THE TESL PRE WEDDING RECEPTION GATHERING IN PUTRAJAYA

   27TH SEPTEMBER 2024    ~ There was a pre UPM TESL wedding reception gathering held the evening before the real event [READ HERE]. The chosen venue this time was Indus Restaurant in Putrajaya. 

This should be my second time here. The first time was also with a group of TESL friends back in 2018, after visiting another friend in a hospital in Kajang [READ HERE]. After six years, the place sure had changed a lot.

We conquered the centre part of the open dining area, with a few tables combined to accommodate everybody and a few came with their spouses and children.

There were many diners that evening and this was a popular spot to celebrate birthdays in Putrajaya. The birthday songs were sung seven times when we were there.

One of the birthday people celebrating was from our group, Puan Hanna Sheikh Mokhtar.

There was also a live band performance at the restaurant. We, however, were seated right in front of the loud speakers so communicating over dinner was almost impossible unless we shouted to the person sitting beside us.

Someone from the group went up the stage to sing a song with the band.

We had to leave by 10:00 p.m. so we could go back and have enough rest to party again the next day at the wedding reception.

We had to thank the newly retired Puan Salmiah Ghazali for the dinner treat. I should have ordered something more expensive if I had known about it earlier.

COFFEE, TEA AND CAKE IN THE AFTERNOON AT PUTRAJAYA

   16TH DECEMBER 2023    ~ We just had had brunch in Dengkil less than hour before this [READ HERE] but we still went into this cafe called Segar Cake & Bake for Coffee, Tea and Cakes.

The coffee, tea and cakes were all good and now I had to go eat more food at the wedding reception and get fatter [READ HERE]. Some people were just worried I would be starving when I was with them in Kuala Lumpur/Selangor. 😀

Thanks again Mr. Ridwan Wahid [a friend of UPM TESL class of 1993] and Pn. Suhaila for the short trip to Putrajaya and the gastronomic adventure which later continued in the evening. *sigh*

PLAYING TOURIST IN PUTRAJAYA

   16th DECEMBER 2023    ~ After the late breakfast cum brunch at Dengkil [READ HERE], Mr. Ridwan Wahid decided to take me for a tour in Putrajaya, which was unexpectedly just nearby. Who was I to disagree when I was being chauffeured around.

We actually wanted to go to other spots but ended up somewhere else. I had never been to this part of Putrajaya Lake though. I was more familiar with the site near the McDonald's restaurant where we used to have our picnics with other TESL friends.

There are many photos of mine as a tourist this time because someone was too eager to play tourist guide. 😀

I still have to thank Mr. Ridwan (and Pn. Suhaila) for all the trouble they had to go through that Saturday morning to play host. I should be that one very lucky guest.