Sunday, April 17, 2011

Farewell and Best Wishes...

' the happiest couple' in Tehran...

As Salaam,

A farewell dinner reception for our dear brother, Haji Malai and dear sister Hajah Norsinawati...

After almost five years of hard work and dedicated service at the Embassy in Tehran, it is time to call it a day for our one and only home-based staff and his charming trailing spouse from Brunei. Since their very first day of arriving in Iran in June 2006, until now, we only have all the very pleasant and sweet moments and memories together, particularly with his better half who had been very instrumental, ever helpful and present whenever their help are needed.

Thank you so very very much for all your kind heartedness, understanding, cooperation, and most of all, your great friendship and companies through the good as well as the hard times together.

To both of you our dear brother and sister, we wish you every success always in your every endeavour, good luck and best wishes with your next adventure, be it at home territory or in your next posting destination.

May Allah SWT blesses you both with long, healthy and prosperous life ever after.

Wassalam.




especially for our departing colleagues...



a momento for the departing 3rd Sec...

and his lovely lady...

his farewell speech...

with our staff members...

and close friend and successor...

dinner time...

entertaining their guests...

its always hard to say goodbye to dear friends...

now its his successor's turn to entertain everyone...

some of the guests of the evening...

with the home and local staff members...

a special gift from the LES...



another memorable moment with the staff members...

our young entertainer of the evening...

buddies...

moments to cherish...

with their Malaysian and Philippines friends...

until we meet again...adios

and bye from barfi too...

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Spring is definitely in the air...

Salaam,

Arriving back in Tehran late evening at the end of March, we could already feel the pleasant warmth of early Spring time. The next morning weather was well above the average for the season with slightly cool breezes from the mountain ranges nearby. Over the weekend we could already enjoy the green and the flowers in our small garden which are already beginning to blossom.

The day also coincides with the end of the Persian New Year or Nowruz celebration, known locally as Sizdah Bedar or the 13th day, when Iranian goes out of their dwellings to spend the day in gardens and parks all over the country.

Iranian Spring is indeed one of the best and most beautiful season to be spent and enjoyed by any discerning local and foreign visitors alike. And for us, this is indeed our seventh year of spending and relishing the blessing and beauty of Spring in Tehran.

Wassalam.

budding walnut tree...
our 'sizdahbedar' day out...




from greying to greening...





new leaves...

beautiful tulips @ Mellat park









blossoming...

and the back to normal city traffic...

Friday, April 1, 2011

A Long Way Back to Tehran...

As Salaam,


Its time to head back to our second home...after more than two weeks of eventful days, sorrowful moment and spending quality times with loved ones. Since it was still a long Nowruz holiday in Iran, there were hardly any seats available on any flights from Dubai to Tehran. Hence we have to settle for a additional transit and a three-hour stop-over in Doha, on Qatar Airways, before finally made it to Tehran in the evening of the last day of March.


Wassalam.

the usual send off and goodbye...
from families...

and loved ones...

daughter and nephew...








misty morning in Dubai...

doha airport hall n duty free...







boarding time...