an expat's wife (in khartoum no more...): Makan2 at Kak Anum's house...

Saturday, 19 December 2009

Makan2 at Kak Anum's house...

On the 2nd of November, Kak Anum invited us all to her house for morning coffee. She prepared laksa penang, nasi impit, kuah kacang and rendang among other things. Her husband Ipin just received the letter to demob sometime in December and she wanted to show her appreciation to all of us by inviting us.

Kak Jas suggested that we start giving farewell gifts for our Block A friends who's going back for good. I agreed and gave out sms to ask the opinion of the others. Nearly 95% replied positively to my request and decided that we would collect sdg5 per person. I, by default had to act as the ceti as well...sigh. So roughly the present should be around sdg100. That was decided about two days before Kak Anum's morning coffee.

I (of course?!! rolled eyes!) had to buy the present...hehehe. I invited Kak Maria along because she has definitely better taste than me...muahahaha! Nani also came along to Bravo in Khartoum to find a suitable gift. Once we got to Bravo, we went straight upstairs to look at the variety of lamps, frames, mirrors etc.

Well, being in Khartoum we had limited choices. There's only a handful of shops that sell good quality houseware and Bravo's one of them. After pacing back and forth upstairs, we decided to buy a pair of lampshades and we brought them back to Kak Maria's house for safekeeping. Huh, I was very glad that we've done that in time for the morning coffee...hehehe

On the day of the morning coffee, we chatted and enjoyed the food prepared. Later, I acted as the emcee and we presented the present to Kak Anum (to her surprise...hehehe). She didn't expect that at all because she was to be our benchmark. I definitely love giving people surprises...hehehe. After that of course, we forced her to light up the lamp so that the rest could 'ooh and aah' over it...muahahaha! Enjoy the pictures...