Hail Purdue!

My long overdue entry...
I better make it short and sweet ... chewah
Went back to Purdue University for Midwest Game 2010. Zuhri and I left Purdue in 2005 upon graduation and straight to Oregon for work.
This time around, after 5 years, we drove 11 hrs back to Purdue... and we had our little one tagging along.

Our first stop was Owen Hall for registration. Saw abundance of Malaysians there. Zuhri used to work at this residence hall so he was very pleased to see the place is still up and running huhu...

Then we drove around Chauncey Hill, our old apartments, places that we went to eat throughout college and not to forget pusara kuci, but we didn't make a stop just passed by je (if you still remember Kuci was my late hamster that died in Spring 2003 if I'm not mistaken)

Second day was the midwest opening ceremony. Joined A and Z family with their adorable girl Amylda. Irfan and I missed dada's oh-so-glory game that day (that's how dada described it huhu perasankan). Both of us spent the day at home.. ade ke patut sebab ingat Irfan nak tido but he was so hyper all day kat rumah.

Third day, mengangkut la si kecik Irfan ke padang. It was terribly HOT. We were lucky that we brought BOB stroller and a small stroller fan with us. Irfan slept soundly with his suglasses on, in the middle of the soccer field at 100+F temperature. A LOT of people tegur pasal stroller and the fan, even the referree! After the game, pegi la the so-called midwest dinner. Then the performance. When we were walking through Stewart Center to get to the performace hall, rasa mcm dejavu and very nostalgic. Rasa mcm studnet 5 yrs ago.. sigh.




We stayed at a friend's place who's doing grad school. Met some other friends that did undergrad sekali. During the stay, Irfan suddenly had this unbearble shyness and anxiety towards stranger. Adoi pening nak jaga. Our friend ni ade a girl umur lebih kurang Irfan and Irfan absolutely couldn't stand her. Nangis je tak nak share toy and he was just so clingy.
Dada said "Baru nak show off Irfan to our friends sekali dia buat perangai"


Ade ke patut one time kat padang our friend datang nak tengok Irfan and he pretended like he was sleeping (wearing his sunglasses, buat gaya lentok tido and mata was half open). But I knew he wasn't! Tak comel sungguh time kat Purdue.

On our drive back to Kansas,
Dada said "Betul la like you said, 5 years rasa macam kejap sangat. Datang Purdue balik rasa mcm sama je.."
Me "Told you... kalau after 10- 20 years datang balik baru la rasa the WOW effect. Masa tu Purdue mesti dah lain.."

Huhuhu kan dah cakap. But I'm so glad that we went back afterall. It was good to see and catch up with some old friends.. and I did feel the WOW effect after walking through Stewart Center and looking at some Computer Labs that I used to work at.

At Neil Armstrong building. Neil Armstrong graduated from Purdue.. woohoo

Zuhri said muka Irfan time ni bangga kena kiss. I'm the first girl that kiss him =)

This is the real Irfan all week long. Heeeeekk...heeeekkkkk tu jela dia merengek