Friday, 20 Sept 2019 I made a trip to my hometown Kota Bharu and this time, by bus! I brought my daughter Insyirah with me as she has been wanting to experience a ride on a bus for quite some time already. We took a night bus and definitely nothing much to view all the way during the journey.
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| So excited - Her first experience riding on a bus. This was taken while we were on our way back to KL.
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Nasi Sup Daging Bakar
I heard a lot about "Nasi Sup Daging Bakar" and finally today, 21 Sept 2019, I managed to taste this menu for lunch. Nasi Sup Daging Bakar Mok Su - A small coffee shop (kedai kopi) located somewhere in Taman Maju near Kota Bharu.
I was not alone. Mat Shah came along almost immediately
after I gave him a call. Coincidentally he was just around that place, so he
came.
The menu was not bad...it's just that the daging bakar was a
bit sweet due to the way it was marinated I guess.
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| Mat Shah and I having Nasi Sup Daging Bakar. |
Farisha's Birthday Party
Later in the afternoon, there was a birthday party at my elder sister's house in Salor. I didn't know that she was arranging a birthday party for her grand daughter, Farisha who turned ten today. Unlike previous years, she invited few of her neighbors making the party a bit more livelier this time. My niece, Sallena (Farisha's mother) and her husband Aus were also there. They came back all the way from Kajang just to be with their daughter on her birthday.
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| From left : Insyirah, Farisha's friend, Najwa & Farisha |
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| Sallena lighting the candle |
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| A birthday present for Farisha from Insyirah. |
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| Preparing the food |
Gathering at Raja Ikan Bakar, Jalan Bayam
This is not to be missed - in the evening I joined a mini casual gathering. The gathering was held at Cafe Raja Ikan Bakar in Jalan Bayam. In fact, we organize this quite often just to maintain the bonding among ourselves. Most of us turned 50YO this year (2019) and friendship goes on. This is actually the reason why we organize event like this regularly be it in KL or KB.
All of us are actually from the same primary school - Sultan Ismail Primary School 1 (Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Sultan Ismail 1) Kota Bharu batch 1976 - 1981. The school is also well known as Sekolah Batu Dua.
We left the SIPS1 after standard six in 1981. Some left for boarding schools and some went to secondary day schools located around Kota Bharu. In most cases, those who were from SIPS1 would automatically be sent to Sultan Ismail Secondary School (SMSI) to complete the Sijil Rendah Pelajaran, SRP (Lower Certificate of Education, LCE) before pursuing for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia, SPM (Malaysian Certificate of Education) at Maktab Sultan Ismail (Sultan Ismail College, SIC) which located just next to SMSI.
Just imagine, from standard one to form five we have already built our friendship for merely eleven years and it is still going. That's fantastic! I myself went up to upper six and completed Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia, STPM (Malaysian Higher Certificate of Education) in 1988. This cost me another two years extra.
When we meet up we talk about everything. We talk about good, funny and even bad things any of us did during those days which many of us still remember.
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| From left : Mat Cah, Doc Lin, Puyi, Zubid, Imi Isa, myself, Riri & Azman King |
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| The Early Birds |
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| Seli Potpot came just to say hi.. |
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| The "Story-tellers" |
