Pool in the Afternoon

Party hats on the readyThe weekend was topped up with a pool party celebrating one of Idlan's classmate's birthday. Unfortunately it was drizzling at the start, and everyone was worried if we would be able to spend any time in the pool at all. Things started off indoors anyway with food, music, games and of course the cakes.

lining up .... to no goodThen 'joget lambak'The birthday cake being devouredFinallay, in the poolAfter the party was over, the weather held and we had half an hour or so in the pool. Off the children went. By the time it was ready to head home, Idlan was already sneezing and developing a temperature. Poor boy!

Stargate FTW

Again, I spent the whole morning watching Stargate, just like yesterday. I have always been a big fab of sci-fi series, but Stargate never been something which I followed, although my friend Syahril is a big fan.

Well, since I would have such a free weekend until I would be back from Kuching in about 3 weeks, I might as well enjoy it while i can.

Jogging time

After a few months hiatus, I decided to start jogging again this morning. Been feeling rather sluggish in the last fortnight, and coupled with the fact that I have been away most of the past few weekends, I didn't have opportunity for that.

The area I lie here in Gombak was on the hilly side and the streets were quite narrow, with some sharp bends and hidden junctions. Last November, I nearly got hit by a van who appeared around a corner at high speed. I managed to jump off the road but caught my sneakers on the curb and took a tumble. I suffered only a few cuts and bruises luckily, enough to get a ticking off from Anita .....

Rio time!

We had the chance to catch Rio earlier today, thanks to the effort of securing the tickets last night. We saw the first showing for the day and apart from two other families, it was just the four of us. That meant that the boys had license to walk around in front of their seats and made some noise.

The movie itself was great fun. Both the boys enjoyed it. Nice and easy story line, simple enough for them to follow while complex enough for the parents not to get bored. It was just as fun as Ratatouille but cuter. The songs were pretty fun too, as a couple of the main characters were will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas fame and Jamie Foxx. Nice.

After the show, we had to go look for birthday presents for Idlan's classmate. They have a party tomorrow afternoon. Unfortunately - or fortunately rather - there were no 'Rio' themed toys out yet.

A Quiet Weekend

The last three weekends have been kind of hectic. Singapore, then Ipoh, Malacca plus on call last weekend. Not to mention the day trip to KB midweek, I really needed a quiet weekend at home. I finally got it, minus the few calls I had to take from work of course. Mum called this morning asking if I wanted to attend a wedding with. I had to say no since I have promised to take the boys out for a movie.

Idlan woke up this morning with a slight fever. Irfan was still asleep when I wrote this. We have already got the tickets for the movies last night, so hopefully Idlan would feel a bit better later. Otherwise he would have to stay at home. Will see how things develop.

Update on Monday, April 11, 2011 at 8:02PM by Haris Abdul Rahman

It wasn't that quiet in the end after all.