ATTENDING THE WEDDING RECEPTION OF AN EX-COLLEAGUE'S CHILDREN IN TAMAN BUKIT INDAH

   1ST NOVEMBER 2025    ~ An ex-colleague of SMK Taman Universiti, Puan Suhana Suratman, held a wedding reception for his daughter and son simultaneously. The event for the two pairs of brides and grooms were held at the Community Hall at Taman Bukit Indah. 

I had already expected to meet a few ex-colleagues in the hall but it turned out, there were a lot of friends who were present when I was there.

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

Mr. Nurji, ex-chief clerk of
SMK Mutiara Rini

There were a few ex-students as well. Actually, both Puan Suhana's newlyweds children are also the alumni of the same school.

The four of us are the pioneers of SMK Taman Universiti when it was opened on 1st December 1994.

Ms. Norashikin, Puan Suhana's younger
sister, my ex-student

Mr. Nizam, Puan Suhana's younger brother,
my SMS Muar junior

That was another reunion session for friends of SMK Taman Universiti that took place at a wedding reception and I believe there will be more gatherings to come in the future.

Congratulations to Puan Suhana on the addition of the two new members into the family. I think she will still have to hold similar events for her other kids in the coming years and may I be called again to join in.

MY HOMETOWN GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE - WOODFIRE'S NEW PLACE

Someone wanted to have a burger for lunch and who was I to disagree. Mr. Syazwan Shavarein suggested going to Woodfire where homemade, juicy, huge burgers are served. Since there was a new branch which had been opened at Bukit Indah so I suggested we go there to check it out.

The new restaurant is located in Millisime Hotel building, somewhere near Bukit Indah area. When we arrived, the place was full with people although it was already 3:00 p.m. However, service was fast and the place was more comfortable (and air-conditioned) than the first one in Taman Suria.

Lunch was done faster than the time spent waiting. Everything was good and we were happy with the burgers we had. Thanks Mr. Syazwan for the company for lunch and please make sure the next gastronomic adventure will happen soon.

ATTENDING HAMIDAH HAMDAN'S WEDDING RECEPTION

I went to attend the wedding reception of Miss Hamidah Hamdan [SPM batch 2011] held at Paris Hotel, Bukit Indah today. His brother, Mr. Hamzah Hamdan [SMKTUN SPM 2006] is also an ex-student of mine and both the parents are people I know well.

I just saw a few familiar faces when I was there so not much socializing was done today.

Congratulations to the lovely couple. May your days ahead be filled with lasting joy.

MOVIE REVIEW - "RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET"

Why did I watch "Ralph Breaks the Internet" in the first place?
1. I had TGV Cinema membership points to redeem before they expire in December.

2. I had a lot of time to kill before visiting someone in a hospital nearby.

3. That was the movie which was shown at the right time.

How was it? It was an informative and educational show - with detailed explanations how the Internet works. It talks about e-bay, web search engine, advertisement, trending, advertisement and marketing, video, getting likes to gain money, gaming, spamming, virus and security - everything that is related to the IT world. In a way, it was too educational until it was not entertaining anymore, to me at least.

I just realized I watched the first movie entitled "Wreck-It Ralph" back in 2013. No wonder he looked so familiar. ☺

BOYS' DAY OUT

I had not had the time to pamper myself for a movie treat as fasting and Eid months had made me too occupied. However, today I managed to get away from all the busy routines, even though things did not go well as we had planned earlier. I should have left school at 2:00 p.m. but the event only finished by 3.30 p.m. I drove to AEON Bukit Indah and the traffic was clear, and reached there 20 minutes later. We almost missed the screening of the movie as the time was not that suitable - or we would have to perform our Maghrib prayers.

We still chose the 5:15 p.m. slot and managed to go for our prayer once the movie ended. We even had had our coffee before and dinner right after the show.

Thanks Mr. Hamzah Hamdan [SMKTUN alumni SPM batch 2006] for the time and company. We (note the pronoun "we") still have one more set of movie tickets to redeem soon.

MOVIE REVIEW - "KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE"

GATHERING AND CELEBRATING THE START OF THE MID-TERM SCHOOL HOLIDAY

A gathering was called on the first day of the mid-term school holiday. This time the people who were involved were the English teachers of SMK Taman Universiti, the present and the past. Two are now in SMK Mutiara Rini while someone else is currently in SMK Kangkar Pulai. Another special guest, not a teacher, was there and she prepared desserts for us.

The meeting was held at Black Canyon Restaurant, AEON Bukit Indah. It was my first time there, as well as for a few others.

Great food and great company, and the session lasted for about 2 hours. Hopefully our plan for the next gathering could be materialized after this.