A Home Again :D

Yay!!
My house has become my home again... & not the empty (though sometimes very satisfying) shell it had been for more than 2 months.
What I'm trying to say, in my round-about way, is that Ash, Snowy & Mum are BACK!! (Must admit that half the excitement comes from the fact that they brought back loads of DVD's, which I really wanted, and which I shall spend my month alone watching over & over again- with no Ash, Snowy or Dagz to stop me).

Can't blog much more than this... have the C'towm Program on Sunday, and preparation is still practically at a stand-still.

BUT- been listening (engrossed) to the tales from BD.
Poor Ash & Snowy... they can't listen to "Hasbi Rabbi" without thinking of Mad Cow (& then reminiscing); they can't have dahl without thinking of Raiyan; can't get over the "Family National Anthem"- the Danish (pronounced Dannish) song... lol- just heard the little tyke (Arif) sing it for us on the phone; they hear "Saw" & think of the night BSE, Raiyan, Mr. & Mrs. C & they spent half the night watching it.

We've shuffled through the 100 odd photos about 50 odd times already... each time accompanied by Ash's (or Mum's or Snowy's) telling & re-telling of the captured event.

'Tis all I've time for now... will be back after the 29th to blog better, iA.

Gotta buzz now.
:D

PS- WELCOME BACK PRINCESS & LAMZITY!! Can't wait to see y'all!

PPS- Ash has updated her blog & promises (yes- your words, Ash not mine) to post more (possibly photos... some of the more memorable ones). And you've no right to complain about no comments from Flynn on yer blog, when you've not commented on mine!!

:D

Locked out, Wandering temporarily homeless, aaaand Ash returns soon

Had nearly forgotten the return of Ash, what with all the commotion about Uncle & Aunty S's door & fridge, and the stench... oh, the horrid stench.

Crikey!! Had awful, awful, AWFUL Saturday... and Friday too, I guess. Allow me to start from the beginning...

Friday: Uncle & Aunty S's kindly neighbour calls... gives the terrible news that Cops have smashed through their door, and says someone needs to check what's happening. Dad rushes over, checks out extent of damages... and doesn't return home. So, left with no other choice, and armed with cans of airfreshener, Nemo & I walk ourselves to their place. Oh, the entrance... the memorable entrance... suffice to say: "AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!! KILL ME NOW!!" Me nose felt distincly flakey... I could have sworn parts of it were disintegrating into non-existence. Oh, the stench... the putresence. **shudders** I think we used 3 cans of air freshener & 1 or 2 plug-ins.

And that was our Friday.

Saturday: Door fixed. Great- we think- but not so great, as it turned out. made our way back to Uncle & Aunty S's (Dad was busy, left home after Fajr & not back 'til 11PM). More air freshener... Also needed some major grocey shopping done (I mean, we didn't even have cheese at home!!) + junk supplies were pathetically low. So, went emergency shopping. Was almost at the check-out conter... opened my bag to reach for wallet... found NOTHING!!
Bugger me, I nearly had a heart attack right there... I, being the imbicilic lost-case that i am, had forgotten my wallet... on my coffee table AAARRRGGGHHH!! Blast! Anyway, so no shopping for me... but worse was yet to come. Guess what my wallet has attached to it??

My keys... as in the keys that allow me access to my own home... as in we were locked out!!
My stupidity knows no bounds... *sigh*. 'twas the worst day in such a long time.

Moving on... matters took a turn for the worst yet again. You see, I had Uncle & Aunty S's keys in my stupid little bag, so we (that is, Nemo & I) made our way over to that house...again... thought we'd at least have refuge there. (Did I mention that by this time, it was Maghrib?? And we'd been walking around the whole day...)
Anyway, we got there, I took out the keys... everything was fine, until we got to the newly installed door... none of the keys we had would open a lock on that blasted door!!
And so, we wandered around in the almost-dark, in a neighbourhood that is errrmmm... unsavoury (for want of a better word). Not to mention that both our legs were about to buckle & cave in. On top of it all... we had yet to call our Dad. Oh boy- the call didn't go well. Was dubbed "pagol", "trouble-maker" & everything in between :(

Finally, was instructed by Dad to seek refuge at a friends place... and had to intrude until 11PM, when Dad finally came home... so he could yell at me some more.
**sigh**...*huuuuge sigh* ...

I NEVER want to go out of my house again... home, sweet, beautiful home... except maybe to get Ash from the airpot.
:D

Hmm... Anyone have any suggestions for how to attach a wallet to myself?? Y'know so I don't ever leave home without it?? Superglue doesn't seem like the best option...

(I just can't believe) Small deeds that are overlooked (can you see?) Little deeds that are overlooked (and you read) Read about it in my Holy Book...

... Small Deeds never overlook...

Title: Small deeds, by Native Deen (the lyrics are stuck in my head)

News: Cops had to smash through my Uncle's door today. He's overseas & must've left perishables in his fridge or outside or something because apparently neighbours complained to the cops & the cops, being as smart as they are, smashed through the front door, instead of checking to see if he has any relatives (like us, for example) to see if we had any keys.
Maybe they thought Uncle & Aunty S. were trying to poison the neighbourhood with bad smells...Lol.

Now I dunno what to do about their door yet. :S

What I don't get is why the neighbour who called us after the police broke in couldn't just call us before anybody was genius enough to smash through the doors... shees!!
Dad's gone to check the extent of damages done... I'm wincing at the thought of having to tell Uncle S. about his poor door... Yipes!! What if Dad makes me break the horrbile news?? :S

Anyway- to cheer myself up, I was listening to Native Deen & drooling over some gorgeous specimens of pure man-made genius, & so completely unattainable (for Flynn) ...

Ferrari F430 Spider

Firstly, there's the Ferrari F430 Spider. I never thought of myself as a Ferrari kinda gal, but... after looking at this soon-to-be-released hunk of metal, well... Nemo & I were both left choking on whatever food we were trying to eat.

Then there's the Porsche Carrera GT...

Currently set as our wallpaper, Dagz and I are loathe to open up a window on our computer because then the desktop won't be visible (So blogging is slightly painful at the moment). I think we both sat here for 10 mins. simply absorbing the sheer beauty of this 2-seater convertible... as Dagz says: "1 seat for me& 1 for my bag"...lol :P Too tru, Dagz.

Lastly, the Lamborghini Concept S...

Not sure if this is me, but then again- I don't have something near AU$4/500, 000 to roll around in, now do I? (This, btw, is the approximate cost of each of these beauties) *sigh* Oh, and an FYI: Did anybody know that the Italian Police use Lamborghini's as their police cars?? *amazed & jealous*. No fair!! I should move to Italy & join the police force :D

I think a more practical car for some time in the (hopefully) near future for Flynn happens to be the Yaris YRX...

...not as attractive as the rest, but a nice hunk of junk nonetheless... and the best part is that I can actually think about affording it at a nice $21,000 (Approx.)

PS- to those reading and wondering how many screws Flynn has lost... I just thought you should know that I'm not a luxury-car-addict... I simply appreciate the finer things in life. I guess cars are my on-again-off-again fetish... kind of... but I'm NOT obsessed... seriously.

Anyway... so what think you lot?? You like?

Rashed Bhai & Jharu Bhai... and Dhabol??

Will explain the title in a bit, but first... *drum rolls*

You'll never believe it!!!!

NIRA'S GETTING HITCHED!!

Called BD last night to have a chat to family & found out the most amazing/ exciting/ unbelievable news: Nira Apu is to be married... VERY SOON!! Her wedding is on the 13th January... which is like 2 days away... YAY!! Alhamdulillah!!

Ash was telling me how she got a call from one of the twins, who told her that Nira APu was getting married to someone... it seems all sudden because even Twin #2 couldn't tell us much about Nira's-hubby-to-be. All I know is that he's a Doctor- *ahem*- and very Islamic, and... that's all. Apparently, Aunty & Uncle went, they saw, they liked, they agreed, and it was done!!

WOWEEE!!

Straight away I SMS-ed Emu & Ishi (btw- Ishi, you still haven't called to find out the details). Anywway, it was after midnight, and I'm sorry if I woke either of them up, but it couldn't be helped... I was soooo excited & happy for her that I HAD to share the news!!
:D :D
:D :D

Now, Flynn is all smiles and very hyperactive!!

The sad thing is that Ash most probably won't be able to go to her wedding (it's somewhere in some village VERY far away from Dhaka)... BUT, Snowy & Mum might be able to go to the reception which should be in Dhaka. Ash'll be back in Oz-land by then... bummer.

Ok- now to explain the title...
Snowy hasn't experienced BD-style Eid-ul-Adha before... as far as she can remember. So, she's thrilled to have a new pet goat & a cow. For reasons she hasn't told me, she named the top half of the cow Rashed Bhai, and the bottom half Jharu bhai... :S ... Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked, weren't all cows females?? And yet, she's dubbed her cow Rashed & Jharu bhai??? And her goat's name is Dhabol... what the????? I didn't even bother to ask her to explain this one. Righto Snowy, you go ahead & explain how you came up with these names... I'd looooove to know.

Anyway- as long as she's having the time of her life feeding the goat/ cow, it's all good... and she is having a ball, but that might all change when the cow & goat're gone... poor thing, I hope she isn't too traumatised.
:S

Anyway- well- there you have it... I've rambled quite enough now, and I can't WAIT until Nira APu comes back as a Mrs.!! She is coming back, though... right??

Eid Upcoming!

Eid Mubarak to one & all.
I must say, this HAS to be the most... errmmm unique Eid I've had. Half the family overseas, kindly neighbours "donating" food, as though I can't even cook 2 min. noodles for myself! Hmph!!
Gimme soooome credit... I can pull off a few dishes (maybe not the curries- they're too hard), but other stuff. I swear I can!! But these kindly neighbours, who've appointed themselves our (Dagz & my) temporary-food-providers probably think I don't even know where, in my house, the kitchen's located... I'm sure they mean well.

Anyway, on the menu: tandoori chicken, biriyani, the rooti/bread-thing, salad, some lamb-curry-type-thing I don't know the name of, the whats-it-called, spring rolls & tiramisu for dessert! Love the dessert (and I've already claimed most of it to be mine), can (and probably will) eat the tandoori & the bread-thing, & everything else... well- the guests can have it all!
:D

Eid Mubarak y'all...