Spices of Life

12Oct: Last minute decision to balik kampung. We have no ideas whether it will jam or not on the PLUS highway heading North. Well, we just gonna gamble. Have to go back, coz my Mom dah pesan byk mende for Raya. 12pm we start journey via Guthrie highway. No jam, not a surprise. After entering Sg Buluh, no jam at all. The journey was smooth with no hiccups. We were aware of the contra flow (extra lane from opposite direction) going North from Rawang till Tg Malim, but luckily we didn’t take the extra lane. WHY? Because in that lane, u cannot over take the car in front, have to follow the line until the exit at Tg Malim. And I can see a big lorry with speed limit 70/80 km/h on that lane, followed by a long queue of cars behind.
We reached kuala kangsar around 2:30pm. 3pm, we went to Jusco Ipoh for last minute shopping for baju raya. Then return to kk at 6pm. No jams on highway to and fro Ipoh. Nice. But kk a lil bit jammed up. Long queue from the kk toll till middle of kk town.
That nite, start preparation and house cleaning for raya untill early morning.

13Oct: Visit pusara Opah and relatives as early as 7am. After that, rushing to kk town to chase the ice cube lorry to get a big bag of ice cube. Then get ready with new baju raya and start beraya!!! Preparing for open house and waiting for the guesses. Tapau some lemang, rendang, soto, nasi impit, and kuah kacang for my in-laws. 12pm in the afternoon, we start our journey back to KL. Coz all relatives (in-laws) were gathering in Bangsar. Reached Bangsar around 2:45pm, smooth highway journey, just a lil bit of splashes of rain. Then we beraya in Bangsar pulak.

As my in-laws all stayed for a few days in Bangsar, Tok’s house has become a station before we start to convoy to Pak Ngah’s and Pak Ndak’s open house. Pak Ngah on 2nd day of Raya, and Pak Ndak on 3rd day of Raya. Best jugak raya kat KL nih, dapat duit raya

4th Raya? Start working, but my bos ask me to go back after lunch. Everybody can go back home after lunch. Hehehehehe….

Selamat Hari Raya!!!