Yesterday was the first day of Syawal month and also known as Aidilfitri (Eid ul-Fitri). It was a very special day for Muslims as it was a day for all Muslims to celebrate their success in performing one of the pillars in Islam, fasting from dawn to dusk in the month of Ramadhan. Although the special day is only one day but usually the celebration continues for the whole month.
As last year, we celebrated the day by performing Solat Aidilfitri at the Monash University Sport Complex with other members of Muslims community. The hall was totally packed and I believed some of the attendees couldn't pray together with us. But at least they were willing to come and then managed to hear the sermon delivered by Brother Fadhil Fachni.
Well, after that we straight went home because that day was a working and school day. My wife went to the university to continue her work, and Anis went to school because she had to submit a class project. As for Aina and Arfah, they stayed with me at home eating some hari raya foods prepared earlier by their mama.
For this year celebration, the Postgraduate students' open house was not on the first day of Syawal, instead it was organized on the second day which was on Saturday. The host for this year was Brother Azwardi who are living in a house with a spacious backyard. It was time to eat hari raya foods!

Happy Hari Raya Aidilfitri to everyone ...