The Two F's...

These two F's memang tak dapat dipisahkan. Di mana ada satu F akan ada the other F. Apakah F yang dimaksudkan itu?

Last night I had the pleasure of meeting up with 2 old Friends that I haven't seen for a long time ( one longer than the other ) and 2 other friends that I just saw a few days back. Anyway, what I wanted to record in my blog is the meeting with those 2 old friends. It brought back the "feel" of being in campus again. We had the meet-up at One Utama and had Food at one Thai Restaurant there. At the beginning of dinner there was some commotion over how they serve their Chinese tea but that had us in a very jovial mood through out the whole meal.

We chatted about old times and about what some of us went through since the last time we met. There was alot of laughing plus abit of finger pointing as to who did not keep in touch with who ( resulting in the long time no see syndrome ) and parents health updates. We were still chatting away long after our bill was payed. Tu lah lain kali we should meet more often....( jangan nak salahkan sesiapa cos all of us had to accept the blame, right? ). We all had a great time, old and new, all enjoying what little time we had with each other. God bless us all, my friends.

Though I know ( deep in my heart, cos this is not the first time ) we might not see some friends in the near future ( being in a year or two ) but whatever time we had with each other will always be something to cherish and be grateful for. Like what was said by my oldest friend " ..when we die, we are all alone..."

So I have made a promise to myself today to give my oldest friend my e-mail address, my phone numbers ( which I know she has ) and my blog address, so we can always be in touch and she will never have to feel " alone " while she's still alive ;_-))

p/s to my dearest friend " Have a safe trip, and hope that we stay in touch ( kalau tak pun, hope to hear or see you again when you get back in 5 months time ). Have a productive sabbatical.

Trial and Error...

Just a few minutes ago I did an experiment that set my microwave up in smoke! What was I thinking?? Once a researcher, always a researcher.

It started with an inspiration from my all-time idol yang suka makan strawberi bersalut coklat tu lah. So off I went to my second home AA to get the ingredients. Sedang berjalan2, I met one of the tutor at MLT College walking with her husband. She stopped and asked if I'm on leave from work. I told her I dah pencen ( pilihan ) so she asked if I dah reached 40 ( at this point I was smiling... ) She is going for her Haj so we hugged and I wished her all the best. Anyway, back to the earlier story. I got the strawberry and a bar of chocolate ( with no nuts ) and headed home.

Lepas tengok my favourite soap opera ( Bold & Beautiful ), I was ready to start my experiment. Simple enough, I broke the chocolate bar and put them in my microwavable container. Set the timer to 30 seconds and washed my strawberries. It didn't melt, so I set the timer to 1 minute. That's when I saw smoke coming out of the microwave. Cepat2 keluarkan bekas yang dipenuhi asap and membuka tutupnya. There was a burned smell and part of the chocolate was actually burned.

I quickly dipped my strawberris into the melted chocolate and that was the end of the experimant. Had to throw away the partially burned container. ...and the end result is as seen below..

p/s kalau ada rezeki may be some of you might get to taste my version of strawberry-chocolate one day...( selagi Datuk M bersama, it shouldn't be a problem! )

Jalan2 dan Makan2...

Agaknya yesterday was the last day for Raya Open House. Last weekend was the most " all over the place " weekend. Bukan all over as in bersepah tapi kita orang telah drove all over for the jalan2 and makan2 . Hari raya has been very "good" for the appetite but "bad" for the cholesterol. Kalau BP high macam awal2 pencen dulu, sure dah kong memandangkan redang daging menjadi hidangan of choice. Nasib baik satay yang dihidangkan selalunya satay ayam.

Tapi I still have 2 functions ( food related ) to attend. Satu masih lagi berkait dengan raya ( at my old office ) and satu lagi just makan2 dengan geng lama. I am still, despite my choles level diancam, looking forward to both occassions. Not so much for the food but for the chit chats. ( Rois bukan Azwan ). Maklumlah bila dah pencen ni kita dah kureng bercakap dengan orang ( face to face ).

Ada orang "komplen" dah lama I tak menulis dalam blog I nii, so I thot I just scribble something for my die-hard readers..hehe. Some photos yang sempat dirakam masa some makan2 function everywhere to share with you all...

p/s Harap semua orang dah makan dan bermaaf- maafan dengan sepuasanya raya kali ini...

My Wedding of the Year...

Last night I had the opportunity to attend my ex-boss's son punya wedding. All the while I thought it was just another wedding kat dewan, no big deal. I biasanya malas nak go for wedding sebab nak kena pakai formal. Semenjak jadi pesara nii bertambah2 lagilah malas nak pakai formal2 nii. But I did not regret going for this wedding, and let me share with you all why...

I went with my buddy Puteri ( from my ex-office ). As usuallah because malam and hujan we had to really concentrate on the road so that kita tak miss entrance to Dewan Risda, Ampang tuu. My friend nii kurang sikit penglihatan kalau drive malam tapi dia gemar bercerita. Anyway,we arrived at the Bangunan Risda and were looking for a place to park kat basement tu when we saw a few more cars driving in with some of the men in the cars wearing songkok. So we knew these must be people also attending the same wedding. There is a reason why I'm mentioning "men" at this point in my entry.

Since dah lewat, kita pun rushed up by lift to the 1st floor. As the lift opened we were greeted by my ex-boss punya second daughter ( dah besar pun budak ni ) and told to go to the dewan on the left, which was for women katanya. Terasa pelik juga tapi since both of us are women so, no big deal lah. Bila masuk dewan tu barulah kita realised rupa2nya hanya ada women dalam dewan tu. No sight of any man ( not that we are looking for one ). It's felt so odd attending a wedding without being able to see the bride and groom in the same dewan ( plus not seeing any kind of man, including my ex-boss yang invited us to the wedding in the first place ). Terkilan jugalah sebab we did want to congratulate dia for the wedding.

Rupa2nya the story is, anak my ex-boss ni is involved dengan tabligh so dia insisted that women and men be in separate dewan. So it's strange to be in a wedding where you don't actually get to see a wedding taking place ( more like a group of women having dinner ). Kalau you can see from the photo below ( sorry not that clear sebab takleh go dekat2 to snap ), on stage pun is a bunch of women with the bride ( that's the one with the purdah ). Anyway, "Selamat Pengantin Baru , Semoga Berbahagia hingga ke akhirat" ucapan to the I'm sure lovely couple( takleh nak komen sebab tak tengoh the groom) .

p/s part of the female guests ( wondering if their partners are having fun in the other dewan?? )oh lupa the only time we saw men was at the lift and car park. The organisers really had things well under control. Syabas!! except for that little incident.