Banyak Hal...

Posting title courtesy of Abang Y....

yes...banyak hal lah of late ni! Lots happened..happening..should be happening..will happen...where do I start?

But first, let me just say how glad I am to learn that Tun M is well on the road to full recovery! Saw latest pictures of him in MarinaM's blog and he looks good! I ni peminat setia Tun M...I may not agree with him half the time but I have tremendous respect for him! Those around me has heard countless times of the story when I met Tun in Sogo Bakery (back when I was huge - pregnant with Kak Long..) and could only think of asking him for a handshake! He said yes, we shook hand, I said thank you and we went on our merry ways...hahaha..so tak intelligent!

2. Reunion with Musri Tukiman.

Musri was my classmate - way back in 1983/4 - form 4 and 5 kat SMS Muar Tanjung Agas. And yesterday was the first time we met again after leaving school!! i.e. after almost 23 years!!! He emailed a couple of weeks back, saying he'll be in Geneva for a day, I emailed him back with my phone numbers and voila! there was a reunion..a very rushed and short one as he had to go back to Zug (somewhere dalam Switzerland ni lah jugak..donno exactly where though...) and due to meetings, I could not meet him earlier. There wasn't time to dwell on the past as we rushed from one tourist spot to another. It was just as well that I had my camera with me so..this is Musri and mumsie...don't you think he looks older than me? kan..kan?

3. ETA in KL

I've discovered, to my greatest irritation that flying out from Heathrow means am only arriving petang in KL...that means a whole day wasted!! That means no immediate trip to the hairdresser!! AArrrghhhhh....

4. Parent-teacher conference


We went to see Kak Ngah's teacher - Ms Denis Liew. As usual...we hear only praises for Kak Ngah. I missed the one with Kak Long's teacher but Abah said she received puji-pujian as well. Thats what i like about teachers kat sini...they only focus on the positive sides of your children and hopes to build on them. I think it works. I think children tends to work harder when they know they'll get appreciation at the end of it...well...come to think of it, adults pun perform better when they receives pats on the back from time to time...ye dak?

On the way to Kak Ngah's class, we bumped into Kak Long's Class 4 teacher - Sandra Heiger. I like her. I wish she was my teacher! Anyway, we chat for a while and told her of our impending leave. Sempat juga I express worry about the girls adapting into Malaysian school system and she said, "if anyone can do it, it will be your daughter (she was referring to Kak Long..). If she cannot cope..it will be the school's fault..it will not be hers!" Awwwww...like i said..i wish she was my teacher!! we left her in the school corridor with Mumsie feeling quite comforted!

I forgot to whip out the camera in the classroom but we did take some pictures in the school lobby..they were getting ready for halloween....

5. More raya pictures...courtesy of yati and rashidi..tapi kecik arr...

6. More pictures of Geneva..taken when I was taking Musri around town...

BTW, the picture of the 3 legged chair is actually of a sculpture of by a swiss artist called Daniel Berset. He named it The Broken Chair. Apparently, it is a symbol of the fight against anti-personnel land mines and the lost leg symbolizes what so many land mine victims suffer. The Chair can be found right in front of the UN building.

and I leave this posting with a picture of a view which greets us whenever we leave the apartment in the mornings....when weather is good lah!

i think its the range of Mount Jura....siggghhhhh.....