friends i met last cuti2 msia

these are the friends i got to meet during my 10 days short cuti2 malaysia. each and every one of them is significant at some point in my life; hence i treasure them all..

ini geng Beluntas Girls - wrote about them in an earlier post..

morning coffee with Raisah at Dome, KLCC. Raisah & I were in the same school (faculty) in ITM in early 80s. she did Architecture while i did QS. and after we graduated, we lived next door to each other in Taman Melawati. we last met 10 years ago and she didnt even know that i had moved here. we found each other on fb early this year and arranged to meet up to catch up the lost times. 

after coffee, took the LRT to KL Sentral to have lunch with Ti @ Yati Idris Razmi @ Skatey  makan nasi ayam penyet.. supposed to meet Ita @ Rosita as well but that new granny is  forever busy and meeting tak habis2 kat Prasarana. Ti, Ita  & i were classmates/dorm mates back in ITM in the early 80s and went to Scotland for our degree, Ti  in Edinburgh while Ita & i went to Glasgow and we've never failed to keep in touch. Ti & hub just got back from their honeymoon (yg entah ke berapa) in Spain & Portugal; bawak souvenier for me some more. she knows what i like...seronotsss!!

 malam - makan satay Ismail with Mona.. perasan tak i pakai baju sama dari pagi sampai malam hahaha. Mona & I worked in a small  QS consultant firm in Bangsar way back in early 90s. there were 5 female and 2 male QSs and we were so close way back then, working till late evenings and over the weekends untuk siapkan tender document but we never complained. then when i left the firm in 1996, one by one followed suit  for greener pastures. tak sempat jumpa Hafilah & Yati..next time ya

lunch at Ben's KLCC with 2 beautiful ladies - Mira aka mummy the lawyer & my cousin Dy. makan2, story mory, gelak2.. tu je lah agenda kami.. lepas makan kat Ben's, minum kopi kat San Francisco coffee pulak. and in between, pegi premier toilet yang kena bayar RM2 tuu... i belanja toilet tau! 

banyak nya makan... yummy irresistible dessert!!

posing after lunch at Madam Kwan's with 2 beautiful ex colleagues - Wan Haslina and Hanim. both are "oil ladies"..Linot owns and manages a petrol station while Hanim works with green giant. thanks for the lovely lunch and Linot, thanks for buying me the Coffee Meringue cookies yang sangat sedap!

me & my bff; the morning after sleeping over at her place. we actually had dinner at Cosy Corner and coffee at Starbucks, GE Mall on Sunday nite that i arrived in Msia. mesti lah kena jumpa yang ni dulu before meeting the others.   

the ever stylo bff, Yan

with Yan's kids..

lunch at KL Meridien with my longest time friends - Chomin, Za, Sally aka the Golden Sand Golden Girls. we've been friends since std 1 in Pasir Mas; hence the name "Golden Sand". thanks to Chomin the "Nejar" (or Manager), a name we all call her since forever; even tho now she holds the position of Exec Director, YTL Comms. Za memang dari dulu we called Datin and she is one now and Sally has always been known as Ticher Sally - she's now the Penolong Kanan, Sek Sri Aman. the girls are so successful in their own rights and i'm so proud of them.  we made plans for a visit to Notts next year and i cant wait to see them again!  

that nite, i had a sleep over at Sally's place sebab dah janji dari awal2 lagi.. malam tu supper makan roti canai at her kids fav place in Kota Dsara. the next morning, makan soto for breakfast.
memang non stop makan2 !!!!

lepas lunch at Le Meridien, drove to Amcorp Mall to meet up with my best friend masa form 1 in SS
(Sek Men Sultan Sulaiman, KT). Sah ( Sharifah Nazihah) and i were the 2 of the smallest girls masa form 1 dulu sebab kita ni budak express, masuk form 1 tak cukup umur. not met her for ages. she is now a fulltime housewife, raising 5 kids and cats, looking after babies and  lil kids in a children nursery next to her house. sitting next to her is her elder sister Kak Nor. Sah & i are more like family friends since my parents knew Sah's parents and me & my sister been friends with her & her siblings. sedap makan Durian Durian (durian layer cake) at Secret Recipe. thanks Kak Nor for the recommendation.

on Friday afternoon, had dimsum at Bangi Equitorial with geng PJH. the 2 achiks  yang duduk tersenyum lebar tu worked in the same dept and both left years ago. Niez @ achik bangi on the right tu ada beauty salon/spa kat bangi (where else kan??) while still working full time. Huda @ achik ulu kelang on the left tu dah jadi lady of leisure and also my partner in crime. the 2 achiks yang berdiri kat belakang tu, Finaz and Jot  masih setia kat pjh. thanks for the dimsum.. fyi, i dapat speeding ticket while driving on LDP to Bangi, 12 kmh over the speed limit sebab dah terlambat!

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING TIME TO SEE ME, FEED ME AND FOR ALL THE GOODIES - COOKIES, JAJAN, GIFTS ETC FOR ME & MY FAMILY.  HANYA ALLAH SWT SAHAJA YANG DAPAT MEMBALAS JASA BAIK ANDA SEMUA. HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOME TIME..SOONER OR LATER.

cuti2 malaysia - beluntas girls

my first social activity was on Monday nite, meeting the Beluntas Girls at our favourite port 20 years ago, eating our favourite supper - teochew porridge at Lodge Hotel. we were housemates for a good few years in early 90s, sharing the 5 bedroom terrace house at Lorong Beluntas in Medan Damansara hence the name "Beluntas Girls";  until one by one got married or bought our own properties and left but we remained close. naza, lyn & su's girls were infact my flower girls at our wedding in 1998.

punya lah riuh, semua orang nak bercerita.. one person missing - Suraya, she was in Spore..Ann towkay T'Mor Place siap bawak nasi dagang yg dah siap pack dalam bekas; for us to have for breakfast the following morning. Jam had just her knee operation in the afternoon came with me.  Naza & Ani came with Lyn, chauffeured driven by Lyn's son Hansya. we left at 1am.

  
it just didn't end there. we decided to meet up again at naza & meor's place, the nite before i left msia. it wasnt easy to get all the 7 of  us together and it only happened when i go back to msia!!

naza prepared the whole spread of food; tema kampong - ubi kayu rebus cicah sambal tumis ikan bilis, kelapa & ikan masin for starter.  then nasi with all the lauk kampong - ikan pari & talapia bakar cicah air asam, gulai lemak nangka, sambal kuinin, ulam2..apa lagi ek?? then dessert - pengat pisang & buah2an kampong.

apa citer lah mak aji dua orang tu...

 hot mamas 

cukup quorum..lepas dah makan kenyang

thank you so much to the tuan rumah - naza & meor for hosting the get together and also to our sisters in crime; for all the hadiah, kuih muih, kerepek, etc etc.. hope to see all of you again some time soon - reunion di Notts pon ok gak kan?? sure riuh rendah !!

cuti2 malaysia - spoilt from the first day

this is a delayed entry, sebab utama - MALAS. tak boleh buat apa lah kan.

yes, I went back to tanahair, solo traveller, for about 10 days in early june. left Birmingham on Saturday 1st June, transit 3 hours in Paris, arrived in Msia on Sunday afternoon. left msia on Tuesday 11th june, transit 3 hours in Paris, arrived in Birmingham on Wednesday morning, took the coach and arrived in Notts at 1pm.

balik msia pun sebab ada hal and Alhamdulillah, by Monday afternoon, semua mission accomplished. once all the important bits done, maka bermula lah activity bersosial dan makan2.

from KLIA, straight away pergi my sis in law's place. i'm blessed with wonderful inlaws. macam tau2 aja tekak ni nak makan karipap Ikea, my bro in law bought the currypuff  and made serimuka pulut hitam  earlier.. memang rasa spoilt giler! and I borrowed kakak's myvi to use throughout the break. terus drive balik ke Bkt Antarabangsa..and I survived the traffic and all the new motorways.

sampai je atas bukit, i stopped at the stall kuih - the kakak is still there after all these years and bought keropok lekor, goring pisang, popiah goreng cili and since we (me & mom) were locked out of the apartment (my brother & wife terus pergi Wangsa Maju cari rojak & cendol), we had a picnic at the swimming pool which has just re-opened.

the next morning, mom panaskan murtabak & leftover karipap ikea for breakfast.. bliss!!

  

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