A 3-DAY ELECTION WEEKEND ACTIVITY - DAY ONE

A [late] lunch date was set with Mr. Mohd. Solihin Ramli, an ex-student of Asrama Semai Bakti Felda. We decided to meet up at Old Twon Restaurant in Mid Valley Mall at about 4:00 p.m. once Mr. Solihin was done with his photography job.

I had Mee Kari [translate: Curry Mee} which was surprisingly tasty so now I know where to find my Mee Kari when I am craving for it. Mr . Solihin had [steamed] rice with minced choicken {I think] and vegetable.

To complement the lunch, we then had coffee and shared a slice of Onde Onde Cake at San Francisco Cafe in the same mall.

Someone came to our table to say "hi" and it was my primary school classmate, Mr. Mohd. Fauzi. I was happy that he still recognized me and I could still remember his name.

And that was how my first day of the 3-day long weekend went but I was glad I managed to get out of the house.

PRE-INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION - PART ONE

It must have been aeon of years ago since I had coffee and cake right after school and there was this urge to sit down and chat with a friend. Thanks to a colleague [of SMK Dato' Jaafar] who instantaneously agreed to accompany me at San Francisco Coffee at Midvalley Mall even though the invitation was made last minute.

The cake and coffee were delicious and the chat session was great. What a way to celebrate our nation's Independence Day tomorrow, and we will have a one day public holiday.

And there were always people who recognized me and stopped me for autograph and selfie session :)

A short gossip session was always possible regardless of the fact it was held at a busy place where everyone was walking to and from all directions.

One surprising thing was that today was a working day but there were a lot of people at the mall. What was wrong with you people, shouldn't you all be working? :)

OF GETTING A NEW DATA PLAN FOR MY PHONE AND A COFFEE SESSION WITH AN EX-STUDENT

It was time for me to get my data plan changed for my phone after all these years as I need to use more Internet nowadays. I had wanted to do this much earlier so an appointment was set with an ex-student who was working with the service provider company ONE YEAR AGO. She then was transferred to a centre at Midvalley Mall at Southkey and only today, I managed to got to see her in person.

To my surprise, she asked me to go for coffee right after, an offer which was hard to decline.

Thanks Puan Zetty Zainal, an ex-student of SMK Taman Universiti [SPM batch 2004], for the great help and excellent customer service provided, and for the coffee treat as well. Hopefully there will be more opportunities to meet up and gossip more in the near future.

FROM THAILAND TO THE USA FOR THE GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE

Finally the gossip girls were reunited after many months but one group member could not make it this time. The gastronomic adventure started and we decided to go Thai for lunch, and ate at this restaurant called Absolute Thai located at Mid Valley Mall. That was my first time there and the food tasted like Thai food alright but a bit costly but what did you expect when you ate in a place like that.

Someone was kind enough to provide us with a huge piece of Marble Cake each - it was like the door gift for the gathering.

Once all the plates and bowls were empty, we went to search for coffee [and cake] to complement the huge meal we had had before and randomly chose to get into San Franciso. From Asian, we shifted to be American in a blink of an eye. This was another first time for me in one day which should be an achievement.

The coffee was good but the company of old friends was the best. Hopefully we could go for more gastronomic adventures after this, just like what we had done before the pandemic.