Daring thieves!

You've got to be someone very daring to be able to do this in broad day light! 

Went back to work and encountered news about some cars were broken into at my company head quarters parking space.  Right under everyone nose!  How come nobody saw this happen?  Although I must say, the parking space in the office was really huge.  There are may be 1,000 or 1,500 cars parked there every day.  So the thieves were so sleek and were not detected.  One could do just about everything and nobody knows.  There were events in the past, where cars were decorated without the owners knowledge on their birthdays, things like that.  But this is extreme case.  We heard later some items were stolen from the cars.  Which the owners shouldnt leave them there in the first place.  This was just a very unfortunate event, to replace those window screens must cost alot.

I think its about time the company install CCTV around the parking areas to deter similar incidents in the future.  As far as I knew, there were security guards patrolling the area a few times a day but then I found out they no longer do that, and see what happened!

So... note to self - never to leave valuables in the car and if I must, hide them!

*** Sick Mode ***

Its been 3 days, feeling lousy and under the weather.  Damn that stall, its either the water or the food.  I came down with serious bout of food poisoning, contaminated water or food, thats what the doctor said.  Been on sick leave for 2 days but hoping to bounce back pretty soon.

Last open house for raya 2011?

Well.. lets just say this is going to be the last open house invitation for this year.  We are almost at the end of Syawal anyway so its time to close the raya chapter hahaha.  Until next year, Insya Allah.

Birthday wish!

This time, I wish to say happy birthday to our beloved pet who is 3 years old this month of September.  Sorry dear, we dont know when exactly was your birth date since we bought you when you were 3 months old.  According to the seller, you were born in September of 2008 and we brought you home in December 2008 when you were 3 months old (you were just so little then), so you must be 3 years old this month :)

Stay beautiful baby, we all love you although you are just a rabbit, lol.  We consider you as part of our family, and you are the most beautiful pet we ever had, not that we had many and we may be bias here. But you are.... aaaww....

Robbie, our beautiful and elegant rabbit.

Tarindak D Seni - My dad birthday celebration continues!

I guess my dad birthday celebration still going strong.  I hope this was going to be our last meal for his birthday!  I think I've gained the 2kg I lost during the fasting month.  Too much good food!

We had lunch at Tarindak D Seni on sunday.  This time it was my dad treat to all of us, including his half brother and wife who came all the way from KB.  They couldnt make it during the party and they felt so bad so they came for lunch instead. The restaurant was really nice, with good view and cozy ambience.  It was my first time here, and I really like the deco.  Very Bruneian.  The food was quite nice too and lots of choices.  And I think it cost B$15 per pax.

My parents with his brother and wife from KB.

Me and my daughter

Nice and cozy ambience

View from the restaurant.

Different view on the right, I must say it was a really lovely day.

Ready to dig in.

Enjoying the food lads?

Browsing around to see whats available.

My daughter at the dessert corner.

Ketupat, satay and rendang.  Very appropriate for Raya, afterall its still Syawal.

Rojak corner

The main dishes

Lamb curry and Ayam Korma with fragrant rice.

The chef was busy with the appertisers.

Ignore this, its just me and my daughter acting silly!

Dad Birthday - behind the scene

Some pictures I took while we decorated the hall for dad's birthday in the afternoon before the party.  We really did well and we all chipped in to make the whole thing a success.  What a supportive and hardworking bunch of folks I had :)  My SIL even borrowed her office projector and screen.  Well done, you guys rock!

Dad 70th Birthday Celebration

After a few weeks of preparations, we had a blast celebrating our dad 70th birthday last night.  Alhamdulilah, it ran without a hitch and we enjoyed the company and the food.  Its all good!

My parents didnt know about it, although maybe they suspected something but we did succeed to surprise them on the night.  My youngest brother pretended to take them out to dinner without us.  But we already planned to go to the restaurant a bit later and surprised them with a birthday cake.

We waited outside for a few minutes then my brother came out and brought us all in to surprise my dad, and he was so surprise to see all of us there and kept on saying he had no clue, lol.  We told him we planned for it for a few weeks already,and it succeed.

Lovely night it was.  We had a good food, we presented him with our gift and after dinner we had a few games.  It was so fun.  I am hoping we could do this again next time, maybe for our mom.

The family were waiting outside the restaurant to surprise our dad.

I came with the birdaycake and dad was really surprise!

We were singing happy birthday to him, he was overjoy!

Blowing the candle.

We then moved to a special room for the ocassion where we decorated earlier.

After the cake, my nephew was reading the thanksgiving prayer.

The cake.

The whole family after the cake cutting.

We - me and my brothers, my dad kids, presented him with our gift.

My brother showing my dad of our card

My dad reading our card.

Happy birthday daddy!

One of the highlights of the evening was a slideshows which showed my dad journey in life, from his young years, till he got married and have us.  Very emotional time and lots of laugh too, looking at the old pictures.

My dad and mom watching the slide show.

The food corner.

Time for dinner.

The food were quite nice.

My cousin with my brother.

One of our little one enjoying his soup.

Game no 1.

The newspaper game which proved to be popular.

Very funny game with lots of laugh too.

The siblings took part in the newspaper game.

The winner of the newspaper game.  Congratulations!

Game no 2 is folding the newspaper and make them into the highest building they could muster within 15 minutes.  This was so fun and everyone took part, even my parents.

Trying very hard to fold the newspaper into one standing build up without any other help except some paper pins and a few strings.

Not bad, but they didnt win when the building collapse at the end of the time, aaaww....

The winning table.  Look at theirs, it was really tall.

The winning group at the table.

Price presentation to the representative of the winning table.

One of the clowns of the night, hahaha

This deserves to win!

Playful duo.

Game no 3 is the best dressed, although nobody knew this before hand.  It was our daughter idea to have this game, she even brought the gifts for this.  The winner for best dressed for man.

The winner for best dressed for girl.

The winner for best dressed for ladies.

We even had a short karaoke session.

These guys rock!

Dad with his gift.

Tired but happy duo.

Two equally beautiful girls hehe

My family.