Haji Amin

Curry puff, bingka susu and The girls at the buffet

agar-agar from ernie

Tuesday was the Ukuf for all pilgrims going on the Haj including ofcourse my parents and my eldest son Amin. So he is officially now Haji Mohamed Fahamin bin Hj Feisal !! I am so proud of him! He called this morning at around 9 am out time which is about 4am Mecca time to say he had just completed the Tawaf ( circling of the Kaabah) and the Sai( running 7 times between the 2 hills). He was ready to collapse into bed but wanted to share the good news with us! Well done Amin. For the next 3 days he will now have to perform the stoning of the 3 rocks depicting the devil. We all pray for their safety ofcourse.

This was why we had special prayers Tuesday night at my parents house along with my cousins Ernie whose parents have also gone on the Haj. We had pur Ustaz Ansari lead the prayers. It was also Babu and Nini Ben's birhtday! so we said special prayers for them too. Badly sweetly handed out sedekah to everybody partly for her birthday and partly for her beloved cucu Amin!

As always after the prayers came the good food! I was not responsible for any of the cooking that day( just supplying the raw ingredients!) and left it mostly to Soleha. She cooked spareribs masak assam kedayan with bamboo shoots, Sayur Nangka masak lemak, ikan goreng, Sayur kacang tumis and sambal belacan. Usuh cooked samabl telur and Pipi bought drinks for the occaision! Ernie brought desert- various types of kuih which were all yummy. my Sis in law made curried prawns and babu did her famous curry puffs!

We missed Maria and Donncha and their brood who went of for their end of year holiday to Bangkok, but had the other kids to contend with! I attach the self explanatory food photos!!