I have been organising this dinner for the past 3 weeks. And Alhamdulillah all but 1 of us made it including all the husbands except Zubair of course.
It's at Fig & Olive Bencoolen St. I called 2 hours earlier to book a table for 15 pple and told him to set up their rectangular table in such a way so that we can ALL sit around it.
We were soooo delighted to see that not only did he arrange just like i pictured it (5 x 2 tables), but he also laid out the maroon table cloth with a white in the middle. Just the paper napkin and chilli sauce sachets spoils the image. BUt no matter.
I told the friends to meet anytime after 6:30pm. Told the restaurant, we'll come between 7 - 7:30pm. Nan and i reached the mosque next door by 6:15pm cos (we finish early and our offices are near to it), but didnt enter the restaurant till 7:30pm. The attendance were finally 100% at about 8:30pm!!! And didn't order till 8.45pm.
I ordered Corned Beef & baked cheese. Isn't that supposed to be the baked potato? *shrug* But they came as the corned beef sandwich!! Luckily, the replacement came quite quickly but slightly disappointing cos the corned beef is soo little!!! And luckily, Nan stopped me from ordering an extra plate of Waffle Fries bcos she's not likely to finish hers from the Fish & Chips.
We had a round of updates... interrogating 4 of them about their pregnancy stage, EDD (estimated date of delivery), gynae, hospital, scanned image, weight, height, etc... Some of them are still puking at 4th month!!
They ordered desserts at 9:40pm!! LAst orders should have been 9:30pm and we didn't leave till 10:15pm? When the closing time was supposed to be 10pm. The workers were cool about it though. He even helped us to take group photos.
I dont know whether its because we were busy talking or bcos Zubair was not around, but i totally lost my interest in taking photos.
Fit drove but were going out on a date with her hub. Meaning to say we cldn't hitch a ride.. :P Ohwell.. after all it's fri night. So Hid and i took the train, while the rest of the 11 east pple carpooled between 4 cars. I reached home 11:15pm.
Oh yes, the actual reason why we organised this dinner is for 3 reasons:
- Nan's going away to NZ for about a year
- Me going to Pak
- Y just returned from Hajj
- We miss each other
I know that's 4 reasons! haha...
Thanks gals & hubbies for making it happen! It has been a pleasure organising it! We cant be complete again for the next yr or so...
Next up is a wedding in March! See ya gals then!
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