hari jadi and inauguration weekend

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we are enjoying the wonderful weather this weekend, a nice round of golf with yus and an outing with the guvnor in amsterdam for the famous vlaamse friets (belgian fries) and green peppersaus! there is always a queue of people waiting to get their dose of that crispy cut of potato and a choice of 24 home made sauces.
this weekend is also a religious one with a small celebration at the embassy to mark the Maulidur Rasul. we were treated to a small ceramah, tahlil and bacaan rawi with berzanji...always lifts the spirit! the usual faces were present, and a majlis makan caps it all off nicely.
the new pope (he beat popeye, pop ye ye, and popedum to it :)) is also inaugurated today with his first service - lets hope he continues a similar tact of JPII on inter religious issues and working towards peace, and realises there are others beyond his jewish brothers. lets see indeed.

open huis

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the bijenkorf is having an open huis (house) this weekend. interesting that this open house applies to an upmarket department store than what we are more accustomed to back home. of course everyone is welcome, but in this case you have to part with some cash before you can leave with something.
we are beginning to see the nice weather that we have been promised by those nice men in the met office, skipped golf yesterday as it was just that bit too cool for me....the mrs has a friend over here, she brought some other friends along and the usual small makan at our place...tea actually, malaysian style. mungkin the agar and rambutan dessert will end up at our friends place nearby tonite...and a karaoke or bollywood vcd session thrown in for good measuer. we'll see.

open huis

Eezie cafe
the bijenkorf is having an open huis (house) this weekend. interesting that this open house applies to an upmarket department store than what we are more accustomed to back home. of course everyone is welcome, but in this case you have to part with some cash before you can leave with something.
we are beginning to see the nice weather that we have been promised by those nice men in the met office, skipped golf yesterday as it was just that bit too cool for me....the mrs has a friend over here, she brought some other friends along and the usual small makan at our place...tea actually, malaysian style. mungkin the agar and rambutan dessert will end up at our friends place nearby tonite...and a karaoke or bollywood vcd session thrown in for good measuer. we'll see.

i am full

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today is a rest day from the kitchen for my darling wifey...i made the breakie of french toast (i love telur anyway), and we savoured the rare nice weather in the den haag centrum today..to look for our friends kids 1st bday pressie. that was a breeze in prenatal, also saw this new bugaboo strollers, maaann...they are nice, but the price even nicer @ EUR700!!
got totally stuffed at niks house with 'finger foods'...the tempuras are becoming a trademark at that household. my wifey's agar2 also went down well, but at the end of it, i was struggling to climb up the stairs, let alone sujud for asar prayers..discovered a new toko, this time a halal one, pak amir has been in nl for over 30 yrs, and even worked in the msian emb for some 3 yrs, and knows the longtimers here..so we now have a new place to go to for our halal grub, in case we need it. there is even an albert heijn thats open till 11pm every night...things are looking up for this tight arsed bunch in den haag...

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warmer climes

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nice weather is topping this weekend....bright sunny 16-17c, of course not as muggy and blistering as back home in my. the main objective is to be outdoor, so we are heading to the pasar to get some fresh seafood and then out to ikea...ironic that we are heading out to be somewhere speacialising in being indoor.
a bday party is on the card, a friend of ours has a 1 year old - how the time flies when you are having fun. hope your time flies too.