We (I and Mona) stumbled upon Ozzy as he was enjoying his delicious Zainul Nasi Kandar in PJ. I had a planned Zainul outing with my fellow Ansara Muar brothers. Ozzy was about to finish his meal when we arrived. Thus, he told us about his new addition to the family.

As such, we decided to give the couple a visit at the medical center. We were in the neighborhood anyway. So, after we had our delicious serving of Zainul Nasi Kandar with the Ansara Muar brothers (Isqax, Imam and family), we picked up our beloved little ones and went straight to Pantai Medical Center.

Lucky for us, when we arrived, the newly born was still around. She was sound asleep, though. Thus, I managed to capture a couple of photos of the sweet little baby girl. According to Ozzy’s SMS, her name is Nadine Zaara.

Irdina and Luqman had a wonderful time running around the huge room. Yes,the room was really huge. Only the suites were available. Thus he had to take the suite. The good thing about it, the children have lots of space to run around without disturbing any one else in the hospital.

Check out their antics which I’ve managed to capture. It’s all available for viewing over at the Family And Friends Outing Tips photo album over at the Picasa Web.

Oh yes… Congratulations to Ozzy and Yati…

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Here’s some background. Nek Mok, or probably better known as Chu, was my grandmother’s sister. She passed away a few years back – can’t recall exactly when. Since then, her children have been organizing these monthly get together. They rotate among themselves the venue of the event. The event schedule was simple. The first agenda, zuhur prayer. Followed by the recital of the Yassin and doa. Then, it’s “Makan Time”. Last on the agenda, birthday celebration for the birthday boy/girl of the month.

My hat goes off to Nek Mok’s family for being able to organize such an event every month without miss. I know about this event since my parents are also invited to attend them every month. For that, I thank you. I think it’s amazing that they are able to gather every one in their family together for this event every month. Getting people together is certainly not an easy task. Well, it’s slightly easier if it’s for a one time deal for a special occasion. Here, they managed to gather almost everyone in their family every month for these gatherings.

I can certainly see the values and benefits of these family gatherings. Besides ensuring that we perform our duties as children of our parents – sending prayers and sedeqah for our deceased parents, the gatherings will certainly bring the families closer together. From my observation during the event, I do feel that their family ties are very strong.

In time, I do wish that my part of the family will be able to do something similar to what they are doing currently. Insyallah.. Do you have regular family gatherings? How often do you have them? Where?

Catch all the children’s antics during the birthday cake session over at my Family And Friends Outing Tips photos at the Picasa Web Album.

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