The commute to the mosque this afternoon was especially hard with the bright sunshine. Good thing that I finished my last patient just after noon and had the time to have lunch.

I couldn't resist the glass of air kelapa as soon as I reached the mosque. As expected, the queue was longer than normal.

Time to switch off and listen to what the khatib has to say. Not another political sermon I hope as I am expecting something about the coming Valentine's Day. Wait and listen!

It certainly is an honour to be invited back to your school. I have been back to Terendak on a few occasions before, giving career talks and the likes, but this time it would be something different. I was invited to give a pep talk for the coming exams, and to officiate a program there.

I would be given a couple of hours to talk, answer questions as well as officiate the event. Talking is never a problem and being a lecturer to 8 years certainly helps. The only problem would be the medium. It seemed like it would be in Malay. A potential disaster. I was also asked to prepare some slides.

When it come to slides, those who had been in the audience at my talks soon learned that I am a minimalist when it comes to slides and lectures. The maximum number of works on the projector at any given time was 10. And I would be sticking to that. Hopefully I could keep the audience enthralled as I would be relying on anecdotes most of the time. And there would be plenty of those in store.

There would also be a serious part to my talk, and in the end there would be three parts - the past, the present and the future. The past would mostly be about me, and how I got to where I am today - which is not very much …….

The present would be some exam tips - mainly the importance of studying in group and to strategies. And thirdly, what I would have hoped to have known if I was back in their shoes. It should be interesting.

So, the slides are done, though I could do with a few more pics. I have a long drive tomorrow, leaving KL at 6.30. I would have to be there by 9 am. Hopefully, it would be a day to remember …..

All together, it was close to 600 snaps. Went through everything and almost half of them made the cut. All edited by this evening and ready for upload.

As per usual, I tended to put the metadata, and GPS coordinate pre-processing. An extra step but it would be worth it as by the time my photos exited Aperture, they had their borders and watermarks sorted out as well as tags, GPS locations and caption.

I would then be free to upload them anywhere and all the data would be attached. Uploading to Flickr for example, would just be a quick step through Flickery, and the locations, captions etc would already be attached. Walla!

Even though I use most of the social media as far as photography is concerned, I still use SmugMug as my main hub. It was easier for me to keep every photo in their place as well as exporting them from there using a flash slideshow. The slides could then be customized to the size I wanted.

What's next? An early night followed by an early morning to sort out some presentation slides for this weekend as next week. Good night .....

So, what's for dinner? Nothing special as we were still recovering from the Singapore trip and the boys were still grumpy from their first day back to school after a long break.

Irfan was happy to have his presents but we decided to have cake this weekend instead. Unfortunately, I'll be on call on Sunday.

Out of the blue, Anita decided to try a new recipe. It was fish cooked in the oven and some spinach. It turned out great, although the gravy was a bit lumpy. Can't complain really.

Irfan is six today. How fast he had grown. 9th of February 2006. The date was picked by Anita since she had to go for Caesearian, some 20 months after she was operated for Idlan.

Anita was born on the 9th as well, hence the reason she picked the date. All went well and over the years, Irfan grew to be a cheeky little munkey! My little Munkey!

Happy Birthday Irfan. We'll have some cakes and toys later!

Back to the office but it had been a quiet day so far. And the big news this morning was obviously the resignation of Fabio Capello, and I spent most of the morning catching up with news and paperwork.

One thing I understand about English football is they have a different mentality. For them, it was all about gut rather than guile. It doesn't matter if you were good or bad at it, as long as you show effort, the English loves it. They love a trier. even if the trier is a loser. That's why sublime players such as Berbatov never caught on with the fan. His gangly style looked as if he wasn't trying.

Unfortunately, even though he had been at his job since 2007, Capello never did learn the English mentality. To his own detriment.

Meanwhile, at home, Anita was busy planning the day for Irfan. We were not planning any parties this time as this year it would be Idlan's turn. He was still buzzing about the Singapore trip anyway.

After the trip to the pool, we went out - via a buggy pick-up to the reception - for a spot of dinner. We decided to try the buffet.

The one opened is called Carvo Carvo. A local and Western diner, which offer a buffet spread - take this, for RM 68 ++. And the spread was really disappointing. It was embarrassing to be honest, both in terms of quality and quantity. They really could do with a new chef. Even their local dessert - ironically sago gula Melaka, you can't get any more local than that - was bad!

I ended up eating my boys a la carte items, which was a lot better. So, don't make the mistake of paying for the expensive buffet. It was not worth it. Go for the a la carte order instead.

The place was nice and peaceful at night. We walked towards the children crèche to see what was on offer. Nothing much. It was meant for toddlers really. But a nice walk by the pool none the less.

At night, the pool and waterfall were lit by floodlights to different colours. There were also a 24 hours room service of you fancy that, as well as free wifi in the compound. Unfortunately, since our room was at the opposite end of the resort, no wifi for us. The Celcom coverage was also on an Edge network. No high speed Internet for us unfortunately.

Saturday night was football night. And football does not know holidays. The room does not have Astro Sports Channels believe it or not, although the bar does. No Internet. No football. I went to bed by 10 pm. And it was Saturday evening!

So, I finally dragged myself out of bed. I have decided to drive in late to avoid the morning traffic. I didn't have any inpatients however, do I could go straight to start the clinic. Which is handy.

The boys were also slow to get out of bed. The delay yesterday during the drive back due to the overturned lorry was taking a toll.

After work today, there would be a small matter of a birthday dinner. Irfan was six today .....

After being held up behind an accident just after Kulai - an overturned lorry blocking both lanes - we finally arrives in Gombak just after 8. Unloading, shower and then dinner, followed by uploading and sorting of my photos from the trip.

All together, I took more than 500 snaps, mostly on the X100. The photos I've uploaded so far on Facebook and blog were taken on the iPhone. Now, I may need to reedit the posts to resize the photos and insert new ones. That would take some doing.

It would be a busy couple of weeks. After going back to work, I will be traveling again on
Saturday. This time, back to my old college - MRSM Terendak - for a session with the students.

Then, on call on Sunday ......

We decided to break the journey by stopping at the Johor Premium Outlets. It was better than I anticipated but clearly the place is a work in progress with most of the shops being a couple of months old. They were still doing the carpark and not all the outlets were opened as yet.

None the less, I got myself a Man United long sleeve top for RM150. Certainly you can't beat that. According to the girl at the till, the price varies day by day, and it certainly is cheaper during weekdays like today.

The message got through to Puan Anita. So, here we go .....