Iftar @ Nenek's & Atuk's

Dear Sufi,

My late long entry of Iftar on 2nd Ramadhan at Nenek's place. (I'm not sure if you can fully understand what I wrote).

We went to our place at noon. Papa fixed your room and the main toilet bulbs and I was cuddling you to sleep. Seronok! Hehe. We rushed back to Nenek's place at 5pm. Pak Long and Mak Ngah Ida were already there! Nenek had prepared a delicious menu that Mak Ngah Ida was craving - sup kepala ikan merah! Yummy! And I was just about to start my first attempt of lala masak cili. Nasib baik jadi. Then I cooked a simple fried mixed vege. The rest of the food and some Kurma Nabi was sponsored by Pak Long from the bazaar Ramadhan nearby your school. Mak Ngah Ida brought otak-otak from Banting.

Khadijah at 3 months. She's wearing your baju. We passed down around 20 pairs of your baju to her :)

Before berbuka, you played Pop Pop with your cousins. I was trying to take some photos when I heard Papa said, Sufi kencing ke?? Tu dia... your first time terkencing dalam seluar! Rupanya Sufi super excited main pop pop sampai tak sempat cakap nak pergi toilet. Habis basah skirt!  

Buat muka seposen sebab takut kena marah lettew!

After berbuka, we went to the mosque with Papa and Pak Long. Mak Ngah Ida was sicked so she went back home before Isyak. Mak Long and your cousins stayed home with Nenek. Somehow, the female crowd on the third night of Terawih has decreased. If the previous two nights you were sitting and entertaining yourself and couldn't go far away from me, that night you were mingling and playing with some friends - mostly older friends. I saw you were having a long conversation with two primary school boys.


When I was done with 8 rakaat of Terawih, I went behind to look for you, I saw you were lying on the floor with a row of kids. But only you were putting your legs up in the air. Ish anak siapa la tuh! So I quickly went back inside to perform my Witir. Agak tak khusyuk jugak bila in the middle of my Witir Mama terfikir - ramai orang keluar dari masjid nak balik, Sufi nampak ke Mama still solat? Pandai ke Sufi nak cari Mama? Sufi tak keluar ke dari masjid sebab Mama tak datang? So I performed my Witir dengan kadar yang super fast. Cepat-cepat Mama keluar cari Sufi. Mama tengok Sufi tengah panjat lubang-lubang dinding masjid tu. Sorang-sorang pulak tu! Hamboi! Sebijik perangai Mama ok! I like I like! Hehehe.


That night was the first time Izzah let loose of herself to play with you. Biasanya Izzah a bit reserved and only comfortable to play with her sisters. So, I saw a new scene - both or you were laughing (well most of the time Izzah was smilling) and you as always - screaming!  Berdiri! Berdiri atas kuda! (you called it Kuda but it was a zebra) and you held the Zebra head and said kedeguk kedeguk kedeguk. Pak Long pulak kata - Izzahhhh, jangan panjat kuda. Turun! Sufi ni hyper eh.


That was our first weekend of Ramadhan.


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Second weekend of Ramadhan. I organized an Iftar at Atuk's place.


Saturday morning.
I rushed off to the nearby Pasar Tani alone. Nenek planned to come along but when I was ready Nenek was still sleeping and I saw a list of the things she needs on the table. Apa jadi bila pergi sorang? More time to look at other things :p Hasilnya... 2 cheap tudung bawals and 3 cheap shawls. Bahaya pergi sorang! Balik tu kena sound la dengan Papa because we need to be at Honda Sg. Penchala service center by 11am. Macam nak terbalik Mama bersiap. Ok lesson learnt - next time pergi Pasar Tani lagi awal so boleh shopping lama-lama :D

So we waited for our car for 2.5 hours. Sufi asyik main tangga lepas tu sikit-sikit Mama, Sufi nak yak. Berapa kali pergi toilet pun tapi tak yak yak! Then Papa ajak pegi showroom. And before we know it, we were sitting with a salesman who happened to be a Kelantanese (oh ini memang super biasa ye Sufi, mana2 kita pergi je memang mesti ore kelate yang deal with us and we ended up getting extra attention). He checked my loan balance with the bank and checked with the panel dealer how much is my car worth. Memang tinggi second hand value Honda ni. Sikit je kena topup downpayment Civic Hybrid. Slap! Slap! Sila sedar diri! Papa juga sila sedar diri. Eh tapi bila kira long term lagi untung Civic Hybrid ni. Free service up to 100 000km. Haa lepas tu bila nak renew insurance mau sembelit! Forget about it Aqmar. Another 5 years and you basically done with car loan! Done!

Alamak terfikir lagi Hybrid tu. Focus! Focus cerita Iftar ni.

We arrived at Atuk's place at 2.30pm. Kak Nor, the maid went back to her hometown. So ting tong punye ting tong nobody open the door. I called Pakcik Awi he was on his way back from Sunway. Call rumah no one picks up. Call Makcik Na - no answer. Finally Makcik Kakak turun buka pintu after she was done with shower. Around 3.45pm, Atuk, Nenek Putrajaya and Makcik Na came back with a super banyak groceries and it was a zero plastic bags day. Phew. Banyak betol Atuk beli.

So what did I cook? Ayam masak cili padi as Makcik Na suggested and a simple fried mixed vege. Makcik Na buat agar-agar and marinated some chicken to be grilled later. Pakcik Awi semangat buat kuih buah melaka with zero assistance! Agak impressed Mama ngan Pakcik Awi. Sedap! Then you and Papa with Pakcik Awi and Makcik Kakak went to Putrajaya bazaar Ramadhan. Papa bought 2 ekor ayam golek. Ayam lagi! Macam-macam lagi Pakcik Awi and Makcik Kakak beli. Sufi siap dapat Upin balloon from Makcik Kakak. Papa told me that Makcik Kakak yang excited nak belikan untuk Sufi :) 

When Mak Ngah Ida arrived, she brought Pak Ngah's homemade sambal telur puyuh. Mak Long came with her delicious homemade bubur lambuk which everyone loved and some marinated ayam berempah. Ayam lagi??? A five chicken menu! Pengsan! Mama tak ingat siapa yang salahkan Mama as organizer tak plan btol2 the menu. Basically, takut tengok all the food - confirm tak habis! Air tebu, soya, milo, tau foo faa, apam balik, various types of agar-agar, tepung pelita, popiah basah, another 4 container of bubur lambuk from a neighbour and entah apa-apa lagi. 

Control macho!

My Ayam Masak Cili Padi

  
Sufi,
Papa knows that I'm excited to perform Terawih at the Masjid Mizan because I never been there. Unfortunately, I cannot fast :( Lagi sedih bila Mama tak dapat jadi makmum Atuk for Solat Isyak.

Solat Isyak berjemaah with Atuk

The men went on their Terawih. I forgot to ask which mosque they went to. Pakcik Awi who skipped Terawih, Makcik Kakak and Makcik Ni and 5 kids cramped on Makcik Ni's perdana to buy ice creams at P11 Mesra Petronas. You got an extra cikedis from Makcik Na. Dah jadi macam feveret anak buah je Sufi ni :p Shortly after you and the rest of your cousin were sent home because they are buying a cake from Secret Recipe to celebrate Makcik Na's belated birthday (July 25th).

Makcik Na was super duper excited as this will be her last birthday as a single lady katanya :D

My first taste of Pavlova

Getting ready for the cake cutting. I will upload a video of you later - oh memang over!

Sufi,

That night was the first time ever I saw you bloated! Eating too much of so many things! Perut dah terik and I was worried because you look as if you're going to puke anytime. You even make some growling sounds and had teary eyes to hold back from vommitting. Sufi oh Sufi. It happened three times and I had to assist you to the toilet. Nasib baik tak muntah. Sufi... Sufi... dah kenyang pun tapi rambang mata tengok food. After the short birthday celebration, Pakcik Awi macam biasalah Kak Mai belanja Tutti. So me, Pakcik Abang, Pakcik Awi, Makcik Na, Kak Batrisyia and Kak Aisyah hopped on Makcik Na's kembara to go to P15. Dah nak muntah pun, Sufi still makan lagi yogurt ice cream tu.

Kak Batrisyia yang katanya nak demam siap berselimut - berdesup bangun bila Kak Aisyah ajak pergi Tutti.



Macam biasa jugak la orang yang paling banyak ambil topping - RM22+



Around 11.30pm, I told Mak Ngah Ida to wake Pak Long up as Atuk wants to discuss a few things about the weddings. The discussions went on until 1.30am and Atuk insisted us all to sleep over. None of us bring extra clothes so we just slept with whatever we were wearing :p I was lucky that you felt asleep before midnight with your bloated stomach. I transferred you to Pakcik Awi's room to get a better and comfortable sleep. After sahur you were still sleeping but none of the adult went back to sleep. Berborak sampai pagi. Around 7am, Mak Ngah Ida went back without taking bath. Pak Long went back shortly after without taking bath too. Macam mana nak mandi takde extra baju :p What happened to us then? Papa continue his sleep and the two of us went for a morning walk around the neighbourhood :) I always love having morning walk here - quiet and we rarely see other people.

Sufi jogging

Budak belum mandi

Sufi tiba-tiba posing kat sini.

You get confused which is Atuk's place because the quaters look all the same. Mama kata Sufi cari yang ada khemah putih.

Such a long winded entry! I'm so done! InsyaAllah, this weekend Iftar at Machang pulak. Esok balik kampung. Punye lah excited dari Isnin Sufi cakap, Mama, kita balik kampung arini kan? Arini jumaat kan? Tunggu Papa balik dulu kan?

Love,

Mama