THE EARLY SUPPER SESSION AND AN UNEXPECTED REUNION

15TH SEPTEMBER 2020 ~ The supper date was set with Mr. Masrizal Sayute, an ex-colleague of SMK Taman Universiti, as he wanted to give me the fish crackers he bought all the way from Terengganu. We decided to meet at Warisan Noor Restaurant in Taman Universiti, which is one of our  most frequently visited spots.

I had not been to Taman Universiti in the evening for quite some time and was surprised to see the commercial area was not buzzing with activities like the way it used to be. This should be the impact of the pandemic to our everyday lives.

While waiting for Mr. Masrizal to arrive, suddenly someone who looked so familiar appear out of nowhere. It was another ex-student of SMK Taman Universiti, Mr. Ridzuan Hassan, of SPM batch 2016. He and his other two friends were the people who had been helping me to lock the grills of the gates around school without fail during school days when they were in Form 2. Two of them moved away to other schools when they were in form 4 and I still owed them a treat for helping me do that. Now that I was reunited again with Mr. Ridzuan, then it should be possible to do keep my promise.

There will be more reports of gathering over lunch and dinner after this. That seems to be the only exciting pastime activities I do these days. You have been warned!

 

SATURDAY IS MEET-MY-OLD-FRIEND DAY

Here's a brief report of the reunion meeting I had yesterday, Saturday 11th February 2018, in point forms:

REUNION #1:

Puan Fazilah Abdullah

Ex-coursemate of UPM TESL class of 1993

met at Kafe Warisan Noor

unplanned

last met, many years ago when I went to give a talk at her school SMK Vokasional Azizah (now Kolej Vokasional)

REUNION #2:

Puan Norhariza Abdul Kadir

Ex-colleague of SMKTUN pioneers

met at Kafe Warisan Noor

unplanned

last met, most probably in 2000 before she moved to Terengganu

REUNION #3:

Mr. Shamsul Akmal Shamsuddin

Ex-classmate/dormmate of SMS Muar class of 1986

met at Selera Sunda Sarwangi

planned 4 hours before the meeting

last met, four years ago when he was in town for work-related matter

"ROTI CANAI" AND COFFEE SESSION AFTER SCHOOL

I had to go to Taman Universiti as I had to but some things from a few shops there. It was rather late after school and I had not had any lunch, so was already thinking of "roti canai" [local flat bread] from a restaurant I used to visit. Then I remembered someone who should be in the vicinity to accompany me for a late coffee session at Warisan Noor Restaurant.

It turned out someone else was here too. As the saying goes, two is a company, three is a crowd, in a good way.

Thanks Mr. Amirul Husni and Mr. Amirul Hakim [SMKTUN's ex-students SPM batch 2010 and 2011, respectively] for the time. Please be prepared for the next "roti canai" session some other time soon.

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.