Fluttering Butterfly: Eid 2012

Salam and helloooooo :)

I know Syawal has finished and its Zul-Qaadah now. I was busy with my placement after raya and busy playing around during the Spring break so I didnt have time to update this dusty blog *sapu2*.

After the Eid announcement at the mosque all the sisters gathered at the Hunter Centre for takbir raya and time to ask forgiveness with everyone. Alhamdulillah, I didnt cry much during the takbir compared to the first time i celebrated raya here which was 3 years ago. Well, big girl dont cry much isnt it? :)

I baked some cakes after the takbir raya. I made baby cakes, boiled fruit cake, apple bakewell and my father's favourite, pineapple upside down cake. My flatmates cooked rendang, nasi himpit and laksa! yummm. Who said raya at perantauan cant eat all the raya foooooods? We had everything! :D

So the first day of raya, I went to my friends' house. It was fun celebrating raya with the kids, watching TV3 live from Malaysia and we also had non-muslims as well. There were also few pakciks from Oamaru came down here to celebrate with us. It was like celebrating raya at kampung back in Malaysia. Everyone was there under one roof :)

Raya in Dunedin is not complete without taking pictures at the Clock Tower. This is compulsory :p So we went there to photographs few photos. I didnt go to many houses that day, so i went back and stayed at home and finished my homework because i had to go to school the day after which was the second day of raya. So yeah didnt celebrate much :(

However, on Friday, 24th August which was the fifth day of raya, we had the annual event, Raya Otago. yay! I could celebrate raya with everyone before flying to north island the day after for my rural placement. And again, my placement was during the spring break so everyone did their open house during the week which i couldnt join :( but at least i could join the big celeration! ;)

After helping the committees cleaning the hall, we went to St Clair beach and took some photos again! Alang-alang dah pakai cantik-cantik kan :p Luckily the weather was beautiful. It was a little bit cold but who cares its raya!