East Meets West

Hi Everyone,

Boy, are the weeks are passing by fast! Nothing exciting happened this week except for my discovery that mat salleh and Moh Far Kor assam is not a good mix. I did the gracious duty of offering my collegue my "taik hidung cina" assam as they were all staring at my munchies and boy, their expressions were priceless! Very polite they were - none had the guts to say "Geez, these taste like snots!" ahahahhaha

On happier note, Ariff manage to pass his Australian driver's licence on his second try! His first attempt was an automatic failure since apparently the law in Queensland is that you must turn your head when reversing - looking at a rearview mirror is a no-n0! We thought it was a weird rule and it was giving us many sakit urat for doing the rule!

Atuk and Wan was down for a short stay last week! Although it was a whirlwind stay, they managed to get their filled of sausages, shopping and sleep! Thanks again for the voluminous amount of kedai runcit goodies although we are very sad that the Quanrantine folks hijack the much needed sup bunjut! hahahahaha

We found a new mall on the weekend - its called the Hyperdome at a suburb called Logan. We managed to find an Asian restaurant there called "Addiction" which I got excited since I found Chicken Curry Laksa - which disappointingly tasted like Lodeh! So if anyone feels like Lodeh, I definitely know the place!

Anyway, there is a "Crackerjack festival" in Carindale next week which should guarantee some interesting stories. I'm sure it doesn't beat our homemade mercun back home at the kampungs!

Take care and have a good week ahead! Love to all!

A Surprise Visit

Hello all!

Another week, another dollar! We had a surprise visit from Aki on Thursday! He missed Aerin so he thought he popped down for the weekend! Aerin as usual bullied the grandpa from making him carry her around, main kejar-kejar (catching game) and the endless Barney videos. Aki is taking us down to Surfers Paradise for the weekend to stay at Mantra Bel- Air - he wants to watch Aerin play at the beach. The bonding session between Aki and Aerin is so sweet.

I would like to shout-out to my mama, mum, anita and all my mother friends to have a Happy, happy mother's day! We all deserve it! The endless washing, the cooking, the support - a day is not enough for us! Bring on the chocolates, diamonds (fake oso can) and caviar (its on $5 here! haha).

Atuk and Wan is coming this week and we are looking fwd to spend time with them :P

Here's a picture of Aerin and her Aki as well as her first artwork! Our little Picasso!

Hope everyone is well, love heaps.

ps. Mediha, bila hang nak datang - cek tak lupa kawan la! Hang nie kaki tempellang! Rindu la kat Titi, lili and didi!

pps - Geez, the politics in Malaysia is deteriotating! Scary la!

Our Happy Anniversary

Hi all,

How time flies! It was our third wedding anniversary this week and we thought we celebrate it with a beach holiday! We went down to Surfers Paradise and stayed at Holiday Inn for a little R&R. Gold Coast is such a beautiful place, the ocean is so so blue, the shopping is great and the folks are so friendly. We were blessed with great weather and we soak up like the locals by hanging out on the beach.

Aerin loves the beach, she basically runs into the waves gung ho! Its our third month in Oz and she has settled so well, eating lamb chops like a pro, handling blonde lil chicks with ease and being a lil beach bum with so much spirit. Her school has put her with the older toddlers since they noticed that she is happier with the bigger kids and she is loving every minute of it! She has learnt to paint and paper mache things. She's a lil Picasso in the making!

I made friends with some Swedish people down at the park ("the Ikea couple") and we had a great BBQ with them last weekend. I have promised to make the Ikea couple the famous Kari Ketam and they exchange are making us Swedish meatballs! Ariff and I are slowly making friends and its quite a global list - Indian folks, Ikea couple and da' Aussies.

We took Aerin to Alma Park Zoo last week - its a great lil place where you can feed almost all the animals there!

We are so amaze with Australia - the people here (even at work) are so open and laidback that its such a nice change.

We hope everyone is well at home, have a great Labour day weekend.

Love heaps xxxx