Yosi's Open House

On Saturday, 18 November 2006, I took Inka and Irza to Yosi's place around Haig Road, east of Singapore, to attend her Hari Raya Open House. The event is conducted at a barbecue pit next to a swimming pool, so I prepared swimming gears for the kids, especially since Inka has requested to go swimming since the afternoon.

We reached there at around 6pm, and met Muda Ikhsan with Hani, and Anto at the BBQ pit. Ikhsan was preparing for his specialty, Madura satay ala Moonstone Lane. A bit different from Hany's Braddell satay, Moonstone Lane satay is a bit thicker in sauce, and also just as nice, each has its own unique taste. Who said that we can't get good satays in Singapore? :) :)

Inka and Irza proceeded to the changing room, to change to their swimming gears, and splashed onto the swimming pool there, just next to the barbecue pit. The swimming pool is big and nice. While they were having a great time at the swimming pools, Ichan and Nicole came in, and so did the host, who just came downstairs. Unfortunately, Alif and Namira, Yosi's two kids, were not around since they were already flying off to Jakarta for their holiday.

At around 7pm, the kids finished swimming, in time for the satays to be ready. The satays were served together with Prima Rasa's garlic bread and Yosi's mee goreng. I also accompanied Ichan, together with Inka and Irza, to Katong Mall's Cold Storage to get some prompet's fish (ikan bawal), and Ikhsan also grilled the fish using his Moonstone Lane's sauce. The result is a very nice grilled fish ala Moonstone Lane, and the kids loved it very much!

Even though there are no other kids around, Inka and Irza were really having a great time there. They immediately got along with the older chaps, especially Ikhsan and Ichan. Unfortunately, my camera was running out of battery, and I didn't bring extra cameras, so I could only take pictures during the first one hour of the event (didn't even manage to take the pictures of the host). Other pictures should be inside Ikhsan's camera, hopefully he'll upload the photos soon!