The 'extraordinary' family ritual 😎

Hey guys, Ayizz is back! 😎Are you excited for our second blog? because I am! It has been a pretty long time since I last blog 😅

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So for our class today, Miss Shereen mentioned about Rose and her family having a ritual during dinner time where they talk about themselves while eating. When we talk about ritual during dinner time, one thing that comes in my mind is the ritual that my family always do at our hometown.

Since my late grandfather was still alive, it is compulsory for everyone to sit and eat together. No gadget was allowed as everyone was encouraged to talk to each other and enjoy the moment. Everyone would sit on the floor but the difference is that men in the family would eat on the table which look like a Japanese table (except that we don't have the chairs) and women would have to eat while lifting their plate like the lady in the picture.

In addition, the head of the family will recite the prayer and only after that everyone are allow to eat. My late grandfather used to be the one who recite the prayer, but now it's my dad. We also have to be respectful in term where we have to give way to the elders to take their food first and then the others. You see, my late grandfather is very strict and everyone just have to follow what he wants (unless you want to be nagged and punished, you should try skipping the meal time 😜) Nowadays, even if he is not here anymore, we still practice the same ritual 😊

Moving on to the next point, I will now be talking about the ritual in my house. I am happy to say that my father is not that strict like my late grandfather 😂 In my small family, we are allowed to eat anywhere we want, in front of the television, in our room or on the couch watching Korean drama (well, I am the one who did that 😋😎) Reading other people's post about the ritual in their house make me feels like "eh, is my family the only one who can eat anywhere, not just the dining table?" Well, even if we are allowed to eat anywhere, there are still rules applied to it. Some of it is that, you must clean up the place after eating and bring your plates to the kitchen back. DON'T EVER LEAVE IT WHERE YOU EAT. Like seriously, my dad would nag all day if we leave our plates or cup in front of the television. 

One more thing that I noticed is that my mum would take pictures of the food first before eating. So DON'T YOU DARE START EATING WITHOUT HER TAKING THE PICTURES FIRST 😣 As I mentioned before, my parents are quite busy, therefore we would eat outside or eat fast food. That is why, when my mum cook, she would put 100% effort and make sure to take pictures 📷 These are some of the food that she cooked (sorry for the low quality photos, my mum don't really have great photography skills 😅)

I guess my mum was extra active that day 😂

 

 

Bread pudding!

If you guys are wondering where I got this pictures, I stole it from my mum's Facebook 😂😂😂 There's a lot more photos but my mum do not post it on Facebook, she only share it with our family group.

As my mum rarely cook, I would say everything she cook is my favorite dish 😉😇Although  I always complained to my mum that she is wasting her phone's storage with her cooking pictures, I know that someday when I look at it I will miss her cooking. Like right now, I want her sambal udang so bad! I think thats it for today's post. See you on the next post! 👋