Sad Movie.....

a Korean movie seen on tv......Not too long ago,Ujin had everything good going for her & her family. You just name it baby,munyi ko apai ema (ko indai Hon) she had everything. At one time she even had 2 maids to take care of her children & to clean the house. Money was the least of her problem when business was damn good. So along with good living the children got spoilt too. What they wanted was always granted;breakfast,brunch,lunch,tea,dinner & supper were taken at the various restaurants,fastfood outlets..munyi ko apai ema tadi,you name it baby...
Then business failed..it failed so badly.
Ujin's children who were so used to good living still wanted to live the good life. They were so used to having the maids done everything for them that they did not know what & how to do most things. Who got to to pick the pieces? Ujin lah. Who was to blame? Ujin lah..Who suffered?All in the family suffered but Ujin suffered more. Each time Ujin met her friend for makan,she would shed a bucketful of tears thinking about the misfortune. She talked of the good times when she received JUTA,munyi ko Abau. How about the children?Still thinking that they still had the means to go on living the good life because Ujin did not want her children to worry.When Ujin's friends asked her to tell off her children,she felt hurt. Instead of being grateful for the so called advice she pulak said that her friends' children were no better than her children.
Munyi ko Jinet,"Let you lie there.."
The sad movie just ended like that......

Success story...

Not too long ago when my children were at school,just before I fetched them home I usually spent time with a friend at her shop. Sometimes the two of us sat at Sau Pau or some other kopi tiam discussing the 'facts of life'. I found her views to be interesting though at times a bit 'communistic' if there is such a word to describe her views on life. Since she's always a busy lady doing her business raising 3 boys & her husband being away at work,she taught her children from a very tender age to be on their own. She taught them to do their own cleaning of the house,washing & ironing their own clothes,their school shoes,just about everything was left for them to do on their own. At first I thought that was very 'un-motherly' to have the children do everything for themselves. Back to the present day,I have been wrong to judge my friend for she has trained her children to be responsible & the part about not wasting be it food or money unnecessarily, also benefits her children. When they went away to study in the various universities I hardly heard my friend complaining that her sons always asked her to send money to them. Now, her 3 sons are engineers... whenever I meet her,she is always seen smiling,having breakfast with one of her sons or with her grandson & her husband.
"My children very good one...they give me money,pay the household bills,the house assesement,give me pocket money,pay for myinsurance,etc.,.They give their father,too even though he's got his pencen/pension."
Wah your sons very good lah......................lucky you.

What would 2009 hold/have for us?

Now that we are into the 2nd week of the new year,reality begins to set in. We could be forgiven to even believe that 2009 would be better than 2008 when we started bombarding friends & relatives with all the best wishes for the new year through the sms. I managed to let my Miri Xmas tree rest nicely or more like roughly in that big black garbage bag until December when the carollers come-a-carolling again. Hey,blink..blink blink and it will be ching ching ching again. From past records,Xmas mood started in October so that's only less than 10 months to go.

To borrow from Endu in her text to me last Thursday,she said after putting the xmas tree away,it's now time for 'cheng cheng cheng',referring to the sound of the lion dance's tong tong cheng. Dhinese New Year is only a few days away.

If we were to use the various festivals to count our days in 2009,then the year would go as quickly as it came. As I was reading the first page of a 'daily bread' book,the questions that the writer wrote were quite something for me to think about. Questions like:Will our health, including our loved ones,hold for the rest of the year? Will we have food on our table,roof over our head?Will we get to see the end of the year? So many questions..will the economy improve? Will the prices of rubber,oil palm,pepper & others go up? Will this..will that???? Questions after questions. As of now,the rain has brought disasters in most area;padi fields are flooded,people can't go out to tap rubber because of the rain.

However after reading this verse"Do not be discouraged,for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9 ,I feel encouraged to face the days ahead for I believe that God will be with us as He has always been during our difficult times.

Amen to that.

That brings to mind about what happened during the 1997 economic downturn,how the churches in S'pore reported a big jump in church attendance and some other places. It's true when we do not have a care in the world,we tend to forget Our Heavenly Father. Maybe this global recession which usually happens every 10 years or less, happens for a reason..to keep our feet firmly on the ground while we try to reach for the stars. For all we know,the building of the new church would finally take off..more people go to church,more people give,more money comes in...bla..bla..bla. Okay lah ti sentence udah bla..bla..bla..nadai agi utai di kejako lah nya.

Ciao!!!

Happy Birthday!!Happy Birthday!!!Happy Birthday!!

...to all friends born in January namely: James,Gading,Cheryl,Mang,Sylvia
Sapa agi:????
God Be With You Always & May all your dreams & wishes come true.

To a certain anak.....

to a certain anak who feels lonely when mum & dad vroomed back to Bintulu,'mum' & 'dad' of Miri are around for you. Please call..call on us..you are always welcome.

Veronica Piah & Rodney's house blessing..

Dayung-dayung ari Benuk; indai Arik & bini Fr. Ugil;seduai tu sekampung;bendar seduai gaga ke pangan diri,lama enda betemu.

Bala kawan Piah;indu ngena baju light blue/green iya nya uchu apai Jatan.

Bala kawan Piah

Piah & anak iya Felicia

R-L: Fr. Ugil,apai Jill,apai Cha & bala enggau Piah gawa ba Telekom

Minah

Bala ex-St. Augustine's School


Intro: In the year 2001,bisi indu siko bernama Veronica & apai iya dianjong Minah ke rumah kami. Iya baru bulih kerja ba Telekom. Enda lama iya diau enggau aku;siang malam seduai apai iya begiga ke rumah ke di sewa. Biasalah enggai nusah urang & enda nyamai diau enggau urang.

Diatu iya udah meli rumah ba Luak Bay. Manah endar rumah;nemu endar ngidup kediri.

Scene 1: Heavy rain/ujan

Muk driving to Luak Bay ngelaban ujan lebat lemai ari minggu;lost way

Scene 2: Phoning Piah asking her for direction to her house

Titih aja sign board tu,ko iya.

Strawberry Park nadai di peda pelaba ukai musim strawberry bebuah diatu.

Scene 3: Itu dia..nyin rumah iya,ko aku meda kereta maioh parking tisi jalai.

Peda Apai Cha nyadi traffic police ngasoh aku drive in ngagaio car porch.

Scene 4: Betabi enggau bala..bala Telekom,munyi ko Indai Piah ke di ambi enggau house

blessing sida. Tour rumah Piah;manah endar.

Scene 5: Nganti Fr. Ugil &bini iya, ko apai Cha.

Bemunyi tipon apai Cha;paduhal ari Fr. Ugil nanya ke direction ngagai rumah.

Titih aja sign board HOMELITE ko iya.

Enda lama udah nya paderi pan datai.

Scene 6: Fr. Ugil besembiang

Scene 7: Makai..maioh macam lauk di pandu indai Cha;apai Jill 3 kali nyingkau lauk...berselera

nampak nya.

Scene 8: Story telling;getting to know you enggau Fr. Ugil &bala ex St. Augustine's School meh

apai Jill tang iya enda tetanya ke nama sida iya..semina nemu niang apai Jatan kala

ngajar sida iya. Indai Cha alu betemu enggau ex school mate iya,Clement maia besekula

ba st. debak suba.

Moral of the story: Anang enda introduce diri empu;padah ke nama ngambi ke enda berunding semalam-malam sapa nama urang ke enggau kitai bejako.

Scene (:-) Kenyang..udah apai Jill kenyang iya alu ka pulai..pengabang urang ban ting??

Pesan ngagai Mak Aling: Fr. Ugil kirum salam ngagai Aunty Josephine.(enda iya nemu sapa Mak Aling semina Aunty Josephine aja..ha..ha)

10 days into 2009

A nicely laid table..wonder who the host & hostess are?

Ya,the guy himself Osart carving the roasted lamb prepared by his wife,Veron.

D,watching attentively the art of carving as shown by Osart.

John Trang,Angking & Osart

John,Osart,Edward,Dulles & Edward's daughter

....Osart & Veron invited us together with Edward & family,Angking & John to their beautiful home for a sit down dinner this evening to usher 2009 with good health & all good things for the new year. John led us in the prayer. Needless to say,Veron,being a good cook prepared a sumptuous western styled menu for us to feast on. Not only is she a good cook,both Osart & her are excellent hosts. We wined & dined. As usual I brought my camera but as usual I left the memory card at home so there's not that many photos that I could snap.

Anyway,Veron & Osart,thank you for a lovely evening.

Oh ya..what did we have for dinner? Baked salmon,roasted lamb shoulder & ham plus asparagus & broccoli. Move over Nigella,we also have a cooking goddess in Veron. Ha..ha..