Tahnik and aqiqah

I had been invited to a tahnik & aqiqah ceremony at 10 am. i always try to be punctual but somehow my run kinda screwed up my timing. was all set to 'tenggek' kuah spaghetti for the kids before i left but whadayaknow.... there wasnt enough time. i knew i shouldnt have made that stopover at the market, but i was out of green bell peppers. and whats spaghetti bolognese w/out them?

Anyways, i had to move on to plan B. i couldnt leave the kids w/out food on the table (mak would have a fit) and they've had about enough of nasi lemak, nasi dage take outs.... so i opted for the simple but all time fav: ayam masak kicap with loads of those dried black cendawan cina thrown in; a lot like the goey stuff they put on the sizzling yee mees xcept mine had a lot of chilli api & black pepper (lethal combination when in large doses... berasap telinga dll hehehe) in it.

It was a close call but i made it to kak jah's place on time and it was a grand occasion indeed. KJ had the kenduri done for both her cucus, both boys. one was her son's first child the other was her daughter's 3rd but long awaited boy. hmmmm... did any of that make sense? ahh well :) the marhaban and berzanji went on for close to 2 hours and lordy, i was having a hard time trying to stay demure and composed 'bersimpuh' on the floor. lenguh maaa.... dah tua cannot stay like that for long... the joints cant take it and the butt just want to turn to stone heheh!!!

Anyways alhamdulillah selamat semuanye and the 2 adorable little boys were so obliging..... they slept most of the time and didnt throw too much of a fuss when we started snipping away bits of their hair :)

Semoga cucu2 KJ dirahmati dan diberkati dunia akhirat!!

And the kenduri that followed........ oh my, it was such a feast i tell ya!!!!!! i had to stop myself from gorging on all that kambing, it was so soft and not to mention tasty!!!! i've always loved kambing, be it lamb or mutton, and you can imagine the temptation to return for seconds...... and thirds hehehe. but please also bear in mind that i : had just finished a 4 km run in the morning (something which i've been slacking lately) + had to rush through my cooking with barely enough time to get ready. nowhere in that equation was eating mentioned and since it was almost 1.30 pm.... i was indeed RAVENOUS !!!!!! having to act like a respectable makcik sucks - all i wanted to do was tear away at the lamb leg like a caveman.... ugh, cavewoman ;)

When i got home, i was definitely the biggest ulor sawo ever to laze about the house..... bloated giler siot. adding to the fact that i was pretty ravenous, it was also that time of the month when i was feeling hungry enough to eat a damn house (blame it on the hormones; i think most women would know what i'm talking about). hmmm i wonder if it'll be the same when menopause hits (oh Lord pls delay that part of nature until many many many years to come..... ameen).

So AFe's bag got packed rather late in the day. i normally insist we have his stuff all settled early because somehow or other some last minute things would always crop up and THAT stresses me out big time. nevertheless the darling was very cooperative and we managed to leave home well before 11 pm (his bus leaves jln duta for sungai petani at 12.15 am). ok people.. please remind me to never make light of a very very low fuel indication, will ya? bcoz thats what i did. see, i had a low fuel reading ( just 1 'takuk' left) and on normal trips, it'd be enough for us to make it to the terminal and have the tank refilled on the way back. huh... i sure didnt make any allowance for the massive jam at the jalan duta stretch (they're building an elevated highway or something). sheesh by the time i hit the last roundabout for a u turn back to the terminal, i had already hit EMPTY. kecut perut gak tapi in front of the kids control 'macho' jer hehehe. didnt even wait to see AF off (i usually wait till he goes... just for my own peace of mind), i made a beeline to the nearest petrol station.

By then it was almost midnite and i was praying that the station that i frequent would still be open. AI was equally tense tapi dier pun control macho gak hehehe.... and as we crested the hill and turned the corner both secretly praying as hard as we could, tadaaaaaa... both the esso & shell station was still bathed in glorious white neon lights!!!!!!!! phew.. that was a real close call. learn from it cik pah!!!!


** Running Log**

1 lap plus= 4 km= 25 mins.

Considering that i havent been out for weeks, it was a good run :)


** Caspian Newsflash**
Abe's off to turkmenbashi to check on some pipes. but apparently he was stuck at the airport for hours... flights were delayed due to heavy fog. when he finally got there he was greeted with more cold weather. turkmenbashi is a town by the sea with cold winds. do try to stay warm and safe darling!!!