Farewell Party - July 2011

My friends in Egham, Staines and Windsor has kindly arranged a farewell party for those leaving the UK. Thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart. It was a really joyous one. Lots of laughter and tidak ketinggalan plenty of foods. Macam-macam ada. Semuanya pandai memasak. Bila berjauhan, nak tak nak kena belajar. Kalau tidak, tak dapat la merasa makanan Malaysia. Kat Malaysia bukan main lagi, dapur pun menjengah sekali-sekala, kat sini, memang bersilat kat dapur le jawabnya, hehehhe.

The leavers.....Syida, K Lina, Maswa and me.

One special gift from my beloved friends.

Prezzies for the White Elephant. This game is great!!! I love it!

To all my friends in London........Selamat Hari Raya dan semoga berjumpa lagi. Kenangan bersama anda semua tetap bersemadi dalam hatiku.

Love,
As dan famili.

Alia's Birthday Party

Our daughter is 5-years-old!
Happy birthday, darling,
You are our our little gem, the love of our life,
Tanda kasih mama dan ayah.

We had a small party to celebrate Alia's birthday. Many apologies to those who were not invited. Kami hanya menjemput kawan2 Alia bersama parents masing-masing. After all, it was her day.

We had 2 separate celebration: the 1st one was held privately on her birthday (12 May) and the 2nd one was celebrated with her friends 2 days after.

A little present from mom and dad on her birthday.

We decorated the cup cakes for her classmates at school.

Cake of the day.

Private celebration, only the three of us.

Birthday cake of her choice: Princess (Pea) Tiana and the frog.

Kudos to my hubby for decorating the small room while I was busy in the kitchen.

BBQ to spice up the day.

The happy and eager faces.

The guests.

With her forever friends.

Semoga kamu menjadi anak yang solehah,
Semoga kamu berjaya dunia dan akhirat,
Semoga kebahagiaan menjadi milikmu,
Semoga sentiasa diberkati olehNya,
Amin.....

Selamat Hari Jadi Adam

Beberapa minggu lepas kami ke Windsor, untuk meraikan sambutan hari jadi Adam. Budak2 seronok sangat sebab ada huge trampoline, acres and acres of field for them to run around, plenty of foods and snacks and not forgotten, Smartie Artie the clown.

You're a big boy now...

The clown who kept the kids entertained.

Ala...bila le dorang ni nak potong kek? Tensen le...kami dah tunggu lama ni...hayooo

Adam, with mom and dad.

Since the kids were having a really good fun, kami the grown-ups pulak seronok dapat jumpa kawan2 lama dan baru. Macam2 cerita keluar. Sambil borak, tuan rumah menyajikan pelbagai juadah sate, mihun, nasi, cendol, keropok lekor, kuih-muih Melayu dan Barat. Pendek kata, kami memang dijamu sepuasnya. Lepas tu bila nak balik, siap dibekalkan dengan nasi, ayam, kari daging dan dessert sebagai buah tangan. Sungguh terasa macam kenduri kat kampung2 but in a lavish kind of way.

Duduk lepak2 di rumah Anita ni (Adam's mom) memang terasa damai. Apa taknya, rumahnya dikelilingi bunga pelbagai warna. Memang cantik! Sampai my hubby kata, tak payah pegi Holland dah...datang sini je...sama je cam taman tulip kat Holland tu. Hahahha...

Majlis hari itu berjalan lancar, semua tetamu berpuas hati. Tahniah kepada tuan rumah dan terima kasih kerana menjemput kami. It was indeed a great party.

BBQ Rumah K Mas

Bbq ni dibuat sempena menyambut K Mas. Dia balik ke Malaysia and then datang balik sini untuk vacation. Ramai jugak yang datang hari tu. Meriah la. Sesekali dapat berkumpul ramai-ramai macam ni memang best sebab bukan selalu dapat jumpa. Dah tu masing-masing memang terer masak. Bila tengok masakan orang lain, aku naik malu pulak. Sungguh tidak berbakat sekali aku ni. Huhuhu. Malas cakap la. Korang layan gambar aje le.

Ayam bbq hasil kepakaran K Izan. Aku dah tempah K Izan utk bbq umah aku nanti! Jangan jeles.

Mak-mak dara duduk dalam rumah je...lepas makan 2nd round baru kitorang serang bahagian luar pulak.

Ini le komuniti Malaysian kat kawasan ni. Dari Ascot, Egham, Windsor, Ashford dan Croydon.

Terima kasih kepada tuan rumah - K Mas dan Fadhil

Ni laksa meletup hasil air tangan K Bib. Aku tak sempat merasa...waaaaaaaaaaaaa. Ramai yang puji sedap pulak tu. Ni yang tambah merana hatiku ini!

Kumpulan bapak merancang nak cilok ayam bbq.....mesyuarat bawah pokok supaya tidak disyaki.

Yang ini pun aku tak sempat rasa...........

Yang ini aku sempat rasa sebab nasi goreng memang peveret. Hish, tak sudah2 dengan nasi la Mek As ni. Insaflah, insaflah.

Ni feveret Alia. Dia makan banyak!! Baru aku tau dia suka kek lapis rupanya. Takpe la, balik Msia nanti aku beli banyak-banyak. Bukan senang nak jumpa makanan yang dia suka.

Ni le antara menu memuaskan nafsu makan kami hari tu. Banyak lagi sebenarnya tapi cukup-cukup le ye untuk tatapan korang. Kang ada yang menangis lak.

No wonder aku makin gemuk...bukan salah aku, salah keadaan! Kalau tak makan kesian pulak. Membazir itu amalan syaitannnnnnn...... (Inilah hujah membela diri yang paling kukuh buat masa ini).

Christmas Lunch

I was looking forward for this event......... not that I am celebrating Christmas (of course!) but the lunch menu seems really good to me. But it all turned sour as the food was terrible! The worst food I have ever tasted! We waited for almost an hour before been ushered to the main hall for lunch. The starter was not bad but the main course was terribly nightmare, almost inedible. I promised myself I will never attend Christmas lunch ever again. Not only we waited for ages in between the courses, we also need to queue to get our food! I left the hall halfway through the meal, went straight to my car and drove to London to pick-up Ida. One thing good about it was the ambience, very festive with Xmas deco all around.