We are flying off to Jakarta

Aidil Fitri or Eid ul-Fitr is around the corner and we are making a head start for the celebration as soon as tomorrow. Woo Hoo! We will be flying off to Jakarta after iftar tomorrow.

This year we will be spending the last week of Ramadan and the first two days of Raya (see Eid ul-Fitr above) with Diah's family in Jakarta and then we will be spending few more days at my parents in Pahang. I have been busy at work the whole week and Diah has been busy packing our stuffs for the trip.

Since the arrival of our beloved baby Pasha, we have no chance to travel light anymore. We always ended up with at least three suitcases. Whether we like it or not. If we are away for a few days only, it would still be three, but the smaller size bags instead of the big suitcases. Why do we need three bags? It is because that we love to have lots of things to carry around whenever we travel. No way! Here is why we need three bags...

For this trip, the first big bag would be for Diah's and my clothes and everything that is related to that. The second big bag is the place where we would put an air bed complete with a foot pump, Pasha's yellow ducky bath tub, diapers and toys, some souvenirs for the parents, brother and sisters and few other things.

If you are wondering why we are bringing along our air bed all the way to Jakarta, it is because that we are anticipating some relatives would be coming over as well. Therefore, there might not be enough bed for everybody and since we have this portable air bed, we might as well come prepared. If only we have a tent as well, then that would be superb!

Back to the bags, the third slightly smaller bag would contain all Pasha's clothings and some of his stuffs. You see... One bag just specially allocated for Pasha alone and Diah is a mother who would make sure that everything for the comfort of Pasha is available anywhere, anytime...

Enough about the bags. For the last three nights we have been out shopping for some stuffs for ourselves as well as for the family and tomorrow, we only have one last thing to buy before we leave for the airport. The last thing in our list is the roasted chestnut.

Roasted chestnut is my MIL's favorite snack and she has been reminding us not to forget to bring back some to Jakarta. Chestnut in malay is not buah dada (boops) ya... It is buah berangan! So, this is one fruit that you must not do a direct translation on.

Lastly, we would like to wish all our muslim friends...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri and Maaf Zahir dan Batin from the three of us!