mY eid eXpErieNce....

Every Muslim in the whole world have been fasting for the whole month of Ramadhan. It had come to the end and we celebrated the Eid. This year's Eid is something new for me as i am now studying in college. During the fasting month, I spent the whole month fasting here, at Uniten which is far away from my hometown. As the holiday started, my parents picked me up at the college and we continued our journey to my grandparents house at Batu Pahat, Johor. I was so excited to celebrate the Eid with my grandparents and relatives there. I haven't been there for a long time. Our journey from Bangi to Batu Pahat took about 4 hours. It was quite tiring but all the excitement made me forget about it.

When I arrived at my grandparents house, it was second last day of fasting before the Eid. I went to the 'Bazar Ramadhan' to look for some food to break fast. My uncle bought Nasi Beriani and we ate together during the break fasting. During night, all the women and girls gathered at the kitchen to prepare the ingredients to cook for the Eid. I helped to prepare ketupat before it is being cook on the next day. At 9.30 at night, my grandmother, my aunt and i watched 'Susuk' as it was the last episode. It was interesting and i was very happy watching it with my family.

On Friday, we cooked everything we need for the Eid. My grandmother cooked lots of dishes for the Eid which are ketupat,lepat, rendang, samba lodeh, chicken curry, chicken with soy sauce,and sambal kacang. My cousins, my siblings, my mom and aunt help my gandmother at the kitchen as she is not feeling very well. My aunt have to buy oxygen machine to help her breath when she cannot breath well. I was sad to see her when she is not well. We cooked together and it was fun. I don't even get the chance to take bath for the whole day as we were so busy in the kitchen. Hehehe.... It has been tradition for years to send some ketupat and dishes to our relatives before the Eid. We called it ' Berkat'. That's why we have to cooked early, so that we can send it to them.We finished cooking in the evening. My aunt and my uncle helped to send the dishes to our relatives. I slept quite late to prepare for the Eid. My cousins and siblings played firecracker during night of eid.

All of us got up early in the morning of Eid. All the men went to the mosque for Eid's prayer. The rest helped to clean the house before our guests came to our house. I didn't get the chance to go to mosque as I have to put all the kuih raya on the table and prepare foods for our guests. All of us looked beautiful with our new baju kurung and baju melayu. Before the guests arrived, we took pictures and shaked hands and asked for forgiveness with each other. It was the saddest part of the day. I almost cried when i watched my parents and grandparents cried. We had our breakfast with ketupat and all the dishes. I enjoyed eating ketupat with sambal kacang and rendang so much. It was marvellous and so delicious. Then, our relatives arrived. Most of them are my granparents siblings. They are closed as my grandparents took care of them since they were young. My grandfather have 9 younger sisters and brothers. I got some duit raya from them. My grandparents and aunts gave lots of duit raya to me. My parents gave me RM60 as my duit raya. hehehe

On the second day of Eid, my family went to visit our relatives while my aunt stayed at home to help my grandmother. We went to few houses as we seldomly meet them. In the afternoon we went home and our relatives still came for a visit. It was a busy day for us. On the next day, my family and i prepared to went back to our house at Terengganu. It was fun celebrating Eid there. At the same time i was very worried with all my assignments and final exam that is coming two weeks after the Eid.

That is all my Eid experience. I enjoyed myself and it was one of memorable moments of my life. I will never forget this event.