An afternoon at rumah nenek

This 'rumah padi' has been around for a long, long time

Last week, on a sweet, sunny Friday afternoon, we went to nenek's house. Fruit season has passed its peak but there were still buah-buahan in the backyard to be picked.

And so, armed with penjolok/penjuluk and agile climbing skills, our mums and dads and aunts and uncles swarmed the orchard - where a lot of us used to play in when we were younger, cuter and shorter - in search of fruity treasures.

Sempat posing while fruit-picking

Hunting wild rambutan

Peace and thumbs up from Pak Teh, way up in a rambutan tree

Taking a break. Bujah (on the ground) balik2 kana serang semut padas

Lady bosses overseeing the whole operation

Of course, what's a good family gathering without makan? We had cucur, Mak Long's home-made pizza, biscuits and fruits fruits fruits.

Angah laki was guardian of the food table

Mak Teh's special Bubur si Bujang campur durian (I hope I got that right!)

Besides fruit-picking, there were also other activities going on. Little boys terrorised the cats and generally did naughty things. [p.s. Kids, never throw cats into the river, ever!]

Si Danish temeng

Azizan as always was full of energy

This cutie-pie baru pandai bejalan. This is the only picture of him staying still long enough

Ada org dtg menjuluk some wayar karan yg tgugur (ngam arah orchard jua). Mau jua join in on the juluk action atu. Cokmin's gasing workshop was also a highlight of the afternoon.

Talking shop - Making Gasing 101

Finally, before everyone balik, there was the pembagian harta a.k.a. buah duku, a four-woman operation supervised by Baby Alwan.

Check out the boss giving orders. "Ok neneks, let's get going!"

So that was how we spent last Friday, with fun, fruits and family. Looking forward to more gatherings!