus le kan, jumper artis, mesti ler nak ikut...

Alamak! Lupe ler pulok!!

Remember this event?

Before the big day, me and my better half has done delegations for the stuff that needs to be done. So, he will do this and I will do that...

And we forgot the crucial part, giving away duit raya to the kids who came.

He thought I was the one doing that, I thought he was the one doing that as well.

After the event is over, while cleaning the house and clearing the wardrobe, I saw this pile of duit raya untouched and then we realised we did not give away any!

I am so sorry, totally forgotten. And malu besar cause some of the guests who came gave the cuties duit raya...mana nak letak muka nie tau!

I have given away some to my workmate who came and will try to complete by today...But to my blogger frens who came, nad, dott and nae....how do I pass this to you?? Ideas are welcome :) !! maybank2u perhaps....

How did the event go?

Some of you may be wondering how did the Open House go? At least pretend lah that you are...

Well........

Alhamdulilah, it went very well. The turnout was great! We estimated about 300 people came. Though it's supposed to end at 6pm, there were still guests arriving at 8pm and the last guests left the house at 10pm.

I did not get to take any photos, were busy entertaining family and frens...

So, ciloked photos from lurza...hehehe...ok ler tu!

Thanks to my blogger frens who came that day...nae, dott, nad, lurza(also workmate), faith(another workmate as well) and not forgetting k red(also a workmate). Your attendance mean so much to me, your kindness in sharing this happy moment of my life with me is very much appreciated. Though the first 3 names, I got to know them on-line, but it seems like we knew each other for sooo long kan?

For more stories on this, read here and here...

My busy weekend

Materials to cook - checked

Kuih muih - checked

Tent - Dah pasang

House - 50% clean

Will start cooking after subuh prayer tomorrow...

So, yang dah dapat jemputan tu, datang jangan tak datang...Kami sekeluarga menanti kunjungan anda!!!!

Raya@Wangsa Maju

Ms Money Matters sent an email to me on Monday inviting us to her house for makan2. I was fasting so I told her I will come after Maghrib.

The traffic was quite bad, so we arrived later than expected.

The food was delicious...I want more of the rendang ayam!!! Kena masak lagi sekali tau!!!

And the finale of the event, Ms Money Matters' son insisted that his photos to be taken with the cuties. And lastly with his dad. Comel sungguh!

However, Ms Money Matters, we still want the laksa johor, next round yer...

Raya@Bukit Damansara

After the 1st Open House, Pak Ngah did a second one, this time only for families and close friends held at his home in Bukit Damansara.

I love Pak Ngah's house so much. I think the design is very creative and unique. It also shows my Mak Ngah has a very good taste indeed.

Let me bring you on a short tour of the big house.

The swimming pool located in the middle of the house.

This is my favourite room, the Japanese room.

The exterior of the house. Malay concept and the materials were flown from Indonesia.

My Pak Ngah really showed me if you really work hard, nothing is impossible. He works hard all his life in order to provide a better life for his family. And once he is successful, he never forgets his family and try to help out as much as he can. He is a very honest and straight forward man and I hope I can be as successful as he is one day, Insyallah.