Going home

After six weeks in Malaysia, the time has unfortunately come for Gram to head back home to South Africa.  She’s been packing all morning and at lunch I could see that she doesn’t want to leave.  I’ve made her a little gift — a photo album with all the memories made on her visit here.  Every night when she closed her door, I would sit with over 200 pictures.  Scrap-booking is loads of fun, but it just takes so much time and creativity.  Last night I knew I would have to finish and by 3am I was done. 

I gave it to her this morning and I could just see how much she loved it. 

I’m not looking forward to saying goodbye tonight at the airport.  We got so used to having her around all the time. 

Love you Grams!!

Gran’s Birthday!

My dear Gran is now 78 years young.  She’s celebrating her birthday with us in Malaysia, but I can see that part of her would also have liked to be in South Africa.  We made it a day she would remember and cherish forever.

We took her to a cute little coffee shop for tea and cake.  And mmmm, was the cake delicious!  I guess that’s why they call themselves D.licious.  We invited a friend along and the two hours just flew by so quickly. 

Tea and cake in the morning

 

In the afternoon we showed them another suburb of KL, Sri Hartamas.  There’s a little plaza with cute shops and the two ladies sure did shop.  And then we had some more cake. 

Dinner must have been the highlight of the day.  We treated her to dinner at the Hilton Hotel.  It was a buffet dinner and there was a huge variety of food to choose from.  Strange Japanese food (I usually give those a skip, don’t like my food staring at me), scrumptious Chinese food, tasty Malay food (some just a little bit too spicy) and the old time favourite Western foods.  Oh, and I mustn’t forget the desserts.  From strange looking and odd coloured desserts, to traditional warm puddings and ice cream.  We just couldn’t enjoy a nice wine with dinner, because the hotel doesn’t serve alcohol in September out of respect for people celebrating Ramadan.

Happy Birthday Gran! 

Love you!