Culturally Preconditioned

This marks the fourth year that I won’t be celebrating Aidilfitri in my hometown of Johor Bahru. (1996-1999 was spent in the UK) and this will be my first Raya celebration in Kuala Lumpur. I’m curious to see if the roads are really as empty as they claim. My parents are coming up to KL for the celebration.. so I’m not really missing anything much (aside from the Balik Kampung traffic jams.. Ha Ha to the lot of you!). Anyway, I’m kinda excited to see how the next two days is going to shape up.. I’m not even sure what we’re gonna have for the Eid makan makan tomorrow, since I’ll be stuck here in the office till 11pm later, so I’m just going to post the Sambal Goreng that I made last year for Hari Raya.. ini pure Jawa punya makanan ni.. slurp slurp… nasib baik dah buka posa…

Anyway.. to the lot of you going back for the holidays.. have a safe journey. I just heard a radio ‘advert’ saying that this Balik Kampung season, one true fact that will stand is not everyone will make it alive. Even though that sounds exagerrated and over the top scary, it IS true. So stay safe, don’t sms and drive. Kalau ngantuk, tidor kejap. Pada yang masih ada mak bapak.. jangan lupa mintak maaf banyak2 kat diorang. And pada yang ada binatang-binatang peliharaan, make sure they are well accounted for during this festive season. Nak raya, raya jugak… kucing2 tu make sure ada orang jaga.

Selamat Hari Raya… and thanks to all for the cards and wishes. Enjoy.. jangan tak enjoy… (sebab Isnin ni aku kena kerje semula.. uhukkhukkk).