Friday, December 31, 2010
Orientation day for Year 1 2011
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
"Nana Cucuk Langit"
Had a great Christmas lunch at Marche yesterday at The Curve... masyaAllah berderet2 orang berature from the LDP nak masuk the Mutiara Damansara area tu... gila! Bila dah dapat masuk parking bay area kat The Curve tu pusing punya pusing ada nak dekat setengah jam kot... baru dapat jumpa parking.. tu pun menyelit in between two cars... nasib baik bawak Kelisa.. hehe the slot memang muat untuk Kelisa and Kancil je.. hehe
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Rayhana & Doa Naik Kenderaan
This video was shot the night we spent at Legends International Waterhomes, Port Dickson... (cool and happening giler tempat ni hehe).. will blog about the 2D/1N break we had there soon..
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Kumon... why?
“In educating the young we use pleasure and pain as rudders to steer their course.” - Aristotle
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
No more kindie for Rayyan
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Salam Raya Haji... (belated)
Been busy (yeah, what else is new?)...
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Sunday, November 07, 2010
Masak-masak
Today Rayhana "helped" Ja cook kacang panjang masak lemak dengan udang :)
A couple of days ago I just bought Rayhana 2 sets of peralatan main masak-masak kat Mid Valley.... didn't know all those plastic food could cost more than the actual food itself!!
The whole set pinggan/cawan/teko/fork/knife/spoon was RM55.00 and one whole set of plastic food/plastic canned food/paper milk & juice cartons was RM40.00... nak dekat seratus!
But it was fun.. so now, sambil I buat kerja, she and Rayyan would send me plates of "food" complete with the cuttleries.. ada mushroom, fish, tomato ketchup bottle pun ada.. croissants, pretzels, etc...
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Thursday, November 04, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Life As We Know It
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Kids' updates...
Even insisted to bring it along to school every day, so saja je Ja letak 1 diaper, in there.. coz Rayhana already has the big backpack for her nursery filled with all her diapers, baju, susu, etc..
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Apa ada pada Dr...
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Still takleh tido...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Caroline in Frankfurt
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Baru balik Frankfurt...
Just got back from Frankfurt on Wednesday. Still fighting the "gangguan ritma harian" or "lamban jet" or "lesu jet" (I swear those are the official Dewan translations of jet lag)... hehe
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Friday, October 08, 2010
Friday, October 01, 2010
Super Busy Month
Hectic, emotionally and financially draining month... lots of work done mostly in my head rather than in writing or what people would like to label as "action" (I do most R&D work in my head and not putting it down.. hehe) most of the time, if the time comes that requires for me to get it done in writing or "action", you can be sure that whatever is written/done is thoroughly researched and qualified and I can get the writeup/work done in just a fraction of the time it would take for anyone to write a full blown proposal, report, or doing the "action" as professionally as intelligently as possible.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
The FT Anthem
Currently there is a hot issue brewing with regards to the Federal Territory Ministry wanting to change the FT "state" anthem "Maju & Sejahtera"... I wrote the lyrics.. here's a report on today's The Star newspaper:
THE announcement that the Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry was planning to change the Federal Territories anthem — Maju dan Sejahtera (Progressive and Prosperous) — to a more upbeat song to suit the current generation appears to have received an unfavourable response from the entertainment industry.Singers, Musicians and Composers Association of Malaysia (Papita) president Datuk M. Daud said national or state anthems should not be changed as and when it suited someone’s fancy.
“One must first study the impact of a such a change on the people as they would have to learn the new song. If they must change something, then change the tempo like what was done for the Negaraku. But, even then, many still prefer the original version because of its nostalgic value,’’ he said.
Performers and Artiste Rights (M) Sdn Bhd (Prism) general manager Ong Peng Shu said it was not a good idea to change anthems every now and then. “Unless they come up with something that is really good, I don’t see the need for it,’’ he said.
Music Council of Malaysia (MMC) general manager Izzee Sulaiman suggested the ministry stick to the current anthem and music arrangement.
“Any move to make a song commercial also makes it seasonal. National and state anthems are not meant to be seasonal but everlasting,’’ Izzee said.
“The government should concentrate on making the country up-tempo instead of changing the FT anthem,’’ Malaysian Association for Music Education (MAME) president Joe Chelliah said.
“I am against any move to meddle with anthems. There must be some respect for both physical and non-physical sacred institutions,’’ he added.
Malaysian Association of Live Entertainment Performances (Malep) president Datuk Roslan Zainun said: “It’s not a good idea. If there is a need to change the tempo, the ministry should consult the experts — people who know music.
Maju dan Sejahtera lyricist Sheikh Faisal Sheikh Mansor said: “I feel that any anthem should be slow. A relatively slow anthem allows one to really appreciate the words of the song.”
“The anthem should be given some time so people can relate to the lyrics. An anthem is not something you change just to suit the younger generation,’’ he said.
The FT anthem was was gazetted and launched by the former Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail at Dataran Merdeka on Aug 20, 2006.
The anthem was composed by Datuk Wah Idris, the man behind the current version of the Negaraku and the Commonwealth Games 1998 theme song — Standing in the Eyes of the World.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
7th Anniversary @ Traders Hotel, KL
Rayhana & Ja...
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
08.09.10
A nice date to be looking forward to....
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Bulat!
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Mak Nenek
Lagi sebulan setengah nak masuk 2 tahun... tapi mulut.. masyaAllaaahh... macam mak nenek!! :)
She loves following what Rayyan does. She is known as the tape recorder/player... asyik ulang balik apa yang Rayyan or anybody cakap...
She's already counting up 1-20, counting down 10 to zero, baca doa makan sendiri, baca doa naik kenderaan with little help, etc..
Her favorite thing to do is menulis... just give her a pen and a paper and she will be occupied for some time... and yup, for the time being she can still scribble with both hands.. we still couldn't figure out if she's truly right-handed or a lefty..
Sekarang ni budak ni tengah wheezing... last week went to see Dr Azizi. Baru habis prednisolone course, so continue lagi with clarytine and antamin and the antibiotic. The batuk still ada phlegmy sound lagi... hingus dah nak berenti dah.. demam takde so far alhamdulillah...
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Jongang
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
How's everyone's Ramadhan so far?
Not too bad for me.. you? Not too bad for Rayyan too.. in fact he has fasted more days than Ja! hehehe satu hari je dia tak puasa so far.. the day that it got me really mad at him (mad olok-olok je, although terkilan gak).
Today masa sahur tadi tetiba I found his nose was bleeding masa tidur.. the whole sahur time Ja was pinching his left nose to stop the bleeding while he was sipping on a glass of water and munching on 2-3 pieces of coco cruch. Ingatkan nak tengokla if today he's okay to puasa.. kalau tak pun by lunch time I would ask him to buka.. but mamat tu sampai now 4.40pm pun okay je macam biasa.. so okayla kot.. insyaAllah he can puasa full day again today...
Last night we had our buka puasa at Residence Hotel @ Uniten... makanan dia fuh semangat.. macam ada the whole pasar Ramadhan kat situ and I told Rayyan that you can just take anything you want... it's all FREE!!! hehe Ja's brother belanja all 30+ pax of us at RM63 per pax, less few bucks each for warga emas, and 2 free pax.
Thw food selection was great.. there was even durian, manggis, langsat, rambutan, etc all you can eat!! And then masa dah nak2 time desert tu ada pulak basikal "kacang putih" dok bunyi loceng buat round the whole dining area... mintak je nak kacang apa, dia bagi.. hehe it's all part of the deal...
Kambing ada, ayam panggang, kerang and ikan bakar, sup gearbox, murtabak/roti canai, laksa Johor, nasi ayam, kebabs, nasi and a wonderful range of lauk-pauk which I tak amik pun sebab takut kekenyangan before eating all the other good stuff they had.. hehe ABC ada, ice cream ada, teh tarik, air tebu, air soya, air macam2 lagi, dim sum, burger/hotdog, meehun sup, kuey teow, mee, cakes, kuih-muih, apam balik yang nipis tu, putu piring, putu bambu, chocolate fountain fondue, fuh.. marvellous!! alhamdulillah... :)
Rasa macam nak pergi lagi bulan posa ni... amacam? sapa nak join? JOM!!! hehe
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Kuih and all...
Too many things on my mind right now, too many things to do, too much stuff to be spent on but not too much money in the pocket to start with! Pening!
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
SK Taman Megah
Mentioned earlier about the call I received from SK Taman Megah saying that Rayyan was accepted into the school. Syukur alhamdulillah... I thought we would be rejected sebab Rayyan's application was #169. They will only accept a maximum of 160 students.
So when the school called that afternoon, I was having a meeting at IKEA... terus kata I will be there petang tu jugak nak confirm/acknowledge the acceptance by bringing the birth certificate.
So petang tu, I asked Rayyan to tag along. He was happy to see his future school. Met the headmistress Mrs Khoo at the office. She asked Rayyan a few questions, Rayyan seperti biasa, malu nak jawab.. jawab pun softly... and the HM, knowing that I'm a book publisher, suka hatila dia.. siap kata nanti you can help the school.. hehe.. insyaAllah..
I knew SK Taman Megah is a good school, but I didn't know exactly how good it was. Every achievement they got, they wrote it on the wall leading to the school entrance. Cool idea!
Some of their achievements:
1. Ranked 25 out of 7617 primary schools in Malaysia
2. Best UPSR result in PJ
3. National champion in Public Speaking
4. 1st in Enopi Maths Olympiad
5. 1st Runner-up Selangor Tennis Championship
6. 2nd and 3rd in Selangor's English Story-writing competition
7. Other Robotics, Gymnastics, Figure skating, other district-level, state-level, national-level sports achievements...
alhamdulillah la Rayyan got to be in this school.. at least being around interacting with the kids in this school would perhaps develop his thinking the way I wish it should be from a public school...
So the school is about 5 mins drive away from our house. Not too bad. Easy for Ja to send him off and go to her office through the Damansara toll to Port Klang. So next year I kena hantar Rayhanala pulak.. hehe
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Selamat Berpuasa...
Selamat berpuasa to all... last night was Rayyan's first "terawih" experience. Not too bad.. baru lepas Isyak dah mengantuk gila2. His eyes were closed while leaning on the glass door... pastu tetiba bila dah start nak sembahyang terawih, dia segar balik.. although right after every 2 rakaats he kept asking "how many more rakaats after this?"
The Upin & Ipin influence truly helped him go through the whole terawih experience.. kalau tak, lepas Isyak tu dia dah nak ajak balik dah... I kept saying that Upin & Ipin can do it.. so can he! lol!
After terawih, while walking home from the mosque his Atok suggested him to write about his first terawih experience (10.08.10) on his computer... which gave me an idea to probably let him start his own entry in this blog soon..
Pagi tadi was his first "sahur" experience with the intention to puasa.. Upin & Ipin puasa, so dia mestila puasa kan?
Ni dia aksi-aksi Rayyan bersahur... :)
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A call that I wanted to hear... :)
Just got a call from the primary school I applied for Rayyan.. Rayyan is accepted there!!! Takut gila kot2 tak accept ke etc coz he was #9 on the waiting list. Alhamdulillah....
:)
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Sunday, August 08, 2010
Just Got Back from Melbourne...
Went there Sunday night, arrived Monday morning, returned on Friday at 00:45 and arrived back at the LCCT at 7am Friday. All in all I only spent 3 sleeping nights in Melbourne. Kejap gila..
Anyways, never intended for anything except for attending 2 business meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday. So kalau dapat jenjalan tu kira bonus la...
Fortunately one of my MRSM classmates, Barchunx & his wife just migrated to Melbourne in February this year.. so managed to meet them and the kids.. even spent the last night at their place so I could get to the Great Ocean Road and see the 12 Apostles as early as possible so it would be enough time for me to catch my flight home that midnight.
Overall it was a fruitful trip. I got the info what I wanted from the meetings, and that would save me lots of money by making ill-informed decisions.
Balik je from Melbourne on Friday morning, I took the shuttle bus from LCCT to KL Sentral, took the LRT to Kelana Jaya, and the cab home. Picked up Rayyan at 11.30, waited for Ja to come home for a brief lunch, and then I was off to PWTC to visit the Printing Solutions exhibition.. pastu balik terus penat.. hahaha
Melbourne pics ada kat Facebook.. will upload some here, especially the 12 Apostles photos.. :)
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Papa & Mama's Wedding Anniversary
Yesterday, it was Ja's birthday. It was also my parents' 37th Wedding Anniversary... what are the odds having your wife's birthday on your parents' wedding anniversary.. hehe... actually we only knew this fact only few years ago... after me & Ja got married.. as my mom was spring cleaning her old documents... baru perasan bila tarikh dia kawin.. haha
My dad was not around yesterday. My mom pulak puasa. So last night we celebrated Ja's birthday je with whoever yang sempat nak ikut... Felishia & Afnan, Fizrul, Rayyan, Rayhana, Ja & me were the only ones available... Faleigh, Renuka & Sharat wanted to join later but tak sempat coz we had to rush and pick up my mom at home by 9.30pm to go to my Mak Long's house for a meeting tergempar dgn adik-beradik dia pasal harta (that would be an interesting blog entry lol!)
So last night we went to eat at this Chinese Muslim restaurant called HOMST at Taman Tun. Their BUTTERED SOFT SHELL CRABS are FANTABULOUS!!!! And cheap!! RM18 for 4 org makan punya ration. Drinks pun interesting.. I had their "Ribena Special", which was ice-blended Ribena served with some lychee and watermelon in the same glass... sedaaap...
Rayyan & Rayhana had the chinese fried rice and semangkuk besar mushroom soup that can feed all of us for only RM6.
Tomorrow we are supposed to go out again and makan-makan just us family members since my dad is now home from Kedah. Somebody else pulak nak belanja.. hehe
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Biniku dah makin tua.. sama tua denganku...
Ja's birthday today! Lots of things in my mind lately that I missed the 12am birthday wish ritual. My brother Fizrul (who was checking his FB) came in to our house just after twelve to wish Ja and suddenly all of us, me, Rayyan (also lost count of the days leading to this day), and Rayhana who had just woke up at midnight jumped and group hugged and group kissed the birthday lady of the house.
Penat from the whole Felishia's wedding extravaganza tak habih lagi.. I wish I could sleep in for a couple of days more... alhamdulillah everything went smoothly, although there were hiccups here and there.. biasalah...
Glad Anaz & Wa could come, so was Syireen Rose who was there with her son. "Atok" Saiful Ikram pun was there with his wife. Noris & Hairy had to cancel at the very last minute sebab babysitter dia called saying she could not do it for the night. Nak hantar kat mak dia jaga pun tak boleh sebab mak dia baru keluar pi tengok wayang... Ainul & Zura could not make it as I guess they were still in the UK. Wished Nana & Mozard could be there as well.. nak buat camana.. dah jauh sangat.. hehe my dad even said why tak ajak Wa's & Nana's parents to come? The thought came to me nak ajak.. but nak wat camana.. I was only given 1 table for my guests. Ja's family got 1 table... so kena catu-catu sikit sapa yang boleh diajak makan malam kat Sime Darby Convention Centre tu... great place, great food (the food could have been even better kalau dia cook the same way they served us masa food tasting dulu).
The menu was sup isi ketam, ayam masak merah, ikan masak kicap, rendang daging minang, sambal sotong, butter prawns, dalca sayur and nasi minyak (or was it beriani?), desert was pudding jangung pandan with ice cream and fresh fruits on the side.
So dah kawinlah adik perempuanku yang sorang tu... couldn't hide my feelings when I broke into tears in the middle of my speech (damn!) not just once, twice, but three times!! The speech was just an A4's length. Should have been a breeze reading through the text...
Nasib baik by the time I sang Nat King Cole's version of "When I Fall in Love" dah tak nangis dah.... kalau tak, haru!!! hahaha..
Rayyan and Rayhana did a good job being 2 of the flower kids... Ja dah siap nak replace Rayhana dah sebab she was cranky gila2 dekat-dekat nak start wedding tu... tapi last2 bila dah dapat makan, dapat pegang bunga yang dia nak campak tu, all was well.. she looked cute.. siap boleh posing-posing lagi depan camera.. hahaha Rayyan was cool.
Sayang sekali none of us had the time to snap any pictures during the wedding at Sime Darby. Semua dok sebok. I pun had to go back to the house at 7.45pm sebab tertinggal butang baju Melayu for me and Rayyan, and also the samping for Sharat who was one of the flower kids jugak. Alhamdulillah I sempat sampai balik kat Sime Darby tu by 8.15pm.
This Saturday we're all going to bertandang to Afnan's house pulak for the reception of the pengantin lelaki punya side. Then Sunday Noris's sisters wedding... will try to squeeze in some time before I leave for Melbourne that night.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Daniel & Alex - Narissa's boys
Narissa, a friend who has been living in the US since graduation is in Malaysia. She married to a local (Brian) and they are blessed with two boys - Daniel (8 yo) & Alex (4 yo).
Me, Ja, Rayyan, Rayhana, Anaz, & Wa met up with Narissa and the boys last night over dinner at Suria KLCC foodcourt.
Rayyan got along well with the boys playing with Anaz's and Ja's iphones.
Didn't take many pictures. I believe Wa took plenty! (and videos some more!!)
Rayhana was reckless... sebok nak "galan-galan" (jalan-jalan) all over the place...
It was a fun night being able to chat with Narissa again since we last met before she had kids.. hehe...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Bakun Dam!
As I was struggling to find ways to ensure the cash continuously flows to pay the bills, I received a call from an ex-colleague who is into this virtual reality thing - developing the application, I mean.
Can't reveal details about it yet.. just these words...
Bakun Dam - virtual reality application content development - 2 to 3 weeks in the woods of Sarawak - fully paid trip - puasa month - howla?
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Friday, July 16, 2010
Jalan-jalan Atas Angin...
London. Melbourne. Frankfurt.
London dah pergi aritu. Melbourne soon. Frankfurt in October.
Need to find some serious money to make up for the expenses on these trips!!!!
Of course these trips are work-related. So I'll be going alone... kalau ada duit extra boleh la kot bawak Ja & the kids travel somewhere end of the year....
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Friday, July 09, 2010
It's Gonna be a LOONG Month!
A lot is happening in July. Rayyan's birthday was on the 1st. Fizrul's birthday was on the 5th.
The Kuih Raya business opens up to the public again for the 4th year in a row and we've been receiving orders like crazy. Kalau lama-lama macamni memang kena hire orang just to entertain orders.. hehe alhamdulillah...
Tonight one of my cousins, Siti, is getting engaged in Shah Alam. I'm very happy for Uncle mamat & Auntie Ani and family.
Yesterday I went to a venture capital briefing/coaching session to see if my business is worthy of attracting VC's to invest in and how tedious the work would be and how involved they would be if they decide to come in. Got the slides for me to study how I can actually tailor-made any business to fit VC's criteria.
Next week there is the VC pitching event where identified companies would pitch their business to the 20 VCs (regional and local). It was decided yesterday that I'm not ready for this session yet. But I would probably go to just feel how the atmosphere is like.
July 23rd, 24th, 31st is going to be Felishia's wedding. So we're pretty pysched about that, especially for Rayyan & Rayhana who would be two of the flower petal mess maker on the red carpet... hahaha looking forward to that. And probably I would be making the thank you speech since my dad is not into public speaking at all hahahaha...
Jaafar Onn will be the MC for 23rd event (hehehe this is interesting... he's one of my mom's friends). And Chuari Selamat for the 24th event.
And after all that July madness, insyaAllah I will be flying out to Melbourne, Australia. :)
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Monday, July 05, 2010
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Rayyan's 6th Birthday
July 1st, 2010 - Rayyan's birthday...
It was on a Thursday... Ja purposely amik cuti. Rayyan pun since he was having a fever the night before, tak gi sekolah la Thursday tu. Already had thought of planning a surprise party for him pagi2. The plan was I hantar dia gi sekolah, pastu me & Ja, Rayhana and the rest at the house would prepare the house for the party... so bila nanti I ambik dia from school terusla terperanjatkan dia... but semua plan tak menjadi...
Anyways... part of the reason Ja amik cuti was actually sebab nak pergi food tasting at the Sime Darby Convention Centre, for Felishia's wedding in a few weeks.
So the lunch at Sime Darby Convention Centre, with me, Ja, Rayyan, Rayhana, Felishia & Afnan, Fizrul (my brother), my parents bolehla diibaratkan as birthday lunch for Rayyan as well.. hehe the food was suppppeerrrbbbbb... for the food tasting they prepared 2 meat, 2 chicken, and 2 fish dishes for us to choose one of each.... had a terribly tough time... kalau boleh nak amik sumer... :)
Lepas lunch, we toured the wedding venue at Sime Darby Convention Centre tu, looking at the holding area for VIPs, tempat salin pengantin, the hall, surau, toilets, etc... Look at Rayhana.. in full UK outfit.. hehe baju & topi from carboot, kasut from Selfridges Bullring.. all in all cost me just GBP15.. RM75 camtu.. (kasut tu mahal.. GBP11). :)
After Sime Darby, me & Ja, Rayyan & Rayhana, Felishia & Afnan went to Toys R Us @ One Utama to buy Rayyan his present. Ended up buying lots more stuff than intended. Pastu pi beli birthday cake @ Secret Recipe. Got the Chocolate Strawberry cake.
So malam tu we waited for my dad to come home for Rayyan to cut the cake. Faleigh (my other brother) also brought Sharat his son that night...
Malam tu Rayyan demam balik.... sigh!
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