Chinese New Year Celebration in Purdue University

Baik lah!
Hari ni saye nk berceite, ape saye buat pd hujung minggu yg lepas.

Uncle rahman, ustadz, ayah dan saye ke puduer university di west Lafayette untuk sambutan tahun baru cina! Yep. Sgt best. Anip n mama tak ikut sbb tak tahu lah! Mereka takde geng kot. Ayah n ustadz ade meeting pukul 3pm dgn 3 org students ni psl Mid West Game. CNY (Chinese new year) celebration tu kul 7.00 mlm. Jadi, jenuh la mama nk tunggu, kan...anip plak, saje je mls bdk tu. Bkn nye tak kenal bro2 n sis2 kat purdue. Cis.

So, our arrival was at 3 pm waktu Purdue. It’s actually 1 jam lewat dari time Chicago. So, bajet kami, bertolak dari Chicago at 11am, the journey would take 2-3 hours. Sampai kat purdue kul 2 tapi kalo ikot waktu purdue, it was sharp 3 o’clock  30 mins sbelum sampai, kami stop kat ‘RnR’ sat utk bersantapan. Mama dah bekalkan makanan utk kami berempat. Nasi, ayam gor n sayur. At the same time, anty azimah (wife uncle rahman) pon bekalkan something. Mee gor, n some cucuq durian. Yep, luar biasa dan sedap. Anty ni hebat. Every weekend, uncle rahman ckp, time tak keje, tu lah masanye beliau buat experiment. Kitchen is the lab. Penah dulu anty buat cucuq nenas (yg ni tak best) dan yg paling mcm org ckp ‘tak bleh blah’, was cucuq strawberry. Waah :) namun, taste panel(the kids, azim, chiah n azraei) tak gembira  hmph. Tapi cucuq durian best :D kat sini, biasa laa. Durian frozen ja. Bau pon tadak. Tapi ade la rasanya kan.

 

So, first thing first, kami menuju ke masjid kat purdue uni tu. Aku ke tempat ladies la kan. Kebetulan amirah, kak hanan dan kak awani (kot) pon ade kat situ tgh berkemas2. Alhamdulillah. Bagus tuh :) i made a new friend called Pam (converted American :)). Setngah jam kat situ, aku ikot kak hanan balik rumah die which was situated just on the opposite of masjid. Kami jalan...kat rumah, aku jumpe ler kak farah and kak farhana. Best sgt! Lps belek2 camera dslr die, tgk tv besaq depa n makan cream pie depa, kak farhana ajak p tjmax. Hehe. Nk cari cheongsam utk malam ni? Tak kot..kat situ tak jual sebarang cheongsam, malangnye. Ehe. Kak hanan, saye, kak farhana (driver) n kami pick up kawan baru saye, Zaza (asal kedah, dok sp, skolah at sultanah asma). Kami bermpat p la TJmax (clothes store) dgn bahagianya. Depa ended up beli bantal. Kiki. I guess, bantal dah tak gebu lagi empuk, kan...saye plak beli stoking. I need it! Then, kami ke dollar tree (kedai $1) and situ, saye beli Vaseline.

Kami bertolak balik ke campus dan singgah rumah zaza utk solat maghrib. Kalut! i was already late..depa ni tak p CNY tapi kak farhana mmg nk hantar p. Lebih time nnt depa katup pintu. Huhu. Seb bek, kak farah standby situ to let me in menggunakan nama ayah. Still, it was not an excuse to be late. Takpe lah :) Host dah reserved kan seat sbelah ayah, ustadz, uncle rahman, international advisor Purdue n president PUMSA but nahh. I joined my friends. seb baik kak fafa (jiran jitraku) reserved a seat for me. Wehee. So, dok la ngan dia n the other 9 girls i think :) mostly mmg kenai dah. It was nice. Raw udang, ayam, fishball, ketam, nasi, nasi gor, mee etc dihidangkan dgn satu rice cooker berisi air yg menggelegak. Perencah tom yam pon disediakan. Yep u guessed it, we’re having STEAM BOAT for dinner! Interesting.

Ade jugak performance n games sket. Sampai2 rumah je, dah pukul 12 tgh mlm :) org2 rumah menunggu dgn penuh harapan.
In conclusion, it’d described my week in a few words, CNY, REDNESS, YAAAAAM SENG, KUIH EE n friends :)