Who is the fairest of them all?

My wife always tease me that among my wife and my 3 kids, I am among the 'fairest' of them all.

ha ha ha.. Pictures below were taken just after I got back from my escapade at Batang Duri Temburong which makes me even more fairer as compared before.

Well.. what to do.. !! Anyway yesterday was our 4th wedding anniversary (love you Sayang) and celebrated it with a dinner at Charcoal. hmm.. love those lamb shanks.. Time sure creeps in quite fast as now we have 3 kids under our belt.

May Allah continue to bless us. Amin..!

Princess Raudhah

After a long hiatus....

Wow.. was it that long that I didn't blog or even read others..?!!!

It was such a frantic period of my life so far,..starting off with my dearest friend, Jimi: Pg Hj Abdul Azmi, who was hospitalised & sedated for nearly a week end of last February.

It was such a shock to me and actually disbelieved when my fren Zul told me about Jimi. Visiting him while he was still unconscious, I could only offer my prayers for his speedy recovery. Alas, Allah has granted him recovery and he was soon out and about. Alhamdulillah...

In the midst of all that, I have just joined a course organised by Darusysyifa' Warrafahah (an association closely linked with Darusyifa Malaysia) teaching Islamic healing practises. I was not just a participant but also the videographer. The whole course span for about 4 to 5 months.

Of course, office work put a great weight in limiting/stopping me from blogging. This was added by my company decision to move/swap position with another senior manager with a completely different portfolio or technical know-how. Wish me luck....

The biggest impact felt was from my subordinates. Sorry guys.. it has been great working closely with you all. Still there was a huge chunk of my previous work need to be given to the customer thus I am essentially doing two jobs until my other collegues can get a rein over it.

Well, it would be boring to read my blog if theres no pictures in it. Thus here are some pictures taken during my 3 days (10 to 12 April) in Batang Duri Outward Bound Brunei Darussalam. It was a mix group of AiTi, TelBru & Alif Technologies.

The course was beyong expectation.. no kidding. ('Macam kan mati, rasanya' - Bruneian expression)

But overall it was enjoyable. And the funny thing is.. if my company organises another one, I surely would join again!! ('Nda jareh')

Mr. Flying-Fox Man

Grinning to go for 2nd round.. siok eh. Note: Current weight 80.5kg

'Confidence drop'. This was done before we did the flying-fox.

Pump-up to go for the trekking.

All smileys before the trek.

Doa before the trekking.

Was still able to smile...

FYI the trekking took 5hours. My back pack was around 20kg & I nearly 'kepisan'. This was the most grueling experience ever..

After camping in the wild, next day we prepared to go for kayaking (another 3hours experience). Unfortunately no one bring a water-proof camera. :(

On our way back to BSB. Note: Current weight 78kg.

Lady at the gate: B&W rendition

Old News: partial eclipse

On the 26th January 2009, me, my wife and Raudhah were eating out at KFC Yayasan whereby I noticed quite a number of people gathering just outside on the footstep. Luckily a fren of my wife mentioned that there will be a partial eclipse happening. Duhh..! Been busy with work that I miss on whats happening. Luckily I brought along my brand new Camera.. hehe.

Captured a few photos of the small event.

An interviewer and interviewee on the steps of Yayasan

FYI those two guys did not turn into those two eggs. (Eggs left by the man without the cap). I overheard people mentioning that eggs would rotate by itself when there is an eclipse. Beats me..

As you can see the bloke really did not turn into an egg. hehe.. RTB also there to capture the event.

The special telescope placed inside the tent as it was still raining.

Leaflets regarding the eclipse were distributed. Made a new friend 'Sulaiman from Fire & Rescue unit'

The crowds..

Sorry dude.. I also could hardly see any silhouette of the eclipse as the sky was still gloomy.

I'm not sure whether you could get any photo of the eclipse using that camera.

At last I could see the partial eclipse. Well.. its actually a computer simulated model on what you should actually see.

At the end, it did not turn out as good as I expected or maybe I wasn't even expecting it at all as it was just another outing with my family. Sorry Sayang as you have to go around shopping without me at Yayasan with Raudhah.

Sarah Najihah Binti Haji Emran

It has been a while since I have not been back to KB. I have met my dad last night and he inquired about my little ones. That reminds me that so far only my youngest has not been featured in my blog, thus here is the photo of her.

The How-To

I have forgotten to mention what software I used and how I did the two pictures; Raudhah in words & Naurah's Puzzle Board.

Well, the software I used was Adobe Photoshop CS3 and the how-to was from http://www.gavinhoey.co.uk

I think he is one of the best teachers in the on-line tutorial area so far. Well paced and most importantly very comprehensible.

I have link both tutorials from his website as below. Enjoy and have fun.

Raudhah in words

I am always fascinated by pictures being composed of words or anything that may seemed to be not so conspicuously link to it.

For this particular case, I have made a picture montage of Raudhah comprising sentences she always use like "Raudhah suka princess", "Raudhah suka pink", etc.

I hope I will be able to decorate my house with interesting pictures like this with different concept and style which revolves around my family.

Enjoy the picture..

Naurah's Puzzle Board

I have not blog for quite a while as I have been pretty busy with work especially relating to the weather impacting our country.

Anyhow my wife ask me to do a photo project; collection of family photos that we could display in our new house nanti. So thus I have been trying different sort of photo manipulation.. learning it of the Net.

Here is one of my fav..

Now Seven Of Me

Here is another take on multiplicity! hehehe

Six of me

I have seen a tutorial on the web in making multiple copies of a subject within the same image. It was simple thus I had a go of it to see how 'easy' it was. I intentionally only create one overlapping image of the subject so as I wont spend so much time doing the 'magic' i.e. erasing with a photoshop utility. hehehe

Later on I will try more complicated subject interaction... if I could find the time .. i.e. kalau ku rajin jua.. :)

Raudhah's cousin

Its has been a long time I didnt blog. Very busy since I started work. Anyhow my wife requested me to put Raudhah's cousin picture here. His name Hasiib Basyiriin. Like to play with toy cars.. as you can see..

Raudhah's 1st Day to school

It has been such a busy week for me that I have not updated my blog for the past few days. Just started work on Thursday and was immediately thrown into a full day of workshop. Such a 'good way' to kick start your work. What to do...? 'Cari makan cik...!'

Anyhow I promised to blog about my daughter Raudhah first experience going to school. (its my first experience too as a dad!). Shes coming 3 in February thus she is enrolling to Kindergarden 1 instead of Daycare.

I was actually nervous on how Raudhah would behaved in such a new environment as we never entrusted her to complete strangers before. Journey to the school was uneventful as I guessed she merely thought we were bringing her for 'jalan-jalan'.

Upon entering her class, I was delighted that she immediatley played coloured plasticine given by her teacher eventhough she has this quizzical look on why one of the boy in her class was wailing and crying.

At this stage, we both thought that she had accustomed herself. But later on, when I picked her up from school, she was crying. Her teacher informed that at first she did not cry when we left her but later on when a bunch of her classmates started to cry.. well......

Anyhow, enjoy the pics...

Raudhah's fancy & colourful braid hairstyle

Raudhah dressed by my maid

Getting 'tanda' from her grandpa.

Salam her grandma.

Watching tv while waiting for us to get ready.

Off to school in her pink 'princess' bag.

Raudhah wanted her bag back from her mom at school. (The bag must be left at the green table)

Playing coloured plasticine in class.

My wife seen nervously monitoring from outside her class.

Raudhah's 'quizzical' look. She was actually looking at the crying boy.

My father-in-law NEXT PROJECT

Not contended with his finished helicopter project, my father-in-law embarked again on another TOP SECRET project.

I managed to get 'TOP SECRET: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY' photos of the exclusive project.

Please keep this secret between you and me.

Diligently working on what seems to be an advanced & sophisticated turbine. Photo taken by me using a powerful telephoto lens..1km away..

'The project' securely covered and perimeter guarded with invisible infra-red rays to detect trespasser.

After I managed to defeat the perimeter sensors, the 'project' was uncovered.

It seems to be the latest and most advanced aeroplane model..!!! with what seems to be a turbine or some sort of propelling mechanism on its wings.

A closer view of the 'turbine'.

Inside view of the 'heart' of the 'Project'.

A quick snapshot of the environment where my father-in-law is currently working on the 'Project'. Photo taken using a super duper telephoto lens from 2km away.