2 more days & by then the muslims will be celebrating hari raya..! it seems to fast that it's almost a month that we have been fasting. so, how's your preparation going on at home? some will be busy cleaning up the mess at home already. some also withdrawing their curtains or putting back with new curtains. some also paint new colour to their house walls. just like someone out there. pity him. being painting since last week. hahaha.
ouch! this happen to one of the bazar at geylang. it's situated in front of hotel 81. the shop owner have suffered lots of money to overcome this. it affect that business of course. but the management told the papers at berita harian that they will rectified asap, hopefully on the same night it will be back as per normal. this incident happen around 7am.
the close up view of it! pity the shop owner. according to the paper, she said that she wanna sell 2 cars on hari raya eve at a discounted price. but due to this situation, they have to fork out money to rectified the problem. new car got into "accident".
water collected from the rainfall was too heavy that the tentage also give way. lots of water have to thrown away. look closely at the picture - how much water is there.
another shop owner that was affected by the heavy rainfall is my dad's friend. if i'm not mistaken his name is mr malik. he stayed at woodlands and once he received call from his staff around 7am, he has to go back to the site. he has to keep aside all the carpets before it's been ruined by the rain.
enough of bad news. pity them but hopefully by now, their businesses are back to normal. insya-allah. one thing that always happen in geylang - seeking for donation. during this month, some of the foreign people tend to take an advantage asking for donation. it is a good deed for a muslims to donate some of their wealth to those who is really indeed of help. but those who asked for donation there seems to be like normal people. they are very healthy too sometimes. just like the picture below - a pakistan guy asking for donation, aiming more on those at the carpark.
so those who drives, be careful of these potential incident to be happen. try to avoid unless they really need our help. some of these people are liars. trust me! based on my experience.
in this month of ramadhan, not only the bazar are packed with customers. not forgetting the wet market. coz you can get everything, almost all kinds of ingredients needed for typical malay food for hari raya. typical malay food such as ketupat, lontong, rendang, ayam masak merah, sambal goreng, kuah satay & many more. you know those food? it's oukaye, no worries. i will take pictures of the food once it's done during hari raya eve. =)
for the majority, it's a must for us to make our own ketupat for raya. very rare or seldom that we buy ketupat (ready-made) but when it comes to unforeseen circumstances, you have no choice but to buy. later after few pictures i show you another picture, those already shaped into real ketupat done by my family.
according to berita harian, who interviewed those above, said that this year, their sales are better than those in previous years. definitely chicken & meat stalls will gain a lot coz most of our food have either chicken or meat. seldom fish. this is becuase during the past, we can't afford to buy chicken & meat as daily food. so, the only time we managed to eat those "expensive" food was during hari raya. from there, the trend/traditional food for hari raya stays till now. 
well, not only the local malays went there to buy our raya stuff. the tourists take this opportunity to drop by geylang to look at our culture & tradition. you know, only once a year it will happen with the lighting up of the lights along the roads. so for those non-malay who read this entry, what are you waiting for? drop by geylang to venture out the atmosphere. don't worry. it close till 2 in the morning and even up till 6am during hari raya eve. =)oukaye then. enough of what's happening at geylang. thanks to berita harian for all the pictures. ahakz. i snap-shot those pictures from the newspaper with the aid of my n95. ceh, promoting my hp. haha.
now, it's time to share with you what my family have prepared so far. check this out!
my family has this trend of making our own ketupat. and once it's ready like this, do place in a cool & dry place so that the leaves won't turn to be dry. next step: fill up around 1/2 of the area with grains. boil them for at least 6 hours. the longer the better where it can last longer. usually my mum will boil it for 8 to 12 hours.
chocholate chip cookies. it taste like famous amos. really! haha. you come to my house & taste it yourself oukaye? haha. i started out making this particular cookies since last year when i watched this making cookies for hari raya show. i've tried out last year and it's yummy! so, this year, again - on the list. =)
since i have lots of cousins, i mean young cousins - it's like a routine for us to have something that will be loved by them. of course deals with chocolate. so above, koko crunch coated with hershey chocolate. yummy! i have back pain doing this. haha. coz it need patient for the chocolate to melt & maing sure that the placing of the koko crunch is nicely placed into the papercup.
another liking of them is honey cornflakes. the most simple cookies. just melted butter into the wok, followed by honey and a little bit of sugar for those who like to be sweet and lastly, pour your cornflakes. mix well and placed them into the papercup. bake in the oven for around 10 mins and tada! marvellous. haha.
kuih makmur - which looks like a leaf shape. one of the traditional kuih for raya. inside are filled with grounded peanuts. after the bake, it is being covered with icing sugar.
another traditional kuih known as kuih tart or pineapple tart. the nice pineapple filling is the source to making powerful kuih tart. a bit messy huh? haha. coz this is for our normal eating. bluek! those not nice we eat. those that looks nice, save for raya. haha.
last but not least - kuih kuaci. kuaci means sunflower seed in malay. mixture with raisins & cornflakes. one of my aunties forte. easy to make as well.