This past Sunday was the Malaysia National Day (Independence Day). We got up early to attend the flag raising ceremony. We sang the National Anthem together. It felt good to be able to sing our national anthem with other fellow Malaysians.
My three favorite people in the world goofing off.
Our Ambassador giving a speech, encouraging us to uphold the good name and reputation that Malaysia has in Kenya and to be an example of unity since we are a multicultural, multiracial, multilingual, multireligions, etc. It was a good speech.
The kids were given cool Malaysian visors..
Nasi lemak for breakfast!! Nasi lemak is a Malaysian breakfast food consisting of coconut rice (yes, rice for breakfast, people!), sambal (a spicy salsa like condiment that is very yummy); hard boiled eggs and cucumber. There were also fried noodles and special Malaysian desserts. There were about 50 of us and we enjoyed getting to know more Malaysians. I especially enjoyed getting to know two ladies working for Petronas but are based in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. They came to Nairobi just to celebrate the National Day!
Vickie had fun taking pictures of the photographers!
After the flag rising ceremony we went to church. Kathryn taught her little class again and since she had her camera with her, Vickie took some pictures of the class. Cute kids!
These three little angels are our SUPERHEROES!!! In the rush of leaving early in the morning, I accidentally locked us out of the house. However, our grill gate has big enough gaps for a small child to go through. Vickie was able to do that up to last year, of course, she is super skinny and super flexible! We "borrowed" the Exley's kids from church and took them home with us. Melia (the youngest, in the middle) would have been able to slide through easily but she was too afraid. Kennedy, the oldest on the left, tried to talk her into it unsuccessfully..but Karson, our HERO was willing to try. He didn't managed the first time but succeeded on his second attempt!! We got into the house, finally!!! Thank God for good friends who are willing to loan us their children and for kids who are willing to do crazy things!! I have to take a picture of the grill door so you can see what a challenge Karson had. I find it hard to believe that Vickie could do it up to last year!!
After all that drama, we took a little rest and went to the evening Banquet to celebrate our National Day with others, about 300 others. The Prime Minister of Kenya also came for the event. Once again, yummy food....and I did not have to cook all day :-)
Let me close this posting with a picture of our poor Max. He has to go for surgery to correct an "intimate" genetic problem (ya, I will spare you the details!). We will be taking him to the vet tomorrow...and here he is without a clue :-( We get to pick him up this Saturday. We hope he will recover quickly!
My three favorite people in the world goofing off.
Our Ambassador giving a speech, encouraging us to uphold the good name and reputation that Malaysia has in Kenya and to be an example of unity since we are a multicultural, multiracial, multilingual, multireligions, etc. It was a good speech.
The kids were given cool Malaysian visors..
Nasi lemak for breakfast!! Nasi lemak is a Malaysian breakfast food consisting of coconut rice (yes, rice for breakfast, people!), sambal (a spicy salsa like condiment that is very yummy); hard boiled eggs and cucumber. There were also fried noodles and special Malaysian desserts. There were about 50 of us and we enjoyed getting to know more Malaysians. I especially enjoyed getting to know two ladies working for Petronas but are based in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. They came to Nairobi just to celebrate the National Day!
Vickie had fun taking pictures of the photographers!
After the flag rising ceremony we went to church. Kathryn taught her little class again and since she had her camera with her, Vickie took some pictures of the class. Cute kids!
These three little angels are our SUPERHEROES!!! In the rush of leaving early in the morning, I accidentally locked us out of the house. However, our grill gate has big enough gaps for a small child to go through. Vickie was able to do that up to last year, of course, she is super skinny and super flexible! We "borrowed" the Exley's kids from church and took them home with us. Melia (the youngest, in the middle) would have been able to slide through easily but she was too afraid. Kennedy, the oldest on the left, tried to talk her into it unsuccessfully..but Karson, our HERO was willing to try. He didn't managed the first time but succeeded on his second attempt!! We got into the house, finally!!! Thank God for good friends who are willing to loan us their children and for kids who are willing to do crazy things!! I have to take a picture of the grill door so you can see what a challenge Karson had. I find it hard to believe that Vickie could do it up to last year!!
After all that drama, we took a little rest and went to the evening Banquet to celebrate our National Day with others, about 300 others. The Prime Minister of Kenya also came for the event. Once again, yummy food....and I did not have to cook all day :-)
Let me close this posting with a picture of our poor Max. He has to go for surgery to correct an "intimate" genetic problem (ya, I will spare you the details!). We will be taking him to the vet tomorrow...and here he is without a clue :-( We get to pick him up this Saturday. We hope he will recover quickly!
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