The reunion of 5504 roomies

 It started after I came back from the Turkey trip. There was an event of my in law’s family untuk menyambut menantu on 4th June 2022 - an event that was 1 year delayed due to PKP covid19 rules. The event was in Air Keroh, Melaka. Frankly, whenever I came to the town of Melaka, I would think of this old friend of mine… my ex roomie when I was staying in Kolej Jati, ITM 1988 - 1991. The one who shared the most ups and downs during my 3 years of doing diploma in ITM. The one with the most unique name too - Chambarihan Nawati - seunik orangnya! 🥰 Until now, kalau dengar lagu Ramlah Ram, sure terbayang2 wajah si dia yang juga peminat tegar Ramlah Ram. di zaman remaja kami 😀

Okay... you guys may wonder, since kami selalu balik Melaka why tak jumpa kan? Alaaa... selalu balik Melaka tu dengan En Suami... dia driver kot... payah la si isteri nak 'kidnap' kereta pi jumpa sahabat lama huhuuu. But for this trip, no 1 - we'll be staying in Ayer Keroh, which is very near to Bandar Melaka. no 2 - the uncle of the groom aka Mr Hubby cannot make it as he was in Uzbekistan. Makanya… panjang la akal si isteri buat plan bila si suami tiada bersama lol! 

So I made plan to meet Mie aka Ms Chambarihan Nawati after like... what? 31 years?? I seriously can't remember when I last met her... huhu! 

Reunited with my ex roomie after 31 years leaving ITM!!! It was surreal!! 😍

Thank you Mie belanja... siap bawak carrot cake lagi... sedap lak tu... yumm!!

Sempat borak around an hour saja... I had to rush getting ready for the wedding event that evening. Tak puas rasanya reminiscing kisah2 lama kami huhuuuu. But at least terubat lah rindu untuk jumpa sahabat sorang ni 💓

And so that was the 'pencetus' of the grand reunion of  5504 occupants of Kolej Jati 8892. We shared our picture in the wassap group of 5504. Maka bermula lah mereka membuat plan untuk berjumpa... to be reunited again. And since Mie would be coming to Shah Alam on 19th June 2022 for her son's graduation, we made a plan! The idea was... siapa boleh datang... datang aje! Tak payah tunggu semua ada... confirm tak jadi nanti Lol!

Ended up 5 out of 8 of us made it to this gathering... masyaAllah.... seronok nya dapat jumpa mereka semua! Walau pun masih tak cukup corum... jadi lah... huhuuu...

The long overude reunion of the occupants of 5504, Kolej Jati ITM 8892.

From left : Faez, Shila, Mie, yours truly and Ila.

Mie brought this... yummeh!!!

Food at Chef Zubir Restaurant was good... 😋

Berjaya juga kami berkumpul.. alhamdulillah.... 

Most of us haven't met each other since 1992. Walaupun kami belajar dalam bidang yang berlainan (yours truly in Computer Science, Mie in Landscape Architecture, Ila in Banking, Shila in Food Technology, Faez in Hotel Catering, Yasmin in Business Transport, Kak Ani in Fashion Design and Nab in Ceremic Art), we survived 3 years of sharing the same space (err... it was more like an apartment with 2 rooms and a living room that turned into a room as well Lol!). Terlalu banyak kot memori manis, masam, pahit, pedas, kelat (semua ada lah haha!) yang dikongsi bersama... 

Bila dah berkumpul ni, keluar lah semua cerita balik lol!! 😂😂😂

Dunch play2 ya... I remember all your secret okay!!! So be kind to me lol!  

Shila, the youngest among us (she joined us in room 5504 in 1989 after a senior, Kak Ana graduated and left us), paling kuat memori.. reminding us on all those memories... some yang kami pun dah lupa lol! Memang sakit perut gelak reminiscing cerita2 lama... 😂😂😂

Wishing Min, Kak Ani and Nab were there with us... sure lagi gamat! 

One fine day insyaAllah... all eight of us can meet up! 

May this friendship last forever till jannah... 😘💓