Hari Raya Aidil Fitri or Eid al-Fitr is the festival that follows the completion of Ramadan observance and its celebrated quite differently depending on where we are. While living in Malaysia, we would traditionally hold our “Raya open house” on the second or third day of Eid. Many of our Muslim friends would usually be [...]
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Fragile – handle with care
I had geared myself up for one more day of workmen in the apartment today. The carpenter was coming to do one last bit to the AV panel and cabinet. I didn’t like the way the lights had been fixed under the hanging cabinet so he had to fix some kind of pelmet to conceal [...]
Friends, guest rooms and a sanctuary
It was the first time my friends came over to visit since I moved into the new apartment. Zuraidah was supposed to visit at 3pm with her son, Amir. Mariam was supposed to come tomorrow morning for breakfast. When Amir cancelled because of a college commitment, Zuraidah and Mariam both came at 3pm and it [...]
