The RAIN's been pouring over the past couple of days! Wowee!! Downside? Car's perpetually muddy.
I got sick of wiping mud off the door so i went to get it washed. 10 minutes later... MUDDDDDD!!!!!

It's downtime at both my jobs. Catching up on my administrative work. Paper-pushing. Linda's supervising exams at Sekolah Menengah Teknik Matang (Matang Technical Secondary School). Total travelling time=10 minutes. IF ONLY this was her work place. ah... i wish.

We're slowly adjusting David's daily routine to getting used to having more than just his nanny. He's also getting more boisterous and that's a challenge for the two of us.

today is bright and sunny. Welcome back, sun.

The RAIN's been pouring over the past couple of days! Wowee!! Downside? Car's perpetually muddy.
I got sick of wiping mud off the door so i went to get it washed. 10 minutes later... MUDDDDDD!!!!!

It's downtime at both my jobs. Catching up on my administrative work. Paper-pushing. Linda's supervising exams at Sekolah Menengah Teknik Matang (Matang Technical Secondary School). Total travelling time=10 minutes. IF ONLY this was her work place. ah... i wish.

We're slowly adjusting David's daily routine to getting used to having more than just his nanny. He's also getting more boisterous and that's a challenge for the two of us.

today is bright and sunny. Welcome back, sun.

The RAIN's been pouring over the past couple of days! Wowee!! Downside? Car's perpetually muddy.
I got sick of wiping mud off the door so i went to get it washed. 10 minutes later... MUDDDDDD!!!!!

It's downtime at both my jobs. Catching up on my administrative work. Paper-pushing. Linda's supervising exams at Sekolah Menengah Teknik Matang (Matang Technical Secondary School). Total travelling time=10 minutes. IF ONLY this was her work place. ah... i wish.

We're slowly adjusting David's daily routine to getting used to having more than just his nanny. He's also getting more boisterous and that's a challenge for the two of us.

today is bright and sunny. Welcome back, sun.

Last night my parents organised a surprise 30th birthday party for me. Thinly disguised as one of their usual get-togethers it threw me off. i was sincerely surprised. Although yours truly had mentioned earlier that he wasn't one to celebrate his 30th year on planet earth, they went ahead and Linda (dear, dear wife) was also in on it.

Mum baked me a shepherd's pie - birthday cake and got the rest of my friends together. Thank God she didn't invite the ex-schoolmates. That would have been interesting for the oldies and the still-too-young for all the KNNCCB/MCB/FU/MF... i shudder just imagining!!!

Great night with great people. Low keyed and we even had time to watch some telly and do the dishes!

Linda made dessert and it was superb. A big thank you to Hasifah for helping (erm, guiding?) her through it.
David made a bee-line for the shepherd's pie and had a late night (the little tiger only snoozed at around 10pm!). What a trooper, he entertained, made conversations and was well behaved throughout the night.

Thank you mum and dad!

Thank you Linda!

Thank you, Lees!
Thank you, Giangs!

and Thank you friends and family for coming!

Most of all, thank God for his grace in my life; all 30 years of it.

Sun's shining brightly. sky's lookin' a healthy blue. since everything's starting to become all healthy and such, i've given up driving to work and got my trusty '97 Diamondback Sorrento fixed. Yup! I bike to work and DAMN! does it feel good. I sleep better and feel better. So good that i bought my wife a bike for her birthday. She's truly stoked cos she's been buggin' me for one. Was it a surprise!

I know what some folks out there would say about a Sorrento but, it's served me well and the frame is just plain tough. The shimano gears probably need replacing soon but that's another matter altogether. Currently, it's got a cheapo Acera set with caliper brakes and a brake handle-gearshift combined. The handlebar's been changed and so's the saddle. I just got the tyres changed to Tioga semi knobbies. No off-roading for me in the forseeable future. No shocks, springs, nothing. Great for your reproductive organs!!!

It's going to be a sizzler of a day! Havin' fun...

THE WEEK THAT WASN't.

Malaysians are a spoilt lot. We tend to see "religious / cultural" holidays as an excuse to shirk-off. Look at the recent Aidilfitri break. It went from 2 days to 1 WHOLE WEEK! Talk about unity... when it comes to holidays (and the extending of) Malaysians are a united lot.

Work's been catching up with me and is threatening to drown me unless i attend to it. Silly bugger! I'm Malaysian, work's the last thing on my mind!!!

On the home front;

My son... (wait)

Allow me to introduce the cast and crew: (Presenting!)

Linda - my wife. Hails from Klang, Selangor. Loves food. Reckons that the only good food Sarawak has to offer is Laksa. Enjoys cooking and dreams of being a full-time mum and wife.

David - my son. Enjoys rough and tumble play. Currently weighs in at 11.2 KGs and is 15 months old. He can't walk but can he run! Learnt how to do the Baby Bop Hop from a certain purple dinasour and his equally strange friends. It wouldn't be long now before he starts stringing all those words together to form sentences (e.g. "Papa, give money now!")

My son has been progressing into the babbling stage and is starting to vocalize sentence pattern sounds. He's a sponge and soaks in everything - both good and not so good. I've been coughing and so he came over this morning, stroked my face and arm and said "papa" "papa" over and over again like he's telling me that it's going to be ok. IF ONLY he's as sweet as this throughout the day!

My dad calls him Typhoon David.

My dad's his best-est friend.

Oh, with my dad, he can get away with ANYTHING.

I love the little runt.