Nicole's 10th Birthday

Today is Nicole 10th Birthday.. you are big already my little girl.

Year by year passed by..1999 turned to 2009..it is 10 years alreadyYup..the celebration is just simple..KFC and a birthday cake..
As usual, this little penyamun treat anybody birthday as his birthday...really spoil the mood of the birthday girl

Reuben's New Life Adventure

5 years past..now this naughty boy is 5 year old..and starts his kindegarten. However, sports car will always be in his school bags.

Reuben's 5th Birthday .. as usual a small scale celebration at Ayamas, Boulevard

Memorable Christmas in Kampung Bungan

December 25th, Chritmas Day usually the most happening day in Kampung Bungan. It is the day when everybody meet everybody...

St Victoria's Chapel, Kampung Bungan

Christmas gathering held every year, organised by the Church committee at the chapel compound after the Christmas morning mass. Every family brings their Christmas goodies, cakes. etc. to be shared with everybody.

This is the most precious time ..to meet up with relatives and friends ..especiallly those working or living in towns.

The highlight of the day will be the lucky draw...the collection from the lucky draw ticket will be contributed to the church fund. The prizes were sponsored by anybody! and sometime won by themselves!

Although the celebration may not be as great as in towns..but the spirit of unity and togetherness of the community make the celebration a memorable one

Outing.. in Damai Puri

Good day in the new swimming pool in damai puri for my kids..the newly renovated children pool at damai puri could be a training ground before they go to sunway lagoon..Kuchingites need more this kind of facilities for weekend or school holiday outing..a public one..not the one restricted for "stay-in guests only"...of course we are looking forward to our own a-la sunway lagoon theme park to be built in kuching... as announced by the government!

Makassar Adventure Part 3

Visit to Fort Rotterdam - Fort Rotterdam is one of the historical fortress of the Dutch Colony that are still can be seen in Makassar today. The Fort was built by the Dutch colony sometimes in the 17th Century.

The entrance to the Fort

The overall area of the Fort

Some of the buildings in the Fort

The Fort cum museum displaying weapons used by the Dutch during the colonial time.

Makassar Adventure Part 2

Three days meeting in Makassar with tight schedule does not allow us to uncover Makassar to the fullest. The meeting arrangement is perfect, the host has done a fantastic job especially in meeting arrangement and reception.

Suprisingly I reunion with my good friend Halim in Makassar who is representing BDA. He was my Uni Malaya coursemate before.

Lets see what is there in Makassar....

Makassar is famous with its batik..which is called Batik Makassar. The following photos showing sweet Makassar model with some of the latest fashion made of batik.

Food is also something that attracting our attention in Makassar. "Sup tulang lembu" and grill prawn were the main dishes during the dinner.

Coto is one of the "must tasted" food for visitors to Makassar..which tasted like sup power.

We had chance for city tour on the final day after the meeting. The first destination was Rumah Adat in Kabupaten Gowa outside the city. Rumah Adat is actually the Singgahsana or Palace..former residence of the last Sultan of Makassar, Sultan Hassanuddin who governed the territory sometime in the 15th or 16th century. The palace kept all the Sultan's belongings and historical facts and artifacts that show the greatness and the power of the Sultan that time.

The entrance to the Palace..now converted into a Museum..it was made from heavy wooden structure. Those who read the history of Southeast Asia may aware the important role of Makassar in the trading activities in the early days until it attracted the attention of the western conquerors.

The visitors are welcomed to the palace with traditional dance similarly practiced in the early days when the Sultan receive visitors. The Palace is full of an invaluable collections of treasures such as the gold "mahkota" weight at 2.7kg! You can figure out its value based on today's gold price.

Golden Mahkota weight at 2.7kg!

Golden Snake

Gold coins from various part of the world showcased the evidence of trading activities in the old days.

Vicky 8th Birthday

Vicky's birthday was delayed as I was on travelling on the 6th November. As my promise, we had simple candle blowing ceremony at RasaMas@Boulevard on the 8th November.

As usual, the BOY whose birthday is in January become the birthday boy..the first blowing the candle.

Big Smile from birthday girl..you are 8th years old already. Lucky the aunt bought her the LULUBELE shirt which automatically become her birthday present.. Nicole tumpang sekaki ..always wanted her next birthday to be more grand than Vicky's.
Dunno what kind of smile is this!! Special smile from reuben