Its a wet Raya

Its a wet wet Hari Raya Aidil Adha. The rain was on very early in the morning. At one point I thought we were never going to make it to the mosque for the Aidil Adha prayer. Luckilly the rain slowed a bit about half an hour before prayer time. That was when we quickly made our way to the mosque.
In the afternoon the whole family went to Setia Alam to my nephew's house. He was having a small birthday celebration for his daughter. Happened to meet my sister there and decided to follow her back to her house in Subang Jaya for more makan and chit chat after that.
At night my wife's brother and sister together with their families came to the house. All in all, it was quite a Hari Raya Aidil Adha despite the rain that never stop.

Two days to Raya

Taking a breather by the roadside


Its shopping time! Two days to Raya and we still haven't bought any Raya clothes! Finally we decided on a day and headed to Shah Alam. As usual, the whole PKNS complex and its surrounding areas were packed with people. We had to park at the Anggerik mall and walked to PKNS complex from there.
After a few hours of looking around and looking at what the traders had to offer, we made our choice and headed home.
The place is too crowded for my liking. Just wonder with the world economy in a struggling mode, people are still buying and buying and buying. Who cares anyway. Today is today and tomorrow is another day.

Lesser day by day

The mosque is less crowded now. Not like it was when Ramadhan was in its early days. Then, it was filled almost to the brim. Now, only the dedicated ones are left. The rest are long gone, disappeared into the night as sure as the sunset.
Very soon the rest too will go. Come Hari Raya eve, only the Imam and the Bilal will be left. They will continue to do their obligations. As for the rest of us, its Hari Raya time and the mosque will have to take a backseat.