Wasil and Luqman's Band Banquet

They were at the Rustic Lodge for a few hours this evening.

Wasil, being a graduating senior, was honored. Here are some pictures given to him as souvenirs for his stint as band member 2009.

Wasil and I, formal picture...
Wasil's biopic..

Luqman was there, too, but he has to wait a few more years before he gets his chance..

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The Third Wave

It came again, on a weekend again..
smart mom with smart car
smart ayah with smart car, huhu..
Notice the nice sun-room of that house on the right hand corner..
Now I can do my end-of-the month job; paying the bills...
As long as I remember to deposit my paycheck!!

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Zoo Story

Tengok apa tu?
Hehe..just hanging out!
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Caravan's New Ekorq and Enzos..

Wednesday morning, at 8:00. Caravan was sent for a minor operation
Kedai tayar Pak Lias..
Got it back at 9:30 am, the new lower half welded onto the existing half, good for another ten years!
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Drool...

Hmmmmmm!!!
(snapshot taken from http://www.apple.com/ipad/pricing/)
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Just Perfect...

Wasil called to say his bus was on Philly St near the old house, so I got into Subie and at the S. Fifth intersection, met up with his
bus!! Perfect timing!!
Saturday was also Perfect!! It was above freezing for the second day in a row..
Muhsin got himself back onto the Snow family...or did he??
Hamzah sculpted a bust...
It was a Perfect Weekend!!
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Clean Air Act

Last year Amin tried to change our Subie's Cabin Air filters, but we couldn't locate the compartment.

I finally did, earlier last month. Strange, but there was never a filter in it! Online FAQs on Forester 2001 noted that such filters were not necessary! But they were on sale, OEM, for $50.00, so I went online and got the same for $31.00.. huhu!!

New filters from PartsGeek
Rear Cabin filter...
Now Pah and the kids can breathe easier!!
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Mix and Match...

Potpourri.. smart buried in snow
The Allegheny from DTC..
The Snow family...
The Saudi brothers..
This was the norm last week..!
The winter to remember!
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Name the Place..

Pop's Quiz:
Petrified tree..
Neither Calgary, nor Vancouver!

Homestead, by 376

Smokeless stacks..
Hmmm...Pasar Borong...
Answer!!

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Ice Age!!

Luqman looking NOT cool!!
smartie with eyes closed; sun's too bright??
At masjid; the snow's plowed big time!!
Eek and Meek..

After jumaat, we were the last ones. The kids saw the icy slab...
Turned out the faucet's broken, so there was no way to turn it off..
Called Walid to ask him to turn off the main pipe from inside the building..
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GongXiFaChai

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Yellow Creek Drive-By

This was on Tuesday when I (Pah and Hamzah helped) worked on freeing the vehicles from the snow.
Burden of snow..
Free at last..
The paved trail at the park was in better condition than Indiana roads!!
See the fishermen on ice??
Pavilion for rent... no takers!
Granny van, with frozen lake as background...

Garang Grand "Granny" Caravan..

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One Week Long!!

Aftermath of the first snowstorm..
Luqman looking to jump onto untouched snow...

Others followed suit
A second wave of storm was predicted for Wed eve..but I went to DC right when it arrived, at about 5:30 pm..
Good that Gonguin decided to be my companion..
I returned 12 hours later... at 6:20 am the next morn!!

Ready for a wash from the DC grime

Today: My smartie after escaping from the snow...

There was so much snow, CCAC closed for four days.. huhu...

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Happy Birthday Amin!

So far so good! Keep up the good work!!
Many Happy Returns of the Day!!
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Off-Topic..

Pah likes to surprise me with her camera
...while I was preparing my taxes, but only for the FAFSA questions...
...while I was scraping snow off smartie before going to the racquetball court..
...while dispensing gas into smartie...
Surprise me more!! :)
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