Berhariraya

At ChangJiang, I gave away raya packets to my Muslim customers. They were rather sporting as they allowed me to take their pictures and posted at Changjiang facebook.

This family is our regular customer and we alway talk to them. I was asking them what they were going to prepare for Hari Raya. They told me that they were going to have lemang and rendang. Jokingly I told them not to forget me as I love to eat lemang and rendang.

Sure enough, they came on the first day of raya in the evening. They gave me lemang and rendang! I was so happy for their kindness. I thanked them profusely..

This lady customer who is also my neighbor came to me when I reached home in the evening yesterday. She told me she was too occupied to bring me some laksa. She insisted that I should go over to her place right away. So I quickly had my bath and walked over to her place. She was so happy.

I was served laksa which is my favorite but I just had a small helping as I needed to rush back to work.

Terima kasih, Kakak..


Comments

  1. Princess RibbonJuly 31, 2014 at 6:46 AM

    Yummy, good food, good customers, good neighbours.. I like.. I also had lemang, nasi impit and rendang on the first day..

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  2. Rose worldJuly 31, 2014 at 7:09 AM

    You have great customer and neighbour. I am touched.

    I had too much of rendang, curry and lemang on Raya. Haha.

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  3. 煒霖July 31, 2014 at 8:26 AM

    I love laksa too...but can't have it now as I'm having sore throat, gotta wait until it has recovered!! =]

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  4. ReanaclaireJuly 31, 2014 at 9:41 AM

    You are also very nice to them, I am sure... that is why you earn their respect... oooo, the lemang and the ayam rendang really looks good.. Nice neighbours you have too!

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  5. Somewhere in SingaporeJuly 31, 2014 at 9:42 AM

    See the laksa reminds me i have not eat laksa for quite sometimes...

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  6. ChrisAuJuly 31, 2014 at 10:06 AM

    Wow. ...Nice customers !

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  7. Small KucingJuly 31, 2014 at 10:46 AM

    Selamat Hari Raya...


    wah your customer so lucky can get early Green packets.

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  8. இ Baŋäŋaz இJuly 31, 2014 at 11:12 AM

    Oh Bananaz luv lemang..

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  9. Twilight ManJuly 31, 2014 at 11:50 AM

    I love Malay laksa. They have different style of preparations for the gravy.

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  10. linaJuly 31, 2014 at 1:19 PM

    The raya packets got money in it? :P

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  11. AngelBongJuly 31, 2014 at 3:54 PM

    that is great ... i received "green" pocket too ^^

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  12. HayleyJuly 31, 2014 at 4:25 PM

    You treat your customers nice, they also do the same to you!
    Those lemang looks good!

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  13. Willie a.k.a ReptozJuly 31, 2014 at 6:45 PM

    Although I'm not celebrating Hari Raya or Chinese New Year, I love getting angpow packets.

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  14. Willie a.k.a ReptozJuly 31, 2014 at 6:49 PM

    Sorry. Didn't know that my comment got duplicated.

    Anyway, since I have many angpow packets, I used them as wedding angpow packets. Giving angpow isn't in our Dayak tradition.

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  15. Willie a.k.a ReptozJuly 31, 2014 at 6:52 PM

    And free food given to us by others is always the most delicious food.

    Have a nice day.

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  16. TekkausJuly 31, 2014 at 11:55 PM

    I am sure they enjoyed your company as well. :D

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  17. TekkausJuly 31, 2014 at 11:55 PM

    It is heart warming to know that we Malaysians take time to visit our friends of different races. :)

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  18. munAugust 1, 2014 at 9:04 PM

    Your customer is so nice to go to your shop on Hari Raya day 1 and bring you food when they usually visit the mosque and their relatives and I thought it is supposed to be the other way round, we go to visit them instead of they bringing food to us. Definitely very nice people.

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  19. munAugust 1, 2014 at 9:07 PM

    Your neighbour is so nice too. And you are nice too to make time to drop by her house to eat her homecooked laksa when you are in a hurry to go to work. Really muhibbah spirit!

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  20. YannieAugust 2, 2014 at 5:16 PM

    Lemang, rendang and laksa are all my favourite, I just had it yesterday at my colleague's Raya open house.

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  21. [SK]August 3, 2014 at 12:14 AM

    aaahhh, how nice!! you had probably the most authentic lemang and laksa during the Raya, that was indeed something nice.. and oh, of course not forgetting nice customers and neighbour too!! :)

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  22. UnknownAugust 4, 2014 at 10:36 AM

    Selamat Hari Raya to all your Muslims customers of CJ.

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