Activities in October & Syawal

Since we couldn't celebrate Hari Raya with our dear loved ones back in Singapore, we have been keeping ourselves busy this past month with quite a number of activities, below are a few of them.

Pick flowers from our garden & backyard, then place them in vases in the house to 'make our home nicer', as explained by Hani (we actually do this all on our own as Nani has trained us well) Not forgetting, go out on short trips & errands (with Haklm still getting used to being belted up, we just give him biscuits to munch on & that'll keep him quiet till he falls asleep yet continues eating!)

Do lots of baking & cooking, we just love to help Ibu & Ayah in the kitchen. While we might not eat alot/finish the food we cook, we just like to help with the preparation of it. So far, we've helped bake buttermilk cookies, cheesecake brownie, cornflakes cookies, banana cake, carrot cupcakes, choc fudge cupcakes, etc and we've helped cook lontong, lots of pastas, countless soups & other dishes (we're very good at peeling, grating, chopping, sorting, and all those mundane stuff....when can we do more exciting stuff huh, like actually frying something? But so far, Ayah & Ibu says not yet 'cos we're still too small for that, hmmppp!)

While the weather has been really unpredictable so far, even though its mid spring already, its actually colder and wetter than normal. Nonetheless we did manage to go to the beach over Labour weekend when the sun came out for awhile. We had a really nice time, been so long since we've managed to play in the sand and sea. Even though the water was superchilly (believe it or not, even though it looks sunny, it was only around 15 degrees and actual water temp probably not more than 10 degrees!). Anyway, that didn't deter us at all, we are that water-crazy! Besides playing with the sand and water, we also did some fishing and went on a long beach trek for about 5kms.




We also managed to sneak a trip to the 'dinosaur' playground, go for a bike ride, entertain backyard visitors aka our outdoor 'pets' i.e. a mummy duck & her ducklings, on those much sought after sunny and warmer days. And last but not least, celebrate Eid here, for the 3rd time, with the Muslim students and local-based families. While we definitely miss everyone back home (especially the kuih and duit raya ;-P) it was still a nice but bittersweet experience.