After picking them up from Hotel Royal along Larut Road, we proceeded to New World Park to savor banana leaf rice at Passions of Kerala. Philip and Sandra have an eight-month old daughter, Sophia, whom I adore to bits.
He is teaching in Korea and we had great fun exchanging notes about our teaching experiences.
We ordered banana leaf rice, mutton masala and of course the famous mango lassi. Here are some pics I took during the lunch.
In between the lunch, I took Sophia shopping and she chose a cute one for herself.
Here's one of the four of us.
After lunch, they visited me at home and we exchanged more notes about blogging. I am so thankful that despite the rough start we had in the classroom, we managed to see beyond our differences and are friends till today.I am sure it is largely due to his teaching experience :-). As he shared with me how strict he was with his Korean students, I remarked that he was becoming somewhat like me :-) and we smiled knowingly at each other. He is a great person and I am so glad he and Sandra are happily married. Of course I advocated at least four to six kids :-).
They will be leaving on Sunday and I will miss them but I know in my heart that despite the thousands of miles separating us, we are as near as a thought. Thank goodness for Facebook that makes it so easier for us to be in touch.
Last week, I had two reunions, one with a friend who is an Assoc. Prof. at Harvard University and another with a couple from New Zealand. It has been lots of eating and blogging - not very good for my waistline. Straight after I put up this post, I am going for a brisk walk at the park near my home right after I drop my boy at his violin class.
My next sopo post will be up after dinner. Do swing by again. Take care everyone and have a lovely evening. Cheers!
Captain Obvious Dear masterwordsmith,
While we're on the subject, my Korean connection is kimchi.
Cheers!