It's 2011!!

Well, the new year is here. It's 2011, and I've started it off with a BANG!!

We were at the funeral parlour for my grandmother's wake. The BANG was from the fireworks that was let off just after midnight, also we could see the fireworks at a few other places from the parlour. Many family members were there, I don't think we have gathered together like this for quite a long time. It was great to have the family there!

The weekend whizzed passed and soon it was the first day of school which was also the day of my grandmother's funeral. I had to take some time off from school to attend the mass and then head back to school. It helped tremendously to have the kids surrounding me!

Soon it was time for the company annual dinner. Themed : Polka Dots - quite a many of them came 'dotted' for the occasion. It was great food, games and entertainment! The teachers really had their fun on that night.

All 'Dotted Up" for the night!

Then came Aunty Penny's 50th Birthday Party. She had a really 'retro night'. It was great!! The food, the entertainment, the decor, the music and the dancing!! Happy 50th Aunty Penny!!!

The Hippie Birthday Girl!!

A very hippie 50th birthday!

Then there was also Kathleen's 21st Birthday party two weeks later!

Happy 21st Kathleen!

Sam and Me

Very soon it was Chinese New Year! The family gathered together for a whole afternoon of food and laughter. It was a whole lot of food and a whole lot more of laughter during the card games!!

After this was the 40th day prayer and dinner, which was the usual fun, food and laughter for the whole family.

Remember this is still in the month of February only!! Next we had uncle Jude's birthday celebration at his home.

Happy Birthday Uncle Jude!

Then we had Kenny and Sarah's marriage registration at Putrajaya! Most of us had work so we couldn't make it but some could and made it all the more merrier.

Congratulations Kenny and Sarah!

Well, so far this has been my year 2011!! Very eventful and its promising to be more eventful as the year progresses. We'll keep you posted!

Dedicated to Mary Pinto

December 30th, 2010

The news of my grandmother passing away was quite hard to deal with. She passed away yesterday - December 29, 2010. It's the day after my mum's death 6th anniversary. Well, now mother and daughter are reunited in the House of the Lord, the best place ever to be at.

She had lived a full life, born in China, she travelled to Malaysia when she was a teenager. She met my grandfather and brought up a large family here.

Mary Pinto @ 1942

Mary Pinto @ 1957

Mary Pinto @ 1972

She had a total of 10 kids - 7 boys : Johnny, Tony, Aloy, Jerry, G-boy, Martin, Jude and 3 girls : Margie, Aggie and Cecilia. My mum being one of her daughters.

Pinto Family around 1967

Pinto Family 1997

She had 18 grandchildren : Harry, Zack, Kenny, Ann-girl, Joey, Kevin, Nicky, Patricia, Veron, Philip, David, Mark, Kyle, Sarah, Jared, Timothy, Marissa and Jennifer. She also had 8 great grandchildren : Noriza, Arieffin, Nadira, Raiyan, Dahlia and Jasmine.

We had lots of fun growing up together. She was funny and strict at the same time. She was a good cook, no, no, scrap that, she was a great cook, she fed all of us very well. Very well indeed!!

She and grandpa travelled to many places too! She had style and grace, she also had lots of fun!

Dearest Mary Pinto, May you have eternal rest in God's wonderful splendour!!

It's Christmas Time!!

December 26, 2010

Christmas is here again!!

It's time to meet up with the whole family for some good laughs. Hohohohohohoho!!!

There were lots of food involved and us cousins did our usual outing on Boxing Day, instead of bowling we decided to watch a movie at the not so recently opened mall in Wangsa Maju, Wangsa Walk. Nothing impressive about the place, just another shopping mall for people to spend more money.

'Little Fockers' was quite a disappointing movie. Just as expected, the 3rd movie for comedies are usually a failure. We expected more laughs, but it just wasn't there. They were just trying too hard to make it funny so in the end it was a disaster.

This time of the year also means that I'm off from work the whole month. It was filled with work still. I was getting ready for the new academic year. It wasn't easy reading through the syllabus, it never is when we are handling a new age group. But I'm looking forward to the coming year, it seems to promise more good things at work and development as well.

We will see how it all goes after that.