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Happy New Year!
2011 has been an amazing journey for us, filled with ups and downs. We’re so thankful the year ends on a happy note for us, alhamdulillah.
Here’s to summarize some awesome moments of 2011 during my blogging hiatus.
- November Babies birthday celebration. Hi-Tea, scones and great company! Thank you Liza, Farah & Syidah for making this day a memorable one!
- Cousin Ridhwan & Nadia weds. It was unfortunate we couldn’t be there with them on their joyous occasion, but we’re extremely happy for them!
- Cousin Lilin & Hafiz ties the knot. Congratulations to the newly-weds!
- Great short getaway to Krabi (Thailand) with family and close friends! We had a fabulous time there!
- Holes in heart no more. My thirdborn, Anaqi, has both holes in his heart closed, as we found out during his recent heart scan. All praises to Allah!
While we cherish these happy times, 2011 has also given us moments of grief. We lost a cousin very near and dear to us, due to pneumonia :’(. Her demise has truly shaken our families.
Raihaniah, may Allah bless your soul and place you among the believers.
Hopefully 2012 will bring us more joy, prosperity, wealth, great health, and Barakkah from the Almighty - insyallah. Looking forward to a wonderful 2012 ahead!
February is about celebrating birthdays. Three members of my immediate family was born in February. My second sister, Ana a.k.a Menot, was born on 10th Feb, my brother, Musli, on 17th Feb, and last but not least Baby Aqeil on 6th Feb.
Yesterday, we had a mini celebration. It didn’t matter that the celebration was small, but we had good food and great company, and above all, everyone was happy! 
It’s a little unfortunate the cake got smashed partially (thanks to Anaqi’s quick hands), but we managed to save it. LOL!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE THREE OF YOU!!
Much love!! ♥♥♥
Flickr photoset here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157626093070598/
Here I am trying to revive my almost-dead blog (again) after a five-month long hiatus. I don’t have any good excuses for my lack of blogging (plenty of bad ones, but no good ones). Non-coincidentally, I’ve picked a nice binary date for its resurrection 
So what’s been up (or down, if I may say) throughout this undeserving abandonment period? I try not to end up in an endless rant, so here goes…(I’ll start with the good bits first)
Hold your horses, Anaqi!
Since the last posted video of the little bub taking his first few awe-worthy steps, the boy has now mastered the art of speed. While this achievement is in every parents’ tracking milestone, I often shudder at the thought of him having bumps and bruises on his forehead each time he fail to apply brakes when he makes his little dashes, and eventually bang himself onto the wall, or high-table, or the organ, or his siblings! The last time he collided with his brother, Mika, he imprinted a tooth mark on the tip of his right brow!
Birthday Get-together: Aries and May Babies
We never fail to organize a get-together for a mini birthday celebration no matter how belated it gets. This year’s Aries birthday celebration took place at Yati’s abode, and May Babies get-together at Liz’s. Of course you’ll bound to find non-Aries/May Babies also ‘menyibuk’ blowing candles on cakes *cough*Misha*cough*
But let’s give Misha some credit for her effort in making birthday cards for Ahnaf and Nasha, shall we?
More photos can be found on my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157623949140720/
Sahril and Elysha weds.
Yes, the tallest one in our group of poly friends finally weds to long-time girlfriend of 15 years, Nuryn Elysha. The event took place at Downtown East Pasir Ris, and dear hubby is privileged to be his driving companion in our very own MPS.
More photos can be found on my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157624219075462/
It’s a Digital Age.
And so I’ve succumbed to ‘the dark side’ (as many say), ditching my Blackberry Bold 9000 for the new iPhone4. The week of its launch, the husband and I decided to place an order with Singtel for a pair (yes, husband ditched his existing telco as well). Due to the huge sell-out, we had to wait for the new stock to be available. We’re amazed that it only took us 1 week before we have our hands on our ‘new toys’. But now it looks like OUR kids have THEIR hands on OUR new toys! >_< (I’ll save the details for my next post)
Crash-Boom-Bang.
02.06.2010 was a fateful day for us – a day that had led to an interesting chain of events. The husband had fetched me from work this very day, and as we turned into ECP, there was a massive jam due to an earlier accident. In the midst of cars changing lanes and abrupt braking, we got ourselves into a 5-car collision, and we were at the tail-end of the collision. How sad. We ended up having to tow the car over to the workshop.
This picture was taken the following day at the car workshop, where the damages were more visible than during the night before. As the repairs were taking place, we started talks with our existing car insurer for policy renewal as it was expiring in a month. Sadly, they refused to renew our insurance policy. We scouted around for other insurers yet faced the same rejection. Their reason? We made 2 claims in one policy year and our total claims (including third-party) exceeded $30,000 
. When all appeal failed, we were left with no other choice but to leave our car untouched at our parking space for months.
Being too dependent on our little transportation, we found ourselves handicapped for the very first time after 4 years. It’s not easy when you have 3 kids in tow. Husband and I even decided that it’s high time to let the car go – sell it off, and see if we can get a second-hand replacement under another name. Meanwhile, someone by the name of Ken from a brokerage insurance agency came to hear of our situation and offered help. By God’s grace, on 06.09.2010, he managed to source an insurer for us, albeit with steep conditions. I was ecstatic! It didn’t matter that it burnt a hole in our pockets, but we’ll do all it takes to get our dear MPS up and running again (until the right time comes to REALLY let it go).
Now that THAT’s settled, and road-tax renewed, we’re getting it serviced and hopefully we’ll get to ride it again next week
My family had been wanting to have a belated celebratory birthday dinner for my siblings (Dhiah, Ana and Musli). I suggested Badoque Cafe to them just because (1) I’ve never been there since they first launched, and (2) people were raving about their food on twitter so I figured I just HAVE to try.
I made reservations for Friday (2nd April) which happens to be a public holiday (Good Friday). We were supposed to meet at 8.30pm but some came late (what’s new, haha…). Despite us leaving the house early, we ended up reaching there on the dot, just because finding a parking space was a challenge (it always has been, in that area) especially on a public holiday AND a weekend.
Badoque: The Recession Menu
So we ordered our food first while waiting for the rest to arrive. Mom and Dad wanted us to order steak for them since it’s one of the longer ones to prepare. Their service is good in general, and their waiters and waitresses were friendly and catered very well to our needs.
The only downside, I feel, is that the food took too long to be served, and their well-done steak wasn’t really that well-done (cos my dad’s steak still has traces of red meat in it). Their lamb and spaghetti were just okay, not quite price-justified. But I have to say their chicken and orange salad was indeed awesome. It came in a big serving for just $5 worth. My bro ordered Mermaid’s Tears for dessert, and that was nice too.
Me, with the birthday peeps.
Happy kids in the house!
In all, I think everyone enjoyed each other’s company. We should do more of this kind of family gatherings in future. Maybe, Sedap Corner next?
More photos on my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157623831994048/
This is my first attempt at posting a wordpress entry via my blackberry just because I’m too lazy to boot up my PC. So here I am typing this in the comfort of my own pillow and mattress, hurhur!
Aaaanyway, back to the point of this entry…
My extended family had a fantastic BBQ get-together and mini-celebration for my dearest grandma to commemorate her 75th birthday. Actually I was told that no one actually knew her exact age because during the old days, information printed were sometimes inaccurate. My uncle told me that Nyai (what I call my grandma) was born in 1943 (which I doubt), but mom told me that Nyai was 21 when mom was born. If that’s the case, then Nyai would’ve been born in 1935!
Whatever it is, I’m glad that God has granted her longevity, and that she’s blessed with good health!
Here’s a photo of me with Nyai.
You might ask why she’s showing a sad face? Maybe she’s gotten tired of me requesting her to smile for the camera one time too many, LOL!
My aunt and family from Perth came to Singapore for a visit (they normally do during year-ends due to company shutdown for holiday season). When they visit, we normally think of ways for the whole family to get together and catch up. This BBQ idea was their plan, I guess (I wasn’t in the organizing committee). They’ve actually brought meat from down-under specifically for this BBQ. And of course, potluck is welcome.
P & I did not bring any food though, cos we hadn’t replenished our groceries, so we did not cook, but I did volunteered to be the official photographer of the night, hurhur! And P volunteered to BBQ! 
As maghrib fall, we took turns to solat cos the BBQ premise was near to my other aunt’s residence. Thereafter, we ate our hearts out, and presented Nyai with gifts after cake-cutting.
The surprise of the day was much later in the night when my family from Melbourne made a surprise appearance! I hadn’t known that she had come to Singapore for a holiday for a couple of months, and I haven’t seen her FOR AGES!! I mean seriously! I think the last time I saw her was after she gave birth to her first daughter, and now she has THREE of them, and the youngest is already running!! Yes, it was *that* long.
Another highlight of the night was when Misha made a new friend with a resident preschooler who was at the playground with her grandpa. The first thing Misha asked the girl (Leah) was, “Hello, are you friend?” Lol, too cute! And the girl even shared her battery-operated police motorbike, and also taught Misha how to work the machine and manoeuvre. Very friendly that girl! Even her grandpa did not object to them playing together.
Even though it was a Sunday (3rd Jan) it felt like a Saturday. But as much as we wanted to stay late, we had to leave early cos the next day is a working day and the kids have school.
P/s: Did not even checked on spelling and typos and grammatical errors, cos I’m getting sleepy now (Time check 1:16am SGT) *yawn*
That’s it for now. I’ll probably check how my entry looks like when I’m on my PC, likely when I’m in the office tomorrow (or today technically).
Here’s a few photos taken from my blackberry. Better quality ones can be found on my Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157623173115758/.
**edited: urgh, photo size is too large when posted from the blackberry, so I had to re-upload them on my PC.
P and I received a last minute invitation to attend a small BBQ affair at East Coast Park organized by our old neighbourhood friends on Labour Day weekend. This was arranged partly to commemorate Airy’s birthday, on top of the get-together we had long-awaited for. I can’t remember when was the last time we actually had a big meet-up – I think it was during our previous BBQ gathering held at West Coast Park about 2 years ago.
The ladies (well, almost) were the ones who kept close to their tents, and lazed around on picnic mats, while the guys were the ones who grilled the food items (and some pretty much get zonked out). The kids had their fair share of barbequeing too, and they seemed to be very excited with their char-broiled product.
Of course, as in any birthday celebration, there would be a ‘sabo’ moment, and the birthday boy was definitely not spared. The birthday cake, which was meant to be cut and shared, were ultimately used as a food fling weapon of choice against the birthday boy himself – all in the name of fun.
Once again, Happy Birthday Airy!
It was April 10th, just 4 days after we celebrated my dear hubby’s birthday. I had earlier went to TM to buy a Dark Chocolate Truffle cake at The Royals.
That night, we had a late night supper at Changi where we stuffed ourselves with Nasi Ayam Penyet and Nasi Lemak, followed by a mini cake-cutting affair by the beach while letting the kids run around…at midnight!
Happy Birthday, Mom! May Allah bless you with good health always…
It’s darling hubby’s birthday today, so we both took a day off from work to have a small birthday affair without the kids in tow. Seeing that P has a great obsession with food, especially sushi, I decided to give him a treat and indulged ourselves with great sushi for lunch before we catch yet another movie at Vivo.
Our hot spicy wasabi
Our Salmon with Cod roe – F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S.!
To darling hubby, Age is simply a number, stay forever young always…Happy Birthday, dear! …xoxo…
We have yet another family gathering – this time to celebrate Nyayi’s (grandma) birthday at one of my aunt’s. It was initially suggested to hold it at my home, but was later changed because the hostess would like to have it combined with her wedding anniversary and a few January birthdays (i assume it would be more convenient to have food prepared at her house).
My family arrived at about 2-ish because I had to work from home in the morning (China just had to work on Sunday the 4th, hadn’t they?). I didn’t stay for long because P suddenly had a throbbing headache, and wanting to rest at home. We ate (a lot I might add), chit-chat and took tons of pictures for memories keepsake. We left about 4 hours later after Nyayi opened up all of her presents.
I am pretty sure Nyayi was extremely happy that day. I can see her eyes beaming with delight.
May Allah grant her good health, and bless her with many more years of happiness!
5th Oct 08 – Just less than 2 weeks after his elder sister’s birthday, now it’s Mika’s turn to celebrate his.
He turns one on this very day. We did not make any plans on any major celebrations, but instead we had a small cake-cutting affair at my sis-in-law’s place when we visited her in the morning. We had in fact arranged to go for Raya visitation to P’s side of the family on Sunday, and had collected the cake at Vivo City before we came over.
Mika was oblivious of the small celebration we had arranged for him.
Happy 1st Birthday darling!
