Raya

There are three of us this year!

We made rendang daging, ayam masak merah, and sambal tumis udang, which we ate with nasi himpit.

This time around the Oxford Malay(sian) community organized our own Eid prayer and Raya gathering right here at Summertown House, which was great as we didn’t have to worry about transport. The original plan was to pray at 0900, but we ended up praying at close to 1000 instead.

The sermons that followed were short too, which again was great because long sermons only make people uncomfortable and wander or doze off. Ustaz Khairi told us that the Prophet’s tradition was to have only one sermon following the Eid prayer, but he decided to give two in keeping with the common practice in Malaysia.

After makan-makan was a photography session. I tried not to eat too much. There were many photos taken. I hope we get copies.

Then, we did some visiting and had friends visit us till evening. We were all really tired when we went to bed at the end of the day, and look forward to celebrating Raya in Malaysia next year.

Selamat Hari Raya!