58 posts tagged “friends”
my 2nd consecutive year celebrating eid in the adopted UAEland. millions of metres away from family and old friends, but alhamdulillah new friends and colleagues help to make this year's hari raye quite an eventful affair.
on the menu was the custamory eid prayer, a morning breeze at the Creek, open house, open house, and more open house; the office eid mubarak nite + duit raye :), and then my housemates sadly decided to organise our own open house (right pic)
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(additional picture credit: Zhelong & Adzurif)
part 1- muqadimah
what : a ramadan food bazaar hosted by malaysian-uae community
where: residence of consule-general in al-barsha, dubai
why : a lame excuse for legal immigrants to do business, mingle and grab some food for iftar (breaking of fast). mainly to satisfy the crave for hard-to-get delights from back home
when : every fridays during the month-long holy Ramadan al-Mubarak
today is 09/09...one of my BFF's burstday
jos, happy x2nd year - semoga iman tegoh, murah rejki, panjang umur/lain2 anggota
i.e. sad pictures showing a group of immigrants trying their best to have fun
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This post is about how i waste my time when i went back to the old country for a week off earlier this month. What i am trying to tell you is i will bored you to death with this super cheesy titled post. so here it goes....
Most of the time was spent rebonding with my favourite people in the world (...and the award goes to the 5 nieces and 4 nephews), and the least favourite part: spending a weekend (approximately 30+ hours of suffering) catching up with old associates and nemesis alike for some long overdue hi-5vers.
and unfortunately, on that fateful weekend a game of futsal friendly was organised by my former classmates (aka a lame excuse for a mini reunion), and at the end of the match it is safe to say that our opponent was not harmed...maybe due to some cantilevered bellies and/or weak bones since most of us will hit 60 soon
Aftermath? the best part of the day. the part i miss the most when i'm abroad. The secret of every healthy malaysian: daily dosage of latenite supper at the mamak chit-chatting cock and bullstraight after gol & gincu mamak: amir, scott and me blasted off jalan-jalan to Penang
Meet-up with Joen, Idora and Miss Aina that morning. We rode a big steel junkyard that ferries vehicles and innocent people to the island.
They call em ferry.,,then had brunch at a place that does not serve curry next on the agenda were Penang Hill and Feringgi. I'll let the piccas do the writing
a short but fulfilling road trip indeed
Thanx to Amir, Scott, Joeneng, Idora and Miss Aina for your all around RAD-ness
credit roll
1. futsal pix courtesy of Hisham Talib's FB
2. additional penang pix courtesy of the trigger-happy snaps of scott and joeneng
3. huge kudos to Amir for pimping the ride and accommodation
and a big hug for sending me off at KLIA...u guys definitely in my good books with great grades
btw, did i tell you earlier in the post that i will bored you to death?
Dubai Flea Market runs every first Saturday of the month at Al-Safa Park near Jumeirah, so one lame Saturday Pica, Maizura and me went to check what the fuss is all about
Everything from used (mostly ladies) dresses, household & electronic items, antiques, toys, books and handcrafts were on the table
maizura & pica bought dresses and bags while i eat first-hand ice cream