Gatherings

June was a good month for friends' gathering, new friends and old pals alike =D

First was Italian food at Sofia with Kheng Wei, Justina's secondary school mate, my first new friend I made in June.

fritto misto - never miss

3 different types of pasta (on the menu it says this is for 2 people!) HUGE portion as usual!

not forgetting something sweet in the end - gelato

Justina, Kheng Wei and me

Next up was Greek food at Dion restaurant in the city, meeting up Kia Miang and her friend, and also celebrated Nooi Hoay's birthday at the same time.

dips for starter

my new Korean friend Sena

my ex-housemate from INTEC, Kia Miang!! Nice to catch up! =D

lamb cutlets....so yummy

Greek sausages

the restaurant prepared the sparklers specially for the birthday girl

group pic [partially]

Just last week Cheah Yen came over to Melbourne (finally!) and she decided to cook dinner on the last day of June...for the 12 of us!!!

home cooked food

baked potatoes with cheese and herbs

caramelised oven baked chicken wings....nicely arranged and decorated with parsley too!

creamy pasta suace with ham, mushrooms, sundried tomato, parsley..

garlic bread

I haven't met Cheah Yen for yearssss and it's certainly nice to see her again and to catch up! She is one amazing woman....she cooked everything in the above 4 food pics ALL by herself! All prepared with passion and love =D Cheah Yen actually blogged about this at her blog~

my other ex-housemate from INTEC, Cheah Yen (she was Kia Miang's roommate that time)

Cheah Yen, Yu Wan and me

group pic ^_^

We had breakfast together last Saturday morning at Glen Waverley with my housemates.

breakfast at Coco Lounge

we shared this together...I love poached eggs!

while Justina and Shea Chuen ordered Starvin' Marvin' each

number ONE~~

It is always fun to catch up with old friends and reminiscing the moments we shared....I was talking to Cheah Yen about the times in INTEC when she used to cook baked beans with eggs and it smelt really good....and how in 2007 when we first came to Australia she used to send random MMS which were funny and thought provoking e.g. 'naked' chicken bathing in water, first big autumn leaf etc...even though we haven't seen each other for the past 4.5 years we could still talk and laugh like old times and not feel awkward =) importance of keeping in touch, hahaha~