THE BREAKFAST DATE WITH AN EX-COLLEAGUE IN BATU PAHAT

   28TH OCTOBER 2023    ~ I had to attend a wedding reception at 11:00 a.m. but decided to start my journey earlier. An ex-colleague [of SMK Dato' Jaafar] agreed to meet up for breakfast in Batu Pahat town at 9:00 a.m.

His initial plan was to meet up at this one Asam Pedas restaurant but the place was closed. We went to another one but we would have to take rice which would be too heavy for me as I would be eating more rice at the reception. So we just walked around this recreational park by the river named Taman Tepian Penggaram.

I had never been to this part of the town before. Too bad, the river water was murky and there was a lot of rubbish floating. The authority needs to do something if they want to make people appreciate the river more.

To carry out the main agenda of the meeting, we adjourned to this place called Selera Benteng @Peserai. The old buildings of the food court which was famous for its Nasi Briyani Mat Shah had been demolished and a new complex would be replacing it. All the food stalls were relocated to another building nearby.

We were lucky to find a stall selling Roti Canai [a.k.a Paratha].

Surprise! Surprise! There was a lady who was with her family waving at me at the food court when they arrived. It was Puan Yuli Salaswati, an ex-colleague of SMK Taman Universiti, who had moved to Batu Pahat.

I had to make my move by 10:15 a.m. and bid farewell to my dear friend. Thank you Mr. Salleh for the time and company and it was great to do some catching up. Hopefully we can do this again when I visit Batu Pahat again.