BOYS' MOVIE DAY OUT

   29TH DECEMBER 2025    ~ The last time I watched a movie was like 3 years ago [READ HERE]. Today, I went back to the movie theatre to watch Papa Zola, with the same person, Mr. Solihin Ramli.

 

 The chosen cineplex was at Midvalley Southkey. Thank God the hall was only filled with 75% of parents and kids on school holiday. As expected, Malaysian animation movie was something worth the time and effort watching in a real movie theatre.

The outing was concluded by having lunch at Nando's restaurant in the mall.

Thanks to Mr. Solihin for the time and company, and the last minute plan worked well this time.

THE GOSSIP GIRLS REUNITED AT NANDO'S BUKIT INDAH

5TH JUNE 2024 ~ This was a plan that was executed at the very last minute and I was reunited with the two gossip girls at Nando's in AEON Bukit Indah.

I wanted to get something light actually, but the temptation was too great. Hope the chicken strips would not make me fat after this.

Someone had to send a report to her husband of the people she was meeting and we were forced to strike to best pose.

There used to be more members coming for the gossip session but the party still had to go on as it would be quite impossible to get everyone to be present.

We had planned for the next meeting so we could eat more meat [and grow fat together].

THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THAT HAPPENED AT NANDO'S IN IPC SHOPPING CENTRE

4th MAY 2024 ~ Someone celebrated her birthday today and her parents decided to have dinner at Nando's in a mall called Ikano Power Centre [IPC].

There was no birthday cake so Miss Reihana was forced to cut the chicken while I sang the birthday song for her.

There was no birthday present too but I hope the Angpau [TRANSLATE: money packet] would make her happy.

We had to leave once dinner was done as they had to send me to the airport as I had a flight to catch.

Thanks once again to the parents, Mr. Ridwan Wahid and Puan Suhaila, for the birthday treat to remember. It was significant as for once I got to celebrate the birthday of the girl whom I first met in Sydney in 2009.

LUNCH SESSION WITH TWO EX-STUDENTS AT NANDO'S

16th MARCH 2022 ~ Two ex-students [of SMK Taman Universiti] wanted to meet up for lunch and we decided to go to Nando's at Midvallley Mega Mall. It had been a long time since I last had a meal here so I guess it was about time.

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MY HOMETOWN GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE - EATING HEALTHY AT NANDO'S

21st April 2018 ~ We must always try to eat healthy food. For example, instead of consuming red meat, we should choose the white one. Other than that, use as little oil as possible, in the preparation process and the best method is to grill it. So we decided to opt for Nando's Chicken after the movie session at AEON Bukit Indah. I not only feel healthy after the late lunch/early dinner, but I grow fat as well.

Thanks Mr. Nazafee for the treat after getting his one-month salary working after the SPM examination. Believe me, not many are willing to part with their money to give their teacher a treat and this really kind of you. May Allah repay your generosity.

FRIDAY WAS MEET-MY-EX-STUDENTS DAY

31st January 2014 ~ It was a long weekend for everybody in conjunctions with the Chinese New Year celebration so many people were taking their time off from college or work. It is customary for Malaysians to take this opportunity to go back to their hometown, regardless of their races or ethnicity. Hence, this would be the best time to meet up with old friends, and in my case, an old teacher. I had a series of meet-my-ex-students session today and we had meetings in various places at different time.

SESSION #1

TIME: 5:00 - 5:45 PM

VENUE: Restoran Warisan Noor, Taman Universiti

People Met: ex-students from SPM batch 2012

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SESSION #2

Time: 8:00 - 10:00 PM

Venue: Nando's Aeon Bukit Indah

People Met: ex-students from SPM batch 2008 

SESSION #3

TIME: 12:30 - 2:00 AM

VENUE: Mummy R Restaurant, Taman Suria

People Met: ex-students SPM batch 2006

It did not really matter where we met or what we ate but the most important thing was the quality time spent and the catching up done. Thanks everybody for the time and for including me in one of the slots in your schedule. Hopefully we will meet again soon when opportunity knocks.

SATURDAY WAS OUTING DAY

SATURDAY, 15th DECEMBER ~ Someone asked me to eat out today so we went to AEON Bukit Indah (formerly known as Jusco) for a late lunch. At first we went to Kenny Roger's Roasters but there was no vacant seat. For the second option, we went to Nando's.

 

 

Food portion I couldn't finish

I think it would be best not to come here on weekends as there were many people and it was difficult to get a parking space. Always blame the Singaporeans.

Just a few hours after that, I had another meeting which was meant to be a movie date with two ex-students, at the same place. Although the movie only started at 8:45 p.m., we were there much earlier by 6:15 so could sit downfirst and chit-chat.

We wanted something not that heavy but the movie would take three long hours to finish so we still needed something that would prevent us from hunger. Hence, I chose Secret Recipe for the rendezvous so we could have cakes and coffee.

The cinema at Bukit Indah is the newest one in Johor Bahru and it was my first time there. The place and cinema hall looked bigger, and the seats were more comfortable but of course it was more expensive. I still don't mind going to the one nearer to my house as it is much cheaper.

And I arrived home after midnight and luckily my carriage did not turn into a pumpkin and I did not lose my glass slippers. I had enjoyed the outing tremendously but I hoped I had not grown fat after all the eating sessions.

SENDING OFF LUNCH AT NANDO'S

2nd January ~ This actually had been planned much much earlier but we did not have the chance to do it. However, this time there was a strong reason - it was now or never. Someone is going to SM Teknik Gombak (Gombak?) to continue his upper secondary studies there next week so this was in a way a formal event to say "goodbye". Originally it was supposed to be in Secret Recipe but the host had a change of mind and chose to go Mexican. The first and last time I ate in Nando's Restaurant was many many years ago in Kuala Lumpur.

Even though Syazwan will be going away, I hope that we could still meet once in a while. Or is he going to disappear into thin air like many others? Anyway, good luck to Syazwan at his new school and hope he will enjoy his new life over there.