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

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.

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...

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?

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....

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. :)

Kuih Raya Kelana Jaya

Visit: http://www.kuihraya.com.my

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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!