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‘Kenduri’

Posted in Celebrations, Creativity, Family, Food, Friends, Fun, House, Malay tradition, Visitors, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 08/06/2009 | 3 Comments »

Now is the mid-year school holidays in Malaysia and it means a ‘wedding season’ for us – Malaysians in Malaysia. We received wedding invitations here and there from both relatives and friends; sometimes we  attended a few wedding receptions  in a day!
Today we attended two wedding celebrations, first in Keramat and after that at the [...]

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My Dearest Grandmother Passed Away

Posted in Family, Malay tradition, Terengganu, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 18/11/2008 | 10 Comments »

Last Wednesday, at about 9:30 pm, my dad was told that his mother collapsed in her house in Kuala Terengganu. At that moment, dad and his big brother Ami Ma was at Pak Cik Amin’s house attending their weekly hadith class.
Dad called his good friend Pak Ghani who immediately rushed from his house in Kuala [...]

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Thank You Aunty Siti Zainon

Posted in Malay tradition, Values, tagged , on 04/11/2008 | 2 Comments »

This acknowledgement is specially to thank Aunty Siti Zainon (whom I mentioned about in “What A Busy Week!“) for posting a poem dedicated specially for me on her blog (Seni Rupa Dunia Melayu). I feel honoured when Aunty wrote a beautiful poem just for me.
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Semudamu Aiman

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Wajah tenangmu anakanda
secerah senyum kecilmu
sopan dan malu
gadis bangun oleh kesedaran lipatan [...]

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What A Busy Week!

Posted in Eid, Family, Malay tradition, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 28/10/2008 | 2 Comments »

I spent the last weekend attending a lot of Eid open houses. It was tiring but fun since I got to meet relatives and friends. Among the open houses we attended were Uncle Ali’s (Abah’s former SS classmate), Uncle Khairul’s (Abah’s friend), Atuk Zakaria’s (Nenek’s Yunan cousin), Tok Mok (Jaddi’s [Abah's father] younger sister) [...]

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Going Back To Terengganu (Balik Kampung)

Posted in Family, Food, Malay tradition, Ramadhan, Terengganu, Travel, Trengganuspeak, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 30/09/2008 | 4 Comments »

Starting my own blog taught me lots of new things. For instance during our journey back to Kuala Terengganu, I was more alert to the surroundings – taking notes and photos for my blog. Normally I would just sleep, watching the VCDs or lost in my own world.

There are lots of beautiful old traditional houses [...]

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Ketupat Nasi

Posted in Food, Malay tradition, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 22/09/2008 | 8 Comments »

In Malaysia, ‘ketupat nasi’ or traditional rice cakes are very popular during Eid celebrations. It is one of the most popular foods served in homes and hotels during the Eid celebrations. A greeting card with a picture of ‘ketupat nasi’ would be understood as an Eid greeting card even without any word written on the [...]

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Ttupak Pulok (ketupat pulut)

Posted in Food, Malay tradition, Trengganuspeak, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 17/09/2008 | 5 Comments »

The other day mum asked if I want to eat rendang… Rendang reminds me of ttupak pulok and no ttupak pulok  tastes as good as the ones from Kuala Terengganu. Ttupak pulok is a type of glutinous rice delicacy, steamed with coconut milk and wrapped in a special leaf before it is fried to perfection.
I’ve [...]

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Ttupak Sutong

Posted in Food, Malay tradition, Trengganuspeak, tagged , , , , on 13/09/2008 | 12 Comments »

A few days ago, mum cooked a very delicious ‘ttupak sotong’  for iftar. ‘Ttuppak sutong or ‘ketupat sotong’ in standardspeak is squids stuffed with steamed glutinous rice in coconut milk curry sauce. The picture of the gleaming white squids floating in a white sea of  coconut milk is as appealing to the eyes as it [...]

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Special Ramadhan treats from Terengganu

Posted in Food, Malay tradition, Ramadhan, Trengganuspeak, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 10/09/2008 | 18 Comments »

Reading Awang Goneng’s post ‘The Sound of Heavy Metal’, reminds me of fasting and iftar in Kuala Terengganu. So it seems like Uncle Awang Goneng misses the ‘bubur lambuk’, ‘blede kerah’ and ‘akok’.
Iftar and imsak in Kuala Terengganu is marked by the sound of the ‘bede’(cannon shot) The best part is there will be two [...]

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Bubur Lambuk Kampung Baru

Posted in Food, Malay tradition, Ramadhan, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 07/09/2008 | 14 Comments »

Bubur lambuk is a special kind of Malay porridge prepared especially for iftar/ futur (the break of fast) during the fasting month of Ramadhan. In Malaysia we have various versions of bubur lambuk which tastes differently from one another.

Yesterday we had  ‘bubur lambuk Kg Baru’ for iftar. My siblings and I really love the [...]

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Traditional Remedies

Posted in Malay tradition, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 01/09/2008 | 2 Comments »

It is always easier to take modern medicine whenever we are not feeling well but we should not ignore the benefits of traditional remedies. Do traditional remedies really work? I know some that really work…
For diarrhoea and vomiting (not due to any serious illnesses), mum would give me strong tea without sugar. Milk should be [...]

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Eggs

Posted in Malay tradition, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 01/07/2008 | 3 Comments »

Last weekend, my family and I attended a wedding celebration and we were given some tokens in form of ‘bunga telur’ (‘bunga’ means flower and ‘telur’ means egg) by our host. Bunga telur is actually hard boiled egg decorated with plastic/ paper/ crystal flowers or decorated in boxes (or in container) made of paper, ceremic [...]

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