
Dear friends,
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my Muslim friends "Eid mubarak" or in my language:
In Malaysia, the sighting of new moon will take place tonight after the sunset. If the new moon visible, Eid will fall on 30th September, otherwise it will be on 1st October.
For the first time, I'll not be celebrating Eid in Malaysia! Insyaallah, tomorrow I'll fly to England and will celebrate my first Eid with Herb on 1st October! Normally on Eid day we will cook special dishes for family members and guests. Therefore to ensure that I will not miss home-cooked Eid meals, Herb has promised to cook some special dishes and I will also bring some biscuits (we called it 'biskut raya' - special biscuits that we serve during Eid) and not to forget 'lemang' and 'serondeng' (beef floss) . In the picture below, Herb observing my brother in-law making lemang when he was here last year.
before giving himself a try - adding coconut milk to the glutinous rice inside the bamboo (while little Farah watched attentively)
Other than special Eid dishes, normally during Eid we will wear traditional clothes (doesn't matter whether it's old or new clothes). It's either 'baju kurong' or 'baju kebaya' for ladies and 'baju Melayu' and 'songkok' (headgear - traditional Malay cap) for men. In the picture above I was wearing 'baju kurong' made of silk with 'batek' pattern.
In the picture below, my nephews were wearing 'baju Melayu' and 'songkok', while my nieces were wearing 'baju kurung' and 'tudung kepala' (head scarf).