ATTENDING THE WEDDING RECEPTION OF A RELATIVE'S SON

   20TH DECEMBER 2025    ~ This was the second wedding reception held by one of the few relatives whom I am still connected to, Puan Shatira Omar. The event was held at Bizmilla Wedding Event at Eco Palladium. The first wedding was even held at the same place three years ago.

the groom's mother's sister,
Puan Salina Omar

I arrived early since I had two more receptions to attend right after, and the venues were far. As I did not meet anyone else that I knew of, I made my move as planned. It was good to still be remembered and included in the family big event like this. Wedding receptions is one place when we usually get to see people whom we have not seen in ages.

ATTENDING THE WEDDING RECEPTION OF MR. MUHAMMAD FAIZ

   26th APRIL 2025    ~ It was the wedding reception of Mr. Mugammad Faiz Zulkifli today, another ex-student of SMK Taman Universiti. The wedding venue was at Bizmilla Hall located in Eco Palladium somewhere near Setia Tropika in Johor Bahru.

I was first greeted by the groom's younger sister who is also an ex-student.

Then there was her other classmate who had arrived earlier.

After that, I saw more ex-students in the hall, as well as two ex-colleagues.

The last time I met the groom, Mr. Muhammad Faiz, was one year ago in Mitsui Outlet, Sepang. [READ HERE]

Wishing the lovely couple a blessed and happy married life ahead filled with love and joy.

ATTENDING THE FIRST WEDDING RECEPTION ON SUNDAY IN JOHOR

The state of Johor has changed its weekends holiday from Friday/Saturday to Saturday/Sunday starting 2025 after 10 years. All this while, wedding receptions were held on Saturday and today was the first reception attended on Sunday.

It was the wedding reception of the son of Mr. Suhaimi Hashim, the Senior Assistant of SMK Taman Universiiti and Puan Huzaimah Zakaria, an English teacher of SMK Gelang Patah, who marked PMR Exam English paper with me last time.

I was greeted by Mr. Suhaizal Hashim, an ex-teacher of SMK Taman Universiti, who is the younger brother of the groom's father.

The venue was at Bizmilla Wedding Hall in Eco Botanic. I was there at about 2:30 p.m. and was still expecting to see friends from school to be in the hall.

Mr. Izwan, an ex-student of SMK
Gelang Patah and an ex-colleague of
SMK Mutiara Rini, with his wife

Mr. Ali Mustafa, an ex-colleague of SMK Gelang Patah

Mr. Hanis Hanafi, once a state chess
player when he was a student

SMK Taman Universiti reunited

Since there were many people whom I met there [not all I took photos with], I spent longer time at the reception.

Congratulations to Mr. Suhaimai and Puan Huzaimah on the arrival of the new daughter-in-law and may we meet again in other receptions in the future.

There will be more receptions to attend next week and the week after next, and next month too. 😀

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.