Dina and papa in the movie viewing chair, wearing one of the Merry Christmas bibs that mom sent. 

Kuka and mama took pleasure in giving Dina her first haircut... Dina didn't share the enjoyment. 

Mama and Dina sit by a wall near Arab street. Mama is wearing a scarf on her head in order to get into the mosque, which the four females visited one day. 

Christmas Eve with Dina 

Three women on Christmas Eve 

Isn't it indecent to wear a dress so short that everyone sees your undies? 

Random joy. Or cramps.  

Doing some work after work. 

I started giving Dina a nice gerber curl Zhanar has taken it to the next level, giving her a D.A. with curl all along the top of her head. 

Dina on a bed of lillies, filtered with a red filter to make her eyes look dark. 

Manicure time 

Dina sits on the side of my desk sometimes, in her Boppy. She makes a pretty good paper weight... as long as the diaper holds. 

Peter, Soon Beng and Tai Tee. We changed the party time back one hour, and managed to tell everyone except Soon Beng. Good thing too, I would have never got that old-fashioned charcoal lit without his help. It was nearly a fiasco.  

We had a little "Full Moon" party for Dina this last weekend. It's a Chinese tradition to have a banquet after 30 days, so we went a little "east meets west" with a BBQ by the pool. We had traditional "Kueh Ang Ku" (turtle shaped cakes made of gluten and peanut paste). However, we neglected to observe the traditional confinement period in which Zhanar would not be allowed to shower for a full month after the birth. Yuck! Can you imagine that? I mean, she gets a little funky after just 5 or 6 days. (Sorry honey) 

Kuka made Dina cookies. They were a hit. And they tasted a bit better than the pasty traditional Kueh Angku that I got. 

Rebecca was the chef for the evening... and is so petite she could barely see over the grille. Thanks Rebecca! 

Linda and Kaiser. This party was really a "Me Too" in response to Linda and Tony Wong's invitation to Kaiser's full moon three weeks ago. It seemed like the thing to do, and everyone else was doing it, so we did it too. My mom would say "If everyone else was jumping off a bridge, then would you do THAT too?" Well, I guess it depends. Is it a culturally appropriate bridge? 

Stephanie, on the phone again. 

The cross cultural table - Chan Hong and family, Kuka, Mama and Adil. 

Kuka puts the finishing touches on the balloons 

Juliana, Leslie, Boon Huey and Bee Hua. Thankfully, this table consumed many of the leg and head bearing shrimp that were frighetning the Ang Mo's away from the buffet table. 

Alex, Marta and Jeff - some of the Ang Mo's who were less intimidated by the shrimp. 

One of the many Ng Families at the party. This Ng family is the one which includes to Kok Heng. 

The proud parents 

Happy Face. We lost touch with Wei Sen for several years when he left HP to become a pilot, and finally met him again at the airport in Vancouver, BC on our way to Singapore.