A family affair

my uncle's wife called me on mon. there's a maulid in their house on wed night. do come if you can, we understand if you can't make it. missing this? especially knowing what a good cook my aunt is? no way!
so yesterday, i went straight home after work. got change and walked to my uncle's place which is just few blocks away. i decided to come early in case my presence is needed. another 2 aunties were already there and together we finished the kitchen work. to be honest, i just can't wait for the time we sit together for dinner. the smell of the foods really tempted me.
one by one people from the dzikr group my uncle joins arrived and then came the prayer. did the prayers together and the maulid start. what a wonderful joy indeed. i like this group as they will give everyone the opportunity to recite, that is only if they want to. you'd hear a lot of 'next, next, next' when it comes to taking turn. after the marhaban *the fun part was when someone passed around putting some non-alcoholic perfume on your hand* and the 'maulid drink' *well in my family, we normally drink home-made shorbat after maulid*, i went back to the kitchen to help the other aunties preparing the meal. it was fun, working together - putting each stuff in one tray and handed it to the uncles who will then put it on the carpet for the guests to eat. by 10ish, when everyone was done with their dinner but still hang around for some discussion we started to prepare a tray for our own dinner. but then few uncles told us to prepare few more trays of food and more tea. err, apparently few guests enjoyed the food that they were asking for 2nd round. lol - there goes our meal. we ended up eating at close to 11. of course, i've been popping up the cakes and fruits in between helping that i didn't feel starving when we finally sat together for our dinner. i ended the dinner by having tea with milk, trust me.. when it comes to tea with milk, nothing beats the tea from coconut tree brand *available in sheng shiong, bit of promotion here ;)*. went home with a pack of porridge for my breakfast and great satisfaction. with a family like this, who could ask for more. i love my family!!