DEEPAVALI CELEBRATION - Day 1 !!!!

     This year, all the hindus celebrated Deepavali on 17th October, and I was one of them, hehehe...btw, next year deepavali is on 5th November, I check from wikipedia already...if you want to know the purpose of this celebration, check la wikipedia....

     This year preparation was kinda last minute because 1 week before deepavali I had final exam...mcm biasa, house cleaning is one of the things which won't miss in preparation list before any festive celebration...My jobs were more on house cleaning since I'm not good in cooking...all the cooking part my mum yang handle..hehehe..every year, I celebrate deepavali at Jasin, my hometown..

     On Deepavali's eve, my family and i would gather at my grandparents' house, praying and had dinner there...usually the relatives in melaka only could gather that night, the others from other states would came on the next day. On that night, my cousin sisters, all are younger than me, were so rajin doing kolam in front of my granparents' house...

Nice or not? so next time if you like to have a kolam in front of your house, just contact me, I will ask my beloved cousin sisters to make for u..of course, not FOC, hehehe...

     On 17th October 2009, i woke up at 6 a.m....have to...even my younger sis, hareennie yg takde keje nak buat pun bangun pukul 7.30 am...this year, we had our breakfast at home, it's considered unusual..before this, we always had breakfast at grandparents' house..in the morning, we were too busy preparing food, ok, not we, but my mum,because we invited our friends came over to have lunch..eventhough my mum is kadazan, but she can cook idli,rendang ayam,ayam masak merah,mutton curry and dalcha..this is what we call..semangat 1 Malaysia!

rendang ayam

dalcha

ayam masak merah

mutton curry

idli

      

we also have vege dish, which is mixed vege..ya, not to forget..cookies and muruku..

ni sume, beli punye...haha...and muruku my aunty yang buat...susun susun cookies in the container was one of my jobs in deepavali morning..

on deepavali, some with new clothes..

my sis..hareennie

some too happy..smile until can't open the eyes...

satish and arvin

some showing new hairsyle..

mathan

almost 2.45 pm..mathan's friends and my friends reached our house..some of them never come to our house before, luckily we have mathan the tourguide...most of our friends couldn't make it,some sick,some at kl, some got final exams, some working, some went back to hometown...haiz..timing memang tak ngam..so only 4 persons came...

 

Tat huei and yu xiang

eelin and her beloved younger brother, tristen..

 

btw,dont be surprise,one of mathan's friends thought eelin and tristen are couples..eelin, you should feel proud because you are the 1st one in smkbb gang to come to my house at jasin..haha

In evening, some of my cousins came to my house...their house near to my house, just walking distance...after about half an hour, they went back because all of us have to prepare for BBQ session at 7 pm, at my grandparents' house..Yay!!! all my uncles, aunties, cousins, all 4 generations in Kalimuthoo's family termasuk cicit2 gathered that night..it has been a long time we never gather like this...the last time we had bbq was 10 years ago...

We were told 7 pm, but my family reached 8.30 pm...mcm VIP pula...saw a lot of people were sitting and eating..some tgh bakar2 ayam..not chicken only, ada sausage, sotong, udang...

please control your saliva ya...daripada meleleh...

Inilah antara muka2 yang rajin...

 

Thanks to all this pak cik pak cik...otherwise all this mak cik mak cik won't be able to borak borak and makan makan...

You won't see any photos i stand near the bbq set...because i was busy chit chatting and eating also...hehe..

Budak kecil pula...lebih berminat main fire crackers...

 

The teenagers...also played fire crackers..but we are more artistic...can you see the "DIWALI." ?

The adults...more extreme....tsk tsk tsk...

Uncle, can i know wat's that red thingy? selendang?...no..it's mercun....jangan sangka chinese new year je ada...deepavali pun ada...ni la semangat 1 Malaysia....

 with a happy face...

dgn semangat 1 malaysia....

               finally...

don't worry, all of us are experts, nobody putus jari...and luckily my grandparents' house is quite far away from neighbours..

that night..Muwin the cameraman..he was the one who took all the nice and candid photos, with his Nikon camera..

and his assistant..Miss Lidya..the middle one..sempat berposing sakan lagi tu...

so next time anybody who would like to hire photographer, please contact me...i will arrange for you...bayaran boleh dibincang...

thanks to my uncle also...i use to call him Uncle Chel...he was the one who took the video of this deepavali gathering.. spotlights pun he siap pasang...

all this are some of the photos taken by Muwin...candid photos...

Kee Chiteppa tengah concentrate makan ayam...

Ganesh Chiteppa too....

ready for "Negaraku" song

my grandma...

for more pictures...please check out at mathan's facebook...

Almost 11.30 p.m....it's our photo taking session!! Yay!!

cucu2 susun kerusi..

after 20 minutes...manage to take a nice picture of the 1st and 2nd generation...

someone tersesat in the middle...

all generations...a group photo...cameraman pun masuk skali..everybody is in this photo...except my late grandpa, I wish he was there...I'm sure he will feel happy to see this picture....

 after that...cucu2 cicit2 menyibuk nak ambil gambar...

our free style...we keep asking ' one more '...sampai Uncle Chel bising, " Kalau mau free style lagi, angkat sendiri!"....

thanks Muwin...it's such a nice shot...

my first ever jumping pose...buat malu jer...this is not High School Musical...this is Kalimuthoo's Deepavali Musical...next year we will hav KDM2, so anybody who would like to involve, please contact me, i will arrange an audition for you with the director... don't worry, it's FOC...

everything ends at almost 12 a.m...I really have a great time that night ! I'm really sorry if some of you tersinggung after read this post...this post I dedicates to all Kalimuthoo's family members... and our gathering not just ended that night...we have the next day...keh keh keh...it will be my next post...