The first year we celebrated raya here, it was on a small scale basis as we all masih baru and belum kenal fellow msians lagi. Anyway, still terasa kemeriahan hari raya and was taken back tengok the ammount of raya dishes on the table!
The second year, we went full scale...hosted raya open house at arina's house with two others, masak macam nak rakk since the nite before and the food was too much..sampai tak habis walaupun ramai dah tapau. Letih sampai 2 hari!
This year, our raya celebration in riyadh alhamdulilah still terasa kemeriahan 1st syawal. Tho hubby still has to work on raya nite (12 hrs pulak tu!) he brought us to arina's house late afternoon for the raya gathering. This year we all buat pot luck so we didnt have to masak byk byk...but as usual, food sampai tak cukup table!
Most importantly kids were happy coz ramai kawan and this year they received duit raya from a few aunties yg cukup creative design sampul raya sendiri. Haekal just tickled me when he said, "wow" dapat duit raya arab!" he thought duit raya must be in msian ringgit!
Few days after that we also have small open house between friends and just last weekend a big scale open house at a rest house. The kilos are stated to show too! hu ..hu..
I am thankful that we have lots of msian friends who are just wonderful here..they are the ones tat made raya meriah and life bearable here...each time we all meet up, there will e so much fun and laughter....enjoyed every minute!
However this year, it was kinda a sober celebration for us...for hubby it was becoz his wallet was stolen in Makkah just a few days before eid! His Iqama (ID), driving license etc were gone. It was really a trying period for him coz in this country when ur a foreigner, they just dont want to help you. Can you belive it the police did not want to issue a police report/note to say that his wallet has been stolen???
(will write abt this in my next post)
As for me, after our third year beraya di perantauan, terasa rindu pulak nak rasa suasana beraya di negeri sendiri..nak dengar lagu raya berkumandang di shopping malls sambil bersesak sesak shopping baju raya, nak beli kuih raya and nak beraya dengan families. My kids have been saying how much they miss beraya at their nenek's house too...therefore we made a promise if all things are well, insyallah we will go back to msia for raya next year. Its about time huh! Am already looking forward to it!
**Surprisingly they have fireworks shows during 1st-3rd day of syawal in Riyadh!
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salam alaik,
Boleh tak bagi email address coz insyaallah mybe Feb next yr sy dan keluarga akan pindah ke Riyadh so ada beberapa perkara yg sy ingin tanya.Wassalam.
Salam Noor,
Beraya di negeri orang sudah tentunya satu pengalaman yang unik. It's not too bad when there quite a number of Malaysians over there in Riyadh.
Sorry to read about your hb losing his wallet. Pak Arab Saudi memang jenis sombong sikit. Satu lagi latihan kesabaran bila deal dgn diaorng ni :-)
anon, received yr email via FB.
Will reply there.
Oldstock, memang tahap kesabaran kena tinggi amat bila deal with them at anytime... Itu la bila balik msia, rasa customer srvice mcm 5star walaupun kat kedai runcit!
Dear Noor
A belated Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri to you and your family. Thanks so much for visiting my blog and for leaving your comment.
You have such a warm and loving family that even though you all are away from Malaysia, the smiles remain for within the family is the greatest source of love, power and strength that preserve you all till you return to Malaysia.
May the Almighty continue to bless you always.
Salam,
mws
eh, Masterwordsmith pun ada kat sini? :) :)
I'm glad you drop by my blog! I almost lost you!
That's a nice family pic. Raya was beautiful this year, wasn't it?
:)
dear mws,chahya and oldstock,
It just gave me a warm feeling that the three of you (the otai in my blog world!) visited my blog yg tidak seberapa ni...feels like Im at hari raya open house and meeting old friends! :-)
whenever I read your blogs, they will alwiz touch my heart be it with humor, warmth and makes me think about life.
Chahya, actually Im GLAD that I found you all!!
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