Bought some second-hand lens filter from Donny yesterday. And, here is the effect of the macro filter.
Meanwhile, another photo of my favourite object – the moon! Taken on 3rd March at 5.54am.
It was my nephew 14th birthday yesterday. Being a weekday, we all gave him a chocolate ice-cream cake, bought at Ma Baker.
The core of the cake is everyone’s favourite – chocolate ice cream!
We celebrated my wife’s 38th birthday yesterday with a dinner at Secret Recipe, then back home for the cake.
Chak-Lut ordered the Irish lamb stew.
The two boys ordered Grilled Chicken with Mushroom BBQ.
Cheryl ordered Beef Spaghetti Bolognese.
And I ordered the Mozarella Baked Fish.
Everyone enjoyed the dinner.
And finally, brownies for all!
January is the month of birthdays in my family. And, today is Cheryl’s 7th birthday and we’ll be celebrating it tomorrow. Starting with mine and my mother-in-law’s on the 12th, my wife and nephew on 14th and Cheryl’s on 15th of January. Happy 7th birthday, Cheryl!
How adorable it was to receive a pink strawberry flavored cake with two ultra-man from my kids, nieces and nephews on the occasion of my 42nd birthday last night.
Earlier in the evening, we had a small family dinner at the New Tanjong Seafood, together with my mother-in-law who shares the same birthday with me. She is 66 and received a cheese cake from us.
The dinner menu was a collective agreement by all members of the family and here was their choice. John ordered fried clam with lemon grass and oyster sauce.
Charles ordered fried changkok manis with egg.
Cheryl ordered her favorite hot plate Japanese tofu.
I ordered the ambal cooked with curry.
And, Chak-Lut ordered the fish head curry together with bean curd with salted vegetable soup.
And here are some of the photos taken during the simple birthday dinner.
I would like to thanks the following people who have sent me birthday messages and sms. It was so thoughtful and may God bless you and your family, too.
A BIG THANK YOU goes to YB Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim, YB Nancy Shukri, Desmond Jerukan, Jacqueline Selaka, Vic Douglas, Tonny Thomas, Teresa Cha, Doris Bana, Geoffrey Singgon, Ai Ling Shea, Edward Andrew Luak, Abd Hakim Bujang, Joyce Boanerges Entika, Dennis Wong, Tommy Rajesh, Campbell Apau, Basil, Watt Michael, Eckline Tait, Jane Barandi, Felix Tan, Sim Poh Giap, Peter Srang, Robiah Tani, Leighton Manjah, Jonathan Chia, Sally Loh, Cathy Mitz, William Nyipa, Amy Shay, Stephen Dass, Irwon Msator, Seli M Sr, Emelyn Emmanuelle, Apai Bujang, Andrew Bukoh, Andrew Chin, Muhd Imran Abdullah, Dniel Clement, Catherine Bungan Sigau, Sudan Ajang, Jacqueline Emerentiana, Mathew Abu, Maxclay Bety, Rose Bennet, Royer Wan, Konos Jenal, Mervyn Tajem, Rom Kulleh, Zara Angel Rosenthal, Jenn Berinau, King Kawi, Stephen Mubok, Mira Nicholl, Rose Ngau, Juliana Lee, Qistine Peter, Sagaraptor Wat, Qeeyan Tungku, Diana Corazon Blikau, Lenny Samat, Jenny Jeli, Sahrein Maloh, Nelson Awal, Shirley David, Mike Mjc, Andrew Benidictus, Dinah Samuel, Irene Ragai, Cesc Isham Hassan, Unjil Edward Tawi, Hadrian N Awell, Reganold Jali, Teresa Tugang, Itam Telajan, Venitia Samuel, Lily Eleanor Spegie, Grace Asong Sigau, Julie JNuing, Bobby Dickson Forster, Samantha Ong, Leslley Kalom, Reynold Presley, Stephen Dinggai, Peter Saban, Leman Sumong, Lina Rema, Elizabeth Bibi, John Adam Gilbert, Michael Akien, Jimmy Siden, Johnny Teleson, Ronstan Nelian Anthony, Tracee Hollis, ndu_semada, Luvryn, rungguensing, angel_LINA, Evolution8, Langgu Entekai, bujang timpang, menaul^lapar, Henry D’kgb, amin, Futurist, Jos10, 4G93T, Apai Yus, Dom Unggun, dlily, mKay, Tuan Lokong
THANK YOU also goes to my brothers Roland Joshua (Singapore), Augustine Joshua (Kuching) and sister Wilhelmina Guang Epps (Calvert, Texas) and Mamay Chara for your messages.
Not forgetting to my lovely wife, Chak Lut for all her support throughout the 17 years of marriage, and my sons, John and Charles and my only daughter Cheryl Empenai for making my days a challenging one, which are full of fun, too, being a father.
Loves, hugs and kisses from..
James Joshua
For this event, I will be preparing pork rib for the barbecue.
Marinate and leave it in the freeze for 3-4 hours before roasting. And, it should produce something like this.
See you there!
The 40th year has been great. I have achieved some of my goals in life. Children management is getting tougher with the emerging of new technologies and these technologies requires new gadgets – MP4 players, mobile phones that support digital radio, 3G calls.. and it makes it tougher to manage our children especially their monthly budget. Their phone credits has reached RM300 plus a month and this has been spent on SMSes! The bad news to my elder son is – no phone for his PMR year.
As I celebrate my 41st birthday quietly this year, the early hours have sprung surprises with one email from a dear friend in Dubai. The email confirmed our RumahDayak.com Charity Drive for the donation of some fund to Sekolah Kebangsaan Pendidikan Khas Miri. Adding to that, Acergy Piper, who have been supporting us with this donation have also allocated some fund to be donated to Sema Samajam Childrens Home.
Today is the last day of the forum, and I shall be removing it later today sorting out important email addresses of my RD Working Committee. I have given it a deep thought and yesterday, during the Sunday mass, the soothing message finally came to me and its assure me that the closure of the forum is the right thing to do. Praise the Lord for his guidance.
After waiting for two days, I have also managed to download Windows7 Beta yesterday, which is only distributed to 2.5 million users worldwide. Glad to be one among the 2.5 million beta tester. I will share with you my experience later, once I get it installed in my personal computer. By the way, you need a hotmail account to download the beta.
Ahhh.. SMSes asking me where is the party.. and the answer is No Party this week, guys! Economy kurang baik tahun ini.. So, instead of organising three birthday parties, I may have a joint party this year. Yes, I celebrated three birthdays in January – myself, then my wife (on the 14th) and my Cheryl’s on 15th January.
Where? – Similajau National Park with members of RumahDayak.com.
How I wish it was a clear evening with no rain last night.. waiting for midnight and enjoying the full moon. But nature was not so sporty and it was cold night (ghheee who wants to be outdoor) and cloudy night! We missed that full moon – the last for the Chinese and the only one that is the fullest and brightest this year.
