Long Easter Weekend Has Started

I just got back from the city centre - meeting Barry and Xavier. It was nice meeting up where I passed them the two kain batik sarongs that I got for them (from my recent holiday). Xavier chose the purple one and Barry was down to not having any choice but to accept the green one! They love it!

+ Barry (left) and Xavier. It is hard when it comes to the moment to pick a pic to be posted. Chances are - nothing would be agreed on. It is hard to find a fab pic to be posted. Now here goes - 2 of my closest friends here in Dublin (besides Lockz and Ramz), my squash mates and the souls I could rely on. Esp when I went through a hard time recently. You guys are super. As Xavier normally puts it "totally"...

+ I want to be on the safe side. I post 2 pics, in case the 1st one doesn't meet the criteria of being a photo that does justice. Haha

I will not be seeing them for a bit now, since, it is Easter weekend. Barry will spend a bit of time with his parents in Malahide and Xavier will be unwinding from demanding workloads for the past few weeks. I met Barry’s friend – Pepe – for the first time. I came to learn that they are off to Morocco soon. It will be a backpacking trip between Xavier, Barry and Alan. I wished Xavier good luck, since he is the kind of guy who would go for posh hotels for his holidays and now – backpacking!. But I am sure they will be having fantastic time. I wish I can join them. [Now I think about it, this is big 10-day trip to Morocco. I am not sure their plan to be come over to Malaysia this Sept/Oct will happen. We shall see]

They have given up asking I guess. I told Xavier, I do not mind at all if four of us meeting up for coffee, lunch or dinner - or whatever, as long as I am not surrounded by strangers. It seems that going out on Saturday night, is not my thing anymore. Call me sad or anything, it is just not me anymore. I am down to looking forward to squash on Sundays and occasional meet-ups at Barry’s for his winter foods (that was lovely Barry, but I am also glad that winter is over now). Other than that, I do not really see myself in the club anymore. But I must make a point to join them in the club one of these days. I like talking, not just jabbering but proper conversation - and I have issues with the loud music! The next meet up will be over drink on Tuesday night, followed by squash on Wed evening (I think), and Friday night for DVD night. Pepe will bring Happy Feet. Perhaps I will enjoy Happy Feet this time around.

Now it is 7.00pm - I am panicking in getting this place ready. Lukman texted that he is already at Brussels airport. He will be arriving at 10.00pm tonight. I will drive to the airport with Ram tonight to pick him up. It has been hectic day today. I am not sure whether we will be able to get up really early tomorrow to hit the road to get to Cliff of Moher. We need to. Anyway, we will be OK. As long as no late nights tonight.

+ The loyang is small, but enough for 2-3 people I guess. I should have used more of the red food colouring, don't you think? Well that is enough I think ;)

+ Yummy, fancy teh-O to go with that? Self praising, a lot of effort that's gone into making this a reality. Not to mention the dishes that I need to wash...

BTW, amidst the busy Good Friday today, I managed to make some traditional kuih – Kuih Lapis. This is the result. I have been wanting to make Kuih Lapis for few days now. I did not find corn flour the 1st time around and now, this is the result (above). I am not the biggest fan of this kuih anyway, but the idea of making it myself, that was the fun bit.

To those who celebrate Easter, Happy Easter!