Of Hari 'Nam, CRP Week, Julie's Baby & Water Babies!

Picked up Fahmi from his office on the way to solat today...The usual solat gang ain't here cause they are back home! Yep...Jef's back in Brunei with his wife and 2 kids and a half (have a nice one dude!), Heru's back in Bandung, Minhaz's going back to his embassy, Hisham should already be in PD! Enjoy yourselves brothers!

Fahmi remarked to me as I was sending him back after solat. "Kau tahu tak? Kitorang Singapore je cakap besok hari (meaning tomorrow, since today is Friday), hari enam?!"
"Whaddya mean?", I asked, curious...
"Aku cakap dengan orang Indonesia, Malaysia & Brunei semua ketawakan sey...!", he continued.
"Only we Singaporeans call Saturday, Hari Enam other than the common 'Hari Sabtu' while the rest of the region just calls it 'Hari Sabtu'!", he further explained.
"Ah ah eh...tak ye jugak!", I agreed, "Furthermore, Saturday is the only day we call Hari Enam, the rest of the days we call them by their 'proper' names like Hari Isnin, Hari Rabu, etc. Tak pun kita panggil Hari Satu, Hari Dua, Hari Tiga!!", I remarked, enlightened!

Whaddya know...you do learn something new every day...It'll be interesting to find out why this is so...

Next week is the much awaited CRP (Commandant's Research Paper) Week...From what I've gathered from reliable sources, these 'research' would be conducted in various places all over the world like Brunei, Bandung, Phuket, Bangkok, Australia, Singapore and oh...Maldives!!! Oh well...happy researching you guys!

Oooo...she has finally made it official...my sister is finally P R E G N A N T!!! My girls are gonna get a cousin! Here's the pics of the scans (lifted from Julie's site!).

Our plans for visiting her in France at the end of the year is getting more and more concrete! It got a further boost when yesterday Usop (aka Glen), made known the fact that his parents have a 'chalet' in the French Alps and he invited us to come over!!! More reason to visit France! Oui!

Vesak Day yesterday was a hive of activity...The day started off with breakfast at Al-Azhar with the 'usual suspects' (as Rina would call them...us...!)...Glen, Lynn, Rina and Fauzi were already there when the four of us trooped in on a hot, hot, day that just begged for a rain. After various combinations of indian fare which included prata kosong, prata 'yegg', thosai, thosai rocket, nasi lemak and iced milo we left for town. Rina & Fauzi had other plans while we sent Glen and the visibly pregnant Lynn (makin tembam orang tu!) to Suntec as they bravely attempted to purchase a printer at PC Show 07. I shuddered to think of the crowd there and my fears were confirmed when we saw long lines of vehicles heading into Suntec! The crowd inside, Glen later told me, was worse! We dropped the both of them at Prince (you know, which one right, the one with Sofra Restaurant). We went to get some snorkelling stuff like aqua boots and snorkels & masks from Lucky Plaza and then went back home. Lynn and Glen had already reached our place! They had apparently given up trying to get any decent shopping done and came away with nothing! The thing about these computer shows that takes place every school holidays is that you go and 'recce' the first day and then once you have confirmed what you wanna get, get it the last day! Preferably the last few hours before closing time on Sunday! Oh...and DON'T bring kids! It's madness there...It seems like the WHOLE Southeast Asia goes there...not only Singaporeans! I once took half-and-hour just to cross the OVERHEAD bridge outside Suntec when I parked at the ESPLANADE! Giler kan?

Anyway, we waited for Rina and her family to come before we went for a swim. It had just finished raining and the weather was a bit cool...I had just bought an Aquapac bag for Mars' digital camera and tested it out. Here are the pics!