It was a hot Sunday in Kota Warisan, Sepang. It was hot enough to fry eggs on the tarmac. No, we were not at the Sepang F1 circuit but we were in a house taking shelter from the blazing sun. Nobody in his or her right mind would want to go outside and get burned. As if we were not dark enough already…

Then he got his new swimsuit. The blue color suited him very well. He could not resist the temptation of donning it right away. Why wait for it to be washed first when you can make it wet now and wash it later anyway? He took off all his clothes and put on the new shining blue swimsuit. He’s ready to make things wild…

She saw him with his new swimsuit. She just refused to be outdone by him. There’s no way for him to have all the fun. She wanted to be a part of it. She went up the stairs to her room to look for her favorite swimsuit. She searched and looked and eventually she found it. It’s red with patterned skirt and she knew that she would definitely look gorgeous in it.

She came down and went straight to him. He was already waiting with lots of water. Enough water to make things wet and wild.

Let the splish and splash begin…

Here are Pasha and Tanisha. Pasha with his brand new Upin and Ipin swimsuit and Tanisha with her favorite Barbie swimsuit. This was taken right before the wet and wild fun began… They were all wet when they were done… Kids really know how to have fun!

Splish Splash, I was takin’ a bath
Long about a saturday night, yeah
Rub-a-dub, just relaxin’ in the tub
Thinkin’ everything was alright

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Not sure what some of you had in mind… This is a family blog okay…

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Today is Pasha’s first day of school. Pasha is only going to be 4 this year but we feel that kindergarten would be good for him. It is more for him to get to know kids his own age and socialize instead of playing only with Mickey Mouse, Darby, Dora, Diego, Mr. Bean and the rest of the PHDC gang only. All his classmates are 5 years old except for another boy who is the same age as him but in terms of size, they are all about the same…

Pasha and cats. Pasha was distracted by that cat that somehow followed him from the entrance all the way to the classroom. It took him a while to get him to forget about the cat and entered the classroom. The next picture was Pasha coming back from visiting a big fat cat in a cage at the other end of the building…

Looks like the classes at Gymboree paid off. He did not seem to have any problem playing and interacting with other kids and the teachers.

… And the parents who were there experiencing the first day of school as well…

The break time and the play time. In summary, Pasha enjoyed his first day of school and he wants to go there again tomorrow. Great!

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It’s time to perform the solat and this year we were back to the same place where we perform our solat last two years. Unlike in Malaysia where we usually do our prayer at mosques, in Jakarta, it’s done not only in mosques but other places where many people can fit in and do prayers together. As for us, it was the car park of one of the government agencies there.

On the way to the solat area. Papa Bear, Pasha and Akung. On the next pic, Mama Pasha, Aunty Sita and Aunty Ruri.

Pasha and her aunties and Pasha watching as everyone getting ready to pray.

The view of the praying area and Pasha with his 3-finger peace sign.

Upin, Ipin and Hello Kitty and a family pose on the way back from the prayer.

This was the second time that we took Pasha for the Solat Raya. The first time was last year in Kuala Lipis but he was still too small and it did not end up well. This year, at 3 years old, he was able to enjoy it.

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One afternoon when I was about to have lunch in Kampung Baru, I received a call from Isabelle. It was about planning a surprise birthday dinner for her hubby, Syam and for Mama Pasha. Both of their birthdays were only 5 days apart. Mama Pasha’s was on August 12 and Syam’s was on August 18. To make things less obvious, we finally decided to do it on August 17 at TGIF Subang Jaya…

The outcome. 100% success to surprise Mama Pasha but not a full surprise for Syam. The reason was due to spoilers provided by none other than the little Adam..

By the way, we chose TGIF since we knew that they would always do “stuffs” to those who celebrated their birthdays there… In this case Mama Pasha and Syam had to sing a song each… Only is you could hear what Syam sang… LOL!

Here are some photos of that night. Pictures ambil tanpa kebenaran dari blog Isabelle… Jangan marah! Nice shots and free “promotion” from us If you need a cameraman, you know where to find one. <– advertisement.

Pasha after a scolding for misbehaving at the table and Mama Pasha who got a big “Got You!” by Papa Bear.

Excitement on receiving a new, much needed gadget and a little card from Isabelle and family. Pasha helped in unwrapping…

Pasha and Mama laughing about something.

Adam chasing Pasha all over TGIF.

Syam opening a present while Adam trying on a black hat that we got for Syam and Isabelle tempting Pasha with some cheese tarts.

The Accomplice and The Mastermind and The Bear family.

Isabelle, Adam making faces and Syam and all of us!

It was a great dinner and time for all and for both Isabelle and Papa Bear, we know where NOT to have our birthday dinner at…

Surprise!

Today is Mama Pasha’s 33rd birthday as well as our 4th Anniversary!

Birthday card from Papa Bear to Mama Pasha.

Anniversary card from Papa Bear.

Earrings and ice cream cake for Mama Pasha.

Mama Pasha’s and Papa Bear’s presents.

Happy BirthdayMama Pasha. Pasha is the dedicated candle blower.

Papa Bear trying to open his present at 4+ am… tengok la muka…

The ice cream cake will be eaten tonight after the Iftar…

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Ramadhan is around the corner! Every Muslims are getting ready for the fasting month. As for us, last Saturday, we joined the celebration of Indonesia’s 65th Independence day at Tasik Titiwangsa. It is supposed to be held on the 17th of August but due to Ramadhan, the celebration was done earlier. Mama Pasha rented a table to sell cupcakes and cookies.

Mama Pasha and her cupcakes, cookies and chocolate lollies.

We managed to sell almost everything! So, it was the effort of getting up at 6am and arriving there at 7:30am. You can read more about it at Bazzar Hari Kemerdekaan RI yang ke 65. The entry is in Indonesian. Let me know if you need any translation. Nevertheless, you can always look at more pictures over there.

Pasha and Dana

And Pasha, as usual would always be with us. He minded his own business and it was not really a hassle for us to have him around. Just get him to be preoccupied with something and we could go about doing our stuffs. By the way, pretty girls always do the trick…

Papa Bear and his favorite pose…

You! That’s me with my MIL. I just finished my lunch + teh botol + a banana + teh tarik. Despite the pose, I had a great nasi padang at Seri Garuda, Kampung Baru. Yes, we went there again. That was our second time there since Mama Pasha was craving for nasi padang.

Papa Bear’s lunch

1. White rice
2. Ikan Merah (gulai) aka Red snapper (curry)
3. Hati lembu aka Liver (ox)
4. Terung aka eggplant
5. Urat Tunjang (gulai) aka Beef tendon (curry)

How’s that? Can you eat what I ate?

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There is a place where Pasha likes to go on weekends. This is the place for him to release all his excess energy as well as an opportunity to get out of the house and meet other kids out there. This place is called Kizsports and Gym. There are a few outlets out there but the one in One Utama is the best for him.

This is one of his favorites. A little swimming pool where he can slide into those colorful balls. Those balls are generally harmless. Most of them would hit your head with a thud but a few of them would hit your head with a “ke-tonk” sound… Those are the few harder ones. We would normally be throwing balls into the pool as well as at each other over here.

And this is the one that Pasha likes the most out of his favorites. You need to climb all the way up there and go down via that spiralling green tube that you can see a bit  on the left of this picture. The entrance to the tube is where you see a red pail hanging by a pulley as shown. Mama Pasha and Pasha are up there on the second last landing before shooting down the green tube.

That’s where you come out. Both of them made 10 trips into the green tube and Pasha still wanted more… 10 times! Bravo Mama!

And yes, Papa Bear did it too. Once only! It was harder than it looked. You had to crawl through series of tubes, netting and climb up multiple landings to get to the top. I kept on asking Pasha to wait for me as he was zip-zapping his way to the top. He even gave me the stop-whining-and-hurry-up look as I asked him to wait at every landing… Banyak betul energy budak2 rupanya…

For those who prefer a less strenuous action, the big slide is a good choice at it is quite easy to reach and you can take your own sweet time sliding down as the slide angle is not that steep.

And finally, the good boy deserved a good kiss from Mama… By the way, Pasha refused to go home and we had to “bait” him with a trip to Toys R Us… And he grabbed the Action Chugger there…

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About visiting Baby Allysa. A little gathering with some yummy Javanese food…

Baby Allysa. Born on July 15, 2010. Latest addition to the family of Mas Adi and Mbak Ira.

Mama Pasha and her kids. Not quite… Aiman and Allya, the big brother and sister to Baby Allysa and Pasha.

Akung Pasha and Uti Pasha with the kids. Mas Adi looking on…

Aiman and Allysa, the big brother and sister.

Mbak Ira helping herself to the food… Yum Yum…

Papa Bear and the sleeping Baby Allysa…

Now the food part. Where’s the food? Sorry, did not get the chance to take picture of the delicious food. Well, this entry should be more about the baby and not the food. However, there are lots of pictures on Google so, just click the links below…

We had sate kambing aka mutton satay as the main dish, you can view some uploaded pictures in Google here.

We also had some kolak durian aka durian compote, eaten with ketan aka pulut aka glutinous rice for dessert. Very nice eaten warm! See some pictures in Google here.

Apart from that, we also had gulai kambing aka spiced mutton and pepes ikan aka steamed fish in banana leaf eaten with warm rice. You can view their pics here and here.

Lovely treat of Javanese food… Burp! Excuse me…

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Nasi King Restaurant, Seksyen 9, Shah Alam @ June 19, 2010.

Papa Bear ordered the Nasi Beriyani Gam Kambing – The Nasi Beriyani Gam is a bit gam-less. I had tasted the original Beriyani Gam in Batu Pahat and this one was not even close to that. As for the lamb, it was not the best that I have tasted so far but was still reasonably tender and tasty.

Papa Bear’s ABC! This one was great! One of the best ABC so far. Pasha in the background trying to topple the ice-cream. The serving was good for 2 to 3 people. This could be a good desert…

Pasha attempted to resist the ABC and he actually did! Actually he was coughing a bit thus he decided to forgo the ice-cream. With the ice-cream out of the way, Pasha and Mama waited for their lunch…

Finally, Mama Pasha’s Kailan and Omelette arrived together with the cutely shaped white rice served with some crackers on the side. We wondered what they used to get that shape on the rice…

Pasha’s Fish and Chips was the last to arrive. It came complete with fries, cucumbers, a piece of tomato and tomato+mayonnaise sauce. However, Pasha was busy playing with Mama’s glasses instead of eating his lunch…

Papa immediately put on some weight after finishing that big plate of Nasi Beriyani and the huge ABC. Just look at the picture above. As for Pasha, posing with Mama’s glasses is much better than eating the Fish and Chips…

The End.

The boys are in the house!

The Men

The Father

The Husbands

The Boys

The Brothers

The Guys

On the sofa from left: Semmy, Zaidin, Papa Bear and Pasha Bear

In front: Alif

6 June 2010, Shah Alam

The beauty of friendship…