The KFC buns

Some weekends ago, the girls and I had KFC for lunch in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman after ikut mommy jalan-jalan cari tudung.

I remembered (and will always remember) an incident in KFC about a year ago. I had just completed my period of iddah and took the girls out for an outing at a mall. We had lunch at KFC.

While the girls sat down at the table with the maid, mommy placed our orders at the counter and came back with chicken, fries, coleslaw (Misha's fav) and the drinks. Totally forgotten about the buns Maira wanted.

A while later after we started eating, Maira said something very very softly... "Mommy, buns tu mahal ke...?"

Ya Allah... nak meleleh air mata!!!

You know why she said that? It's because after their daddy passed, I had a small conversation with the girls on how things are going to be for us. And in it, I did mention to them that mommy will be the sole bread winner for all of us and mommy's salary is 'ciput' compared to daddy's and that we may have to somewhat change our lifestyle slightly.

And because of that, Maira must've felt that I was probably trying to 'save' money by not getting the buns!!! My poor girl!!!

Right after I heard that, I quickly got up without saying a word and got her 'em buns!!!

And, though shopping for clothes wasn't in our plan, we went over to Girls after lunch and I got them each a new t-shirt without them asking for it (my way of overcoming my own guilt).

I tell you, I felt really bad for Maira and I hope whatever statement I made about us being 'poor' now that daddy's gone will not seriously affect her and how she looks at life.

I hope it won't make her feel and think that she can't do or achieve certain things in life just because daddy's not around. If I were to only have one wish for them, it would be that whatever happens, they should follow their dreams and that dreams are not impossible!

Maira will be nine next month, which means I will be celebrating my ninth year as a mother!

But being a single parent is totally something else.

And I'm learning something new everyday.

A mini reunion...

My friend from school, Sheeda hosted a dinner bash for family and friends last night.

Sheeda, who resides in Brussels is back for a two-week vacation with hubby and son. I haven't seen Sheeda in ages -- the last time was in 1996 during Annie's wedding and before she made Brussels home. Thanks to Facebook, Sheeda took the initiative to gather old friends from school for a small reunion.

Unfortunate as it was that not many turn up (only me, Annie and Ezreen), it was a fun night all the same. Some who wanted to come are away for work and some just could not make it this time (sure hope we'll have another one soon with more of us).

I see Annie all the time, but I haven't seen Ezreen since we left school in 1989 -- that is like almost 20 years ago!! (God, I'm old!) She hasn't changed (physically) one bit! Still the lanky gal with a built of a model. I bet she could just slip into her old school pinafore without any effort!

The dinner was held at B0ra 4smar4 in Kg Sungai Penchala (didn't have any idea where it was!). Janji dengan Annie jumpa kat Masjid Tmn Tun and trailed her car there.

The ambience was great and Sheeda booked the whole back pavillion for her guests, and so we had some nice private time chatting with each other and going down memory lane. There was also a quartet who serenaded us. It was nice.

We ate and laughed and ate and laughed. Hilang semua kepenatan after a long day at work (kelam-kabut betul hari ni at work, preparing for our new Minister's visit next Tuesday).

Dah lama tak jumpa, our memories were challenged with "ingat tak so and so"... and "I heard someone who was an ugly duckling turned out to be gorgeous!" Also, friends yang dah jadi Datin and bawak BMW besar and bermacam-macam lagi...

Also talked about our schoolmates yang dah jadi celebrity! Like winner of the Best 4ctress last year for her performance in Kebaya Merah; the dance teacher in A*F; Sheeda's cousin whom we used to call Kak Timah is now a respected film producer...

It was indeed a fun night and look forward to the next one -- with more girlfriends this time!