Lunch with CS10 '88 buddies

A friend of mine, Isham aka Amoi who is currently residing in Chicago announced that he will be coming back to Malaysia for a short break. His wife, Ain is not joining as their kids are in school but Ain will also be coming back to Malaysia alone for a short break this coming November. 

So, Amoi was asking me if I can arrang a mini gathering for our CS10 batch 1988 during lunch in the Menara Maybank area. So yeah.... 8 of us turned up for this mini gathering ;)

The early birds Amoi (in grey shirt), Azwan (in orange) and Hafiz (wearing batik like a YB haha! sorry Hafiz!). Yours truly, Suzy and Asri (not in pic as he is taking this pic) are the Maybankers who are joining this mini gathering.

Venue : Restoran Ayam Kampung Bandaria (where else to go laaa at this area :P)

The 8 who made it for this mini gathering :

Left, from front - Asri, Azwan, Ruzaini aka Bapak and Hafiz the YB :D

Right, from front - Yours truly, Suzy, Ani and Amoi 

Makan x hingat dunia... tenguk pinggan I tu tinggal tulang jer... lol! :D

The 3 ladies who came - Ani, Suzi and yours truly

I have never seen Bapak talked so much :D Such a quiet boy once upon a time during our student days. :D

It's good to meet you again Bapak! :)

Such a short meeting.... by 2pm, we are all back in our office... huhu. Tak puas catching up... but alhamdulillah, dapat jumpa kejap pun dah bersyukur... it's really  not easy to meet these guys, I tell you! Hope to meet more of them one day...

Lunch - Malaysian Style!! :))

My friend Ain who is based in Chicago is in Malaysia for a short break. This time around without her family as she was in India for a business trip and later to Germany next week for another business trip! (How nice!!)

When we made plans to meet up for lunch via FB... a few old friends quickly responded to join us... Ohhh... Sukaaaa sangatt!!! Pasti lah meriah bila dah gather2 gini kan... :))

I treated them at Restoran Ayam Kampung Badariya.... the only restaurant that I can think of that serves good food... and most important... near my office! :D Of course there are Nando's, Kenny Rogers, McD, KFC, ect nearby... but hey... apa kelas belanja orang dari Chicago western food... haha! It has to be Malaysian style!!! :)

The 'Malaysian Style' food.... Ayam goreng kampung, sambal belacan, sambal kacang, kari daging, sambal sotong, ayam masak kuning... ect!

With Ain and Odah. Can't remember when I last met Odah... huhu!!

With ITM CS10 8890 batch-mates! From left Ain, Yours Truly, Ani and Fishee. Last met Ani on her wedding 18 years ago... goodness!! It has been soooo long Ani! It was good to see you again! ❤

So much to catch up and yet so little time... :(

But we had  fun... of course! :) Good food, good company!

Hope to meet up again soon! 

Kansas City roomies reunion :)

I went to Selayang yesterday to meet Ain, my ex ITM-mate and also my ex UMKC-mate! :)) Ain is now working with Abbot Laboratory based in Chicago, USA. She is currently in Malaysia with her beautiful daughters - Sarah and Nana. Her hubby, Isham (also known as 'Amoi' to close friends and happened to be my ITM-mate as well but later further study in Iowa States University, Ames) was with them but had to go back to their home in Chicago earlier last week.

Bukan senang nak jumpa Ain nih! Last we met was back in 2009 (read here). Sury & Mieda, another UMKC-mates were there too :)) Memang sengaja pakat to meet up on that day :)) We were house-mates when we were studying in UMKC you see :) So kira mini reunion la ni... :) Sukerrrrr sangat dapat jumpa diorang!!! :))

The happy times in KC during early 90s:)

The housemates - from left : Sikin, yours truly, Sury, Ain and Mieda during 'Malaysia Day' at University of Missouri - Kansas City :)

Having a ball during winter 1993 - Ain, yours truly and Sikin :)

 Infront of our house in Grand Avenue, KCMO :) We rented the ground floor level jer... our landlord stayed on the top floor and another tenant stayed at basement. The house got different entrances for each level... so okay laa.. :)

 Now, back in Malaysia in millennium year...

'Us' now :)) From left - yours truly, Mieda, Sury and Ain :) Too bad Sikin can't make it :(

 

Me, Mieda and Mieda's hubby, Mr Lat. Mr Lat happened to be my ex-schoolmate when I was at SK Batu Kikir... what a small wordl!! :) 

 So happy to be together again! I can't remember when was the last time we gathered like this! :)

When I knew Ain is coming back to Malaysia, I emailed her to order 'some' items :)) Alaaa... kalau dah dari US tu... sure lah nak order Coach products kan? :))

These are for me!! :)

Alaaa... cheap, cheap ones only.... bukan la LV... huhu! :P

It was really nice meeting the girls again after all these years! We have gone through good and bad time together during our stays in Kansas City. Seronok bercerita kisah2 lama bila berjumpa again... haha! :D Ain is going back to Johor Bharu today to visit her family and later going back to Chicago from Singapore next week. Have a safe journey my dear friend! We'll definitely be missing you again.... huhu! Till we meet again.... *bila la agaknya... huhu!*

P/S : I really, really miss those happy times in KC.... terrringiiiiinnn sangat nak visit KC again! Agak2 tercapai tak hajat ni?? Hmm..... 

The CS10 (batch 1988) mini reunion

I will never forget my life in ITM.... Life as CS10 student :) My course-mates and I were very closed... macam adik beradik :) There were Kath (our top student - manjang sijil dekan!), Hafiz (hmmm... our next top student? or I used to call him Mat Bunga sebab kalau tulis birthday card or anything.... punya lah berbunga2 bahasanya.. nak gelak we all baca! :D ), Amoi & Ain (dua orang ni bercintan cintun dari zaman student lagi.. and alhamdulillah, dah kawin with 2 lovely daughters now), Pitt (Minah Johor yg selalu buat rambut tokcang senget! haha), Ina HMG (a.k.a Ina Bobo by some friends), Zanida @ Ani (minah kampung majidee), Fishee (our sprinter!), Mantoi (joker in the group.. suka buat joke! During public speaking class... avoid looking at his face... sure nak gelak punya lah!), Husni (buaya darat CS10.. haha!), Amir (budak MenCeKeK yg sangat sombong at the begining... tapi akhirnya sangatla peramahnya pulak.. haha), Suzi (the brutal gal), Norli (my Pilah buddy), Wan Anita (PR of our batch), Salwa and Saleha Denan (the twins in our batch), Suherman (a.k.a "Manja" by the rest of us ), and ramai lagi lah... tak dan nak sebut semua.. hehe :)

Nowadays pun... most of us are still keeping in touch (via Facebook of course!) :) Ain and Amoi are now PR of the United States of America and residing in Chicago, Ilinois. So, bukan senang lah nak jumpa depa ni. When they announced that they were coming back... I pun mula lah merancang2 nak buat reunion ;) Asalnya berpakat dengan Ani(zanida), Pit and Ina (HMG) to visit Amoi's parents house in Selayang last Sunday... tapi alhamdulillah... ramai jugak yg nak berminat nak join - Amir Suhaimi, Mantoi and Fishee! Too bad Ani could not make it.... coz we had lots of fun! :) We planned to bring food (ala2 potluck la gitu) sebab tak mau susahkan tuan rumah. I brought roti jala, Ina bawa some kuihs, Pit buat kek coklat (sedapppp!!! Izzaty and Izzat bedal sampai 3 potong kek!!) and custard pudding (yummy!), Mantoi bawa cucuq kodok and sambal bilis, Fishee bawa egg tarts.... pergh! We really had fun sambil makan2 :D I think that was the first reunion that I've ever attended for CS10 (batch 8891)... hopefully there are more in the future... :)

Us... with our kids.. :)

Chambarihan Nawati

During my life in ITM, Shah Alam... I have a room-mate who shared almost everything with me. Chambarihan Nawati binti Zaladin (a very unique name, isn't it?) shorten as 'Emie' (Err.. I have no idea mana datang nama Emie ni!) was not just a roommate, she was my best friend.. my confidant! We sure shared lotsss of secret together... which of course I can't share them here.. hehe ;) She studied Landscape Architecture... and I always remember her doing her landscape design assignment on her bed at the very last minute... dia mmg suka buat kerja last minute... hehe :) Emie is funny, witty and very easy going... that's why we 'clicked' together :)
Anyway, after I graduated from ITM... we lost contact. I can't remember how... but after I came back from USA, we managed to get in touch again for a while (she was a landscape architect at a big company in KL then). But later, after both of us got married, we kinda lost contact of each other. For the past few years, asyik teringat aje kat dia... dunno why! I even called Germ (Emie's hubby and Germ's hubby are old friends) to ask if they know their whereabout... but of course no one knows. So, I 'googled' her.... and found out she's now a teacher (a teacher?? from a landscape designer??! What a big change!) in Sungai Rambai, Melaka. So everytime I go balik kampung Melaka... I will think of her!! But I didn't do anything to get in touch with her....
Well, this year.... I wanted to suprise her by sending a raya card using her school address.. which of course I got via Google again :) I left my phone number on the card.... hoping that she'd call me. True enough... she called me this morning!!! YESS!!!! Akhirnya... dapat jugak contact dia after all these years!!! :)) Terubatlah rindu kami ini... :D Semoga this friendship akan terus berkekalan... ** berdrama pulak saya kali ni ek? hahaha!.** THE END! :D