Raya @ Collex residence

I would like to thank my mum, dad and toni for helping with the raya preparations, it would not have been possible without you... It really feels like raya this year with you in Geneva...

Mum making her famous custard pudding (only the privileged gets her recipe) hehe

my work station

dad cutting the meat with his cool super sharp knife

my awesome parents

The menu for today: Yellow rice, garlic prawns, chicken curry, beef in soy sauce, sweet and sour crabs, spiced pineapple (pacri nanas), mixed vegetables, custard pudding, corn jelly, century eggs, cake rolls + shredded beef + meruku + prawn crackers (from brunei)

Thank you to all guests who brought these wonderful gifts!!! So thoughtful!!

Hari Raya Aidilfitri falls on Friday, 10 September 2010 in Geneva!

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

It is very sad indeed to see Ramadhan come and go... The greatest Muslim month of the year... Another year of not meeting with Laylat al-Qadr... the one night worth more than a thousand months.. Hopefully we will meet one day in the near future, AMIN...

Before Hari Raya approaches, let me post my sincerest apologies for all my mistakes and wrong-doings. Please forgive me if i did or said anything to hurt you in the past... I pray God bless you and your loved ones... Minta Maaf Zahir dan Batin.. Be safe y'all

I want to catch a 400 pound fish

What we had today for Iftar, Syukur Alhamdullillah...

Some kuih which just arrived from Brunei

Lamb kebab and falafels

Peria and Ikan Masin

Toni's famous beef rendang (thanks for making it less spicy this time) :-)

Century Eggs

River Monsters: Vampire Piranha

No swimming!

Humans love talking to each other and about each other.

And at the moment, we seem to be a hot topic of conversation... for whatever reason.

There are also a few people out there who seem to think they have it ALL figured out. They insist on predicting someone's future by dictating examples of other people's 'experience'.

Maybe they're envious, maybe they're bored.. But one thing is for sure... i find it.. entertaining.. cos they think we're important! c'est cool!

Needless to say, it's a useless exercise.

It all boils down to God's Will. Full stop.

A Message To All Haters!

And finally, for all you haters out there.. Remember... I love you.. LOL

.. in Evian.. home of one of the most expensive bottled water in the world.

Evian promoting Evian.

Mum loves bright flowers

I love signs like these. :p

This is even better. A sign with free bags to pick up dog poop.

You can see Lausanne on the other side of Lac Leman.

Les Gorges du Pont du Diable ('Bridge of the Devil).

At the entrance, there was a cafeteria and a souvenir shop.

We took our time walking down the path through a beautiful green forest.

Going down was not a problem, going back up was..! A true test for fasting people like us.

This is where the fun started. Visitors were not allowed to enter without a guide (for safety reasons). It was a bit slippery inside. and TIGHT too, if u know what i mean. Luckily for moi, i'm short. I don't have to bend over much, if you know what i mean.

The first thing we saw inside the 'cave'. The cave was actually made from big rocks falling into this narrow valley, hence making an arc or a bridge.

The bridge is the one covered in green vegetation (above). Back in the days, some villagers ventured on it... fell... and killed themselves. So the other villagers taught the Devil haunted the bridge. They consequently called it the Bridge of the Devil and the name stuck since.

Someone wrote the name of their lover in the year 1848. *sweet* immortal love set in stone

I should've known better..

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”

In my case, when one friendships dies, another rekindles. Today i received messages from an old friend in Brunei. It has been a while since the last time we spoke... both of us got real busy after being posted overseas. We were both on opposite sides of the planet, and the time difference actually played a major part on why we lost touch... misunderstandings were cleared and I'm glad to have talked to her again.. :-)

Let the good times roll~

Prank Series (Episode 2)

Fail! LOL

..in Chamonix..

paragliders

chess anyone?

damn camera settings.. this pic got a blue tinge

when you're fasting you wanna eat everything on display

there were soo many tourists... and it was hot! well, that's summer for ya

Enjoy the view!

Special thanks to my mum who prepared and cooked everything... ranging from sweet and sour crabs, to bubur kacang to beef masak kicap (i only fried the chicken and spring rolls) :-)

This post is dedicted to you.

It's been a while since I last wrote down my thoughts or feelings in my posts. So i've decided to this time say something about you, my friend.

I know things have been great between us over the years. But as time goes by, things gradually change.. the distance doesn't help... we drift apart and as they say, nature has taken its course.

I am sorry things have to be this way, but i'm afraid this is a choice i made on my own... You will notice that i don't reply to your emails... or your msgs. I don't answer your calls or send christmas presents.

I once heard someone sing,
'All the miseries in the world combined, is nothing...
compared to how i feel when you say good bye'.

I think this is for our own good, before things get worse and the fond memories we share together turn into bad fragments of my reality.

Let us dream a dream... and let us part with good will and well wishes.

I say farewell to you my sweet love, have a great life and see you on the other side.

xoxo

Prank series (pilot episode)