THE COFFEE SESSION WITH AN OLD FRIEND FROM THE JB CHESS TEAM

Mr. Iskandar Al-Mahdi had his appointment at Sultanah Hospital in the afternoon and that should be the best time to set a coffee date with him. I used to be with the Johor Bahru Chess Team when I was still in the teaching service so we could meet more often.

The chosen venue was Glora Jean's Coffees in Nong Chik area. The meeting was a brilliant one as it could be possible for us to conduct chess classes for young children after this, That however was still in the planning stage and we needed more time to make it happen.

Thanks to Mr. Iskandar for his time. That was also the activity for the last day of school for him and the 12-day school break starts tomorrow.

BIDDING AN EX-STUDENT FAREWELL BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE UK

The coffee date was done today with Mr. Aidan Leo, an ex-student of SMK Dato' Jaafar, for the fear that he would get busier after this.

Aidan would be pursuing his studies in the United Kingdom, majoring in Psychology. He was scheduled to fly in about 10 days.

Wishing Aidan the very best of luck in his future endeavour and hope he would enjoy his stay abroad. Hopefully we would get to see each other again he comes back for his break.

THE SHORT COFFEE SESSION WITH AN EX-COLLEAGUE

Puan Yusidah Md. Yusof and I went to the Mortuary at Sultanah Aminah Hospital to visit and offer condolences to an ex-colleague of SMK Taman Universiti whose husband passed away this morning. We decided to stop for coffee on our way back home.

The chosen venue was Gloria Jean's at Nong Chik which was near the hospital. It was just a short coffee session but it was good to get to sit down and chat with an old friend once in a while.