We had a great raya.. Alhamdulillah! At first, everyone was hesitated to go back to Kuala Pilah since the house was quite in a bad shape.... but we could see that Mak was upset with the idea of not going back to our old house... so we all agreed to proceed with the idea of celebrating Raya at Kuala Pilah.
Along went back first on Sunday morning. As mentioned earlier, the house was in a very pretty bad shape... Along SMSed me to inform that they had to stay in the dark since something was wrong with the electricity wiring. Getting someone to repair the wiring was not easy since the Malay electricians were busy preparing for Raya and the Indian electricians were busy Deepavali'ing... luckily they managed to find a Chinese electrician.... thanks god! The house was finally bright again after 11pm.
We left Bkt Beruntung at around 4am (after sahur) and reached Kuala Pilah at around 8am. Mak was really excited to see us.... (Ahh... I missed the moment when we reached kampung and both mak and ayah would welcomed us with happy faces... and I would go direct to our kitchen to see what's on the table..... really miss those beautiful days... *sob!*). Along and his sons were still asleep when I reached there so we decided to make the move to clean up the house.... alhamdulillah, the house looked much, much better later... and any doubts of living in the old house was put aside :) We were quite happy with the result :) The best surprise was when Na & family came home.... (she never celebrated 1st raya in Pilah after she got married). Everyone was happy... and we could see the excitement in Mak's face to see Na and family.... what a moment to remember!! :) Angah and family came back later... but they rented a room in one of the nearest hotel.
We woke up very early to visit ayah's kubur.... alhamdulillah.... I managed to be there this year for Yaasin reading.... (we missed you soooooooooo much ayah! wished you were here... *sob*). DikMa and family reached kampung just before we leave for the mosque for Eid Fitri sunat prayer. Mak, Along (with bang long and sons - except Daniel), Na & hubby, Dikma and hubby and myself and hubby all went to the mosque... It's one of the most unforgetable raya... since everyone was there (except for Ruby). Later we visited Wan Induk's house, PakLong Eno's house and PakTeh's house before leaving Kuala Pilah for Melaka.
In Melaka... everyone was there.... another happy gathering! :) Next year, Kak Eina & family and Zamri won't be celebrating Raya with us since Kak Eina and kids would be joining Abg Kamali who is working in Dublin and Zamri would be furthering his studies in dentistry in England.... :( Meanwhile, we had a great time this year!!!
