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This is the latest picture of me and my girlfriends, taken just after I finished confinement with Khadijah. Hope our friendship lasts a lifetime. Thank you babes for being here!

Baby Shower Pixs

Here are some more pictures from the baby shower, courtesy of my friends on my facebook!
This bottle is the door gift. If you take the baby bear out you can use it for a piggy bank but I have put mine up on the shelf ..

An occasion would not be the same if we do not take group photos, this one reminds me of school days and how we loved to pose for the camera. Guess some things just don't change!

This is the jelly cake I told you about ... isn't that baby so cute!

We were all so anxious waiting for Elo to arrive so of course we passed the time by taking picture after picture after picture ....

We had real fun playing games, I think we played 5 games and we were all so tired out after them!

Will get you more pictures later!

Baby Shower Anyone?

It has been a rather hectic week for me which explains why I did not write anything last week. But I must share with you what happened to me (and my girlfriends) last Saturday. A good friend of ours, Raja Elona, is expecting her 2nd child and the baby is due Aug 8. Elo, as we call her, stays in Jakarta but she has come back here to deliver her baby.

The beautifully set table .... the theme colour was blue and white

The beaming mother to be, my friend Elo ...

Shake ordered these really pretty cupcakes that looked too good to eat. Check out how Elo, Zurni and I are drooling over them. They had this very intricate handword done , amazing how art farty a person can be! And they were delicious too

One for the album ...

Two of my friends, Shake and Jami, had decided we surprise her with a baby shower. When we first heard the idea we were wondering what it was all about as it was a totally new concept to us. But these two friends convinced us it woukd be a hit and we went along with it.

Infact, these two friends planned everything and what planners they were. We held it at Oleen's house in Kelana Jaya and Shake and Jami did the place up so nicely it looked oh so cool! And as sweet as ever, it was like walking into a nursery. From the balloons to the decor, such as confetti, and the table setting ... it was all so pretty. I am sure all of us were wishing we could have one for ourselves next!

We had to tell Elo we had an AGM for SISTA and she was prompt as always. She opened the door and we all yelled SURPRISE!!! I loved the look on her face, she was so shocked she didn't really know how to react. Then she finally got a look around the room to see the balloons (which said BABY SHOWER on them), the decor and the presents. But I think it onyl finally sinked it a few minutes later.

We had so much fun cause there were games ( imagine us 37 year olds playing games) but it was oh so much fun. Shake and Jami even hired a pro photographer and I can't wait to see the pictures.

The best surprise of all was that Shake told us to wear white tops and blue jeans so that the mom-to-be (who she assumed would be wearing a colourful blouse) would stand out. What a surprise for us cause Elo came in a white top and blue jeans too. It looked like we were all in uniform!

There were cupcakse (SO PRETTY!!!) and lots of other food that we could not finish eating even we stayed there the whole night. A jelly cake with a baby on top, nasi dagang, spaghetti and I can't remember what else.

Shake and Jami even had door gifts for us. And each game we played we received presents too. So nice ... like being a kid again.

I had a blast and I am glad Elo did too. And happy she liked all our presents too! All the best Elo and good luck come Aug 8!

Fraser's Hill Anyone?

Friends are the best thing ever aren't they. Especially those that we have known all our lives. I have friends from all moments of my life. School, college, uni, work and family friends. But it is with my school friends that I always feel most comfortable with, probably because I have known them all my life.

Guess that is the best thing about having the great opportunity to go to one school your whole life. My school friends and I have been together since we were seven. Not many people will understand the bond we share but imagine, being together since we were seven to 17! The things we went through together, the things we shared and did together (good and bad lah!!). Of course Assunta's class of 1989 is much bigger than the circle we mix with but it is normal that we end up sticking to the same friends isn't it. It was about a year and a half ago that this certain group rekindled our friendship and since that time, we have been almost inseparable.

There were ups and downs of course, fights and laughs, but we are still together and that's the best thing ever. The thing about regrouping now at the age of 37 is that we are more tolerant of each other. We know and understand that each has their own character and we respect that. The best thing is we love each other all the same, and we can even laugh together about a certain friend's bad habits! What else are friends for right? We are here for each other and no one understands each other better.

Don't get me wrong, there is a closeness with me and friends from other circles too but growing up together makes a big difference. Am sure you know what I mean. There are times we don't even have to explain anything to each other. Even when we piss the other off, the other will understand because we know each other too well.

Before this I had never gone anywhere with just my friends but since this crazy group of Assuntarians came together, there have been food outings, get togethers for no reason, and trips without the family. Something I have come to enjoy and look forward to as time to myself.

We went up Fraser's Hill over the weekend. The last time I was there was with my folks when I was in school. Of course things looked bigger than (hahahahaha) but really it was a blast of a time from the moment we left until we sit at our computers looking at the pictures.


This is where we stayed ... it is a very nice place and the view is fantastic. Jami's hubby works at NST so we got the opportunity to book the old bungalow and enjoy its facilities. Which includes an excellent Chinese chef! Some of you may ask what do 10 girls do all that time together .... aha...read on!

We went up Saturday morning and spent the night there. Early Sundat morning, about 6.30am, we heard a loud crash and behold, a tree had fallen right across the road. Which meant we were stuck there. Cars couldn't get past. Such excitement for all of us! But of course it was cleared eventually by the caretaker and this troopers!

This is the fallen tree that also took down a powerline and telephone cables. Luckily the electricity supply was not affected. The wind that morning was really strong and this tree did not have such a thin bark.

Some of the pretty flowers in Fraser's ...

Back to the question of what we did there. From the time we left till the time we got back, all we did was EAT. We were munching and munching and munching ...

This was our last lunch there before we took the drive down the hill. Noodles and fried sotong ... and the lemon chicken was fantastic! There was Chinese style assam peda too ...

We designated a table for all our snacks which included Red Velvet Cake (in the basket), chocolates, chocolates, chocolates and junk food such as twisties (which we didn't have time to eat0 and kuaci.

This is a map showing Fraser's Hill. I think the population is really small ....but really a nice place to stay and retire too. The air is fresh and clean, and you feel healthy!

Ah ... this was the lunch that greeted us when we first arrived. Sambal prawns, sweet and sour fish, fresh vegies grown right in the garden ...

Before we went up the hill, we stopped at the famous Yik Mun restaurant in Tanjung Malim to have breakfast which consisted of noodles in every style possible and paus in all flavours ...

We passed the time up Fraser's chatting and talking (besides eating lah) and watched movies together, something we always wanted to do togethere but somehow in KL you just can't find the time. Won't tell you what movie we finished watching here but its an all time favourite of mine!

This is the 1o of us who went up there and had a really good break ...

On Sunday morning we took a morning walk and attempted going down one of the trails but were scared when we remembered the story of someone who was lost for quite some time taking one of the trails.

We also took the chance to play some Scrabble. But only two games as "chill" was the word for the weekend ... And note how the Tim Tam is right next to the Scrabble board ..

The other stuff we like doing is taking pictures ... this is a tribute to a great man, Mr Michael Jackson may he rest in peace.

A beautiful picture of my friend Hazleen ...

My friend Shake is an arty farty with the camera. Check out the spectacular view from Muar Cottage.

We took a drive down to the town on Saturday evening and walked around the town a bit. This picture was taken an the golf course ...

This is called Big Ben. If you go straight it will take you downhill back to Kuala Kubu Baru. It is the center of attraction for visitors to Fraser's

Earlier, we had tea at the Olde Smokehouse. The building is 85 years old and still well maintained.

What did we do at the Olde Smokehouse you say? EAT Scones of course. It was the best scones I have ever tasted with home made jam and the clotted cream was divine ...

We also had this Earl Grey cake which there seems to be no picture of but it was delicious!!

The scones are really a treat to have and from the satisfied look on our faces, you can only imagine what it tasted like.

In this picture is Suzana, Nikki, Shake and Sherie. The weather was really great when we were up there except for the morning when the wind was so strong that the tree fell.

I crammed 10 of us in the Alphard which is now known as Optimus Prime. We drove to town and around the hills back to Muar Cottage ...

It was a great trip, a great get-away. Something we can't very often but I know something we will always look back at with fondess. Thank you GGG for a great weekend.

Bye bye Sumi

Sumi will be leaving back for Perth on Sunday. We met again for tea yesterday at Treats, its a cafe in Taman Tun (next to Muhibbah Restaurant). It belongs to an Assuntarian class of '89 too who happens to be the sister of a fellow classmate too. Small world eh!

Anyways, it's a nice and cosy restaurant which serves yummy desserts and the food is pretty good and competitively priced.

Not all of us could join but the company is good and always nice to catch up with old friends. Always nice to be with the girls and talk about school days and how much our lives have changed. Yesterday we talked mostly about weight. Some of us has less than others!
(From left standing) Shareen Azlina (owner of Treats), Geraldine Ann Jeremiah, Sumi, Indra, Adele. (Seated from left) Fizzi, Suzana, me and Shariah.

Take care Sumi, hope to see you again soon.

Tim Tam's and Tea with Sumi

My good friend Sumi Henry stays in Perth, Australia and she came back here for a short and HOT holiday. Sumi loved the heat she says (GILA!) Of course we were all excited at the thought of seeing here again. We had organised tea last week but only a few of us could make it.

Back row from left: My BFF Nazlin, SISTAs Sherie, Oleen and Suzana. Seated is me, Sumi and Sophie.

We met at Grand City in PJ and had a nice spread of tosai, karipap, vadir and roti tissue. Most drinks had ice in them due to the heat.

The best part about this tea was the surprise Sumi brought out from her bag. It was was Tim Tam's and mind you, the one from Australia tastes very different from the one in Indonesia. Sumi showed us how to eat it the Aussie way and let me tell you, try it once and you are hooked!

All you need is a hot drink, coffee is best it seems, and the Tim Tam. Sumi liked the double coated one as it adds to the yumminess. Now this is how you do it. You have to bite off one corner at each end. So the bitten corners are across each other. Then you dip one bitten corner in the hot drink (just dunk the corner in, not the whole biscuit) and suck the hot drink through the other bitten corner. Then you enjoy the Tim Tam. The hot drink will melt the insides of the Tim Tam ... and its all gooey and suckles in your mouth. I can taste it as I speak.

See how satisfied we all look after the food and Tim Tam's. Good to see you again Sumi!

GGG --- 1st Year Anniversary

It may seem a little childish to actually name our clique but we did! We named ourselves GGG. Nevermind what it stands for. That is a state secret! Only the 12 of us know what it means. We were always friends in school, some of us a little closer to each other than the others. We all got along well together. We had good laughs in school and did good and naugthy things together too.

Of course life and family catches up on us and we did not always stay in touch with each other. But last year we rekindled an old flame and we found that we enjoyed each other's company very much. The year was great with each other.

Since that meeting on March 1 2008, it seems like we have not gotten enough of each other. We met regularly for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner , supper, movies and even holidays together.

We turned 1 on March 1 and we celebrated the best way we know how. With loads of food and each other!

This is GGG ... my friends ...

There were many more dishes that night as we organised a barbecue but of course dessert is always the highlight for us! This is our official birthday cake, the yummylicious-to-die-for-cheesecake with some strawberries for added flavour!

Ahhhh ... our kids. They have also grown to be good friends. Some of them even keep in toucjh regularly with each other. It is so nice to see them warm up to each other after a year! Especially my two girls as they found it hard to mix at first cause of the different age groups. Yes, we have differents set of ages here. From teenagers (the eldest is 15) to the little ones and the babies of course. Oh dear ... I forgot what was the headcount for the kids. Definitely more than 12 lah

We celebrated one of the birthday's that day. It was Adeen's. When we met a year ago, we celebrated her birthday also. I think that fact brought tears to many of our eyes ...

They seem to love the camera don't they. Such a darling sight. Oh yes ... I do know that we have more boys than girls.

Ali doesn't have friends yet as the one closest to him is a girl and the next boy is 4 so ... he found solace in looking into the ice box!

I know some of our other friends will complain that our pictures are all they see in Facebook. What to do, we just love the camera. No lah, we want to make sure we record every single moment together.

The year has been a blast hasn't it girls? Enjoyed every minute of it and here is to many more ....!

Lantern and Fairies

I didn't realise it but Najihah has been counting how many birthday parties she went to this year. I think she said 5. I can't remember either. I have yet to ask her which one she enjoyed best. Am sure she will say her cousin's Maryam because it was at KidzSports. They just love the place.

We went to another birthday over the weekend, my BFF who stays in Puchong. She took the easy way out and celebrated both her daughter, Alya, and son's, Ali Imran, birthdays together. The birthdays are about a month apart.

Alya had these beautiful cupcakes (which were delicious too) for her cake. I just loved the fairies. The artwork on these cupcakes are exquisite don't you think. They were very competitively priced too!
Ali Imran had Thomas and friends cupcakes. Oh ya, Alya's cupcakes were vanilla and Ali's was chocolate. The girls only had the vanilla ones and there were no complaints until they started eating the fairy. Najihah, Nadiah and Maryam shared one and when they started eating the body parts of the fairy ( hmmmm....) they exclaimed in unison, "Oh MY! It tastes terrible!" Well, just as well as you shouldn't be eating all that sugar!

The kids having fun at the only game they played. There is Ali, Nadiah, Najihah, Maryam and Farris

Aren't the paper lanterns just beautiful. A lot of planning went into this. Come to think about it, this is first at home party for the year. I liked it ... the decor and ambience was so cool and relaxed!

The party was held at night. It was a barbecue and my dear friend went through a lot of trouble to make paper lanterns and decorate the house with them. It was really very pretty with fairy lights and all. The sad thing was it rained!

Only one game was managed and this is Najihah looking oh so bored! They kept on asking me to get more games going. It was raining cats and dogs out there!

All in all, it was a good party. Happy Birthday to Alya and Ali Imran!