Dylan's 1st Birthday Splash!

Sorry, late post... been busy bah... more coming!

Dylan's 1st birthday party Sunday before last (real birthday was yesterday the 26th) was a success and everyone especially the kids had a BLAST! It was a very relaxing day, no stress whatsoever! Hubby and I were getting a bit worried tho coz there was a black overcast and i think i saw a thunder or two but that was it, no rain at all! THANK YOU GOD!!!

It took us a month before the party to find the best location and which is within our budget, so finally we chose TNGC Club House in Bundusan, Penampang. All the staff was really helpful and friendly, food was great, there was enough parking for everyone, pool, surrounding and especially the washroom/changing room was clean.

My Sis did a great job creating the invitation card and the cartoon she used in the card was sooooooooo cute!

Hubby's pastry chef friend made a Pocoyo cake for Dylan.




Ng, hubby's friend also made a banner for us...



We got Geo the Magic Clown to entertain the kids and he was great! He made balloon animals, flowers, hats etc for the kids and some adults (like my hubby hihihihi) and he also did a magic show! Here he is posing with all the balloon models of the year


After the magic show, pool session begins. We bought Dylan a yellow float which is like a baby walker that he could sit in. From the first moment I put him in the kiddies pool, he was absolutely loving it! Within a few seconds he was already trying to walk in the water, splashing, jumping, playing with the other kids. Then about a minute later he found out that he could push himself forward then stretching his arms and legs out like trying to swim! A natural i tell you ahahah! I think he takes after me in this department ikikikik, sorry Babe! (Wait till you're 10 Dylan, Momma's gonna send you for open water diving class!) Bro Json bought Dylan a walrus float altho he didnt get to use it much coz it wasnt stable enough for him yet. After a little while, hubby went inside the big pool so I got Dylan in the pool with Hubby thinking that he was gonna be scared. But no, he was happilly sitting in his float looking at everybody. At one point, Hubby and Bro JJ even "forgot" about Dylan and he was floating all by himself ahahahah!

Aaaaahhh, summary of the day was... PERFECT!

You can see pictures from that day here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinajr/sets/72157616212022540/

Sis in law and Family balik kampung and Dylan's 1st bday

Yahoooo! My sis in law (short formed to Kak), brother in law (short formed to BIL) and my sweet niece Wen Wen and nephew Orlando are coming back to KK tomorrow! I can't wait!!!! The house will be noisy with my niece saying "No Baby boy No! No Baby D No!", Orlando singing his alphabets but instead of the alphabets he goes "YA YA YA YA YA YA YA..." and so on until the song is finished, jimrami blocks knocking around (aaahhh music to my ears!) and Kak and I strapped to our seats at the jimrami table while keeping an eye on the kids.

Our daily routine would be like this... The hubbies would usually go off for a round of golf in the morning. Then us girls and the kids would go for breakfast and jalan jalan for a bit then come home. When the kids are having their afternoon nap (IF they go to sleep!), then the 3 of us minus SIL (but sometimes we have to coax her to play so that we have enough kaki) would quitely continue our round of jimrami while waiting for the kids to wake up. Kids wake up, jimrami on pause, kids makan. Hubbies come home, go mandi. Sambung play jimrami. by 6 or 7, jimrami on pause, everybody else go mandi then all go out for dinner. After dinner, come home, put the kids straight to bed, 4 kaki play jimrami. Between 12 to 3am (depending on how sleepy all the kaki are), jimrami on pause, everybody go to sleep then next morning repeat step 1...

ahahah best kan! But this time around they are coming back for Dylan's 1st Bday Splash this Sunday. I say splash because it will be a pool party for the kids, with a special performance by a clown and lots of balloons and cake! Oh My God! So cepat my Baby Dylan is going to be 1! The party is this Sun but his actual bday is on 26th March. Now am having a headache organising the guest lists, RSVPs, Maybes from FB, emails and smses. Some have not RSVP'd so Im not sure if they are coming or not so i guess i have to call them. Anyway, will post some pics of the party next week!

Another news on Star

Tuesday March 17, 2009

Woman seeks cabbie who made her pregnant

Other News & Views
Compiled by KNG ZHENG GUAN, NG SI HOOI AND A. RAMAN

A MALAYSIAN woman is distributing pamphlets in Singapore in a bid to track down a taxi driver who she claims had made her pregnant, China Press reported.

The 30-year-old beautician said the man, a Singaporean who was married, had disappeared after she told him that she was pregnant.

She said she had sex with the man, who was in his 40s, during their first meeting.

“I do not know why this has happened. He told me he could get me a work permit,” said the woman, who had gone to Singapore to look for a job.

How stupid can she be anyway! He's a married man for God's sake! Obviously he was only up for having fun and telling her all that sweet stuff to get in her pants. Double DUH for you lady!

Ban on the word "Allah"

I saw an article yesterday on Star Online and it is bothering me, here it is below…

Tuesday March 10, 2009
Remaining states to gazette ruling for non-Muslim publications

KUALA LUMPUR: The four states which have yet to gazette a ruling prohibiting non-Muslim publications from using the word “Allah” will soon follow suit once the Conference of Rulers issues them a guideline on the matter. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Penang, the Federal Territory, Sabah and Sarawak would soon gazette the ruling as part of their state enactments on Islamic matters. “These four states are without rulers. Hence, Islam is under the King’s jurisdiction. It (gazetting of the ruling) will be done very soon. “They will follow the guidelines to be determined by the Conference of Rulers,” he told reporters after the national-level Maulidur Rasul celebration at Dataran Merdeka here yesterday. It was reported that action could be taken against non-Muslim publications, including the Catholic weekly The Herald in 10 states if they were found to be using four words related to Islam, which included “Allah.” Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Kelantan, Tereng-ganu, Kedah, Perlis and Selangor have made the ruling part of their state enactments on Islamic matters. A fatwa had been issued to prohibit non-Muslim publications from using the words “Allah,” “Kaabah,” “Solat” and “Baitullah” in reading materials. The Catholic church has applied for a judicial review over the use of the word “Allah,” seeking to quash the decision of the Internal Security Minister (now Home Minister) in a letter on Feb 12, which imposed conditions on the publishing permit of The Herald.

Now my question is WHY? Fine, you can take away the word “Kaabah”, Solat and Baitullah, but surely “Allah”? Im sure many Muslims friends would agree with me. All my life here in KK, I have never came across any mumbo jumbo about any of my muslim family or friends who got ‘CONFUSED’ about the word “Allah”. “Allah” means GOD and GOD is one, no matter what religion. Islam spells love, peace, honor, justice, equality, respect and tolerance for all religions of GOD. I see NONE of that in what the government is doing now. What is that percentage of muslim extremist group they are trying to please compared to the minority religions in Malaysia anyway? Possibly this only happens in the west? Coz I sure don’t see any of this idiotical (is this actually a word?? Ehehe) mentality here.

Ironically, there is another article in the Star on the same day, here is part the article…

Tuesday March 10, 2009
Uphold unity, solidarity
By JANE RITIKOS

KUALA LUMPUR: Unity and solidarity must not be taken lightly as they are crucial to developing a nation, said Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.
The King said uniting communities must be a continuous process. He said this in his address at the national-level Maulidur Rasul celebration at Dataran Merdeka here yesterday. This year’s theme is “Unity as the catalyst for creating the best nation.” Tuanku Mizan said that when people become greedy and selfish, disasters would follow. He said Islam forbade misappropriation, abuse of power and discrimination but preached peace, equality and co-operation. The King urged Muslims to emulate Prophet Muhammad’s way of life, where unity and solidarity are emphasised in national development.

To outlaw the use of the word “Allah” for non-muslim is misappropriation and discrimination and not to mention disrespectful. He was quoted saying “when people become greedy and selfish, disasters would follow”. This new law/fatwah my friends, is the PERFECT example! Ruling that the word BELONGS to Islam and Islam alone is greedy and selfish and I will not be surprised if “DISASTER” will follow. How long has this word been used by non-muslims in Malaysia and there was never any issues with it, SO WHY SHOULD IT BE AN ISSUE NOW?! Yes, we the minority religions get it, Islam is the superior religion in Malaysia and we have no problem with it. But there is no need for stepping on toes and stabbing us to enforce it. Just because 10% expressed their concerns about confusions you have to piss the other 90% off?? Unity is the way forward and what the government is doing now is DIVIDING. Our leaders have always preached about UNITY and HARMONY. Bleh! Im sorry, maybe we Malaysians was so vain to see that they ACTUALLY meant unity and harmony within the Muslim community ONLY and NOT OUR NATION AS A WHOLE?? Please get off our toes and take the knife back, listen to the vast majority of Malaysians both Muslims and non Muslims, revoke that silly law to instil peace and harmony while you still can. You’ve just marred Malaysia in the eyes of the world…

Baby D is almost 1!

Baby D is almost 1 now, he’s growing up so fast!

He can point if he wants something, wave goodbye, gesture for you to come to him, walk with 1 hand support – unstable tho ehehe, loves to kick a ball or anything on the floor (he might be the next David B???), lovesssssssssss any cartoon with lots of music and singing (I think he gets that from me eheh), loves that golf advertisement with the ‘aiyer aiyer’ song (he would stop whatever he is doing and just watch it from start to finish, hmmm the next Tiger W perhaps?), must spend at least a minute pretending that he is driving at the steering wheel before we go off to work every day, say dedde and just this morning PAPA very clearly, ‘berr’ for bird, ‘duh’ for duck, ‘tutu’ for his toy tortoise but still no sign of Mummy or mama or even ma or mi yet! Im getting frustrated, at this moment ANY word specifically for me will do! C’mon Baby D, give momma a word!

Its been awhile!

Its been awhile since I blogged.... so here I am again and hopefully I dont forget about this blog again EVER!