Smoked Salmon

Sorry ya...not smoked salmon..how I wish.....they are smoked tilapia & manyong...equally nyamai. Dip fish meat in soya sauce heavily laden with chilli & onions. Yummy!
If anyone is interested to buy smoked fish,let me know. A friend is doing the 'salai-menyalai' business. Prices of smoked fish range from RM15/-per kilo to RM18/- per kilo.

By the mouth of Miri River.....

Pass me the tissues,please...sob...aku menangis

How many of you out there have seen Winter Sonata? Stairways to Heaven?Autumn in my heart? & that one about the ladies working/cooking meals fit for the royal household? I was and still am a Korean mini series addict to the extent that I spent hundreds of ringgits buying the discs. Ya..they're not that cheap. I used to adore that actor..that 'aunty killer' who acted in Winter Sonata...what's his name?..Bae Yong Jun (something like that)..his smile's enough to melt one's heart & I remember I was so crazy of him that I printed pics of him from the internet. amat SUT! My friend, Endu is another Korean mini series addict that the two of us even booked our tour to Seoul. When we were about to go,her father was taken ill & was hospitalised,so we had to cancel our trip. We had to pay RM100/- each for cancelling the trip. For Endu,the trip is still on..her husband's fulfilling her dream,knowing very well how much she loves all things korean that he's taking her to Korea in May. Lucky her!! "Anyong say yo...deh" Between the two of us,she cried the most when watching the korean mini series. A few times whenever I met her & her eyes were swollen & teary,I immediately knew that she'd been watching some kind of Korean series. Last time we used to cry when we watched Hindi movies at the Lutong Cinema...but Hindi movies're are nothing compared to Korean's. We cried 'buckets & buckets' of tears...I'm not kidding! Our eyes went 'bengkak(swollen) & red;our nose's red & runny (redder than rudolph's the red- nose reindeer's nose) & my blouse's wet from teardrops & 'hingus'/mucus. YAKS>>
I thought Winter Sonata was really sad but Stairways to Heaven was the saddest so far. ..the part where the step brother donated his eyes to leading lady,Choi...akai dai..sinu meda. "Ba nuan tuyu..(sut) .orang belakon nya..nuan nusah ati diri meda wayang,sida ke belakon,ketawa udah sida belakon," ko D. ( D said it's only a DRAMA/acting..why waste tears over it?,,the actors LOL after acting.)

Humble

About 5 of us yesterday had breakfast at 2020's and seated a few tables away from us were Datuk Peter Chin,YB Andy Chia & some SUPP party workers taking a break after doing their rounds of shaking hands with everybody that was passing by and also to meet the proprietors of the shops in Pelita commercial Centre. Correct me if I am wrong..I noticed the body language/languages of the some of the people seemed to be showing the 'couldn't care less' attitude. As they shook hands,they did not even look at the face of the candidate who was hoping that they would cast their votes for him. The scenario was an entirely different one as one would normally see when people anxiously let out their hands waiting for a handshake from them .
I got up to have a handshake with Datuk Peter Chin & YB Andy Chia. As usual,Datuk Peter Chin without fail asked for D's well being, as they used to be 'friends' before he became a YB. That,I thought was a very humbling thing to do..to remember friends. Yes, one would be surprised how 'friends' most times when they are already 'somebody' would not acknowledge one's existence. Take for example,used to know some people who later became waibees ...bumped into them when in Kuching,just a handshake & left..did not bother to ask 'how have you been? brapa iko anak seduai nuan diatu? Aku tu beguai,ila kitai betemu baru.' ( well,you know,say things like that lah.) I guess it's true that friendship only lasts when one is in contact with each other..same interests,same tastes,maybe,same political party or rather the right political party. I would like to see Datuk Peter Chin wins because, just by asking me how we're,he shall get -- vote.
This morning,I saw DAP's candidate,Mr. Fong doing his rounds in town seated comfortably in a jeep with flags all over the jeep. My thoughts went back to the time when he contested against YB Andy Chia & how he stood near the Pujut Roundabout waving at motorists passing by. In December,last year,Mr. Fong & a few DAP men even went to somebody's house for the funeral wake. Ha..ha..ha..The things politicians do.....from the cradles to the graves.

Chinese Restaurant ba KLIA

Aku laban ke bam,ti ngena MAS pulai mansang ke Miri-KL,it is a must to eat at the chinese restaurant ba KLIA. D enda kala ka makai dia laban rega Dim Sum dia mar. Iga enda tanti ke datai di Miri,makai dim sum ba 2020,ko iya. Tu tadi,laban aku tenguk ka makai ba restaurant nya ( selalu ngena Air Asia ke KL,nadai chance makai dia),I was more or less prepared to pay the exorbitant price of breakfasting there. Bisi sekali maia nganti flight kami ke Rome, Kath mai kami breakfast dia. "Lagi aku mayar mak Jill, opening ceremony credit card tu kitai,"ko iya. Reaction: Takajut/takanyit (munyi ko orang Sabah) iya meda bill. Ibu nuan tu enda entu ka muai peluang ti urang mai makai,ngasoh order. "Order dia meh Mak Jill,nuan nemu utai ke nyamai"ko Kath.

Pulai ngagai cerita pun tu tadi: Apalagi,order punya order,man, the dim sum was NYAMAI...quality lah utai. Like the above siew mai,the filling was fresh prawns with shark's fins, scallops,etc. The Hor Fun was heavenly. Aku ke ngorder & ke tenguk ka makai semua utai ke diorder aku nyau alah laban D ke enggai duduk makai dia. Iya ke enggai tadi,nyau nyuap penyuap..enda entu ulih ditagang nyingkau penyingkau & makai. Ulih aku ngeraup ngagai endor aku ke duduk bakul dim sum enggai ke enda ampit. Amat nyamai...rega pan boleh tahan mahal...'juta rega' munyi ko Abaw. Ti bala kuat makai baka bala aku enda ulih bai kia laban semua utai ka di empa magang.....nya meh cerita ke di nah aku ke kita kena mantup ke pengrindu kita macha blog aku.

Diabetes

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!

sIKIT..SIKIT...SIKIT...SIKIT....SIKIT...

aKIBATNYA!!! tHE END RESULT OF HAVING TOO MUCH SWEET THINGS!!!!!

Diabetes is BAD..& so are other diseases. My mum's diabetic & she's been visiting the doctor for a month or so now. It started with her trying out a pair of sandals which she wore for a few minutes & a day later a blister was seen. It swelled like a bubble gum,burst & then turned reddish & black. To all out there....not too much of the good things like chocs,cakes,carbonated drinks,please. My mum has lost quite a lot of weight after adhering to the doctor's advice. "Makan boleh makan tapi jangan makan banyak. Nasi putih jangan banyak makan. Sikit saja boleh makan. Bagus lagi kalau makan nasi merah. Kedai Pujut 7 sana ada jual beras merah tapi tidak juga boleh makan banyak. Ikan sama sayur saja boleh makan banyak."

only those eligible for voting can read this posting

While waiting for you know who,I browsed through the BPOST, read the part whereby one could check where one's polling station would be by typing in SPR space IC No & send to 33626 and that's the reply I got as shown above. I was charged 50sen for doing that.
Yeah..election fever's in the air.Read 2 articles in the papers the last 2 days where 2 reps of two Dayak based NGOs showed their support for BN. Just wondering..are NGOs supposed to do that? I thought not & so were a few people who read the articles. The most one would be allowed to do is to call on members of the organisations to come out/go out to vote,come polling day.

But then again...di malaysia, boleh sajalah.

Parental Guidance needed here:

Ever heard about the joke whereby a President had the shock of his life when told by his counterpart that the country he visited never had ERECTION in its entire existence as a nation? The President politely asked & said," How do you explain the population explosion? You guys must be very good to be able to reproduce without ever having an erection.In my country,we have people having erection every time but we still cannot beat you in terms of population growth."

"Erection is bad..not good for the people and country,"said the Chairman.

Okay.....actually the Chairman meant "ELECTION". Ha..ha..ha..

(Bad joke???)

Passed by Dewan Suarah this morning after sending my mum for her daily toe dressing and decided to look & see at the crowd of party supporters who were already there waiting for the candidates to turn up to file in their Nomination papers. Yes, it's Nomination Day today.

How come I did not see YOU filing your Nomination papers?

Travel.......

Pama diri ga berita kami ke makcik-makcik ke ka raun ke Bali. Datai siko nanya ni maia kami ke kin. Bisi siko ka enggau tang bisi diberi tugas enggau orang ngitong undi,nya enda ulih enggau. Iya ke siko ka enggau,laki iya pan ka enggau tang iya enggai mai. Bisi siko ka enggau tang irau ke diri ngiroh bala bukai,enda ga iya nyadi enggau. Dua tiga iko nya madah ti ngagai menua ke chelap bisi sida ati ka enggau. So the next plan,aku madah,ke Perth. Simpan dulu duit ti ka ke Perth...kira ke RM1600/- tambang,hotel RM100/- semalam bekunsi x4 ari,RM1000/- ke pocket money. Kira ke nyimpan RM3,500 - RM4000/- cukup lah. Nya meh destinasi ke paling semak,menua orang putih,enda lama duduk nepan bilun.
Nya meh ti bala tesimpan ke duit ila, kami ngiga nuan mai kami raun,Debbie. Udah angan-angan ka diau ba City Stay Apartment,ngena RBA ari Brunei. Rindu diri ke Perth....tang ti ulih ke London nya meh juluk ati. Naie mai ke London kada ke agi tau bejalai,ko iya. Ingat cik puan bilang kamu ada sakit pandak seput. ha..ha..sorry wai. ( Naie aka Agnes selalu macha blog aku..tiap tiap kali iya nanya..bisi utai baru ba Sebugey,ko iya nanya.)
Arap ke Indai & Apai Maie nyangkung maia seduai kin ila.

BAD FOOD...courting diabetes!

Cupcakes @RM1/- for 3,bought from the tamu

Layered cheesecake

Sweet tangerine

Deep fried chicken meat on skewers

Pork fried with ginger & hongkong veggie at TG Seafood

...and not forgetting the char koi,veg pau,siew mai tungkup,ice lemon tea,kopi c kosong,nasi lemak x2 Naga Liar & Tamu) & bubur cha-cha. Alamak,I could hardly breathe..too much food.

Sighting of the Cross somewhere at Simunjan

We received these pictures from Fraulein Angking when she went to Simunjan last Sunday. One can see a cross on the coconut palm/leaf.

From all that,one can see the likeness of Jesus Christ as seen here. I do not know what to tell..just hope the pictures tell something.

Bali Hi!!!!

Remember me? Iya ke kuat amat ka beganjuh...the one who likes to 'hanng kai' in cantonese or galavanting in jako orang putih/in English. I am in the midst of organising a trip to Bali for fellow friends who,for most are travelling outside of Malaysia for the first time. Initially,about 15 of us were supposed to go but after the pee-eng announced the dissolution of parliament,the number has dwindled to 8.They asked for a later date but of course, no more seats available on RBA. One of them wants to campaign for a friend in Sri Aman if the friend jadi dicalonkan as candidate. The other one has to turun padang to campaign for her big bosses and of course the bodyguard has to cancel her trip,too. Anyway,the travel agent called to say that the tour package has to be paid latest by tomorrow..so we'll see how many would actually turn up tomorrow to pay,after hearing this evening's news about some tremors in Sumatra.. For those of you who are reading this blog and bisi ati deka enggau to Bali,please feel free to join us. The whole trip costs RM1478/-inclusive of Brunei airport tax. The Bali airport tax will be paid there. The trip will be on 8th march @11pm via Brunei and returning on 11th march. Ya..just a short trip.
Since there's so much said about Bali, I just want to see it for myself. Mick jagger & jerry Hall went there for their wedding though it was not recognised. The late princess Diana also went there and other celebrities. Fergie,the Duchess of York also ever went there. Just curious..want to find out.
There are a lot of other places that I would like to see and for the other ladies as well. Most of them who are coming with me,baru bisi passport... not that they do not have the money to enjoy seeing places but their only destination that their husbands always take them to,would be to pulai ke menua. Year in year out,pulai ke menua.( go back longhouse). Tukarlah destination.

For Endun in KL who needs cheering up!

Sinsut & lawyer mangat 'giving' Nyawai away.

Happy Wedding Anniversary...Deb & Jeff

Lunch @ Kenny Roger's,tHE SPRING.

Last Sunday, we had lunch at Kenny Roger's, tHE SPRING. Ya,lah..a lot of nice eating places at the Spring but being a 'chicken' lover,we opted for Kenny Roger's. The price is something else..but what the heck,right!!! if it gives you satisfaction. You see, Ini Christopher smiling thinking about the chicken.

Ageing

I have not been feeling well,lately. I blame it on my hormones working against me. In short, I am at that crucial pause of my life..the 'meno' pause.Ihave been 'popping' pills,vitamins,neuro vitamins,pain killers as in panadol & some other antibiotics. Vision Pharmacy is making tons of money from me because without fail I would go there at least once a day,if not for me,it would be for my mum or husband. My gums are 'shrinking' and I get gum ache every now & then, & had had to have a tooth extracted some months ago even though the tooth was still good. The dentist was a bit annoyed when I accused him of not doing a good job 'matikan' the nerves of that particular tooth..root canal something lah & it wasn't cheap. My body just keep aching for no apparent reason. AND I HATE it when friends say that it's "sakit tuai".
I used to say that when my mum complained of body ache..now I know that is not a kind thing to say. Be more sympathetic to people's plight or pain instead of the standard comment..Ageing..Udau tuai..sudah tua. What a thing to say!.
This morning ever since my mum has been seeing the doctor for her toe dressing for the past 3 weeks due to diabetes,I asked the doctor to examine me. I told him that I felt a sharp pain somewhere on my right arm especially at night. Last time I blamed it on the birds' pooh/tai burung because I had to wash away the dirt. Now I cannot blame it on the pooh. I was worried it could be something else because Cath described to me the symptoms she experienced before she knew she had breast cancer. I was quite worried that MCMC had not called back to let us know the result of the mammogram until late this afternoon when Julia called to say that the result is okay. Praise God for that... anyway about the pain on my right arm, I hope it's just some nerve pain.
The good doctor attending to my mum, Dr. Peter Lee warned me that I should lose weight and to control the food I take because the likelihood that I get diabetes is hIGH! No more COCA-COLA,..you name it..all the nice food is a NO>>NO>>NO.!!! I see my poor mum's toe is having a hard time healing but thank goodness her blood sugar count from 19 has gone down to 6.2 today. For this CNY she was only given a segment of the sweet orange & that she had to let it stay in the mouth for a few minutes before swallowing it. Itu limau tidak bagus..manyak jahat..ko doctor. Every food is JAHAT.

A Matter Of Time

Relatives & friends waiting outside St. Thomas cathedral,Kuching for Gen's funeral service to start.

Labek,Auntie Grace,Monica Gaik & Mary Gaik

Auntie Julie, Juliana,Margaret & Judy

Auntie Julie & Uncle Nyaring

Dr. Lydia Mason doing the 1st Reading,assisted by her youngest daughter.

Jara, doing the 2nd Reading.

June, fighting back the tears while giving praises to Gen and thanking God for having given a sister like Gen.

Petra & Chik lining up to offer words of comfort to Sue.

Death is universal. It happens to one & all.

It is only a matter of time. We are only separated from Gen by TIME. She is only going ahead of us. We are all going to where Gen has gone to...sooner or later.

..so said the Lord Bishop.

Dean Aeries Jingan standing next to Fraulein & June.

The pall bearers: Tim, Ah Lim,Tony & Cyrus.

Facing Death

I am compelled to write something on DEATH,the much avoided word but unavoidable destination when one's time is up in this borrowed world. I know it sounds eerie to be writing my thoughts on this subject but it is a good topic to discuss for one never knows when death comes knocking at one's door. As it happened,late yesterday afternoon, we received a phone call from Sue to say that Gen had just died at Sarawak General Hospital,Kuching after a few months of illness. She was about 51 years old. According to Mak Aling,she did not expect her to die so soon because there had been times when she had felt worst than that. As all good christians know, the good Lord,being the perfect time keeper knows what timing is best. So,He takes her to be with Him now.
To most of us, the timing was most unappropriate because as all of us are aware,during CNY most things almost come to a halt..a complete stop. The flights are fully booked.The funeral wake is tonight and the funeral service is tomorrow at 1pm. We would only be able to attend the church service because our flight is early tomorrow morning. I did not realise that Air Asia only has one flight from Miri to Kuching & Kuching to Miri. There used to be 2 flights in a day. The airfare is something else. Talk about it being a LOW COST or BUDGET airline..we had to pay almost RM1000/- for 2 persons return...only available at the airport..none left for internet booking. MAS tickets?? NONE!
Nowadays,death does not only hit at the older folks but the young ones are being called back early too,much to our fear. I remember a friend who died sometime in May last year at about 45 years old. She was busy caring for her aged father who was always in & out of hospital because of old age;a husband who's always sick and a daughter who had just given birth. She was so concerned for her father's & husband's health that she neglected hers..yes, she died in her sleep. Little did anybody know she would go before the two sick persons that she took care of. Another friend died less than 2 weeks ago from lung cancer at age 54. She was a picture of perfect health when she did her brisk walking last year,often overtaking me as she swayed her arms/hands while walking.
How prepared are we when faced with death?
If one should die tonight,do you think you would go to heaven?This is a favourite question by one of the priests.
How is our personal relationship with God and our eternal salvation?
Is your house in order?
I'd better stop before this topic gets into me.

May You Rest In peace,Gen.

Geneivie Angking passed away today 7th February,2008 @4pm. She's about 51 years old. She had been sick since May last year. She was a lecturer at Universiti Putra m'sia. This photo was taken in November,2006.

Gen doing the twist with Dr. Cindy.

Fireworks

Last night's fireworks were the best I have had ever seen..best like,there was a continuous display of fireworks" coming into" my air space from Pujut 4. About 15 minutes before midnight,the sounds of firecrackers and fireworks already started. The surrounding area sounded as if it was it was in a war-torn area especially when the mothers or fathers of all crackers sounded like bombs. My mind quickly wandered to Iraq where the people are constantly hearing the explosions of bombs. Thank goodness that here, it's only during Chinese New Year that we get to hear the 'EXPLOSIONS'.
Watching the fireworks from my balcony,I saw the changing skyline from colourful to smoky. Millions of ringgits must have been burnt into making the sky as it was like night..colourful & smoky. My immediate neighbours even though 2 own supermarkets,one owns a goldsmith shop & the other one owns a famous photo studio did not even light a sparkler...so lokek one!(stingy)



This morning as it is already a habit,having breakfast at home is like not having breakfast at all. So we went looking for coffeshops that were opened and found a few coffeshops at Pelita commercial Centre were opened including QQ. We had roti canai at the mamak's kopi shop near Pelita Hai Ma. It's good once in a while to eat at a mamak's kedai kopi. The place was packed and quite a lot of Chinese were seen eating there. Infact,mamak's kedai kopi now are popular with the Chinese except the Ibans have not quite acquired the taste for mamak's food. After breakfast we went to Pujut corner market to get some pork. Years ago,it was hard to find pork on CNY because only the Chinese sold pork then but not so,now. We have Iban & Orang Ulu butchers selling pork now.
I have to go now........Kongsi Fa Cai..Kong Hee Fatt Choy!

Cheers!

Besarakup ke terubah iya taun 2008. Lemai marik SIDS Miri held a meeting at my house and needless to say,we had a great time besarakup. Baru iya kami bemeeting udah ke melancong ke Bintulu. Tu gambar kami di ambi Indai Shayna..bedau entu pass iya ngambi gambar;tusu tudah Ajik ke di focus iya. Iya enggai di gambar nya iya ka nyadi tukang gambar. Peda gelang nuan Ajik,enggai ke ditetak orang lengan ka ngambi emas. Berega endar mas diatu. Yum..yum..yum..yum..SENG! Selamat Taun Baru Cina.!Gong Xi Fa Cai....ngirup ai manis,munyi ko orang Paku.

Aku adai pan ka tinggal;enggau neh aku ke Bali,ko Snow White. Lagi aku madah ke Apai Tuai aku.

Aku enggau tang aku nadai passport,ko Mendun.

Aku ka raun,meda menua. Udah kitai ke Bali,kitai ke Bangkok,Ni,ko Cr.Remie.

Indai Yok ngerepas shepherd's pie;Cath mending ke Cr. Remie madah kediri bulih menantu 2 iko taun tu. Kami tumpang gembira,Cr. Jangan lupa jemput makan nasi minyak. Kath berunding ka ngaga passport baru laban ka enggau ke Bali.

Photos taken while waiting for D

Jana,tukang ngasam.

Tu meh gamal tudah Jana ke baru datai ari menua Penan mai ole-ole,iya nya kasam jani enggau kasam ikan semah. Balat endar bau kasam di gaga urang bujang. Bisi ngetut bau kasam. Tudah bilik dapur aku nyintok ngagai garage di penuhi oleh aroma kasam. Enggai nyadi enda di ubah suai cita rasa kasam nya lagi. Maioh diri ikan semah di ulu din,ko Jana. Amat Na, kitai ka meh makai ikan semah.

Nya meh seduai menyadik tu, Yok & Munah bebagi ke kasam ba garage. Gemuk baru laban kasam tu ila,ko seduai.