A Reconnaisance Mission to Malaysia on Beg Mal's Birthday!

With Singapore's cost of living prohibitively expensive and still rising, my parents have decided that a move up north to Malaysia was probably a better option for their retirement plans, where Singapore's dollar is twice that the value of Malaysia's ringgit, which means more bang for the buck. This means that for the price of my current house, we could not only get a landed property in Malaysia, but also with sizeable land area on which the kids could run around freely too. Not only is it cheaper in Malaysia for us Singaporeans, the pace of life is rather less frantic and frenetic than the rat race that is Singapore's economy too. Though the plans to purchase property in Malaysia has been in the offing for quite a few years, its only possible now, due to my siblings now being all adults and relatively settled. So my entire family travelled up to Malaysia to scout for our potential home...

Wide open spaces... a golf resort

Making our way to the showroom office

Big wet MuackZ/Mwahhh from Ayah!

'Small But Never Ignored' says the shirt

Mmm...Bibik's scarf tastes nice! Yum!

Me manhandling my nephew(s) as usual. WRESTLEMANIA 2009!!!

Kids of the Round Table

Maya is soooo relaxed

Parents looking at the miniature model plans

The various housing sectors

Cik Mal N' the BoyZ

Maya is such a lucky girl to have 2 men fawning over her!

''Su! Take my photo and Maya only! Don't include the rest!''

Kak Husna and Hubby talk about for how much they paid for their current Pasir Ris house for $400K+, they could be getting this showroom house for RM880K, with an indefinitely bigger house, spacious yard, and fantastic ready-made decor

Really treating this like our own house, we are!

The Moms are all a-smiley

Welcome to Tellytubbyland!

I really, really love the soft carpet grass! Can just imagine me kicking around a football or just lying flat on the grass here!

Viewing an incomplete house, of a different model

Father and sons deep in discussion

Fikri hiding in the dustbin area???

Nik Nam wiping the sweat off favourite nephew Hilmi

Cik Ahmad already warming to the charms of yet another house

The mothers are in love with the courtyard right smack in the middle of the house

*Yawnz*

This is such a MEGA GIRLY ROOM UH O_O

Lovin'the walk-in wardrobe mannn

Sis wishing this was her home

The Study Area on the 2nd floor. I could study here... heh.

And oh yeah, today's Beg Mal's birthday too. Happy 31st Birthday!

Quality Family Time in the Day... War at Night... and Oh. Birthdays too~

October is bankrupt-month for me, due to so many family members celebrating their birthdays within such a short span of time. So we decided to celebrate it all in one go, by spending the day out with the family having a lunch buffet at Sakura's (sushi!!!), relaxing at Changi Beach, before the day built up to a climax at Kak Husna's Pasir Ris house at night... where the family was divided by war... amidst the pizzas and other goodies served, there was bad blood to be had, as family members took sides for the crunch football match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur...!!

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On the Arsenal side, there's my dad, eldest bro Beg Fan, and BIL Abang Hisyam...
Waving the flag for the Spurs were my 2nd bro Beg Mal, and Kak Syai's husband Abang Herman...

Of course, me being the lone Manchester United fan in the family, I was decidedly neutral...

...and if any of them tried to claim bagging rights, I just shut them up by showing them the golden patch on my jersey sleeves indicating that WE ARE THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS, as opposed to the rest of the league, who merely sport a silver patch... Heh.

Anyway, a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following family members!!!
(in chronological order)

29th October - Ibu (Mother)
- Shahmi (cousin)
30th October - Arwah Atok (late grandfather) =(
- Kak Syai (cousin)
31st October - Ayah (Father)
- Beg Fan (brother)
15th November - Beg Mal (brother)

Birthday Boy Beg Fan and wifey Kak Su

add them both and you get... 'Ainul Mardhiah!

The Hungry Family

The opposite side of the table

Abang Hisyam ambushed me, grabbed my Man Utd badge and did a thumbs-down sign! What a cheap shot!'Aqil stuffing himself with mushroom soup

Hilmi stuffing himself with... My goodness, he's really stuffing himself here isn't he?

Fikri's not to be outdone either!

Check out Beg Mal's gay pose... mom didn't knw he was behind her posing too!

I decided to join in the fun... mom didn't know about me being in the pic either

Wan and Maya

Son-in-law (SIL) and FIL

SJT 7609A!

You've seen this before...

The interior cabin

Maya doesn't seem to like being stuffed in the boot

...neither does 'Aqil it seems O_O

Uncle Ikam doesn't seem to be complaining though

Beg Fan with his present for Ibu

Kak Husna presenting Ibu with our birthday gift... a Chomel watch

Ibu doing a comel pose with the Chomel watch

Ayah gets an adidas shirt

Beg Fan gets smtg for his car

Maya entertaining atok

I reali don't believe the gigantic flower mannn... if this doesn't announce that we finally have a baby girl in the family, nothing will

Of the Red Devils, Gunners, and Spurs!

Fikri: Fikri strong! Beg Mal: Cik Nam stronger! Hilmi: Eee both cannot make it -_-'"

Naked boys playing football

'All by myself...~~~'

Our family base

We be playing Wii!!!

Me and Beg Wan duel it out in the boxing ring(?)

Take that! *Biff* No, YOU take this! *Pow*

'Aqil is really enjoying the fight it seems... Atta boi! Be a man!

Match/War in progress

The eldest sons-cousins are glued to the computer

The middle sons-cousins busy themselves with toys in 'Aqil's room

While 'Aqil himself is engrossed with mamam

Insyirah too! Tiramisu! Yabbadabbadoo!

Finger foods.... Mmmmm

Pizzas! Mmm-Hmmmm The bizarre durian birthday cake!

Entire family jim-bang photo

Photo after some faces were messed-up

...Like this one...

I personally take credit for this

I think Ayah got the worst deal. Haha