Open House at Sister's

It was a Raya, birthday, housewarming, doa selamat and Merdeka rolled into one. A do at Julia's new place in Kajang, first time she organised it there. And it was a big one.

It started off in late morning with doa selamat. Anita and the boys got there early as I had to do my morning rounds still. The highlight food-wise was roast lamb and satay. They were fresh, but unfortunately I was not a lamb person. The lamb was a big hit.

After my first round of food, it started to rain. Congregating indoors, I fell asleep in front if the TV. I wad then woken up by calls from the hospital, and in the end had to leave for Subang in the middle of the rain.

Anita stayed for a few more hours, but the traffic was too heavy for me to turn back.

Before leaving, we had the sing-along and cake-cutting for Nana, my niece's birthday. Anita, who bought the cake forgotten to bring along some candles. That cut down the risk of saliva contamination on the Red Velvet ...... And that could only be a good thing.

All in all, it was a great day. I wished that I could've stayed intil the evening, but I had to go to the hospital, and then another do in Melawati. That was what the schedule was like this weekends following Raya. Slideshow from the event here.

To Kajang

Since the weekend, my Mum had been staying with my Sister in Kajang. She seemed to be doing OK although still a bit tired at times. She was still used to the idea of taking regular medications. My brother-in-law had also bought her monitoring equipment for her sugar and blood pressure.

So, earlier tonight, we headed off to Kajang to visit her and my sister. We had dinner there, and hung around for a bit. A Shane that tomorrow would be a school day and the children needed to go to bed. Otherwise I would have hung around there a bit longer.

With me traveling to Italy next week, I stocked up my Mum's medications for the duration. She had problem with low sugar, and she felt better when we cut down the dose of some of her tablets. She could do with eating a bit more than she was doing now.

Birthday Party at Julia's

Having all three of your children celebrating their birthdays in one go was definitely a great idea. Even though, technically they were almost a couple of months apart, bundling them together saved you on the headache. But them being my nieces and nephew, created a different kind of headache for me. I had to get three birthday presents in one go.

Balloon galore as the clown was let looseNot sure what Idlan was asking for ....What? An orange sword? Lame!As this being Syawal, my sister organised an open house on the same day as well. The party was held during lunch, and Kajang, on current traffic was 45 minutes away. Managed to reach there well ahead of time, and get things organised as I was the designated cameraman.

Some of them were cooked by Mum. The rest were catered.Happy Birthday to you .... the sing song had startedYaya preferred Tom and JerryThis was one cute cake. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.This was how you make it ...If you were going to ask for some swords, ask for eight of them. The ultimate fighting machine this ....And the games went on ......The clown arrived at around 1, and after that, it was cake-cutting and general mayhem. Unfortunately, there were no party food, so, my boys were restless. We ended up leaving early, and was caught in a horrific traffic jam on the way home. We left before most of our family members and visitors arrived. My Mum cooked my favourite dish for the party, and at least I got to enjoy that before we left.

Next destination, open house at Anita's cousin.

Satay at Kajang

Since we went to Kajang yesterday to visit my sister - she has since moved to Kajang a few months back upon her husband taking up a job at a private Medical Center there - it was customary to have some satay. She promised me the best meal in town, and it was quite near my brother-in-law's hospital. A small little shop ran by a middle-aged couple.

The main specialty of the shop was satay made from the intestines - we called it perut. It was cut thin and had the fat all trimmed off. Unfortunately, it was not very nice and according to my sister, it may have been because of the marinate. It certainly was rather bland, a dash of salt could have done wonder. The peanut sauce however was very nice, and it came with some sambal for extra kick.

To be honest I was expecting something since Kajang was famous for its satay. Maybe, I should give my sister and the shop the benefit of the doubt and give it another try.