Just a quick updates.
a) Hari Raya came and went. We had a few open house in the neighbourhood, first one hosted by Syed and Sharifah. Right after having our fill of super yummy nasi beriani and nasi himpit kuah kacang here, the same group of neighbours then adjourned to the house next door, who happened to hold open house on the same day. The host is Timothy but I forgot the missus name, I think it's Sarimah or something. Someone care to correct me? Even though most of us have eaten at S&S's place, we just couldn't resist to have another go at Timothy's, the foods were just too tempting.
b) Today is Deepavali day and Mr and Mrs Rama (the bungalow unit near the lagoon) held an open house for the neighbours. Almost everyone who knows someone were there. Usual suspects, Padma, Jeff and Cathy, Nicky and Doris (I hope I get the name right), Albert and Agnes, Tony and Mary Wee, Mary Wesholt, Shirley and her husband, Mike (I am bad with names, hope it's correct) ; his first time to join the usual suspect ; Azlan, Zafri and wife (forgot the name, sorry), another Thomas with his wife, Brenda, I think and a few more ; missing is Captain Ng & Mrs, and Mr & Mrs. Taizo. As usual, the names above were the ones who would stay the longest, hahaha. I was there around 2.15 and left about 5.15. Talking about staying!!! Again, what else us Malaysians would do if we gather if not to eat (again) and Mrs Rama cooked very delicious beriani that some of us had like 3 - 4 helpings, you guys know who you are...
Anyway, we met the lovely children of Mr and Mrs Ramasamy. Their youngest daughter is getting married (Anusia) and we were all invited, it's a BOLLYWOOD themed wedding dinner, guests are encouraged to dress according to the theme and we are so excited to go, yeah.. I am excited too because I would finally have a chance to wear my Punjabi suit bought in Chennai, oops, sorry, got side tracked, back to main topic.
Anyway, after her wedding, Anusia will stay at the semi-D in road 2B, next to Tony and Mary Wee's. We are finally seeing some new faces in our area. By the way, my wife told me that the Wanita group planned to attend the dinner dressed like Aiswarya Rai and Kajol, I am soooooo looking forward to see Agnes, Mary Wee, Mary Wesholt, Doris and the rest of the gang in saris and salwar kameez.
I wonder if Nicky would be wearing "Dhotty"???
Both Nicky and I are Indian foods fan and we just found out that Zafri is also crazy about food. We got more kaki for eating expedition in the near future.
It is very nice to see such a friendly crowd and humble to the core, no stucks up around. Everyone is like old friend, I really admired these people. I hope there will be more get together to build on the good things we have going.
c) This coming Friday will be Halloween and Mary Wesholt and Agnes Mok has taken the initiatives to organise a Halloween party for the young (and young at heart), so, I hope everyone will join in the fun. I have bought loads of candies and I hope there will be lots of kids going tricky-treating in the neighbourhood on that day, otherwise, somebody have to volunteer to help me finish off the candies.
Lastly, the pro-tem had a meeting with Glenmarie Cove management and highlighted all the issues as mentioned in our letter to them. Mr Ng promised to look into some of the issues on hand personally. I think it went very well and we can look forward to many good things happening in our neighbourhood.
Well, that's all for the time being. Catch up later.
