Night of The Stars at Blog House

(Me, Nuraina and Izzah chatting about trees and children.)

She walked up the steps, greeted people on every side and then saw me. For a moment, there was a glimmer of recognition mixed with confusion as if she was unsure what to do. Then good manners took over and she put out her hand to shake mine. And that was how, for the first time ever, Nurul Izzah Anwar and I met. (Most people did not notice our meeting hence nobody got any photos except for Mr Cheah who very kindly sent these.)

The occasion was the AllBlogs 100 Days gathering at Blog House last night. As Rocky said in his report, it was a fun event. It's always nice to get together with fellow bloggers and also blogreaders, just for the sake of putting faces to names you often read. And the atmosphere was convivial and friendly.

So what did Nurul Izzah and I talk about? I told her she was my MP since I live in her constituency. Raja Petra asked me if I voted for her and I said no because I am registered in a different constituency. But still she's in charge of my area's drains and trees among other things. So we talked a bit about how the Bangsar trees were being threatened and how my 9-year old ShaSha is so incensed about the cutting of the trees that she wants to stage a demo. (She's a bit afraid of being teargassed so I had to assure her that they are unlikely to deploy the FRU against the eight little girls she hopes to rally.)

(Skinny Jeff flanked by two 'healthy' ladies trying to look slimmer in black!)

Ronnie Liu, looking very YBish in his orang batik shirt, turned up with some of his yellow t-shirted constituents who had gone with him to support RPK at the police station. Jeff Ooi had lost lots of weight since before the elections which makes him look very good. He said he never thought he would be THIS busy after becoming an MP. I was surprised to find that Loh Gwo Burne speaks very well although he had to fight the typical Malaysian short attention span. He had someone with him who bore such a strong resemblance to him despite being shorter and smaller that I had to ask if they were brothers and it turned out they were. And my brother Mukhriz turned up although he was unsure if he might have to rush off since his wife is expecting their fourth child any minute.

(RPK and Mukhriz trying to convince the other fellow that being bald is in.)

And just to add some glamour, Erra Fazira and her hubby Engku Emran showed up in a Harley-Davidson roar.

(Me giving Erra tips on how to put on weight)