Happy New Year....

Pakdokter hosted some close friends to usher in the New Year at pakdokter's residence. The children were definitely 'missed'......Rastam had too short a break to come home from Tokyo and Raena went back to Edinburgh to celebrate the Hogmanay and the New Year with her friends.

Pakdokter's regular travel companions, Ravee and Siti and Dollah and Sandra, and long-time friend Imelda, as well as pakRosli who will now be based in Jakarta instead of Dubai this year were our guests.( Linza, pakRosli's partner had to babysit their son, Russo, who unfortunately came down with an exacerbation of the chronic otitis media which the poor boy suffers.....hopes he gets well soon...). Of course, Natasya ( Dollah's daughter) and her partner Neil ( who came down for a holiday from Melbourne) were also in the small party.

pakRosli, Ben Haron and Ravee..


pakRosli, Ben haron, Ravee, Neil..

Imelda, Sandra, Siti (sitting) and Natasya..

Pakdokter's partner had a minor makeover done to the residence with new colours to the wall and mirrors to one side to add depth to the sitting room. Some of her own art-works were also put up on display.

new mirrors on the wall..

'kecak' in oil....

Angkor Wat....in oil...

view of paddy terraces from our 'dream villa' in Bali...

the 'kecak' dancers to the left...

'sakuras' in bloom

spring in Kyoto 2009....

Pakdokter's partner spent the whole afternoon sweating to come out with the Japanese-style salad and the pasta putanesca. We also had a whole roast turkey and a selection of gourmet beef/turkey/lamb sausages for the meaty stuff. The food went down well with a bottle of Jura single-malt, a round of Turkish 'raki', some red and white wines as well as champagne at the strike of the bell and the burst of fireworks across the city skylines.....

'masquerade' 2009....

'the 5 musketeers'

from Class of 77 UM Medical School..

heart surgeon Ben Haron, Pathologist Fred, shrink pakdokter

Ob/Gyn Siti and Internal Physician Ravee...

off with the mask....

a blue and pink New Year cake....

Happy New Year to all........