Congratulations!!!

To Oli & Larry who would be getting engaged on Saturday,29th March,2008.......May God Bless the two of you always.

A Blessed Easter Monday

I hope it's not too late to wish each and everyone of you a Blessed Easter. I was away in Kuching since Saturday and just got back this evening. The weather in Kuching's like what it is in Miri. It rained the 2 nights I was there but sunny & hot during the daytime. The trip to Kuching was for D to have his injured eye di laserkan this morning. Appointment was slotted for 8.30am but the eye specialist only got to see him at 12.40 noon. It would be nice if Pak Lah could allocate a budget for another hospital to be built as a present for the people of Sarawak who 'stick' to him through thick and thin. You should see the traffic jam leading to the Sarawak General Hospital & the lack of parking spaces. ( I wonder who's the bloody idiot who suggested having a basketball court right in front of the entrance of the hospital where else it could be be used for parking cars....it's a court for various games,I gather). There were 'thousands' of sick people going for their various appointments.Most of them had to be dropped off near the gate of the hospital. It was pretty chaotic. It is HIGH TIME for another BIG hospital in Kuching. D had to be referred to SGH because Miri General Hospital,even though it has now a resident eye specialist,the hospital hasn't got a eye-laser machine for the eye-specialist to use. How pathetic can the Health ministry be!!
This time the trip to Kuchintg was really a time for bonding with D's other relatives as our usual makan guide,Ini Christopher's very sick because of a recent knee cap operation. Jimmy & I managed to persuade her to join us for breakfast at a nearby eating spot. After she finished her chicken rice,she asked to be sent back because she felt sleepy after countless of sleepless days & nights. I really certify that she is vey sick because she did not talk much and the volume of her 'radio' was only at one bar;it used to be full bars. Anyway, I wish her speedy recovery.

21 yrs old......

A very Happy Birthday to Joe who's just turned 21yrs old on 16th March. Two years ago Joe celebrated his 19th birthday in Miri. How time really flies....Glad to hear you had a great time celebrating your 21st birthday and hope you enjoyed the laksa.

Easter Eggs

Couldn't resist putting 4 Cadbury's Creme Eggs in the shopping cart while shopping at Supa Save this morning. It costs BD$1.90....cough..cough... You are RIGHT...ate 1 already.

Randau kin kitu.....

Manah Bali,Nie? Safe,kah?Berani endar kita kin? Kada enda udah din kaban kitai ke rari ari S'pore,ko siko? Datai ga siko ke enda kala pansut ari menua Miri,ngemba bala kami ke ka kin. My answer....when God wants you & I to be by His side,no matter where you & I are,be it at home watching tv or brisk walking at Bulatan Park,ti visa or paspot udah ka mati,mati meh iya. Apalagi Pak Hj Bahkil kami,semina Samu & Kuching aja ke safe places,ko iya. There's nothing that you & I can do about.. if life is short...but die.
Sinu aku menati ke tudah niang Sinam,a cousin,who died while I was in Bali. Benong syiok nyual mata meda utai ke di bai tour bus pansa kami,dia deh munyi phone aku ari Indai Maie madah ke tudah Sinam nadai. Nasib aku bisi nyengok tudah tuai ba spital.
Aku tu baru pulai beganjuh ari Kuala Belait..sinu ga aku meda mak aku ke ka raun,so bai aku ke KB pagi tadi. Nama utai di beli? Meli clorox 6 botol besai. Clorox aja utai ke murah din. Bisi mansa Batu 1 tadi,dia meh kami bisi meda urang begau meli bubuk..agi mar..asai ke RM4/- sekilo.
Results SPM pan udah ga pansut. Rindu diri ninga result Madonna Nobel Anding ke bulih 11As,sida Melissa Augustine enggau iya ke bukai. Ngarap ke sida ulih bulih scholarships enggau berkat Tuhan sama enggau sida. Ngagai bala ke enda puas ati enggau result ke ulih sida, arap bersabar meh....maioh agi peluang ke bukai.

According to Pak Nyoman...................

Ari aki-ini nyintok ke bala uchu endang diasoh diau begulai sama ba siti rumah,munyi ko Pak Nyoman. Anak lelaki ke biak sekali nya sigi ngibun bilek,ngibun semua bala bala sida sebilik,ukai sida anak lelaki ke tuai. Laban ko Pak Nyoman,anak lelaki ke biak disadang panjai agi umur ngibun sida sebilik. Rumah alai sida diau mesti bisi pagar lalu bisi patung-patung tuhan sida di gaga sida ba tiang pagar,ngambi utai ke jai,utai ke enda manah enda nuntong sida sebilik. Nya kebuah rumah urang di Bali di pagar semua. Kenu ko cerita Pak Nyoman tu..

Selamat Hari Raya Nyepi

Ogoh-ogoh or effigy of negative energies were seen almost everywhere at Ubud..most were quite frightening to look at.. Bala sida Balinese balat endar begaga ke piring,nyau abis kena indik laban piring ditaroh sida ba merata tempat..sebarang alai. Pun kayu kara pan maioh din,sida lalu mungkus pun kara enggau kain petak chelum enggau putih. White to signify good and black to signify evil.

If you had come 2 days earlier, there was not much Ibu Ibu could do,said the girls at the spa centre. Why?,I asked. Well, we celebrated the Balinese New Year which meant,for the Balinese,shutting themselves out all that is familiar for just one day: No talking,no venturing out of the house,no wordly activities,no eating or drinking...NOTHING happens on that day. Sepi..nyepi..total silence..everything shuts down,even the airport..no firecrackers to usher in the new year..no activity at all..abstinence from all worldly pleasures,from travel & movement,from lighting of fire and from work.By abstaining from all these for just one day is said to bring the universe and mankind renewed spiritual energy and a closer connection with the Divine.