MEETING AN EX-SCHOOLMATE AT PARADIGM MALL, JOHOR BAHRU

   4TH JULY 2025    ~ I finally got to see this one ex-schoolmate [of SMS Muar] again after asking him out many times. I just have a few ex-schoolmates who regularly go for chat sessions and Mr. Mohd. Razib Noordin was one of them.

butter kaya croissant

fried noodles

We had the meeting at Vivo in Paradigm Mall. It was just a short dining in session for lunch after the Friday prayer and we had to bid goodbyes before 5.00 p.m. to avoid the traffic jam. Will be seeing Mr, Razib again as he promised to give me young banana plants from his garden.

THE SHORT COFFEE BREAK IN JAKARTA

   24TH FEBRUARY 2025    ~ We decided to take a coffee break after checking in at the hotel and before doing some shopping at Thamrin City Mall. The cafe, @Tomoro, was located at the entrance of the mall.

My friend sat outside so he could smoke but I opted to stay in the confined air-conditioned space,

Once coffee and croissant were finished, I was so ready to be on my feet again, to hunt for batik shirts to bring back home.

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THE DINNER BEFORE LEAVING KUALA LUMPUR FOR THE Nth TIME

25th MAY 2024 ~ I was yet to leave Kuala Lumpur again after the 3-day stay in Bangi/USJ/Kuala Lumpur/Shah Alam. As a consequence, I had to trouble Mr. Ridwan Wahid and Puan Suhaila to entertain me when I was there and eventually send me to Subang Airport.

As usual, they took me first to dinner and this time we went to Richiamo in Elmina, somewhere near their house in Shah Alam.

I decided just to have [2 pieces of] Salted Egg Croissant with coffee while the lovely couple had rice.

The ambience of the cafe was quite homey but too bad we could not stay for too long as I had a flight to catch [and only to learn that the flight was retimed again for the second time after checking at the counter].

Thanks again Mr. Ridwan and Pn. Suhaila and I cannot thank you both enough. Maybe we will be meeting again in Kuantan soon.