Adam"s 5th. Birthday Celebration | Legoland, Malaysia

Last month we went to Legoland in Nusajaya, Johor to celebrate Adam's 5th. birthday. Since it's not that far from Johor Bahru which about 10-15 minutes drive, we decided to stay in Pulai Spring Resort. I'm so glad that Adam really had a great time there! Happy belated birthday son, we love you so much!

There's No Better Way To Celebrate My Birthday Than With My Loved Ones

Alhamdulillah, I'm a year older today. Hope it makes me a better Muslim. Thank you everybody for all the kind wishes and prayers. I really appreciate it a lot.

More Pictures on Adam's 3rd. Birthday Celebration in Butlins Leisure Park

The birthday boy...


We took a train & departed from London Victoria station. The journey took almost 2 hours and it was a very exciting experience for Adam because he loooves train so much!


Since he will be turning 3 years old and becoming a big boy, he got his own bedroom at the hotel. He was loving it and the room is just so cosy!


The garden right in front of the Ocean Hotel


The gorgeous sea view overlooking from our balcony.


"I loooove my little sister so much!". This picture tells it all how much Adam loves Mia.

Our First Day Eid 2010

First Eid for the 4 of us in London

Adam with his new baju Melayu

Eid would mean nothing without loved ones

My lovely girls

After the Eid prayer, we had a little gathering at our house & invited our closed friends & my office colleagues

Then Adam's bestfriend, Eliza came late in the afternoon

This is Rafael, Eliza's little brother trying to hug Mia

Our little angel was so tired and fell asleep on the couch

Emirates Cup 2010

This is my second time went to see Emirates Cup which was held last weekend. The 2 days tournament involved 4 teams which were my favourite team Arsenal (England), AC Milan (Italy), Celtic (Scotland) & Lyon (France) and each team played twice. A win gives 3 points, a draw carries 1 point and each goal scored gives another 1 point. Arsenal again this year managed to retain the trophy that they won last year. Weehoo!! They drew 1 all against AC Milan and won 3-2 against Celtic.

Last year I went with my family except Mia because she wasn't born yet..hehe.. This year I went with my colleagues Feroz who is a Man Utd fan, Khairul a Liverpool fan and Kevin a Chelsea fan..heh..We watched the first day's matches where Arsenal played against AC Milan and Celtic against Lyon. It was fantastic and there were couple of goals. However the World Cup bound players like Fabregas, V. Persie, Bendtner and few others did not play but we got to see 2 Arsenal's new signings Chamakh who played so fantastic and awarded as the Man of The match and a new centre back who I did not quite remember the name..hehe..All in all, it was a great experience to all of us and we certainly enjoyed it very much.

The home to beautiful football

The inside view of The Emirates Stadium which has more than 60,000 seats capacity

Feroz (Man Utd. fan), me (Arsenal Fan) & Khairul (Liverpool fan)

Me, Khairul and Kevin (Chelsea fan)

The view from our seats

The speedy Theo Walcott

Pato trying to take on Eboue

19 years old Jack Wilshere; a rising football star & the future of England

Samir Nasri

Trip Back to Malaysia - Part 3 (Abah's Birthday Celebration)

The third major occasion that happened coincidently while we were back in Malaysia was my father's birthday which was on the 7th. of April 2010. It was a small and simple celebration just among our own family. The next day, we decided to bring my mom and my dad to Teluk Batik, Lumut; a beach not that far from our home. We certainly had great family time together.

My lovely parents

My adorable Adam

My very own little family

Adam certainly had blast! Running along the beach chasing birds and playing with the sand

Adam with his favourite guy, the birthday boy..heh

Mia with her Auntie Nurul

Trip Back to Malaysia - Part 2 (Kenduri Cukur Rambut Mia)

"Cukur rambut" is a Malay traditional custom where we celebrate and welcome the newborn baby into the family. It is also a wonderful way to share the bundle of joy of the family with other people. So we decided to hold the occasion when we were back in Malaysia. It was held beautifully in my parents' house in Perak and these lovely pictures were taken by Darklightsphotography. They are actually great friends of mine who also attended secondary school together with me in STAR, Ipoh. Thanks a lot guys, appreciate it a lot!

The Birth of Princess MIA AMANI

I just feel so thankful for being granted such a beautiful baby girl MIA AMANI. She was born on 21st. January 2010 at 4.43PM (UK Time) in St. Mary's Hospital LONDON. We are so lucky to have a couple of baby boy and girl now. Mia's presence certainly has completed our little family.

You might wonder how it all happened. Maybe I can write up about it a little bit. This way, it could be a good way for me to later on reminisce the memory or maybe to tell MIA her birth story later in the future. So here it goes, it all started when the day before my wife had a checked up and did membrane sweep procedure which I don't actually know how to describe it here in detail. It is a procedure that is carried out to trigger out the contraction process and it's being done in all natural way, no medication or chemical involved. After that procedure, eventually my wife started to feel the painful contraction and it got stronger and stronger as day passed by.

The next morning, the contractions were getting much more painful and we somehow could feel that that was it, the this-is-the-moment feeling. It was around 10.30am in the morning and we went to the hospital. Cut the story short, after few hours of battling with the contractions and tiredness in the labor room, at 4.30pm the midwife said that my wife was already fully dilated and ready to start pushing the baby out. Then the real battle started but surprisingly it was a really controlled and calm situation. It was not really chaotic as I expected. After about 15 precious minutes with few big pushes from my wife, the baby finally came out. I was so proud of my wife. I know it was really painful but I think it's actually a lot more that I could imagine. I wish I could take my wife's place but I don't think I can actually handle the pain because I am sure the pain is just so overwhelming. I do not know how women do it especially those who give birth naturally without any painkiller like what my wife experienced for this second baby. Never ever take for granted women especially our mom and wife. They have to go through the unbearable pain to give birth. They are very special because God knows that they can take the pressure, stress and pain during the pregnancy and also during the give birth process.

Thank you so much Sayang for this beautiful gift, MIA is just so precious and beautiful baby girl. It was a totally different and yet wonderful experience for me. It was different with Adam before. I think, every child is born with his/her own special birth story. If later on, God grant us with few more babies, I will definitely want to be with my wife to support her through and through because that's the least thing that I can do and or course to witness the birth of all of my kids. Insyaallah. Thank you again Sayang and I sooooo proud of you. Love you so much.

Now I can start a new photo journal of MIA like I did and still doing it for ADAM. I think this is the best thing that I can do to watch the growth and development of my kids from the moment they are born. Insyaallah (with God's will) I will definitely keep doing this as long as I alive because this is my passion. My wife and my kids are my obsessions.

These are some of the pictures that I managed to capture during the birth process of my little princess, MIA AMANI. Enjoyce!!

Our little princess, MIA AMANI

She weighs slightly bigger than her big bro Adam when he was born, 2.74kg.

Pure relief and happiness. The wait definitely worth!

This is how it all began..

Mommy's Birthday Celebration

On the eve of my wife's birthday we celebrated at home with a small birthday cake for her and a special present from me and Adam. The next day on her birthday we all went to my wife's favourite Chinese restaurant in Bayswater for lunch. We were lucky because the weather was just lovely, clear blue sky and bright sunshine. After lunch, we went to a nearby park, Kensington Gardens. Adam was really excited because it's been a while since we last brought him there. He was running around chasing birds and squirrel. To my lovely wife, Happy Birthday again Baby. Hope you had a wonderful birthday. Love you so much.

The birthday girl

My loved ones

Mommy's love

Adam was excited running around in the park

In front of my wife's favourite Chinese Restaurant, Noodle Oodle