Gosh! It’s been a while since I last updated this blog. Many things happened in the month of July. We went on a vacation, dear son has been sick, bla bla..and July seems to be a month we got money coming in, payment from project, income tax refund, NCD refund from the old car, Hubby got some money from his company..Alhamdulillah!
As the Hari Raya is approaching, amazingly I have no strong feeling to spend on anything, no new baju kurung raya as I won’t be wearing baju kurung as often as I could, kuih raya pon rasa macam malas nak beli (boleh tak gitu?)
The point is those kind of preparation (tempah baju, kuih raya, balang kuih, langsir raya etc) is meaningless as it is not practical. We will only wear baju kurung/baju melayu for say like 1-2 hours, and on the morning of Hari Raya, we will be eating ketupat, rendang, and whatever heavy dish like nasi, lontong and whatnot. So those kuih raya will be like penghias balang je..
Well, that’s what I feel for now la..in years to come once the son is older, if he wishes nak baju raya 3-4 pasang ke, nak kuih raya 4-5 jenis ke, I’m sure I would be happy to indulge in the spirit of Hari Raya for him..err Hubby, what say you if we go to Aquaria on the second day of Raya like last year..we make it our yearly visit..haha!
i hear ya. for some reason these past couple of yrs pun i dont have the desire to splurge during raya. its a good thing, isnt it..?
Salam. We’re on the same boat on this one. Dah pertengahan usia ni, the excitement menyambut raya is no longer there. I don’t normally care for baju raya much, probably beli every other year je pun. BUt I make it a point that my kids have at least one pair of new outfit each. I remember what raya was like for me at their age. It was such a big deal! I’m gonna have to make them their baju raya this year sebab dah terlambat nak tempah. Urgh!