Over the weekend Julian had a housewarming, where he proudly 'showed off' his new pad. Here are a few photos that Garf took, and I could only get the photos from her only if I blog about it. (under her strict instructions) So, here they are...
arness and drewboii
drewboii, lainey and hiao Garf
highway, Garf and sonia
yilane, Garf and Kitty(ah, yes for those that didn't know Kitty came back
but will be leaving again soon, this time to Hanoi, Vietnam)
lainey, crouching Poos and sonia
highway patrol
Kitty
grooooupyhappy chinese new year to all..!! just here to share with ya all how i spent my first day of CNY..! 
aristo and von came to my hometown for a visit. and here, u can see their seriousness while playing majong.. 
idiot had a couch surfer guy visit from Polland - his name is Lucash SwachsomethingMarshovski we call him Lucas. very, very interesting - being able to learn a thing or 2 about the Pollish.. we brought him to Malacca..
CENDOL TIME!
aristo & i
"venice"
GONG XI FA CAI
aristo & von
the walk is Jonker
lookin' around
"HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME"... "GIMME, GIMME (MORE) GIMME (MORE), GIMME GIMME (MORE).. IT'S TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE.." well, yeah.. these are the songs that were being played on these trishaws.. BLAST OUT LOUD.. it's very, very, eye (and ear) catching..
the church
the fountain
went to a chicken rice ball restaurant.. very interestingly decorated.. these are found in there..
chicken rice balls!!
bumped into POOSY!! (it's a small world after all)
my gang
how's everybody else's CNY?
my niece greeted her guest with a warm welcome - prepared a big feast on her table
both my niece & nephew playing Music?! on the 'laptop'
mom's crops
Vinashini Home. this home caters for 54 people (out of which 34 are mentally retarded and the rest are orphans). the age of the folks here range from as young as 2 year old to adults. http://saisamaj.blogspot.com/2007/05/charity-event-at-vinashini-home.html
the kid on the far right is blind. all he ever does is sit in the same position. the one in the middle has both her legs braced. and the boy on the left is mentally ill. he was attempting to eat a candy wrapper when i was there.
some other kids. there's one young indian girl - 17 - who works there as a caretaker.. she cleans and makes sure that the kids here do not harm themselves.. i saw a boy playing with the fire extinguisher hung on a wall.. it looked dangerous to me and the caretaker quickly stopped the boy.. one cannot take their eyes off the children.. not even for a minute..the caretaker has to be alert and attentive at all time, i find this challenging coz there are 54 children altogether.. there are a few other caretakers too.. 
the Makan place.. apparently the owner is a chef in some hotel in PJ.. and he cooks for the Home.. imagine.. 3 BIG meals (enough for about 60 ppl) a day!!
kitty chatting
the bedrooms. there are 5 bedrooms altogether.
kitty, garf & gang
my hometown friends - sooky & weiyee were there too. they bought things for everyone.
kitty chatting
sooky chatting. i chatted with this lady too. she was telling me that everyone in the Home went on a chartered bus to Sunway Pyramid and the Lagoon for a visit during Xmas week.. she said got Pool of water.. got food to eat.. it was fun.. =)
after visiting the Vinashini Home, we went for seremban beef noodles and moved on to a second home - the Sejahtera Home, at Sikamat. there are 18 old folks here. my kl friend brought his mini compo and put in a Chinese New Year CD in and cheered up the whole environment right away.. one of the aunties said "WOW! VERY CHINESE NEW YEAR MOOD! VERY HAPPY!" hehe.. all of them seem very happy as they just went out on a trip in those funky classic cars.
some of us with some of the old folks..
One of the first few things I did once I got back to KL was to visit my dogs who are now living with Andrew's aunt in Seremban 3. Actually, I don't have the rights to call them my dogs anymore; I have not been their caretaker since quite some time back - they have been living with Andrew until his parents recently decided that the dogs aren't coming to his new fancy schmancy apartment.
And now that they aren't even living with Andrew, technically speaking they're not really our dogs anymore. Right? Anyway, if I have a wise piece of advice to tell others, especially young people 'in love', it would be never ever take the decision of getting a pet together lightly.
Seriously, I don't think I have much regrets but having to accept the fact that neither of us could provide shelter to them - I'm still coming and going, god knows to where, and Andrew having no say at all in this matter when it comes to keeping them makes me ponder what sort of an idiot I was. I feel like kicking myself. The feeling of abandoning them is just pure shit.
Elvis. Somehow I think he is way happier in Seremban 3 than in Andrew's previous apartment. After all, Elvis is a true blue Ozzy dog - he's got a love affair with the outdoors and at least now he's got a backyard to run around in.
AJ is still such a prince, doesn't like getting his paws too dirty. He's getting better now in the sense that he isn't just a couch potato anymore. I heard he's even willing to walk on grass now.
My only consolation comes from Andrew's aunt who is one of the nicest person I've met and that she adores them.
