Wen Rou's birthday party at Restoran Kamunlau, Tanjung Lumpur, Kuantan

Wen Rou is my English student and attends class together with her brother, Joshua as they prepare for a move to England to further their studies. She has turned 21 and celebrated at Restoran Kamunlau in Tanjung Lumpur, Kuantan.

I took on the role of photographer for the time we were there for my own personal hobby, but also to hopefully pass on some memorable photos for Wen Rou.

Restoran Kamunlau has ample parking space and is located just off the east coastline in the Tanjung Lumpur area of Kuantan

Restoran Kamunlau, Tanjung Lumpur, Kuantan

Church Pastor offers a prayer

The restaurant gradually filled up with friends and family

Sweet and sour chicken, chicken curry, fried rice and noodles were among the dishes on the menu. Was very satisfied with the food

Wen Rou's dad treated us to some karaoke on stage

This lady played the harmonica and sang a song while my two daughters watched on backstage!

Lauren is always ready for the camera!

Leah watching movies on youtube

Birthday cake "with cherries on top" as Leah pointed out!

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Wen Rou

Wen Rou with her brother and sister

Wen Rou blows out the candles on her cake. Hope she made a wish!

Wen Rou gets some help from her grandma as she cuts the cake

Family photo. How on earth did my girls end up gatecrashing this shot?!

Wen Rou takes a selfie with a friend

Her sister, Jocelyn, snaps a picture of Wen Rou with her friends

It's smiles all round at Wen Rou's birthday party

Not sure what posing style this is?!

Posing for a photo at Restoran Kamunlau, Tanjung Lumpur, Kuantan

Family photo with the birthday girl. Happy 21st Wen Rou!

Birthday Party at Rocana Hotel, Kuantan

I'm amazed at how many events we attend, to which we were invited as guests, where I become the main photographer. People have iphones and ipads and take pictures at certain points, but it's quite rare that a photographer with a professional camera snaps shots of all aspects of the event. That's what happened when we attended Thalia's birthday party at Rocana Hotel, Kuantan, recently.

Thalia attends the same primary school as my daughter and the respective parents are friends and gym buddies.

Thalia (centre with tiara) with her friends at her birthday party at Rocana Hotel, Kuantan

No children's party is complete without candy. And plenty of it.

Thalia joins the party to the delight of her friends

The emcee invites Thalia's friends to individually wish her a happy birthday

Thalia offers the mic to a friend to wish her a happy birthday

Thalia at her birthday party, Rocana Hotel, Kuantan

Thalia at her birthday party, Rocana Hotel, Kuantan

Thalia at her birthday party, Rocana Hotel, Kuantan

Thalia and friends dance on stage

Thalia's mum sings on stage at Rocana Hotel, Kuantan

Thalia's mum sings on stage at Rocana Hotel, Kuantan

Thalia joins her mum on stage, Rocana Hotel, Kuantan

Children enjoyed a number of party games such as blowing up a balloon as large as possible

Great party even though we left a little early as the girls had to sleep. Thanks to Thalia's family for the invitation. Hope you guys like these photos!

Lauren's 5th Birthday!

It's Lauren's 5th birthday today, and she celebrated with her new friends and teachers at kindergarten!

It was good to see her so happy at kindergarten after a difficult first few days where she cried, yelled, and screamed whilst adapting to her new lifestyle!

Our friend, Aunty Dora, made the cake for us. Click here for more of Aunty Dora's cakes

All of her friends gathered round as the teachers started singing "Happy Birthday" to her in English and Malay:

Lauren cutting the cake:

We joined Lauren and her friends for her birthday celebration at 10am today, which is breakfast time for this kindergarten.

Leah wasn't afraid to go and join Lauren and the others!

Blog-hop Saturday (13 Oct, 2012)

For those of you who may be interested in this blog's statistics, *Our home called Kuantan* is closing in on 150,000 page views, which should be reached by next weekend.

So this gives me the opportunity to thank each and every visitor to my blog, whether I know you or not, whether you drop a comment or not, whether you are old or new followers. Thank you for visiting and showing an interest in what I have to offer. It's been great getting to know a lot of you better!

This leads me in to an announcement for next week. It's my 30th birthday coming up on Tuesday and I'll be having a guest blogger on Wednesday. Leovi is a talented guy and I'm really pleased that he'll be heading here next week to show his amazing work to you!

Today it's blog-hop Saturday where I show you around some of my other blogs.

First up is Horne Learning Services. Our English learning company is growing with new students filling up our classes. In the most recent post, I'm discussing the important factors that make up composing a great essay.

Over at my Kuantan nature blog you can view a couple of hot pink flowers gracing the roadside.

And finally you can browse my participation in Teaser Tuesday over at Dan Brown Portal, my reading blog dedicated to Dan Brown and other good books.

I hope you enjoy your tour of my blogs. Do drop a comment on any of my blogs to let me know what you liked. Wishing you a great weekend!