Sesame Street Live - Wichita, Ks

Went to see Sesame Street Live couple of weeks ago- Apr 4th 2011. The tickets were rather expensive $22 per person w/o company discount. Yet of course nothing can beat the Disney on Ice tix RM 270per person!

The show started at 1:00 PM, we were there just in time to take pic with the Sesame Stalls?! Hahah.. too bad they didn't let people take pictures with the characters, teruk kan. Well I guess it makes sense, if not there'll be hundreds of people lining up.

I don't really know what to say about the show. I was a bit lost hehe.. definitely entertaining thou with all the songs and dance move. Like others say, kids love the show. Irfan sure had a great time but when we got home all that he could remember was the big 'W' sign in front of the women's toilet. That's all that he talked about. Tsk.. tsk..tsk.. buand duit dada la ini budak.

Getting ready for the big opening show.. irfan didn't seem to care.

Me wearing Dorothy Perkins top, Banana Republic Skinny Jeans, Forever 21 Belt, Tie Rack Scarf. Hahah poyos!!

I love the bright stage.

Irfan and his buddy Muhriz

Us!

The fabulous five!

Percaya tak Irfan used to have an Abby plush (the one in pink)

Hail Purdue!

My long overdue entry...
I better make it short and sweet ... chewah
Went back to Purdue University for Midwest Game 2010. Zuhri and I left Purdue in 2005 upon graduation and straight to Oregon for work.
This time around, after 5 years, we drove 11 hrs back to Purdue... and we had our little one tagging along.

Our first stop was Owen Hall for registration. Saw abundance of Malaysians there. Zuhri used to work at this residence hall so he was very pleased to see the place is still up and running huhu...

Then we drove around Chauncey Hill, our old apartments, places that we went to eat throughout college and not to forget pusara kuci, but we didn't make a stop just passed by je (if you still remember Kuci was my late hamster that died in Spring 2003 if I'm not mistaken)

Second day was the midwest opening ceremony. Joined A and Z family with their adorable girl Amylda. Irfan and I missed dada's oh-so-glory game that day (that's how dada described it huhu perasankan). Both of us spent the day at home.. ade ke patut sebab ingat Irfan nak tido but he was so hyper all day kat rumah.

Third day, mengangkut la si kecik Irfan ke padang. It was terribly HOT. We were lucky that we brought BOB stroller and a small stroller fan with us. Irfan slept soundly with his suglasses on, in the middle of the soccer field at 100+F temperature. A LOT of people tegur pasal stroller and the fan, even the referree! After the game, pegi la the so-called midwest dinner. Then the performance. When we were walking through Stewart Center to get to the performace hall, rasa mcm dejavu and very nostalgic. Rasa mcm studnet 5 yrs ago.. sigh.




We stayed at a friend's place who's doing grad school. Met some other friends that did undergrad sekali. During the stay, Irfan suddenly had this unbearble shyness and anxiety towards stranger. Adoi pening nak jaga. Our friend ni ade a girl umur lebih kurang Irfan and Irfan absolutely couldn't stand her. Nangis je tak nak share toy and he was just so clingy.
Dada said "Baru nak show off Irfan to our friends sekali dia buat perangai"


Ade ke patut one time kat padang our friend datang nak tengok Irfan and he pretended like he was sleeping (wearing his sunglasses, buat gaya lentok tido and mata was half open). But I knew he wasn't! Tak comel sungguh time kat Purdue.

On our drive back to Kansas,
Dada said "Betul la like you said, 5 years rasa macam kejap sangat. Datang Purdue balik rasa mcm sama je.."
Me "Told you... kalau after 10- 20 years datang balik baru la rasa the WOW effect. Masa tu Purdue mesti dah lain.."

Huhuhu kan dah cakap. But I'm so glad that we went back afterall. It was good to see and catch up with some old friends.. and I did feel the WOW effect after walking through Stewart Center and looking at some Computer Labs that I used to work at.

At Neil Armstrong building. Neil Armstrong graduated from Purdue.. woohoo

Zuhri said muka Irfan time ni bangga kena kiss. I'm the first girl that kiss him =)

This is the real Irfan all week long. Heeeeekk...heeeekkkkk tu jela dia merengek

Visit from Wichita Peeps

A friend of us from Wichita came to visit us few weeks ago. I havent got a chance to write an entry about their visit. Almaklumla since dipromote jadi CEO of the house, banyak la keje yg kena disiapkan sigh.

We took them to Tulsa. Initially nak pegi Tulsa zoo but the weather was so not cooperating so we ended up going to the Aviation Museum (erk can you believe that. Museum!?) And the museum was so freaking small like you can see the entire museum from the entrance door. But small is good, for a museum the smaller the better huahua sungguh tak ilmiah. But in the end I think the museum is quite interesting.

Balik pegi masjid and met with a kakak from JB, kampung at BP. She's been in the states for ages i think, married to a Kuwaitian. So jom tgk gamba.

Our guests and the musem. Tengok la backgound segala mala kapal terbang.

Irfan not very happy. Don't know why.

Buttons! Irfan's favorite

Can you spot the bear! Pergh dekat gile kan. Time ni baby Muhriz tido.

Munir's baby.. very bam bam sedap badan. He's very quite, lain sikit dari irfan dulu yg banyak buat bunyi hihi. Zuhri said he kinda miss Irfan at this age. Me- err not so much, maybe not yet hihi.

I cooked laksa johor before they left. Boleh tahan sedap hhehe.
I paid close attention to Irfan's reaction towards the baby; Muhriz. Just to see if he's going to interact with the baby, or possibly play with him. To my suprise, Irfan didn't seem to care. Aishh pelik jugak. Maybe not yet ..hopefully when Muhiz is a lil bigger they can be good friends.

More videos of the Daycare

A&A Wedding

Our friend, Aaron got married yesterday on Aug 1st 09. We were 15 mins late, didn't know that the parent's house is in the middle of nowhere, susah betul nak cari rumah. It's a private place by a river with a country view, very nice and... for the rich only! When we got there, the ceremony has already started (they already walked aisle, i was so crushed). We managed to see them exchanging wedding bands and KISS each other. The event took place at the front yard. I forgot to take pictures, just some videos je.

We saw some familiar faces there from Cessna and Epic. It's really nice to able to catch up with old friends and coworkers. Sadly, everybody is moving away from Bend. And we are too!

Ok back to the cermony, after nuptials we were served with some appetizers, i personally love the cocktail shrimp. !rf4n did very well for the first hour or so, thank god the weather was nice showing signs to rain. Lepas tu diaorg annouce masuk dalam tent reception. The more I think of it, american wedding ni sama je mcm melayu..more like melayu modern la with meja pengantin etc. A lot of similarity, not sure if melayu dah evolve tiru diaorg ke or mmg originally mcm tu.

All in all it was a beautiful wedding, minus the thunderstorm rasa mcm tent nak tercabut. And we got to ride a limo for the first time too..weehoooo. Food was so so, kitaorg just makan salad and bread. I think they forgot that we only eat halal or kosher meat. The sad part was we didnt get a chance to take picture with the bride and groom, !rf4n was too tired and cranky so we had to leave early. Sigh.
I wish both of them a happy life together and hopefully in a few years we can meet 'little' A&A (babies).

The hi tea. Some coworkers at the background.

!rf4n behaved like an angel

Sleepy !rf4n

Reception mcm Malaysia je siap ade door gift

!rf4n dah worn out. I love the settings.

Zuhri and the groom Aaron

150 guests

Aalison dancing with her dad, isn't she look stunning

Our first limo ride. Tgk la muka !rf4n yg bersungguh. Nape dia nampak mcm little einstein so serious? Kalah Pak Obama!

The limo that took us from the parking lot to the reception area