Health is wealth..

20th August,2008.

Indai Karina ( 2nd left) is 80 years old today. Many Happy returns of the day & may God continue to grant her good health & all good things.

Remembering C G

20th August,2008.

Pagi tadi aku bisi nerima 2 iti text ari Nel & Amoi madah ke tudah C G ke udah nadai pagi tu tadi di Kuching. Sinu aku ngenang tudah G. Aku sempat ngabas tudah tuai kira ke 4 ari tudah tuai udah datai ari New Zealand. Bisi 4 iko kami ngabas iya;bendar iya ngerandau kami madah ke penyakit iya enggau bala anak iya ke 3 iko tinggal di New Zealand ke benong belajar ba University of Otago;crew RBA except pilot ke enggai mai iya nepan bilun pulai ke Brunei,ko iya..ama di dinga ama enda di dinga ga utai di sebut tudah tuai. Maia kami ke berandau, bisi muat pedis di asai iya tubuh iya,iya alu ngangau ke ipar iya ngurut jari berang tubuh iya enggau ointment. Aku lalu ingat ke niang apak aku ke maia penyakit ba tubuh iya muat pedis,niang apak aku alu ngasoh bala kami ngurut iya.
Sebedau G & sida sebilik mupuk ke New Zealand,ti enda salah aku asai ke 1999 or 2000 ( enda ingat ku) kami 2 Rose bisi mai iya makai ba Best Western,Grand Palace Hotel. Rindu diri kami 3 makai sambil berandau ninga her hopes & wishes ke ka migrate ke New Zealand semata-mata deka nyengula ke anak,ko iya. Maioh agi utai di kerandau ke kami.
Ti baka ulih,ti baka ulih di delay seput ke padam,nyau minta seput nganti siko ari anak iya graduate baru iya mulai ke diri ngagai Tuhan.
Munyi ko jako,we can only plan & wish..God has the final say.
May she rest in peace.

Peduli apa dengan tikus..makan aja di Open air market,Miri.

Kolo mee & khai chook(chicken porridge)
steam khai (far left)
Fired Kway Tiaw ala cantonese
Clean..licin..abis

Kami 3 baru pulai ari open air market makai bubur manok,kolo mee & manuk steam at one of the stalls ba open air market di Miri ditu. Nyamai utai di empa ditu. Lama kami enda kitu laban...should I tell you??? be prepared to hear what I have to write...laban aku takut ke tikus. Aiyooo!!!Ti alai kita dia nadai tikus,tau ke Open air market Miri (market babi/market pisang) ngambi & nangkap sida tikus. Maioh maioh tikus dia..bisi besai lengan aku..sebesai mayau munyi ko Rosaline K. (Bisi ari aku ngambar sida tikus alu beri gambar ngagai MPM.) Iya lama udah enda kia,ko iya laban bisi sekali iya kia,abis tepelanting chopsticks & mee laban tekenyit & geli ke tikus. Tiap kali aku makai kia,aku ngiga wooden stool alai aku manggai ke kaki laban sida tikus tak racing ke ulu ke ili..jauh laju ari Usain Bolt ari Jamaica ke laju belanda ba Olympics dua tiga ari tu ke udah. Aku tadi bisi ati ka ngambar tikus mansa tang malu meda urang ke makai kia ukai urang sengapa..bala cina kaya ke entugam makai dia. Bala sida Endu menyanak ka endar makai utai dia. Tadi bisi siko okk ari Btu bisi ga makai kia..sempat berandau enggau D...cerita punya cerita iya madah anak bujang iya siko gawa ba NY,siko agi belajar di Wales & iya ke biak indu belajar ba Miri ditu. Licin mangkuk mee peda aku.

Ba pagi ari,utai di empa ke nyamai ba open air market tu iya nya Nasi Kari Ayam. Seminggu tu suah aku ngabas kia,nadai bejual sida iya engka tukang masak sakit. Sida tu menyadi baka sida Atak menyadi..nadai urang nganti ti sida iya lesi. Nyamai amat nyamai nasi kari ayam sida tu tang be prepared to wait. Sida enda entu nitih ke sapa dulu order,tak barang peneka sida meri ngagai urang ke temu & kelala sida enda baka sida ke nyual khai chook. Sida khai chook nitih ke sapa dulu datai,nya meh di beri dulu. Bisi sekali benong D & Nking makai kia,enda mukai mukai tak meda stool terebai di tempalong ke customer,ringat meda ke lama amat udah nganti. Ti sida bisi buka for business this week, aku ngambi gambar nasi kari nya. Nyamai!!!enda aku bula...

Nya meh naka cerita aku ke malam tu..ka mandi.

Utai di kerindu..di ingini maia gerai

Butter buns,cha siew pau,peanut butter buns,bacon buns,etc.
These 2 photos were taken around 10'oclock saturday morning. Ya, the buns were still HOT,fresh from the ovens. Just in case Jonathan & Peony get to read this..the pics are taken for you & for the others who love the buns like sida saudagar Pat &Mang & sons & saudagar Inyau & Betty. I won't tell you how many buns did Peony & Jonathan eat altogether during their 2 day stay here.
I had nowhere to go after sending D to the office & it was windy & raining so I decided to go this other office of mine. Because I am not holding any particular post at any proper office, the coffee shops have more or less been my so called offices. When friends sms early in the morning asking whether I would be going to the office, I would say yes.. and they would know where to go..yes, the 1st office would be 2020 then maybe Cafe 88,sometimes at Sau Pau and recently to Cafe Taman Yakin,once in a while to Lutong market for Ah Tak's mee or bubur at Kedai Wong. My good friend Hong, whenever he's in Miri,staying at a hotel opposite Servay,without fail,he would sms whether I would be at my office. ( Please do not get confused with "The Other Office" which is a drinking place cum snooker place not far from CB)
Oh ya,last Friday nite we had our makan at Kedai Kopi Wong and ordered the usual..kaki babi ala Philippines & some other dishes. The kaki babi somehow didn't taste as good as the 1st 3 kaki babis we had the week before. ..diminishing returns. Saudagar Anum liked the kaki babi & so did Jonathan & Peony for 2 nites running. Ya,for those of you who have never been to Kedai Kopi Wong in Lutong, the kaki babi is worth a try & so is their curry fish & not forgetting their salad taufoo. I'm partly promoting Wong's kedai kopi (not that it needs promoting because Wong ever told me me most waibees especially the Iban ever had their makan there) because whenever I go for the bubur in the morning, Wong sometimes belanja minum kopi.

*Fr. Ronnie maia agi di Lutong selalu makai bubur ba Wong & mee Ah Tak. Ti bisi rembus ke Kuching mai ke kita mee Ah Tak. Ha..ha..

Another favourite food to eat would be the shark's fin soup. The2n last time I ate shark's fins soup at Kokchee's was about a year ago before I got invited to Saudagar's Sidi's TG dinner. Food at Kokchee's is delicious and so is the price. The food that I would order if a bagful of cash dropped on my laps would be Suckling pig,sharks' fins soup,sea cucumber with brocolli, steam deep fried cod,fried asparagus with scallops,peking duck,yam basket & bbq kampung chicken. Dessert would be red beans pancake & white egg pau. The last 3times I had this menu was when a group of us held a farewell dinner for Fr. Platnner before he left for Holland/Rome. I think we had to pay something like RM80/- per person. Good food & Fr. Plattner was happy so he sang for us.

Another time again was when Apai Jalin invited a few of us to celebrate his windfall,so we had another makan.

Another thing that I love doing is imagining driving a BMW. I was for the past 3 years interested in the X5 and couldn't help envying 2 X5s parked nicely at samu 2 gawais ago.I know, I know,I shouldn't covet my neighbour's goods. I'm only human and just this morning,while driving back from town, I heard somebody honking as she was overtaking me..smiling & waving at me in her brand new LEXUS. Could it be Jenny aka bini kaban? ..not surprised cos kaban is churning money in Nigeria. And just in case you are wondering why that sleek BMW pictured above is also a topic of conversation...somebody smsed me a few days ago asking if I had any plan to go to KL...no was my reply..why ? I asked..so that I could mai nuan raun ngena kereta baru,ko iya. Good to hear despite the rising costs of petrol,life is still as 'normal' as can be. Praise be to God for that. That's all for now folks before I do more damage coveting my neighbour's goods. Please remember me,Lord & forgive me,good Lord.

Nama brita kita? Aku nadai tentu bisi berita di tusoi tembu nyaga tv meda olympics. Mang bisi ga sms madah ke ka ke Miri ujung bulan tu laban bisi bala ka kahwin. Ngagai Anna aka Ini Laja(engka iya bisi macha blog) ke benong warded ba CA,arap ke nuan gerai,nadai apa nama. Ngagai tudah Carol ke benong berubat ba Kuching,ngarap ke iya gerai mega. Nya meh ti udah sakit....semua utai di dunia tu tak nadai guna ba ati tang maia gerai utai dalam dunia tu ke ka di juluk...ba aku siko,ko aku tu. Baka aku ke sakit patung..alu bedau gerai-gerai. Ti aku nurun tangga, munyi ke bula nusoi patung ke bemunyi..tok..tok.. Nya Indai Yok mai raun taun baru ti kami duai manggai 50 tahun,ulih withdraw EPF, raun ke Europe kitai,ko iya. ha..ha..ha..ha.. kada agi dapat bejalai..ti ke Europe,bejalai kaki ke maioh agi. Enda aku enggau,udah kala kin,raun ke Kuala Belait aja lah.
Bisi ka ke Marudi meda Baram Regatta bala? Uchuku udah kin kemari,bisi madah kediri mupuk kin. Ukai nya betah pangan diri kami duai. Seminggu aku din,ko iya madah asoh aku kemari,homestay ba sida Timah,ko iya. Naka bala uchu enggau aki uchu di tinggal ke nuan,wai? ha..ha..
Nama agi cerita? Pagila nampong baru..enda nemu nama agi cerita.

The Welsh hathunter

The fierce- look Welsh warrior/headhunter - Christopher.
Towkay neo Agnes fixing the spear for the little warrior/headhunter

I want your 'head'.
Look that can kill..given by Christopher! Beware ants!!
Wonder who Christopher has in mind to 'hunt'? Going to the pepper garden? I will defend myself..I am more prepared now.

Maia pemisi betemu baru

Well Alfred,we'll be expecting to see you & family visit us in London. We have got a guest room for you to stay in,ko Peony madah asoh iya.

Making new friends..Daniel,Samuel (both great prophets,munyi ko apai seduai iya) & Christopher.
At every holiday stop they made,Christopher's allowed to buy a toy enggau pocket money ke diberi mummy & daddy iya. Udah iya meli toy nya,iya alu nanya mummy iya berapa rega toy iya nya pulai ke duit pounds. Murah aja ko mummy iya. Christopher ngangkat ke nama aki iya,Christopher Jantan Ngumbang,iya nya apai Peony. Maia iya ada suba talipon tudah Judy ari London madah ke deka meri nama uchu iya nama Christopher kena ngingat ke niang laki iya. Ninuk uchu iya ninga ini iya madah ke' aki & 'your mummy's daddy're brothers...so he is your only aki,ko ini iya nusut.

Anak menyadi Apai Jill,Peony,laki iya,Jonathan & anak lelaki iya Christopher bisi nemuai ke Miri ari Ai-ngland. Ipar Apai Jill, Judy bisi meh enggau datai ari Kuching,ngambat uchu iya di Miri ditu. Nya meh ti udah nyadi Ini,sida uchu nya meh di sayau enggau di manja.Tu sekeda gambar di ambi maia kami makai enggau sida Deacon Alfred Damu,Shirley & bala anak seduai ba Kedai Wong,Lutong.

Peony & Deacon Alfred nemu pangan maia umur seduai agi 17 tahun,benong nyendia kediri ngagai 'a wider world',belajar ke England. Seduai sama batch di anjung gomen belajar kin. Rindu diri ninga seduai bercerita tadi. Peony graduated nyadi lawyer & Deacon Alfred nyadi engineer. God somehow has a better plan,the best,for Alfred, for He calls him to serve Him full time...saving souls especially people like me while Peony is still chasing pretty rainbows in London where she works as a financial investment consultant,quite the opposite of Deacon Alfred. Nama pengawa laki iya? He is a civil servant,criminal lawyer,advises orang pasal criminal law..asai ke pia pengawa iya. Enda entu bejako menantu sida apai Jill tu,seleka jako tanya kitai seleka ga saut iya..sigi enda tentu bejako.When 2 quiet people meet....silence is golden!! Nyadi kami sebilik tu tadi tak makai aja on the first night kami makai ba Wong,apai Jill enda ga nemu ngerandau menantu,semina tudah Peony ke betanya ke utai,tudah Judy ngemata ke uchu. Nya malam kedua,rancak agi ga randau bisi bala bukai.