Coffee with the Girls..SHE-er Club

Hmmmmm..let's see, I have the Line Dancing group, I am very into the Rotary Club now, and apart from that I also have coffee mornings, lunch club and interests talks with the International women's Association. Oh yes, not to mention my sojourn overseas: Melbourne, Japan, Beijing,

and local trips like Seremban, Penang, Tanjung Tualang.

I am quite a busy retiree, no?

Since April, too I have another Girls' Club!!!!

The SHEer Club

SHEER Women is a collaboration between a group of like-minded women, consisting of professionals, homemakers, business owners who believe strongly in women empowering women.  We seek to create a safe, fun and relaxed space for women to engage in relevant conversations, relate to each other's stories and encourage each women to be more of ourselves in the best way possible...

haha! wow...great words!! written by Terry the lawyer, and the other girls who are businesswomen and diplomats' wives!!!

So, this is a combo pic of our inaugural meeting in April

29 April 2104.....You Are Special

getting organised is not  an easy job!!!

There!!! Quite a good turnout, I must say for an inaugural meeting!!!

These are the brains behind the club

and they are a cross section of Malaysia's diverse races!

First, I must show you the food!!!!

Colourful buns in soft pastel shades of light green, baby-girl pink, romantic peach and sunshine yellow

 when you bite it, the filling is the same colour as the bun outside and in corresponding flavours too

yellow: sweet corn

green: pandan

pink: red bean

peach: lotus bean paste

 samosa

bi hoon

 and of course, coffee and tea!

 girls helping themselves 

 and bonding

 all races, all ages, all professions of girls

 a welcome change from my usual school meeting where we have serious educational issues to discuss, here there is no minutes to write, no action to follow up and best of all NO PAPER WORK!

 Terri is one of the organisers, she is a lawyer

 you can see the rapt attention as she explains why we take pains to meet here every month

Today's theme is "We are special" so she has arranged for a few speakers who have special attributes

 a diplomat's wife...she did not manage to pursue her own education and career as a teacher as she had to uproot herself to accompany her husband the diplomat to all corners of the earth

 yet she acquired life's skills along the way and attained more education and experience that the average woman like you and I

Next was Jean who single handedly brought up a daughter who is now a successful doctor

she went through hard times, heartaches, highs and lows, abandonment, mental abuse and had to reinvent herself

 How she looked like once upon a time

 as she is now, with a makeover, a dramatic comeback and a clean break from her ex husband and past....

I found that it was fun and different way to spend a Tuesday morning and the one hour was an eye opener for me rather than sitting at home, I had opened my mind to how others lead their live....

Then I went for Fried Sauce Noodles Lunch (like Beijing) with Elaine, who introduced me to the club.

 recommended in Esquire Kitchen

 It was priced at RM10.90

 we chose the Happy Single Set with drink for RM11.90

 How the Fried Sauce Noodle was presented

Verdict: Pales in comparison to the Beijing Fried Sauce Noodle

Did not even come close and it was not the same taste

No, I would not recommend it!

 My friend Elaine.

Handover Dinner, 26 June 2014

The Handover dinner was held at Moon Palace, Puchong

 This is our special room

 21 of us attended the dinner

 first course

 the appetiser or 4 seasons creatively displayed

 double boiled soup was served next

 chicken infused with chinese herbs....many restaurants are veering away from shark fin soup

cod fish with wood fungus

 crispy chicken skin with fish cake

 yam basket (cut and flattened with fresh scallops and chicken/capsicum/cashew nuts

 I am used to seeing the yam basket, but this is much easier to eat, you don't need to break the basket

 vegetables swimming in soup

 with whole pips of garlic and served in a wooden rice tub (to me it looks like a rice tub)

 tower of fried rice

 my members

 dessert is longan and sea cocomut soup and mochi

 refreshing cold tong sui but mochi was thick with little filling

 looked tempting though

 then came the certificate presentation

 these two are so happy to get their certs...

 appreciation for their hard work in their capacity as secretary and treasurer, respectively

 so camera shy!!!

 covering his face fully!!!

 peeping!! are you done yet? he asks me

 Uncle Poh also wants to take a pic

 posing happily

 me too!! hehe

 she even got a plague from the president

 President's award!!!

 me? I got for being a RTN.....(roving tireless any number of photos)

 the incoming president

Thank you for handing over the presidency to me, he says.....