Weekend Away

Hari Raya Goodies

Hari Raya goodies given by someone I know through work.

Mum's Birthday

Sunrise on mum's birthday.

Jeff told mum that his leave to come back for her birthday was not approved by his superior and he could only make it in 2 days’ time. But only he and I knew it was a cover up to give the rest of the family a surprise.

He arrived back in KK after midday today and did not come to get the car until about 4p.m.

When my sis-in-law called to say that I probably had to drive straight from work to Gaya Sports Seafood Restaurant since they had to visit their friends at Rasa Ria Resort straight after dinner, I told her I could not do that because the car broke down and had to be repaired.

When I reached home from work, mum, Aunty Alice and Chloe were already ready. Mum was surpised to see that I did not drive home. I told her the car was at the workshop.

Upon reaching the Inanam roundabout, I texted Jeff to say that we were about to arrive at the restaurant and so he had to start his journey.

After we ordered our food which was taken by my friend Peter Koh, the topic of conversation was another dinner during the weekend after Jeff comes back. I told them we will talk about it again in his presence.

After a while, Jeff appeared. My brother and sis-in-law saw him approaching our table but he signalled them to keep quiet. When he appeared at the back of mum, she was so surprised and happy. The kids were so stunned that they did not call their uncle.

The food quality had deteriorated. After dinner, mum complained to Peter and one of his colleagues who works in the kitchen.

Weird Weather

All throughout the night, the rain was pouring down by the bucketsful.

As I was about to leave for work this morning, once again the rain started to come down heavily. After passing the roundabout outside my housing estate, I saw that there was a long queue. Some cars were turning back from the flood prone area. I quickly went around the roundabout and went out to Lintas Highway. When I queued up to make a U-turn, there were ten cars or more in front of me.

I had to wait patiently because the oncoming traffic was heavy. By then the pouring rain had stoppd and it was only drizzling. It was nice to feel the cool weather.

My journey took me half an hour instead of 4 mins. Sigh!

I was pleased that among so many things that I had done today, I managed to file some important documents which I had delayed doing for months.

Tonight was the Monthly Ministry Leader’s Meeting for Canaanland Celebration. The Chairman thanked me for a job well done for the retreat.

After the meeting, I dropped by Tong Hing Supermarket to buy some ham for the sandwiches since Consfood had already closed.

Givers

The mangos were given by a colleague.



Met Ps. Wong Kui Moi at Khidmat Supermarket when I was there to buy bread on the way home after work. She was killing time after dropping her daughter Cathy at Dr. Mandy Chu's house for vocal lesson. She said it was her first time at the supermarket and after we talked for a while, she prayed for me with our eyes opened.

New Things

1. New digital camera – Office boy helped me buy the Canon PowerShot A480 digital camera for RM390 after trading in the Nikon Coolpix L3. Yeah I have a new toy to play with.

2. Driver’s license renewal – Office boy had to go to the post office to renew the road tax for one of the company’s car. Therefore one of my colleagues and I requested him to renew our driver’s licence at the same time. Mine would only be expiring 2nd November while my colleague's expired two days ago.

3. When I arrived home after work just now, Aunty Alice asked whether I can smell 'it'. I asked her, 'Don't tell me mum cooked my all time favourite food?'. She wanted to know how I know. Well ... In fact mum did not cook it for about a year already I think.

This does look particularly appetising but it is my favourite food. Prawn dough before becoming prawn crackers. YUMMY!

4. Monica Leong works as the librarian at Institut Sinaran. She recommended me to read books by author Jeffrey Archer when we were window shopping at Popular Bookstore, City Mall recently.

I asked whether she could help me to borrow from her library. Yesterday she passed me the following book and tonight I will be starting to read it.

Car Broke Down Again

After Canaanland Celebration, I went to Giant Kolombong Foodcourt to takeaway the from Merdeka Chicken Rice stall.

Just two days ago, one of my colleagues found out that this stall did not close shop. Instead it replaced the Mongolian Chicken Rice stall which was operating opposite the Merdeka Chicken Rice stall. No wonder once when I asked my office boy who was going there to takeaway and therefore I requested him to do the same for me, I tasted the chicken rice and thought it tasted like the Merdeka Chicken Rice. When I asked him where he bought it, he said from the side where the Mongolian Chicken Rice stall was operating.

After I took away two servings of the chicken rice, I went to the drinks stall to take away one serving of ‘ABC’.

As I drove out from the exit of Giant Kolombong, suddenly the car jerked and stopped. I was telling myself ‘Not again’. Once again I did not panic. The exit is big enough to accomodate two cars to go out at the same time. Sometimes I had to flag the cars behind to use the next lane because they could not see the emergency signal that was switched on due to the sunlight. Tried as I might, I could not start the car.

Once again I called my colleague and told him to tell his cousin to come to my rescue. Upon checking, the mechanic found out that one of the parts malfunctioned. He was unsure whether he could find the parts since today is Sunday.

He left me in search of the part. While waiting for him, I ate more than one serving of the chicken rice and had more than half of the ‘ABC’.

Half an hour later the mechanic came back and told me that all the shops he went to were close. Only one of the shop owners was away somewhere and would only be back after two hours. At least the mechanic managed to start the car and reversed it back to the Giant Kolombong carpark.

While waiting for the two hours to pass, I slept in the car with the windows unwind down. There was a breeze and therefore I did not feel hot at all.

After one and a half hours, he came back and changed the part for me. The car could start after that.

Upon reaching home after 4p.m., I still had to take mum to Servay Hypermarket, Plaza Juta for grocery shopping. Eventhough I insisted to go tonight but mum wanted to get it over and done with. She was scared it would rain tonight.

Mid Autumn Festival

Celebrated two nights ago and therefore we had a normal dinner at home.

Life Group

As usual had a good sharing at Life Group. It is always good to share our lives together.

Shelley Chew cooked homemade ‘Wanton Mee’. I had to give her face once a while and therefore I had some supper. While we were eating and enjoying ourself, the rain was pouring down by the bucketsful.

When we left the rain was drizzling and by the time I started the car, it was pouring by the bucketsful again.

Upon reaching Tuaran Road, some parts of the road were starting to overflow with water. The same was happening at Lintas Highway.

The worst was at Kolombong Road. The flood must be about 8 inches high. I was scared and prayed hard that the car would not fail me. I thanked God I could arrive home safely.

Mooncake

Given by Contractor WCZ.

We celebrated Mid Autumn Festival early as my brother and his family will be attending a wedding banquet on Mid Autmn Festival.