10th December 2010
As mentioned before, last Tuesday, we had two separate birthday celebrations for Safiya. The second phase was held at 3 p.m. and this time, our guests were around 70 people including adults and children.
After recitation of prayers, Safiya was presented with her exclusive birthday cake. Surely she was happy to see a princess birthday cake in her favourite colours; pink and yellow. She was a bit shy when we sang her the birthday song, but was delighted to blow her candles.
Then, it was time for the feast! On the menu was Soto Brunei and rice with ayam masak merah, soy sauce beef, ampap ikan, fried fish, kangkung and sayur rebung. Another special menu that we had was ambuyat, and we were lucky to have lots of "ambuyat expert" on the scene to cater for the high demands... hehehe...
After a satisfying meal, we had a surprise for bungsu Hazim. He recently turned 17 (on 5th December) as such nini laki and nini bini bought a yam ice-cream cake for him.
All the hustle and bustle toned down just before dusk when our guests headed home. Safiya then changed into her other dress especially for unwrapping her presents. The two dresses that she wore that day were bought in Australia during our recent trip ~ on request by nini bini that Safiya buys her own birthday presents there. Perhaps that was why Safiya wanted to wear them both on her birthday celebration day ~ and she thought about that all on her own!
Here are Safiya's presents this year...
Thank you everybody! Note on your diaries... next birthday celebration will be in March when our baby brother, Safwan, turns 1, InsyaAllah...
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