The Ladies Luncheon On A Sunny Saturday

Have you ever met a person for the first time and totally feel comfortable being around them? As for me, it doesn’t happen very often. But when I met Ivy and Cn last Saturday (26/01/08), I was surprised to find how easy it was to be with them, it almost felt like we had been friends for ages.

I’ve been a regular reader of Cn’s and Ivy’s blogs for quite a few months now and we often chat and crack up jokes and basically talk about everything in our own little chatterboxes. I am also a regular of Syl’s blog, a girl I’ve known way back since college days. Needless to say, the first things that I load up the minute I go online are the blogs which belong to those friends of mine – and after I’m all done getting the initial updates on what’s happening with their lives, I continue checking my e-mails and browsing other things. It’s almost like a dose of virtual-reality to my socially dry life.

When we decided to meet, I admit I was a bit nervous, but I was also hyped up with excitement of finally meeting the people who were responsible for the strangeness of my behavior in front of my laptop; which included stifled chuckles or contained drooling (Yes, Ivy I am talking about your blog.) So when I finally met them for a ladies luncheon at Sushi Tei in Plaza Indonesia, I was surprised to know that:

Cn was a feisty little lady, I figured that much through her writings on her blog, but in real life she was so friendly and chatty, and not at all like the “Hey you! Move outta my way!” kind of girl that I originally thought. Plus, she was hilarious. Every little thing that she said made want to laugh; they were so undeniably true and incredibly witty that I just couldn’t agree more.

As for Ivy – I have to agree with Cn; what a hot mama. Even though she’s had two kids, she didn’t look like those mothers with so-and-so kids who just let go with their bodies and overcompensate it with clothes and make up. She had a lovely figure and a calm, elegant disposition which all of a sudden disappeared and replaced by warm laughters and twinkling eyes when she got to tell us the funny stories of her life.

And last but not least came Syl – which I hadn’t seen for a long time and missed so much it bloody hurt. She updated us all with the juicy details of the highs and lows of working as a pre-school teacher, in which the subject moved on nicely to the modern kids who seemed to have gotten smarter and trickier to handle.

All in all, I had a super time with them, and as much as it surprised me how comfortable I felt hanging out with them, as I was on my way to meet them and pacing myself up to Sushi Tei, I had a feeling already that this lunch would be a fantastic start of a great friendship. Thank you girls, for the nice lunch, and many thanks to Ivy for treating us all. I cannot wait to see all of you again – and next time let’s pick up a place where we can lay low for hours without the waiters giving us Medusa looks hehe.

*The photograph was taken in front of Sushi Tei after the lunch, courtesy of Ivy’s blog. L-R: Me, Ivy, Syl and Cn.