Saturday, waited for eldest son Sharir to come to the house in Selayang because we are going back to Kampung together. Left house about 12 pm and reached Kg Durian Tawar almost 2 1/2 hours later, there was only staggered traffic jam along the way. Along the way bought some lemang at RM 8 a piece assuming that Sunday would be declared Hari Raya..and we were right!
Me and son and my brother went to the blue mosque at Kg Jelam for the Idulfitri prayer and there were about 150 people in the mosque. We stayed for a small feast at the mosque and enjoyed the delicious rendang daging and lemang. My brother made several telephone calls to prioritize the ziarah to avoid going to empty houses...
First stop was Bukit Tajau near Maran where my eldest brother lived and we reached there at about 11 am and enjoyed some kuih raya, lemang and rendang biri-biri (lamb). From BT we proceed to Jengka Pusat to my cousin's house and his son was waiting at the roadside to lead us to the house...I could not remember the way, been there more than 20 years ago. There were plenty of old stories exchanged betwen us...more so because this was my brother first visit! We stayed for lunch and eventually left the house to Jengka 23 to visit my cousin's elder brother...but he was away in Temerloh apparently seeking medical treatment for a clumsy fall the night before. But his children were there at the house to pass the information.
Then we proceed to Sg Nerek to visit my eldest sister who had just been discharged from the Hospital for low blood pressure and low sugar content, she fainted malam raya.
Like always my sister house was full of food because her daughter liked to cook..but we ate the satay and rice! There was also buah nangka and salak from their fruits orchard. We left about 6 pm and decided not to stop at my cousin Ustaz house as it was nearly Magrib and we have to rush home. This outing on the first day of raya measured 165 km...
Second Hari Raya started with a fish casting activities in the Sg Pahang and managed to get only four small fish as the water was too shallow. Visitors started to come from 11 am and only subsided at about 4 pm. Many of my relatives came to see my father who has lost his appetite to eat but had carried on fasting the whole month of Ramadan. According to my 92 year old father he did not feel hungry even though he eat very little..Praise Allah swt. At 4.30 pm we went to visit two other cousin's house in Lebak and Pangsenam and returned at 7 pm.
In the evening we went to Temerloh Rest Hose to have steamboat dinner and the place was full with people.
