Raya Open House 2009.

Last Saturday, the residents of Lorong 9 (my neighbourhood) held a Open House event...it was planned as a small event to further strengthen our spirit of friendship...

The day before, Mak and Ayah arrived from Kuala Lipis with some lemang they've made earlier...Ina ordered some lemamng for the event and Ayah happily obliged...hey it's Raya Open House rite...what is Raya without lemang (well, it depends on which part of the country you're from)...

Ina baked some chocolate cake and 'kek masam manis' too...Ayah cooked his famous rendang daging for the event which proved to be quite popular...

~Lemang imported from Lipis~

~Delicious chocolate cake by Ina~

~Kek masam manis~

Then Ina with my neighbours, Na and Baya jointly cooked nasi minyak...the preparations begun in the early morning...

~Mak helping out with the preparations~

Then, at around 11 am, the guys started their work...tables and chairs arranged...the tents has been set up two days earlier...everyone helped out...

~Men at work~

~Almost done~

~All done~

~The girls joined in the fun~

Around noon, the food started coming in...everyone came out with the food they've prepared as agreed...

~Some of the food...early batch~

At around 1 pm, people started coming in...it peaked at around 3 pm...everyone seemed to enjoy each other's company...we took turn entertaining our guests while at the same time ensuring that everything is in order...

~Our first guests...Cikgu Berahim's family~

~My neighbour Jai entertaining Cikgu Berahim~

~My neighbours Kak Su and Pah~

~Ayah joined in the fun~

~Puding cendol, puding bunga ros and choc cake by Ina~

~Food...food...food~

~Hanim and Alyssa enjoying their food~

~My neighbour Abang Man with his mother~

~Hampers for our lucky draw event~

Our guests came in and had a good time...it's not everyday that all of us get the chance to meet everyone like this...some old friends came and we chat about old times...it feels good to be with friends...

~Ina happy with her friends~

~My neighbour Is with his colleagues~

At the end of the day, we had our lucky draw event...everyone took turn drawing their number...my friend Duan gets the honour to give away the hampers...

~Second prize goes to Abang Bomba~

~Jai gets his hamper from Duan~

~Wife gets the prize from husband~

~Hanim drew number 6~

~Ina with the hamper~

~One for the album~

~Kak Su's daughter drew 1st prize...congratz~

Lastly, it's the picture taking event...ahhh memories...

~The ladies of Lorong 9~

~Ladies and kids of Lorong 9~

~Duan and family~

~My family~

~Abang Man and family~

~Ju and family~

~Baya and her kids...Safia not included hehe~

~Jai and his family~

~One more pic of the ladies~

~Hanim and her friends~

~The guys of Lorong 9~

As the day ends, some of us are talking about organising another Open House after Raya Haji...well, we'll see how things go, shall we...

Nice and enjoyable day for me and my family...hoping for more of this in the future...

~Amin~