Party Catch Up

February was the month for catching up on foreign officer partying. First up was Sri Lankan Independence Day on February 4th. We have three Sri Lankan officers in our class, and they threw a party at Lanka's house (the SLAF officer).

With the Sri Lankans...Ranjith, Lanka and Ruwan

On the balcony with Ali (Oman) and Zaw Oo (Myanmar)

Sri Lankans cut the cake.

The next weekend we had a birthday party for my US Army compatriot, Jeff.

Vanessa (Australia) presents her custom-made "boob cake" for the birthday boy.

The Southeast Asian contingent: Chris (Singapore), Zaw Oo and Lin (Myanmar), Riva (Indonesia), Dung (Vietnam), and Zul (Malaysia)

Smoking cigars with Tera, Shamim (Bangladesh) and Chris

L: Playing guitar with spoon accompaniment by Ruslan (Ukraine)
R: Zaw Oo leads the campfire songs

The last party in February was for my friends Siddique and Nishat from Bangladesh. They hosted a party to celebrate their wedding anniversary and World Mother Language Day.

Siddique and Nishat with their daughter Nureen get ready to cut the cake.

With Siti (Fiji) and Ali (Oman)

Assorted other February pics...

Watching the monkeys dig through trash during our daily tea break...me, Tim (UK), Siti and Alex (UK)

Enjoying lunch at our favorite garden restaurant...Claire (UK), Lisa (Singapore), me, Alex and Chris

Each sunday the Sikh temple hosts langer, a community lunch. This particular Sunday our friend Jasween invited me and the Chews.