Eid Celebration 2005

This year's raya celebration was the best for me ever since I arrived in Columbus. The fact that this might be my last raya away from my own family made me decided to have as much fun as I can [read:this doesn't mean i dun have fun raya with my family :-P]. Pictures above tell a lot about how much I enjoyed it.

We didn't have a big celebration on the day of the Eid since almost everyone were busy with midterms (it was the midterm week for everybody). Thanks to Kak Nadia & family for organizing an open house at Buckeye Village. She cooked a lot of food...rendang, pulut, masak lodeh etc etc. Thank you so much! The food was delicious! Alhamdulillah. Since I have a midterm that morning, I went to their house later in the evening together with Arn, Matju, Zharif and Quer.

On Saturday, I woke up early in the morning just to make "kek kukus asam gambir", my mom's specialty. It took me almost 3 hrs to bake 2 "loyang" of cakes. Although it didn't taste as delicious as my mom's, you can say that my first attempt is not that bad. Later in the evening, me and a bunch of friends went to see the football game at the stadium [see previous post: Buckeyes vs. Illini]

Sunday was the BIG day. Arn and Syima made nasi kerabu and nasi dagang. Helped them do the kerabu. Everyone gathered @ East Patterson. A lot of foods!! Woohoo!! Who says you can't have traditional food oversea? Nasi impit, kuah kacang, nasi kerabu, nasi dagang, ayam masak merah...just to name some. I had my first ever nasi kerabu that day. Haha. It was one of the steps for me to learn the East coast tradition *wink wink*

We watched Perawan Malam together in the living room. Haha. I felt like at home. Raya with family, watching tv on raya day. The photography session was the best part. I know I laughed a lot during the session. It's good to be around friends.

I know I'll miss celebrating raya with my friends. Guess what? If there is no new girl coming to OSU next year, I guess there will be no more girls cooking for raya. Haha. Pity you guys!

I posted more pics in MY FOTOPAGES . Enjoy the pics!

So, how's everyone's raya? Tell me tell me!! :-D
Take care y'all!