Wiwie's Farewell and Ellen's Birthday

Last Saturday, 11 November 2006, I, my wife and Inka went to Pasir Ris Town Park on the east side of Singapore, to attend the farewell party of Wiwie and their three kids, Dzaky, Athaya and Alita, who will be migrating to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the end of this month. Despite the heavy rain which was pouring Singapore since the early afternoon, we managed to reach Pasir Ris Town Park at around 5pm. Unfortunately, Irza did not go with us since he was asleep at the time when we were ready to go.

Coincidentally, Ellen's birthday also falls on the same day, so we were also celebrating her birthday on the same event, with a special blue-themed birthday cake made by Dapur Bunda's Neng Indah. That was also the reason why the guests were specifically being requested to wear blue. Unfortunately, my wife didn't inform me about this so I didn't know that I am supposed to wear blue to go to the event... oh well... it's OK, I'm not the only one who did that. :) :)

The food was plentiful, and satay was dominating the menu, with mutton satay and Indonesian-style grilled chicken from Enji, Padang-style satay from Ellen, and of course, the-one-and-only Braddell chicken satay from Hany. Iif and Yan were, again, volunteering to become the "tukang sate" of the day. :)

Since it was still raining, Inka didn't manage to mingle around and play with all her friends there. Athaya and Aily were there, for sure, and so were Hanifa, Falin and Ika. Zidan was also there and asking for Irza, which unfortunately were not coming there on that day. Quite unfortunate, since I heard that Zidan was going back to Jakarta with Syifa permanently the next day, to stay with their grandparents there.

Other pictures can be found here (courtesy of Hany), here (courtesy of Shinta), here (courtesy of Kandy) and here (courtesy of Judhi).

[Indonesian version]