It is always nice to see old friends. I managed to see some ex-URIs when they came to Singapore on Christmas weekend. Bukan main sakan orang Malaysia shopping :D. Besides chatting and socializing, I had a delicious and fulfilling dinner there. So grateful indeed..Unfortunately my rusty mind now cannot recall any of the names they mentioned when I was in Rhode Island 10 years ago. Kinda embarrasing!
We took Aaqil up there last week and withnessed unforgettable view of cityscape Singapore. This DHL balloon is located at Bugis Junction and it's just 2 stops from our place. Unfortunately, the ticket price is 23 SGD. or else Aaqil and myself will be on board every week. It was nice to be up there and watched Aaqil's priceless expressions. However, I believe that ONLY DO IT if u are not afraid of heights. 
Stacie Marie-she is an Indian-Philipines mix
Stacy Marie and YiHun has arrived naturally via their mother's womb both about a month ago. They are 2 healthy babies welcomed to the world by their currently breast-feeding mothers and supportive fathers. Again, a Happy 'Birth'day and enjoy parenthood while it lasts...
Yi-Hun-my neighbor's son
At Stacy's House..
Listening to 'Bapak' collection of music....
'Beheading moment' - Actually I was afraid but acted cool
We all had fun.. Sarawakians are very warm people..Lucky for those who can marry one of them haha
It's Morning of Eid and we were preparing ourselves to the airport to catch a late morning flight to Penang. Courtesy of our neighbours, Mr & Mrs Oh and their baby daughter, they joined us at the airport to have a roam around too since it was a public holiday for everybody as well. A 2-family breakfast an McDonalds started our day at the airport upon checking in our lugagges and we still had a little more time at the viewing gallery (where Aaqil enjoyed most) before we
were on our way boarding. Perhaps it was a little too early for Aaqil as he dosed off again even before the plane took off waking up just in time when meals were served. He was behaving well until the plane descend, of course, the cabin pressure will affect everybody's ears including his little ones, but the suckling and swallowing action while he breastfed soothed him a lot, leaving the adults with blocked-nose-blowing actions to equalise the ear pressures.
paternal-grandmother's house visit followed by another one before heading back towards Kulim, my earlier home sweet home. All of us were busy enjoying our own things for most of that 5-day trip. Aaqil with his motor-cycle rides, me with my 'trying to visit as much friends as possible' project while Omar following through without jeopardising his cravings for local festive dishes with additional suppers and unnecessary add-on meals, I believe he brought himself back an additional 2 kgs as well.
Omar got some work errands to run in Sebana Cove while both Aaqil and me managed to hitch his ride for a short getaway. Driving a company sponsored vehicle, we left Singapore via the causeway at 1600hrs. Besides the Hong Leong ATM service nationwide breakdown, the rest of the journey was smooth despite the shortage of cash. It was a smooth and scenic drive passing Kota Tinggi and other small towns and villages. Since it was Ramadhan, we broke our fast whilst passing Desaru in the vehicle itself arriving in Sungai Rengit town around 1930hrs checking in a backpackers-like Tai Hoe Hotel. Aaqil was immediately busy making phone calls to his imaginary on'line' friends.
actual dinner much later after the prayers. Thus, upon settling down at Tai Hoe, we proceeded to an authentic open-air seafood restaurant to fulfil our years of seafood cravings. Yes we did have a cute little lobster in butter just enough for 2 plus some other side dishes. That was a helluva seafood, though not much. Surprisingly, life in Sg Rengit was a little on the quiet side for most muslim food stalls during Ramadhan, and we did not have as much choices on food as compared to our previous visits to this town, which was accesible by boat then a 17km bicyle ride from the jetty, which we did 3 years ago. But that didn't dampen our spirits and we walked thru every possible roads in the small little but self sufficient town. There's even a Marrybrown now in town for those fast food lovers, but the sight of Burger Ramly always overwrites the former. Activity back in Tai Hoe was just a warming down,
though the free wireless access did do some damage to the supposedly non-distracted night, ended with an early 'sahur'.
30mins. Full of fun and laughter for him though and we retired back to our room, lazed around waiting for break-fast time. The view from our balcony was almost enough to soothe our eyes.
myself made new friends with families of Sebana staff and we were even invited for coffee to their resident lodgings, the gateway to a cheaper and discounted future stay at Sebana ... hehe ... while Omar did establish some future businesses with the technologically inclined Sebana staff.
