2nd Day of Syawal

It's been a family tradition to go visiting on 2nd Syawal with the siblings. No visitings till late night though, that's a big no-no! Solat & lunch stopover is a must at any of the siblings' crib. It's always meal time at every house anyway during raya visitings hehe.

Started the day as early as at 10am and meet up point was at 5th sibling's crib. Plan A failed & unfortunately Plan B wasn't drafted. Mati akal for awhile :P Nevertheless things went smoothly. Nothing will go wrong when siblings' raya visiting is concerned. It will always be fun fun fun! :D

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us with eldest bro's family

us with 2nd sis' family

us with 3rd sis' family

us with 4th sis' family

us with 5th sis family

the nieces..the nephews can't be bothered with pix taking haha

the sisters with our only sis-in-law

all in the name of fun..the belo sisters haha

while waiting for our driver haha

Allah's Greatest Gift, My Precious Gems!

Selamat Hari Raya. Maaf Zahir Batin!

First Day of Syawal 2012

Syawal at my parents' crib has always been the happiest, with a tinge of sadness.

For many years now, yesterday's was the most emotional Syawal. Bapak who prefers to remain silent most times, given the state he's in of late, was at his most active self verbally. Zikir, selawat, shahadah, fatehah, al ikhlas, all done while lying on the bed..Bapak remembers them all. Such is truly a blessing masyaAllah, alhamdulillah. And a rare 'tazkirah' from Bapak at the end of our visit resulted in tearful moments :') Felt so blessed!! Thank You Allah for my parents!

Tears aside, time was well spent with all my beloved siblings, nephews & nieces. And yes, I think I've put on 1kg with all the lontong, rendang, sambal goreng, black pepper prawns..the list just goes on...

my beautiful parents :) ♥

pretty nieces ♥

just some of us..hee yes, we are one very big family :)) ♥