Open Apartment

Last Sunday, the day before my and my father-in-law's birthday, we hosted an open house at our apartment - hence the dubbed open apartment - inviting mainly Anita's cousins and my father-in-law's siblings. The turn out was better than expected. Mixed with that, we also had an impromptu cake-cutting and all the usual birthday stuff.

It was just beginningMy parents-in-lawOne of Anita's auntIt was an excellent day all around and some of our friends stayed until the evening. Food was curtesy of Anita's excellent soto as well as a few orders of biryani and "laksa Johor". Everyone was entertained, even our new driver - who was a pastry chef - chipped in with some desserts for good measures.

Most of our cousins only visited us for the first time, and many had not been here since the renovations last Christmas.

The four of us ....A close-upEven the baby was behaving ...Good time all around ...Everybody had a good time and Anita was the most pleased. She put plenty of effort for the afternoon, and her mother actually spent the evening with us. We also got the help from a friend of our maid as there were plenty to do during the event. But everything went well.

Idlan and Irfan though only made sporadic appearance, although one of their cousin joined them in Irfan's room playing with the PS4. That left us adults to chill out while enjoying the food. The main problem our visitors had was the security and parking arrangements. To make things easier, we stationed our driver at the visitor's car park to fetch them through the main lifts rather than them having to go through the visitor's route and the main entrances.

Peace!The day's entertainment ...Group photos with friends ...We were stuffed by the late afternoon, and the party was only halfway then. My father-in-law did not stay until late as he was getting tired from all that. He did however gave a speech after cutting the cake. Off came the story when I called Anita's home when we were both still in college. Hilarity ensued! But great day all around ...

It Has Closed

So, the Patchi outlet at Pavilion has closed. I found that out yesterday when I was strolling around the mall. Wanted to restock but was surprised to see that the entrance had been closed off. Looks like a mattress retail shop would be here instead in the future.

After the 30% price hike at the turn of the year, I could see the place losing customers. After all, it was just chocolate. Although a gorgeous one at that. So, we were back to the outlet at BSC. Hopefully that one would still be opened.

Sunday Wedding

It was more of a reunion of sort with Idlan's former classmates from kindergarten attending a wedding of one of his friend's brother. Being held at Dewan Perdana Felda, it was a place all of us were familiar with. And being a Sunday, I was actually able to make it on time .... Amazing!

Idlan meeting his buddiesGreat food and company although I was still feeling rough recovering from the bug. It was a colourful event and one of Idlan's buddies actually followed us home afterwards ...

Clowning Around

This video was taken during Moez's party from the other day

Moez's Fourth

We had a nice afternoon celebrating Moez’s fourth birthday last weekend at the newly opened Atria Shopping Mall. Dina and Azmil had the party at Jungle Gym. Crowded but both Idlan and Irfan ended up in the many climbs all afternoon, leaving us to chat and catch up.

Time for the cakesIt was Ironman! And of course, we didn't come in such ...The prezzies of course ...Let's the professional handle it ...The usual works were there. Cakes, magic show and the clown. Not to mention the nice food. Jungle Gym definitely had the right idea when it came to children parties as the area for party were spacious, with many things to keep the children occupied.

Security was also top notch and everybody were tagged. Maintenance was also pretty decent.

The clown was here!!!!

Anita with Dina, Moez's MumThe clown that they had was also pretty good and entertaining. He really put up a show for everyone. We ended up chatting until late afternoon. Luckily there were not many calls for me that lunchtime. Atria also offered ample parking although getting there was rather tricky as this was the first time we been there since the place was rebuilt from the ground up. It used to be more of a community mall back then, now turned into an upmarket joint. Definitely worth another visit.

Plenty of things to do here for the childrenTV stationCotton candy anybody?My boys were missing in there somewhere ...I hope that the birthday boy enjoyed the party. He was certainly buzzing all over the place. I was sure that he would be happy with his presents as well .... Happy Birthday Moez! And how could forget his first birthday from 3 years back ...