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| Saturday, 30-Aug-2008 18:52 |
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Living Skill Learnt - IV
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Photographing - Fantasia Resort, Kuantan
21 August 2008
This is one of the skills that Alliya picked up from me, her mom. All the pictures in this entry were photographed by her using our compact camera Olympus 795. Why she didn't join the group in the pool? The reason is.. just compare the colour of the water in the pool in this two photos.
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GOT THE PICTURE?? 
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| Saturday, 30-Aug-2008 16:49 |
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IDIS Wedding - Ira Yuliati & Syed Mohd Azlede
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Seremban
8/9/16 August 2008
Congratulations to the newlyweds- Ira and Syed. Wishing you both :
| Quote: | | A house full of sunshine, Hearts full of cheer, Love that grows deeper each day of the year. |
 the O anniversary couple
 the 17th anniversary couple
 the *** anniversary couple
the ?? anniversary couple
alliya n the radiant bride
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| Saturday, 30-Aug-2008 12:55 |
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The Model in The Making
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The Picture
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Mid Valley Mall
24 August 2008
As usual our weekend routine will not be complete without a visit to Mid-Valley Mall, specifically the Jusco's Supermarket. We're an avid Jusco member since we moved to KL in 2002. Some people would think that doing groceries here is more expansive compare to Giant, Carrefour, or at our local market place.. just to name a few.
We agree with them and we've tried doing our groceries elsewhere but so far Jusco was able to cater to our needs. Furthermore when we're in Mid-Valley, it's not only to do groceries.. it will be our outing day, spending quality time with family. I think most people who stay here in KL would agree with us because sometimes we exchanged glances with a few small families like us having almost the same routines.
This time on our way to Jusco, we stopped by at a promotional booth selling skin-care products... yeah!! they're having a sale!!  Me, Alliya's mom bought a few products and because of that we're entitled to a few gifts, a massage and an A4 photo shot. Being the person who is always behind the camera, I decided to pass the photo shot to my favorite model.. none other than my one and only beloved daughter, Alliya. She jumped to the offer in a second. So while I was busy getting my massage and paying the cashier, she was with the quite professional photographer having few shots taken.
By the time I've finished, Alliya was done too and had chosen her favorite photo to be printed. I wished I could get a copy of all the shots taken but I didn't have my pen-drive with me. Moreover, I respected the photographer's work and didn't dare to ask from him. The photographer was doing some touch up on her photo and he has done a marvelous job. Everybody was happy and satisfied especially when we looked at the printed copy. We paid RM10 to have the photo laminated. When we reached home we had the photo scanned just to keep a copy digitally.
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| Saturday, 30-Aug-2008 07:33 |
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Living Skill Learnt - III
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Camping @ Balok Water Recreational Center
20-21 August 2008
To celebrate Alliya's 10th birthday this year, her dad had promised to take her camping and barbecuing. At first, we wanted to include her cousins from Penang and KL.. but it seems that everyone has their own plans. Farah was busy preparing for her UPSR Examination, Yani was planning her own trip back to her grandparents in Taiping, Fakri was busy with his Rugby practices and as for Nashitah.. nobody was available to bring her to KL  .
When we decided to camp, the only place that came to our mind is Balok Water Recreational Center in Kuantan, Pahang. With Auntie Na's great efforts, she managed to gather few relatives in Kuantan to join us. They were Embah (alliya's grandma), Amira, Atina, Nabilah, Yan, Nor and Nazrin. Uncle Manaf, his wife and grandson were there too but only for awhile.
By noon time we arrived at the camping site and started putting up our tents and began to bbq. After helping ourselves to the bbq, (the chefs on that day were alliya's dad, uncle Yusri and Auntie Na) the children strolled the beach trying to gather small crabs. The activity was lead by Nazrin. Nobody dare to start swimming since Amira was not allowed to do so.
Came afternoon, Amira's parents arrived and took her home Before the sunset, we set up the 'tanglong'@chinese lantern around our campsite. The lanterns were only for decoration since Uncle Yusri brought his study lamp and a small radio. We were lucky because the area was not crowded that night since it was not a weekend. If it was, we will have to fight to secure a site with electricity outlets. Zaid (Atina's brother) and his friend joined us that night. We had our fried meehoon and burgers for dinner. The children spent their time playing monopoly and the adults were just chatting and bonding. Uncle Din and his son, Azeem visited the campsite for a short while since they have their own activities at a hotel nearby.
When it's time to sleep, the three girls were put in a tent, the boys were in another tent. The third tent was left for Alliya's ayah and Uncle Yusri (guardians for the nite). As for Auntie Na, Embah, Auntie Jiah, Yan, Nor and me, Alliya's mom, we were heading to a chalet nearby. After all the 'buh hah' (another story for another time).. finally we were settled in two rooms.
Suddenly around 1.30am.. without warning, there it was.. a heavy downpour. All of us at the chalet sympathized with those at the campsite but there's nothing much we could do since it was late already. We just have to wait til sunrise to see the damages and casualties (if any) 
 BBQ
 the crabs' masterpieces
 the sunrise
 the damages
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| Saturday, 30-Aug-2008 06:09 |
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Living Skill Learnt - II
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Swimming
June 2008
This is a skill... shared by Alliya and her dad (again!!  ) which is swimming. Alliya was exposed to swimming since she was a few months old. We even bought a 'time share' just so that we can take her for a dip in the pool at respectable resorts during weekends and holidays... assuming that the resorts are doing a good job in maintaining their pools. She really enjoys splishing and splasing in the cool water. She almost mastered and felt confident in the water when she was just 3 years old.
But this activity had to be stopped since she was diagnosed with leukemia (refer to http://filah65.fotopages.com/?entry=518034) especially swimming in a public pool. We were being very cautious about this since public swimming pool is an easy way for bacterias to be shared among swimmers. Even though she protested our decisions at first, eventually she accepted it.
Almost 6 years has past (since her treatments) and recently when we moved into our new dwelling (a condo with a pool), she requested to swim again. We agreed to let her swim again with precautions i.e. she's not suppose to swallow the pool water etc. At first she was very scared with the water and resorted to swimming in the children's pool only. Her dad tried to build her confident in swimming but most of the time she will be clinging to her dad. So she has been acting this way for the past few months and we also did not push her to do things that she's not ready.
But somehow, out of the blue.. she's said she's ready to be left alone in the adults pool (with her kickers and floaters). And in just a few seconds her confident level was up and she was kicking and splashing in the adult's pool. The only problem now is, she doesn't have friends to play with her in the pool especially when it's not school holidays. 
p/s these pictures were taken with our Olympus 795sw (water proof up to 10m deep)
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| Saturday, 30-Aug-2008 05:07 |
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Living Skill Learnt - I
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How to make Curry Puff
August 2008
Since our princess is now celebrating her 10th birthday, we thought it's about time for her to improve her cooking skills which an interest that she shares with her dad. So far she had learned to cook the steam rice (of course using the rice cooker), french toasts, 'jemput bawang',not forgetting her favourite italian dishes such as the mini pizza @ bruschetta, the spaghetti (with the help of the prego sauce) and minestroni soup.
This time her dad had chosen a recipe that need skill and a little bit of artistic value which is curry puff. As described in the wikipedia :
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Curry puff (Malay: Karipap, Chinese:咖哩角, Thai กะหรี่ปั๊ป, IPA: [kàrìː páp]) is a Malaysian, Thai and Singaporean snack which is of Malay origin. It is a small pie consisting of specialised curry with chicken and potatoes in a deep-fried pastry shell. The curry is quite thick to prevent it from oozing out of the snack.
A common snack in the region, the curry puff is one of several "puff"-type pastries with different fillings, though now it is by far the most common. Other common varieties include sardines and onions or sweet fillings such as yam. |
For this time, her dad prepared the dough@pastry and the fillings for her... it was her dad's specialised chicken curry. Her dad only had to show her once on how to put the fillings in the pastry, fold the pastry over to make a half circle and crimp at edges. She mastered the skill after her second curry puffs. I guess for this coming Hari Raya, be sure to watch out for Alliya's Curry Puff!!
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| Sunday, 29-Jun-2008 05:42 |
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The Artist in the Making Part II
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Alliya's Self Potrait
May 2003
Actually this picture was drawn by Alliya a long time ago when she was about 4+ years old in 2003. It represents her-self at that time. Doesn't matter what others might have think about the drawing.. but to me, I'll always treasure all her masterpieces!!
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| Saturday, 28-Jun-2008 05:11 |
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Genting with IDIS 2008
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| Saturday, 28-Jun-2008 04:05 |
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The Trio's Aquaria Trip AGAIN!!
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29 May 2008 (Thursday)
Aquaria, KL (AGAIN!!)
It seems that the girls love to go to Aquaria. I'm losing count already to the number of trips that Alliya had made to the Aquaria. Definitely I think this is her 2nd time being there with both, Farah and Yani. Their first trip was in 2006 and the link is here: http://filah65.fotopages.com/?entry=946819 and AGAIN thanks to their Uncle Am.. AGAIN for sponsoring the tickets. Not much changes has been made to this place and its exhibition.. but I think the number of exhibits @ fish is getting lesser.. But the girls still enjoy themselves.. it's not so much about the place, it's the company and the time they spend with each other that matters.
hmm... they sure are blooming into young girls
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| Wednesday, 25-Jun-2008 13:01 |
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Fun on the Sand
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25 May 2008 (Sunday)
Telok Cempedak, Kuantan
After the visit to the Sg Lembing Museum, we went to Teluk Cempedak. The girls were having lots of fun playing with the sand. And of course... the trip would not be complete without taking a little dip in the salty sea-water. They were a little bit reluctant and scared at first but after a few waves.. they were like two mermaids stranded on the beach..
two stranded mermaids
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