The end of syawal

Today marks the end of Syawal. It also put an end to the various excuses of eating and gatherings in Khartoum... hehehe. The first week of Syawal was full with open houses and I thought that it would end there, but I was wrong. Even though the husbands and kids started their normal cycle, the ladies continued to celebrate Syawal in style.

I'll just list down the 'activities' as I remember it. On the 13th of October, Kak Yah, Kak Zila and Masdiyana invited all ladies to the Petronita's room in Block B. The spread includes soto, nasi impit, kuah kacang and a variety of cakes and cookies. On the 17th, the whole family was invited to Itta's house (her husband works for Scomi). There was so much food, she cooked spaghetti, laksa penang, nasi bukhari with lots of dishes . Her house nearly overflowed with guests... hehehe

On Sunday the 19th, Kak Roza (her husband works for Malaysian Embassy) invited the ladies for brunch at her house. We were tempted with laksa johor, nasi impit with kuah kacang and sate goreng and piping hot lasagne (very delicious!). Look at the pictures below...

Kak Roza's in blue (next to Amir)

From right: Najwa, Pn. Taha, Syikeen, Kak Shidah, Lisna and Kak Hanum

Amir and other kids in the play room

Kak Zila's starting with doa and a smile...

We were cracking jokes... dah kenyang...

Last weekend, there was a flurry of activities. There was the bazaar on friday morning and Mushyir's birthday in the afternoon. Zaki invited us on Saturday afternoon. The spread include mee rebus, nasi impit kuah kacang and a delicious cocktail drink. At night, we invited a few of my husband friends, our neighbours (left, right and above) for dinner. We cooked roast chicken, roast potato, murtabak and peach crumble (served with vanilla ice-cream). Syikeen made salad and mouth watering tiramisu... hmm... delicious...

I think I'll always remember my first Syawal in Khartoum. Who would have thought I would have so much fun? And the purpose of all the gatherings is also achieved, we managed to get to know each other better...alhamdulillah...