Raya 2011

of many many kuih raya we had

How's everyone? Raya's holiday is almost over, I am now currently back home, and preparing to go back to work. So many things to do, so little time.

Raya was fun, simple and tiring, not to mention, it's the time when one lose money faster than one earned, hehehe. The difference between celebrating it in Johor and Kelantan is the feeling of balik kampung. When we get back to Johor, we stayed in the city, which is pretty much says it all. It does not feel like balik kampung, and most of the relatives also stayed in the city, with brick houses, and big gates.

few of many relatives

But it is good to be back in Johor, since I have so many cousins and relatives. It does however sucks when you have to give duit raya to them, since there are a LOT of them! Curse of having a job.But I do get some duit raya, people see me walking around, suddenly giving me duit raya, I don't have the heart to tell them I'm already working...hehe

Another thing Kelantan is different from Johor is the availability of Lemang. It is so hard to find Lemang in Kota Bharu, but in Johor, there are abundant of stalls selling them, you just have to search for the right one. Below is a photo of one many lemang stalls in Johor.

Anyway, Raya is a month long festivities, there are bound to be open houses, so let's enjoy the month while it last, and here's hoping that you will not have stomach ache by the end of the day. 

Adios.