"OPEn HOuse" ... for RAya

OPEn House ..... 

....NOt really remember ....d' practically ...launching ..... this concept...

New... however ... NOt really until ... after 80s .....

             BUT..... freshly remember ... in 60s ..??? MY Late father brought me to meet d' Sultan Haji Sir Omar Ali  Saifuddin nn d' family at..... ISTANA DARULHANA .....  d' late father of our Sultan now.....

Hari Raya ... then .... was d' climax ....those by cars would park their cars on d' foot at Istana gate just outside ...walked up hill .... while Kampong Ayer people ... with boats would go through d' jetty connected at d' edge of foothill entrance ..

Open House was unexistance for commoners .... nOt for common people in public .......................................................

...................NOt Heard Off ..... d' name .............

...................Since ............Brunei Independent ....

Things Changed ........... Mindset .......... people changed...????

Family Gathering ................... during Hari Raya ...... in this ....
Changing Society ..... Looking Back ....years AGooooo.......
What happened .....?????
         ........ last 3 days of RAya ........... sadly ......
          .....   rarely seen children on d' roads .......... for raya...... ???
          ....   nn.....  we might ..... thought something .........  !!!!!.....
                         of ...COz ....
                                         ...................many reasons.....??????


 Having ... OPEN House  ........ normal ....procedure .....
             .....sTEps ...... preparation should have ......... yes...  BUdget... 
Simple serving ...........serving foods...dishes... to our guests ..require ........
........ prawns .........at least .....            $120.00     @$12 nn @$15 a kilo 
         raw.. meat ....chicken.......            $120.00
         ordered "satay" ...............            $140 ........
Yaza wanted MOre so ..plus... additional ....$80.00 ..nn ketupat ..
.. nn .... more..16 chopped cooked chicken for ..$68.00 ...
............dry cakes.... kuih moor... lapis ...tapak kuda ....etc
............tinned nn bottled drinks..... cola...................
............hot drinks....... milo..... 3 in 1 sort off............
............nOt to forget ...... fruits..... if any .. berries....       
 more ......other necessarities   ....glossaries...... needed....   
                           might be ..................... UNCounted..

Yet .......NO cheap ............ preparation................  eeehhh



 .............. at d' end............ here...... ready ......to serve UUuu
    NOt   dd' Best........... but at least.....
           .......entertaining ... to please everybody ...........
           .......especially..... somebody rarely treated fairly..... ah..

NOT to forget .........wife's sisters ...sisters in laws to HElp.....
       specially cooked ..... meat ....with.....rendang ...........
                              ...... chicken with ....masak merah ...
                              ...... specially cooked RIce .... nasi kuning ...
      wah.......... may BE ....MORe ........ have to check.............. wow..
only..........pacherry ....... sweet pineapples being prepared....
       thank Uuu ......all of Uuuu
                for d' big success...........



 ............  empty early morning ....BUt soon......
                 ......NOOn time....... empty stomach ....plus RAya 
                         .................... joy nn fun.... to somebody we love.....
                          .......... families.....        our children.........




  .............. early birds..........      
Filipino ....yaza friend's ... old classmate at Sunshine School ...
             ...........family joined IN ....
             then   ......... thighten d' bond of relationship ...........  OK...
     soon  ............. come  nn go .......      this is RAya....
                           Oopen House ...........


  ........ staff .... friends .... relatives  ... welcomed ...
      So......... new people ...... new friends ....
        ....................with FIVE Grown UP children  ...?????
               .............wiiith own expections...  too ....      ????????



  ............ NOt all picutres   ....IN...... a few ............
  ............while  a chance to take one...........  so lucky to have here....



 ........... more pictures ..........  
             ....might have seen them somewhere in my previous blogs.............. 
They are COMIng back................ for this occasion....... all invited......
All related ....... sisters ...brothers ....uncles...aunties ...cousins .....friends...
                                                                ....... so ...nn ....so...


 . ....... young ..... old ...... but d' eldest lead d' young .........



  ................ thank Uu............ for Uu coming over ...
           .............wife's Uncle .... here ... Cikgu Haji Antin......nn family....
                       ..... once      ....a year ......   of coz..



A

  ................. another Uncle ....... cousin .....
     nnn .......... this young lady .........who are Uuu....  ???????              
                  NICe HEad......nice CUT..........  eeeeeh
    
Yaza.......... with ........................ a friend.... NOT to forget ......          
....... a story behind when he was in LONDon.... FOUR years ago...........

                but............. friend still as friend........... u're welcome .....



                ..... hardly hiding.............   U're friends are  coming .....


 At work ...... at office ......
..................... profession might be Far apart ......... but ..........
....d' mission to reconcile .... d' loose.....  make closer ......... really !!!

Friends ...     could be from different fields of lives too   ............
.............


 Posing with friends...............

.............. then ..... languages ... NOt d' barrier...
            .... when u're on diplomatic mission ...........
             .................. has ..... to learn ..... so do d' local custom ....
 
   
 thank you .............. for coming ......

               ........come agaiiin next time .....eeeehh