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Last Saturday was a big day for all our family members. My grandpa celebrated his 89th birthday. It's a pity that Anthony and Carmen couldn't make it. They just went back to HK after a one week stay in Penang last week. Anyway, let's get on the events, shall we ? ;)
Dinner starts at 7pm. As host, Bee Ee insisted that we should be there early, and so, off we go, in 2 cars. One in Papa's car, with mama, me, kokidi, Dan and Yuli. The other car's driver was See Ee, with Bee Ee, Ee Cheong, Grandpa, and Simon. We reached there as expected, at around 6:30pm. The hotel management was kind enough to have the courtesy of keep a parking lot which is nearest to the entrence so as to minimise the walking distance for my grandpa. That was sweet and caring :)
We were given a VIP room with air-conned. And without much hesitation, i quickly opened my bag and start to capture the atmosphere in that room before all the guests arrive.
It was nice to know that the hotel management really do care and took the initiative to make the room nice full with balloons. For that i really appreciate their initiative.
Me, Dan and Kokidi went to beach together as it was still early. The sun was stunningly nice, and so, we took the opportunity to snap as much as we could. I saw s family sitting by the beach, relaxing ......
...... And there were a lot of activities and water sports took place. One guy happened to came up to me, asking me whether was i interested in this parachutting, i politely rejected, but asked for the price. It was RM70. Not too expensive at all, taking the price of RM50 5 years ago :)
There was also horse riding services available there ......
Not long after that, Simon joined us in the snapping activities too :p
We have lots of fun snapping each other's pictures. Here're some of the better ones after some filtering ......
 Me and Dan standing in Bollywood Style, Taken by Kokidi
Simon, Kokidi and Me, Taken by Dan.
Time flies, and it was time to attend to our guests. We finally decided to hit the sack, and this nice sunset picture was taken by Dan.
Most of the guests already arrived. Grandpa was sitting in the same table with his 3 daughters. Here we see Grandpa whispering with Bee Ee ......
...... and a faraway niece of mine, sending her own-made bday card to grandpa, while grandpa giving out angpow to her. How sweet :) ......
Dinner finally started. Everyone was busy with they food. My favourite food would have been this :p Salmon Sashimi ...... I like most the feeling of getting the wasabi strikes up all the way to your nasal, up to your brain. Very high .... hahahhaha :D
Not long after the dinner started, 3 entertainers entered our room to give some light entertainment and birthday wishing to the birthday boy :) Upon knowing my grandpa's origin, they volunteered to sing some Indonesian songs, which covered Buring Kakak Tua etc......
 Burung Kakak Tua Menjung di Jendela Nenek Sudah Tua Giginya Tinggal Dua Letrum, Letrum, Le Kuku Lala Letrum, Letrum, Le Kuku Lala Letrum, Letrum, Le Kuku Lala Burung Kakak Tua.  It's good to see grandpa smile. He really enjoys it. :)
Although i enjoyed the food there very much, still, occationally, i jumped from places to places, trying Simon to cover the whole event of the evening as much as possible. Here's what I've got:-
 Grandpa enjoying his meal .....
Grandpa's favourite chicken wing ...hehehe :p
While everyone has stopped eating, my mom was still going strong with desserts. Hahahaha. She loves desserts.
Anyway, the dinner ended with a grand finale. Everyone was happy. And i just wish that we could celebrate my grandpa's birthday till the day my children get married :)
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