269. The arrival of Dr. Aileen "Bek" Cheung
Aileen will be flying in tonite for her friend's (Ying & Samantha) wedding at E&O. Chuwy's wife & kids are sick, so he can't join us for dinner. Devan apparently is still out of town. Bee Hong's back in KL, so guess it's just us.....and Aileen's UK mates :)
Picked her up at 6pm and we headed off to Super Tanker for dinner. We had a good time chatting and I asked her where's she staying and with who. She mentioned she'll be sharing a room with Ping and Jo. She added that Jo already checked in and Ping will be arriving shortly. Since we're near the airport, I told her to give Ping a call and we'll pick her up as well. I'll get to collect taxi fare :P We did manage to pick Ping up.
We went downstairs to meet up with the rest of her gang. Was introduced to so many new people that I had problems getting all the names. I'm sure as the nite goes by, I'll eventually get all the names. Was surprised to see Audrey there as well. My goodness, it has been 10yrs since I last saw her. Was pleasantly surprised that she still remembers me. What a small world.
It's was bit wierd seeing so many chinese people speaking with a strong British accent. Some are British born chinese and some stayed way too long over there. :)
Secondly, it's wierd to be walking from E&O hotel to Soho and have people calling out to Aileen and not me :P Hey! I thought we're in Penang? Where are all my friends? Looks like Ying and Samantha have invited lotsa UK friends and they actually flew all the way to Penang just to attend their wedding. They must be close.
Spent the rest of the nite at Soho catching up with Aileen and updating each other. Gosh, it's amazing after all these years she's still the same, despite getting permanent head damage and the title Dr. :) It's good to know that eventhough so much time has passed, she's still the same person. It's comforting knowing that along the way, I've found good sincere friends.
I need to remind myself to bring my camera, but I'm sure I can "steal" some shots from Aileen later.
After dropping Aileen off, walked back to my car in E&O's car park. To my horror, the exit of the car park was chained up. Now why the heck would someone do that? I didn't feel like walking all the way back to the lobby and all, so I *ahem* rammed the chain. I reckon it'll leave minor scars, but hey, my car has got so many scars on it that one more wouldn't be noticable.
Good nite.
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My Random Thots:
Hmmmm, I wonder if people say the same of me as a friend
Aileen will be flying in tonite for her friend's (Ying & Samantha) wedding at E&O. Chuwy's wife & kids are sick, so he can't join us for dinner. Devan apparently is still out of town. Bee Hong's back in KL, so guess it's just us.....and Aileen's UK mates :)
Picked her up at 6pm and we headed off to Super Tanker for dinner. We had a good time chatting and I asked her where's she staying and with who. She mentioned she'll be sharing a room with Ping and Jo. She added that Jo already checked in and Ping will be arriving shortly. Since we're near the airport, I told her to give Ping a call and we'll pick her up as well. I'll get to collect taxi fare :P We did manage to pick Ping up.
We went downstairs to meet up with the rest of her gang. Was introduced to so many new people that I had problems getting all the names. I'm sure as the nite goes by, I'll eventually get all the names. Was surprised to see Audrey there as well. My goodness, it has been 10yrs since I last saw her. Was pleasantly surprised that she still remembers me. What a small world.
It's was bit wierd seeing so many chinese people speaking with a strong British accent. Some are British born chinese and some stayed way too long over there. :)
Secondly, it's wierd to be walking from E&O hotel to Soho and have people calling out to Aileen and not me :P Hey! I thought we're in Penang? Where are all my friends? Looks like Ying and Samantha have invited lotsa UK friends and they actually flew all the way to Penang just to attend their wedding. They must be close.
Spent the rest of the nite at Soho catching up with Aileen and updating each other. Gosh, it's amazing after all these years she's still the same, despite getting permanent head damage and the title Dr. :) It's good to know that eventhough so much time has passed, she's still the same person. It's comforting knowing that along the way, I've found good sincere friends.
I need to remind myself to bring my camera, but I'm sure I can "steal" some shots from Aileen later.
After dropping Aileen off, walked back to my car in E&O's car park. To my horror, the exit of the car park was chained up. Now why the heck would someone do that? I didn't feel like walking all the way back to the lobby and all, so I *ahem* rammed the chain. I reckon it'll leave minor scars, but hey, my car has got so many scars on it that one more wouldn't be noticable.
Good nite.
__________________________
My Random Thots:
Hmmmm, I wonder if people say the same of me as a friend
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