THE ENGAGEMENT CEREMONY CUM EID OPEN HOUSE IN PUTRA HEIGHTS

   4TH APRIL 2026    ~ Puan Maslinda Mohd. Dahalan, a friend of UPM TESL Class of 1993, held the Engagement Ceremony for her youngest daughter. It was also the Open House for Eid. So people came to The Glades Clubhouse in Putra Heights for two events at one time.

I was lucky because my ex-student, Mr. Raja Mohd. Hilmi, was willing to drive me to Putra Heights all the way from his house in Seremban. And I managed to persuade him to follow me to the feast.

There were a few other TESL friends and a lecturer at the clubhouse.

I could not stay for too long as I had to go back to Seremban to catch my train back home later in the evening. We are now looking forward to attending the wedding reception of Puan Maslinda's daughter in August.

THE OPEN HOUSES ON THE LAST DAY OF EID - PART TWO

   18TH APRIL 2026    ~ The next open house I attended was held by an ex-colleague of SMK Taman Universiti, Puan Norizah Ahmad at Bandar Baru Kangkar Pulai. She has now retired too, and guess more and more people are joining the club.

My ex-secondary schoolmate of Sekolah Temenggong Abdul Rahman (2) [STAR2], Mr. Ridzuan Masrom. was also there with his wife.

The husband, Mr. Abdul Wahid [who is also a teacher] and her daughter, Miss Farah, are no strangers to me. When she was a small kid, Miss Farah used to tag along her mother to school and now she is already in college, pursuing her bachelor degree.

I could not eat that much as this was already my third house visited for the day. I was glad to get to meet Puan Norizah and her other family members after so long.

[READ HERE FOR HOUSE #1 AND HOUSE #2]

Nevertheless, I still managed to squeeze in one more Eid Open House invitation, which was held by a neighbour, Mr. Shahrul.

I was there at about 5:30 p.m. and my other friends must have come much earlier. There were not many people at that time.

I just had Chapati [forgot to take the photo] eaten with Fish Asam Pedas and two pieces of Kuih.

After attending a non-stop eating activities at four houses in one day, for sure I had grown fatter by no time. Thank God it was the last day of Eid and it was time to try and lose some weight after this.

THE OPEN HOUSE ON THE LAST DAY OF EID - PART ONE

    18TH APRIL 2026    ~ An ex-schoolmate of SMS Muar, Puan Aishah, held an Eid Open House on the last day of Eid. It was also done as she will be performing her Haj [Pilgrimage] soon. The event was held at his house in Taman Laguna.

I seldom had the chance to meet up with ex-schoolmates. Today, I was again reunited with Mr. Hasmi, Mr. Mahayuddin Ma'min and Puan Minah Selamat, apart from the host.

I could not stay long as there were two more open houses to attend right after.

Wishing Puan Aishah a safe journey to and fro, and his Haj will be blessed.

THE POST EID HOUSE VISIT 1447H

   27TH APRIL 2O26   ~ House visits for Eid take place for one month in the Islamic month of Syawal [as people have to fast in the month of Ramadhan for one month]. However, sometimes there are just too many people and houses to visit and yet too little time. Because of that, a group of male ex-colleagues of SMK Dato' Jaafar came over on the 7th day of the 7th day of Zulkaedah.

Sixteen people were present and my house was filled with laughter and gossips for a short while.

Guess I will have to wait for another year for the same thing to happen.

Thanks to all my friends for spending your precious time and I do hope we do this again every year.