Pre Kidz Safari

Took the day off to (i) clear leave, (ii) go church, and (iii) help out on Kidz Safari preparation. Quite a number of people (colleagues and friends even family) were surprised that I took leave. As normally, I will give advance notice to 'the whole world' when I plan to take leave. Expect the unexpected mar... haha...

Before church, went to Bukit Kepayang with Fong. I think I almost died, as I think the weather was really humid and I couldn't take it.

Kidz Safari is purely fun time for kidz. A few recon that there was nothing done for the kids and so, we shall make this. Also, it is to attract more kids to come to our children church. If not mistaken, we targeted about 70 kidos.

We went to church after that. Cheng, Seet Kwan, Frakie, Saw Meng and a few boys were there already. I went to office to do some accounts and some office work (I know, I was supposed to be on leave).

Before that Aunty Chris, Cheng, Fong, Aunty Cherry and all had done the painting of the animals. And now, it's the time to put them. Then, tried out on some games.

The crocodiles kept over turned and I sms a few of my colleagues to help. They are engineers, hoping they can help. Still, I have tried those that they told me. Felt really frustrated. Then, Aunty Chris said, just put at the side, and it works. hahaha.... :D

There were more Aspirers by then. They came after school. And I ran back to office on and off to check email and did some work.

Then, it started to rain and we were almost done.

It was surely a tiring day. I don't think it was any better than sitting in the office at all.

Donut

I was offered donuts after TMT meeting (leftover). But, I don't mind at all. Still food. I opened it about 9-ish-pm though I was not very hungry still, as I had CTO's lunch (shared with her) as my dinner earlier. Low and behold, 5 donuts?!! I couldn't finish them at all. Gee.... Maybe I can take one. But, not all.... Then, I started to sms a few ppl asking if they were working late as me. And none... Should I put in the fridge? Well, who will eat them the next day. Think... think... think... And I was skyping with Fong... Still... solution... Finally, I decided to bless four of them to the guards. Yeah!! I didn't waste the food and I blessed somebody. :)

Gunung Datuk, again

Remembered I said that I aint climbing no more? Guess what? I went to Gunung Datuk instead. I must be so crazy. Well, I have not much choice since I was crazy enough to book ticket and arrange for Mt. Kinabalu in July. Have to train lar..

Gunung Datuk located at Rembau and it is actually about 870m high.

Well, from the July climb team, only Sherine and Karim came which was a great encouragement for me. We joined the climb team from church where they will go in July as well. In fact, they are going 1 day earlier than us.

Karim & Sherine drove from KL. And Karim was sick. Wow... It tells me that they take the climb seriously.

People are so excited. Start preparing. We have to pay a registration fee of RM3 for the climb. And I saw this bridge was built. It wasn't there when I was there last year. We had to walk a little further and go through by the rocks.

This picture was so deceiving (as Karim said). We were so tired, and Karim was so pale, yet we smiled(?). Yet, he managed to keep up with us.

I didn't take any photos on the way there. Except when we are near there as I saw the sun shining through the leaves and form a wonderful pictures. We were kinda 'wet' by the time we reached the top. We took 1.50 hours to reach there which is normal.

Rested awhile and continue to aim for the peak.

I must say it was magnificent. Karim and Sherine sat at the peak enjoying the view and in their deep thoughts or letting their imagination running wild. For me, I still cannot see Straits of Malacca. There were so many people at the peak. Some Geologist students from UKM.

Sherine sprained her ankle on the way down. Gosh... It must be so painful. We took 1.50 hours to reach the foot hill as well. I fall at least 3 times. Initially, I fall when I had evil thoughts. Knowing me, I just thought or verbalised, have no action. Then, I stopped. Still, I fall. Alamak... what's happening?? God is punishing??

I also got bitten on my finger by an insect. Ouch!! I have to pull it out as it just refused to go away.

Then, we had to go off without joining the makan session since Karim had to go back to office for work. And I had to go to church by 4pm for Missionettes.

It was a good climb. I enjoyed it. Of course, I suffered pain.

With the pain, I still went to Bkt. Kepayang with Fong on Monday morning before the Cat & Dog Theology. Both of us must have walked so weird that a lot of people just looked at us one kind. I felt the pain. Especially in church when pastors make us stand and sit and stand and sit... gosh.. killing me....

The next plan is to go to Gunung Angsi on 7 June. errh..... I don't like there. Maybe I will go if there's no rain a day or two before.

Norwegian National Day

The actual day should be on 17 May. We celebrated on Friday instead. :) The few Norwegian in office had their families over. Ole gave a short speech and national anthem was sang. It was really good that we celebrate the national day together. Not just 31 Aug, but, also national day of others.

New Acting CTO

Saw this fella before we went out lunch. He wasn't sitting at CTO's seat initially, until 'The Spaceship' came and attacked (some project team having meeting).

Then, when we came back from lunch. He was sleeping (!!!!!!!!) at CTO's seat. Wow... and I took so many pictures. We laughed so loud.

I salute the courage!

Take Care

Li-lian was one of the regulars to the Friday's Fellowship. She was the secretary for our CF and she will send reminder. On top of that, in 2008, we started to meet on every Monday morning to spend 30 minutes praying. Our relationship grew.

I came to know that she is leaving us. We prayed about it though I very much would like her to stay. Maybe I was selfish. I just didn't want to lose my prayer partner and my sister. At the end, she still left us. For me, I was sad to know the fact. However, I was happy that she has heard and knew the direction from God.

Li-lian, you have been a blessings. May you continue to grow in the Lord and continue to be a blessings to others. Take care till we meet again. GBU.

Derailed

It's 1st Saturday of the month where I will need to be in church to teach Missionettes. It should start at 4pm and I was running late. I only left my house at about 3.50pm. I knew I will be late for maybe 5 minutes.

Well, when I reached Bukit Emas, I saw the heavy traffic and knew I will be late for more than 5 minutes. And I was wondering why jam. Well, it's already common that it will be heavy traffic on Saturday, but, not at that hour. Then, I was telling myself, maybe it's due to the upgrade of the road works, maybe a lot of people took Friday off (like me), maybe accident (?! - that's the worst thing I can think of).

Then, I saw a lot of cars and people standing on the right side of the road. I am thinking surely this is accident already. I turned to where the crowd was and saw this train was derailed. 2 coaches plunged down (in fact 4 of them, 1 coach and 1 locomotive to the other side) to where the Rahang River is. The scene was scary. An ambulance was there. In my heart, I just hope that no one died. And I moved on to church. Then, I saw a fire engine going to the scene. So, I knew the incident just happened. Gosh... It was horrible!!

As I finished the class and heading home at about 5.30pm. Police blocked the roads. And I have to re-route to go home. Then, I saw this blue police jeep (the one they normally use to carry dead body), that's bad. As I re-routed and exit from Bukit Emas, the same jeep passed by in front of me, but this time, I saw a body in plastic bag was in the jeep. It was horrible. The driver of the train was killed.

Read more from http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/4/nation/21149190&sec=nation
or you may read the Chinese from http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/64525?tid=1

As I passing the same scene the next day to church, the coaches where still there. Still many people at the scene. And there were 2 crane trying to lift up the coaches. Tent was set-up for those helping. I think it will take days to clear.

As I think of it, really thank God for His protection as we used to take train to Singapore.

On leave

I took leave and stayed at home. Still so busy went here and there.


I came back from bank and saw Baba was arranging the bricks. Working hard. Those bricks were not light at all. I asked him why, there's no reason given.

Then, we went to Pasar Malam (night market) later in the evening. I have not been to any Pasar Malam for awhile. hmm... All the food. Looks so tempting.

Labour Day

Went to Kepayang Hill with Fong again and we saw some Indian stores setting up and more to come. Also, Indians were going up the hill as well. We have had no clue what special day was it for Indian.

It's a crowded day.

Work or Fun

All DiGizens gathered at Townhall at 8.45am as for the 1st communication session from DMT to us. Cupcakes were served. Looks tempting, I didn't take except the pictures. Q1 results were shared, and each DMT members shared on the divisional ambitions and activities. Kang Wei came and saw his new shoes (I think they were new). It ended with some really interesting Q&A session. The entire session ended at about 11am. It's a long session.

Boon Hwa treated me and Michelle iced drinks in the afternoon. :)

Hat

Fong helped me to buy (bought for me?) this hat for the up-coming Mt. Kinabalu hike. I was using the normal hat in my climb last year. Fong was saying that we need a nicer colour hat for photos taking. haha... Will I make it up there this year? I don't know lar...

Side Mirror

How can a person had 2 - 3 accidents on the same spot of the car within 2 hours?????

Well, that's me. It happened to me on Saturday. Am I mad? Sure, I was mad and furious.

As I exit from Lake Garden wanting to go to S'ban Parade's junction, I stopped next to the Kancil. Then, he started to move, instead, he was driving into my lane and there he knocked my side mirror. Surely I honked at him. Bear in mind, it was not even 7am yet. And that Malay uncle came down. He apologised. Well, actually, I wanted him to compensate. Well, I think I let him go lar. And I can adjust it back.

Then, we proceed to Kepayang Hill. After having our breakfast, we went to town to get some ingredients to bake cookies for BCM fund raising.

There, after purchasing, I was about to go. A Toyota Altis/ Vios(?) drove really fast past me and then, again. This time, I really honked at her. Initially, she didn't stop. And finally, she stopped. Well, I was really angry, I got out of my car, and I went to her car and really gave her a good lesson.

She didn't want to compensate me and she didn't even feel bad. I told her that shouldn't she feel sorry? Then, she apologised so reluctantly. Gosh.. What's wrong with modern ppl? Where's the manners? Where's the sorry feeling? It really wasn't my fault. I was still at park. gee.... just not my day.

Then, I told Fong, if someone else came and knocked at the same side mirror again, I am afraid that it might drop. And thank God there's none. But, my heart was aching. I am sorry, car...

Another Saturday at Kepayang Hill

We met Szet Anne and Chong's siblings on our 1st descending at Kepayang Hill. We go there almost every Saturday to train for no other than Mt. Kinabalu.

Gee... U can tell how angry was Szet Anne dragged by those kids to the hike and she just hate it...

What is HOME???

According to the Oxford Advance dictionary, home = the house or flat/apartment that you live in, especially with your family.

For the past few months, the definition of HOME to me is:

Seremban home = Hotel (I am supposed to spend the weekend at home. But now, I am only there on Sunday afternoon, which is bad! My Mum is thinking of disowning me :( )

KL (USJ) rented room = motel (I only go back to bathe and sleep (weekday), very basic place. Note: I don't even eat there.)

D'House (DiGi Office) = Home (I spend more than 8 hours there every day. Weekday lar). DiGizens are my family(?!) :o This is in accordance to the definition of the dictionary, right? I eat there, fight there, even slept there before. hmm....

Gosh... All mixed up and confused. This is bad!!! It sounds sad too!! sob... sob... pengsan...

Energies

My company has started energies savings program which is very good. Air-cond and all lights will only be on from 8am - 8pm. Actually, some lights will be off from 12pm - 2pm, but, that did not last long. And I don't know why so. Anyway that's not the topic here. :)

Recently I have been thinking, what should I focus on? Where have I spent my energy on? Am I using my energy efficiently and effectively?

Indeed, it is very true that each of us have 24 hours a day (in fact, recently I heard from the radio that we may have 25 hours a day as the earth is moving slower now, and eventually it will stop moving... wow!!!). Anyway, the point is, each of us have 24 hours a day and it is really our choice to use the time wisely.

It has been my prayer that I want God to use me and whatever I have, so that I may glorify His name and will impact (positively) other people's life. I know I am imperfect, thus, I need God to help me. I've always wanted to focus on what else I can do for Him. I know that my time on this earth is limited and I want to focus and put my energy on more important things.

However, I am perplex that why would some people focus on minor things which will not give any value and impact after all. Why would people want to channel the energies in having war? I don't understand and maybe I shouldn't waste time to understand. And I shouldn't waste time to be involve in the war. Really pengsan...

I should be focus on my callings and the things I should do. Do it all for Him!

Facebook

What's Facebook? A networking place? Maybe.

Finally I have got myself sign-up Facebook. It's sooooo complicated and I still think it is (Szet Anne, it is complicated and that's generation gap).

For me, signing up Facebook is very much peer pressure (esp. Kang Wei). And I wanted to look-out for long lost friends. All other whatever applications weren't my interest and concern. ;p

So, if you know me or I know you, please add me as your friend in Facebook and be in contact. :)

Take care! See-ya!

Saturday

Supposed to go shopping with sister on Saturday. Then, she had to go back to work. So, me and Fong decided to go to church office also after our 'hike'.

Then, I fetched Fong to Cheng's place. Supposed to do my the site meter in my blog. Before that we shop by a pastry shop and saw the cakes. Looks so yummy and we got tempted. So, we bought and 4 of us share including Tusi (the maid). It was ok.

I thought it should be fast and didn't open my computer. I can't go online using her streamyx anyway which we don't know why. So, I was using Cheng's computer. Then, Fong has her computer up. And she also went to my bag and start-up my computer, got connected using her Celcom. And the best part was she started to 'help' me chatted with Kang Wei. They can really talk.

It was so funny. Cheng supposed to do her spring cleaning and ended up on internet also. And the 3 of us all not using our own computers.

Oh... I make Cheng to show me her Bamboo. It's a cool gadget. It wasn't so big as her blog. Bamboo is something that can use for editing and art and.....

And I went home late missing my show again.

Birthday

It's her big day. So many people wishes her and surprises her.

She is no other than Sherine See. May all your wishes comes true.

Be blessed!

Lala

Szet Anne told me lala is to describe someone wears like so Taiwanese, so Korean, etc. etc.. I still don't understand. Anyway, conclusion: someone wears it differently than us.

Then, I told her, lala (clam) = food. And mom cooked it at night. haha.. Not my most favourite food, I still eat lar. Unlike durian or nangka.

If you get what it means by lala, then, you probably in the same generation as Szet Anne. If you don't get it after trying a few times like me, then, we are the same. So, we are having GENERATION GAP!!! Szet Anne is kid lar.. hahaha... :D

Saturday

Another Saturday morning to Kepayang Hill. It rained on Friday night. And so, we saw the sky with a blue line thingy. And We arrived at the top to look at the sun rise. And we went the 2nd round, sun was up. We met Seet Kwan, Min Chee and Matthew up on the 2nd round.

Yes. Reminding me that I need to train more for Mt. Kinabalu in July. I am actually quite afraid this time. Maybe afraid of no body helping me? Well, at least, I can meet Fong, Cheng, Jimbo(?), Auntie Chris (hopefully) at Laban Rata.

Then, we went to church for church accounts. This has been N weeks already. And I was really sleepy. Me a non-coffee person, I think non-caffeine person asking for coffee from Szet-Anne. I must be so crazy. Fong was like 'Uh???'... and for a so Milo person to ask for coffee, I must be really sleepy. And if I couldn't sleep at night, worry later lar..

And she shared her vanilla flavoured coffee with me. Smell so nice. It's bitter. (I know.. It's Coffee, what do I expect, right?)... And I finished it.

Then, we went Curry Leaf for lunch. My air limau is greeny-yellowish colour.. weird.. But, I still finished it.


Whole day out.. Only go home like about 6pm.. My home? My hotel? I am not sure now.