CMCO Week 2 | Raya

This year indeed a different kind of raya.  Not only that we didn’t go for any visiting, but we received a surprise raya meals from a dear friend of mine.  I am so touched by her warm gestures.  All the lauk she cooked on her own early raya morning. By 10:30am she is already standing outside of my gate.

Ada lemang, ketupat, kelupis, lamb curry, dagunv hitam, kari ayam, ayam masak merah, nasi briyani, dan kek lapis.  Serious banyak.

Makasih, kawan.

This year is supposed to be a double celebration in Sarawak, next week is Gawai.  My sisters are making cakes and cookies, but I don’t have any celebration mood yet. I do miss my parents. If the situation permitted, I might go back to visit them next week. Fingers closed.

On the last day of Ramadan, me and hubby went out to hunt for ramadan food stall in Satok area.  Bazaar Ramadan is a must for us every year.  But no bazaar this year, only small stalls open here and there.  We also went to the Malays kampung behind Satok, but no stall open, maybe they were getting ready for raya celebration the next day.

Kuih and lamb briyani, we got from Satok.

We also stop by at an Ah Yong Ice Kacang, we brought our own bowls and spoons, enjoying the ice ice kacang in our cars.  Thanks hubby for accompany me doing all this little-little crazy things.  We spent a lot of time driving around this week, road are clear, fuel are cheap, why not. haha.



Work wise, I went to the office almost everyday this week, stay for not more than 5 hours each visit.  Workload slowly piling up. Not going to complain much, eventhough sometime it can be a bit overwhelming, rushing back home, bath, then continue with emeeting.  But I am thankful that I am still relevant.

Covid19 situation seems getting better in Sarawak, this week I only see 1 new case (correct me if I am wrong). We can see people dining out, go to malls. And I also went to a mall for the 1st time today.

All because I saw these corelle set on Aeon FB.  No, I didn’t buy any.  The only flowers design they have are on display, the rest are all classic.  And it’s not the design that I’m looking for.  Must have been sold before raya.  No new corelle for me this time.  But I didn’t go back empty handed.  I bought clothes that cost more than the corelle set, without trying!  I hope they all fit me well.  I need to avoid shopping malls, the urge to shop is just too high.

Ohh yesterday I went to have my new car seat cover installed.  I’ve decided not to change car anytime soon, will just put on new accessories for now.

This is where I got the covers, not good service, but since they were open on 1st day of raya, and not many people around, I just want to get it done and over with.

Some of the food in my kitchen this week..

Kangkung belacan. Kangkung from my sister’s garden.

No one’s birthday, but I feel like eating cakes, so I ordered a whole cake, why not.

Colorful Japanese food from JP Mart.

CMCO Week 1

Sarawak starts the cmco on 12th May 2020.  1 week has passed.  We are slowly going back to our daily activities.  Malls are open until 10pm.  No, I haven’t went shopping at Malls yet.  It can wait.  I only go to supermarket, bakery, and more for food tapao.

Since I started going back to office, cooking at home has been reduce at least by 5%. Me and hubby went out tapao a few times,  especially for breakfast and during weekend.

Kuching is now upgraded to yellow zone, after being in red zone for almost 2 months.  Hope we can get to green zone soon.

I also got my roadtax renew,  got a runner service, at a small service fee of RM15.  After seeing the long queue at the post office last week, I don’t dare to get near a post office for the time being.

Here’s some of what we had this week.

Lemang in a cup, and lepat ubi.

I finally found kerang.  These are from Aeon supermarket.

I also made mini cinnamon rolls.

Here’s what we ordered.

Pandan delight, choc crepe, burnt cheese cake.

Sao bao 

CMCO Day 1 | Back to the office

We are finally back to work from office, but not on full capacity yet.  So much urgent matter need to settle, there are things that we cannot be done from home yet.  Not enough with 1 pc, I need to switch on my laptop as well.  Make full use of office time to settle as much as I can.  Happy to back to the office, everything went smooth except for 1 small problem with wearing face mask, I can drink and eat as often as I want.  Afraid of removing the face mask.  Well, welcome to the new normal.

At noon, we drive around town area, if not too many people, I wanted to renew my roadtax.  But there are cars everywhere, long queue outside of post office. Scary, I just drive passed the area.  I better find a runner to settle my roadtax.

For dinner we had salmon, bayam, and soup.

I used the slow cooker for the 1st time, cooking lamb curry.  The pot can fit in 2 slides of lamb shoulder, 2 onions, 2 big tomatoes, 2 potatoes, and half carrot, that’s it, just nice.  The only drawback I find so far is that when you hand is wet, a bit difficult to turn the button on.  We will see how it turned out tomorrow.  We are gonna have a big breakfast tomorrow.

Good night xoxo.