UPDATE: It's midnight, so I'd like to wish Teoh Jiah Sze a Happy Birthday. To the friend who never ceased to surprise me.
And I enjoyed every single millisecond of it.
Day started off proper at 1200, when we left the house for the Teoh residence. A quaint and quiet drive with their driver at the wheel lasted for about twenty minutes.
The Teoh brother and sister go way back with the Sam twins -- we've been spending time together ever since our fateful meeting nine years ago. Two years back, we actually went down all the way to Singapore with just our bags, a wallet chucked with cash and two room keys. Heck, we could survive a fallout together.
Returning to today: we stood at the doorsteps of our old friends. Ellya spotted a chicken; I made out four. I insisted they were real, and my sister didn't agree. Jason opened the front door and Ellya asked whether they were illusions. Jason claimed, "They're holograms," in his old poker face -- that's Jason!
We stepped inside and were greeted by two familiar faces, Auntie Joni and Uncle Teoh. Then, walking down the staircase was Jiah Sze. We exchanged our greetings and took a bit of time to catch up.
Soon after, we were whisked off to One Utama. Our first stop was the cinema, where we took a look at what they were screening today. Strangely every film was only being screened much later -- so we headed off for lunch; we were starving as it was already.
We walked down the many floors trying to find something to satisfy our growing hunger. As we stepped off the escalator, something caught Jason's eye -- the words: HALF-PRICE. It was on a billboard outside the Sushi Groove establishment located right in the Oval division of the shopping complex. The rest is history.
After a filling lunch, we headed back to the cinema.
We took a good half hour to decide on a movie to watch. Eventually, we agreed on Coffesions of a Shopaholic, despite Jason's and my craving for something smothered in action with a twist of adventure.
To burn off the one hour of time before the doors were opened, we headed off to the bowling alley. Jason and Jiah Sze had a game of foosball, then we proceeded to the bowling kiosk to purchase a game. I must say, the attendant at the stall was obviously cranky and unpleasant.
We had a good game with everyone scoring spares and strikes, minus Jason. Hah.
After the game, Jiah Sze had the sudden desire for Bubble Tea. The only outlet known to sell this elusive beverage was on the other side of OneU -- but hey, we had loads of time to spare.
At the outlet, I felt as if it took a longer time preparing the four teas compared to us having to walk there. It was a refreshing drink nonetheless, and it was really worth the walk. The teas had balls of flour in them; strangely they found this phrase amusing.
We headed back to the cinema, only to find we still had about twenty minutes left. We decided the arcade was a good place to stop at. Jason and I had a good round of shooting villainous troopers, and we all had a good game of mini-basketball.
To prevent us from sleeping in the hall, Jiah Sze and Ellya purchased these "sour power" treats from a small outlet right outside the entrance to the halls. We stepped inside and watched the film.
Right after, we took a slow walk to the drop-off bay and were sent back to their place. We had a good round of jamming on ROCK BAND and I finally heard Jason sing; albeit slightly gibberish-y.
We had home-made nasi lemak for dinner, and then we had Jason drive us for the first time.
I had the most amazing drive back to my place ever. Jason's been driving for about a year now (though Jiah Sze claims it to be much less than twelve months), but Ellya and I have never been in a car with him behind the wheel. The three of us were his navigators.
During the journey, we took the time for lively and random conversations which involved anything and everything.
Back at the Sam homestead, we watched Marley & Me. No one cried at the end. Surprised?
They left about an hour ago, and well: it was an exhilarating day and certainly not the last of our meetings. I look forward to our next gathering, whenever that may be.
It's those sort of flowery things.
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