Halloween Nite

Trick or Treat ?

My wife and I attended Halloween Nite at our granddaughter's Kindergarden school Seri Nakon in Section 17 PJ.
Who says Halloween is for the kids. We beg to differ as we had a blast. What? shouting Trick or Treat all over the neighborhood.

 Teacher

 This is not a freak photo. It is real.

Zer Yinn

About 70 kids and their parents attended the night all dressed to kill. Literally in ghosts gears and masks.The evening started off at 6.00pm with potluck dinner for the kids and adults and concurrently the kids were preparing for the night fall. The kids were treated with balloons, fun games and had their faces painted up.

After dinner the kids were grouped into aged groups and were taken out to visit the houses in the neighborhood. It was fun visiting the houses and shouting Trick or Treat. Gates opened to surprises, some hosts were really dressed up in Halloween gear and entertained the kids. Presents, sweets and gifts were given to all the kids.

 Zer Jynn

 Dracula

 Visiting houses in the neighborhood

Ghost stories

After the round of visitation, the kids returned back to the party house and continued to play Halloween games. It was frightening games and fun. But most of all the concept and story about Halloween was told to the kids.

We will surely attend next year's Halloween Night.

Thanks Nancy for hosting the party.

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Pacesetters Family Day

Padang Merbok

I attended Pacesetters Family Day at Padang Merbok on Sunday. We had an overcast sky since 6 am and it was threatening to rain. I arrived the padang at 8am to meet a small group of families already there. As I passed the lake gardens and Taman Aman, I noticed a lot of early runners finishing their routines. I met May Senn, Mac and others at the corner of Bank Negara. I was hopeful that some of these runners would join us after their run.

I had also made arrangements with Nita and her daughter Maymun to attend the family day. I had agreed to sponsor Maymum to be a member of the club. We registered with the secretariat and collected our coupons for our breakfast. It started to rain a bit which spoilt the atmosphere for fun. The organizers were ready for all the prepared games to be played. However since the rain was not likely to stop any time soon, the organizers decided to serve breakfast underneath the tentages. We were spoilt for food and had a sumptuous nasi kuning, ayam goring, papadam, achar and of course roti canai. We downed all that with the tarik. Breakfast was really heavy.

Soon the sun came out again and it was fun all the way.  More people joined us, to which I presumed they were the same group of runners at the Taman Aman. I’ll let the photos say the thousand words I would have to write otherwise.

Enjoy.

Allen Lai

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Me and Encik Rastam, President

Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fest 2010

Packed crowd

Balloons launching for the finals

Happy young fan

A sea-horse kite

Guitar kite

Attending the Putrajaya second International Hot Air Balloon Fest a forthnight ago was a blast, save for the last final day. The fest was well organised and fun for all the four days. It was a great event for the whole family, particularly for the shuttlebugs.

My family and I had a ball through out the festival. A festival it is, with lots of fun activities, clowns, balloons, kites and stalls with bric bats. Colour was the order of the day. Unimaginable colourful wares and kits and clothings. A Mardi Gras if you will.

The kites came in all shapes, sizes, colour and imagination. The beauty of it was every kite flew, putting aviation and aerodynamics studies into reality.

The Hot Air Balloons themselves were a sight to awe at. Such colours and size, giving us an envy not being able to fly in them. Well, a hoisted up balloon was available for rides for RM10.00. But rides they were not as the balloon was firmly anchored.

I could not take pictures during the fest as my camera broke down on me during my visit to the Ironman Langkawi the previous week. However I managed to get my camera back on final afternoon of the fest. I was hoping against all odds that I will be able take some photos during the finals in the competition. But it was not to be. A storm was fast brewing just before the launching of the Hot Air Balloons. Rain and strong winds cancelled the final presentation and we left for home a wee bit disappointed. But there is always next year. Managed to get a couple of photos though.

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Allen Lai