Here and there...

Activity

Since we could not decide what to eat, we decided to explore for new recipies...after surfing the internet for ideas, we managed to try two new recipies which are Faizal's favourite, BigMac and beef steak...the preparation for both foods were quite simple and the results were not dissapointing...the BigMac tasted similar like Mcdonalds and the beef steak was like Pang's western corner at Uptown...

January

On 5th of January, it marked our one year stay in the UK...so there's two more years to go and then  Malaysia here we come...insyaallah...I still remember when our families and friends bit us farewell at the airport...at that point of time, both me and Faizal felt sad to leave everyone back in Malaysia but in the other hand we were happy as we will embark to a new experience in life...Back then, I was 7 months pregnant and lucky me everything was fine during the journey...

Silent...

Sorry for no updates...Was busy relaxing,cleaning the house and playing with Eryna...Everything is back to normal...Just the three of us at home...No more Aunty Ila and Chu Rai to make noise and manjakan Eryna...Luckily Eryna is fine when her beloved aunties went back to Surrey last friday...I guess she understands...Don't worry Eryna, your aunties will be back in Durham in March...Can't wait for them to come and celebrate Eryna's first birthday...

Let's recap what did we do when Aunty Ila and Chu Rai were in Durham...

kitchen activity - baking and decorating cupcakes...

salon activity - cut and trim both mine and Faizal's hair...

outing activity - Durham, Machester and Newcastle

makan2 activity - to much to list

To Aunty Ila and Chu Rai, hope you have a pleasant and joyful stay in Durham...Eryna says thanks for the pocket money...Hope to see you in March...Study hard...See ya later...ta-ra...

Nothing much to update at the moment...Eryna is growing well and she's 10 months old...She is able to stand and loves to move about here and there...Her favourite toys are handphone, tv remote control and laptop...cyber kids I guess...

Newcastle

Yesterday we went to Newcastle to do our groceries...But before that we dropped by at Metrocentre shopping mall...Just gi jalan2 cuci mata sbb tak berapa sale sangat...Then we did our groceries and headed to Lahore Grill to have our lunch...Ina had fish and chips, Ila ate fried chicken, Faizal had cheese burger and I ate Chicken Kebab...Sorry no pictures as we were hungry...Since we have yet to visit the Millenium Bridge, we decided to go there...The view from the Millenium Bridge was superb and beautiful...Here are the pictures taken during our visit...

2009

Welcome 2009 and bye-bye 2008...it has been a wonderful year for our family...we started of by flying to UK in Jan 2008 while I was 7 months pregnant...It was a new experience for both me and Faizal as we were far apart from our family back in Malaysia and have different responsibilities i.e Faizal as a postgraduate research student and me a full time housewife...came March 2008, we got a new family member, Eryna Batrisyia and my mum and Aunty Jah stayed with us till May 2008 for my pantang...my cousin, Azreena all the way from London came and visit us in April 2008 and in July 2008, Charlie from Ukraine came to Durham for a week and we went to Manchester...September 2008, we fasted the long hours in UK and celebrated our 1st raya with Eryna in October 2008...we also went to London to meet my dad and sistas...daddy was with us in Durham for a few days...in December 2008, Shikin and family visited us together with my darling sistas...we had fun in Edinburgh and Manchester...

On the other hand, updates on Eryna...she is 10 months old this month..she can now sit and start to stand on her feet...she smiles when i bring her food...she can wave to people especially to nenek and tokdad back in Malaysia...she babbles and make noises...can't imagine that in two months time she will be celebrating her 1st birthday...i still can imagine the day when i first held her on my arm...they grow so fast, don't they?...

Let's hope for the best in year 2009...semoga apa yang kita doa dan hajati dimakbulkan Allah...

Eryna's latest picture...

December 2008

Hi everyone...it's been a while not updating our blog...let's see, what we were up to...on 161208, my sistas safely arrived from Surrey by train and two days later, my cousin, Shikin n family arrived Durham...they were in the UK for 2 weeks...since we had guests, we bawa them gi jalan-jalan around Durham...every shop was having massive sale, so apa lagi shikin n family seronok shopping...they managed to feel the closing down sale at woolies up to 90% tuh...on the 241208, we drove to Edinburgh as Shikin n family have planned to visit Edinnburgh castle...we started our journey at around 1030 and reached our destination at 1415...we straight went to the hotel to check-in but unfortunately we have to wait till 1500 as per the scheduled time...while waiting, Shikin read the Edinburgh castle pamplet and noted that the castle will be closed on christmas day...so all of us rushed to the castle and Shikin n family managed to visit the castle...since all the tourist attraction and shops were closed on 251208, we went sightseeing at Edinburgh town...Edinburgh was empty and filled with tourist...it reminded us of KL during raya time when KLCC is filled with indon, bangaladeshies...it feels like we owned the town:)...the next day, boxing day we went to Livingston Factory Outlet and did our shopping spree...all of us managed to get the things we wanted especially Shikin...penuh gaklah boot kete...after having fun spending our money, we went back to Durham and on the way home we bought pizza for dinner...281208, we went to Dalton Park for Shikin to complete her shopping... 301208, brought Shikin and Bad to Newcastle jalan-jalan...on New Year's eve we headed to Manchester as Shikin n family will be leaving to KL on 010109...in Manchester, we met Alya and she cooked dinner for us...thank you to Alya and Shazlan for the lovely dinner...the following day, we ronda-ronda kota Manchester and had lunch at halal Indian restaurant in Rusholme...thanks to Shazlan for ordering the delicious food...at 1600 we headed to Manchester airport to sent Shikin and family...my oh my, ingat dah awal pergi check-in tapi sebenarnya tidak, dah ramai yang datang awal before us...however, syukur alhamdullillah all went ok and no problem occured...after Shikin entered the boarding room, we left Manchester and headed back to Durham and safely arrived at 2000...see how busy we were during year end...to Shikin n family, hope you have a pleasant stay in the UK and kalau ada rezeki lebih boleh datang lagi...our house dah tak kecoh2 lagi and the most we miss is gael saying kaka, tuttut, lori and heliko...luckily my sistas will be in Durham till mid Jan09...sunyilah rumah bila semua dah balik nanti...huhuhu....

as usual, pictures for viewing...