30 September, 2007

Sungkai @ JPPC

These are some of the photos taken at Jerudong Park Polo Club (JPPC) during one of our sungkai outings. The place and the food are really excellent. There are 7 different stations with generous variety of foods to satisfy your taste bud.

...drinks...




...food...




...chicken...




...yummy...nyums...nyums...hehe




...desserts...




...fruits...




Fazleen & Zureen...




my four lovely kids...



29 September, 2007

Backyard @ Sg Tilong

During the last trip to Sg Tilong, myself and Fazleen practised our skills in nature's photography. We saw the "simpur" in nice, bright yellow. They were so beautiful. But guess what happened? We procrastinated and it rained before we could take the photo of the simpur. Determined to catch something in the cam, we went down to the backyard once the rain stopped.

So, please enjoy what we have captured. Credits to Fazleen, who has capture all of these photos except the first one.

Ubi Kayu




I was told the fruit is some kind of medicine...




Not so sure what's the name of this...




The petals have dropped because of the rain, so this is what is left up there...




The petals which have dropped. Fazleen loves this photo. :)




Simpur... we can only capture this because the ones with flowers have all dropped their petals...


28 September, 2007

Ketupat oh ketupat

Even though I was busy updating the blog, I was pleasantly surprise to have the energy and time to make a few small "ketupat", which I want to hang in my office. Since Hari Raya is coming soon, I want to put some deco in my office bah. Just like if you go out shopping nowadays, the supermarkets will play the Hari Raya songs in the background - to build up the Hari Raya mood. So, I want to build the same mood in the office.

Went to Hua Ho to get some ribbons. I was looking for the small ribbons because small ribbons would be nice to be made into ketupats. I have made ketupats with bigger ribbons before so this year, I want to make something different!! hehe..

close-up




In fact, my mind kept wandering as I was making the ketupats. I think I could make a ketupat with 4 ribbons.... well.... lets just wait and see if I could make it come true.... who knows it might as well be possible to use 4 ribbons bah... what do you think?

In the meantime, here are some of the ketupats i have made so far. Hmmm... I wonder if I could sell these at B$1.00 each? hehehehehee....




Do you think these are saleable?




...more ketupats...




thought of showing you all the size of the ketupat I made last year and compare it against the ones I made recently... ehehe.. isn't that big?




Updated on Saturday, 29/9/2007. For everyone info, the earlier ketupats I created use 2 ribbons only. So far, I have not tried using 4 different ribbons yet and I do not know if it is possible. However, I was determined to prove something this morning. After a few trials and wasted some ribbons because their lengths were too short, I eventually managed to make one. So, for the very first time, I show you here the ketupat created using 4 ribbons!! Mind you, creating this ketupat requires good imagination, focus, patience and lots of practice.




using 4-ribbons (red, yelow, green & purple)


27 September, 2007

20/9/2007 - Its time to leave... bon voyage

This might be the last in a series of photographs at the airport.

I cannot describe how it felt during this moment. However, as generally perceived by everyone...photos say a thousand words and here are some of the photos which described the event happening at the departure hall.

Shaking hands with Ainureen with Asyiqeen looking on...




Babu Lina...




Holding tears... happy cries...




With close friend..




The first step towards huge achievements ahead...




Its time to leave everyone...


20/9/2007 - More photos at the Airport

Especially to Alai Fizah, here are some of the pix I promised to upload. These are the recordings of this special moment that I managed to capture. From all of us in Brunei, we wish you great success in your studies, grab the chance while in UK to enjoy the place and visit other places...such as Paris, Roma, etc.

Ready... 1, 2, 3... shoot




Family photograph....hey, where is Alai Azman?




Family photograph.... now we have everyone except Abang Hafiz, who is studying in Aussie...




With cousins...




With Zureen... do they look alike now?




With everyone...




Group photograph...


20/9/2007 - Time bersungkai di Airport

Even though the airport was crowded at the time, we managed to secure a nice spot to have a good family "bersungkai" together.

Waiting for the Maghrib prayer to break the fast




Time to break the fast




Enjoying the food...




Latecomer ???.... he he he


25 September, 2007

25/9/2007 - Special Ramadhan

Ramadhan is so special this year because this is the first time in her life that Ainureen managed to keep her puasa for the full day. With the completion of today's fasting, she has completed 13 days of fasting this year. It is considered as a great achievement for this 6-years old little girl.

Here are the photos of the special girl during "berbuka puasa" at various places in Brunei.


Breaking fast at Jerudong Polo Club





Ainureen's favourite - Fish & Chips with lots n lots of tomato sauce





Ainureen enjoying her treat of the day





Desserts...





...more desserts......


20/9/2007 - Having Cendulz @ airport

wonder ku siapa yang makan cendul sampai dua gelas ni ah! hehehe..... Tapi cendul nya memang sedap. Cendul courtesy of Uda Ros kah tu? TQ ah. It was so delicious!!! slurrp...




Double Cenduls





Nyaman jua usul nya ah...





show-off





Enjoying the cendul...


24 September, 2007

20/9/2007 - Before breaking fast @ airport


Wishing Alai Fizah all the best #1





Wishing Alai Fizah all the best #2





Two lovely sisters


20/9/2007 - Dk Hafizah's departure to UK...

Bon voyage and wish you every success in life Fizah... take care always. My beautiful niece will be studing in UCL in London. Lucky her. It must be a dream come true to study there. Anyway, there are many more interesting pix to be uploaded... So, please keep coming back.



Pix taken at around 6:10pm