End of Semester Party

I love surprises especially when it involves food! On the last day of our class meeting, my students from EOP section 34 gave me just that, a surprise end of semester party. In the beginning of the semester, everyone showed up on time but as time went by the trend started to change. At first only a few started showing up later than expected and then the number kept growing. So, on the last day, almost half of the class was late. I was wondering why and when I asked those who were in the class, they gave me the usual answer "they are on their way". Normally I would say something like " never mind, let's start and just ignore those who are late" or sometime it was harsher than that. Luckily on that particular day I didn't say anything harsh because later on I was told the reason they were late (mostly boys) because they were cooking! How sweet. Like I said, I am glad I didn't say anything bad because if I did I would have felt really terrible. They took time and great effort to actually make fried rice and curry puffs. Yes! Those boys made them! I was informed that Faisal made the curry puffs and Epi (Firdaus) made the fried rice. I am sure the others helped a lot too. Since the girls live on campus where they are prohibited from cooking, they couldn't cook anything but they provided drinks and I believe they bought a big brownie from the Secret Recipe too. Anyway, I was and still am very touched by their gesture. We had a blast on that day and you can see it through the following pictures. Thank you very much kids ;)

Above: the wonderful brownie

Epi's fried rice

Faisal's curry puffs

Syamil (our photographer) was busy taking pictures

Everyone was excited to get something

Look at Syamil, still busy taking pictures when everyone was going for food

Me, with the girls

Me, with the guys

The guys posing for a rugby magazine:)

New Look, Old Joint

Very Attractive Decorative Batik

It is a great welcome to our café which opened yesterday after staying dormant for a few months. I have been working for more than a decade at this College but this is the first time I see our café being decently decorated. The new operator has put in a lot of effort to make the place look attractive and inviting. I was pleasantly surprised to see that he even put up big mirrors above the sink areas. That was never in existence before! So now we don’t have to worry about walking around with morsels of rice at the corner of our mouth or having a tiny piece of red chili pepper stuck in between our teeth! Usually I would go off campus to have my breakfast but for the past 2 days in a row I found myself voluntarily walking to the café. I just hope that the operator will continue his enthusiasm throughout his contract. Only time will tell.

Nice skirting for the tables. Just hope that customers will not use 'em to wipe their hands

Even the columns are decorated!

The staff lounge

Check out that big mirror! I hope these sinks will not get clogged.

The look of a very satisfied customer...:)

Very practical, students don't have to stand in line waiting for someone to make their drink. All is readily available

Even the burger stalls look cheerful!