Happy 5th Birthday, Nazreen! - bye bye long hair!

14 July 2012 was Nazreen's 5th birthday. We have organised a simple celebration at my parent's with the presence of our neighbours, orang masjid, my parent-in-law, my aunts, uncles and cousins. As it fell on Saturday, we didnt have much time to prepare. I went home from work at night on Friday and I really hope I can prepare the loot bags, all presents and blow some balloons on Saturday morning.

I rushed to a hypermarket with Nabil early in the morning and went back just in time the goldsmith (in the hypermarket) being robbed. And my sister and Sarah arrived just after the armed robbery drama ended. phew.

The food station

My dad ordered Nazreen's favourite food - nuggets, fruit salad, butter prawn, mashed potato, coleslaw, fish and chip, roasted chicken, etc.

We also have traditional kuih and pulut kuning. My sister baked delicious red velvet cupcakes and kek batik.

The present

Lotsa birthday presents for everybody. It is a tradition in our house to buy birthday presents to all children in the family, in this case, 6 kids, for every birthday celebration. And of course birthday boy got extra presents from others. Nazreen got a skateboard, guitar, foldable water bottle, normal water bottle, sweater (from me), some toys, frisbee with LED, chocolate and tons of marshmallow!

The best part of his 5th birthday is he got to cut his own hair. My mom, dad, FIL and MIL took turn to cut off his long beautiful hair. He is attending pre school next year so this is the best time to cut his hair short.

He asked for Ultraman for his birthday but no one bought it. Luckily when Nazreen unwrapped the last present from our caterer...There it is...Ultraman... Dream comes true...

My Nazreen with shorter hair. I gave him the dark blue sweater. He loves it very much :)

The next day, he requested to go to the barber shop to make it shorter. And now, it is shorter. Life goes on.

Soft Launch for World Habitat Day 2012 Malaysia

Kudos to my x-unit in MHLG. They've done an excellent job in organising the event this morning @ KL Sentral. For someone who did not involved in the preparation, the event seems flawless.

Doodle 01

I found my doodling habit which started when I was in secondary school is making a comeback. These are some of the doodles/drawings in my current note book. Floor plans of meeting rooms and the route to the ladies'.

 And this is on the paper doyley which was laid under the goblet.

I will dig out more doodles from my IIUM note book later. 

Book Club 01

I just finished reading this book - Umar Al-Khattab. Posted by my friend Zura from Penang. It is one of great Islamic books by the writer, if you wish to learn more about the history of Islam. It is simple and easy to understand.

Now I am a few chapters away to complete this book - You Can Be The Happiest Woman In the World. Mye from Putrajaya lend me this book. It teaches you to look at everything from different point of views and some lesson on common sense, according to the teaching of AlQuran and Hadiths. I wish the cover could be more vibrant and more inviting.

I just started this book and I am going to finish it in 60 days. Or less.