Transported to the Sixties!

It started on Friday night with Dad's belated birthday celebration. He wanted seafood, so we took him out to the Chinese restaurant at KLCC. We had steamed cod, steamed patin with ginger, prawns with dried chilli, some sesame chicken with lemon sauce etc..etc.. Of course, we were stuffed by the time we finished. And of course, I did not take any pics cos that's how bad a blogger I am!!

Then we went to this place not far from KLCC. Hang Tuah and I discovered this spot last week when having teh tarik with sis in law whose office is in the same building. We were transported to a different era, the time of the 60s where people dance to the twist, samba, chacha dan sebagainya. Dan di tempat ini juga lah you will find people of the age of 60 and above reliving years of their youth..dancing to the music of the 60s (adalah jugak dangdut (oh tidakkkkkk), poco-poco (oh tidaakkkkk lagi) dan sebagainya). Since Dad used to do quite a bit of ballroom dancing during his Brinsford Lodge days I thought he would like to see this. It was fun. You'd see these uncles and aunties dancing with each other macam zaman dulu-dulu. And these are aunties who are now wearing tudung and i am assuming they are mak hajis and neneks already! It was innocent fun and the dancing was waaaaaaay decent from the clubbing scenes of the 90s (hello Modestos and Boom Boom Room!). They all danced in place and it was very organised and not chaotic. Siap jalan tunduk-tunduk lagi, bila nak jalan to the dance floor, singgah-singgah meja orang lain to salam dulu and all. I can imagine how they were in those olden days wearing their tight kebayas or dresses masa joget lambak, walking demurely..smiling shyly and all. SO polite like that.

It took me a while to tune my ears to the music..We're talking Ahmad Jais etc okk...P Ramlee tu ok lagi lah, and there was a bit of Elvis in the end which I would've danced to if Mr Hang Tuah weren't there!! Haha. If mom was willing to dance (she says she's a "damn" good dancer - and dad agreed), I am sure abah would've gone dancing the night away. But mama was like "Not anymore!!" and was happy to just sit and laugh at the pakciks huffing and puffing (Go uncle go!!)on the dance floor. It was good fun; but two weeks in a row of the 60s is a bit much for me. I'll be staying away for a while!

By the way Mak Teh - Mama said, if you ada..mesti dah control the dance floor! By the way, it's not a disco ok..it's a coffee house with some free space and a band. Kena clarify sebab Nasar was all high browed ala ala officer JAIS or JAWI, like "IS THIS A DISCO???" issh..isshh budak A*ni ni sorang. Takkan la your mom will bring YOU and your GRANDPARENTS to a disco okk???

The rest of the weekend was pretty mellow. Dentist visits, swimming, mall ratting etc.etc.. We're still trying to figure out what to do these school hols. In the meantime the kids have been shipped back to the grandparents for a couple of days; which leaves just Dang Anum and Hang Tuah in the house! Apalah agaknya Dang Anum nak berbual dengan Hang Tuah tiap-tiap malam ya? I'll prepare a list of topics of things to talk to him about(are we that bad???)..Oh dear, it will also mean that Dang Anum will need to iron Hang Tuah's shirts! Alamak..(yes, I am that bad) and actually, sejak bila I jadi Dang Anum ni?????!