Back in Kampung

Yesterday, my group went to our community study area to visit our adopted families' homes for Raya celebration...

Started our journey around 2.30pm... it was raining. One of my coursemate, LL was complaining, 'Oh dear, what's gonna happen to my car? All the muddy roads... *sigh*'.. Well, we haven't realized by then what's gonna happen to our STOMACH after a few hours..!

We went house by house...
1st house: 'Mari makan!' 'Baik!'
We ate kuih raya and drank air kelapa wangi blend (a famous product of this family, Shiok!)

2nd huse: 'Mari makan!' 'Ya..'
Again we ate kuih raya, drink orange juice and while we sembang, we didn't realize the ultimate danger... the host cooked an enormous portion of friend mee!!! Of course, we can't refuse so each of us ate our little share leaving quite a lot untouched...
By the time we are leaving, we realized it's already 4.30pm!!! 2 hours past! Bearing in mind, we decided to act fast, eat fast, drink fast, talk less.

3rd house: 'Mari Makan!' 'Ok...'
Yup, again we ate kuih raya... by then, we politely refused drinks before the host even begun to prepare.. the witty LL (who stayed there previously) went into the kitchen to check on her mek (mother). Suddenly she came out, asked us 'siapa nak minum? Semua tak mau kan?' (we didn't even have to answer..) in a split second, she rushed back to the kitchen and mission complete, no drinks!
Yet, her mek still came out with 2 plates of mango cuts...

4th house: 'Mari makan!' '....'
By then, i already became a muruku specialist comparing murukus from different houses.
'This muruku taste better hor?'
' Ya lor, just like the one in market... you know, the white colour packet with the baby picture!'
'Ya lor, ya lor'
So, we just ate the muruku, ignored other kuihs and drank tea.

5th house: 'Mari makan!' 'takpe...'
Went in, greet, every kuih try one, drink, greet, out of house.


6th house: 'Mari makan!' 'takpe.. betul-betul takpe..'
In the end, we ate a lot of keropok lekor and each of us had a bowl of ais kacang! (the host opens a warung...)

Finally, we head back with a supreme ultimately full-of-kuih raya-and-water stomach..!
Went back to university, skipped dinner. = )