Seiring sejalan…

My missus and daughter and I dropped by to visit a cousin of mine during his Hari Raya open house…

…and I met somebody at his place who told me that he reads my blog regularly! Small world! It seemed that he was in transition class when I was in Form 6…but that was some 40 years ago! Gee whiz!

I did not go around and take photographs of the food though. Especially when they’re not bloggers or they do not know that’s what bloggers usually do, they may find that somewhat offensive. There was a lot to eat and we really enjoyed the buffet spread of curry, masak hitam, ketupat, fried noodles, fried mihun and the works…but my cousin kept persuading me to try their bak-so, so my missus got a bowl of that for me…

…but I wouldn’t say I was crazy over it…

While we were there, we had a group photograph taken together with his lovely family too…

I know! I know!…I did NOT have a watermelon under my shirt!!! ROTFLMAO!!!

Usually, whatever festival it may be, I do not go out visiting…as I just cannot stand the heat but since it has been raining quite a bit lately, the weather has been dark and cool. That was why I did not mind dressing up and dropping by a house or two this Hari Raya…and other than my cousin’s place, we also went to Siti’s house…

Siti’s a very good friend of mine, the best that anybody could wish for. When my mum was in the medical centre early 2008 and appeals were circulated calling for blood donors, she was the only one who came bringing a friend – a Malay guy and a total stranger to donate his blood and he would not accept any ang pao or gift in return.

So there we were at her house to extend our Raya greetings and we had a great time chatting with her mum about my uncles and aunties and the good old days, and when we were leaving, Siti even tapaoed some cake and curry for us…

Well, that’s Siti for you – always kind and generous and a true friend indeed. It certainly was a pleasant Hari Raya for me this year…