Joel's 9th Birthday and Some Cherries

Here we go again... this time it is Joel's birthday. Joel and my birthday falls on December. Joel's on 28th and mine in early December. As usual, the debate on whose birthday starts first goes into another cycle... LOL.

A couple of days before his birthday, Joel had been reminding me to buy him a birthday cake. On the day itself, I would have forgotten if my wife had not called me in the morning to remind me... heheh... phew! And so on the day of his birthday, we went to Giant in Nilai to choose his birthday cake... which was a family favourite... cheese cake... yummy... LOL.


Joel was so happy to celebrate his birthday.


Jordan, Joel, my wife and Jodene.


Jordan enjoying the cream.

Joel had wanted a cheese cake with strawberry but the bakery we went to, did not have any cakes with strawberry toppings. And so I used my charms to convince him that cherry is a type of straw"berry"... LOL and that cherry taste very nice too. Obviously, none of the kids were convinced.

That night after blowing out the candles, the kids got to try the cherries for the first time in their life... and here are the results... LOL.


Cherries forever... not.

Happy 7th Birthday Jordan!

Every year, the family will be celebrating 5 birthdays month after month starting from November through to February, and then in April for the 6th one.

And Jordan's birthday is the one that kicks off the monthly birthday celebration. Of course, when you talk about birthdays, my 5 years old daughter will be asking why Jordan's birthday always starts first... LOL. And that will start a debate among her siblings about which one is first, then counting down to the one in April.

I tried explaining to them that technically, the year starts in January and therefore the first birthday should be in January, which is their mom's. Deaf ears I tell you! In the end, I just let them "figure" it out, and decide among themselves which one "starts" first.


My kids, Jodene, Nicole, Jordan and Joel, or Feb, April, Nov and Dec... if you like... LOL.


Jordan and Joel eager to cut the cheese cake.


Cute little Jared.


The family, my wife, Nicole, my mom, Jordan, Joel and Jodene.


Jodene, my mom and Nicole.


Lets see who gets to cut the cheesecake.

After much ado about nothing, the children's conclusion is that Jordan's birthday on November 14th is the first and Nicole is the last in April. Who wants to argue with that? Not me!

Family Fun at Hutan Lipur Lentang

Exactly 10 days ago, a group of friends together with our families went to a waterfall somewhere in the remote foothills of Genting in Karak to celebrate a friend's birthday... sort of... LOL. The place is called Hutan Lipur Lentang.

Actually it was a prelude to a fantastic lunch at a famous restaurant sponsored by the birthday boys, yeah... two birthdays... LOL. We got our families together to let the kids (those of us with kids) experience the "wild". My kids were very excited. They were freaking out when they saw the giant ants foraging in the forest path. Out of impulse, Joel could not help trying to stamp his feet on the ants! I managed to calm him down and got him to appreciate what the ants were doing... i.e. searching for food... LOL.

I had to take this picture... the rocks looked ideal for trials... LOL.

The river was flowing very rapidly... not safe for swimming.

My two boys mesmerised by the flowing river.

Thanks to Uncle Joe, my kids had the paper binoculars to purvue their surrounding with. Blurred as hell!

The guys pointing to the tiny tree growing out from the shadow of the giant tree... :-)

There they go again with their binoculars...

The rain the night before made the river unsafe for swimming.

Fast moving water.

The river, muddy and clouded with sediments.

There they go again.

A view of the picnic site from high above on the paths.

The river flooded, almost overflowing the banks.

The picnic site. Nice and clean.

George, the birthday boy, getting rid of a leech... LOL.

The tent was set up for the kids... but too hot for them to stay inside long... LOL.

All the kids going after the food... LOL.

All in all it was a fun trip. My kids definitely had fun and so did I... :-)