home sweet home........

Back home in Brunei....it's nice to be back! This is going to be a long summer holiday for us.

We will celebrate our Ramadhan and Hari raya (eid) in Brunei this year before our flight back

to Muscat in October.

Back to Brunei

the kids at Terminal 3 Dubai Airport

We flew back to Brunei last Friday and took the Emirates flight from Muscat to Dubai. Not many people on board. We arrived at the new Terminal 3 at Dubai airport. Went out to City centre for some food and shoppings. Dubai summer surprise is on until August. It's a good time to shop as the discount is up to 70pct. Can't resist the sale in Dubai. We had almost 9hrs wait in Dubai so we took the opportunity to go out and do some shoppings....

During checked in at Dubai we were told that we had to pay 20kg excess, cos our checked in luggage from Muscat were almost 100kgs, so after some negotiation , we only paid 10kgs ( a reduced excess) .

So there! (RBA) are really strict on excess baggage nowadays, only 20kg flat allowed.

At the airport, we stayed at Marhaba lounge in Dubai for some snacks and coffee and to freshen up . Thanks to HSBC premier. We board RBA flight at 9.45hrs from Dubai and arrived safely the next day.

back from umrah

their arrival in Seeb International Airport, Oman

nasi kuning Indonesian style

I have been very very busy lately. We got a lot of invitations (makan makan) almost every night... macam kami pulang yg farewell. This week alone we have a series of dinner invitations.

Yesterday night we had a dinner at one of the embassy's staff.

Alhamdulillah, Hazim back from umrah five days ago and followed by a doa selamat at Rashidi's place the next day. We pray that we will perform the Umrah soon. Our last trip to Mecca was in the year 2003, that was during our pilgrimage to Mecca.

Hj Ismail & Hjh Flo farewell dinner

cake prepared by hj suni's wife-Rita....well done RitZ

Marianah Othman , salwa sis in law & hubby visiting Oman

Salwa's brother recieved an Omani souveniers from Bruneian community in Oman

bibi arrived from Oz the night before .....to join the parents farewell

Ritz signing the memorial book for Hj Ismail

cutting the cake

the gift

another farewell gift

speech by Hj Zul

On 1st of July a farewell dinner was held for Hj Ismail & family at Rashidi's place.

Hj & the family will be leaving Oman for good at the end of the month .

Hj Ismail is expected to work in Oman again "InsyaAllah kalau ada rezeki" said Hj Ismail in his speech. We wish them all the best and keep in touch.

Umrah

Our son went for umrah today with our friend's Rashidi n his son Mateen. Hazim's first went for umrah when he was 6years old. Semoga mendapat umrah yang mabrur dan diterima semua amalan. Amin