hari jadi and inauguration weekend

Eezie cafe
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.