Lunch with old buddies

Last Monday morning, I received a text message from Halida, that read, "Selamat hari raya aidiladha sweeties :) wanna hve coffee on tuesday b4 everyone leave 4 holiday?"

and I replied, "Salam aidil adha halida. Coffee,why not, but am available after 10am".

We have been waiting for a long time to get together for coffee to catch up things. Unfortunately everybody is so dead busy with the research, and we couldn't find time that fits everybody, until last Tuesday. But instead of meeting at a cafe, Sabrina invited us for lunch at her apartment. That was more than perfect. With wonderful food (Sabrina is a great cook), nice and cosy place, what more one can expect. So we can talk as much as, and as uncontrollable as we want too....ahahaha

Halida and me, met up at Adelaide st., and took the 199 bus to Sabrina apartment. Upon arrival, we quickly sat around Sabrina dinner table, and had our lunch, while chatting. There was an awkward moment at first, just a few minutes hanging, everybody was trying to start a conversation (or probably everybody was too hungry), until Sabrina said, "Sooo....." Ahaks...then everybody began chatting, gossiping, laughing, catching up on things. When 3 very stressful, underpressure ladies met, there were loads of things to talk about. But we don't talk about research. No no... we talk about life, friendship and relationship.

Then came the photo session. Everybody was smiling. It was a happy moment. Away from all

the thinking, writing, researching....away from all the madness of studying.

We had a great time, or at least I am. So happy to see Sabrina and Halida. Halida will be going home to Brunei soon, for good. Wish the three of us will meet again, in the future. All the best for all of you, Sabrina and Halida. InsyaAllah we will succeed.

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p/s: I have post this entry in my FB, and Sabrina have left a comment and I've posted below

Sabrina Amir (Queensland Tech) wrote at 12:16pm (today)

"oohh.... i almost have tears in my eyes reading this.. time flies...we met almost 2 years ago... and we were so busy with our own world(s)... that conversations were always via ym or sms... i had a great time since the last makan makan ages ago...(that was before your kids went home, halida was burried in her chapters, and i was struggling with my data). we shld do it again, at least one time before halida goes back for good in jan!"

note: "Best friends (friends who really understand you) are out there, only you have to find them yourself"