Salam and hello. It's been a while aye...yeah I was busy doing this and that and totally forgot that I have a blog to update. Well it's not that I have many readers or anything but at least this blog will keep some important info about my happenings for me to refer to in the future, especially when I become an important person. Yeah....last Saturday was my 37th birthday and I decided to throw a party for my frien
ds in Brisbane. But due to the limited space of my tiny flat I had to organise at 2 different time and still I can't call everyone to the party. I felt quite bad to those whom I didn't invite but that's life.....you can't get everything that you want. It was a great gathering although I was totally flat that nite after all the guests went home by 11 pm. We (myself, Dila my flatmate and Ija my daughter and later helped by Zrett) started off with the preparation since friday (10/07/09) and ended on the day itself 11/07/09 or rather 12/07/09 around 12.30 am. Then Dila con't with cleaning up the kitchen and dishes as early as 8.30 am, thanks Dila for your great help. Without Dila I couldn't manage the party that smoothly especially with the great food. Yummmyyyyyyy, and everyone love it. The menu were, nasi lemak, sambal bilis, boiled egg, chicken rendang, lontong, nasi impit, papadam, baked potatoe, beef lasagne, fruits, biscuits, and cake. Kak Ha one of my guests brought us pulut kuning and chicken rendang and it was instantly a hit for everyone. Thanks Kak Ha.....the first batch of my friends mostly Malaysian and my special guests who are my 'adopted parents' (Theresa and Martin Devine) in Brisbane went back home around 5 pm. It was indeed a great gathering with my Malaysian friends and 'adopted parents'
and we has so much fun catching up. We tried not to talk so much about our PhD work but rather talked about random stuff and current issues in Malaysia and Australia like; M'sia tv programme, Aussie/Western culture, Michael Jackson, Cheap flight ticket to M'sia, Eid celebration, Indo maid, and R******* Perempuan P****. I really enjoyed my birthday during the day time.
ds in Brisbane. But due to the limited space of my tiny flat I had to organise at 2 different time and still I can't call everyone to the party. I felt quite bad to those whom I didn't invite but that's life.....you can't get everything that you want. It was a great gathering although I was totally flat that nite after all the guests went home by 11 pm. We (myself, Dila my flatmate and Ija my daughter and later helped by Zrett) started off with the preparation since friday (10/07/09) and ended on the day itself 11/07/09 or rather 12/07/09 around 12.30 am. Then Dila con't with cleaning up the kitchen and dishes as early as 8.30 am, thanks Dila for your great help. Without Dila I couldn't manage the party that smoothly especially with the great food. Yummmyyyyyyy, and everyone love it. The menu were, nasi lemak, sambal bilis, boiled egg, chicken rendang, lontong, nasi impit, papadam, baked potatoe, beef lasagne, fruits, biscuits, and cake. Kak Ha one of my guests brought us pulut kuning and chicken rendang and it was instantly a hit for everyone. Thanks Kak Ha.....the first batch of my friends mostly Malaysian and my special guests who are my 'adopted parents' (Theresa and Martin Devine) in Brisbane went back home around 5 pm. It was indeed a great gathering with my Malaysian friends and 'adopted parents'
and we has so much fun catching up. We tried not to talk so much about our PhD work but rather talked about random stuff and current issues in Malaysia and Australia like; M'sia tv programme, Aussie/Western culture, Michael Jackson, Cheap flight ticket to M'sia, Eid celebration, Indo maid, and R******* Perempuan P****. I really enjoyed my birthday during the day time.
Quickly after all my guests went home at 5 pm I prepared the baked potato and lasagne for my night party with my international friends. It scheduled at 7 pm and the number of guests were smaller than the afternoon party. I changed into different outfit and 7 pm sharp Clare, Gordon, Siall and Tim arrived. Clare and Siall brought their delicious dip and cracker and raspberry cup cake. It was so nice and we just talked and eat and talked and eat. It was a non alcohol and no shoes party and everyone was fine with the theme. They enjoyed the Malay dishes as much as we enjoyed the dip and cup cake. I'm happy to see that my new friends from my new (not so new anymore) office in Kelvin Grove mixed very well with my friends from Gardens Point. My 
best buddy Mike Devine didn't come until 9.45 pm coz he overslept....but all the other guests waited for him patiently as we want to cut the cake when everyone is there. But before he arrived all of us had a good chat and laugh about general issue happening around the world. Of course issues like; Michael Jackson re-appeared again together with culture, religion, movies and other random things. At some point we laughed so hard I felt like my flat was shaken....so folks who said you need alcohol to have fun. You can have tons of fun even without them and without shoes also lol. We chat and break to eat, chat and break to have hot tea and around 9.45 pm Mike arrived with his big smile on his face. He didn't eat that much though.....but he stayed till 11 pm before heading to GP to do his work. Yeah, he is a hard working boy and persistent in his work. I'm so proud of him and in debt for 'borrowing' his parents for me in Brisbane. Sometimes when you are far from you parents, you need someone around your parents' age to share your love with. In my case, Mike parents are always there for me whenever I need them should I missed my parents back home. Although it is not the same but in a way it eased a little bit of my feeling towards my parents. Thanks Mike and of course Theresa and Martin for welcoming me and my daughter in your life.
best buddy Mike Devine didn't come until 9.45 pm coz he overslept....but all the other guests waited for him patiently as we want to cut the cake when everyone is there. But before he arrived all of us had a good chat and laugh about general issue happening around the world. Of course issues like; Michael Jackson re-appeared again together with culture, religion, movies and other random things. At some point we laughed so hard I felt like my flat was shaken....so folks who said you need alcohol to have fun. You can have tons of fun even without them and without shoes also lol. We chat and break to eat, chat and break to have hot tea and around 9.45 pm Mike arrived with his big smile on his face. He didn't eat that much though.....but he stayed till 11 pm before heading to GP to do his work. Yeah, he is a hard working boy and persistent in his work. I'm so proud of him and in debt for 'borrowing' his parents for me in Brisbane. Sometimes when you are far from you parents, you need someone around your parents' age to share your love with. In my case, Mike parents are always there for me whenever I need them should I missed my parents back home. Although it is not the same but in a way it eased a little bit of my feeling towards my parents. Thanks Mike and of course Theresa and Martin for welcoming me and my daughter in your life.Overall it was a fun birthday party for me although I didn't have quality time to really talked to each and everyone at the party. However, I really feel honored to have lots of great friends around me and at the same time a little bit guilty for not being able to invite more friends to my tiny flat. But this coming Eid celebration in September, God willing (insyaallah) I will invite all of them to my flat for the event. But as usual Dila won't be around as she has to go home to Malaysia to visit her kids and hubby, so I'm going to be supper busy and tired after that I'm sure. But at the end of the day I will feel joy and happy to be able to introduce my culture to friends in Brisbane and to host a great event. What ever it is my 37 years birthday was a great success and I really enjoy myself. I love all my friends in Brisbane. Mmmmmuuuuuaaaaahhhhh to all.
