Saturday, June 30, 2012

ice cream .....

i lurrrrrrve ice cream  .......  i was "introduced" to ice cream at a very young age of i-cant-remember-actually   ...  but then, so were many other children kannn  


the ice cream man wud ride on a bicycle or tricycle  ....  and in later years on motorbilkes, too  .... with an ice box on the back, or on the side ...  he wud ring the bell to let the children know that he's nearby  .... & thats when parents wud sometimes get annoyed when the children wud start shouting & screaming, "mak, abah  ....  nak ais krem !!"

                                                 the bicycle icecream man


                                                  the tricycle icecream man

                  the bell  -  the icecream man wud ring it to call out to children & adult 


both children & parents enjoyed the ice creams actually   ....  a choice of one scoop or two, or even three, on cones or sandwiched between a slice of bread or bun, or biscuits  ... with chocolate, vanilla, strawberry & jagung flavors to choose from   .... or even aiskrim potong  ...  a fav is the kacang merah flavor 


                            a choice of one scoop chocolate, vanilla or strawberry   ....


                                              or a choice of three scoops  ....


                  icecream sandwich in a bun ...  if u haven't tried dis, make one at home


                            or sandwiched between biscuits  .......  yum !!


 
the aiskrim potong comes in a long cube ...& is cut by certain length when purchased
                      that is why it is called aiskrim potong

                                                 then u pick it up with a stick  ...

we can now get icecreams from the icecream shops, icecream parlors, kiosk, & even from the supermarket  ....  even the icecream men are now more advance  ...  they go round in a van !!  ... well, maybe not here in malaysia 


                         my first taste of ice cream when i got to carbondale, illinois
                                            the dairy queen ... or dq for short

my friends & i we were there in carbondale for our 3-months english course before we moved to our respective university to pursue our degree in various school  ...  since we were there during the summer, & classes were only a few hours during the day, we would end up lepak-ing at the dq shop & a nearby arcade almost every nite

                                              my fav ice cream  ....  then & now

when i moved to columbia, missouri, i discovered another ice cream parlor  ...  baskin robbins  ...  my friends love it too  .... with 31 flavors to choose from in a day, we went to the parlor like almost every weekend  when we go for our weekly groceries  ....  but not when i was in terre haute, indiana ( i moved there from columbia )  .... the baskin robbins parlor was on my walking route to-fro the campus  ...  it became almost a daily stop for me on my way home  ...  whether a cone, or a pint, depending on how much money i have with me  ....  i was really lucky i didnt put on weight !!

among my fav flavors  ....

                                                        pralines & creams  ...

                                                                  jamoca  ....

                                                     strawberry cheesecake  ...

                                                   old-fashioned butter pecan  ....

                                                       french vanilla  ...

                                                        & chocolate  .....

              i can't remember when i first tried haagen dazs  ....  but coffee is my fav
                                                    just had a cup last nite !!

               occassionally, i wud go for a simple mcd's plain sundae cone or cup ...

i wonder if there IS anyone out there who just simply doesn't like ice cream .....  come on  ... give it a go  ... u just might go back for more ....  enjoy !!










Tuesday, June 26, 2012

reunions ....

there had been soooo many  .....  small groups  ..... big scales ..... teh tareks  ....  weddings  .....  social events  ....  kuala lumpur  ....  bangsar  ....   shah alam  ....  bangi  ...  kuantan  ....  pekan   ....   johor   ..... by batch   ....  various batches   ....  let the pics "speak"  ....

kuatagh 2008  -  sime darby convention center
the k79 brothers
some of whom we have not met for over 30 years
suhaimi, harun, hanafiah, hisham, ismail, yusuff, mazlan, azmi

                                               the k79s who attended
                                 it was good to be together again  ....  & still is

the k79 sisters
met up with fab, zana & anum after such a longggg while
fatimah, me, latifah, zanariah, khairanum, asiah

met up with him, too
dato' sri shazally ramli
dhamira was with me that nite
what happened & was said was really funny  ....  hahaha
just happy to meet old freinds  ....
pantang jer nampak orang hala kan camera

                                bbq at tip's in bangsar  ....  what year was this ??

the "ladies only" reunion started off with brunch  ~  potluck  ~  then the mani- & pedi-, massage & waxing  (tqsm, tip !!)   ....  while reminiscing the gud ole school days   ..... macam2 stories, gossips, & laughters   ....  we had tea with the abundance of potluck food   ....  the guys joined us for the bbq  ... tak nak laa biar suhaimi feel awkward & alone among us ladies lak kan  ....   hahaha

it was great that they came all the way from kelantan, kuantan, penang  ...
met up with so many of whom i have not met for quite a while here  ....   rozi, mary, ina, namaziah, azzah, nori, kerry 

& we never really stopped eating  ...


k79 not-so-mini reunion at yos' briyani selatan restaurant in shah alam
met up with some of the guys after sooo many years  ....  didnt recognise some at first sight  ... alan, izahar, nadzrin   .... ada yang dah "oversized", yang anak sebelas, yang wives nak bersalin, & yang dah bercucu  
zul manok memang suka join the ladies' gossip ...
tuh tengok anak2 makcik  .... amazed with all of us
" auntie, kenapa panggil mama 'makcik' " ?
sebab dia selalu mem-bz kan diri cam makcik  ....  huhuuuuuu

tengah update each other's ongoings ...kambing bakar bhad belanja, but he cudn't join us
haa, tu adam !  dia percaya mr peter tuh lee kim hoong  ....   hahaha

kapitan kapal aziz thani  ...  my one homeroom mate yang i used to fear bila time nak keluarkan pocket money   ....  lagi sorang murtadza

smiling ladies in a row  ....


                          adjourned to bangi kopitiam after rayney's daughters' wedding
                                                    met siti for the first time

she called the day before to ask what i will be doing the next day since she'll be in kl told her that i will be going to this wedding with rozi & suzy  ....  tak berani nak ajak  coz i sendiri pon gate-crashing   .... rupa2 nyer rozi & suzy dah berpakat to surprise me  ....  & i was !!!  so glad to meet up with siti again after all these years after leaving kolej

                        zulika arrived just before we left   ....   first time jumpa dia jugak

unfortunately, i takde lak gambar tuan rumah   .... saper yang took the pic kita ramai2 with rayney eh ?

ok  ....  found it in rozi's album


 at shahidah's 3-dotters' wedding at royal chulan

 her 3 dotters + hubbies ... tapi sapa ada d pics we took with her ek ?

at jingga + fuzlina's dotter's wedding

  
as usual, d kuatagh will always curi the hilite of any function

riuh !


at kerry's dotter's wedding

macam mini reunion jugak kann

dr. rayney

we adjourned to tip's place after d wedding
pekena kepok lekor & hot tea  ...  huhuuuu
jangan lupa yer  ....  bukan setakat kepok jer yang tergolek malam tuh
& we wondered whether suhaimi was watching us from shanghai ....

                                      it is always great to be around my sisters


roti-baking session at kerry's

lepas hempas-pulas menguli & menumbuk (with ur fist !!), we began to form the "bebola" roti

each tray nih ada "tuan" dia tau
macam tanam jagung gak, dia ikot "style" tuan2 yang membentuk

baked & packed for us to take-away

a gift for each of us from rozi  ...  mini al-quraan


we intercepted zahara westmacott at the airport
on her way back to sydney

my gawd ... how many years kann

lookin great, babe !

                                         yana came back for a hol from germany
                                         we met up with her for dinner at sri melayu
            * actually gambar ni is 2-in-1  ~  nak jugak malek noor masuk ini gambar*

                                         sorry ~ beyond control these kuatagh
                                  from 3 tables, tinggal 2 ...  as more left, tinggal 1 

after chatting, & chatting, & more chatting ~ less eating ~ we realised we were literally the last occupied table there  .... all the other tables dah dikemas, & the waiters were waiting to clean up our table jer ... so we got up & left the table  ....  some of us continued chatting at the lobby  .... again we were given the "look"  ... so we walked to the parking  ... & some of us continued chatting there pulak  ... we eventually said gudnite & gudbye way after midnite

           why is che roseni not in any of these pics ? bz asking for everyone's number ?
she went round the tables & got everyone's number, & saved in her contact list ... then she went up to yana to ask for hers  ...  yana : roseni, u sure u want my number ?  ...  roseni : yeah, why not ? cannot ker ?  ... yana : bukan cannot, u nak call i kat germany ker ?  ....  roseni : (wide-eyed) germany ? u live there ker ??? .. owh well ..


                                raihan dhany came back for a short hol from uk
                   so, some of us met up with him kat bangi kopitiam, off wangsa walk
                               tip yang balik from shanghai sekejap pon joined in

                   what can i say ?  if we don't rock the place, we are not kuataghs  ...

                                        kapitan laut & udara pon ada gak  ...


                             tahlil at nor azzah mutalib's house + ladies gathering
                                          
                                                          & d food !!

kakak2 & adik2
if u ask me saper batch maner, i wouldn't know


k79 raya gathering
yang pakai shades tuh murtadza - my other fearful homeroom mate besides aziz thani

my dearest sisters ...

...  & more 


faith flame is home !

want her to know that she's among brothers & sisters here

                                regardless how many times we meet up, ader jer citer2
                                            especially from brother wahid hajione


                    rozi & suzy took me "back" to kolej as a belated besday surprise
                                              a delightful surprise indeed !!
                                         at the door of f22  ...  siti is missing

                                               with the current tenant of f22 - 2012

we just HAVE to take a pic here

                                                     the dewan makan

                    before heading back to kolej, we went to norila's place for brunch

                              food a plentiful  -  beehun goreng, buns, kuih, curry

on the way back, we stopped at siti's place  ...  it was ALL well planned
siti da siap masak gulai tempoyak ikan patin

& durians, too
huhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu


an excuse to get together, we met up at bangi kopitiam in bandar baru bangi to
                                         welcome libes awang
the funny thing is :  he didn't recognise most of us ....  not even wahid !!!   hahahaha
                                but it was fun to meet up anyways

  there...libes awang !  i wonder if he kenal midi...dia penah masuk mrsm sban ker ??

              i couldn't read the menu   ....   so i had to borrow allil's glasses


                       geng estima sampai to sri malaysia for the k79_5-0 reunion
           we chatted & laughed all the way from kl reminiscing about the gud ole days
                                        that we didn't realise we were already there

      starter to the reunion  ....  kepok lekor & mee (??) party  ....  hosted by norila
 real cool place  ...  & real cold, too   ....  just next to the beach, & VERY windy

                                 makan2, chit-chat2, makan2, sambung chit-chat

          the early ones there   ....  waiting for the other participants to arrive
there was a pertandingan berkawat at the time .... so we enjoyed the event while
                                                 waiting

                 well, most of us were there ...  from way up north & way down south
                                          the others to arrive later in the afternoon

                                    the ladies played congkat .....  alumni vs students

                                              & some guys, too  .....  hahaha

    the "tougher" (konon) guys played basketball  ...  malam tu ada yang kena urut lagi

on the way back to cikgu hussein's chalet, we stopped by the roadside for murtabak
                                              & air kelapa

                                             happy 5-0 reunion k79ners !!

just like kids, we can't wait to cut the cake !!
50-yr-old teenagers ....

                                                                  there !!
                        we were mesmerised by cikgu dollah's rendition of "my way" earlier

                 the guys had late breakfast while most of us ladies were already at kolej
                                                      sambutan maulidul rasul
prof shahrin delivered a ceramah on saidina muhammad....very heartwarming sampai
                                                       nangis

                                         the surprise award for best students & subjects
                                              given away by k79ners who were there

                                  & we gave some books to start off the reading room

                                                       the finale

wait ... we missed cone
she dropped by on her way back to ganu from kl
her daughter is studying there in mrsm kuantan

                                                  kuatagh reunion 2012
                kuatagh president dato' dr zakaria giving the opening speech

     the k79s  -  we managed to "persuade" a little more than 50 of us to attend
                                              the biggest k79 crowd so far

                                                      the +50 of us k79ners

makcik asiah & zulika
rendering poems by ambotola, fauziah ghani & mr peter (?)

            allil was just too excited about the reunion using his " connecting k' " caption
                                                          great idea, allil !!

                                                     the organising committee
                                                   congratulations, great job !!

                                              our first pengetua, cikgu ramli
                                                            & the pioneers

                                     & ....  its gud to see him again
             the last time we met was when the above pic of us were taken

                        also my "kaum kerabat"  syed hussain chain....  hahaha

                                         anum, ?, ambotola, salim, & chain

       never thot pah jr, my opismate is also my jr from school .....but wayyyyy junior

                              they always get d attention  .................  d pioneers

                                      so do we  .........  the pioneer ladies
                                        semua nak take pic with dato' sri

                                      hmmm .....  wat did i say earlier ??

                  wat r they called /  they are actually d current students of kuatagh
                                                  they performed at the reunion

                                                the in-house performers

                                             ramli sarip  ....   again
                                                       but he's okay

                                          hey, look who's drumming !!

                              i tried looking for pics of other than the pioneers and k79ners

awwwwwwww

there had been many more reunions, gatherings & meet ups  .....  & i believe many more to come, insya'allah .. but for now, cukup lah my collection for this entry  ... its been a lonnnnnnng one  .... enjoy !!