Happy Deepavali everyone!

Wow a whirlwind of a weekend, imagine non stop eating & merry making, and ahem! dare I say fireworks (it's illegal here) .. and my MIL home is just five minutes walk to the police station. Thank God no 5-0s were really listening even when we blasted the 20 foot long chinese crackers last night ..(my ears are still ringing!) ..

I didn't take any photos coz Niki took them I'll download it soon :) watch this space !!

Happy Deepavali!

Downtime in PD

We were in PD last weekend.

I wanted to eat in El Cactus ..but they were closed :( .. for renovations ..

and so because we're such lazy ppl we drove straight into the next hotel we saw which was the Corus ..

Here's some pics of us before dinner .. after dinner was another story all together ..

When It Rains, It Pours

Rain has been heaping in on us.

Whilst returning from KL, as per my previous post,

my jeep (thank God, it's a jeep!!) had to go through this "banjir kilat" / flash flood that happened right in front of CSR Shah Alam ..

I had to go through this to get on the Kesas, and thank God my jeep made it through ..

some cars didn't :( ..

Rainy KL

In KL today for another round of interviews for the KL office, had to more or less follow the spped dating way as more than 40 candidates turned up, my voice is hoarse from talking one whole day and repeating the same phrase over and over again is actually no friggin joke..ok time to blast off and face to KL LRT jam!!

One Hotel Only

clinical to some but contemporary to me

A few posts back I wrote that we would be staying at two different hotels in GC? Well, that's been dashed coz Paradise Resort is fully booked already! And so we're taking the easy way out and staying in the Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise for the whole week. In a way I feel good because I've always been a bit partial to HI group. Some say their hotels are a bit .. errr .. clinical with very little charm or personality but I for one has never found it to be that way .. is it because I am so? Hhhmmm don't know about that .. better ask e/ fam..

And so Holiday Inn it is then .. I'm actually quite pleased ;-)

Dancing Queen

Dry run @ the concert hall .. Niki was so excited about donning her costume and taking the bus to the concert hall .. the rehersal .. err not so much!

Niki's school concert is coming up fast..it's just a week plus away now..

And boy, do I still remember the last one .. which was (*gasp!*) a year ago..

my, my how time flies, eh?

I'm always saying that..

But it's so darn true..

Last year her class teacher said that though Niki is an excellent dancer (as excellent as a 4yo can be!) she tends to be a bit dreamy and sometimes floats off in her own thoughts .. well the ep is repeating itself again! Niki is actually a really talented dancer and if you see her floating in her tutus you will agree .. her movements are gentle and yet deliberate.. and she's got great music timing.. but like most 4yo she tends to be in her little world sometimes and may get caught up in their thoughts.. and so today I decided to drop in on her when she was practising in school .. and I saw nothing wrong, she danced really nicely..and so I told her teacher that yes perhaps she may daydream abit but which kid doesn't as I reminded her that they're a bunch of 4 yo and to cut them some slack, I guess over practicing can cause boredom as well.. I recorded her dance routine on my phone and showed it to her Daddy, and we both nodded in agreement that we shouldn't get too hot and bothered; for the simple reason that .. she's 4 .. :) and acting in a way that only kids her age know how..we should take a leson from them and not be too serious or set in our ways .. a little day dream may just be the antidote to cheer up your day!

Deepavali shopping

We're already in October, and just came out from a week long holiday .. I did alot of sleeping in, reading & watched Mamamia! And now I can't get the song out of my head .. "Mamamia .. here I go again, my, my how can I resist you! .."

Last Saturday, we went jalan-jalan to Jln Tengku Kelana or better known as Little India in the heart of Klang town. The colours, the atmosphere, and the latest Tamil top hits surrounded us as we went about looking for our Deepavali togs. I'm keeping to the Autumn/Winter 08 colours, so was looking at a lot of browns and golds and finally Vicky chose 2 really nice, sparkly Punjabi suits both in rich matte gold but of different cut and design. I've come to realize that sometimes my taste in tradisional outfits may be a bit off. After a hard day of shopping (*wink*) we found ourselves in the famous mee goreng restaurant again and of course ordered the mee goreng, the thing is the presentation of the food is definitely nil but omg like many hawker type food, it was so, so sedap *slurp*

And Niki the budding photographer was the one who took most of our photos while we browsed, and oohhh-ed and ahhh-ed at the endless rows of sarees, bangles, accessories, and yup my personal favourite .. Indian silverware. I love the Deepavali season and this year I'm gonna bake me & the fam some cookies too :) .. can't actually wait for the 27th!