Somewhere in North Italy on train going to Turin. Alps in background and an inversion layer causing fog/mist on ground effect
As the title suggests - doodles about me and my family (and sometimes my friends and other people, and things I feel merit some sort of mention)
Friday, 27 December 2013
Monday, 16 December 2013
noise complaint..what noise????
yes, the blog has been collecting dust & cobwebs.. my bad.. blame it on laziness..so many things happened since i last blogged but i will not go as far back as 2-3 months ago.
what motivated me to write again?? the recent unfortunate event for big missy and her friends in the Robin Hood Youth Orchestra.
big missy joined Nottingham Music School early this year, playing percussion instruments, started with Intermediate Orchestra (the younger ones - she called them the babies) and progressed to the Robin Hood (previously known as Nottingham) Youth Orchestra in Sept. she enjoys it despite having to wake up early every Saturday morning and spends 4 hours weekly at the Nottingham Academy.
lately they have performed in series of major events
6/12/2013 - lighting up city xmas tree/lights at Old Market Square
11/12/2013 - Christmas in the City Concert at Royal Concert Hall (that was a huge event and brilliant!!)
14/12/2013 - Charity Christmas Concert at Victoria Shopping Centre
we went to all their concerts and like other parents, we are so proud of our daughter. she must have played at least 7 different instruments, some i dont even know what they are called.
last saturday, when they played at Vic Centre, they were asked to leave the shopping centre after complaints it was too noisy.. what the hell???? they had been booked to play from 10-1pm but were asked to stop at 11am after performing 2 sets after receiving a number of complaints about the noise levels. what noise??? the shoppers and audience were enjoying it!! Ian, the music director managed to get another venue in the open space at Trinity Square within minutes and they did the flash mob which was really good.. the unfortunate event is in few online news - BBC, Guardian, Belfast telegraph, Nottingham Post to name but a few.
read here :
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/16/christmas-concert-robin-hood-youth-orchestra-nottingham-noise-complaints
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Noisy-orchestra-asked-leave-Victoria-Centre-early/story-20328091-detail/story.html
a member of the public wrote a very good post in his blog. read here
http://ivan-makingmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/robin-hood-youth-orchestra-at-victoria.html?m=1
its so ridiculous.. as Ian said in the press statement "It's a bit disappointing for them (the children) when they're trying to do good, when there's so much bad around and they're told they can't do it."
also watch this flashmob video on youtube..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xJoxV0EfBE&feature=youtu.be
what motivated me to write again?? the recent unfortunate event for big missy and her friends in the Robin Hood Youth Orchestra.
big missy joined Nottingham Music School early this year, playing percussion instruments, started with Intermediate Orchestra (the younger ones - she called them the babies) and progressed to the Robin Hood (previously known as Nottingham) Youth Orchestra in Sept. she enjoys it despite having to wake up early every Saturday morning and spends 4 hours weekly at the Nottingham Academy.
lately they have performed in series of major events
6/12/2013 - lighting up city xmas tree/lights at Old Market Square
11/12/2013 - Christmas in the City Concert at Royal Concert Hall (that was a huge event and brilliant!!)
14/12/2013 - Charity Christmas Concert at Victoria Shopping Centre
we went to all their concerts and like other parents, we are so proud of our daughter. she must have played at least 7 different instruments, some i dont even know what they are called.
At the Royal Concert Hall on 11/12/2013
last saturday, when they played at Vic Centre, they were asked to leave the shopping centre after complaints it was too noisy.. what the hell???? they had been booked to play from 10-1pm but were asked to stop at 11am after performing 2 sets after receiving a number of complaints about the noise levels. what noise??? the shoppers and audience were enjoying it!! Ian, the music director managed to get another venue in the open space at Trinity Square within minutes and they did the flash mob which was really good.. the unfortunate event is in few online news - BBC, Guardian, Belfast telegraph, Nottingham Post to name but a few.
read here :
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/16/christmas-concert-robin-hood-youth-orchestra-nottingham-noise-complaints
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Noisy-orchestra-asked-leave-Victoria-Centre-early/story-20328091-detail/story.html
a member of the public wrote a very good post in his blog. read here
http://ivan-makingmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/robin-hood-youth-orchestra-at-victoria.html?m=1
its so ridiculous.. as Ian said in the press statement "It's a bit disappointing for them (the children) when they're trying to do good, when there's so much bad around and they're told they can't do it."
also watch this flashmob video on youtube..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xJoxV0EfBE&feature=youtu.be
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Cold sunny day
At home. Took half day to watch little one's school play. She'll also be singing in the choir tonight for the lighting up.
Monday, 2 December 2013
Progress
After many months of lessons, and missing one last week, she has surprised me with sudden progress. Little one is now able to swim the front stroke for about 1/2 the length of the swimming pool. Alhamdulillah.
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Monday, 18 November 2013
Autumn in Clumber Park
Went for a walk in Clumber Park last Sunday just to see some autumn scenery. Turned out to be quite a lovely day.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Friday, 13 September 2013
triple celebration
triple celebration within a span of a week can be quite overwhelming for some but who are we to complain..
3 very significant milestones in my (and our) life in September 2013.
autumn exam board meeting fell on my birthday and I couldn't take the day off but I was well compensated..
and the celebration continued at home last nite.. kids and daddy wanted pasta for dinner - simple enough for me to prepare in about half an hour.
starter : pea & mint soup and carrot & coriander soup from Waitrose (yeah, I cheated..but why not?)
main : broccoli pesto with mushroom and courgette pasta
dessert : birthday cake that Nicola (from the office) baked and gave earlier.
10 or 20 years ago, I never imagined that I would be celebrating my 50th birthday on a foreign land with my small family in our very own house..Alhamdulillah, berkat rezeki & kesihatan yg diberi Allah swt, here I am, a half centurian, typing this post at my new corner SOHO.
thank you to my siblings, friends and relatives for the warm & lovely wishes and doa for our anniversary, new home and my birthday..Insyaallah dimakbulkan Allah swt.
here's a short post by my other half.. http://doodlemom-mydoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/happy-birthday-50th.html
3 very significant milestones in my (and our) life in September 2013.
6/9/2013 - we moved to our own abode
6/9/2013 : our 15th wedding anniversary..
this was us 15 years ago at my grandparents house in Pasir Mas..
and this is us 15 years later, on my 50th birthday, in our very own house
12/9/2013 : I joined the 5 series club...
autumn exam board meeting fell on my birthday and I couldn't take the day off but I was well compensated..
my workmates had arranged for birthday lunch after exam board at Le Bistro Pierre in the city centre.. good food, good company, good laugh.. I was almost in tears with the surprise they had instore for me. I couldn't ask for better group of people to work with.
after lunch : enjoying (shop bought) Black Forest cake which I brought to the office ..
and the celebration continued at home last nite.. kids and daddy wanted pasta for dinner - simple enough for me to prepare in about half an hour.
starter : pea & mint soup and carrot & coriander soup from Waitrose (yeah, I cheated..but why not?)
main : broccoli pesto with mushroom and courgette pasta
10 or 20 years ago, I never imagined that I would be celebrating my 50th birthday on a foreign land with my small family in our very own house..Alhamdulillah, berkat rezeki & kesihatan yg diberi Allah swt, here I am, a half centurian, typing this post at my new corner SOHO.
thank you to my siblings, friends and relatives for the warm & lovely wishes and doa for our anniversary, new home and my birthday..Insyaallah dimakbulkan Allah swt.
here's a short post by my other half.. http://doodlemom-mydoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/happy-birthday-50th.html
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Happy Birthday - 50th
It's a big milestone when one reaches the age of 50. Don't think of it as just getting old - it's the fact that you get more experienced, wiser and better that should be taken into account. Look at the universe - BILLIONS of years old, and yet still beautiful.
Happy birthday my darling - this hopefully is the best birthday yet as you get to celebrate it in your new home with your family who loves you very much.
I hope and wish you many, many more happy years.
Always - your hubby and daughters.
Happy birthday my darling - this hopefully is the best birthday yet as you get to celebrate it in your new home with your family who loves you very much.
I hope and wish you many, many more happy years.
Always - your hubby and daughters.
Monday, 9 September 2013
6/9/2013
15 years we've been together and also marked the beginning of our new lives at our very own abode..Insyaallah this will be HOME for years to come..
thanks to all the well wishes for the anniversary & new home. will update the blog soon as the internet service is available in our home this wednesday.
Sunday, 1 September 2013
work in progress
its been 2 weeks since work started in the house
light fittings and rambu ramba lamp shades are gone.. new Distribution Board, sockets, light switches, re-wiring completed in 5 days. new light fittings will be fixed on Monday morning
old mineral fibre board ceiling in the kitchen gone and replaced with new plasterboard and plastered in 1 day
our very own painter, using the Spray instead of roller. priority is the living/dining. the other rooms can wait. the painted wall paper in the rooms still look good.
light fittings and rambu ramba lamp shades are gone.. new Distribution Board, sockets, light switches, re-wiring completed in 5 days. new light fittings will be fixed on Monday morning
the old gas fire and surround removed in few hours. new plasterboard will be fixed Monday morning.
3 guys from British Gas (I know.. they are quite expensive but we don't have much choice) came to remove the old back boiler, install new gas pipes, boiler, radiator on Saturday from 8am-5pm
the holly tree got chopped off last weekend.
bought some heather plants which will go into the planter box some day
the pantry/mini kedai runcit is taking shape. got enuf space for bit more stuff and also new stock coming from msia next month
Sunday, 25 August 2013
milestone #1
After more than 7 1/2 yrs since we left homeland, we finally found HOME.
Keys collected on 19th August. Alhamdulillah..
the house was built in 1975 and the previous owners were elderly people; the husband passed away early this year and the wife moved back to Yorkshire to live near her daughter. based on survey report, some immediate remedial work need to be done. and from Monday 19th, we've been busy seeing people who would be doing the works
1. electrical work - tambah sockets, tukar distribution board. ada VO & EOT sebab kena tukar wiring to most light fittings.
2. re-carpeting
3. remove and replace ceiling in the kitchen
4. remove the old gas fire & replace with electric fire
5. install new boiler
6. repaint wall paper.
my favourite room in the house must be the pantry which will be my mini kedai runcit.
rumah & tanah hanya sekangkang kera (tu pon kalau kera tak malu nak kangkang!!) but the garden is well kept. previous owner bayar gardener to maintain the garden but I guess I will do the work from now on.
the kitchen is "cute".. will make do with the kitchen cabinet yang ada sekarang until the time comes and duit dalam tabong dah cukup untuk buat cabinet baru.
hopefully boleh officially pindah in 2 weeks time..
Keys collected on 19th August. Alhamdulillah..
the house was built in 1975 and the previous owners were elderly people; the husband passed away early this year and the wife moved back to Yorkshire to live near her daughter. based on survey report, some immediate remedial work need to be done. and from Monday 19th, we've been busy seeing people who would be doing the works
1. electrical work - tambah sockets, tukar distribution board. ada VO & EOT sebab kena tukar wiring to most light fittings.
2. re-carpeting
3. remove and replace ceiling in the kitchen
4. remove the old gas fire & replace with electric fire
5. install new boiler
6. repaint wall paper.
my favourite room in the house must be the pantry which will be my mini kedai runcit.
rumah & tanah hanya sekangkang kera (tu pon kalau kera tak malu nak kangkang!!) but the garden is well kept. previous owner bayar gardener to maintain the garden but I guess I will do the work from now on.
the kitchen is "cute".. will make do with the kitchen cabinet yang ada sekarang until the time comes and duit dalam tabong dah cukup untuk buat cabinet baru.
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