Some things are ALWAYS best left unplanned!!

Remember this?!

Yes, for me it was dejavu !!  How I eventually met up with Habibi Liyah & Zoha ... that same way I met up with Hajira & Najwa today!!

Hajira, whom I stumbled upon in the cyberworld via Liyah's blog, happens 2b my nephew's wife.  That makes her my niece, by relation, but she's not allowed to call me auntie (hear that Hajira?!)

So anyways, the last time Hajira & I made plans to meet for the 1st time on 19 Dec 05 but didn't materialise ...so recently, Hajira had some 1kg of brochures to lend to me ...  and yesterday, a thought just striked my brain!  Hey, since I'll be available in the afternoon, might as well pop by & meet Hajira!!  So I emailed my "proposal" which she duly accepted and that's it, we made plans to meet today itself @ 4pm.  And boy, when things are unplanned, it materialises!!

I fetched Hajira outside her working place (East View Sec Sch, just a 10 mins drive from my hse) ... ok, Hajira, I'm going on-record - YES, I TOOK A WRONG TURN & GOT DELAYED BY 10 MINS TRYING TO FIND MY WAY BACK!  But I reached alright & we went to a nearby airconditioned foodcourt (S-11) which sells 1 of the best Indian Rojak in S'pore.  We didn't have Indian Rojak tho.  I treated Hajira to fried kway teow & she treated me to a bottle of mineral water!  Plus she got an ice-kachang for both to share.   I 4got to tell the mamak I didn't want veg & ended up wasting time trying to pick taugeh out of my meal!  It started pouring while we were eating.  Hajira had only 1hr for me ... and the moment she realised it was past 5pm, she kept checking her watch.  I wasn't finishing my food soon thanks to the taugehs.  It's raining heavily, and I didn't feel it was right to let her go back herself .. so since it's still early, I offered to drop her home ... provided she show the route & give me directions for me to go back.  She tells me she stays @ Bartley...but I really dunno her actual address till now ... what ... some Sunshine Something ... what was that Hajira?

Anyways, if the last time I went to Liyah's place, Zoha surprised me wif a warm welcome at the door itself ... this time it was Najwa!! Considering I've always read that she's a tyrant & not too frenly wif ppl!  But hey, she wasn't really interested that her Amma was back, but she's more fascinated wif me (Madhuri!) !!! Aww ... she was such a darling.  My nervousness usually dies when I get such warm welcome by babies!  Chilled-out @ Hajira's place for almost 1 hr ... see Najwa's baby photos, had a drink, tour the house, slack a bit ... and my nephew Naz came home shocked to see his "aunt" there.  Hehehe... Hajira just informed him she's mtg me...but she didn't update any further developments!

Najwa's Nani sure had a long report of her naughtiness for the day..but yea, I saw it for myself, she can be quite hyper at times (kids, what dya expect!?)...which is scary esp when she tumbles.  I can get heart attack wif her.  But she's oh-sooo-frenly ..as tho we've been buddies since she was born! Hehehe... earned 2 kisses from her, plus her plonking herself onto my lap ocassionally!  :-) Yes, she's a darling.  She's also a gd actress (crying scenes)!  Not to mention, kaypo & cheeky! Haha..takes after her mom. 

Chatted wif Naz for abt 10 mins...while Hajira is all amazed that this is probably the longest conversation I've ever had wif Naz.  Wrong Hajira - this is the 1st ever conversation.  Don't blame us, there was just nothing to talk abt .. he was young when our families used to mingle...and plus he's a boy, so he's closer to my bro while I'm closer to his sister.  That's the way life is ... but gd to see that Naz really has matured into a fine young family man.

Anyways, after we snapped photos for memory sake...by 6.50pm, I took my leave (b4 it gets dark & I've trouble finding my way back home).  Hajira was horrible giving directions in the car, she tortures me wif last min instructions to change lane or make turns!!!  She gets pleasure pretending 2b a driving instructor/tester & giving me challenges!  But she did excellent in choosing the simplest route for me & giving me directions to find PIE Changi Airport!! Plus Naz topped it up wif good landmarks to take note of.  Oh well, I did get confused when I hit the PIE bcoz of the many lanes, thus, instead of going straight for PIE, I turned left to MacPherson.  Although I feel that I took the wrong turn, it was too late to filter 2 lanes to my right ... so I just went on with the wrong turn into MacPherson .. and made a U-turn less that 1km ahead (abt 1 min).  After that it was a smooth journey to Tampines.  I reached home in 20 mins!  Cool!

All's well that ends well ... I reached home safe & sound in 1 piece right at the arrival of Maghrib.  A looonggg morning which ended wif a wonderful evening!

An Evening with Hajira

PS: Liyah - the next outing will be for us 3 (actually 5, including 2 jnrs!).  In town.  All take public transport.  Let's work on that, ok.