Gathering (Amin's Birthday Party)

A few weeks after I came back from Msia, Zurin & I planned for a small get-together dinner. And since Amin's birthday was near and the fact that two Cerner Msians were coming to KC, we decided to invite them and had the gathering on Valentine's Day.

Menu: laksa Johor, ayam masak berempah, nasi minyak, acar timun, karipap & magelek
(Oppsss lupe amik gambar :( )

Sara & her new painted room. Believe it or not, almost everything in that room is pink in color!


Mika yg sgt cumel...

The birthday cake: Strawberry vanilla ice cream cake. Actually, Zurin wanted to make a birthday cake for Amin. Unfortunately, she didn't do it right (I'm not sure what, but the cake basically didn't rise) & she threw everything away :( I think that she was soo upset because she bought a lot of stuffs already, including a cake stand & another cake mold. To make it up, her husband was so nice that he bought an ice cream cake for Amin.

That's the thing about baking cake that I don't like & that's why I don't care to learn. If you screw up with the measurements, or if you don't follow the right technique, or basically if you don't have the $300 Kitchenaid stand mixture, then the cake won't taste as good as it should be. Anyway, I told Zurin, I'll help her some other times when she wants to make a cake :)


Amin was surprised with the cake :) (gotcha!) I think because his birthday was last Monday, and I already wished & sang the birthday song 100ths time to him... hahahaha..

Anyway, to tell you the truth, the birthday part was kinda awkward. Besides the Cerner Msian, kak Emmy & family was there too. I totally forgot that they didn't celebrate birthday. The thing I learnt about Malay Msian here in KC, they don't really invite people for birthday gathering because they don't celebrate birthday (I'm not sure why). So.. only 4 people (including me) sang the birthday song for Amin and I saw him hesitated to blow the candles.. because it felt like we were doing something (singing bday song), but some just sat there and did nothing. Basically this thing felt like half-hearted thing... mcm hambar tau

I personally don't blame them, because I know everyone has their own ways of life... But the reason I love birthday gathering, or any gatherings, is because I feel that this is a family thing to do. Like we appreciate each other company, and I regard everyone like my own family.

Whatever it is, we were very happy to see those people. That's what count.