Across to Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit's decorations were always understated but creative. This time, the theme was kampung life and the unique thing about this was the plenty of coconut trees made from woven ketupat leaves. Very festive.

The place was overshadowed with the opening of Shoopen however as a lot of commotion coming that way. To be honest, the decoration here was actually more creative than the one in Pavilion.

Pavilion Decorations

Nothing special seemed to be the operative word. The decorations were functional and not spectacular. There was no coherent theme although the phrase #SyukurSelalu seemed to be cropping up everywhere.

Guess that must have been the theme word. The economy was rather slow lately which explained the lack of exuberance at the place. There was also a recent court case when a lady dropped a yellow balloon - with a message of peace - at an event attended by PM Najib which was dismissed by the Courts. That took place last year at Pavilion.

I uploaded the spherical video and photo here.

Malam Raya

There won't be real Raya without family and of course some fireworks.

We had our fix at my parents place at Bukit Antarabangsa, with both Idlan and Irfan joining Julia's children. They were timid at the beginning with all the fire, but towards the end, they were really into it. It was quite a job prising them away.

We had to return the next evening for more fireworks in the end .....

Raya at Syahril's

It just wouldn't be Raya without hooking up with Syahril. They had moved since they had their baby and now living at a different part of Bangi. That also meant that we were able to wander around at his place a bit more casually as he used to stay at their parent's.

We went there on the second day of Raya since Anita wanted to have Yatt's laksa Johor. It did not disappoint. Of course there was also soda sirap bandung which was a hit. And I thought by the end I drank too much. Then came the movies and a chill out at his garden while waiting for sunset. Idlan got himself occupied chasing insects.

We spent a couple of hours there before getting back to settle at our apartment as we just moved back after Raya earlier in the afternoon. We had to do some groceries as well.

Closing Down for the Week

I still had the clinic open a couple of days before Raya and was at the hospital doing rounds and procedure on Raya Eve. I preferred it that was and then had a long break after.

As usual, it was time to clear my clinic room with all the hampers and cards. A few trips to the car this time around as some of my patients had been really generous ....