Unable to balik kampung, these bachelors are cooking up a feast this Raya

Though they will celebrate Raya away from their loved ones, these bachelors are pulling out all the stops - including making Nasi Dagang from scratch - to make sure their Hari Raya will be festive. Photos: The Star/Faihan Ghani

With just a few days to go before Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Syafiq Aziz and his housemates are furiously cleaning up their bachelor pad and putting up new curtains to make it Raya-ready. They’ve got their brooms, dustpan and mops out, and also their scissors. Last weekend, Syafiq got his housemate Muhammad Yusril Harith Mohd Koma to trim his hair since barber shops are still closed during this conditional movement control order (CMCO) period.

“He is pretty good at cutting hair, ” says Syafiq Aziz, smiling self-consciously at the attention on his new hairdo. “I think my hair doesn’t look too bad.”