birthday

On 24th February, I turned 33. In the morning, the three of us drove out of Cheras with no real plans except to find a place to buy and fly a kite. We were heading to the general vicinity of Gombak/Kepong where there is this vast park designated for kite flying. Then we passed by a sign to Bukit Tinggi and on the spur of the moment, I decided that's where I wanted to go that morning. So off we went. Colmar Tropicale itself takde mende sangat lah for me but there was a clown giving away free balloons so Amani was sorted. Then she made her usual request for "Nak pergi taman, Mummy." The girl is obsessed with taman, any playground or park or field will do. So we drove all the way up to Bukit Tinggi to play at the small playground they had at the back. Afterwards we went to the Japanese garden area where Amani dressed up and posed in a kimono, complete with wooden sandles. So darn cute..hehehe...eh, birthday sape ni?? Hehe..it made me feel very happy seeing her so happy, especially when we were at the rabbit park after that, where she fed and petted almost all the rabbits, even the ones who were trying to take a nap, only to be faced with an insistent toddler with food in her hands for them. I am so tempted to get rabbits and turtles and fish as pets for her, she's really thrilled with them but I just can't be bloody arsed to clean up after all these animals. I don't mind cats, they pretty much clean up after themselves mostly. But I can't bring myself to get a cat, not after Munchy...not yet. Okay, enough off tangent rambling. On the way down Bukit Tinggi we stopped by a stable so that my city girl can see horses live and up close rather than just on Animal Planet. That was nice. I like horses. They're just so honest. They smell like the earth and they work hard. They're not just pretty for the sake of being pretty. Okay, moving on, I'm getting even more rambling as I get older. Petang tu baru we went to the field for kite flying and my God, ramai nya manusia. Nak masuk pun sikit punye susah. Who knew kite flying was so popular. So at 5.30pm on my 33rd birthday, I Noraishah Ismail aka Lala in this blog flew a kite for the very first time in my life. And 5 minutes later, the string broke off and the kite escaped and flew into a tree. The end. Hehehe..ok lah, not the end. While my husband gigih berusaha to bring down the kite - I told him to leave it, tak lah mahal sangat, but while I am getting more rambling as I get older, he is getting more stubborn, I went back to the budak yang duk jual the kites next to the car park and got another cheap kite and Amani and I flew it together until it was nearly dusk...and thus ended my birthday. Very blissful.