My Birthday Cake

My birthday cake was a complete surprise yesterday. I was expecting a chocolate cake but not one decorated with grass, flowers and fondant snakes and pink hashing boots. It was very cute not to mention sinfully delicious!

Earlier on in the day a friend and I went to the monthly Tutong town market and I treated myself to non other than another basket!

Thank you all for my birthday wishes!

Sunset @ hash

Early presents

With Donncha away for my birthday I got my pressies yesterday. Along with the macro lens I asked for, he surprised me with a nano which I haven't been able to put down since. It is tiny and fragile compared to our old ipod which Donncha got for a present 4 years ago and which is not too well. The nano even has a video camera on it. All I need now is the cool music!

Last of HoiAn

Last of the HoiAn pictures.

On ya head.....!

Iman and Jack eventually did it - they have been dreaming (and practicing) for this moment ever since their first hash back in Feb 2008. For the kids hash the kids get their first pot after 18 runs followed by another at 36 runs so it will be another 2 year wait before the next pot. They were both very proud and have today been showing off to the rest of the compound. And we are very proud of them both!

The Big 7

What a day we had .... for starters despite the forcasts and our expectations, the weather was certainly in our side. It was overcast and it did not rain the whole day, some of us even caught the sun.... oooppss.... The bouncer slide arrived nice and early and we spent the next two hours trying to keep the kids off it until Iman's guests arrived. And they did promptly from 10 onwards and there was no stopping the kids then. They all had so much fun sliding down over and over again.

KOJ made a fantastic cake for Iman. And it tasted good too!

We also played some games, the obligatory Musical Chairs and Pass The Parcel - what's a party without the classics? Thanks to Fatin and Hazim for helping out.

And after the guests left the kids carried on for the rest of the day joined by yours truly - we couldn't resist it and really had a great afternoon.

And Iman got great gifts from all her friends and cousins - thank you all!

And this morning Iman received her last gifts from us - an umbrella, plates and a watch from her brothers

And a fabulous waterproof camera from us!