two days ago (saturday, july 21) we had a small house warming with masandi's close friends... Tatang (and his wife, Devy), Dwi (and his wife Melly), and Denny.
initially we wanted to invite my friends as well... but since the house is quite a 'petit' (not to forget the many close friends I have hehehe), we decided to invite masandi's friends first... later, Insya Allah, we plan to have another house warming and invite my friends (hopefully it won't be an "out-dated" event hehehe).
there are also reasons why we invited masandi's high school friends.
first was because we wanted to get to know Dwi's newly bride-Melly. they're among the many who got married on 07-07-07 (actually we could meet her on their ngunduh mantu-celebration end of this week, but then why wait? hehehe).
second of all, Tatang and Devy are in town (they're now living and working in Qatar)... last time we met them was on our wedding. they'll fly back to Doha end of the month... and it's not like we could meet them any time.
as for Denny, though he doesn't have any event to celebrate, nor living outside the country (nor outside jakarta), we barely meet him...
so, since the 4 buddies were in town, why not gather them... too bad, two other friends, Agen and Ola, couldn't come.
I didn't plan to cook anything... instead, we wanted to buy some ready made food. in fact, since the invitation was at 4 pm, we planned to serve snacks like pizza or mpek-mpek (how different!!! hehehe).
but the night before, I called my mom and told her about the plan... she only said "but you don't have the plates or any dishes to serve the food... we'll come by tomorrow and bring some plates"
there you go... saturday morning my folks came and brought some dishware (glad that my mom's a collector... I don't have to spend money for those stuff... hehehe).
just as we were planning what food to buy, the grocery-guy (I couldn't find the right phrase for tukang sayur-a person who rove around the neighborhood selling groceries) pass our house.
my mom, driven by the impulse as a 'cook', rushed outside as she said "hmmm, I think you need to have at least some cucumber to serve the food".
not long after, she came back inside and said with a smile "why don't I cook for your guests instead? it won't take long... besides, you'll save some money"
me and masandi looked at each other, smiled as we both perfectly were aware of my mom's passion in cooking, and agreed to her idea... at least we won't only save some money, but also made mama happy that she could cook hehehe...
while mama did the cooking, masandi and I went to buy some mpek-mpek (I did help her a bit in chopping, but she's better off doing the cooking herself *the lazy febi's talking* :-p ).
Tatang and Devy were the first to came, around 3.30 pm.
Dwi and Melly around half an hour later.
Denny came last, right after attending his friend's wedding.
all in all, the gathering was fun (especially for the guys, I bet... they were joking and laughing and teasing...)
me and the ladies shared stories... how Melly first knew Dwi, how's life in Doha, how me and masandi 'strive' during our times apart... things like that...
it's nice to know the ladies (though Melly's a lot younger than me and Devy)... hope we could be as good friends as our husbands are ;-)
~febi~
ps. the pic above was taken in front of the house.
initially we wanted to invite my friends as well... but since the house is quite a 'petit' (not to forget the many close friends I have hehehe), we decided to invite masandi's friends first... later, Insya Allah, we plan to have another house warming and invite my friends (hopefully it won't be an "out-dated" event hehehe).
there are also reasons why we invited masandi's high school friends.
first was because we wanted to get to know Dwi's newly bride-Melly. they're among the many who got married on 07-07-07 (actually we could meet her on their ngunduh mantu-celebration end of this week, but then why wait? hehehe).
second of all, Tatang and Devy are in town (they're now living and working in Qatar)... last time we met them was on our wedding. they'll fly back to Doha end of the month... and it's not like we could meet them any time.
as for Denny, though he doesn't have any event to celebrate, nor living outside the country (nor outside jakarta), we barely meet him...
so, since the 4 buddies were in town, why not gather them... too bad, two other friends, Agen and Ola, couldn't come.
I didn't plan to cook anything... instead, we wanted to buy some ready made food. in fact, since the invitation was at 4 pm, we planned to serve snacks like pizza or mpek-mpek (how different!!! hehehe).
but the night before, I called my mom and told her about the plan... she only said "but you don't have the plates or any dishes to serve the food... we'll come by tomorrow and bring some plates"
there you go... saturday morning my folks came and brought some dishware (glad that my mom's a collector... I don't have to spend money for those stuff... hehehe).
just as we were planning what food to buy, the grocery-guy (I couldn't find the right phrase for tukang sayur-a person who rove around the neighborhood selling groceries) pass our house.
my mom, driven by the impulse as a 'cook', rushed outside as she said "hmmm, I think you need to have at least some cucumber to serve the food".
not long after, she came back inside and said with a smile "why don't I cook for your guests instead? it won't take long... besides, you'll save some money"
me and masandi looked at each other, smiled as we both perfectly were aware of my mom's passion in cooking, and agreed to her idea... at least we won't only save some money, but also made mama happy that she could cook hehehe...
while mama did the cooking, masandi and I went to buy some mpek-mpek (I did help her a bit in chopping, but she's better off doing the cooking herself *the lazy febi's talking* :-p ).
Tatang and Devy were the first to came, around 3.30 pm.
Dwi and Melly around half an hour later.
Denny came last, right after attending his friend's wedding.
all in all, the gathering was fun (especially for the guys, I bet... they were joking and laughing and teasing...)me and the ladies shared stories... how Melly first knew Dwi, how's life in Doha, how me and masandi 'strive' during our times apart... things like that...
it's nice to know the ladies (though Melly's a lot younger than me and Devy)... hope we could be as good friends as our husbands are ;-)
~febi~
ps. the pic above was taken in front of the house.
front (left - right) : melly, febi, devy
back (left - right) : tatang, deny, andi, dwi
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