A gathering of uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews!

My mum was in town from the 26th to the 28th of August to spend time with my brother and his family and to send them off to the airport. They were going back to the US on the 28th August as my brother is furthering his studies.

My sister, Lin, made arrangements to have berbuka puasa at my uncle’s place on the 27th of August, and since it has also been a long time since my uncle’s siblings had met my mum and brother Nik Ai, he decided to invite all his siblings to join in the berbuka puasa too.

It turned out to be a huge affair with 6 of his sibling in attendance, 5 out of 6 of my siblings, complete with almost all of our children. My sister, Chik, from Kota Bharu, was the only missing sibling from my family, and my uncle was missing 2 of his brothers. All is all, there were 44 of us!

There was so much fun and laughter and catching up to do as I have not met my aunts and uncles for some time already. There was so much food too, but, as we all got excited over all the delicious food, all home cooked by Kak Ma, my uncles Ayah Ming’s wife, I forgot to snap photos of the spread! *sigh*

But here are some photos of the gathering....

Aiman at the lovely pergola....My uncle has a lovely huge house, and I just love the size of the house!

Just look at the number of cars the driveway can fit in!

Seen here are some of the guests....

We also celebrated my niece’s birthday, Tengku Yasmin, whose birthday falls on the 28th of August.

My brother Nik Ai and Eli’s 17th Wedding Anniversary, also falls on the 28th of August.

My brother Nik Ai’s birthady falls on the 29th of August. So it was a triple celebration, 4, if you count a celebration of gatherings of aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews!

It was great meeting up with everyone after not meeting up for so long, but, life is such that everyone is so busy, and trying to gather everyone at one go is almost impossible!

Thanks, Ayah Ming, for the invite, and thanks, Lin, for organising it!

Iftar with my brothers and mum

This post is long overdue, but I want to put it up anyway because it reminds me of my brother and SIL , niece and nephew, who have all left for the US on Saturday, 28th August, and already I am missing them very much.

On Saturday, 14th August, I had my brothers, Nik Ai and his family, Ayis and his family, Azan, and my mum, over for berbuaka puasa (iftar). Initially I did not intend to cook as it was too much work ( am I starting to get lazy?), what with the fact that I am without a maid and all, and just thinking about taking out the plates, cups and saucers was already making me feel tired! LOL! Age is definitely catching up with me! LOL!

Anyway, that changed when I took Aiman for his usual Saturday classes and dropped by the Village Grocer. I decided to cook Chicken Casserole for berbuka puasa instead as it had been a very long time since I last cooked Chicken Casserole. I got all the things needed and as soon as I came back and after a short nap, I immediately started on the casserole.

My brothers started arriving at about 5.30pm with plenty of food, and here I was worried if I have enough food for everyone! LOL! Just look at the spread!

There's tepung pelita, otak-otak, piana, fried kuey teow, chicken casserole, popia, just to name a few.

my chicken casserole dish.

There's even pizza and garlic bread!

My brother, Nik Ai and his family, were back for the summer holidays. It was great catching up with them and seeing how tall both my niece and nephew have grown.

I can’t wait for when my brother completes his PhD, insyaAllah, in 3 years time, so that we can spend more time together. I might even want to set up a business with my SIL. *wink* She’s there in the US where it is almost a heaven for craft things. She could just simply be my supplier. *wink* So, what do you think, Eli?