Aidil Adha at BTHO

Our Aidil Adha was awaited filled with anxiety, especially for the kids. We decided to stay back in BTHO and get a feel of the raya fest of our loving neighbourhood.

Not forgetting the training part for Powerman, we shifted the time to Friday night at PoJ considering a handful of us will be travelling back to kampung for the weekend. Raya traffic frenzy caught a few of us that evening, hence the rendevous was a bit delayed. We had to make do with whatever time we had left. 

It's been a while since we had our night run here. Last remembered was when we gave support to our fellow Sundowners somewhere back in...March/April? We had a weathercheck report prior to our meet up. Weather was perfect. Thanks to Syed. 

Initial menu for our final brick was 5k + 30k + 10k. We headed towards PICC junction and back for the first 5k run. Pace was magnificently constant. Crowd was just nice for chats and jokes and not forgetting lambung tak hengat. Syah, Ziff, Det, Azmar, Izuan and Azuria. Julie arrived when we have started our run.

Mat Rempit PoJ

Our bike leg was adjusted to suit the limited time. We managed to cover 25km with a few intervals thrown in with the help of a few tukang tarik. Alhamdullillah legs and core working well.

The second run was even shorter than planned since we were nearing curfew period. It was a 2k run on the Boulevard at a higher pace, thanks to fellow kaki lambung. Syah signed off there after and the rest of us took refuge at Precinct 9's mamak for a quick mee goreng and garlic nan. 

Raya at BTHO

Right after solat Isya', followed with a takbir, kami berkonvoi untuk bertakbir ke 7 buah rumah sekitar kawasan. Memang meriah. Macam kat kampung-kampung. Cuma tak tau masih ada lagi buat ke tak kat kampung. My hometown, the last time I remembered, the takbir group was mostly otais. Sekali satu badge kembali ke Rahmatullah. La ni no idea ada lagi ke tak. Kat BTHO, kalau ikutkan usia majority kami and if umuq panjang, lagi 10 ke 15 tahun kami masih boleh maintain aktiviti ni. Amin. InsyaAllah.

Setiap rumah memang tak boleh avoid jamuan baik yang ringan mahu pun yang berat. Kids yang selalu serbu dulu ke meja makan tapi rumah nombor 3, orang tua terkam dulu...sebab nasik arab kambing. Huhu. Rumah nombor 4 ke atas semua dah tangkap layu.

Takbir! Second house, masih bertenaga :]

Pagi raya kami jalan kaki anak beranak ke surau. Excited anak-anak aku dapat jumpa geng sepanjang jalan. Surau pun penuh. Alhamdullillah solat sunat hari raya & khutbah berjalan lancar. Disambung dengan small breakfast sebab ada yang bawak pot luck.

By 9.30 a.m. kami dah bersiap untuk jadi cowboy. Honestly, first time untuk aku terlibat. Before this setakat pemerhati aje. Total ada 12 ekor lembu. 3 dah siap hantar ke Baling untuk diuruskan qurban kat sana. 9 lagi settle dengan geng koboi BTHO. Aku join group lembu bib no. 4, leader Det. Nak tumbang lembu ni Alhandullilah senang tapi lembu bib no. 5 kena outsource kat kami sebab group tak cukup member. Yang ni memang terejal sikit. Protest kuat. Dah ikat kaki pun sempat di ketis aku kat peha. Nasib baik tak melambung. Ada sikit sengal sampai la ni. Allahuakbar.

Koboi BTHO in action

Sesi melapah diteruskan tanpa membuang masa. Sorang tukang pegang, sorang tukak buang kulit. Aku bawak pisau blade potong kertas je, senang. Tapi memang lenguh. Serupa macam buat weight training. Mencangkung, membongkok, tahan weight kaki lembu, menarik kulit kasi tegang supaya senang potong. Pergh!

Dah siap potong, kami angkut ke surau untuk proses pembahagian. Siap timbang, siap bungkus. Tulang semua masuk periuk buat sup. Kaum muslimat kasi settle masak nasik & air untuk lunch. Alhamdullilah dengan berkatNya kami uruskan semua by 1.00 p.m., just nice masuk Zohor.

Distribution Center al-Ansar

Aku dok toya sampai petang sebab lepak menolong. Pi rumah in-law pun aku masih dalam mode 'stone'. Hehe. Memang terasa penat walaupun nampak simple. Yang penting kemeriahan & ukhwah kawasan perkampungan aku memang 'A'. Mudah-mudahan kami dilimpahkan rezeki untuk teruskan amalan ni next year. Amin :]