Grandmas Get-together

It's been a long while since we left school and thanks to one of us, we managed to meet at the Kuala Lumpur Lake Club for dinner. She's very active, ringing around and even fetching those of us who couldn't drive at night.


Even though we are now grandmothers, the moment we get together it's like being at school again! Chatting nineteen to the dozen, poring over ancient photographs to see if we could see identify ourselves!! The photographs were in black and white because coloured photography was unavailable then and digital cameras and computers didn't exist.



I saw myself in one of the photos, a skinny girl with big eyes and the deep dimple. Now the eyes are no longer big but thank goodness, the dimple's still there! We're all retired, and one of the gals is now a UK resident who returns to Malaysia to avoid the cold winters.

The Yee Sang was a mandatory dish, it still being the Lunar Year celebratory season.


A couple of dishes that we had:



There were two important notifications that evening, one being the upcoming 70th birthday of one "young" gal, the other my son's marriage which will be in October. You see, we need to give early notice so that our calendars can be blocked for those dates.

I also met up with another two grandmas. We were college mates in the UK and are especially close, having lived in the same house for two years. Talk centered on children and grandchildren. What else do grandmas talk about, apart from holidays and food? This was at Chili's in Bangsar Shopping Complex.....alternatively known as the place where a young lady was abducted in the car park and later murdered. It's the little details that stick in the mind whereas names are often forgotten.


It's meetings with old friends that make the day for us, reminiscing and catching up.

I also had a game of golf with yet another college mate but the current hot spell was a great damper. I just oouldn't play during the second nine because the heat was too great. As usual, the higher the sun in the sky, the higher my score too! Nevertheless, it was a great morning.

All said and done, this Lunar New Year was a good one, being able to catch up with friends and relatives, apart from the feasting, the giving and receiving. Keeping in touch keeps the fires of friendship burning and reminiscing gives us all a glow when going down memory lane.