Breakout!

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After being mostly cooped up in Lot 10, its inmates found good excuses to breakout! Yup, breakout we did!

Sat 7th Feb : Birthday of Angus aged 1. Yup, 1st breakout destination = Bukit Minyak @ Bukit Mertajam. Plan? To visit my other half's bro & family cum going to Penang to join in the celebrations of a young nephew, Angus. A BBQ was held within the family residence compound. Beside the pool. Starting the BBQ fire provided some problems & excitement and the evening was great...with great food & great company! Most important of all, great value family time.

A few pics here of the event. Anyone you know? Sorry but no names...haha!

Above : The bday boy, clinging to mum's sarong ( oops...sorry, shorts la )...and with Dad...

And...The bro...& with his uncle...in party gear!


Busy ppl at the BBQ pit? Love adds flavour & extra ingredients to the BBQ pieces...hehe...

Here my warmest wishes go out to the happy loving couple who would be registering their marriage tomorrow... That's right! On Valentine's Day, 2009!

Congrats & Happy Valentine, guys!!

We spent the night back in BM. Tks a meg for a great stay, TKY & LH!! And, for everything else...do come visit A/Star, ok?

Sun 8th Feb : Next stop...Taiping!! Yup, after a tasty & varied Tim Sum breakfast with TKY & family that morning, it was time to leave for our next breakout destination. And our gracious thanks to our nephew, CB, for saving us from a "bad" start or else we would have gone the wrong way instead of out to the main highway! Phew...just can't help wondering where we would have ended up if we had proceeded the way we were going! Ha ha!

Well, Taiping was Taiping...hehe...

However, it was a memorable 4 days of time spent with KL & family. KL gave us lots of warm memories & feelings enough to last us for some time. At least till we see her again. Don't worry...me will not bore you with details. Haha!

A pic here of KL during our stay...


Yup, KL in her very own "Kung Fu" pose...

For more pics of KL, pls check out the slideshow on the right of this Blog..." The 2009 KL ".



All too soon, it was time to go...to leave KL behind. We would have loved to stay longer but as it is, like the saying goes...

" The mind is willing but the body is weak... "

And, talking about the body...me had my persistent "stiff neck" problem checked by an Orthopedic Consultant arranged by my daughter while we were in Taiping. X-Ray pics were taken.
Results? The good news is the doc was friendly, helpful & informative. The bad news is the "life sentence" me got confirmed...yup, I have what is known as "Ankylosing Spondylitis". Fusion of my cervical vertebrae. Bad cos not just one but most of them! Surgical operation is not advisable. My best friends now appear to be painkillers. Well, at least me still got friends...painkillers...haha!

Thanks, EL, for your concern & help. At least now me know where I stand...and the road ahead. The Scout's motto, "Be Prepared" applies...

Well, it was a great, interesting & kinda eventful breakout this time around. Now, it's back to Lot 10 OFH routine days...routine is good, right? Bye...