An afternoon at rumah nenek

This 'rumah padi' has been around for a long, long time

Last week, on a sweet, sunny Friday afternoon, we went to nenek's house. Fruit season has passed its peak but there were still buah-buahan in the backyard to be picked.

And so, armed with penjolok/penjuluk and agile climbing skills, our mums and dads and aunts and uncles swarmed the orchard - where a lot of us used to play in when we were younger, cuter and shorter - in search of fruity treasures.

Sempat posing while fruit-picking

Hunting wild rambutan

Peace and thumbs up from Pak Teh, way up in a rambutan tree

Taking a break. Bujah (on the ground) balik2 kana serang semut padas

Lady bosses overseeing the whole operation

Of course, what's a good family gathering without makan? We had cucur, Mak Long's home-made pizza, biscuits and fruits fruits fruits.

Angah laki was guardian of the food table

Mak Teh's special Bubur si Bujang campur durian (I hope I got that right!)

Besides fruit-picking, there were also other activities going on. Little boys terrorised the cats and generally did naughty things. [p.s. Kids, never throw cats into the river, ever!]

Si Danish temeng

Azizan as always was full of energy

This cutie-pie baru pandai bejalan. This is the only picture of him staying still long enough

Ada org dtg menjuluk some wayar karan yg tgugur (ngam arah orchard jua). Mau jua join in on the juluk action atu. Cokmin's gasing workshop was also a highlight of the afternoon.

Talking shop - Making Gasing 101

Finally, before everyone balik, there was the pembagian harta a.k.a. buah duku, a four-woman operation supervised by Baby Alwan.

Check out the boss giving orders. "Ok neneks, let's get going!"

So that was how we spent last Friday, with fun, fruits and family. Looking forward to more gatherings!

Happy 20th Birthday Ash

The title explains it all. You are very much missed at home brother. I wish you all the best and keep up the good work. And owh, a few words of advice - please spend less time in the gym :p

Memeng - happy birthday bro! my brain's busted right now. and um.. i sort of need you here, math is making me confuse even more. Do some good today, spend some money for yourself :) and get outside and inhale the uk's finest air :p i think haha. Be good and do your best!

Awie - Happy 20th B'day bang! I've just finished my exams and i'm totally not free haha. so enjoy your studies there :) and once again happy b'day to our tallest brother in the family. bang aku kan ada six packs haha just kidding :) wish you good luck for your exams there also. take care

Hirzi - Happy B'day abang adik! I love you. Let's see if you can lift me when you get back here . Bang, I still like to eat kulit ayam a lot.

Celebration in the UK

Assalamualaikum everyone,

Hari Raya celebration has always been held in the UK, and this year was no different. Hundreds of students, from all over the UK flocked into the capital to be part of the biggest event held by the BSUnion. Interestingly, this year's celebration was held on board one of the capital's largest entertainment/party boat (enough to accommodate about 200 people), the Dixie Queen. Departing from Tower Pier, we got to witness the lifting of the Tower Bridge and even passing through it!

Basically its a boat cruise in London with lunch meal, lucky draws, performances and lots of sakai begambar. Personally for me, sea-sickness was the highlight of the event.

Year Two

Assalamualaikum,

Just so you all know,

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/Rankings2009-Top200.html

My uni UCL (Thats short for University College London) is now ranked 4th in the world! :P now thats a really strong statement; so dear uncles/aunts/relatives i'm not going to a crappy uni hahaha.

Well it has been about 2 weeks since my departure from the airport, things have turned out pretty great here. Still staying at the same flat as last academic year, now I've a room of my own. Its nice knowing that lots of Bruneians have enrolled to London-based universities this time around (even my girlfriend too) and hopefully with enough male freshers we could form a proper football team to compete at the winter and easter games.
First semester timetable looks better compared to last year's, hurrah.

• Monday Tuesday Wednesday classes start off early in the morning and end around 2pm.
• Thursday Friday - 9 am to 6pm.
• Saturday/Sunday - football session at Hyde Park (its not in the timetable, just wanted to mention here) So to the guys back home, jangan tah beranti main bula, karang jadi macam parut c pami.
  

Anyway, my place just got the broadband set up after waiting for so long..... which explains my disappearance from Messenger or facebook. Well now that the internet is up and running, you'll be seeing me more often online. I can't promise that I'll be updating regularly.

See you all in 9 months time!

Before i forget, i also have a twitter account. I'm not a frequent user but i'm still getting the hang of it. So feel free to follow me on twitter.

Ash-Shazly

sungkai out with abg jery

thanx abg jery n nanti lanja2 kami lagi aaa =)
peace...

1st Raya pics

First Day Raya at Nenek's House

more to come soon..still editing =)