Brainstorming the night before the event at Danau Kaseh
What a GREAT day we had on Wednesday! Every year we look forward to the Nordin Family gathering for Raya & this year was extra special as we had the family sports day too - we call it our Nordin Family Olympics ;)
Score Board
Azam preparing the lines
Getting ready for the Briefing
Hanani is the GREEN house mascot - so sweeeet!
With Apak & Mak's 8 children, 7 menantu & 24 cucu, we had enough people to make the event a real Blast! The day started with breakfast (have to fill up for the BIG event!), then team members started preparing their mascots & Team cheer-song (4 teams - Red, Blue, Yellow & Green - all cucu-cucu).
Ateh Eda helping out the Blue Team Cheer-song
"Biru! Biru! Baik Jaga-Jaga Kamu!" (Sing to "Beat It" tune)
Andak Win with the YELLOW team - check out the headgear!
Each Team had their own Coach to guide them during the cheer-song performance (which was hilarious!), then the games started. 6 games altogether & points were collected for each team: 1. Passing Getah with Straw, 2. Ping Pong Ball in a spoon, 3. Empty water bottle on a Plate, 4. Filling up water in a Bottle with Sponge, 5. Sweets in Tepung, 6. Treasure Hunt. It was so much FUN!
Hakim - run, run, run!
Ngah strategizing with the RED team members
Peace Hadi!
Anas filling up the bottle
Then we had 6-a-side Soccer: KL vs. Melaka. BL, BN, Azam, Danial, Izzat & Amir (KL) lawan AZ, Aswad, Zizi, Andy, Adlan & Hakim (Melaka). Apak was the umpire & both teams were so good! Ended with a tie: 2-2. We took a break for Lunch: Berkelah makan Nasi Lemak bawah pokok asam. After zohor, we gathered for the family meeting. This is the most anticipated event of the year for everyone. It is our tradition every year to have this gathering during Raya: Apak & Mak will give a speech to wrap up the events which had happened throughout the year, we give thanks to Allah for our blessings, we doa for the coming year, we exchange gifts with Apak & Mak, sisters & brother, and give angpows to nieces & nephews.
Beloved Apak & Mak
For me, Raya is complete only when we have this family gathering. It is just so special that I can't describe it in words. We reflect on what we had achieved for the year in our lives, our careers, our children's education; we talk, we laugh, we cry - it is a time for sharing, and reinforcing our love and commitment to the family. The warm & fuzzy feeling is so overwhelming during these gatherings that I can feel the love for days later..
Thank you so much Mak & Apak, Kak Long & Bang Long, Kak Ngah & Bang Ngah, Kak Mas & Azam, Eda & Aswad, Win & Zizi, Jerd & Ery, & Andy for all the wonderful presents & the Angpow for the kids; And most of all thank you for the precious time we shared together. We love you all - & look forward to our next gathering..
Selamat Hari Raya 2009 & Maaf zahir batin (^_^)
12 comments:
Yes,it was great FUN! TQ to the organizer for a very successful event.
Great FUN, much laughter, abundance of LOVE and nice nice gifts. You are right, RAYA isn't complete until we have these gatherings.
p.s. Btw, pls remind me to pass to you the #2, 3 & 5 portion!
U know wat? U made it happen!!
Thx for yr passion to make this event successful.
Thx for yr effort to get things going.
I had so much fun that day. And raya feels alive after all of u came back from yr in-laws'.
Wow, it sounds more fun in the blog than in real-life. Cool post pictures! I didn't even realize you even took them (not really! But i still can't beleive we won (even though i was right there).
From: Hakim
P.S - Do those headbands make me look fat? (hahahah)
xx Mama .. <3
Luv the pictures u uploaded mama..
The event was so fun!
Hakim kinda looked like org Asli but Hanani was cute!!
Btw: Hakim used Adelina coz he forgot he's pw for blogger.. (Oppsies!
xx Always me..
Hi BC & Bubs, It didn't feel like Raya until we had the family gathering kan? But the time seemed to pass so fast as we were having so much FUN :) Thanks so much for the gifts: BC - I love the tupperware + mug.
Bubs - the make-up bag is in my handbag now! I love all your gifts (I was hoping you would give the PINK telekong!) Thanks <3
Hakim - of course you DON'T look fat with the headband! BTW, how can you forget ur password?? Congratulations for winning!
Adlina, I love the pictures of u.. there are many more which I didn't post in the blog.
THAT WAS SUPER FUN!!! Too bad I don't have any pictures of it D;
...so I'm grabbing those from ur blog :D
And and I do agree, Raya won't feel like Raya until we have the gaths. Plus this Raya's speeches were super hilarious! A private helicopter XDD
Anyways, I hope you're coming to our open house. Am looking forward to seeing all of you again!
<3
Hiya Ngah! Yes, it was hilarious! The Couples' Games that you gals arranged were FUN too! Love the sandwich making game :) See you at ur new home soon..
Yes, me and my gang of boys and tomboy@Sarah the mascot enjoyed our gathering and olympics... and i believe all our kids are looking forward to the next olympics!! i love you all, and love the special gifts.. see you all soon :) m p.s. I've recorded my speech in my brain for next year's gathering - will replay again (how unoriginal of me!!) and my hubby will say again - did you say exactly the same thing as last year??? at least I know he was listening.... he he :p
KL, although replayed year after year, it's a GOOD Speech! Always bring a tear in my eye :)
PS: But the Menantus speeches are hilarious (apart from Azam's speech of course)..
fun fun fun!
late response. i know.
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