8 years into parenthood: Muhammad is 8

Muhammad Abdurrahman , our eldest child turns 8 today n effectively that is our parenthood anniversary. We now have 3 kids, with Iman, 5 & Asha, 3 and at the moment there no plans for more :)

This year Muhammad celebrated his birthday at his school (Kindycare Kuala Belait), as most of his friends are from school (unlike his daddy in the old days, our friends were our village boys - budak kampung). It was really tough to manage 90 kids, but at the end of the day, with the teachers help and also my sister, the event went well. Alhamdulillah.

Happy Birthday Muhammad, Semoga Hidupmu penuh berkah, dimurahkan rezeki, dadamu dipenuhi iman dan kebijaksanaan, dan sentiasa taat perintah Allah dan ibu bapa. Amin.

My Ben Ten - Awangku Muhammad 'Abdurrahman

His schoolmates... photo grabbed from my sis' blog

Muhammad flanked by sisters, Dayangku Izzan 'Aaeeshah @ Asha on the left, 

and Dayangku Iman 'Aaliyah @ Iman on the right

The sweet 8 year old smile

Muhammad with his brithday presents

As revealed here. Thanks Muhammad's friends, he is sooooooo happy with the gifts, but as exam is looming, we have to put it away for the mean time.

Man Utd cake, a special gift from a very special friend

And the cake chosen by the birthday boy himself!

Going 35... with da family over weekend!

We had the family over on Saturday night for the Thanksgiving or Do'a Selamat, to celebrate my 35th birthday. The following are some pics taken from the night, but you can view more at my facebook link. Salam all and have a great weekend.

p/s - I am looking forward to two Red teams to deliver their goods tonight, to make my birthday! (Manchester United playing vs Manchester City; and Ferrari competing in the Barcelona F1).

Cake contributed by my dad and my siblings

Prayer or Do'a to bless the ceremony, praying for health, faith, happiness, wealth, success. Amin.

cutting the cake with Gembo-Kids.  We had stuffed mushrooms with cheese for appetizer, and main course is Cheese Rice, Roasted Lamb leg and Lemon/Rosemary Grilled Chix, plus Spaghetti with Tomato/Meat sauce.  Dessert were Fruits and mix-fruits cocktail.  

Present from Ka Gina (sis in law).... from Hong Kong.... no swine flu, ok!

And this is  gift from my Abang and his wife, Ka Yati... they sure know what I like heheh. Lets try the lamb shank for a change ah.

Going 35.

Alhamdulillah, I am blessed with love of my darling wife and loving kids, and families and friends, and blessed with life, that I can celebrate my 35th birthday. 

As my big day fell on a weekday (6 May), we had a quite low key celebration, just us a family of five, with a big makan planned over the weekend when close family members are available.

I thought of only having satay, but was surprised by my wife with the Blackforest cake (thanks Sayang) and by my son Muhammad, who sponsored the satay with his school allowance. Semoga Muhammad murah rezeki, belanja Babah. Amin.

the Cake

blowing out with the 3 angels

Drugged Sleep

We brought our 5 weeks old kittens to the vet recently, and were given anti-worm syrup.... apparently it makes them sleepy . . . . this is by far the worst, it slept even at the vet hehehe