Lemang Making!

As tradition, every Hari Raya we will be busy making Lemang and Rendang. This year all of our Lemang and Rendang finished on the first day itself! Yummy.

 My brothers busy make sure that the bamboo is clean so that the Lemang will cook evenly

My aunt and uncle poured coconut milk in the ingredients

Look at this little piece of tablecloth art

Note: what is your "compulsory dish" for Raya?

Hari Raya Ang Pow!

Every year during Hari Raya Time, both me and John are busy searching for Ang Pow packets, we never had enough! So this year he keep on reminding me on getting enough packets like almost everytime Hari Raya topic being brought up! It's traumatizing! So to avoid that we don't have enough, I get some Ang Pow packets and he get some too, and we end up with like 500 Ang Pow packets???? Well, this year we sure HAVE ENOUGH!

Ang Pow packet oh Ang Pow packet!

what you can do with your family on boring day

Seeing family is really a precious moment, some more if they are loud and a bit crazy. A lot to catch up. But even that, if the time is so long, you might get bored in a way. To avoid that and maybe other crisis rising up, here what my family normally do. And mind you, we are really BIG and LOUD family, so if we don't have fun, we end up fighting or comparing each other's kid. That's why we cracking up with ideas..

1. Sing Karaoke and make a bit of a competition, I don't talk about normal competition, you have to act like you in American Idol or something, complete with bunch of judges that will comment.

Ms Pixie with Dangdut Song

2. Play water war, when people are talking, secretly splash them with water. Make it as crazy as you can, smear their face with charcoal or throw eggs on them. But...be ready to be attacked back!

Ms Pixie with a disguise

3. Make a long line of finding frizzy or unruly hair or maybe grey hair!

Nobody Escapes!

4. Cooking Together, Chatting Together, Chatting, Gossiping, Reminisce about the Good all days...

I miss all these talking and cooking together