Beserumpu makai...

Bala sida saudagar2 ari Perth kebetulan bisi serentak di Miri,ya bala kami beserumpu makai ala Kong Hee Fatt Choy munyi ko Naga.
Rindu diri berandau nyu tebatok & tekemi bai ketawa becerita.

specially for Janet

Angela & Janet in the background holding an apple above my head. We had Bob Marley "jamming" for us with "i shot the sheriff..". wah!!!so 'rastafarian" then.

Oil Baroness Janet at 50 yrs old still looking sexy in her mini skirt & ama (grandma) Ai Geok,still looking good after having or rather still looking after 7 children.

Muk & Ai Geok sitting next to an Oil Baron & Baroness from Dallas Texas. Notice that bag that the baron is guarding. Hey, Kenny,Give me some!!!

Since Janet has requested me to write more in English or in BM I'll just do that. Ok lah Janet!! as long as Kenny & you send the air ticket for me to Dallas. ( you don't have to send one for Ai Geok cos she can get free passage from Eileen..SINGAPORE GIRL!! remember??) Once there, I don't mind being taken on a Caribbeans Cruise or being flown to Las Vegas on a private jet. Ha..ha..

Janet,Ai Geok,Jennifer & I have been friends since forever. Janet & I spent quite a bit of time together while we were studying in England & so did Caesar. During term break,we made it a point to see each other by renting rooms be it in Oxford or London. We somehow never quarrelled;we always knew where to draw the line. There was such a thing called "Give & Take".

I'll write more my friends but first I'll have to wash the plates left over from last night's gathering with the "saudagars".

A Bleak Gawai?????

I know I am among a few who are already thinking what a bleak Gawai the Ibans are going to have this year especially those of us who are relying on rubber,pepper,oil palm & padi as a means of livelihood. The rain & the flood have brought much hardship to the people affected by the floods. I doubt if there is any padi left to harvest for those who planted padi some months ago because around this time of the year the padi are supposedly ready for harvesting. The rain stops rubber tappers to milk the rubber trees. When the price of rubber shot to an amazing high,pepper planters abandoned their pepper gardens because the fertilizers were expensive & so they concentrated on tapping rubber. It is also not a pretty picture for those who are into the oil palm business. My cousin told me scenes in and around the oil palm plantations where buah sawit were left to rot because the roads were impossible for the hilux or whatever vehicle to drive through.
Come rain or shine,still we have to be thankful & grateful to the Lord Our God.

some photos of the landslide...

Crane benong lifting kereta Honda (on the left)

...sinu endar meda bala mindah ke anak keresa. It seems there is no end to the rain and there is no end yet to stop worrying that there might be the possibility of yet another landslide & that more houses would be buried with the mud that comes from high up in the hill. The houses ke kena tanah runtuh nya nadai ngadang rumah sida iya tau tak kena laban nya jauh di depan. Nya me nasib siko-siko.

All of St. Joseph....

Caesar Shim,Jennifer Yap,Muk,Ai Geok,Kenny Goh aka Janet Ho's husband & Richard Koh aka Ai Geok's husband.

Imperial Hotel in-house band entertaining the crowd.

It was a good idea to organise a gathering during the CNY hols for most Miri people would come back from afar. Here you see us, who used to be in the same class from Form 1 -Form 4.

Caesar Shim, who's currently working in Angola.( I have to go to Angola to work so as to be able to pay for my children's education overseas. What to do!! ANGOLA??? Not bad lah,money is good. Would love to work in Miri but where?)

Janet Ho is currently following her husband Kenny Goh,who has his OWN company in Dallas,Texas.

Janet: My son,Gabriel is away in college in Seattle;he's 18 yrs old now.

Ai Geok: I have 7 children & by God's grace He has provided to our every need,ko Ai Geok.

Richard does not have to go to Angola or Dallas to work. God will provide,ko iya. (sob..sob...sob...aku ninga iya nyebut nya..truly being contented with what they have...a doctor,an air stewardess,oil & gas technician & 4 more children still studying)

Muk: I'm ashamed of myself..so bladi uncontented..more..more..give me more.

Jennifer: I'm still single;happy with the status. See,it hasn't killed me,not being married.

Muk: Ya,I know what you mean Jennifer. You don't have any stress lines like us,your married friends. You are better off being single.

Half Centurians posing....Caesar & Janet have just turned 50 in January.

Ai Geok,Jennifer & I are still 49 yrs old.

Bishop Anthony Lee receiving donations from the YBs totalling RM100,000/- to start the ball rolling..

Tossing of Yee Sang

Jennifer Yap,Muk,Ai Geok

David Shim,Ida Ho,daughter & Julia Shim

Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Teo & the Shim sisters

Audrey,if you are reading this blog in Penang..this photo of Rose is specially taken for you. I know how much you miss her.

Mary Francis & Irene Chu aka Irene Cox

Raymond him & Marina Tan at the reception desk

The dinner was in aid of the new St. Joseph's Primary School which is to be relocated to an area in Lopeng.

St. Joseph's Brass Band getting ready at the lobby of Imperial Hotel

...a voice is resounding promptly respond to your duty sweet call

....Answer you all for the trumpets are calling your matters proclaiming her watch word to all
....Forward your children dear ever with heart sincere

...Render with joy to your matter her due..

If you're a Josephian you would know how to sing this song..
Love & Serve your motto's still bearing
If you used to be a student of St. Joseph's School in Miri,you are called to take that money that is in your pocket to build the new St. Joseph's Primary School which will be relocated to a site near the Miri General Hospital. And it is the hope of the building committee to see the school ready to be used by 2011.

According to Bishop Anthony Lee, the money is already there..it's just a matter of taking it out of your pocket.

If there's none in your pocket.......I don't know what to say.

enda betah...

Nico Langgie, Daphnie Maie, Erica Sudan, Gavin Man & Jill Sudan

... rindu meda bala bonding over satay enggau buah limau di malam.

Bisi urang madah bisi ninga bala enggai entu makai buah limau datai ari menua cina laban bekau earthquake suba,bangkai maioh nadai di temu.........leaving it to your imagination.

Enggi aku kada enda 20kg dah di empa,aorh manis endar.

Ni,bisi tanah runtuh baru dinga aku.......

Photos courtesy of Miri Community.Net.

Kring..kring...ring...munyi tipon. "Ni,nama gaga nuan? Nico udah pulai ke KL? Nama bisi tanah runtuh baru dinga aku. Ba depan Grand Palace..ba Kpg Lereng Bukit...bla..bla..,"ko mak aku.

"Pia mak. Meda tv aku nganti Nico tipon,bisi delay flight sida tadi."ko aku.

Nya meh pama diri ke 'connection' tudah mak aku. Bisi urang tipon asoh iya madah ke bisi tanah runtuh. Aku alu surfed net ngiga berita ba Uchukeling. Aku sigi ka nemu..tiap kali aku mansa tempat nya dia aku madah asoh apai Jill pengirau ati meda utai dia. Tumu pagi tadi tak enda ngetu ngetu ujan..naka iya ka ari ke ujan..tak penapat inat munyi ko bala. Mua ari endang nganti ke labuh..tu ujan baru malam lagi.

"Bisi balat begoyang bilun kita tadi,'co,ko aku nanya Nico". "Nadai mi,ko Nico."

Puji Tuhan. (Anak aku Nico baru mulai kediri ke Melaka;1 semester ba Miri ditu training ba law firm. Nya meh munyi ko indai Maie,enda betah endar di tinggal ke anak sekula ba alai bukai. taja pan enda jauh ba menua tasik) Ka "renga" laban....