26th April 2010
As planned, Yee-Po spent another weekend sleeping over at our home. We were very happy since everyone had grown attached to her, especially her grand nephews and nieces! She arrived home on Friday night after spending some quality time with Ngangah and Bungsu. Although she was a bit late, daddy and mummy waited happily for that knock on the door.
Once she came, Yee-Po requested that daddy switch on a Chinese network on Astro. Apparently she has been following two Chinese dramas. That really brings daddy and mummy back to almost 6 years ago since our late granny loves watching her Chinese channels. Since she passed away, all that disappeared, until last weekend.
The next day after breakfast, we all brought Yee-Po to nini's house in Pengkalan Batu since she had not yet meet nini bini. It turned out to be a walk in the garden for Yee-Po and she really loves nini's plants all around the house.
Sadly, it's not the local fruits season. Yee-Po was craving for some local fruits, especially yellow durian that she ate sometime around 30 years ago when she was still living in Brunei. However, it must be her lucky day since nini bini has some frozen durian in stock. Yee-Po was extremely happy!
After the visit, we stopped by the Kampong Parit mini recreational park located close to nini's house. There, a large replica of our local durian stands proudly to commemorate a fruits festival held there last year. Then, we went to Gadong to have sushi for lunch. Unfortunately, the restaurant was closed and as such we switched to Thai food instead. Then, we dropped by another sushi restaurant in Kiulap to take away some sushi before heading home.
As planned, Yee-Po spent another weekend sleeping over at our home. We were very happy since everyone had grown attached to her, especially her grand nephews and nieces! She arrived home on Friday night after spending some quality time with Ngangah and Bungsu. Although she was a bit late, daddy and mummy waited happily for that knock on the door.
Once she came, Yee-Po requested that daddy switch on a Chinese network on Astro. Apparently she has been following two Chinese dramas. That really brings daddy and mummy back to almost 6 years ago since our late granny loves watching her Chinese channels. Since she passed away, all that disappeared, until last weekend.
The next day after breakfast, we all brought Yee-Po to nini's house in Pengkalan Batu since she had not yet meet nini bini. It turned out to be a walk in the garden for Yee-Po and she really loves nini's plants all around the house.
Sadly, it's not the local fruits season. Yee-Po was craving for some local fruits, especially yellow durian that she ate sometime around 30 years ago when she was still living in Brunei. However, it must be her lucky day since nini bini has some frozen durian in stock. Yee-Po was extremely happy!
After the visit, we stopped by the Kampong Parit mini recreational park located close to nini's house. There, a large replica of our local durian stands proudly to commemorate a fruits festival held there last year. Then, we went to Gadong to have sushi for lunch. Unfortunately, the restaurant was closed and as such we switched to Thai food instead. Then, we dropped by another sushi restaurant in Kiulap to take away some sushi before heading home.
That night, Wawa, Ngangah and Bungsu came and we had a feast with foods from Ideal restaurant. It was a treat from Ngangah. The actual plan was to have a picnic at Jerudong Park Playground but we decided to have dinner at home instead due to heavy rain. After dinner, we took some family pictures with Yee-Po.
The next morning, daddy brought Yee-Po to the Gadong plants market. We stayed home and played with Adam, Sasya and Nazrah. In the early afternoon, Ngangah brought us to Jerudong Park to make up for the ruined plan the night before. The fun didn't end there and once we arrived home, we played at our pool slide until almost dusk!
Unfortunately, the weekend had to end with sadness. It was hard to say good bye to Yee-Po without shedding tears. Everybody knew that it will be long until we meet her again, and even more so since she lives far in Melbourne, Australia. Good news though, Yee-Po is planning to come back early next year and that time, she will spend 2 months here in Brunei.
For now, we'll always keep her close in our hearts... and we have something to remember her by at home... a lovely orchid plant that Yee-Po gave mummy as a present which now proudly decorates our kitchen. We love you Yee-Po!
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