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Just a week after Mother's Day, comes Teacher's Day

With not so much plan and in just one day, I prepared few things for Euseff to bring to school

The 2022 Teacher's Day gift

1. Flowers (from MekarMY) : Around lunch time, I told MekarMY I need single stalk rose for Seff's teachers. In just 1 hour, my order was done beautifully! Super thumbs up!

2. Tumbler (From MRDIY) : I seriously had a hard time with this since I noticed the racks for tumblers are almost empty! I can sense that many moms are visiting ECO shop, Mr DIY for teacher's day gift (I overheard a mom-son conversation). So, after 3 Mr DIY stores, this is the best I could do..

11 pcs unicorn-theme tumbler & 4 mermaid-theme tumbler

P.s. It is hard to get matching / bulk purchase when the racks are almost empty!

3. Paper Bag & Photo Frame (from ECO Shop) : These are just additional purchase I made to complete the gift!

So we got home with tumblers, bags, and roses, and we spent the afternoon with another project : craft!

 2022 Mother's Day is on the weekend of Raya. 

On Saturday, we attended Raya open house, and was free later that Asar and straightaway went to Sunway Piramid. 

It was a weekend with good deals, because I went into Sephora with RM50 off (Mother's Day special) and La Senza also ended their member sale so I got myself 4 bras & 5 panties (at super awesome total $$)

I feel happy already on Saturday. Though husband wanted a staycation, I said I'm okay with just a lunch date

Granted, we tried again Dotty's IOI City Mall, but their kitchen is off (on special occasion??), but we can still have coffee & desserts

I also got my late birthday present! It was purposeful late because I was busy since the start of Ramadhan until Syawal

Until next post!

 Alhamdulillah eventhough it was a surprise Raya! 

While it is especially me who constantly reminded everyone that we always follow the national calendar for Raya, when it was announced that we were going to have Raya a day earlier, I was speechless

We are not ready for anything that day -Raya attire still unpacked at home (we were in my in-laws). Husband then went out searching for raw meat (chicken) because Raya dish must be cooked now. Done around 12am

We went home at 1am to pack, and rest for a bit (no one wants to sleep during raya festive, right?). 

Raya Day 1

We travel back to my hometown on Raya morning and arrived just in time for raya dishes

Alhamdulillah, it all went well. Mom & step sister went out to relatives house but we were home resting (& karaoke). Plan has changed, we stay a little longer at my hometown because studio photoshoot is on 2nd raya (initially it was 1st raya). Save the raya attire for 2nd raya

Raya Day 2

On 2nd raya, we went to the studio in the afternoon, completely forgotten that it was around Seff's nap time

Luckily we got one final shot for the yearly poster frame. Not the best, but okaylah. Considering Seff is crying all the time, he's definitely not in the mood!

We took this opportunity for my mom's first proper studio session with Abah. Teehehe

Time to go back to my in-laws, gave mom & abah their Raya money, and its done for my side. 

Raya Day 3

At my in-laws, since it's Raya after many years not celebrating, the Raya dishes were out in no time!

I cooked Chicken Curry x 1

and then Chicken Gulai (Thai-style, unlike their Indo-style), to support the depleting dishes. Alhamdulillah

Its time to go home and do the laundry

Raya Day 4

We allocated one day visiting Bukit Tinggi, learning that the road is clear that day

Raya Day 5

We spent the Raya with open houses, and did some shopping on Saturday & plan for a lunch date on Sunday (also Mother's Day -story on separate post)

Alhamdulillah, all went well. We are forever grateful for seeing the relatives and familiar faces once again, and definitely feeling the joy & happiness because we get to celebrate Raya this year properly

That is all, until next post!

I swear to God, the effort made during this Raya (one we successfully enjoyed today after 2 years not properly celebrated) reaches maximum level! I stayed up on alternating nights (to make sure I wont go burnout or anything) -which is something I never did the previous years

This is due to my raya cookies production. 

Since my mom re-married last year, my mom has to finally let go of her cookies business so this is when I stepped in (unlike last year where I am helping out with the production only, aka kontraktor penyelamat) to make cookies for 100% of the sales going to me. The customers are mostly from husband's previous company, so we already established some kinda fans? (returning customer).

The only worries I had initally was the rising cases of Covid-19 pre-Ramadhan, so I keep track of my health, not going out (for leisure, I only went out for groceries & work) and do the self test weekly. Alhamdulillah, to this day I still never have Covid!