Easter Assessment

My boys had some holiday coking up. But it would not be before they complete their exams next week. Such a drag as most if their other friends had a week break last week. They had to align it out instead.

Come next Friday, they would be off for almost three weeks. And Anita planned to take them up north for a few days with her parents coming along. It had been a while since my Dad-in-law travelled. And he had not been in a good shape lately.

I would be at work unfortunately, followed by the Annual MSH conference taking place in Kota Kinabalu at the end of April. Don't think I would be able to join them for their trip.

Idlan needed some lovingSome respite ...So, the hits spend their weekend at the apartment, playing games in between revision. They still had to do their normal homework, which I thought was a bit silly. That's explained why Idlan had been grumpy last few days. He just had enough of homework and exams. And I could understand why. Too much emphasis was put into academic achievement why they boys couldn't develop socially.

I ended up convincing them that it was UK to kiss on some of their many homework and do a a hit of revision. Then, Thye would have a couple of weeks to enjoy themselves.

Sunday Afternoon

I had to do some babysitting this weekend. And since Anita was worried that I might be called to the hospital, she had enlisted some help. My Mum. So, my Mum had been at the apartment since yesterday - before flying off to Istanbul tomorrow for a short trip.

So, where was Anita. She was attending a self-help course. She said, she wanted to learn something new, and her old college-mate came from Alor Star for the weekend, so she decided to tag along.

So, Idlan had been bored. I was bored since the morning weather was quite nice and I wouldn't mind taking my camera for a spin. We did go out though for a spot of coffee. Can't leave the nice weather to pass ....

Irfan's Dinner

Irfan's turning 9 next week but I would be on call in the day. Instead, we had dinner on Saturday and a party on Sunday.

The dinner was an annual one, usually coinciding with a bit of lou sang for Chinese New Year. And as with every year, it was the same venue. Corus Hotel.

This time, Irfan wanted an ice cream cake, from Baskin Robbins. And we soon realized that the container used to carry it had dry ice in them. Which brought some ideas to Uncle Razak for party tricks.

It had been a while since we moved over to Bangsar, and this was the first time we got together for dinner. Their grandparents really missed the boys.

Food was great as usual and then came the cake cutting. And of course Uncle's party tricks. Dry ice, mixed in water in a cup. Walla!

The boys were fascinated by the steam coming out from it. And then a spot of finger hockey with the dry ice on the smooth glass tabletop. Great fun!

Pandamonium

The 1600 Panda project was doing its round across Malaysia and for the final two weeks, them cute pandas would be stationed in Publika. It was a WWF project to raise awareness on the decline of the species and the 1600 pandas represent the 1600 pandas still left in the wild. Or at least when I was told.

I took the boys to visit today, and it was havoc. Publika was chock full of people. Parking was a nightmare and to make matters worse, we arrived during lunch hour and could not get any seat to eat. It was a struggle although we finally got one. Ben'd even had a 45 minutes waiting time. We went elsewhere instead.

The queue to get in to touch the pandasAfter we were fed, it was time to get into some panda action. The queue to enter the cordoned area to have a close-up of photos was just too ridiculously long. So, only a few selfies and snaps were done before we muscle our way out.

Best to come either late morning or maybe later on in the afternoon. Sunday lunchtime was definitely a bad idea in anyone's book.

The pandas were cute though. Smaller than I thought. Definitely worth getting the snaps ..... Shame that Publika would their final local stop. Not sure when they would return ...

Getting Ready

Back to school time tomorrow. And it would be from Bangsar rather than packing up from Gombak. Anita wanted to stay for another week and possibly only move back to Gombak next weekend.

No complains from me.

The boys seemed ready as well. Everyone was already in bed by 10, leaving me having a nap in front of the TV waiting for United to play Soton at midnight. I don't have to wake up too early tomorrow morning as I have only a couple of inpatients left to review before setting off to Park City tomorrow morning.

The boys on the other hand would have to get up a bit earlier. Our driver would drive from Gombak to pick them up and head back to school in Setapak. Let's see how things pan out tomorrow morning.