Birthday Dinner At Chez Irwan

Went to Irwan's place for his birthday, got his email invitation early friday morning, nice invitation card, his theme for this year is BLUE.....mmmm

Dinner was great, the entree, the main course and the dessert yummy.Thanks to Irwan and Dean for my birthday gifts. I had a good time at his place.Thanks Irwan for a lovely birthday dinner.

5 stars Campaign , Best Staff

Im so happy when my boss told me that I got a certificate for being the best staff in our branch and top 20 in the Region.The ceremony to get the certificate took place in Region Office Shah Alam and all the top bosses were there too.I woke up that morning with big smile on my face , choose the best clothes and was singing roxette old song "dress for success" hahaha , so funny

NATRAH, Love and Tears

The real Natrah @ Huberdina Maria Hertogh

Remy Ishak and Maya Karin as Natrah

I went to see a Natrah at the Istana Budaya , based on the true story that happened in 1950's, who is Natrah?

Maria Hertogh or Natrah Maarof was born on March 24, 1937, in Tjimahi in Java, the Dutch East Indies.Her father Adrianus Hertogh was a sergeant in the Dutch Army.During World War II, she was left by her Eurasian mother Adeline Hunter in the care of a family friend — Aminah Mohamad — who lived in Bandung.Sergeant Hertogh was captured by the Japanese Army and sent to a POW holding facility in Japan, where he was interred until 1945.Aminah claimed that Adeline had given Maria to her for adoption.Shortly after the war, Aminah took Maria home to Kemaman, Terengganu, and Maria’s parents requested the Dutch authorities in Java to trace her. They found Aminah and Maria in 1949, but Aminah refused to give Maria up.Maria married Mansor Adabi in 1950, and it was during this time that the Hertoghs and Aminah were involved in a custody battle over Maria in the Singapore High Court.The court granted custody of Maria to her parents, and consequently, riots broke out in Singapore. The riots originated with a peaceful demonstration in support of Maria and Aminah, organised by Pas founder Dr Burhanuddin Helmi.Singapore police nabbed 778 people in the riots which claimed 18 lives. Two hundred were charged and five received the death sentence.Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, who was then a lawyer, had the death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.Maria was taken by her parents to Holland and married Johan Wolkefeld in 1956. He subsequently corresponded with Mansor and both men wanted Maria to visit Aminah.However, the trip never materialised due to Maria’s financial difficulties. Aminah died in 1976.In 1989, Maria was interviewed by the magazine Dewan Masyarakat published by Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka. She expressed a strong desire to return to Malaysia.In 1999, she returned to Singapore to film a documentary on her life for a Dutch television station. She also visited Aminah’s family in Terengganu.In various interviews, Maria said she was only happy during her childhood, and dedicated her life to caring for others and making them happy.

Twilight, the new love story movie

Everybody talking about Twilight when it first released here in Malaysia , thanks to Sal and Nini for dragging me to watch the movie, they more expert in this movie coz they both watched them more than 4 times , crazy huh??, I remembered we have to drive all the way to Subang Jaya just to watch this movie and YES girls I have to agree , its a nice movie to watch, Oh!Bella, she's so pretty.Watch out for New Moon!