ATTENDING THE THIRD WEDDING RECEPTION OF PUAN MASLINDA'S FAMILY

  14th AUGUST 2026    ~ Puan Maslinda Mohd. Dahalan, a friend of UPM TESL Class of 1993, threw the third reception for her third child this time. The event was held at Putra Glass Hall, Kampung Bukit Lanchung in Putra Heights.

The event started at 6:30 p.m. Puan Christina Chan was kind enough to give me a lift from Subang Jaya, together with Puan Lee Swee Ying and Puan Christina's two sons. We were among the early birds who turned up.

As expected, a mini reunion of the UPM TESL clan took place.

Other than trying all the food offered to the guests, we took as many photos as possible.

someone's husband 😀
who has become a TESL family member

I also met other non-TESL friends at the reception. The first one was an ex-classmate/schoolmate of SM Sultan Ismail, Johor Bahru, Mr. Shahrir Yusof.

The second one was Mr. Abdul Razak Sapian, an ex-classmate/schoolmate of SMS Muar. They were both connected to the father of the bride.

This time I got to meet people whom I had never seen since graduation, and hoping to see them again in similar events in the future.

Congratulations to Puan Maslinda on the arrival of the new family member. I not only watched her three children grew up, but also attended all their wedding receptions. And that made me feel old.

This was not the end of the socializing session of the week. There was another reception to be attended in Kuala Lumpur the next two days [READ HERE]. 

ATTENDING THE WEDDNG RECEPTION OF MS. NORASHIKIN SURATMAN

I drove to Mysuri Hall in Senai today to attend the wedding reception of Miss Norashikin Suratman, an ex-student of SMK Taman Universiti.

The invitation actually came through her elder sister, Puan Suhana Suratman, an ex-colleague who was also teaching in the same school.

Then I met Mr. Nizam Suratman, the younger brother of Puan Suhana who happened to be my ex-schoolmate of SMS Muar, and he was one year junior than me.

I also saw another ex-student at the event, Mr. Asyraf, who happened to be related to the groom.

The last time I met the family members was in November 2025, during another wedding reception event. [READ HERE]

Congratulations to the newlyweds and wishing them a blessed and joyful married life ahead. There might be other similar events in the future in the family for another meeting up opportunity.

 

THE BRUNCH DATE WITH EX-SCHOOLMATES AT BRICKS & BUTTER IN KUALA LUMPUR

   6th JULY 2026    ~ I was in Kuala Lumpur attending a wedding reception on Sunday [READ HERE]. It was time for three good friends of SMS Muar since many years ago to hold the second meeting of the year. The first meeting happened in May in Johor Bahru [READ HERE].

This time Puan Adura Adnan introduced us to one posh restaurant in Ampang called Bricks and Butter in Linc building.

Everything about the place looked expensive to me, even the cakes and pastries that welcomed us at the entrance.

We met at 10:30 a.m. so brunch it was. We had had Northeren Indian food which consisted of mains of Briyani and flat bread.

Excellent food and awesome company of old friends, the gathering lasted for 2 hours and the meeting was adjourned to another unspecific date in the future.