The month of Sywal of the Moslem calendar is the Aidil Fitri celebration months after the month of Ramadan, where Moslem would fast for one month, follow by the celebration of Aidil fitri, a festival celebrated at the end of the fasting month, this Moslem festival is celebrated by Moslem all over the world....it is the same for Moslem in Malaysia but with a difference... other then opening the house for guests on the Aidil fitri day itself, Moslem would have special day during the month of sywal to have what we Malaysian call the Open House...in this case it is the Open House for the Aidil fitri....so during these few days we have being visit friend's Open Houses to enjoy the spirit of Aidil Fitri among friends of all races and religion...it is unique in that all Malaysian are invited to these Open House...the biggest Open House is held by the King as the Malaysian Open House....this year it was held in Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak....it was attended by thousand of visitors from all walk of live and there are no invitation.....All folks are welcome to these Open House, to enjoy eating the sumptuous Malaysian Food and meet friends...and shake hand with the dignitaries...Includes the King and Queen, the Prime Minister, The Chief Minister of the states...and others, in an atmosphere of joy and happiness....in the spirit of the festival itself....this is a Malaysian tradition and the same would happen during the other festival such as Christmas, the Chinese New Year, the Depavalee, the Gawai Dayak and so on...there would be Open House for all these festival....one need not have to wait for an invitation to visit any of these Open House....Just go to these Open House and you are surely Welcome...In the great spirit of Malaysian hospitality...where else but in Malaysian this kind of get together happen...In the southern state of Johor...whenever such Open House is held in Johor Baharu, we would see Singaporean comes in drove to sample the Malaysian hospitality and enjoy themselves with their Malaysian friends.......well today we just came back from an Open House nearby and enjoy the visit very much...we meet friends and of course enjoy the foods a well....the famouse Teh Tarik and tosei were served at this particular Open House...Remember Tosei is a south Indian dish and it is now served in a Aidil fitri Open house....it is the Malaysian way....a mixture of the great Asian tradition of foods.....plus.....hospitality....a great way to enjoy life...in a multi racial country...where our liabilities has indeed became our assets.....And next week on Christmas Day, we would be having our Open House...we chose this day because it is a national holiday...Why not have a Aidil Fitri Open House on Christmas day....Surely everyone would be happy to celebrate...These two festival of 'The People of the Book' in one day...Where else can this happen...but in Malaysia...a land of happiness where the freedom of religion is guarantee in the constitution....Well we hope come this December twenty fifth....Friends would come and enjoy themselves in our Open Houses....Welcome to all and have a great time....