SABSAR CAMP

Camp Cameron is situated at Batu 5 Jalan Cameron Highland from Tapah Town. Tapah is situated at the Southern part of the state of Perak. From Ipoh, you can enjoy a two hours drive in the old green bas to Tapah. I’ve tried both types, with and without air-condition. If you are a traveler who loves greeneries, you should take the non-aircond bus but if you need a good rest for a few hour journey, go on and take a more expensive air-conditioned bus. The roads are tarred anyway! What can you find at Camp Cameron back in 15 years compare to now?
Ya, I was 1stly introduce to Camp Cameron or it was known as SabSar Camp (Sabah Sarawak Students Camp) by my ex STARIAN school mate Mr John Chukit. It is a place where the Sabahans and the Sarawakians who don’t have any plan to go back to their home town during school holidays and that’s the place to gather and meet new friends. I was quite reluctant at the1st place because every school break, I always go back home to Kuching. But during my final year at STAR Ipoh, John was able to convince me that I would not regret to follow him just that one final year end camp. I agreed though it is held for a week! I know how hard life is to be isolated deep in the jungle without electricity and a proper waste water system. I can easily get sick! HOME SICK! “Trust me, you’ll like it.” That was John final promise and I just cross my finger tight.
When the Friday bells ring, end of the class, it’s packing time… I just can’t wait to get out from the boarding school. It’s too hectic and full of rules and regulations. We had lunch at the cafeteria first since they are free. After that John and I quickly go to Taman Chempaka to wait for the bus to go to Ipoh Bus Station. There, we will get another ticket to Tapah and at Tapah, we have to buy another ticket to Batu 5 where the camp is situated. The whole journey including the waiting time was about 6 long hours. When we arrive at SabSar camp, it was already nearly dark.
I was quite excited to see the camp. It is divided into 2 sections. At the 1st section, there are wash rooms at the south, kitchen at the far north, far left is the 4 rooms for the boys which face the jungles while the 4 rooms are for the girls and it is facing the 2nd section which is the field and the main kitchen and the river. Between the boys and the girls room, there is a big assembly hall which can accommodate around 300 -.350 people at one time. Since the room can accommodate 4 people, I chose to sleep at the big assembly hall with more other friends because it’s spacious. There is no proper gate system and all that I can see is a big open space which may invites wild animals and also intruders. So most of the time, we are on guard and watch each other’s back.
So that evening, I met friends from different schools and different matriculations college. But surprisingly, most of us were from USM. John and I from STAR Ipoh, Aidan From SERATAS, Alan, Zamery and Melcome from Mohamad Jiwa, Kedah, Yuhanna and Jusmijo from MRSM Kulim Kedah, David Andrew from Perlis (forgot the school name already). So the evening ended with everyone went down to the river and took their bath.
The session “Getting to know you” started at night where everyone gather around the dinner table and introduce themselves one by one. Many questions asked but some only just to make fun out of it. I came to know that the camp was head by the Scripture union and the PIC was Brother Thomas Rabang (now a Pastor) and his team. That night went so fast and everyone was looking forward to bad after a long and tiring journey. We know that the camp was not just a co-incident one but God had prepared something special for each one of us. My roommate that night was Aidan, Melcome and John while Jusmijo, David and Zamery slept in the next room while Yuhanna, Edna and Alan in one girl’s room. Pastor and his team slept at the main kitchen’s house, about 100 meters from where we were.
That morning everyone woke up early. The wind from Cameron was so cold and one can feel it deep to the bone. I guess everyone was hungry and long for foods so we all went to the main kitchen after shower. Wow, looks like the ladies already cooked nasi goring and air kopi panas, perfect for the lovely cold morning. We were told that that day, more students would be coming from all parts of Semenanjung Malaysia and the Thomas needed our help to organized them. There were 10 of us and everyone seemed to know what they are supposed to do. Out of 9, 4 can lead praise and worship, out of 9, 2 can play guitar. The group was perfect! We started to get close day by day but I realized that from then 1995 – 2010, we never give our group any name. Never in our mind to think about that…Well it really signified something. Let me continue the story and maybe if I have the guts to share it here, let it be then...
Students started to come after lunch time, more and more and there were form orang asli tribe too joining us. They came from kampong near by and their skins were dark compare to us and their hair mainly curly but we welcome them too. That night, I guess there were nearly 50 of us gathering under one roof. Frankly it was a tough job to manage children, but thank God, one and or two of them acted naughtily but majority of us are ladies and gents! Everything was arranged and it ended up that all girls will get the rooms while the boys will sleep outside. Agreed! So a timetable was made and the 4 of us became the leader of the group and the other 4 became assistant while John became the camp commandant with a whistle. The daily task involved schedule for washing the plates, cooking, washing the toilets and all the cleanliness of the camp. Never in those 1 week camp have I heard anyone complaining about the chores. I guess Bro Thomas was so happy about that. I could remember one day we were given a present by the villagers, ya a wild boar meat! Everyone enjoy their meal especially me 
From Tuesday to Saturday it was full with activities. Bible study in the morning continue with praise and worship, minister time by Bro Thomas and his gang, lunch time, games, afternoon naps, then another group games such as captain ball where every teams will fight for the trophy and then bath time in the RIVErrr… by that time another group was preparing for that night meal and everything was done in order and without hesitation. After dinner, another session of praise and worship and talk by Bro Thomas before he ended the final activity but before that, another group had already prepared supper for us before we go to bed. So one thing good about this camp, we were always being fed regardless you want it or not.. It’s a choice to make!!! Another thing that I found out, not everyone there are Christian, there were non Christian too but we welcome them with open heart. I was involved in the counseling ministry where students with issues and this and that. Actually I was a bit shy during the one to one session but of course, men to men and Vice versa but when you read the bible, the answer is always in there. Trust me!
When Saturday came, some of them are leaving back for their school and some of them are leaving using the night bus from Tapah and most of us are leaving on Sunday morning to our own destinations. This is the worse part! IT was so difficult to say the GOOD BYE word when you just made a friendship with someone. There were a lot of tears and a lot of promises that we will meet again one day, same place and same time. I did feel sad leaving my juniors and the other 7 friends that I met, but John was a great company whom never fail to encourage me when I’m down. Actually now I want to dedicate this post to the 9 of us, the heroes and the heroin of SABSAR camp batch 1994-1998. Forget the misspelling, the grammar error. To Aidan Gorino, Alan Sirang, David Andrew Balai, Jusmijo Taising, John Chukit, Melcome Ferdinand, Yuhanna Ubong Wan, Zamery Atting and Davidson Toda, no matter what happen to us, the quarrel that we had, the grudge that adhere, the fun that we experienced, the joy that we gathered and where ever you are, we had colored everyones life with different type of colors and I’d like to thank you for being there as my friends. Nothing can replace each one of you. We have no group name and I thank God for that because groups may disperse and it may break our hearts but we disperse without feel any guilt because it shows that we are so mature in life and we need to continue to bless other’s people’s life. Since Christmas is coming, let us celebrate it with love, joy and peace by not compromising what we belief. May God Bless you abundantly!

It's only like yesterday...

I’ve been working for 10 years with my current company and to total up, I have a 11 years and 5 months working experience. I wonder what my market value is and what the pay I should get Vs current salary is. I’m now 34 years old and so fragile; means i can’t do heavy duty work to prevent myself from injury, especially at the back bone. I have a dream which is to retire when I am around 45 - 50 years old so that I can concentrate on my own business which is the Toda’s farm. By then I only need to pay for the house loan plus electricity and fuels. I’d like to have my own organization which consists of few workers under me. That means I have about 10 more years to go or maybe less, depends on the situations. If there’s a VSS maybe I’ll consider grabbing it provided the value that they offer is above my expectation.

I think everyone wants to have some job security in their life, unless they are working with the government and treated this as a second income! As for me, I’m in the 1st group where working under a company will not guarantee what my future would be. It could be neither better nor worse, only God knows! I am in the stage of developing my business and I planned it to be solid but flexible! Solid in term of where our standing is and wise in decision making but flexible where we can go for options not to depend only in one source. So a group of members must come together to do some brainstorming on the dos and don’ts, rules and regulations, share holders or maybe a silent partner and etcetera.

Being hospitalized for a month and now at work place makes I feel like an alien. I admire myself for being able to memorize all the passwords (5 different username and passwords) which are needed to log on and start your work here. I realized something which is most of my old colleagues is no more working here instead I see many new faces in the office and all around. These people are 10 years younger and more energetic than me. I once was at their shoes. I know how it feels when you got a job here and only chosen people got to work at this high tech plant. Well, deep I my heart, there’s nothing special about working here but things which made it special are those who are working with you… yes your friends!!! Sadly, I’ve missing majority of them due to several reasons like VSS, got a better job, government job. Mathew, Angela, Ida, Betty, Douglas, Angelina, Lucas to name a few.

It seems like yesterday they left because the memory is so strong in my mind. People say don’t live in the past or forget the pass, look at the future. Most of the time I admit that It’s easy to say than to be done. Buang yang keruh ambil yang jernih, those in my mind are milky water. All are keruh with its own story with different endings. I could not be selective because my friends are with many attitudes and behaviors. Good nor bad, they are my friends.

Sick Leaves

I think 2 weeks ago my ligament was torn during playing badminton and I had it stitched on the 2nd day at the same hospital when I had it first torn 2 years ago. Ya, it was torn at the same place, same ankle but the doctor add another screw because the 1st screw was already malfunction or it did not hold my left ligament anymore.

1st time ligament injury- Sept 2008

So here I am, resting at home and I have another 1 week plus to rest before I resume working. Kind of bored too but I frankly do need this rest so that my ankle would be recover soonest.

2nd time same ankle- Nov 2010

I have my ASTRO HD installed few months back and I’m quite satisfied with the quality. Hey, they have zombie weekly drama you know. The title is Dead Walking aired every Friday midnight. Go and goggle it and I’m sure if you are zombie freak, you’ll like it!
I’m currently wathing the ASEAN games Ghuangzhou China 2010. So sad that there are so many games but Malaysia did not send players to all the games but only concentrate on a few only where we can bring home medals such as badminton, squash, hockey, takraw and some more common games. But what happen to the games like dragon boat, tennis, track and field? Don’t tell me we don’t have any rowers or the boats are very heavy to be sent to China? Don’t tell me we do not have anymore runners which can break records like the previous flying Dayak? Don’t tell me that there are no eligible players or apprentices who will replace the soon to be retired sportsmen? Dear Datuk Saberi Chek, please go to Sabah and Sarawak to select our new runners, new players and new apprentice if you fond out that the S’jung Msia is out of athletes!

Having myself so comfortable lying on the sofa while watching tv, I found out that even the media also could make me confuse. There’s one short documentary by ASTRO about a father and his son., His son complain that the father always comes back late from work and I think this is an Indian Family. The documentary is in BM but they use Famili ku, instead of Keluarga ku. Now, are we trying to MemBMkan all those English word though it is available in BM already? I think this is so misleading especially to students who ware weak in languages subject. Someone must do something! Another advertisement which bothers me is about a milk product where the mom taught the baby about shapes and at the end of the adv, the baby draw the final star which end up like this;instead of in a shape of the Star of David on the Israel’s flag like below.
I really want to suggest the producers of the adverts to look thru again and modify what is not right there! ME NOT STUPID!

I I think I’m done with typing… Need to take my medicine and it makes me sleepy…. I think I put some updates in point:

1. I saw boeing 747 landing at KCH airport on 19th November 2010
2. Now my goats can have their salt in a comfortable way because I hung the salt.
3. Ezra got 1st place in his class.
4. My wife won’t 1st place for the Org Ulu Section for DAMA.
5. My keyboard class will continue only next year. I have 12 students!
6. My brother’s flat is being re rent to new renters.
7. Christmas in just around the corner.
8. I broke my ligament on the 8th Nov and had it operated only on the 10th Nov.
9. I lost track on my Idol Hafiz AF7!
10. It has been a while I did not eat Laksa Sarawak.

Bet, abet and dibit

Ayoyo… Reading about flood everywhere in the west of Malaysia makes me feel so stressful. I can imagine how they feel because I ever had a dream about it not once but several times where my family needs to evacuate the house and we became homeless. Where should we put pithui? Lassie? Dresden, Bruxels and Oligano? Abandon them and let them die on the cold weather? Just imagine at that time, money is worthless. There’s no buying and selling instead the barter system would be introduce so that we can exchange things, foods and dry clothing easily. At that time, all sorts of transportation are all dead except those belong to the Sarawak Government. Schools are the place where we eat, sleep and wait until further notice. It’s going to be an eye sore especially when everyone try to occupied all the spaces available. As for me, I need to plan properly where I should build my territory so that my family so that we would feel comfortable despite the situations which is unbearable. Mom suggested us to go back to Pelagus to start a new life but after making the phone calls, it was not promising and the future is very blur.

In my dream, there’s a long road where on its left and right are only water. Dark Cold water and it’s never subsiding since then. The situation was so scary actually. Dead bodies floating here and there and there are no other kind of living things could be seen. Thank God there are no zombies!! Oh talking about zombies, this Friday on channel FX HD 12 midnight, Walking dead, 50 minutes only. Don’t forget to watch. Else you will regret at least half of your life. I’m so mean here .. hehehhe.

Last night we played badminton for an hour for 3 sets game. I feel good today and it should be that way. I should regularly exercise 3 times per week and at least 1 hour per day. It’s not a hard thing to do anyway. The trick is to do what you like and within that 1 hour you sweat like hell. Sex is not included. Is it? Go and google for the answer… Besides that, the food and drinks must be a healthy and not fattening. As of now, it’s 3: 42 pm and I already ate 2 sticks of ice cream. Is it worth it after the 1 hour sweat last night? Ayoooo….

I read this in a magazine once but could not remember which one. It says that when a person is so successful in his/her lifes, the success is actually belongs to their parents. If a person fail in their life then the blame should be on the parents too because they fail to teach and provide the needs of their children. So my success is belongs to my parents and not myself. My turn will come soon 
I don’t know what I want to do now, but I do know that I want a dragon year 2012 kids at least. Hey, I’m a dragon year born too and I feel proud of it.. heehhee

Friday Morn....

Since it's nearly to the end of the years, my leaves mounted to 37 days and i must use it before it is auto deduct by the cruel system. I wonder why can't we sell the leaves and convert them into money???? To have many leaves is one thing and to ask for an annual leave from the boss is another thing! But what i did that Thursday afternoon was not that bad. My boss was so busy with customers until i have no chance to talk to him, (am i making an excuse here??), so what i did, i apply leave on line and write an email to him saying that i'm on leave on Friday. Around 5:45pm Thursday afternoon, i quietly walked to the door and disappear like an invincible man.

********************FRIDAY*********************

I was so excited that Friday morning. It has been a while i never been to Kuching City.When i was single, i used to go outing with my back pack, my camera, my sony music player, oh not forgetting the rayban and the tupee and off i go to the old Kuching town taking pictures of flora and fauna regardless any time constrain.

After that i went to the end corner to get Friday's Borneo Post and in was about lunch time and i decided to eat Sarawak Laksa at the open air and then my final destination on that morning was to renew my driving lessons at the post office which cost me RM32. Around 12.30pm, i drove to the cross way to see any latest dvds or good books. Too bad ,they are too expensive.

Finally i drove to Sri Ijah to have lunch with the rest. Lassie was so welcoming while Pithui was like Queen Latifah with all her gimmicks and restless acts until Lessie is perish only then she would be happy.. i bet...

Well, i guess my morning was not that boring and it was full with activities and i do hope and plan to do it again one of these days. Christmas is coming and I can't wait to celebrate it this year. Let us pray so that everything will be at place according to HIS will...

Twenty Four Slash Seven

Last Saturday we send Whinie and blacky back home to where they belong. They look fit enough to be independence I guess. They were in our monitoring for the last 2 weeks. Not knowing the pros and cons, we took the responsible and every detail needed exclude the dogs’! I really pity them because the mother would not want to breast feed them anymore and they both always look weak and hungry. So I think there were more pros than cons which finally got me the courage to brought them into the car and drive them both to our home at Riveria.
It was around evening time when we arrived home. Thank God that we managed to get a small cage from my brother’s clinic. The dogs were overexcited and happy for they get new friends while the kids got some mix feelings the moment they see some big dogs, trying to byte them. But things seem to be fine after 2 hours. The 8 weeks kids need to have enough food for their diet. My wife always prepares the milks in 3 x 600ml bottles and each bottle is enough for a kid. We also started to train them to eat fresh grass which they did and clean water everyday is a must. Believe it or not, Dresden my friendly dog observes too much until one day I caught him eating grass with the kids…. Oh no….Bruxels like wise always lick the kids butt and fur as if they were hers’. Too bad doggies, they don’t bark like you two. The kids like wise often jump like the doggies longing to be hugs and pats as if they are little puppies. So surprisingly that one day, they jump towards me and rest on my stomach!! Adoi.. what happen here I ask myself.. Since the bond was getting stronger, the moment wanting to say good bye was so hard. I can feel what Dresden and Bruxles felt. The moment we put the kids in the car, Dresden and Bruxels barked non stop and once I saw Bruxels putting his head on the walls like she wanted to cry. Well my wife and I got to be strong on this. It is for everyone benefits especially the kids.

By having more living creatures at home means more works and things to do and this really testing our relationship, patience and endurance. My wife is a strong person. Even how sick she is, those animals will get the 1st class care by her. So after coming back from the farm that Saturday afternoon, we treat ourselves with good food at The Spring and yes, we watched 8.40pm, the 2 hours movie entitled the twilight saga, the eclipse which I think I need to buy the DVD because few minutes after the movie was playing, I slept and snored like a baby pig not knowing that Bella was trying hard to seduce me… Ahacksssss! Hahhaahha! I wonderhow was the people surrounds me reacted??? Thank God there was also dark besides light! After the movie end, we quickly ran out of the cinema… Don’t want them to recognize my famous face….

Yesterday I attended church while my fatigue wife was at home resting. I know she needs more rest than me after her work load at the barn and also at home. In the afternoon, we decided to bring Dresden and Bruxels to the barn to visit the kids and yes we did. They were quite restless in the car, jumping ups and downs the seat and after they got tired only then they went off to sleep. Mom, Ezra and Megan also followed us and everybody was so excited including me. We were at the barn from 3 to 6PM. That night, we had dinner at Sri Ijah’s. Dad promised a weak earlier that he’s going to cooked Bah Ku and he did it that Sunday evening. The soup was great and the pork was so tenderly done. I think that was the 1st time we brought the dogs over and they were so happy due to the big compound, they were able to run here and there.. Besides us, my aunt and uncle from Batu Kawah joint us. Oh yeah, my wife mak ulam also. Thanks honey!
It was a great way to spend the weekends what else if it is with your family members. Last time my Saturdays and Sundays are my resting days, but know it has change, temporarily due to the project that I have and thank to mom, dad, wife, Jaja and Andy who always physically help me at the barn. I will not make it if it’s not because of you all!

Welcome Summer!

I went back home today to milk the kids and to feed Bruxels and Dresden. Having kids at the backside of our home I think made them both happy and excited all the times. At least they see something new and can be their toys. Bruxels, a female border collie didn’t managed to get herself from being spayed due to her weak condition. So when she saw those kids, her mother instinct showed up automatically and became protective over the kids. She will carry the kids in his mouth and bring them to a safer area. Though they don’t speak the same language where Bruxels and Dresden bark while Billy and Winnie Mbekkkk, the bond of love is felt among them. Gosh, I was so surprised that last night, I saw Dresden eating grass together with the kids. I hope this is a temporary scenario and it would change by next week when we send those kids back to Toda’s farm. Else I need to send him to rumah ukoi gila.. ada ke?.
When I was about to leave home, I looked at my cell phone, I saw 3 miscalls from my friend Simon and another sms from him asking me to call him back which I did. Talking to him is like a never ending story. We can chat until night or perhaps continue back after sleep and proceed until there’s nothing else to talk about. But since I was driving back to work, it was a compact 10 minutes conversation telling me that our friend Larence, whom was also his ex-housemate, died from stroke last Saturday. He was attending the funeral and didn’t manage to inform me earlier and another one is confidential which I am very reluctant to share here in my blog. Anyway, you know what to do kaban. There’s nothing which is impossible if you trust GOD!

Mbekkkkk...

2010-05-11T10:53:24.039+08:00

Oleh Azran Jaffar,Berita Harian:DAGING kambing dikatakan sebagai panas, mereka yang menghidap penyakit tekanan darah tinggi mungkin tidak mahu mengambil daging kambing kerana percaya ia akan meningkatkan tekanan darah.Namun pandangan ini disanggah pakar bioteknologi pembiakan, Prof Dr Ramli Abdullah yang mana katanya, kadar lemak kambing hampir sama dengan ayam iaitu kira-kira tiga peratus.Apa yang berlaku ialah mereka mungkin mengambil daging kambing biri-biri kerana berbanding kambing, peratus lemak dalam biri-biri ialah sebanyak 16 peratus.Mengenai panas, sememangnya daging kambing panas dan kerana itu penduduk di negeri China gemar mengambil daging kambing pada musim sejuk kerana ia dapat memanaskan badan, katanya.Katanya, persepsi makan daging kambing boleh meningkatkan tekanan darah sudah lama di kalangan masyarakat kita dan apa yang berlaku, faktor psikologi yang mungkin meningkatkan tekanan darah seseorang.Ini kerana, persepsi itu sudah disematkan dalam kepala dan dengan mengambil daging kambing, secara psikologi ia mungkin meningkatkan tekanan darah kerana seseorang itu mungkin berasa risau terhadap kesan yang mungkin dialami, katanya.Digolongkan sebagai daging merah, daging kambing mempunyai rasa unik dan ia dikelaskan sebagai cabrito atau chevon bergantung kepada usia ternakan ini disembelih.Cabrito ialah daging kambing yang berusia seminggu dan banyak digunakan untuk tujuan barbeku serta digemari kumpulan etnik tertentu, manakala chevon pula daging kambing dewasa.Bagi 100 gram daging kambing yang dipanggang ia mengandungi 143 kalori, 27 gram protein, 3 gram lemak, 3.7 miligram zat besi, 85 miligram sodium dan 75 miligram kolestrol.Secara perbandingan, bagi setiap 3 auns daging kambing yang dimasak ia mengandungi 2.58 gram lemak dan 0.79 asid lemak tepu berbanding biri-biri yang mengandungi 16 gram lemak dan 7.3 asid lemak tepu.Kata Prof Ramli, ini jelas menunjukkan kadar lemak dan kolestrol pada daging kambing kurang daripada biri-biri dan lembu. Malah, sebuah universiti di New York juga menjalankan kajian yang mana daging kambing diberikan kepada penghidap penyakit kardiovaskular.Seperti juga dagingnya, susu kambing mempunyai khasiat tertentu dan dijadikan antara susu alternatif, tambahan kepada susu ibu. Ia dikatakan lebih mudah diresapi, rendah lemak serta laktosa dan kaya kandungan protein.Nikotinik asid yang terkandung di dalam susu kambing dikatakan membantu fungsi pencernaan, memperbaiki kesihatan kulit, meningkatkan pengaliran darah serta menghalang migrain juga menghilangkan bau nafas.Meminum segelas susu kambing panas sebelum tidur mampu memberikan tidur yang nyenyak dan ia juga baik bagi kanak-kanak dan orang dewasa yang menghadapi masalah kencing malam (bed-wetting).Sebuah buku yang ditulis untuk Majlis Penyelidikan Asma dan Persatuan Eczema Kebangsaan mencadangkan penggunaan produk berasaskan kambing bagi merawat lelah, eczema serta masalah kulit

1st Week afte a long Holiday...

It is football fever again. The world cup is in Channel one every day at 2-4 am. Yes, one needs to either sleep early and wake up before the game starts or don’t sleep at all, wait until the game is over. My wife likes to watch football while I’m not. She could talk about it while I’m totally having no idea who is who and from where they come from. *LUNCH* Oh, I feel so sleepy after lunch. The hot topic just now was England! Not their football team, but England as it is, because one of our friends will be flying from Kuching-KL-Amsterdam-Wales this coming Monday for a week business trip. Currently it is spring there while in middle July it would be summer. Today is my brother’s birthday. Hmm, still thinking on what to get for him. Maybe a slimming kit? A diet program perhaps? Or a GYM membership at Level up for a year?? Or buying something for his clinic needs… Entahlah labu.. maybe I just come with an empty stomach because dad is making nasi ayam. On the 2nd thought, maybe those diet program are meant for me.. huhuhu… I thought of getting a ½ day leave this afternoon since I have quite a number of leaves left. It’s Friday and the family already have plan to do. At least I don’t have to think on my own agenda otherwise it would always be eating and eating at some fancy restaurant!

Happy Holidays

Selamat Gawai Dayak to all of you. We did not celebrate gawai this year, same as last year and the year before last year. It’s not that we want to skip it but I think let Gawai Day become the day we as a family go out for “Ngabang” and have some fun! Indeed for the past few years, my dancing skills improved compare to years and years ago. Regular practice would make everything perfect! I agree!
The 1 week Gawai holidays which I took seems to be not enough for me to reenergize. I can’t blame anyone except for my self for being into so intimate with the social city which most of my time being burnt in front of the lappy… Well the time will come if I need to let it go, just like what happen to my Café World! Hey, I know my limit and I also know when to stop. I’m in control!
30th May was our 1st year anniversary. How did we celebrate? Emmmm… we managed to watch movie at the Spring but we went back under a heavy thunder storm with a piece of summon by the police traffic reasoned my car is blocking the traffic! Apa kelas!!! I dint’ want to spend RM300 just to pay the ticket so I managed to write a letter to ask for some reduction. Wife gave me RM100 in advance and the rest I need to use my own. At the traffic office, I kind of begged to the lady at the counter. I didn’t get the chance to give her the “love letter” since she said that they will not entertain any pardons nor what so ever you said it. Encik, and kena bayar kami RM30.00. What?! I sound rather shocked than happy, disbelief on what I heard? Berapa cik puan? RM30, she replied back. The first thing I did was to put back the letter which I wrote inside my bag and slowly with a smiley face, I gave her RM30.00.
Now a days I’m keen on forgetting something be it misplace something or forget to do something. So after I paid my summon, I drove to Hong Leong bank to pay my credit card debts. Never learnt from my lesson, I parked my car again at the yellow line. Ah! It’s too early for the police traffic to do their duty at this hour! I bet they are still at home sleeping! So I left my car about 500 meters walked to the bank and did my business without rush. Done, so I walked back while searching for my car keys, OMG, I could not find it. I searched in and out, up and down and high and low but still not find it. So I rushed to the car and wallah! The car key was inserted into the door lock hole hanging free for anyone who sees it and drive it back home! Yarabi.. what happen to me, so careless already! Thank God nobody sees it and left me alone walking to the police station and tell them where I had parked my car… huhuhuu…. Padan muka…
So I promised myself not to parked like samseng anymore form that time onward! So the last thing which I need to do that morning was to pay my tax at the LHDN. I parked infront of Picadilly Pub, took out my parking coupon and walked across the road to LHDN. Hmmm Rm55 for 2009 tax. I tought I’m over paid! What happen to the system?? Feel being robbed by the government, I quickly walked back to the car and feeling hungry some more, I searched for a place to have something to eat. Since I’m very near to Batu lintang, hmm why not rojak kuchei? I had a glass of Big Ice Tea special and a plate of rojak kuchei. Ya ya , I parked at the yellow line again because the car park was full and so small for my Naza. Hmmmm, seems that I can keep promise within half a day only, perhaps within 2 hours, than it will be broken…

Malaysia Music Industry

I'm watching AIM the 17th currently and at the same time AF8 is aired on 104 while MENTOR is aired in channel 109. Hmm, why are there clashes on the airing time and date? Aren't they supposed to support each other in terms of quantitative? MMI is not as big as the European or the US music industry but why there so much fuss to show the entertainment at the same time in one day? Why not the Mentor is aired next week while the AF8 elimination is to be kept traditionally on Saturday during the concert it self? Why do they make American Idol as their bench mark? Malas dah i want to comment on this since i'm just talking to the table nor chairs!

To me Hafiz is still the best to compare the AF1-8 products. Why? Simple; He's versatile! Oklah, enough said. Tomorrow is a working day.. need to sleep early. Below is a clip which so damn famous when i was in Germany 3 years back! The song was aired on the radio for several days in 1 day and it has its on message which i found to be reliable and true. I wonder do they ever play this song here in my land Malaysia?

Enjoy yourself with the clip from u-tube.

Do this do that but i enjoy....

Last week I was a little bit occupied with my project. The project is about to begin and I have prepared all the material including the men power needed. I did not attend church either since there’s no BM service due to the AGM. Hmm, so that Sunday I took the advantage to sleep until late morning. Tired I guess. I started to miss the garden. My partner and I started to grow something, whatever we could pick from the roadside, riverside nor the woods during our outings, we just grow it in the garden hoping that something beautiful and smell good would grow and beautify the whole area. Thanks to Kak Suze for lending her books about gardening to me and it’s not only 1 or 2 books, but 10 I guess. I got many ideas from there and I did ask my partner what is our home theme? After a few days of thinking by considering every details of the house and its material to build it and its location, we both agreed to have Home in the Garden concept.


Last night I supposed to attend 3 functions but I guess it is impossible to tear my body into 3 parts so I need to select the one which suits me personally. I selected an outing with a friend from Dubai! Earlier this friend of mine gave me a task to select the place for dinner. As usual, I always targeted hotels and some expensive restaurants in Kuching. But yesterday I fail to think of any royal place to eat because I think we have been to all those areas! Hehehe… Last Sunday evening, during our Bi Hun session with the family at Seri Ijah, my sister did mention a place, Tarot where they served drinks in a huge glass. Thinking of eating and drinking big, we immediately drove there. Tarot is just opposite the Bing at Jalan Keretapi. The meaning of Tarot itself can be seen from how the restaurant is specially renovated and decorated. They even have the menu on our horoscope. I ordered 5 types of dishes, from Thai, Koreans, European and Japanese to local foods and 2 types of drinks. The foods were not only delicious but talking about the price, it was so reasonable not because he is paying, but it is just affordable. I’m sure to go there again.

I need to complain about the road here in Kuching. The jams are getting worse and worst! How come the cars are getting more and more but the roads remain the same? Can’t they make more roads or improve the systems or build more flyovers? I never like to be one of those who got caught in the middle of the busy roads. Hello Ministry of transportation, hello JKR hello responsible people.. Where are you guys hiding? Just look at the Jalan Wan Alwi, it just opposite my house, but I have to reach the other end of the road or until the roundabout so that I can go to the other lane to reach my house. What happens if there’s an emergency such as accidents, fire and so on? Horrible right? Hmmmm, talking about evemrgency I have a short story which I encountered today. While I was doing my big business in the loo after lunch, I forgot to lock the door from inside then out of a sudden; a man forcedly opens the door to get in. I was shock and automatically straighten my legs to the front to prevent the door from being open wider and I managed. That person went off to another loo.. Phew! What a relief! Lesson learnt! Lock the door before you unzipped!

Never take things for granted!

Last week I took one day leave which is on Friday. That makes my leave total became 32.5 days as of now. The maximum we can keep is around 36 days. We can’t sell leaves and to make it worst, it’s difficult to apply for leave(s)! Anyway, I have nothing to do either as on my leave days but it will be different starting from this week because my project has started. Last week I started to buy things and started to find the sources and everything to make this project a success. I want my dad to be proud of his children that we can change the quality of our lives and to upgrade our standard par with those who has succeeded! Thank God that my dad is still alive and serving God. By having him, I have no problem doing things on my land at kampong because dad is originally from there and he has rights to do what ever he wants there including to let me do some project there. We already have nothing in Kapit where my mom came from so to response on this, we must have something here in return. Dad won’t live forever I know and the villagers know dad very well and not us. What will happen if dad is gone? Will Bunuk do still accept us like how they accepting us while dad is still around? Where would we live? Where would we stay in kampong? Frankly the closest grand dad that I ever had was aki Henry Jeom whom had died last year! Since he had pass away, we rarely went back to visit Bunuk! What a pity!! Maybe our next generation would says that the only kampong that they know is No 6 Taman Linang Tabuan Jaya which is in the middle of the city! So hold on tight every one! I have to start it slowly but it is so meaningful because it is for the Toda’s Generation, not even Sanub’s but only Toda’s!

Yesterday church was great! I’m glad that Evelyn would bring some new songs but I didn’t expect the songs would be so difficult! Thank God, aku kan terror! We managed to carry out the song and everyone likes it!( is it?)Watch the orginal clip below and that was how we brought it too... Hallelujah!!!

Din Beramboi

Hmmm, what’s wrong with this morning, I asked myself... so very quiet and boring. The songs kept on playing without any failure just like we are having a concert in the morning and the thing is, it is without an emcee or dj. So all the singers sang their number beautifully and most of it are slow sad songs. No commercials too… It’s unbelievable. So I drove from home to work enjoying myself listening to 96.1 ERA channel only realizing that one of the DJ had passed away! Oh, no wonder it was cold every morning. Usually my journey would be a fantastic one, everyday. If one drive from the opposite drive towards me, they would think I’m crazy because I would dance and scream like as I’m in a concert! Oh, the last concert I attended was the final concert of the AF7. Believe me, it was fantastic! I didn’t care the kakak, nenek, datuk, abang or isteri orang that was sitting surrounds me. I made my Michael Jackson move ala ala moonwalker, with my hands swing from let to right and vice versa while my body was following the beat of the loud music accompanied by the perfect surround system, I think every one especially me enjoyed it so much! I was a good boy only when Aril sang his number. Well mannered boy! I don’t move a single even the mosquitoes passed me also managed to landing on my nose for a while to rest.

The first timed I heard his voice was when I was in Matriculation 2 in Penang. David Andrew room was just next to mine and he bought this tape full with Din Beramboi’s jokes and short funny stories. At first, I was so disgusted with his voice. It was so sarcastic and sounds rather stupid then funny. But when exams fever, that tape is the medicine. His jokes became funny and hilarious to me. I started to accept him until today. There was one riddle that made me laugh until now is: In many horses (kuda) , what kind of horse can see you but you cannot see it? Ha…. The answer was beyond my imagination but yet, it’s relevantly logical!

This week was really a sad week for everybody. I felt the same too. Though I have no connection to Din, but I would tune to his channel, read his Ujang’s comic and watch his tv programs. I’d like to wish my condolence to Allahyarham Din Beramboi’s family on this special and unwanted loss!. May you rest in Peace I

Board of Directors

My dream last night was quite funny. I had a ticket, don’t know who bought It, and the destination is from Kuching to London using MAS. I faced difficulties to get to the airport, what else to board the plane it self. I suddenly was in a ship it was surfing along South China Sea. I asked the captain where I should catch the plane. You will catch the plane in Perlis. OMG!, Do they have airport in Perlis, I questioned myself. The journey continues until I heard Madonna sang ‘Take a Bow’. She had a sweet voice until I realized it’s already 20 minutes after the alarm rang and I’m going to be late for work!
Last week was Good Friday, we didn’t go anywhere instead just stay at home and watched ASTRO channel. In the afternoon we went outing to Matang and the Telaga Air. Believe it or not we have a kampong Bodoh nearby Kuching???


It was my 1st trip to Telaga Air though and I never thought it would be so beautiful. I never realized that not far from the Red River where we swam, go further into the unknown roads, one can see a gulf. Believe it or not, there is a newly build esplanade along the sea side and there’s a marina too to accommodate the sail boats here. Kuching or Borneo Island is so blessed with many things. I love the environment, the mountains, the hills, the seas and the rivers for they all are so beautiful!
Early Saturday morning before Easter day, we drove down to Baru Kawa area for breakfast and later on, I went to my brother’s clinic for the Board of the Directors’ meeting! The Iron ladies were absent due to several reasons. It was raining like cats and dogs. The meeting adjourned an hour later and I drove to Tabuan Jaya for my quarterly hair do. I like my new hair styles and I received many compliments from the ladies at church… hahahhaha… feels so young lah…But the short hair showed my weak point, which is the white hair. In the afternoon, what else, the Akademi Fantasia 8.
AF8 that night was so boring. It was not like before where all the charms of the academy have gone! I don’t have any more reason why I should watched AF8 and it should not be that way since it is under KRU team. Where are all the superb gimmicks, the KRU magic touch and the extraordinary of the AF8 now? If I’d given a choice to choose either to watch AF8 or Tom2 Bak, Hmm, you should know what channel I watched! Both the participants from Sarawak, Daus and Farina have no x-factor. How to wins the jury’s heart if like this? I do hope they’ll find and show it by next week before they both get eliminate! All they have to do is buka mulut, forward your voice clearly, maintain good pitching, dance if you need to and use the stage wisely. That’s it! We don’t ask for more than that! Enough said!
My project will start by this week. As one of the board of directors, I feel so good and excited. The project will be solely be handled by my brother and me. The paper work has been done and it’s just the matter of erecting things and raring the living things and the business would flow! Now, should I resign from what I’m doing now? Emmmmm perhaps, in 5 years of time… Let the project grow and succeed first and then the Board of Directors (BOD) will have a round table to decide. Actually I’m glad that the project is done on my own land at Penrissen. Being an alien in your own country is not to be favored. Living in the city and no home in my own kampong make us feel so unknown to the villagers. Of course they know who Michael Toda is and Elizabeth Ijah is but I’m sure they are not aware or not even to bother to know who their children and what do they do? I want each of my brothers and sisters to be recognized in our own kampong Penrissen, Bunuk and Giam area. I want them to know that we are exists!
I just call mom, telling her that I want to have lunch with them this coming Thursday. It has been a while I didn’t bring them out for lunch. I still remember when I was working on shift; we would go to the Li Garden Restaurant at HLC and enjoy ourselves eating duck there. Then my brother Andy and my sister Doli and her husband would join us later. That was one of the happiest moment in my life, to see mom and dad smile and everyone is enjoying themselves even though we are busy with works and how much we hate our work which include our mean supervisor, but when we are gather in the family, the bond heals the pain and it mends the hard load.
As i mentioned earlier,did I?, it's just the matter of time. I know that everything would be alright evantually. Trust, believe and it will happen. That's why we have God. That's why we depends on His spirit because we admit that we are weak but in Him, we found our inner strength.

Time Tunnel

Tak mungkin ku percaya, kata kata yang penuh dusta, hanya dirimu berkata… Well, that’s Bengang song san by Akim, keep on repeating automatically in my mind. I like the song though the lyric is about trust. Today is the 2ns day my running nose. I blame it on the weather. Once it’s raining heavily, a minute later it’s badly hot. I know that my body is so fragile compare to my other siblings. I can easily get sick. And when got this running nose, it will stay until 3 – 4 months. Yes months, not weeks! Yes, I already see doctor and eat my medicines. Oh, at the same time I want to congratulate my cousin, Jamie for being appointed as a director of the Ministry of tourism Penang, with grade gaji 64! Not far from JUSA tu..!!
I want to comment a bit about AF8. So frustrated because non of them exceed my expectation. I’ve seen people yg kena audition and some were good and most of them were par with Brussles’s standard. I can say that the AF is trying to copy what the AiDOL is doing such as to have 2 emcees and to have the result out only on the next day to allow people’s vote counts. Ok, why can’t they give audition in stages like the American Idol does? Kala nak tiru, kenapa alang2 aje? It’s better to have it that way because I believe people need to be given more time to be prepared and present their best during the 2nd, 3rd until they are the final 12… I ‘ reckon it will be fare to everyone personally because at the end of the day, they are competing with the best among the bests! How can the AF8 judge judge them only hearing them sing once or twice in one day? To me, they should select the VERY BEST 12, and then let ME, who has the money to vote and select the champion! So.. sorrylah AF8, I rather watched Hagemaru on that Saturday evening… perhaps, maybe go outing with my wife by the esplanade! We have Esplanade now you know.. Jangan mare orang Miri…
Esplanade is the extension of the waterfront. Oh, Kuching is so beautiful now days. Despite the traffic jams and the rock forest we do keep our enchanting secrets of beauty. I know that most of the Kuchingites are so fond to see Kuching clean and safe place to live in. (Apo, what am I writing here!!) I love Sarawak Laksa, the Mi Sapi and the Mi Belacan! Too bad, good food makes you become less healthy. Em,,, should watched my diet is that what I’m trying to say here? I think now I size 47!!! Most of mu jeans are 44 and now are sexily very tight holding my butt up and my stomach is compressed like the black hole, trying to swallow everything including lights!!
No I seldom visit my brother’s clinic like what I always did before. So bad me kan… Nevermind, since my project is not ON, I’ll be there this Saturday then! At least lah cuci and mop the floor!! I’ll bring Dresden and Bruxels along! It would be fun! So what’s my plan this weekends??
My brother chat with me thru FB while my sister SMS me and another one call me last night asking me whether the BBQ is on or not tonight. Well, why not I said even thou I had a mild fever since 2 days back. But I love family gathering where everyone would meet with each other, eating and share stories. Oh ya, I just join the Lanang camp in FB. Lanang camp was the place where I supposed to grow emmm, maybe up to age 10? 15? But too bad, we moved to Kuching when I was nearly 6 years old so what could a kid remember in those early period? I remember playing in the drain after heavy raining, running around the big field infront of our house which was just near to the main gate and in front of the main Lanang road and opposite the ‘’greset’’[entah how to spell this - wide open hall]. Mom used to tell us that during communist period, dad was always not around us because he was in the jungle with the other soldiers. It was very scary she said that everytime, there would be chopters landing by the field carrying dead casualties and also dead bodies. The curfew were really a burden where very night, the light was offs and we live in the cold and scary condition. I believe mom was tough with us. What else to say, having me, as the 5th in the family was really a burden. Mom said I cried non stop for more than a normal babies would cry and over 30 days and 30 nights I did it without feeling any guilt within me. Personally I don’t like crying babies. I couldn’t stand the noise and the disturbed peaceful environment. But mom consistently took care of me and believe it or not, it took nearly a year for me to recover. I was not told what the sickness was but maybe I missed dad’s presence at that time. I thank God for His plan is so good to me. I don’t remember when we moved to the big green (BG) house but I do remember visited that BG house with mom. Ya, mom can drive at that time and she drives dad’s car. Boleh tahan mak aku!! BG house have 1 Master bed room and another room for all the children. Since we were small at that time, Andy and I slept with the parents while Doli, Igat and Ivy slept in the other room. Each room attached with a toilet. From the main living room, on the left side is the eating room; next to it is the kitchen cum the bar. I still remember having lunch with the whole family in that room and out of a sudden, the picture of Christ in the frame hung by the door fall down and the glass scattered all over the area, I remember swimming in the bath tub with my brother, I remember playing badminton a the car porch, I remember looking at Stella’s mom laying on our sette with her big round bulging stomach carrying Sharon in it. Gosh, kid’s memory is so limited… Emmm, I remember i saw Monopoly’s money in my sister’s cupboard but I never play with them…I remember on the last day in Sibu, at the airport, my dad persuaded somebody so that we could bring our cat Bang Bang in the same fligh to Kuching and finally it happened!. I remembered during the photo taking, one of my feet was bleed due to the sharp object but I manage to forget about it because I was so happy!

Well, I can go on and on but most of the memories are faded away… Yea, the TV was still black and white and not so much entertainment. On weekends, dad used to bring us out for ice-cream near to the Sibu Wharf. Oh ia, one thing which is so special about Sibu to me is the drain… Everytime after raining, Sibu would always flooded and it cleans all the passage and the big drain in front of our older house. So I always took the advantage to swim in there with the other friends… To be continued

Akademi Fantasia 8

AF 8 is here... pack my gear and here me go!!!

Happy Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year Holiday has passed by so quickly. The 2 days holidays were perfect! I did a lot of activities which mostly include eating!! Last Sunday, this was supposed to be the 1st day if CNY, at church, I was told by my sister Ivy that our grandfather (babai Nupat) has died. Many plans for home visiting but we decide to cut it into few less so that we would be able to go back to kampong to show our last respect to grandpa whom had suffer for the pass 10 years.
As usual my family likes to go visiting in one big group. The 1st house which we went to was my 1st cousin Kinyoi whom married a Chinese guy. Oh, she served mostly my favorite foods which I no need to elaborate here. The foods were perfectly decorated and served! I think I ate trice of my normal daily intake which made me full until that evening! Around 2PM, we went back home. Full and tired, I slept like a baby. The weather was sporting, cold and windy. We slept until 7pm. Later mom called around 7.30 inviting us to go back to Kampong with my brother, Andy. I agreed and they picked us up around 7.45PM in his Satria. Satria is perfect transportation to avoid jam, fast and for easy parking.
We arrived at grandpa home around 8.30PM. There were so many people and they were singing Hymns. I saw some familiar faces. They were my cousins and clos relatives, aunties and uncles! The service ended 10 minutes later and as usual, people would go and eat whatever was prepared on the dining hall. Around 12.00 midnight, we left for home. So tired!
The next day I woke up so early and yet it was a rainy Monday. Ton and his group came wound 8pm to build up a division so that my puppies could be control easily. It cost me RM480.00.. No discount ka Mr Yon? Around 2.30pm, wife and I went to check in at the Sheraton Hotel, where we had sweet memories and we want to treat it as vacation place. Hey we got married there, OK. Last time we were given the airport view but this time, wffe preferred city view. So we got a floor 7 room facing the city. Dolin and her family came later, with my brother and they proceed to the swimming pool. I came later.
Around 7.30pm, wife and I needed to get ready because Jethro is picking us up to visit my cousin Jamie. Many funny things happen while we were on the road. I could not mention it here due to some sensitive issue, just read this: Malaysian is considered guilty unless proven he is NOT! In other country, they are NOT GUILTY unless proved guilty! We arrived at Jamie's residency and immediately being fed with sumptuous foods too. We chat and talk and eat and update each other at the same time. Hafiz was always be the hottest topic while next were the government issues. We left around midnight and I was so damn tired. Thanks cousin for the hospitality. Jethro sent us back to the hotel.

JFTSO Blogging!

Yeah.. long time already I did not update the blog… How I wish the word busy never was appear in the dictionary. I have changed my job description and it makes me more occupied with office work. Being a process engineer is not so much different than an equipment engineer. Ah, leave work load alone. Let this blog clean from any work load story. Leave work load alone. Let it be where it supposed to be!
Last Saturday I was thinking having a small makan2 with my little family. How I miss them! Yeah, I miss each and every one of them!!! Being a husband I have more duties. One of it is to kill the housefly, eat what ever my wife cook, bathe the puppies, lit up the mosquito’s coils, say hi to the neighbor, pray for the meals and so on! Not to say wife have no chores, infact she has MORE heavy chores than me. Enough said, so last Saturday, after our music practice, I informed family to have an eating session at my place in the evening. The 1st to come was my parents and my sister Ivy and her family, Oh lily, Dresden’s sister also came. They were beyond control until they both needed to be tied far form each other. Later, my sister Doli and her family came. Too bad both of my brothers didn’t turn up, so they missed the fun and the eating session that we had.
While my parents and aunty Tookies and my brother in-law were having coffee after meal at the patio, the rest of us were busying watching DVD about a dog by the name of Marly. Oh it was such a nice story which made my sister Dolina cried like a baby. Ayoyo.. Sorry sis, no tissue that night. Around 11.30, every body went off! I had a great time watching Marly. Did I cry? Yes I did. Huhuhu…It’s so painful to keep the cry instead, just let it go…But I cry little bit only lah… hehehehehe…

This weekend is the Chinese New Year and I’m really looking forward to this long vacation. Just imagine next week I only work from Wednesday till Friday. Wah… Honeymoon again.. hahahaha… I have not taken any leave since 1st of January and my carry forward leave is mounting! I thin after February, my leave remains 32.5 days. After March, 34 days and after May, HR will send an email so that I should apply for leave! Huhuhu.. I think let’s wait for the e-mail so that my new boss will be alert that I have many leaves and let he’s the one to ask me to take leave.. Hahahaha…

I receive sms from my friend Melcome telling me that he’s flying over to US. Wow, America, be prepare because a Sarawakian is coming to town. I don’t know how much strict the airport condition now even after the whole precautious step taken, there were still escapees! Scary! I hope there are no rules and regulations saying flyers must be checked thoroughly or flyers fly in nude! Hahahaha… I think I had enough of flying… What does it mean??? It means, maybe I should go tour on cruise or driving though it would not bring me far until US, hmmmmm, am I sick of flying? Believe me. Imagine this, you are located at the far end of a long tube, big enough to carry about 300 peoples, imagine those crowds whom sit infront and behind and on your left and right. The limited space and air makes me uncomfortable what else to stretch your body in the 12 hours journey where you have to change your time according to theirs and then when you arrive there, everything looks so differently and the weather and climate change too. Oh, I’ve experience all those things and I personally not to prefer but if it is a must, I’ll go, provided it’s FOC!

Huhuhu...

Last night I had a bad dream. It was about the destruction of planet earth. As usual, people in my dreams would sometimes presence on and off. Location, I was somewhere in Sarawak while mom and dad were also seperatedly somewhere in Sarawak too. But it was too obvious that dad was in the army again by looking at his attire and some army troopers who were with him at that time. They were physically hiding from something in a confine room, wrapped in Al or sort of metallic wrapping paper. Usually that would makes people think of radiation prevention! But in this dream, dad seemed not to be so close to me or could it be he was on duty and never to be disturbed! In this dream, none of my siblings were around. Even my wife, but my two puppies were there with me. I just watched dad helplessly from far praying that everything would be all right soon!
Kaboom! The 1st Nuclear bomb stroked the earth. I saw bright light everywhere but I don’t know where to run. There were so many people running here and there searching for sanctuary. I didn’t know where to go but later I found out that I was by the river bank with my puppies. Then suddenly there was a man from nowhere shouted at me "Watch out for your puppies, they might get killed for food!” At the same time, I called my mom and ask what was her situation back at home. She replied to me that she was fine together with the others and she continued so that I would be ready to face the 2nd nuclear bomb strike. “2nd one?” I asked her back for confirmation hoping that I did not hear her properly.
I have to get myself prepared for the 2nd one but how? I had not been eaten well and to drink the poisoned water by the river, it’s suicidal, only the tap water from one place was safe to drink because the source is from the mountain. Waiting for the 2nd strike was actually depressing. So some groups of people purposely get together some sort like a party to leave aside temporarily their problems and the bad feelings. I was there too, hoping to meet or see anyone that I knew in that place but too bad, everyone is a alien to each other but share the same fret which is mounting in them!
Some of them have their radio on and music was playing but still everyone had no mood or no reason to be jovial. Later the 2nd nuclear bomb strokes the earth. And it was 6.45am. I heard Madonna singing ‘Take a bow’ on my cell phone. I was awoken by the morning alarm Oh; thank God my nightmare is over... I’m glad that I don’t have to see nor experience the 2nd nuclear bomb effects. Not now, I guess, I’m not ready yet. Maybe I’m not ready for the 1st nuclear bomb effect too. It would be terrible I know!

But what happen if it was not a dream?

It's hot now..

This week I managed to complete my last 2 projects. To total up there were 5 projects since year April 2009 until Jan 2010. All is implemented and some are under tight follow up by the module representatives. Well, should I be proud of myself? Should I ask for an increment and a job promotion? My last increment was in last November if I’m not mistaken and it is only RM500.00. That’s an average value a staff like me would always get yearly actually but I also am hoping for more this years ahead. With the higher living cost, fuel, hey, Kuching is not like 5 years back. Kuching has grown wild and congested! Thank God, I still have jungle just nearby my house and I hope it would be there until many generations.
Last night wife, Bruxels, Dresden and I had a fun time BBQed at the patio. I bought few pieces of chicken wings while she bought charcoals and few slices of hams. As usual wife would start the fire, and jokingly I told her that I was a member of the Red Crescent and not Scouts who are good in making fires and survive in thick woods. Within seconds, flash... the fire woods burn and I was so excited to do the grilling. As if I’m watching the AFC channel, license to grill, where a man doing his cooking outside his house with some expensive utensils and big oven and his big refrigerator is just nearby and the most interesting part is there is a big swimming pool behind him! So when I did my own grilling, it’s quite similar to what he did. I don’t have big oven but I do have a small cheap portable BBQ stove. I don’t have swimming pool but I do have a small plastic swimming pool where Dresden, Bruxels and I swam during hot time. It was anyway a perfect picture where I can do everything like that man. Of course the main point here is to grill a good meal and we did it. The chicken wings, the hams, beans and the salads were all ready by news time. I bought each a bottle of coke and it was very refreshing!! We ate at the patio by the garden while watching the news TV3 and the puppies were greatly behaving themselves lying on the floor waiting for their turn to be fed.
I got my bicycle back but too bad both tubes were faulty and need to be replaced if I want to use it. Emm, got to plan it this coming Saturday. I have lists of things to do this Saturday, morning I need to bring E’den for his final vaccination, and to start his de-worm therapy. Only after that I have time to fix my bicycle. I don’t want to have a hectic weekend. Let it come and go as slowly as possible and as long I enjoy it to the fullest, I don’t mind! Oh, there will be the audition for AF* this weekend too. Not sure whether I should follow up on this like I use to do since AF1 until AF7. No regret what!! I flew to KL twice and I met my cousin Jamie for the 1st time and I went to IKEA and the CURVE for the 1st time in my life and I ate at my favorite restaurant the Burger King and I wonder why all of those are only found in KL?? Oh, American Idols also now playing on the screen searching for the top 12 finalist. Surprisingly if you watch properly on most of the candidates, they really had a changed of personality before and after they finish the audition. Fr example, there was a girl from Alaska I think, and she was so devoted to her religion and she walks gently into the studio and praying so that she will do well. She was an angel like I can say but when the result came out with a red card, she screamed like a rejected angel falling from the sky. OMG, I never such thing…. So embarrassing I guess but to me, that idiotic melodrama is unnecessary
January will end soon and here comes the month of February. I do hope my project works and I really pray to God that HE will guide my way to success. Maybe I give myself another 5 years with this company before I resign and be my own boss to my own company. May God Bless me! But starting next week, I’ll be doing something different. It is something I really am looking for actually, though it’s tough, hard and time consume, I am willing because it is worth!
I want to attached my puppies pictures here but the net is to slow now, later maybe…

Weekend Picnic

Last week I brought my puppies, nephew and my niece for a picnic at Tang Bukap River. The overnight rain made the water quite deep and the rapid is I consider quite dangerous for children. I don’t know why i was so eager to go outing on that rainy morning where people tend to sleep on that cold Saturday morning but I didn’t. Actually I myself love the outside activity such as camping, jungle tracking, swimming and travelling. But I never like to drive on a straight lane road because it made me easily tired and sleepy.
After preparing everything, I drove my wife’s kembara to fetch my child fruit and my dad to baby sit them. I know they love water but since my puppies are going so I need more menpower to take care of some other thing. Through the journey Dresden and Bruxels slept underneath the sitting compartment. Maybe they were afraid or nerves but they were being so good puppies and they did not bark and made any tantrums like some children used to act.
We reached the river side an hour after we got the best spot. There were so many nice spot where you can have a level ground to set your picnic spot and also the fire and the choice is yours. As for us, we prioritized the safety and only then the fun of being by the river. My wife set up the fire while I bring my child fruits and puppies by the river. My dad just sat down on the mat to relax while reading the newspaper. Too bad, I forgot to bring the radio. Ok here are some basic needs if you want to go picnic.
Big Mattress, a radio with good transmission, Old newspaper, Pillows, mosquitoes’ coils, Foods and drinks, Few bottles of clean water-you may keep in the car to wash your feet later, Plastic bags for left-overs and rubbish, junk fruits and some sweets, slippers and enough clothing.
Enough of that, hehhehe… As you know that Dresden is a little bit a city puppy while Bruxels just came from kampong, believe it or not, Bruxels would survived if I put her alone in the jungle for a few days but only God know what will happen to my Dresden who doesn’t know how to go down the slippery hills, how to swim along the shallow river and how to sustain the nasty cold. Bruxels, no Problem. She went down the hills in seconds of time and she swam like an Olympic swimmer and the cold is aher friend! But my love to them is equals. They are from different breed and from different parents but they are so close to each other. I could remember the 1st time they met, since Dresden is our 1st puppy, he has all the authority to do things that he wants.
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Wow, the rain has not stop since yesterday. Hmm there’s a possibility flood will hit us again. I have to stop here for a while. I’m too full.

Confident People Do Not Get Confused

Confident People Do Not Get Confused

Happy New Year 2010

Christmas is over and the New Year has come. It is the year 2010, another year of opportunity and more challenges. My wife and I spent Christmas at Sri Ijah. The 1st visitor that came as early as 9.00 am was my colleague. Then the visitors were church members, friends, cousins and neighbors. This year, the visitors were more comparing to last years. New faces were seen such as my brother’s neighboring shop owner, my wife’s friends and oh ya, Apai came too. Such an honor to have as such as a visitor! Everyone got tired when evening comes. So we decided to officially close house around 9.30PM and pay a visit to my sister’s house at Beverly Garden. The whole families go visiting on the next day, Saturday. The 1st house that we went to was Stella’s residency, next to my cousin’s Bangkar, then my sister’s in laws at Quop, followed by my in law at Serian. It was fun though. We went back around evening time. My wife went back to have some rest because that night we plan to go for ngabang to Henry Guya’s house.
I really enjoyed my 11 days leave. It’s a new experience because I spend it with someone. I broke my lap top and it is still at service now, but it’s a blessing in disguise that I have more time to spend with my family during the holidays otherwise. I spent my new year eve at church with wife, parents and nephews. My sister ivy was hospitalized after she had vasectomy. It’s a good family planning method to avoid pregnancy after sex. As for me, I’m still waiting for any sponsor only then I want to have children. As of now, please stop asking when we want to have babies.
Wife, E’den and I had a new member in the family, please welcome Bruxels, a female puppy and E’den’s little friend. But watch out, she would never be bullied ok. I’ll past on some pic soon. They were sp cute when together though at first, E’den didn’t want to welcome her but as of now, they both are best friend. Bruxels was breed in a kampong style and she is a survivor. Unlike E’den who live in town found some difficulties when he is alone. Yes, he is not independent like Bruxels. Bruxels prepare to do her business on the grass while E’den does his on the cement and at my lovely patio which is so frustrating because we had to clean the cements and patio every morning while E’den thought that is our duty to it because it is our responsible! Gross!!! E’den, if Bruxels who is 4 weeks younger than you can go to the grass and shit and pee there, why can’t you? So I decided to send E’den to have a week crash ‘’team spirit like’’ course at kampong where Bruxels came from... Just wait E’den, it’s just the matter of time.
I received so many requests from the FB from my old ex classmates and university mate too. Thanks To FB whom was able to gather and reunite us after many years.
Need to stop here. No issue if I still want to greed everyone a Happy Christmas and a Blessed New Year 2010.