Hari Raya AidilAdha

It didn't really hit me, the sadness of celebrating raya away from my family that is...until I play on the takbir raya from the internet, on the eve of Hari raya. This year it falls on Thursday, and since we have just started working, hubby and myself can't take friday off. So no home trip for this hari raya for us. A first raya without grandparents & cousins for the kids.

We woke up early, getting ourselves ready for the big day. Ayah printed out a list of 'Sembahyang Hari Raya Korban schedule' from MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura) website. Almost all masjids in our vicinity started the prayer at 7:30 or 8:00am. After a quick breakfast of ketupat & rendang (out of a box since I can't find kerisik at the local market), we rushed out to catch a cab.

Below some snap shots of the kids on the way to Sembahyang Raya.

Amirul joked that 'this makcik' is upset since she missed her bus to 'balik kampung'

Yea! We got a taxi...

Since we were late (as usual), we missed the prayers at the mosque, we only managed to catch the prayers at the kolong (common area underneath HDB flats). Which is a blessing since we welcome the new expereince.We arrived just in time for the prayers.

Below: Alyssa keeping herself occupied while waiting for Ayah & Abang. she's pretending to be a pirate.

After prayers, we were kinda lost. All dressed up but no where to go. We headed to the nearest bus stop to figure out where to go. Alyssa desperately wanted to go to someone's house to celebrate Hari raya as we normally did, but we don't know of any Malays here. To ease her pressing need to celebrate, I let her greet all the Malays she could find at the Bus stop. It was pretty funny and cute. You can watch the video below, my apology for shooting it at a weird angle; didn't plan to take video at first.



"selamat ali laye....selamat ali laye..."










After Alyssa's performance at the bus stop, we decided to go do what other KL people normally do on their Hari Raya Haji afternoons - go to IKEA.

YEAH! YEAh! Dapat raya... Alyssa is delighted nonetheless....