ATTENDING THE WEDDING RECEPTION OF A TESL FRIEND'S DAUGHTER IN SUBANG JAYA

   28TH DECEMBER 2024    ~ This was the second wedding reception held by Puan Maslinda Mohd. Dahalan, a friend of UPM TESL Class of 1993, for her family. The first one was for her son which was held last year in November [READ HERE]. Now, it was the eldest sister's turn.

The wedding venue chosen was Bizmilla Wedding Hall in One City, Subang Jaya. It was the same place for the solemnization ceremony which I attended the evening before. [READ HERE]

A classmate/schoolmate of Budiman Class of SMS Muar, Mr. Abdul Razak Sapian, was also there in the hall. He was Puan Maslinda's husband's ex-schoolmate in Pontian.

I got to meet more UPM TESL friends this time, and it was another mini reunion taking place in the hall.

Congratulations to Puan Maslinda and family on the recruitment of a new member. There would be one more similar event for her to organize after this.

We enjoyed all the food prepared for the guests and took as many photos as possible. That should conclude the wedding receptions thrown by the members of UPM TESL group for this year. There will be more receptions to attend next year, and may we see each other again in the year 2025.

ATTENDING A WEDDING RECEPTION OF A COLLEAGUE'S SON IN BUKIT MUTIARA

Puan Rozana Kabil, once the Chief Clerk of SMK Taman Universiti, invited me to the wedding reception of her son. I think this was my third time attending her children's receptions.

The event was held at Pearl Homestay in Taman Bukit Mutiara, Johor Bahru. It is rare to told a reception on a working weekday, but there were still many people attending when I arrived.

I was glad to meet a few people that I knew, besides the mother of the bride.

I got to thank Puan Rozana Kabil for her kind thought to invite me again to her son's reception. She was too busy entertaining the other guests for a longer chat session.

VISITING KEDAH STATE MUSEUM

  19TH DECEMBER 2024   ~ Once I had checked in at the hotel, I immediately took a grab and headed to Kedah State Museum. It was already 3:00 p.m. and hopefully the museum was not closed yet.

There was no entrance fee but visitors were not allowed to take ant photos inside, to my disappointment.

It was a huge museum with interesting exhibition of the history of the state of Kedah. There were only a few people visiting when I was there.

I had to be happy just by taking photos of the museum building and the surrounding area.

The museum was located beside Kedah River. The place was badly flooded the week before. I saw a sign board stating there was a river cruise here but there was not a boat in sight.

One place that visitors could choose to go when in Alor Setar. You could spend more time here learning the history of Kedah, one of the earliest ancient governments in the nation.

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