Happy 26th (finally) to my dearest soul-mate, my best friend, my right hand-man whom i can’t function properly without, and most of all the partner i’m so privileged to call my husband.
happiest birthday once again a neh! 
xoxoxo!
love you longggg time!
Birthday celebrations just kept going on and on .. especially towards the end of the year (anyone noticed that trend?) Not complaining, but daymn… itu poket berlubang-lubang come end of the year! *breaks cold sweat* 
it’s abit of a late post also (as usual), but here’s HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our last mom Mr. CY nonetheless 
Due to his ‘very busy dinner schedule’ of late, we have to pre-book our appointment with him for a dinner date teehee! This uncle actually thought we don’t remember the date! We are family, uncle, of course we remember! 20th of Oct every year. Now everyone remembers!
Went Cave again cuz it’s really nice plus our birthday uncle and our special family member all the way from JB haven’t been there before. Same same but different
What happened next is like a broken record playing in the background! wakakaka! Just a teeny lil’ bit more special – we get the waitress to bring the cake up out of the blue Same like the last time we dined there, we got ourselves a ‘hole’ that fits the 7 of us. though this time the music was a bit disturbing.. a bit too loud and out of tune. hahaha. We ate and laughed till our hearts’ (n tummies’) content and then laughed and ate more!
All in all, another night filled with love and warmth (and catching up with the ’stranded’ family member ) Happy Birthday once again Mr. CY, another year wiser muacks!
toodles for this post.. but of course not without a whole lot of pics first! Enjoy!
It’s almost a month late, but this aunty still deserve a whole post to herself as another that hit the 26-sack
nerdy auntieShe’s none other than our very own mother-of-all aunties hehehe.. *just kidding larr*
We celebrated the royal-aunty-highness’ at a nice and quiet restaurant/bistro/cafe @ Cave. It’s all of our first time there and it is quite cool. The concept of the whole place is as its name – Cave, and Doctor said claustrophobic people will have a difficult time dining there
Right, back to the aunty. we got ourselves the bigger ‘hole’ that fits 6 of us just nicely and took loads of pics- mostly with my new geeky-specs (birthday aunty was wearing in the above pics) that aunty lim bought for me alllll the way from Taiwan 
muacks muacks.
The usuals, eat, talk, talk, talk more, laughs, eat, snaps and ‘attempt to surprise’ hahaha Really beh tahan. eventhough we know EVERYTIME it kinda foil, we NEVER give up trying. see, we love each other so much we want to make it special and memorable for him/her even with a glimpse of hope . This one’s was carried out by our endearing ma. he walked ALL the way to the cake shop (in between his meals) to get the cake before the shop closes! BRAVO! BRAVO! Ade, now you know how much ma love you!
After a whole load of photo frenzies, we balik rumah to continue with the celebration (cake & sing-song) and right before we left, as usual, a family photo, and what is family photo without aunty jas rite? hehehe. It’s like you never left for London yo!
Then aunty waited for her candles to be lighted, song to be sang, pictures to be taken and proceeded with making a lotsa wishes, cutting the cake and forcing everyone to finish the cake. haha
It was another heart-warming time together. I love birthday celebrations. Aunty, I hope you enjoyed the day although not very glamorous or a hyped one
MUACKS!
one more for the album
The Birthday Auntie!
To this woman whom I’ve spent almost my entire ’schooling’ life with – from St. Andrew’s Kindergarten right up till University!!! (part of uni, and if you count all those days i spent with you all at Puchong during my break!) dammnn we are rotting!!
HAPPIEST, MOST WONDERFUL, BIRTHDAY EVARRRR, Jas!! May you be joy-filled, kisses-filled, hugs-filled, presents-filled and most of all love-filled on this very special day of yours! May all your wishes come true and be happy always! Here’s wishing you all the best in the world as your present and all the love in the air your company! I miss and love you longggggggg time!!!
Everybody now… hop over to send ur kisses!
BIGGEST HUG + KISSES … muackssss!!
psstt.. how does it feel to join club-26 ?? kekekeke
Warning: Post contains more pictures! Again, don’t complain
Right, finally the part two! hope you all are not bored already yet. Don’t worry.. part two won’t have much blabs…will just dump in the pics, as the pics explains why i lurve my trip to Miri this time around so much more! No fancy pansy pictures though. So sit back and go Miri with me!
docked
This second part of my Miri travelogue is to catch the sunset by the sea, right beside an expensive seafood restaurant – Marina Bay. We did not dine there, just hang around to marvel the beautiful scenery and wait for the sun to set . It was around 4ish 5 when we reached and the sun did not set till about 7 -______-” . Actually, this is not the ONLY interesting point, cause’ I mainly wanna go up-close to the lighthouse, camouflaged as a seahorse! that i caught a glimpse of from our room in the Marriott. We were told it was inaccessible the first time I was in Miri, but then we did not just gave up hehe.. and woot! I found the path to the ‘forbidden’ lighthouse.. teehehehe..
the planks leading to the lighthouse
FINALLY found!
TA-DAAAAA!!
Compulsory Shot with the Hai-Beh
Nice right the seahorse sculpture cum lighthouse? (Btw, seahorse is the official mascot of Miri .. I see seahorse sculptures everywhere!) I think it’s cool! It seems like it’s guarding the sea with that pair of glassy eyes, only it has been an abandoned lighthouse. If only we can go up to have a look Around this lighthouse (beside the sea) there were mini wooden booth-like patio for anyone to sit and hang around – just like us . Everyone is posing for a picture there.. and of course yours truly too. The sun does take some time to set you know! heheh.
by Mr. Camera-Floor
Blue!
still blue
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and we waited like for-everrrr for the sun to sink into the sea. my face almost got burnt and eyes got blinded by the brightness of the sun reflected by the sea+sky combined! I was this close to saying “nevermind lar.. can see other time. let’s go!” I am glad I did not! and I’m glad ky did not succumb to his ‘callings’
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cuz it’s all WORTH the wait! really. see for yourself.. though my pics did not do the real view any justice.
going down…
there’s no need to edit to get this stunning color!
wakakaka.. SAJE…
by Mr. Camera-FLOOR again
sillouhette of the patio + rocks
And then the best of all came!! The One View that rules them ALL! The beauuutiful dusk!
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sighhh..
*next up, mooncake festival (hopefully)
Since we missed visiting Brunei the first time I was in Miri, we made sure we get it checked in our lis
t of mini places to go this time around, and also to get our passport to finally stamped on! haha.. yaya.. very the “mountain” but that’s our first trip having to use the International Passport! *GASP!* hehe.
Before embarking our journey early Saturday morning, we double-checked on all the places in Brunei that we wanted to see, and brought the map to get there and to get around the town. Yes, we drove there and it is actually not too far from Miri – bout half an hour drive from Miri town to the border, and another 2 hours from Brunei’s custom to Bandar Seri Begawan. It’s a day trip thus we only go around town
It was a good day to travel though the sun was a bit too hot and bright. Thank God for air cond! Throughout that 2 hours drive, there’s really nothing much to see except jungle, jungle clearings and more jungles! I soon got bored and heh… dozed off (as usual). Next that I opened my eyes, we reached Bandar Seri Begawan dy! haha. Kesian kat tu driver takde driving companion
Colorful Bandar Seri Begawan
Upon reaching, the car’s air-conditioner k.o.ed. It’s blowing air alright, but hot air -____-” and the uber hot weather wasn’t helping either. At first we thought we can just bear with it till we get back to Miri to get it fixed.. but slowly we are suffocating! LOL… First time in Brunei and already the drama! Luckily, we found a row of car-servicing shops and simply picked one to get it checked. While waiting for the mechanic to ‘diagnose’, i saw Mr.Bibendum standing really really high above very nice lor! It’s really like he’s among the clouds dy
okok.. back to the car’s problem. It turned out that the air-conditioner was all frozen up inside thus the cold air can’t be release.. (somewhere along that line larh) … and the solution is just to turn it down for a while and voila! it functioned normally again! wakakaka… The mechanic was kind enough not to charge us for the ‘consultation’ After the whole car-drama, we got hungry and started going round and round again looking for that sushi restaurant that, everyone who came to Brunei said, MUST TRY! I know, it’s weird to come all the way to Brunei to eat erm..Sushi. heh.. but since it’s highly recommended, so. This popular sushi place is called Escapade Sushi, located in Gadong.. (around town) and yep, it’s really worth the countless rounds we made to find it. Yummy fresh food and not over-priced (mental note: don’t convert currency). The whole place is a bit small and filled with lots of people. Full house and noisy. But overall, a pleasant dining experience.
lovely dish!
jas, your favourite!
I did not take all of the food’s pictures cuz I was too hungry halfway and when I’m hungry I tend to order a tad too much. resulted to tapau-ed few sushi back as dinner.. heh.
Right after, we just drove around doing the usual touristy stuff – taking pictures, visiting Museum! Seriously, there’s nothing much to do lor, but I’m glad we went cuz at least now I know how it’s like in Brunei. Since nothing much to describe, i’ll just let the pics do the explaining.
MAJESTIC! very postcard worthy, no?
it’s an advertisement
Kampung Ayer
man waiting for the ‘water taxi’
Okok.. this Kampung Ayer is worth mentioning. It’s something quite spectacular. I took these pics standing on the jetty overlooking a whole “kampung” on water! Not ordinary small fishing village but kinda like a bloody SS2 on water! There’s even a school! But what I found ironic there of the village is that most of the villagers own a car..hehe, some luxurious ones some more. They will park them by the road side (near to where i’m standing), then take a “water-taxi” (speedboat) across. One of the ‘taxi-driver’ came by and asked to take us for a tour for 10Dollars (i think) but we did not take it . Thus went on to our next stop – the Museum!
Yours truly at the Museum’s entrance
hehe.. sorry, but we have to surrender all our belongings, including handphones before entering. Therefore, this is the only pics of the Museum. Nothing fancy inside. Mostly about petroleum and it’s history.. quite empty also, it’s eerie lor. Did a quick tour then cabut.
Next, we went to this very nice and special Mosque. The Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque. It’s under renovation but still very nice nonetheless. Brunei have the most elaborate mosques I’ve ever came across, and so are the domes. It’s all glittering-gold in color!and this particular mosque’s main dome is made of PURE GOLD! Take that! The replica of a royal barge in front of the mosque is kinda like a stage where boys and girls read quran during events, and it’s in the pond surrounding the mosque. Very unique. My pictures here don’t do the architecture of the mosque any justice. Go ahead and Google it for nicer pics.
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
Us in front of the mosque
And that’s our last destination in Bandar Seri Begawan. It also started drizzling and so we drove back to Miri. A very educational experience, this trip to Brunei, but I don’t think I’ll be going in a long, long time Final pics to end with. toodles!
First of all, thank you auntie ade and everyone else for planning and co-planned the birthday surprise. Infact, it’s a double celebration! Started at Swensen, then back at home for another round. Jiun, Lim and Max also came by to join the latter one.
Hehe… Sorry though that i kinda expected erm.. everything (the dinner, the cake – De javu betul).. except for the last part, which I don’t think it’s even in their plan to begin with! wakkaka..
Nevertheless, i love every part of it. Especially the company and everyone who actually made the time and effort to celebrate my day for me. I feel so loved Thank you so muchy! I’ll repay by not posting too much dirty secrets of you all here lar ya hehehehe.. i will try .. really!
And and.. thank you all for the lovely pressies.. which i’ll post some piccies (of the pressies only) when i feel like it lar hahaha. The M&M’s clock, the sexy lingerie (ahem), the lappie, the vintage necklace, the nice garb and most of all the card filled with love messages and all the smses and calls all you lovelies sent to wish me Love them all, love you all!
the real surprise! kanasai
my second cake!p.s: ky, thanks for flying home to make this day even happier for me! Top of the World!
sorry to interrupt in between the birthday posts, but I’ve got some interesting updates for them aunties in London n HSA! pay attention to the pics below.. and spot the not! kekekeke..
spotted ‘em? spotted ‘em??
wakakkkakaka….
yeahhh.. i know…
after sooooo looonnnggg.
auntie ade accompanied me to get it pierced, and nope, i did not cry
plus it was a rushed decision as we only have 15mins to get it done before the movie starts! hahaha.
okay ppl, i now officially welcome diamond studs as gifts dy! woot!
okay..end.
this will be the first of 3 episodes of birthday in the house. damn ‘pokkai’ month for most.. hehe
first it’s my 26th, den aunty uncle Jasraj’s 26th, finally aunty lim’s and there are more to come!
but since it’s my blog and it’s basic courtesy to respect the elders, i shall post Jasraj’s first. kekeke
pics will have to be edited into this post later on ’cause i don’t have them with me now.. sowwy.
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er.. actually there’s nothing much to write without the pics, so stay tuned for tonite. all i can say now is that it’s a birthday celebration that we “tried” to surprise the birthday uncle, with a cake at the midnight of his b’day
hope you had had a great birthday afterall, m.. jasraj and thanks for the yummeh ’satay kajang’ treat.
*edit*
here goes the pics! Enjoy!
uncles and aunties…
here’s aunty tan starting a blog, finally, in public. ’cause the not so public one shall remain not so public and maybe slowly be forgotten.
i guess there’s no need for introduction.. as this particular blogsite will be for ‘friends & family’ only and it is also mainly for me to report without fail (hopefully) to our aunty in London and HSA of all the uncles’ and aunties’ life here, so they won’t miss us too much
okay.. i shall start digging for more secrets from everyone so to feed them aunties. toodles for now. i’ll be back! and look behind your back for aunty tan!
xoxo
