Saturday, September 29, 2007

People Who Need People

...have gotta be fully-charged extroverts. As for us, somehow we must have recharged our social batteries during the week (or probably due to the number of beer suppers we've been doing) because today was basically a bounceabout everywhere seeing old faces (as well as some new ones).

The Uni Union
Sweel's wedding luncheon was at Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Resort, and we were probably fated not to show up on time really. Asides from having just woke up an hour before the luncheon was due to start, our sinus decided to flare up - and we didn't have anymore meds in the drawer. So the car had this ball of tissue that kept growing larger and larger as we hazily sniffed and sneezed our way towards Sri Petaling. In our hazy state - we missed the turning and ended up heading towards Cheras. After a speedy u-turn 10 minutes later, we were back on track...and mistakened Hotel Sri Petaling for the Golf and Country Resort.

So...late and at wrong place. And forgot to bring along invitation card.

And the only person we knew who was going for the luncheon was not picking up her phone. Just lucky for us that we were told that Nyukster stayed in Sri Petaling - a quick call and when we heard the landmark, "Do you know Technology Park?" light shone through our horrible memory. And so we arrived at our destination...an hour late. Our table was (to be expected) a sort of reunion. And we arrived in time for the serving of food. :S

Interestingly our table may probably be remembered as the only table to, instead of going "YaaaaaaaaaammmSENG!", we all went, '"Cheers!" *clink*'. Damn Westernized table in a Chinese lunch, haha. But the main factor was that there were 7 girls and only 2 guys, the married couple not counting - so rather than a halfdead sounding yamseng might as well do something different, no? :)

After lunch we'd basically did a bit of a chat here and there with rest of batchmates but everyone sorta went their own way. No after-lunch yamchas for updates. Oh well, until the next wedding. :P

The Guardian Gang & The Churching Couple
As our journey back passed by Bangsar we opted to stop by a few places to say hi - mainly the Guardian branches to say hi to old friends we haven't seen in ages (oh and to get ourselves some desperately-in-need-of Fedac). Then, on an impulse, we bought ourselves a ticket for The Young KL Singers' 5th Anniversary Concert. Really rather a spur-of-the-moment thing, but it was well worth it...oh well we tell a lie, since we'd actually taken a look at the songs that they would be singing and recognized some, so we thought it worth a go.

Chorus was: Just. Frickin'. Awesome. (Note to self: Check up 525600 Minutes/Seasons Of Love when free.)

Anyways. Was leaving counter when someone grabbed our arm. Turned to look into a familiar face. Did the conversation tango for a while, our memory only turning up the fact that she teaches music. Then Leo showed up and we placed the faces - church friends (yes, it's been thaaaaat long...)!

Ok, still did a faux pas when while talking to Leo we referred to Hil as Irene pulak, please kill us.

The Gaming Group
Just before leaving BSC for dinner we dropped in to see how Squee was doing. Didn't manage to chat long but now we know he's almost completed his Bumblebee and Optimus Prime collection. :S He'd this rather cute Bumblebee keychains tho' which he showed us, heh.

Dinner was with RoB and psike (who's back for the weekend) and another feller named How? while playing Puerto Rico at Mage Cafe. psike, who's only gone for like a month has already started AP-ing during the game (and the last time we played was also together with him!). Interestingly RoB and us thought How? was leading but end count showed RoB leading all of us by 10 points (after he told Ryan that his strategy was terrible).

The Mamak Meetup
Well, dinner was early and after the performance we were thirsty. Didn't eat because we had pizza at home. Just breathing sigh of relief that no alcohol was involved. Still, a fair number of people, including our meeting a couple of singers, a teacher and a scout-actor for the first time, and a godfather after a long time.

Heh can see as the day headed on battery semakin lemah paragraph semakin pendek. So we're now plugging into notre dieu du stade de la guerre.

15 comments:

hrugaar said...

My, you've been a busy boy doing the social rounds. My social batteries would be well flat by now. Sorry about your sinus probs though. :( Hope you feel better soon.

Sam said...

This is exactly it. Over time - the people you spend time with back in school / college / work seem to drift away, and the people you actually get closer to are the people you meet outside of these places. Funny how it works really. :)

Lau Niang said...

Hi there! Was blog hopping and found my way here. Ooooh you went for YKLS? i was there too! Did you enjoy the show?

Ryan said...

Hey I wanted to go watch the YKLS concert. But can't find a companion to go with. Beside I don't know how to go Bangsar. So I missed it! How's it actually?!

Anonymous said...

which explains the amount of times you declined MY offer for drinks. sobs

J.L said...

RYAN is so nice performance. Very very nice. you shd drop by next time

Medie007 said...

agreed with hrugaar.... haha... didn't contact my fellow strong clique from form 5 now tat they're all overseas... sigh

Will said...

Oh you were like two rows directly behind me. I think we have a friend in common too.

Seasons of Love is from the off-broadway musical Rent. It's by far the best song in the musical. Best song maybe of all time.

But for real quality from start to end, imho, it's Les Mis.

Going jam later? Will say hi.

Jason said...

If you've told me earlier that you'll be going for YKLS, then I wouldn't need to sit with Ramesh! LOL!

David The Man said...

Truly speaking, I agree with Sam that "the people you actually get closer to are the people you meet outside of these places (school / college / work)". Yeah, it works that way, sometimes. Or most of the times, perhaps?

William said...

"Friend Gravitation" is not an exact science.

@Jason:
U say until like Ramesh "kacau" u... :P

Anonymous said...

Errr...i think i was at bkt jalil golf resort (also?) but for the dinner reception? Done by TaiThong restaurant called oriental pearl. by taithong group.

Same place kar? compare pictures then will know laa...pictures will come up soon. i am so tiredddddd...

FeR

Janvier said...

Hrugaar: Well we did have a bit of time alone in BSC Coffee Bean having ourselves and Earl Grey (admittedly to help ease sinus too). Had Sunday to recharge and finish Making Money! :D

Sam: Precisely! Although school mates make effort to meet up every now and then.

Bibik: We did wonder if you were from Cempaka actually. :D

Ryan: As it turns out we sat by ourselves, with empty seats both to our left and right. Plenty of room space for us, just superb! A cab can help you get to BSC after getting off at Bangsar Putra LRT.

Ezra: It was on a Saturday we went. Somehow looking for icons on Friday night...not keen leh.

Ah-Bong: Lost track of a fair few already. But now you've got your uni ones!

Wingedman: We so did no know that that was you until much later.

Thanks for the heads up! And yes, if they sang 'A Little Drop Of Rain' instead of 'One Day More' we might have broke down.

Jason: Spur-of-the-moment buy. Really. :P Plus we didn't know your seating arrangements.

David The Man: We think it's due to the frequency the clique meets up. If everyone stays near each other/go gym often/plan meetup sessions then of course can get closer. :D

Then again, we is uber-shy in BJam class...

William: But an important factor is 'charisma'. Otherwise have to do it the usual way of getting-to-know-you, getting-to-know-all-about-you...

FeR: *Checks invite* Yes! It is! Congrats again!

daniel henry said...

bibik... he sat the same table we did... he was... OPPOSITE you... FAINTS. HAHAHA.

le petit prince waves hello...

Ganymede said...

*sob sob

All alone in Notroh Woods while everyone else had fun.

*sob sob