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| Perempuan |
| 09.30.04 (1:58 pm) [edit] |
Sebenarnya, antara lelaki dan perempuan terdapat perbezaan dari segi pemahaman komunikasi. Ramai yang kurang menyedari hal ini terutamanya kaum lelaki.Lelaki perlulah memahami dan menyelami apakah maksud di sebalik kata-kata seorang perempuan. Sebagai contohnya:
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*Kalau perempuan tanya: Lawa ke budak pompuan tu?
*Makna tersembunyi: Siapa yang paling lawa? I ke,budak pompuan tu?
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*Kalau perempuan tanya: You dah makan ke belum?
*Makna tersembunyi: Jom pi makan. Lapar ni!
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*Kalau perempuan kata: Lawa-lawa la baju kat sini, yek.
*Makna tersembunyi: Belikanlah untuk I.
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*Kalau perempuan kata: Rasa macam nak pening la.
*Makna tersembunyi: Tolong picit kepala.
5.
*Kalau perempuan kata: Letihnya hari ni. Mana nak masak, basuh kain-baju lagi...
*Makna tersembunyi: Kita makan kat luar jelah.Lepas tu, tolong basuh kain-baju sekali, yek.
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*Kalau perempuan kata: Kita lebih sesuai berkawan saja.
*Makna tersembunyi: I tak nak kat you. Tak paham- paham ke?
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*Kalau perempuan kata: I suka berkawan dengan you. You baik, memahami bla bla bla...
*Makna tersembunyi: Hish... I rasa macam minat sesangat kat you la. Rasa macam nak jadi awek you je.
8.
*Kalau perempuan tanya: You pernah tak teringatkan awek you yang dulu?
*Makna tersembunyi: Kalau nak gaduh, kalau berani sangat, sebut la nama dia depan aku.
9.
*Kalau perempuan kata: I sanggup berkorban demi kebahagiaan you.
*Makna tersembunyi: Amboi! Aku kena berkorban. Habih, hangpa dua ekoq gak yang seronok.
10.
*Kalau perempuan kata: I tak kisah kalau memang betul you nak kahwin lagi satu. Asalkan you berterus-terang dengan I, bersikap jujur dan berlaku adil.
*Makna tersembunyi: Sapa kata aku tak kisah? Adil ke tak adil, aku tak kira! L angkah mayat aku dulu sebelum nak menikah lagi satu.
Ini cuma contoh saja. Tapi, memang ia selalu berlaku. Kalau tak percaya, cuba tanya isteri
atau awek masing-masing, betul tak cakap di mulut tak sama dengan niat di hati. Bukannya
kaum perempuan ni tak jujur dalam meluahkan isi hati mereka tapi... wanita ni bukankah pemalu? " ahaa... bagaimana? kalau di kira %, berapa % yang terkena pada kamu? ;)
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| The Pang and the M5 |
| 09.29.04 (9:59 pm) [edit] |
**Who is Pang? Actually, he is Robin Law. We went to secondary school together and still remain a close friends. He has been together with me through bad and good times and has been the pillar of my strength. The closest friend I can trust. He is 23 years old this year and currently moves around for work. I think he is what you call, a deejay (D.J.). He is the Pang!!!**
Photo of Pang taken at a coffee shop in BDC during breakfast
**M5 (Medium Five) originally consists of me (Adrienne), congo (Cheryl), napnap (Jacelyn), Anna and Mandy but when Mandy left to further her studies to Tasmania, her place was taken by Linda.**
This is Cheryl a.k.a Congo at the living room in her house.
I don't have the pictures of jace, anna, linda nd mandy but i will find pictures of them soon.. they cant run away from me eh......
These are my close friends. =)
Q: who are your close friends and do you have cool names for them?? :wink:
Honestly speaking, I do not know what to write about them.
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| Dear Friends |
| 09.29.04 (1:08 pm) [edit] |
(*taken from a forwarded email i received)
What would you do if every time you wanted someone they would never be there?
What would you do if for every moment you were truly happy there would be 10 moments of sadness?
What would you do if your best friend died tomorrow and you never got to tell them how you felt?
So, I just wanted to say, even if I never talk to you again in my life, you are special to me and you have made a difference in my life.
I look up to you, respect you, and truly cherish you.
Send this to all your friends, no matter how often you talk, or how close you are, and send it to the person who sent it to you.
Let old friends know you haven't forgotten them, and tell new friends you never will.
Remember, everyone needs a friend, someday you! might feel like you have NO FRIENDS at all, just remember this e-mail and take comfort in knowing somebody out there cares about you and always will.
I'll Always Be There
In times of trouble,
In times of need,
If you are feeling SAD, :(
You can count on me. 8)
I will give you a wink, :wink:
Until you smile, :lol:
give you a hug,
And stand by your side.
I'll be there for you till the end,
I'll always and forever, be your friend!
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| Dinner at the Lians |
| 09.29.04 (11:34 am) [edit] |
Today i just had dinner with Micheal and Paul at Micheal's house. I liked the roasted pork that aunty Mary made. Yum Yum and crunchy too~~ Phoebe joined us for a while before she headed for the shower. I found out that Paul is from Bintulu and is currently studying at IBMS doing his A-Levels in Law. He is 19 years old and is currently staying with his grandma here in Kuching. He hangs out alot with Micheal.
Micheal is 23 years old this year and is currently studying Business in IBMS. He used to go to Batu Lintang Secondary School. I knew him from sunday school when we were still staying in Bintulu (oh about 10 years ago) and then we lost contact when my family moved to Kuching and his family moved to Miri. Weren't so close later when they moved down to Kuching. He has a very nice smile and wide one too. Always anxious to share his personal experience with God.
Phoebe is Micheal's younger sister who is also studying in IBMS but in Law. She is shorter than me and if I didn't know the Lian family better, I would have thought that Phoebe and Micheal are siblings because their relationship is very close.
I had a long personal discussion with aunty Mary and aunty Hie Eng in the study room about God. Honestly, I have not been baptised and I am still not ready to be baptised. I don't know why. I know that God is knocking at the door of my heart and is waiting for me to open it to Him. But I am still at the back of the door hesitating on whether to open it or just leave it close. A few months ago, that door was locked with so many padlocks but now all this padlocks are gone but the door is still close. The discussion was mostly about how to open it and why I can't open it. The discussion really help me alot and made me realise that I have to do some thinking about my relationship with God.
Q: Is your door open or close?
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| #LOVE# |
| 09.29.04 (1:04 am) [edit] |
And I ask again and again
WHAT IS LOVE :?: :?:
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| 100 questions about me |
| 09.28.04 (7:17 am) [edit] |
Copied this from friendster (thanx patrick)
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[.01.] first name: Adrienne
[.02.] middle name: Marcus
[.03.] last name: Raja
[.04.] nickname(s): Anne, ai_nee, bo pui
[.05.] gender: F
[.06.] age: 22
[.07.] birthday: 21st Feb
[.08.] height: 152
[.09.] hair color: dark brown
[.10.] eye color: dark brown
[.11.] race: Kelabit
[.12.] do you wear glasses or contacts: Glasses
[.13.] do you have braces: No (thank God!)
[.14.] is your hair long or short: still short
[.15.] where were you born: Penang (island of pearls)
[.16.] current location: Kuching
[.17.] zodiac sign: Pisces
[.18.] chinese horoscope: Dog
[.19.] nationality: Malaysian
[.20.] bad habits: munch and munch and munch (none stop)
[.21.] piercings you have: none
[.22.] piercings you want: ear studs (someday)
[.23.] tattoos you have: none
[.24.] tattoos you want: maybe someday(wink* wink*)
[.25.] today's date: 29th Sept
[.26.] the time: 12.05am
[.27.] who sent you this survey: stole it from patrick (in friendster bulletin)
[.28.] who do you think will re-post this: dunno wor~~
[.29.] do you have a pet: a small fighthing fish (but i think it's dying of starvation)
[.30.] when's your first date: Erm.. can't remember
[.31.] who was your first date: Jimmy
[.32.] do you think you're cool: a wannabe
[.33.] ready for more questions? ok
[.34.] hungry/full: full of mooncakes (almost sick of em)
[.35.] do you blog: http://arainking.tblog.com
[.36.] do you chat: almost 10 years
[.37.] action/horror/comedy: horror
[.38.] hotdog/burger/sandwich: burger
[.39.] coke/pepsi: coke
[.40.] how many languages do u know: malay, english, mandarin(a bit), Hokkien (a bit) and Kelabit (a bit)
[.41.] siblings you have: 1 younger sister, 2 younger brothers
[.42.] shoe size: 8
[.43.] are you still in school: sigh~ does college count?
[.44.] did you drop out: drop out from UTM (=P)
[.45.] current GPA, or last GPA: C average
[.46.] favorite grade: kindergarten
[.47.] current grade: 2 more papers to go.
[.49.] favorite teacher: Miss Htay Htay (Hydro!) and Mdm Catherine Phang (English!)
[.50.] unfavorite teacher: honestly speaking, i dun think Babu can teach steel design.
[.51.] favorite subjects: Materials of Construction, Highway & Traffic Engineering
[.52.] do you buy lunch or bring it: buy
[.53.] play any sports on the school's team: =P ( i am a passive person)
[.54.] do you do any extracurricular activities: ha ha ha
[.56.] favorite dance: kelabit traditional dance and house trance?
[.57.] least favorite dance: not a dancer~~
[.58.] favorite memory/moment: Shopping in KL, visiting New Zealand with family
[.59.] least favorite memory: helicopter crash
[.60.] most humiliating moment: ha ha ha... as if i will tell
Favorite
[.61.] number(s): 9797 and 217
[.62.] clothing brand: Radioactive, Timberland, Petaling Street(*_*)
[.63.] shoes: hush puppies, PUMA
[.64.] saying(s): I live to eat, not i eat to live
[.65.] TV Show(s): John Doe, The Pretender, C.S.I
[.66.] sport: ZZzzzzZZZZZZzzz
[.67.] vegetables: Baby Kai Lan, Salted Preserved Vegetable
[.68.] fruit: Watermelon, DURIAN
[.70.] magazine: The Tone, Gempak, Kreko
[.71.] actor: Takashi Kashiwabara, Jun Matsumoto,
[.72.] actress: Jodie Foster, Queen Latifah
[.73.] candy: mentos
[.74.] gum: wriggley
[.75.] scent: Ralph Lauren
[.76.] choc bar: - (not choco fan)
[.77.] ice cream flavor: Vanila
[.78.] color: Red, Black
[.79.] seasons: Autumn
[.80.] holidays: Christmas and Chinese New Year
[.81.] bands: Marilyn Manson, silverchair, Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins
[.82.] singer: Amy Lee, James Iha,
[.83.] group: -
[.84.] rappers: Coolio, Snoop Doggy Dogg
[.85.] types of music: Techno, House Music, Heavy Metal, alternative pop
[.86.] things in your room: Bed and my two pillow (no one mess with my pillow,be warned)
[.87.] place to be: Bed
[.88.] radio station: Radio 4
[.89.] TV channel: AXN
[.90.] junk food: pringles
[.91.] overall food: grandma dishes (hainan chicken rice)
[.92.] mall: Sungai wang
[.94.] fast food: Malaysian KFC
[.95.] restaurant: Merdeka Palace (Bergatti)
[.96.] shape: ??
[.97.] person you have a crush on tis moment: no to be told
[.98.] coolest person you know:The Pang
[.99.] favorite song: too many
[.100.] favourite friends: M5, The Pang,
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Q: Do you know me after 100 questions???
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| Hockkien version of Cinderella with translation |
| 09.28.04 (6:39 am) [edit] |
Got this from friendster bulletin (thanx mandy)
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*Added translations for those who cannot understand hokkien
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Koo zhar wu chee ay char bor kia, Singalella.(once upon a time there was a girl,Singalella)She got two sisters, but the stepmarder and the sisters all damn kuai-lan(action), so she quite zhia-lat(tough) oso.
Last time Singalella got own maid, but now she become the amah(grandma).
Everyday must cook lah, clean lah, simi sai mah bao-kah-liao (cover all sorts of sh*T).
If her sister say liak kar zhuak(catch cockroach), she liak(catch).
Tak jit zho kah tau-hin.(everyday do until head dizzy)
CPF poon boh(sumore no CPF).
But then, kay piak eh ah-pek(next door ahpek) got one son called Ah Ming got party.
So he say, "oeh, long chong lai ah."("everybody come ah)
Singalella very happy because she never go party before but then her step-marder say, "Lee
Mana eh-sai kee(how can u go), this one bahru lu eh sisters wu standard.(this one only ur sisters got standard)"
Then Singalella must zho sui-sui(make-up) for her sisters and step-marder.
Tap pai(everytime)how, buay zhia(cannot eat), buay koon(cannot sleep) and buay pang-sai. (cannot sh*t)
That night she only can wave bye bye and then she go back to the kitchen and cook Maggi mee.
Her neighbour came over and ask, "Eh, an-zhua lu boh kee party?" (how come u never go party?)
So Singaalella kong, "I-wan, lau-bu kong buay-sai, so boh pian." (I want, mother say cannot, so no choice)
She never expect but the neighbour say, "Aiyah, kee lah, I give you money." (aiyah, go lah, i give u money)
So singalella brush teef and zhang-zhui(bathe), chen-kor(wear pants),after that look very different.
She quickly run to opposite of the beh-chia-lor(road),alread y 11 o'clock.
At the party, Ah Ming also quite sian(bored) because the char bor all boh sui one(girls all not pretty).
Dance floor even got one ah pek dancing.
Just as Ah Ming told himself, "Aiyah see-pay zhia-lat"(d*mn tough), Singalella came in.
Ah Ming straight away lau nuar. (drool)
"Wah-lau eh, see-pay heng ah(super lucky),chee kor buay pai."(this one not bad)
Ah Ming say to Singalella, "eh, sui eh, wah ai kah lee zho flen!" (eh pretty one, I want to be ur fren)
Singalella say ok but Ah Ming like octopus, touch here touch there.
But then just it was 12 o'clock, one ah pek die on the dance floor.
He become ghost and tell Singalella all the good 4D number.
So after that Singalella quickly go and buy 4D, and then tiok tau-pio, zhit-pak ban. (got first prize, 1 million)
So she pay back the kay-piak eh lau-kay-poh(she pay back the old busybody from next door)
and then kah kee cho sen-lee.(start her own business)
Simi kuan eh sen-lee wah mana eh zhai. (what kind of business, how i know?)
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it's a very funny one and i finished the story with a blur expression and then laughing my hats away.
Q: Do you understand the story or not?
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| 50 things girls want guys to know |
| 09.28.04 (6:27 am) [edit] |
Got this from friendster bulletin (thanx joan)
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1. Know how to make her smile when she's down
2. When a girl says she's sad, but she isn't crying, it means she's crying in her heart.
3. A girl can't find anything to hate about the guy she loves.
4. Girls love it when a guy she likes come up behind her, put his arms around her, squeezes her tightly against his chest, and whisper softly in her ear.
5. If a girl loves a guy, he will always be on her mind.
6. A girl likes to hear compliments, but usually doesn't know how to react to them.
7. A simple hi can brighten a girl's day.
8. Keep in mind to be happy in front of her. She'll think you're not having fun.
9. Try to make her laugh; it will come in handy when you don't have anything to talk about.
10. Girls like it when you play with their hair.
11. Call for no reason.
12. Be patient when she takes forever to get ready.
13. Dance with her even if you feel stupid.
14. When a particular guy flirts with a girl very often, a girl would start thinking the guy likes her.
15. Being too serious can turn a girl off
16. Don't try to guess a girl's feelings. Ask her.
17. Plan romantic date full of cheesy things; a girl loves to feel special.
18. Always give her a peck on the cheek when you depart from each other, even when friends are watching.
19.trust each other. If you don't, just end it right now before trouble starts.
20. Take her everywhere you go with your friends. If she can't come, say you will miss her. Don't invite anyone else.
21. Keep your promises; a girl remembers everything the guy she loves tells her.
22. Keep a calendar. Remember her birthday and your anniversary.
23. If you love her, tell her once in a while.
24. Let her fall asleep on you.
25. Don't let your friends talk to her too much. They'll steal her away from you.
26.when you ask a girl what's wrong she'll never tell you the whole thing, maybe nothing at all.
27. Hugs are the best medicine.
28. Girls hate it when a guy leaves her to do something, but she will understand because she loves you.
29. Tell her she looks great even if she doesn't.
30. Hearing the words I love you is a great reassurance to a girl, that she is beautiful.
31. Smile a lot.
32. Buy her something once in a while.
33. Make a big deal when you get to see her,even if you're embarrassed.
34. Always ring the doorbell.
35. Kisses on the neck make a girl tingle.
36. Leave her little messages that she can read later when you're not around.
37. Hold her during a movie.
38. Appreciate her.
39. When she falls asleep and her hair is in her face, tuck it behind her ear for her.
40. When girls go to the restroom together, they're gossiping about you.
41. Be first and last to wish her a happy birthday.
42. Never tell a girl she's useless in any way.
43. When you play games always let her win.
44. It's OK to give her a peck on the cheek or the forehead when she's sleeping.
45. When a girl goes out of her way to see you, make it worth it.
46. Love means devotion, caring, and happiness to a girl, in that order.
47. Stick up for her but still be respectful of her independence.
48. Be playful.
49. Tell the truth. Don't try to impress her, she loves you for you.
50. Girls want nothing more than to feel loved.
Q: Do you really agree with the statements above?
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| Selamat Mooncake Festival !! |
| 09.28.04 (3:25 am) [edit] |
To all celebrating in Malaysia and around the world. Today is the official date for the Moon Cake Festival. So, light up your lanterns and lets go for a walk !!!! Happy Mooncake Eating !!!!
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***History behind the Mooncake Festival (from abcmalaysia.com)***
Back during the Soong dynasty when the Chinese were oppressed by the Mongols, their rebel leaders sought to overthrow the Mongol overlords. As meetings were banned it was impossible to make plans.
Liu Fu Tong of the Anhui Province came up with a plan by requesting permission to distribute cakes to his friends to bless the longevity of the Mongol emperor. He made thousands of cakes shaped like the moon and stuffed with sweet fillings.
Inside each cake however was placed a piece of paper with the message: ‘Rise against the Tartars on the 15th day of the 8th Moon’. Reading the message, the people rose against the Mongols on a local scale.
This rebellion enabled Chu Hung Wu, another rebel leader to eventually overthrow the Mongols. In 1368, he established the Ming dynasty and ruled under the name of Emperor Tai Tsu.
Henceforth, the Mid Autmn Festival was celebrated with mooncakes on a national level.
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*** History of mooncake festival (from izmo.com/tongkee/mooncake/moon cake.htm)
In medieval times, the Mid-Autumn Festival focused on the shining harvest moon, and was considered the most romantic of all the Chinese Festivals. The celebration falls on the 15th day of the eight month, in the middle of the autumn season in China. This is a time set aside in a busy agricultural year to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat with offerings of melons, round cakes and pomegranates presented by women in honour of the moon. At this time of the season, the moon's orbit is at its lowest angle to the horizon, which makes it appear brighter and larger than at any other time of the year.
Originally, this was an outdoor festival. With the heavy labours of farming over, people planned a leisurely day of thanksgiving and pleasure, hiking and picknicking in the valleys and mountains. Today, it is still an occasion for outdoor reunions where friends and relatives gather together to eat moon cakes and watch the moon, its perfectly round shape forming the ideal symbol of familial harmony and unity.
In Chinese mythology the moon is the dwelling place of the immortals, and all myths associated with the moon relate to longevity. On the eve of the Moon Festival storytellers recite the tales of the Moon Palace and its inhabitants to circles of eager young listeners.
The most endearing lunar character is probably the short-tailed rabbit who pounds the elixir of immortality with a mortar and pestle underneath a grove of cassia trees. The rabbit was given the honour of adorning the moon because of his extreme reverence for Buddha. According to an old Buddhist tale, the forest animals large and small once busied themselves preparing offerings to the Buddha, who in the form of a saint had asked for food and water from his followers. Each creature scurried around to bring the best it could find or catch. The rabbit, embarrassed by his meager collection of herbs and grasses, caught sight of the cooking flames and leapt into the fire, offering the best sacrifice he could possibly provide : himself.
Next was Wu Kang. Wu Kang was a shiftless fellow who changed apprenticeships all the time. One day he decided that he wanted to be an immortal. He went to live in the mountains where he importuned an immortal to teach him. First the immortal taught him about the herbs used to cure sickness, but after three days his characteristic restlessness returned and he asked the immortal to teach him something else. So the immortal taught him chess, but after a short while Wu Kang's enthusiasm again waned. Then Wu Kang was given the books of immortality to study. Of course, Wu Kang became bored within a few days, and asked if they could travel to some new and exciting place. Angered with Wu Kang's impatience, the master banished Wu Kang to the Moon Palace telling him that he must cut down a huge cassia tree before he could return to earth. Though Wu Kang chopped day and night, the magical tree restored itself with each blow, and thus he is up there chopping still.
The most popular inhabitant of the moon is the goddess Chang E, who rules over the lunar "Palace of Great Cold." Her sad tale describes the separation from her husband Hou Yi, master archer of the skies. He was responsible for shooting down nine of the ten suns that appeared together one day and burned so brightly that the very existence of all living beings on earth was threathened. As a reward, he was given the elixir of life by the Queen Mother of the West.
Hou Yi stored the elixir away vowing to fast one year to show his sincerity in cultivating immortality. However, Chang E discovered the elixir and swallowed it. Suddenly she began to rise and flew all the way to the moon where, as some legends describe, she was metamorphosed into a three-legged toad.
From that day on Chang E ruled over the lunar kingdom while her husband Hou Yi governed the solar realm. The two are said to meet once a month on the 15th day, when the moon is full.
The other well-known lunar deity is the matchmaker Yuexialaoye, the old man in the moon who presides over all earthly marriages. He is often depicted playing chess with the God of Longevity in a mountain cave. Whoever chances to watch the game will find that many years have passed upon returning home.
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Some stuff to share with you. Got it from friendster bulletin board (thanx Raymond!)
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1. Traffic Lights
Slightly different rules apply.
Green= Go but as slow as possible.
Yellow= Go as fast as possible
Red= Have a quick look and then go
2. Yellow Lines
Contrary to popular belief these are not "No Parking" zones. They normally indicate the location of a particularly fine Sarawak Laksa stall. In Kuching, yellow lines, numerous parked cars and Sarawak laksa are found within meters of each other. If you don't believe me drive along Ban Hock Road one morning.
3. Overtaking
Do this without using indicators
4. Indicators
Never use them.
5. Sunday Drivers
Watch out for these slow movers. Every country has its Sunday drivers but Swak has a particularly large population of them, and what more they drive everyday.
6. Accident 1
If you see an accident remember the Unofficial Highway Code dictates that drivers must slow down to a crawl, stare at the crash scene and do everything in their power to cause another accident. Knowledge of this rule helps significantly in avoiding participation in any knock-on crash.
(Quick tip: Keep one eye on the rear mirror, when the driver behind you looks sideways to view the accident, get ready to hit the horn to stop him kissing your rear bumper)
7. Accident 2
So why do drivers in Sarawak behave so erratically upon seeing an accident? Simple. To
obtain an auspicious 4D Lottery number. An understanding of Chinese culture helps explain
this one away. If a car has been involved in an accident is has had its fair share of bad luck and should be in for some good luck soon. Therefore why not take down that number plate and head to the nearest 4D shop to buy a lotto ticket. Sounds crazy but I know many a stupid Ang Moh that follows this local practice.
8. Police Road Blocks
Don't be alarmed if you are driving along and come to a road block that looks like something out of Jackie Chan movie, i.e. a lot of police and a lot of guns. Malaysian police are armed and like policemen anywhere in the world they do like to work in big groups. A foreigner will probably just get waved through. If you are stopped, the
policeman may ask for a quick look at your license and then quickly move on to asking you which football team you support. Seeing as 50% of Malaysians are Manchester United supporters there's no harm in sometimes becoming a temporary Man U fan. After a quick chat you'll be on your way.
9. Pedestrian/Zebra Crossings
Good News here. Swak is the only place in Malaysia where motorists actually stop for
pedestrians when the little green man says its time to walk. Try that in Kuala Lumpur and you are likely to be rammed.
10. Motorcyclists
Beware of these nutters. 99.99 % have a death wish and 100% have an annoying habit of
performing death-defying slalom-type manoeuvres, weaving in and out of cars until one
day they meet their Maker.
11. Cars With No Visible Driver
If you spot a car that is cruising along without a driver, dont be alarmed but do keep a safe distance. Look closely and you will actually see a pair of shrivelled, prune-like hands grasping the wheel and perhaps a tiny old lady sitting in the front seat. If she is wearing glasses then keep your distance, if not then change down a gear and give it 6,000 revs to get away from this blind midget who should not be allowed on the roads without an additional cushion on the seat and a good pair of strong specs.
12. Hondas
If you spot a Honda in your rear window, watch out. These cars are popular with the local Boy Racers, perhaps the most reckless drivers in the world. Only relax after the young pup of a driver has gunned his engine, swerved past you and raced off. If the Honda has stripes, a body kit, the window down and cigarette-wielding tattooed hand poking out, then avoid direct eye-contact as half the samsengs (gangsters) in Kuching use jazzed up Honda.
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Anyway, enjoy~~~~~ Don't have time to think about what to blog about personally stuff today. sorry ya~
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Does your name begin with: A
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*U are not particularly romantic, but you are interested in action.
*You mean business.
*With you, what you see is what you get.
*You have no patience for flirting and can't be bothered with someone who is trying to be coy, cute, demure, and subtly enticing.
*You are an up-front person.
*You often don't get hints & you ever pass any.
*Brains turn you on.
*You must feel that your partner is! intellectually stimulating, otherwise you will find it difficult to sustain the relationship.
*You require loving, cuddling, wining, and dining to know that you're being appreciated.
*Your mate's physical attractiveness is important for you.
*You tend to be very Practical, & not very emotional Your choices are very good & can
only lead to trouble.
*You are very self satisfied & egoistic.
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~~~FEBRUARY~~~
Abstract thoughts
Loves reality and abstract
Intelligent and clever
Changing personality
Temperamental
Quiet, shy and humble
Low self esteem
Honest and loyal
Determined to reach goals
Loves freedom
Rebellious when restricted
Loves aggressiveness
Too sensitive and easily hurt
Showing anger easily
Dislike unnecessary things
Loves making friends but rarely shows it
Daring and stubborn
Ambitious
Realising dreams and hopes
Sharp
Loves entertainment and leisure
Romantic on the inside not outside
Superstitious and ludicrous
Spendthrift
Learns to show emotions
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Pisces
****Turn ons
#Pisces are very sensitive and charming people.
#If you are looking for someone who is understanding and can understand your feelings then
you have met the right person.
#You should appreciate their feelings too and in the time when you need them they will help you.
#Pisces have keenly developed sixth sense and have great intuitive powers.
#Their hunches may usually be on the mark.
#But they can exhaust their physical and mental energies.
#They are born dreamers and you can build palaces with your dream lover (only in real life it may become a little difficult preposition).
****Turn offs
#Pisces are dreamers and you should not expect them to have worldly ambitions.
#They are not materialistic in nature.
#It is not that they like living below the poverty line but they have no earnest desire to
accumulate wealth.
#They are very sensitive and you have to be always careful about their feelings.
#The fishes are capable of drowning you in their tears (even men born under this sign). #Pisces people are very intuitive but do not depend on them to make decision on important matters
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If One Day...
If one day you feel like crying...
Call me.
I don't promise that I will make you laugh,
But I can cry with you.
If one day you want to run away--
Don't be afraid to call me.
I don't promise to ask you to stop...
But I can run with you.
If one day you don't want to listen to anyone...
Call me.
I promise to be there for you.
And I promise to be very quiet.
But if one day you call...
And there is no answer...
Come fast to see me.
Perhaps I need you.
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LOVE IS:
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.
"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." - Rebecca - age 8
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth." - Billy - age 4
"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." - Karl - age 5
"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your french fries without making them give you any of theirs." - Chrissy - age 6
"Love is when someone hurts you, and you get so mad but you don't yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings." - Samantha - age 6
"Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way." - Charlie age 5
"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired. -Terri - age 4
"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." - Danny - age 7
"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss." - Emily - age 8
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." - Bobby - age 5
"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." - Nikka - age 6
"Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no" - Patty - age 8
"When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared they won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more." - Matthew - age 7
"There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But God makes both kinds of them." - Jenny - age 4
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." - Noelle - age 7
"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." - Tommy - age 6
"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." - Cindy - age 8
"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." - Clare - Age 5
"Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken." - Elaine - age 5
"Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." - Chris - age 8
"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." - Mary Ann - age 4
"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and - Lauren - age 4
"I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her." -Bethany - age 4
"Love cards like Valentine's cards say stuff on them that we'd like to say ourselves, but we wouldn't be caught dead saying." - Mike - age 8
"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." - Karen - age 7
"Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." - Mark - age 6
"You really shouldn't say 'I love you, unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." - Jessica - age 8
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. - Mother Theresa
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The story about God's existence :)
A man went to a barber shop to have his hair and his beard cut as always. He started to have a good conversation with the barber who attended
him. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
Suddenly, they touched the subject of God. The barber said:
"Look man, I don't believe that God exists as you say so."
"Why do you say that?" Asked the client.
Well, it's so easy, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God does not exist. Oh, tell me, if God existed, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be no suffering nor pain. I
can't think of a God who permits all of these things." The client stopped f or a moment thinking but he didn't want to respond so as to prevent an argument.
The barber finished his job and the client went out of the shop. Just after he left the barber shop he saw a man in the street with a long hair and beard (it seems that it had been a long time since he had his cut and he looked so untidy). Then the client again entered the barber shop and he said to the barber:know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How come they don't exist?"-asked the barber. "Well I am here and I am a barber." "No!" - the client exclaimed. "They don't exist because if they did there would be no people with long hair and beard like that man who walks in the street."
"Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is that people do not come to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed the client. "That's the poin t. God does exist, what happens is people don't go to Him and do not look for Him that's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
If you like it, send it to other people.
If you think God does not exist, don't do it.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, reheating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more. But then my mother died, and on that clear, hot afternoon in the
warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more. No more hugs, no more special moments to celebrate together, no more phone calls just to chat...no more "just one minute".
Sometimes, what we care about the most gets all used up and goes away..never to return before we can say goodbye, say "I love you".
So...while we have it..it's best we love it..and care for it.and fix it when it's broken..and heal it when it's sick. This is true...for marriage...and old cars..and children with bad report cards...and dogs with bad hips...and aging parents..and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
Some things we keep. Like that best friend that moved away. There are just some things that make us happy, no matter what, or a classmate we grew up with.
Life is important, like people we know who are special...and so, we keep them close!
I received this from someone who thought I was a "keeper"! Then I sent it to the people I think of in the same way.
Now it's your turn to send this to all those people that are "keepers" in your life...like you!
Thank you for being a special part of my life!
You're a Keeper!
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A man came home from work late, tired and irritated,to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.
"Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
"Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.
"Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
"That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.
"I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" pleaded the little boy.
"If you must know, I make $20 an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.
Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow $10?"
The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions.
How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
"Are you asleep, son?" He asked.
"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man, "It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $10 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money,then looked up at his father.
"Why do you want more money if you already have some?" the father grumbled.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.
"Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
Share this story with someone you like.... But even better, share $20 worth of time with someone you love.
It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent sometime with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family & friends we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family an unwise investment indeed.
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ATTITUDE
By Charles Swindoll
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than
money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on
the one thing we have, and that is our attitude...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our attitudes.
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*(Got all of these from forwarded mails)
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| My dear online friends~~~ |
| 09.26.04 (8:42 am) [edit] |
Hello There Nice Person
Did Anyone Ever Tell You,
Just How Special You Are
The Light that You Emit
Might even Light a Star
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
How Important You Make
Others Feel
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
Many Times, When They were Sad
Your E-mail made Them Smile a bit
In Fact It made Them Glad
For the Time You Spend Sending Things
And Sharing whatever You Find
There are No Words to Thank You
But Somebody, Thinks You're Fine
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
Just How Much They Like You
Well, My Dearest " Online " Friend
Today I am Telling You
I HOPE I GET THIS BACK
I believe that without a friend you are missing out on a lot!!!
(*copied from an email forwarded to me)
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| From despair.com |
| 09.24.04 (6:40 pm) [edit] |
Personally, I like to have things like these. Quite movitational. Have a few in my room. This is my favourite.
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I am starting to miss Jimmy. In other people eyes, he is a person that brings bad influences but now, at this very moment. I miss him very very much. The melancholy eyes, his sad smile and the caring attitude towards me. I miss him. I know that he is so so much older than me but he made me complete. He made me feel like a real girl that need love and care. I wished that we didn't break up and lose contact with each other but what is done, has been done. But still deep in my heart I miss him. No matter how many guys i go out with, i feel so incomplete, so empty. I miss him. I really do.. I wish things would have been different between us. That we would no have a large age gap, that we would not be so far apart and that we would have been at the same income class. I still miss him. Though it has been almost 3 years since we last kept in contact, suddenly I miss him so much. Thank you for teaching me about the real world and to learn how to observe others. Jimmy, I never regret loving you. Not even a single moment, not even a single second of my life. I still love you. That is all I can say for now.
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| Sarawak - ain't no better place :) |
| 09.23.04 (4:05 pm) [edit] |
Just forwarding to answer some *ahem* questions people like to ask when they first meet a
sarawakian, cheers! :D ( got this from friendster too...)
Proud to be Sarawakian - (Non sarawakian should read too)
I have had some interesting questions about Sarawak, Kuching and the Bidayuhs.
Let me list down the facts and the fictions of our beloved state.. ! (in broken english)
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KUCHING SARAWAK & MSIA FICTION
1. Hey, u s'wak people live in trees ah?
YES, we have elevators too...they're really an engineering feat cos its not ez to fit an
elevator into a tree
2. U guys got electric isit?
Yes...but since cost of transmission is too high due to the geographic barriers..we use
independent solar panels and mini turbines scattered all around, they are exactly 30,000 of them!!
3. Over there got what car?
We ride wild boar. When the plane arrive at the airport, we take our wild boar and ride it all the way to our tree house.
4. Got road mer?
no, just jungle trails and a few roads around town
5. U bidayuh from Sulawesi there ha?
yes we are head hunters. human brain is the best food...
6. S'wak is inside Sabah right?
No, were one state u idiot..sabah is a town in sarawak
7. Eh?? Sabah n S'wak not same mer?
yes!! how many time i have to tell u sabah is a town in swak
8. Kuching big ah?
so so la...but we have the largest population of stray cats in a city in the world!!! about 400,00 why do u tink they city is called kuching
9. Kuching got many cats la..
YES LA!!!! how many time i have to say?
10. Kuching got Malay?
Doh'... what do you think?
11. S'wak ppl can speak English?
No..but we can speak french because we were colonized by the french in the 18 century
and then by the aliens in the 19 century, so our local dialect is pretty much based on some alien language that nobody understands
12. Kuching got airport or u use boat go Johor?
kuching airport is only fit for a fokker..since a fokker cant go so far..we have to use a steamboats, no joking !! steam boat..cos swak is so full of timber..its cheaper than
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The REAL FACT (SERIOUSLY)
1. The only state to be ruled by a white Rajah
2. S'wak is the largest state in M'sia
3. S'wak supports whole M'sia with it's own economy (PAY ATTENTION HERE EVERYONE!!!) now u will know how generous sarawak is ! :) Without S'wak, there won't be Putrajaya or KLCC BECOZ WE ARE THE LARGEST SUPPLIER OF PETRONAS PETROL
4. S'wak population is 2,176,800. Kuching has 458,300 (7th most populated city in M'sia)
5. There are 27 ethnic groups that speak 45 different languages and dialects;
1) Dayaks (Bidayuh and Iban),
2) Melanau and
3) Chinese
6. 70% is English Literate
7. Kuching International Airport hosts a number of direct international flights.
8. S'wak has never achieved independence. Ruled by Brooke Family, given to the British Empire, offered to Msia
9. Kuching is the most livable city in Malaysia and the 7th most livable city in the world. Even KL is behind at 12th..
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FACT (LIGHTER SIDE)
1. We have electricity
2. In Kuching, we see Mercedes Benz till we wanna puke.. WE R rich ppl ! haha.. ! Honestly, in just one family, having two cars is the minimum amount of cars .
3. The only people that live in trees r ppl from realli realli in the jungle
4. Our guys are handsome n chicks are hot! Very hot~!
5. The size of Sarawak is the equivalent of..umm.. uumm.. the size of.. uumm.. big la big la..[nick: almost the size of peninsular malaysia,about 124,449.51 square km]
6. Kuching is one of the best cities to live around !! yoyoyo... Kuching rocks ! kch kia and ppl now then we realli realli know how lucky we were! cheers !
7. Sarawakian are the BEST!!
8. We got a lot good food; Swak Laksa, Swak Kolo Mee, Sio Bee, Market Beef Noodles, Market Chicken Rice, Belacan Beehoon, Bidin & Paku stir fried with belacan or red wine... (YUMMY) & lots more... :P
9.Swkian are responsible and dutiful. They dont throw rubbish by the roads or into the
drains. Kuching is the cleanest city in Malaysia
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For more information, do visit The Sarawak Tourism Board at sarawaktourism.com :D
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I got this from forwarded email from my mail... dunno where it came from..but it would be nice to share it with you.. since i am so free this morning with no idea on what to do...
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GOD: Hello. Did you call me?
Me: Called you? No. Who is this?
GOD: This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I would chat.
Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something.
GOD: What are you busy at? Ants are busy too, you know.
Me: I don't know. But I can't seem to find free time. Life has become so hectic. It's rush hour for me all the time.
GOD: Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time.Productivity frees it.
Me: I understand. But I still can't figure a way out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.
GOD: Well, I wanted to resolve your fight for time,by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.
Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
GOD: Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis iswhat makes it complicated.
Me: Why are we then constantly unhappy?
GOD: Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.
Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
GOD: Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Me: But then again, there is so much pain due to uncertainty...
GOD: Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?
GOD: Diamonds cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life become better, not bitter.
Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?
GOD: Yes. In every term, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why can't we be free from problems?
GOD: Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons to Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance,not when you are free from problems.
Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading
GOD: If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?
GOD: Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let other work with the clock.
Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?
GOD: Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
Me: What surprises you about people?
GOD: When they suffer they ask, "Why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me?" Everyone wishes to have truth on his or her side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.
Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I can't get the answer.
GOD: Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation.
Me: How can I get the best out of life?
GOD: Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.
GOD: There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.
Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy to start the New Day with a new sense of inspiration.
GOD: Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve.Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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coffee = coffee bean charges RM8 for a cup of coffee??? Yikes!
vanilla = cornetto ice cream
yellow = yellow smiliy
pink = pink bunny
josh hartnett = dun understand why girls find him cute
popcorn = makes me want to go to the toilet in the middle of the movie because i had to drink alot of water to wash my salted tongue from the popcorn
summer = the time where my mum will say, lets clean up the house
moon = does weird things usually happen during the full moon?
memories = memories cafe
sushi = tamago (egg on the rice)
sorry = sorry i made a dent on your car
enemy = who took my cookies!!!
dog = i want a bulldog one day
country = malaysia
love = hawel
cameras = dont want to think about it
liars = jim carrey's movie
Sean Paul = ..... i only know Paul Frank
WWF = pandas
Jealousy = rebecca
bed = sleep sleep sleep
LOTR = i like the movie.. now that is what you call a movie.. not the 2 hours for RM8.
thanksgiving = turkey.. huge big turkey
Aloha = jasmine american idol
march = Green Road Secondary School Marching Band
friendster = need to find my old old friends..
movies = not cheap to watch in the movies
chocolate = Fiona
butt = fried chicken butt from Jupitor Lok Lok
shoes = PUMA
music = silverchair
green = CRV and charade
balls = golf
rock = Rock N Roll! Baby
kiss = kiss my butt
school = GRSS
life = there must be more than this la...
honey = honey iced tea from Red Tea Road
first date = er.. forgotten liaw
Harry Potter = I like the movies
hurt = Dont u dare call me fat!!!
friends = I enjoy the company but not always
guys = are so complicated, i dun understand what they want from me.
christmas = lonely
stuffed animal = too much at home, have to give away some of them..
handphone = Nokia 7250!!! Yea~~
holiday = coming this november
mood = no mood
milk = watermelon milk tea from red tea road
gym = Tingang
queen = latifah
Regret = none so far
heterozygosity = wat the F*** is that?
brendan = welsh
sweet heart = .............
bunjy = australia
trophy = dun have one
sex = female
Potato = chips
Cars = Rav4
Chelsea = Manchester United Rules!!! =P
Destiny = Destiny Child
Happiness = Chinese character
Orlando Bloom= LOTR
Lackadaisical bum = What the F*** is that?
Angels = Buffy's ex
Diamonds = are girls best friend
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| How Love Smart Are You? |
| 09.23.04 (2:38 pm) [edit] |
How Love-Smart are you?
Young Einstein! |
 When it comes to love you know your stuff. It's obvious that you understand how the opposite sex think, what they like and how you can make them happy. Hey why don't you rewrite the book of love! |
How Love-Smart are you? Find out at DatingTips.ws
** Hey, If I got an A+ for being love-smart, then why am i in the category of confused in the earlier quiz...???... that is so.. IRONIC? Can a person have an A+ and yet still be considered as a confused person? This quiz.. wow.. so ironic..
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| What Type of Social Entity are You? |
| 09.23.04 (2:32 pm) [edit] |
Category V - The Lone
Wolf
Though you'd be welcome in most groups, you prefer
a more solitary path.
What Type of Social Entity are You?
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I can relate to this result. :)
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| What is your love style?? |
| 09.23.04 (12:06 am) [edit] |
Got this from a url from my friendster list.. and sigh~~ no many how many times i tried it, it still comes out like this.. so i guess... maybe i am just ....
Your Love Style Is...
Confused! |
 You seem to be a little confused when it comes to the mysteries of love. You know you want love but you are unsure of how to get it. Try to let loose a little more and not worry so much about what other people think. You will master the love game in no time. |
What is your Love Style? Find out at DatingTips.ws
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| One arrived, One leaving |
| 09.21.04 (6:51 pm) [edit] |
This morning, Yoke Mei arrived from KL to Kuching and will be staying for a few days here. She's a typical urban and metropolitan chinese gal and also my sis's good friend from KL. I think she share the same passion in 'Hainan Chicken Rice'. Hmm.. I wonder how many days she will be staying here....
And also today, Sashi will be going back to KL in the afternoon after staying a few days since last Saturday at my house. He also bought two bottles of Langkau (locally made white wine) as his souveniers from Kuching. I think it's because there's none like it in KL. He's weird la (in a funny and good way). He didn't tell his parents that he came to Kuching. I was like... What the F**K? It's a two hours flight from KL and he didn't infrom his parents that he will be staying here for a few days????? Wah.. lau... eh....
Tingang stayed a few nights here to join Sashi staying up late to watch football in the early wee mornings. Manchester United won 2-1 against Liverpool. yeah~~~~~~ Tinganag works in at Clark Hatch Fitness Center at Hilton Hotel as an gym instructer...Where is the muscles????
............my house tengah huru hara nowadays... sigh....
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| Feeling not well |
| 09.21.04 (6:04 pm) [edit] |
Just go up.
It's 11.09 am.
Still feelin sick.
Am feeling so nausea.
Still want to online to blog.
Am feeling like will vomit anytime.
I want to pump coke in stomach
I want to eat McDonalds
But I cant eat it
Coz I am still
Sick
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| No Regrets |
| 09.20.04 (9:56 pm) [edit] |
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Have you ever wondered what would it be like if you have appreciated and loved every single day spent with your parents even though at times you may dread going home and being asked around to do things?
Till today I have no regrets in leaving UTMKL (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur) and have no regrets that I lost and wasted so much of time when I could have already finished my studies and is already working by now. Till today, I have no regrets...
For because of my actions, I get to stay with my parents in Kuching, spending time with them even if it is just by reading newspaper in the living room or just being in the same house though communications are rare. I have no regrets. Some asked me if I ever regret for my actions for not being serious in my studies and life. I have none.
I get to hear my dad nagging everyday, to see his sour face and his proud smile. I get to send my dad to the airport almost every week even though I dreaded waking up so early in the morning. I get to pick him up from the airport and then listening to his voice telling me to slow down and drive carefully. I get to hear him telling me to lose weight every day and scold me for spending too much money and time at Red Tea Road.
Nowadays, I dun really feel like going to Rec Tea Road for my usual Watermelon Milk Tea. Do you know why? Because if i was there in the afternoon, he surely will call me to ask where I am and surely enough that if i said I was at Red Tea Road, he will say, 'I don't understand why you people like to drink sugar water. That's what makes you fat'. Yup, that's my dad.
Though his words may hurt at times but I enjoy receiving it from him because I know that he gives me attention and pays attention for what I am doing with myself instead of studying so hard and being perfect and later taken for granted that I can take care of myself. Yup, I'm my dad's spoilt daughter.
When I don't have cash, he surely will give me though I have to receive some comments in return about my over-the-board habit of spending money like water. Well, I could no longer be the same over-spender so I say I have no regrets for my action...
to be continued.....
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| My favourite childhood picture with dad |
| 09.20.04 (6:56 am) [edit] |
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| My Favourite Family Photo |
| 09.20.04 (6:51 am) [edit] |
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| Gate |
| 09.20.04 (2:19 am) [edit] |
The main gate of my 'home sweet home' had it's repair today. It's going to collapse soon and I think it is better to get a sliding-sideway gate instead of the old and slow sliding-out gate. Going to the hardware shop soon to do some painting for the gate. Need to get a few bottles of 'timber tone' syelek.
Anyway, my mum left for India to work today. She will be away for a few days. It will be a very busy week as she is not here. sigh~~~ Tomorrow I will be going to meet aunty Pepetua who is also my mum's old school mate and now is my mum's lawyer to do some paper work and to certify some documents for CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board) and SOCSO.
I will have my steel test one tomorrow, assignments to be hand up on Thursday, and I have to go Seng Huat Auto Workshop to settle some stuffs connecting to my car. They did the repairs of my car when Mr. Doran (a driver of a kancil) knocked the back of my car and I had to change a new door. I am not sure whether they really did change the door or did they just knock up the door, sprayed it and install it back to the car... I wonder if they ate their words up.
My mum bought a new study table and chairs and a cupboard for us to study and she has converted Bryan and Davin's room to a study room since all of us has already begin to sleep in the same bedroom with my mum. It feels so much comfortable to sleep together in the same room. How I wished we had done it sooner before my dad left us.
I feel very lonely, sometimes I could feel my eyes getting watery but I try hard to control the tears from flowing down. Images of my dad cleaning up the garden has slowly faded away eventhough i try hard each day to remember it. At this moment at 7.18pm, he would have been in the kitchen cooking dinner and then he will be saying, 'Adrienne, eat dinner ah.' Then he will look if my plate contains alot of rice or less. He will say, ' I don't know why you like to eat so much rice. It is very fattening.' Then he will show his sour face and I will pretend to not notice and continue eating. sigh~~ That was funny at that time.
Anyway, I am going to have my dinner now. Fiona is cooking tonight with Bryan. Wonder what they cooked huh?
My grandma (Popo) is staying overnight here and she is now watching a chinese show on Astro channel 19. It looks interesting and historical.
Ta ta for now. Take care all readers~~~
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| INTI College Sarawak |
| 09.19.04 (4:45 pm) [edit] |
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I have been studying here for almost 3 years for my diploma in civil engineering. So, okay.. i am slow in finishing my course but i am finishing soon right.. i was intake DEC 2001 and now it is 2004. I should have finished in DEC 2003 but well... wat do to??
My college is situated at Stampin Timur Road in the town of Kuching, state of Sarawak in East Malaysia and is around a 10 minutes drive from home. It is the only college in Kuching which I know of that offers civil engineering.
Most of the students from my batch has continued their studies for Degree either in Australia or the U.K. Fees varied between Rm3000 - 4000 per semester that varies depending on how many subjects you are taking that semester.
In my current semester, it is a short semester with 9 weeks. Because it is a short semester, i can only take 2 subjects which is now Engineering Mathematics 3 and Steel Design. I hate calculations and until today I still wonder why I take up this course but since I chose it myself, I am determine to finish it even if it is slowly killing my brain and building up my temper. Call me stubborn if you want.
You can visit my college online at w.intisar.edu.my under School of Engineering.
History of INTISAR (Inti Sarawak).
Since its establishment in 1991, INTI College Sarawak has been one of the leading private higher institutions of learning in Malaysia. Sited at a strategic location within Kuching City, INTI College Sarawak is reknowned for its progressive thinking, innovative approach and academic excellence. At the same time, INTI offers students flexible degree programmes, a great campus lifestyle and a commitment to quality education.
As a dynamic centre of international education, INTI College Sarawak has a student population of more than 3000, among whom more than 400 are international students. Our campus is one of the best architectural edifices in the region. This non-smoking campus is equipped with various state-of-the-art facilities, including a well-stocked library, laboratories, multi-purpose hall, cafeteria, student health care unit, lecture theatres, and many more.
A wide range of programmes such as Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Tourism and Professional Studies are offered at affordable cost. Students have a choice of completing a foreign university degree entirely in Malaysia or transfer to a partner university in the UK, the USA, Australia, Canada, Switzerland or New Zealand. INTI College has sent the largest number of students to the USA compared to other colleges in this region. Our students are equipped with the latest theories and industrial training for today's working environment. In addition, we have a variety of extra-curricular activities to enhance and develop students' leadership competency and social skills.
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Okay, i have class soon. Take care...
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| The Amazing Race ~ What race???? |
| 09.19.04 (2:37 am) [edit] |
While I am typing this blog, my eyes are also focusing on the television. The Amazing Race was showing and my support goes totally to the Bowling Mum (Linda & Karen) because I like them and they are so bubbly and funny. he he he... Go Go B.M. !!!
On the AXN channel, i have alot of favourites which includes 'The Amazing Race', 'C.S.I', 'Anime' and 'Fear Factor'.... yeah~~~ I like C.S.I and the C.S.I Miami. I wonder whether those outside Malaysia has this channel too and is able to watch these shows...
*U.K Gang*
Bryan King will be leaving for U.K soon and so will Jemima on the 27th. Owen has left the Kuching International Airport this evening to leave for the U.K too.. All those studying overseas~~ GOOD LUCK!!!!
Hey, Mooncake Festival.. a few years ago, it used to cost rm5++ per mooncake. But now, you can find them in the minimum price of rm7++ and rm11++.. some cost rm1000++ for a set(4 mooncakes), i was like... what is in the mooncakes???
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Malaysia leads in mooncake variety
By Majorie Chew
FROM the days of old, there have been basically two types of mooncakes, differentiated by their weight -kar tau (in Cantonese) mooncakes weighing 180g to 185g each, and the 150g chook kan mooncakes.
"The bigger kar tau mooncakes are the most common on sale," said Lum Tuck Loy, a top Chinese restaurateur and leading mooncake manufacturer. "More than 25 years ago, the smaller chook kan mooncakes were popular and given by Chinese employers to their workers during the Mooncake Festival."
Lum's four-year-old factory in Balakong, Selangor, manufactures the renowned Kam Lun Tai mooncakes for local consumption and for export to Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Lum also has a mooncake factory in Guangzhou, China.
But these days, no employer who wants "face" would give away the cheaper chook kan mooncakes. It is the norm to give the more pricey kar tau mooncakes which use quality ingredients and are superior in taste.
Many moons ago, the more affordable chook kan mooncakes were a staple for poor families and a familiar sight in sundry shops in Chinese villages.
I remember that as children, my siblings and I regarded it "a treat" whenever our parents bought us these mooncakes, typically wrapped in paper. The skin and filling of chook kan mooncakes are not silky smooth but coarse; yet, they were "sweet delights" to us.
Stiff competition, coupled with the ingenuity of local manufacturers, has spawned an amazing variety of mooncakes in Malaysia.
According to Lum, Malaysia has the most variety of mooncakes compared with Hong Kong and China. "Our mooncakes are not as sweet as those in Hong Kong. We're more attuned to the locals who prefer a less-sweet filling for mooncakes."
What makes some of our mooncakes typically Malaysian is the use of local ingredients. For instance, the juice of screwpine (pandan) leaves which thrive in our backyards, is used for fei chui yit paeng (jade mooncake), said Lum. The lotus paste filling for this mooncake looks greenish instead of brown because it is flavoured with natural pandan juice.
"We also have plenty of durians for durian mooncakes," added Lum.
Traditional baked mooncakes have thin skin with fillings of red bean paste, lotus paste or assorted nuts. Some mooncakes have single or twin yolks. The skin is made with flour, syrup, oil and alkaline water.
Making mooncakes the traditional way is a tedious and noisy affair. The cooking and stirring of the filling has to be monitored for hours. And you need to mould the mooncakes by hand and "knock" them out before baking.
With automation, the workload is significantly reduced, as over 100kg of lotus paste can be cooked in huge metal cauldrons. Moreover, machines can turn out perfectly round mooncakes.
It is said that "five nuts" (ng yan) mooncakes are preferred by the older generation. These mooncakes are actually very nutritious owing to the mixed nuts content, said Lum.
Baked Shanghai mooncakes which have thick skin are made without moulds. Reheat in the oven to enjoy the crispy pastry. Lum uses four basic ingredients for this mooncake - flour, margarine, icing sugar and eggs.
The Teochew mooncake, with yam paste and yolk, is rather tedious to make. With flaky pastry skin made from Swee Sin Hong Kong flour, water, oil and sugar, it undergoes deep-frying thrice.
During the first frying, the oil must be just hot enough to make the layers of pastry "bloom" to look like a snail's shell. In the second frying, the oil is slightly hotter to soak up excess oil from the pastry. For the third frying, the oil is at its hottest to give the mooncake a golden brown hue.
Teochew mooncakes are best eaten within three days. Recrisp in the oven to enjoy the flaky pastry.
Kam Lun Tai Cake House also has a range of ping pei (snow skin or unbaked) mooncakes. The soft skin is made from cooked glutinous rice flour, icing sugar, oil and cold water. Flavourings such as yam, orange, banana, pandan and strawberry are added for variety.
When refrigerated, these mooncakes can keep up to four days. Some innovative types in the market feature ice-cream, green tea, jelly, chocolate, coffee, butter, coconut, white lotus paste, and custard.
The test for quality mooncakes, Lum said, is that when you cut a mooncake, the skin and the filling should not separate but stick together.
"For lotus paste mooncakes, sniff for the aroma of the lotus paste. The paste should not be too oily, dry or coarse. A well-made (baked) mooncake can keep well for three to six months. The long expiry date is also due to the tiny sachet of 'oxygen absorber' to prevent mooncakes from turning mouldy. In the freezer, mooncakes can last up to a year."
The packaging
The packaging of mooncakes has also undergone changes. Lum recalled that in the 50s, some 80% to 85% of mooncakes were the rolled-up type.
For instance, chook kan mooncakes came in stacks of four rolled up with greaseproof paper. Such mooncakes are still manufactured today, although their popularity has dwindled.
Forty years ago, a roll of lin yoong (lotus paste) mooncake cost RM3, but today, lotus paste mooncakes cost 10 times more.
Kar tau mooncakes used to be stacked in pairs in a "crude" cardboard box of four, like an olden-day "pillow block." Sometimes, the oil from the mooncakes would seep through the box. Each box of mooncakes would be tied with red and white strings to make two crosses to facilitate handling.
Ten years ago, the packaging of mooncakes evolved from the use of paper to the more classy metallic boxes or gold-hued plastic boxes.
Nowadays, most mooncakes are not stacked but placed in rectangular or square boxes.
Lum claimed that Kam Lun Tai was the first to introduce metallic boxes for mooncakes. Although these boxes are more expensive compared with cardboard boxes, they make attractive gifts.
For those who would like to have a go at making mooncakes, Kam Lun Tai Cake House shares a traditional mooncake recipe. The following recipe makes 15 mooncakes.
Lotus Paste Mooncake
Ingredients (lotus paste)
* 600g lotus seed
* 1 tsp alkaline water
* 600g sugar
* 1 tbsp maltose
* 400g groundnut oil
Method
COVER lotus seeds with boiling water and add alkaline water. Cover container for 20 minutes. Rub the skin off the lotus seeds, then drain and wash them in clean water.
Cover the seeds again with water and boil until soft. Blend seeds into a paste.
In a non-stick wok or saucepan, heat up 200g oil and 300g sugar and cook until mixture turns into the colour of golden caramel.
Pour in lotus paste and continue stirring. Add the remaining oil and sugar. Cook until the paste thickens and doesn't stick to the sides of the wok or pan. Add maltose and stir for a while.
To test if the paste is ready, scoop a little into your hand and flatten it. If it doesn't feel sticky, the paste is ready. Dish out the paste and leave to cool.
Ingredients (syrup)
* 600g sugar
* 400g water
* 3 slices lemon
Method
PUT sugar, water and lemon slices into a saucepan. Boil over a slow fire until golden brown. Discard the lemon slices. Cool sufficiently before use.
Ingredients (mooncake skin)
* 600g flour
* 600g syrup
* 140g groundnut oil
* 1 tsp alkaline water
Method
MIX flour, syrup, oil and alkaline water and knead until elastic. Set aside for three hours. Divide the dough into 15 equal portions.
The final step
Take a portion of the dough and roll into a thin circular piece. Take a 150g ball of lotus paste and wrap with the mooncake skin.
Dust a mooncake mould with flour. Press the dough with filling into the mould. Tap lightly to demould.
Grease baking tray and bake mooncakes in oven at 220°C for about 20 to 30 minutes.
For a glossy sheen, bake the mooncakes for about 10 minutes, then brush them with egg wash and continue to bake until golden brown.
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HAPPY MOONCAKE AND LANTERN FESTIVAL!!!!!
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| It has been a long time. |
| 09.18.04 (9:27 am) [edit] |
I am going to church in the morning at 8.30am. Now it is already 2.20am and i still can't sleep. At 8pm, I finally went out for a drink and talking with my closest friends (The M5) who are Cheryl, Jacelyn, Anna, Linda and myself. It has been a long time since we got together to talk over drinks (in my case, it is iced lemon tea).
Our bonded friendship seems to be shifting apart. I guess it is due to the fact that everyone is working and has started to get busy and tied up with work and life at home that it is almost impossible to find time to just go out, hang out and talk. I really missed the good ol' times.
We have to grow up, don't we?
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| From factmonster.com |
| 09.18.04 (12:37 am) [edit] |
*White*
Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity. White reflects light and is considered a summer color. White is popular in decorating and in fashion because it is light, neutral, and goes with everything. However, white shows dirt and is therefore more difficult to keep clean than other colors. Doctors and nurses wear white to imply sterility.
*Red*
The most emotionally intense color, red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. It is also the color of love. Red clothing gets noticed and makes the wearer appear heavier. Since it is an extreme color, red clothing might not help people in negotiations or confrontations. Red cars are popular targets for thieves. In decorating, red is usually used as an accent. Decorators say that red furniture should be perfect since it will attract attention.
*Black*
Black is the color of authority and power. It is popular in fashion because it makes people appear thinner. It is also stylish and timeless. Black also implies submission. Priests wear black to signify submission to God. Some fashion experts say a woman wearing black implies submission to men. Black outfits can also be overpowering, or make the wearer seem aloof or evil.
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| It is all about being red, black and white |
| 09.18.04 (12:09 am) [edit] |
today i decided to change the looks of my blog... and i like it really. but how about the banner? i want my own one. anyone willing to help me? If you are interested, i like it is red, white and black color and has the wordings 'Where there is rain, there is pain..' maybe a black background, some white color rain and the wordings are in red. see... i got the idea, but now i just have to make it come true.. BUT HOWWWWW??
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| need to find steel |
| 09.16.04 (10:34 pm) [edit] |
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what are the advantages and disadvantages of steel properties in construction...????
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| Interests |
| 09.16.04 (9:06 am) [edit] |
Emily the strange is one of the comic character that i like because of simplicity and strong outspoken ideas and feelings and also being weird.:) oh ya...and it has two colors.. black and red.. my two favourite colors. Emily relates so much to me in a sense that i feel comfortable with the character and the ideas that she has to communicate with me. I mean... sigh~~ i dun know what i mean. Emily reflects what i am. this is all i have to say.
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| The closing ceremony of Malaysia Independence Day |
| 09.16.04 (5:40 am) [edit] |
This year, Malaysia Independence Day (Merdeka) is celebrated for one month starting from 17th August 2004 till 16th September 2004 where as the official date for our independence falls on the 31st August.
Kuching Waterfront is now packed with people and the road are closed for traffic because the closing ceremony is held there with a floating stage in the middle of the Sarawak River. I am now watching the live telecast of the ceremony on RTM1 (Radio Television Malaysia) and it is a very colorful ceremony. It is now already 10.30pm and it is drizzling outside but people still flock towards the crowd in at the Waterfront.
There is 14 decorated boats floating on the river to represent the 14 states in Malaysia and its highlighted with colorful lights. I would assume that the committee members involved in making this celebration a success would be so proud that the programmes is going well. Before this there was singing performance from Wahida, Dayang, Misha Omar and KPSU Choir. I like Misha Omar because she has a very powerful voice.
I feel so lucky not being outside in the crowd and the rain, but am I being patriotic about the whole independence it. The Astana across the waterfront is beautifully decorated with lights and it look magnificent as always across the river.
But I wonder if they do smell the smelly water of the waterfront? Honestly speaking, it stinks real bad while walking along the waterfront.
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| Currently Reading Disappointment with God (Three questions no one ask aloud) : Philip Yancey |
| 09.14.04 (5:43 pm) [edit] |
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Philip Yancey is a noted author and an editor-at-large for Christianity Today,Inc. He has written "Where is God when It Hurts?" and edited "The Student Bible,NIV" and with Dr Paul Brand, he wrote "Fearfully and wonderfully made." Each of these four books received the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Gold Medallion Award. Philip Yancey's articles have appeared in scores of magazines including "The Saturday Evening Dust", "Christianity Today", "Eternity", " Moody Monthly" and "Reader's Digest". Yancey graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbia Bible College and earned his M.A. with highest honours from the graduate School of Wheaton College. He currently resides in Chicago.
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| The Nine Guiding Principles |
| 09.13.04 (8:06 am) [edit] |
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1. Believe as if miracles are possible.
2. Live as if you are free to do what you want.
3. Learn as if you are a beginner.
4. Love as if for the first time.
5. Give as if you already have what you want.
6. Work as if money doesn't matter.
7. Relax as if everything will be okay.
8. Talk to God as if you are being heard.
9. Feast as if you can have whatever you want.
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| Currently Reading: Hope Again (When life hurts and dreams fade.): Charles R.Swindoll. |
| 09.13.04 (6:00 am) [edit] |
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The book started off with an introduction called "The Old Fisherman's Letter" stating that hope is a wonderful gift from God, a source of strength and courage in the face of life's harshest trials.
*When we are trapped in a tunnel of misery, hope points to the light at the end.
* When we are overworked and exhausted, hope gives us fresh energy.
* When we are discouraged, hope lifts our spirits.
* When we are tempted to quit, hope keeps us going.
* When we lose our way and confusion blurs the destination, hope dulls the edge of panic.
* When we struggle with a crippling disease or a lingering illness, hope helps us persevere beyong pain.
* When we fear the worst, hope brings reminders that God is still in control.
* When we must endure the consequences of bad decisions, hope fuels our recovery.
* When we find ourselves unemployed, hope tells us we still have a future.
* When we are forced to sit back and wait, hope gives us the patience to trust.
* When we feel rejected and abandoned, hope reminds us that we are not alone... we'll make it.
* When we say our final farewell to someone we love, hope in the life beyond gets us through our grief.
"This is a book on Hope. Hope. It is something as important to us as water is to fish, as vital as electricity is to a loght bulb, as essential as air is to a jumbo jey. Hope is the basic of life."
"Suffering is a universal language. Tears are the sane for Jews or Muslims of Christians, for white or black or brown, for children or adults or the elderly. When life hurts and our dreams fade, we may express our anguish in different ways, but each of us knows the sting of pain, and heartache, disease and disaster, trials and suffering."
"God has given us a purpose for our existence, a reason to go on, even though that existence includes tough times. Living through suffering, we become santified - in other words, set apart for the glory of God. We gain prespective. We grow deeper. We grow up."
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Charles R. Swindoll is one of the most popular Christian authors and speakers in this century. He has pastored for 30 years, and in 1993 has named president for Dallas Theological Seminary. This author of more than twenty best-selling books, including Dear Graduate, The Finishing Touch, Laugh Again, and The Grace Awakening, can also be heard daily on his nationally syndicated radio program "Insight for Living."
He Quote:
"If you want to smile through your tears, if you want to rejoice through times of suffering, just keep reminding yourself that what you're going through isn't the end of the story.. It's simply the rough journey that leads to the right destination."
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| A quiz i took |
| 09.13.04 (5:58 am) [edit] |
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| Posthumous awards for helicopter crash victims - Thursday September 9, 2004 |
| 09.13.04 (5:16 am) [edit] |
KUCHING: Six victims of the July 12 helicopter crash near Bario have been posthumously conferred state awards.
The awards were presented by Sarawak Governor Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng at a special investiture at the Astana here.
The late Dr Judson Sakai Tagal, who was assistant minister in the Chief Minister’s Department, was conferred the Panglima Setia Bintang Sarawak, which carries the title Datuk. His son, Julian Matius Tagal, received the award on his behalf.
The late Lawrence Th’ng, chairman of Padawan Municipal Council, was awarded the Johan Bintang Sarawak, and the late Datuk Marcus Raja, an entrepreneur and contractor, the Johan Bintang Kenyalang.
The late Jason Eng and Ling Kian Ho, managers in the Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco), and pilot Capt Samsuddin Hashim were conferred the Pegawai Bintang Kenyalang.
Their family members received the awards on their behalf.
Copyright © 1995-2004 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D)
Managed by I.Star.
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| Chopper spotted. Jul 15, 2004, 00:01 From www.sarawaktribune.com.my |
| 09.13.04 (5:14 am) [edit] |
MIRI – After three days of round-the-clock search and rescue operations, the missing helicopter carrying seven people, including an assistant minister, was finally located yesterday afternoon some five miles from the Indonesian border.And towards the evening yesterday, over 1,000 people, including army personnel and civilians were deployed for the ground search, which will last until the helicopter and the missing seven people are found at the location some 15 miles from Ba’ Kelalan.
At press time, there were no reports of the latest developments of the search. The helicopter, owned by Hornbill Skyways, was ferrying Assistant Minister of Health Dr Judson Sakai Tagal and the five other passengers when it went missing in the interior of the Limbang division.They were on a trip from Bario in the Miri division to Ba’ Kelalan in the Limbang division.
Besides Dr Judson, who is also Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office with watching brief over security matters, the other passengers were Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco) chief executive officer Roger Wong, Padawan Municipal Council chairman Lawrence Th’ng, contractor Datuk Marcus Raja, and Sesco engineers Jason Ng and Ling Tian Ho.
The six-seater Bell 206 Long Ranger aircraft was piloted by Capt Samsuddin Hashim.
Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Alfred Jabu told reporters here that three helicopters involved in the SAR operations picked up the emergency location beacon (ELB) signal at about 2.30 pm yesterday. “The ELB was picked up almost around the same time and we can safely say that we have identified the site of the missing helicopter,” said Jabu.
The first signal was picked up by Hornbill Skyways-owned helicopter, followed by the helicopter owned by Malaysian Helicopter Services and a fixed wing aircraft. Jabu confirmed that as soon as the signals were picked up from as high as 4500 to 6000 feets, ground troops made preparation for the search. The signal was also verified by the Search-and-Rescue Operation in Kota Kinabalu. Families of the missing seven have also been informed of the latest development.
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Bodies Of Two Remaining Helicopter Crash Victims Flown To Miri Hospital
MIRI, July 30 (Bernama) -- The bodies of the two remaining victims of the Hornbill Skyways helicopter crash at the foothills of Mount Murud were flown from the wreckage site to the Miri Hospital at about noon Friday.
The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Nuri helicopter ferrying the bodies landed in the compound of the hospital at about 12.05 pm.
The two victims were among seven people on board the Bell 206 Long Ranger helicopter which went missing on a flight from Bario to Ba'Kelalan on July 12.
The remains of five of the victims were flown to the hospital at about 7.20 pm Thursday.
On board the helicopter, piloted by Kapt Samsuddin Hashim, were Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister's Office Dr Judson Sakai Tagal, Padawan Municipal Council Chairman Lawrence Th'ng, Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco) chief executive officer Roger Wong, contractor Datuk Marcus Raja, and Sesco engineers Jason Eng and Ling Tian Ho.
According to the Operations Room here, the remains of Dr Judson, Wong, Th'ng, Eng and Raja would be brought back to Kuching while the remains of Kapt Samsuddin would be flown to his hometown in Batu Pahat, Johor, for burial.
It has not been decided where Ling will be buried.
A large crowd of family members of the victims has gathered at the hospital to claim the remains of their loved ones after the post-mortems have been conducted.
-- BERNAMA
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| The Kelabits of Sarawak - www.kelabit.net |
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First "discovered" around the turn of the 20th Century, the Kelabits, a tribe of fierce warriors and headhunters who saw off anyone entering their territory, were generally given a wide berth by neighbouring tribes. Their origins are not known. Culturally and linguistically, they are distinct in many ways from the other thirty or so tribes in Sarawak.
Under broad conical hats, they wore their hair long at the back or done up in a bun held in place by pins of metal or horn. Around the waist hung a long sword-parang with a curved staghorn hilt and wooden scabbard. The men had two holes on each ear, pierced during infancy. The bottom hole was adorned with heavy brass ear rings which greatly extended the ear lobes so that they often hung down to the shoulders. In the upper hole, kept open by wooden plugs, the warriors wore leopard's fangs.
The women had elaborate tattoos, a fine lacework of dots and lines, on almost the entire lower limb, from the foot to well up the thigh, so finely decorated that from a distance, it looked as though they were wearing blue-black stockings. They also wore brightly coloured skull caps, and their eyebrows were plucked for the sake of beauty.
Their homeland, now called the Kelabit Highlands, is pretty much a large plateau ringed by a series of jungle-covered mountain peaks.
Lying at an altitude of between 3400 to 6000 feet above sea level in the north-eastern corner of Sarawak, their territory extends to the Sarawak edge of a central mountain spur that divides Borneo along the middle. On the other side of this spur lies the Indonesian state of Kalimantan, formerly part of Dutch Borneo.
One of the smallest tribes in Sarawak and, now, a branch of the Orang Ulu, the total Kelabit population of about 6000 people represents a mere 0.4% of Sarawak's population of 1.5 million, just 0.027% of Malaysia's 22 million. Less than a third of them live in the highlands. The rest have moved away to the towns, for further education, to find jobs, and so on.
3rd March, 2003.
© http://www.kelabit.net
n the tribal heartlands, most Kelabits live in longhouses.
Bario Asal, the original longhouse (until 1963, the only longhouse) at what is now called Bario, extends in territory from the Tama Abu range to the Dabpur River. The plains it is located upon, and the longhouse itself, was known to the Kelabits as Lemba'a (literally wet place). Members of Z Special Force made a parachute drop into this area in 1945 and set up their HQ there. Defining this operational area as "The Plains of Bah", they waged a guerrilla campaign against Japanese forces with the help of Kelabit warriors.
When the war was over, the Kelabits finally entered the mainstream of 20th Century life. In recognition of wartime service, many warriors from this longhouse were awarded medals and decorations. And the airstrip built to service the war effort became, and still remains, the only gateway into Kelabit territory. Shortly after the war, groups of missionaries arrived, chastised the Kelabits roundly for their pagan ways of life, destroyed many cultural artifacts and converted them into Christianity, almost en masse! Around that time, too, came the first schools.
Sarawak was then a British Colony. In 1963, Sarawak joined Malaya as another state in the newly-formed Federation of Malaysia. Indonesia laid territorial claims to Sarawak and began what is now known as the Confrontation, with Indonesian soldiers entering Sarawak and attacking tribal people living along the border areas.
Since Bario had the largest area of flat land on which to build an airstrip, it became the operational centre for British forces stationed to defend other Kelabit longhouses deep in the interior. However, many of these were too close to the Indonesian border and too dispersed to be properly defended.
People from the border areas were, thus, re-settled on the Bario plains, to protect them from Indonesian attack. Land was donated to them by the people of Lemba'a, not only for building new longhouses but also for raising padi. These migrations, staggered over a period of time, were quite complex. The original longhouse people renamed their home Bario Asal to differentiate it from those of the newcomers.
The following longhouses are currently also located on the Bario plains:
Arur Dalan - located beyond Bario Asal at the foothills of the Tama Abu range, its people originating from the now extinct Kuba'an and Pa' Tik longhouses. (Note: The latter has been revived by nomadic Penans in comparatively recent times.)
Pa' Umor - located on the east bank of the Dabpur River, inhabited by Kelabits from a longhouse of the same name once located on the hills adjoining Kalimantan.
Arur Layun - a small seven-door longhouse, lying across the road from Bario Asal just behind the church, built by people moving in from Pa' Bangar and Pa' Lungan.
Pa' Ramapuh Upper and Pa' Ramapuh Lower - these two longhouses, side by side astride a small stream to the front of the Junior School, were built by people from now-extinct longhouses at Pa' Main and the original Pa' Umor.
Ulung Palang Upper, its people originating mostly from the now extinct Pa' Main longhouse, and Ulung Palang Lower, with people from the now extinct Pa' Mada longhouse near Long Dano - lie between the old airstrip and the two schools. (Note: The former was destroyed by fire on 8th August 1997 and has not been re-built.)
Pa' Derung - about an hour away on foot from Bario proper, now home to people who came from Kuba'an and, in more recent time, from Long Lellang.
Several new longhouses have come up since the upheavals of 1963 and 1964:
Pasir Puteh - once listed as two separate entities, namely, Padang Pasir (around the old runway) and Kampung Baru (about half an hour away from the runway). Not really a longhouse, except as an administrative entity, it is an assortment of single houses built around the old airstrip and several government buildings. The area was developed fairly recently, around and after 1990, mostly by displaced retired Border Scouts from various places, such as Pa' Ramudu, Pa' Dalih and Long Dano. Bario's one and only shopping mall is located there!
Pa' Ukat - around an hour away from Bario, and built around 1970 by people moving in from Pa' Umor and Pa' Lungan.
Farther afield from Bario lie several old Kelabit longhouses, ranging from six to ten hours away from Bario, these being the travelling times on foot through the jungle:
Pa' Lungan - around three hours away.
Long Dano - around nine hours away, at about 3000 feet above sea level.
Pa' Dalih - around ten hours away, near Long Dano, at about 3000 feet above sea level.
Pa' Ramudu - on a triangulate route, around ten hours away from Bario (one hour away from Pa' Dalih), at about 2700 feet above sea level.
Long Peluan - around ten hours from Pa' Ramudu and farther downhill. Close to it lies Long Banga, the home of the Sabans, an off-shoot of the Kelabit tribe.
Even farther afield, not on the Kelabit Higlands but in the Baram lowlands, are three other Kelabit longhouses:
Long Lellang - about three days away, south west of Bario,
Long Seridan - a long distance away to the north-west, and
Long Napir - beyond Long Seridan, the farthest away from Bario!
11th November, 2003.
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Bario is probably one of the most isolated settlements in Malaysia. There are no roads or rivers connecting Bario to settlements outside Kelabit territory and all travel is on foot, through dense jungle and over difficult mountains, the nearest town being an arduous twelve-day hike away.
The only other way into, or out of, Bario is by air. A grass airstrip built there by British troops in 1963 became a lifeline for Bario even though it tended to get dangerously water-logged during the rainy seasons, causing flights to be cancelled for days on end. It was replaced by an all-weather runway in 1998.
The Malaysian Airlines RAS (Rural Air Service) now operates nine flights a week from Miri and Marudi. These, using Twin Otter aircraft with a seating capacity of 19 passengers, take about 55 minutes from Miri to Bario, ten minutes less from Marudi. These flights make Bario a most logical gateway into Kelabit territory. As a result, developments planned for the Kelabit area tend to be routed through, or centred in and around, Bario.
There are no proper roads in Bario, just an unsurfaced track capable of accepting light motorised transport, extending for about six kilometres from Arur Dalan, past the schools, the shops and the airport to as far as Pa' Umor and Pa' Ukat.
Much of it, full of pot-holes and quite muddy, becomes pretty nearly impassable after a heavy rain. And taking a few passengers along with you, especially on the road to Pa' Umor, might often prove to be wise precaution!
There is no public transport system in Bario. Small privately-owned pick-up trucks are used for conveying heavy goods, with mopeds, motorcycles and bicycles being the more common forms of local transport.
All the longhouses have a constant supply of tap water piped down from a dam in the hills beyond Arur Layun, but, sometimes, water pressure problems do occur. The water is usually boiled before drinking.
There is no main electricity supply. Most longhouses, both the schools and some private houses use portable electric generators fueled by diesel or petrol for lighting. A few individuals, and some government departments, use solar panels. The others depend on kerosene lamps or candles.
An ambitious but badly-executed mini hydro-electric project, started in 1996, costing in the region of MYR 13 million, was an abysmal failure. Though every house in Bario had been wired up and fitted with electricity meters, the much-awaited electricity supply lasted a mere seven minutes. (Some wags put it more precisely - seven minutes and eleven seconds!) It has since been damaged by landslips and can no longer be repaired.
Some families have started using gas for cooking but most of them, including the schools, use firewood.
Bario still lacks proper communication links. Contact with the outside world is still at minimalistic levels. Though a few local radio channels can be tuned into, all Malaysian television stations are unavailable. Curiously enough, a few people, their television sets fitted with a parabolic dish and antenna, get their information directly from television stations outside Malaysia!
Newspapers rarely reach Bario, except when brought in by passengers on the daily flights.
The people of Bario have difficulty in establishing tele-communication links with the outside world. Until early 2000, there were no telephones in Bario. External communications, and contact with other longhouses in the highlands, depended on a radio telephone service available during daylight hours only.
There are now four pay telephones, three of them in public places. However, since they run off solar-powered batteries, they often become inoperable after a series of overcast days.
There are no banks at Bario, nor even a post office. Apart from a Police Station established quite a long time ago, some governmental offices and facilities have been set up in fairly recent times, an Immigration outpost, Agricultural and Forestry Department offices, and a Clinic.
There are also two schools, one primary and one junior secondary. Currently, there are three small lodges that provide accommodation for visitors and tourists.
The Government Clinic is run by resident Medical Assistants, with a monthly helicopter visit by the Flying Doctor Service. When confronted by emergency cases, or patients who are very seriously ill, the medical assistant either calls in the Flying Doctor or evacuates the patient to Miri on normal Rural Air Services flights.
3rd March, 2003.
© http://www.kelabit.net
A longhouse is rather like a block of terraced houses with many, often closely related, families living under one common roof. The size of a longhouse is determined by the number of doors it has. Each family living in it will have one door, or bilek, opening onto a front corridor. A ten-door longhouse will, thus, have ten families living in it. Rather like a small village except that it is all under one roof.
Bario Asal, the biggest longhouse, is at least three hundred feet long. It has 29 doors, is made mostly of wood and has a zinc roof. The enclosed corridor, or Tawa', which runs along the length of the entire longhouse, is pierced by the doors of each individual home, or bilek. Portraits of the families living in each bilek are usually hung outside their main door. The Tawa' is the focal point of longhouse life.
It is at once a place for relaxation and recreation as well as a children's playground, a council chamber for debating communal matters, a court house even! Family or communal ceremonies are held there. During such functions, there can be well over a thousand people being hosted in that corridor.
A second corridor situated at the back of the longhouse forms an open-plan kitchen area. In between these two corridors lie the enclosed personal living areas for each family. When extra space is required, usually to accommodate a family member starting his own family, the longhouse is extended at one end or another. Bario Asal, having run out of space to expand laterally, has had a few additional rooms added on to either side of the front and kitchen corridors.
Each longhouse has a Headman or Ketua Kampung chosen by longhouse residents, a usual trend being to select someone from one of the leading families. Existing regulations require the selected leader has to have his status formally validated by the District Officer before the appointment becomes final.
Each longhouse also has a small group of residents, either voluntary or selected, to form a village development committee. Other committees are formed when needed to oversee other communal tasks or projects.
3rd March, 2003.
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The changes in Kelabit looks and lifestyle are easily dated.
Those born before or shortly after World War II, though they now wear western-style clothing, are immediately recogniseable as Kelabits, since they have the traditional Kelabit tattoos, elongated pierced earlobes and heavy brass or hornbill-ivory ear rings. Many of them speak only the Kelabit language - a few have learnt to speak a little colloquial Malay and English.
The younger men and women have forsaken the traditions of tattoes and ear-piercing and, except when they speak Kelabit, are virtually unrecogniseable from the rich tribal mix that is Sarawak. Among them, too, there is a noticeable difference. Those who are over forty are very proficient in spoken and written English, the younger ones being are less fluent since they were educated in the Bahasa Melayu medium.
Fortunately, many traditions have held firm and the Kelabits' strong cultural roots and their lifestyle have, to a certain degree, remained relatively intact.
Though they are one of the smaller tribes of Sarawak, the "discovery" of their homeland and their contribution to the war effort gained them some extra benefits during the immediate post-war colonial period.
The first school in the highlands was opened in 1946. There were only 46 students in that school when it first started. Some students had to walk as long as 2 to 3 days through the thick jungle to reach the school. For all that, many of these first generation school children even found their way into Universities!
Later, a few more schools were opened to cater to the needs of the Kelabits who were fast coming to see the importance of formal education and actively encouraged both their sons and daughters to go to school. As a result, by local standards, the literacy rate amongst the younger Kelabits is quite high.
As of now, from the total population of about 6000 Kelabits, about 150 have obtained university degrees, both locally as well as overseas. Many others have attended professional courses and hold very senior positions in governmental and private sectors across the country. In other fields, too, they have made their mark. Their younger men are frequently recruited into the Sarawak State football team, one became a world-class martial arts expert, another even competed in the Olympics!
However, there has been a price to pay. Currently, the most acute problem in the highlands is one of migration by the younger generation into the urban areas. Access to further education is one of the main reasons why many young people migrate into urban areas.
The Bario schools only cater to students up to the Form Three level. To complete their schooling through Forms Four and Five, the children must attend boarding schools in Marudi, Miri or elsewhere. Frequently, this marks the beginning of their final departure from longhouse society.
On completing their schooling, or after dropping out of school, which happens all too frequently, they join the workforce in various towns. This trend has left Bario with only very old people and young children.
Nowadays, even to tend to their rice fields, a core element of Kelabit culture, there is often a manpower shortage. To overcome this, many Kelabits families have to hire itinerant Indonesian labourers, most of whom are paid with remittances that flow from a urban-based younger generation to their elderly parents still living in the highlands.
3rd March, 2003.
© http://www.kelabit.net
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| I am a Pisces Gal~ |
| 09.13.04 (3:50 am) [edit] |
A Pisces cannot live without lies and treachery. They often get so wrapped up in their own tall tales that they can easily forget which of their stories are true and which are not.
A Pisces constantly contradicts herself, and is always trying to wriggle out of a lie somebody has called her on. She will generally not profit from such fruitless tasks, but that's fine by her - she's doing it for the art.
Additionally a Pisces loves nothing more than to stick her nose into someone else's dirty laundry. Pretending to be a self-taught psychoanalyst she will pry into people's secrets, which she will later manipulate and trade through her own self-styled network of spies.
Incapable of working, or for that matter doing anything remotely useful, a Pisces has no interest for aquiring such abilities. Forcing her to do so is nearly impossible - she will simply wriggle out and disappear
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Wow, this sounds so negative lar~~~~
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| Church Camp - Camp Rules: |
| 09.13.04 (3:32 am) [edit] |
1. Campers shall wear their name tags.
2. Everyone shall be puntual for all the schedules activities.
3. Everyone is expected to participate, as fully as possible, in all programmes.
4. Anyone who wishes to leave the camp compound at Santubong Resort for one reason or another must inform the Camp Commandent (Steven Kueh).
5. Decent attire is expected from all the campers.
6. Smoking or comsumption of alcohol by campers is strictly prohibited.
7. No camper is allowed to swim in the sea/swimming pool alone at any time.
8. Young childen must be accompanied by either a parent of an adult/youth minder.
9. Children programmes are suitable for children aged 5-9 years old.
10. If you fall sick, our camp Doctor is Dr Ng.
11. All campers shall rest, latest, by midnight.
We were divided into 6 groups which includes Love, Peace, Joy, Patience, Kindness and Gentleness. I was in the group Peace.
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My favourite song:
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He's Coming Back Again (Lyrics & Music by Baru Bian, 1985)
It's almost two thousand years back then
Jesus came and lived among the people
He showed men the only way
Through His death on Calvary
Believing upon His death will set you free
He's coming back again for you and me
If we believe
His promise will come true just as He said
Look up and just keep watching
With a hope that's burning bright
He's coming like a thief in the night
Today you may look at the world around you
What Jesus said willbe the signs to come
The wars the earthquakes famine
Heralding the end of time
Take Jeaus lest you may be left behind
Sometimes you may feel so down and weary
This place is not a home for you and me
But do not be discouraged
For the Lord will surely come
Keep watching and be faithful till the end
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"You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand." [John 13:7]
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| Church Camp 2004 at Santubong Resort |
| 09.12.04 (3:42 am) [edit] |
Date : 10 - 12 Sept 2004
Venue : Santubong Resort.
Speaker : Professor Freddy Boey
Prof. Freddy is married to Celina and they have 4 children. They worship in Riverlife Church, Singapore where he is an elder. Freddy is also Chairman of Scripture Union Singapore. He is a professor and Dean at the College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Freddy has been a bible teacher/ lay preacher for many years and was formerly Chairman of the Overseas Christian Fellowship in Australia. He has spent one year as missionary amongst the aboriginals people in Australia. His present ministry includes teaching the Word in Australia, Indonesia and China.
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| Thank you, Adeline |
| 09.12.04 (3:30 am) [edit] |
Adrienne,
Our deepest sympathy and condolonce to your family..
Be strong okay?
The Lord is always with You and He'll never let you face this situation alone...
May God's peace, comfort and love be with your
family always..
love,
adeline & family
* I'm annabel's fren. living a few blocks away
from your house (No. 1491, lrg E5B)
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Dear Adeline,
Though I do not know you but thank you so much for taking your time to send this mail to me. Thank you for your prayers. God Bless.
Adrienne
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| Thank you, Yaw Liang |
| 09.12.04 (3:25 am) [edit] |
Hi Adrienne and Fiona,
I am sorry to hear about what had happened to your father.
I hope you remain strong and walk through this tragedy and I will always there for you!
A far away friend from Russia, Liang
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Dear Yaw Liang,
Thank you for being able to keep up with news at home and write to me despite being so far away. God Bless.
Adrienne
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| Thank you, Elizabeth |
| 09.12.04 (3:21 am) [edit] |
hi Adrienne,
i'm sorry to hear about your father.
i was shocked to find out that your father was on that helicopter.
Please accept my sincere condolence,
and know that my prayers are with you and your family.
hugs,
beth
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Dear Elizabeth,
Thank you for your prayers.
God Bless.
Adrienne
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| Thank you, Joanne |
| 09.12.04 (3:16 am) [edit] |
Hi..
You may not know me, but I’ve heard of you and your late dad quite often from an uncle and
aunty of mine(my aunt’s related to your dad, Ithink).
Esp. on your dads rags to riches stories.
I think it was something like a motivation for us to strive for success.
Very interesting.
It sounds like your dad is mighty proud of you;
hence your name is always mentioned, for your independence and diligent ness.
I assumed you were the only child,
until I read in the papers you actually have other siblings.
I’m writing this just to let you know that I used to feel the pain that you’re going through right now 11 years ago.
You see, my grandma was also a plane crash victim (her anniversary was 29/07).
She was the only one whose life was taken away in that plane, the survivors included my grandpa and others (she died in my grandpa’s arms).
The part that really bothers me was when I wasn’t there for their farewell dinner before they left for this prayer rally in Ba’Kelalan.
To add injury, I was the first person who knew about the crash a week later,
as I was the first one to receive the call.
Since then, I’ve always asked myself and God,
”Why her?”
It’s so unfair someone who is so righteous to die first,
as I’ve always assumed good people die later,
turns out it’s vice versa.
A pastor(forgotten who) once approached me since I was pretty hysterical over the loss(was her favourite grandchild) told me that there’s a reason why her life was taken away when you least expected it.
He even said that probably her demise would patch things up in the family (come to think of it, I guess he was right, our family were a bit distant with each other, moreover some of the family members in my family didn’t really believe in God, i.e:not attending church service, avoiding prayer meetings).
It turns out when my grandma was in Ba’ Kelalan, her last prayer was to pray for the whole family members to start having faith in God, and I think it worked.
Since her demise, our family bond has been so close;
we’re a close-knit family.
It took us awhile to accept the fact that she’s gone, but the family still
has to move on.
So here, Adrienne,
I’d just like to let you know that at this delicate moment, your family is the most
important thing in your life right now, esp. your mum,
I was really touched by her words in the papers.
From the outside, she does look strong,
but deep down inside she needs supports from each one of you, quality time most important.
Even though with the loss of your beloved dad, it doesn’t mean it would be end of everything (bet you know that already).
But who knows it’s a foundation to a better life for you and your family.
Since day one my family and I had been praying for each of the family members involved for
emotional strength and other things.
Our prayers and thoughts go out to each and every one of you at this moment.
Hoping that you won’t think that we don’t understand what you are goin thru now,
cos’ frankly we do and it hurts too.
Sincerely,
Joanne
P/S: Someone actually told me you were in friendster too.. hope you don't mind for me sharing.God Bless!
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Dear Joanne,
Thank you so much for sharing your testimonial with me. Take care and God Bless.
Adrienne
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| Thank you, Diane |
| 09.12.04 (3:09 am) [edit] |
helloo my dear,
well, charles and i are just in shock about everything (as i'm sure you are) and sending you so much love from over here!
i've been thinking about uncle marcus,
who was a wonderful person and really valued family and his kelabit roots.
we are blessed that he led such a good life and example for all of us.
i think he would be pleased at how the whole family has supported one another during this ordeal.
i just wish there was something i could do but the problem is that you feel so POWERLESS in the face of death and heartache.
at least we know that he rests within the hands of God,
where we will all end up someday,
so we know that this separation is not final!
i know you are a strong person, adrienne,
and wish you the strength and courage to take care of your mom and siblings.
wish i were there!
much love,
diane
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Dear Diane,
I miss you all so much.
I am thankful to have wonderful cousins to be able to share moments with my dad before he has left us.
You and Charles will be married soon, right? I wish both of you all the happiness.
Wished we could have attended the wedding, but.. (",)
Take care and God Bless
Adrienne
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| Thank you, Audrey |
| 09.12.04 (3:04 am) [edit] |
hey drienne,
sorry to hear what had happened... :(
really shocked as well, wish i could be there to
help and support you in any ways.
God bless.
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Dear Audrey,
Though we are not so close as friends.
Thank you.
Was suprise to hear from you and I really appreciate it.
God Bless
Adrienn
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| Thank you, Alex |
| 09.12.04 (3:02 am) [edit] |
Adrienne
Sorry to hear about your dad.
Pray for God's comfort to be with your family in a time such as this.
Am thinking of you all
God bless
Alex
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Dear Alex,
This whole experience has brought me closer to our Lord Almighty.
Though I haven't been in the best of relationship to Him these past few years, the last few months especially during the whole ordeal.
I have been so close to God, so drawn to Him and prayed to Him so much for comfort and strength as I have never done before.
Maybe all of this has a purpose because God has a purpose for all of us.
Thank you for your friendship and prayers.
God Bless.
Adrienne
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| Thank you, Me Li |
| 09.12.04 (2:57 am) [edit] |
hi adrienne,
i know we've not spoken to each other in yers
but i do wan to say i'm reli sorry
about what happened to ur dad n his friends.
But always remember that GOD loves us very much and
he will take care of us in our time of need.
i hope u be strong in this time
and take care of yourself, ok?
hope to bump into u again sometime soon.
take care.
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Dear Me Li,
The first time I met you was during tuition in Green Road when we were in primary 6, right? I really admire you out-going and friendly attitude. Thank you for your message of support. God Bless
Adrienne
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| Thank you, Maxwell |
| 09.12.04 (2:53 am) [edit] |
dear adrienne,
keep strong and in focus...your
friends are always with you.
Max
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Dear Max,
Thank you for being there for me, even though it is only as an email.=) It has been a great pleasure knowing you and I will remember how we got to be friends. God Bless
Adrienne
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| Thank you, Pei Ling |
| 09.12.04 (2:50 am) [edit] |
ad, how r u?
had just visited ur tblog site for the 1st time.
and when i asked how r u,...i rilli mean that....
how r u doin now?
i know, i know....
everyone must be askin u the same question...
im sorry, for not contacting u for some time now...
honestly i tell u... i dun even know how to talk to u
thats y i nv called... dun even know how r u feeling now...
and dun even know how shud i feel....
im sad n sorry, but shud i show??
or shud i just pretend as if hmm, evyting's ok??
wanted to ask u out wit us
(sheau inn,kee yew,aloy,lawrence) to bing! lotsa times,
...but again, I DUNNO how or shud i??
duno wen will be the "right" time to ask u go 'yam
cha' like i owes asked, remember??
rili hoped to
hear from u personally lor... email oso can..
i dun hav class today (wed,8-sept)so kinda free to check the tblog thingie...
im soo soooo sorry for the things that u've to go thru...
i rili am..
i know i cant do anyting,
....and the only thing i can say is just sorry.
cried after readin ur last (or shud it be first) posted msg on ur site
-a new day, a new beginning.
actually, din plan to email u...
tot u mite be bz wit ur stuffs, etc.....
but i tot, even me,
as a fren who lama-lama baru cari u sekali that kind of fren.....
is saddened by that,...
i was thinking just now..
"adrienne must be feeling even a million times worse than i am...."
even cried in church service on one sunday morning when a sister
preached and shared about the news of the family members of SIB elder
- jason eng,
during his funeral service...
and she mentioned abt the accident as well of cos....
and why is tis n tat happening..... etc.
things that happened, we cannot change....
but at least,
be glad that u know ur daddy is in heaven,
and hoping that u will be strong for him....
for ur lil siblings....
for ur mum....
and take good care of urself...
ur health....
anyway, ad....
i tell u, if i were to see u face to face anytime now...
i'll be one of those that u call...
"students look at me speechless and their faces filled with questions"....
i am very sure i am one of them...
cos i rili have no idea how r u feeling now....
so, rili hope to hear from u soon.....
bubaiiii.......
take care!!
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Dearest Pei Ling,
You have been my classmate since Form One and I really do appreciate you friendship and also all the other friends' friendship. Thank you for your care and messages to help me be strong as days go by. I am still the 'siao siao' and funny type. Dun worry. You won't see me being sad because I do not know how to show it anymore. Life has to go on, right?
At the moment, I am not ready to face everyone yet. Someday, k? Promise. =)
Take Care, my friend.
Adrienne
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| Thank you, Me Lee |
| 09.12.04 (2:39 am) [edit] |
Dear Adrienne,
This message should have come earlier. But i keep telling myself that you probably have zillions of ppl telling you the same thing already so it probably doesn't matter.
But i'd like to send this too anyway although it's so late now.
I heard of your tragic loss from my brother not knowing before that your father was one of the men in the heli.
My deepest condolences to you and your family.
No one should have to endure so much pain.
May the good Lord comfort you at your lowest times. And the testimonial of your faith is greatly appreciated. (I've just read your blog, introduced to me by belinda)
You are very brave. I do admire you for that.
I have no idea and can't imagine what it must have been like for you and your family these past months and weeks.
But just to say, that you are not alone.
And although we may not be the closest friend, if ever you need any help, i'd be here. Be it to listen or to offer any assistance whatsoever.
Take care, God bless you and your family and may your father rest in eternal peace.
Melee.
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Melee,
Thank you for your beautiful letter and thank you for writing to me. It is never to let to receive letters of encouragement from friends. God bless.
Adrienne
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| In Inti Lab |
| 09.09.04 (10:29 pm) [edit] |
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I found out just today that with the access i have to the computer lab that I could go online for free here in the open lab at the forth floor and also at the cyber cafe downstairs. So, i guess i will spend more time here logging in inti rather than spending my money at the cyber cafe at town. Blogging is a time-taking business because i need ideas for what i could add in the blog.
Will start to try to write about good things happening in my life rather than the sad things more because when i browse down my previous blogs... it is rather depressing, dont you think?
But i will also share my life testimony about how the incident where i lost my father has change my prespective of life and the important of family ties. sigh~~ Talking about family ties, i think i need time to improve my attitude towards it. i know it will take time and effort but i will try my best. Kam Ba Teh!!
I've started to clean up my closet for unwanted clothes to give away and 'could fit in but still want it' clothes for safe keeping just in case i can lose my weight to get back into those clothes. lol.
I have class from 4pm till 6pm... wah lau eh.. so pek chek i think of it.. and its Matlab where we have to do mathematical equations using its software.. My lecturer for this subject Mat178 is Mr Madnan who is quite nice and strict at the same time. More updates on that later. Next saturday, i will have my test 1 for the math subject on matrices. Wish me luck!!!!!
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| some quiz i took |
| 09.09.04 (10:07 am) [edit] |
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| Going away for Church Camp in Damai |
| 09.09.04 (8:16 am) [edit] |
I will be leaving for Damai Santubong Resort in the evening with my family to attend a 2 night and 2 days camp organized by our church SIB (Sidang Injil Borneo)of Iris Garden Branch. I hope I will have a good time there.
Sigh, alot of homework which have to be submitted on monday. Will I be able to enjoy my time at camp and at the same time work hard for my homework. Have to see to find out. I'm having my test 1 next saturday which is damn fast because i just started class beginning of this week. And so it seems that my semester at Inti Sarawak is a short sem which means it takes up 7 weeks instead of the normal 12 weeks per sem route. Everything is rushing rushing rushing...
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| February Girl |
| 09.08.04 (2:30 pm) [edit] |
Take the quiz: "What does your birth month reveal about you?"
February
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent andclever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislike unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.
I am trying hard now, aren't I? heh heh.. Part of the things are too... maybe most of the stuff but I dun think I am 'intelligent' nor 'clever'. Just an average girl who is studying a course that is killing her slowly but she had to endure it. 'Sexy'? Nah.... but i guess the rest does show my personality.. anyway.. it was nice to know that.... Good morning.. it is now 7.30am in Malaysia.. Just came back from sending my brother to school and decided to check this out for a while before I take my shower.
Anyway, I found a blog while randomly surfing the blog's net and came across to www.xes.cx and his blog is attractive and so is he. lol. Okay, okay.. I was just admiring his looks, u know.. Can't blame a girl like me. =)
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| A meeting with someone of the same race |
| 09.07.04 (5:51 pm) [edit] |
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In a few minutes time, I will be having lunch with my cousin, Hudson. Okay, not all relatives from my dad's side of the family is bad and mean but there are some. Hudson is one of the cool dudes I've known since I was young where we spend alot of our birthdays together. His mum is my dad's sister. She's cool, I guess. But there are sure some mean kelabit relatives out there.
Come on, what does 'You have to work hard for our future' and 'To look after our family empirer' mean to you when you received a sms like that from a cousin you thought you knew and trusted most a few days after the funeral. I was like... I hate you. What family empirer? What future? What does it have to do with him? It's my dad's sweat and blood and now he wants a piece of it in only a few days after my dad's funeral. Sheesh.. Some people can get so 'perasan' and 'taking-advantage'. I gave up on him already. Don't blame me for looking weird at him the next time I see him. Sheesh.....
I have tons of homework today... and when I mean tons.. it is tons....
Oh yea.. I totally appreciate all the nice words of encouragement other bloggers and friends have left for me..
Thank you all.. Muaks
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| A prayer |
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Lord, None of us would choose brokenness
We want to be strong and self-reliant and even unbreakable
But Lord No matter how tall we stand on our own
We are weak and vulnerable in the face of life's tragedies and sorrows
And we are scared
And so Lord
When one of life's calamities
Leaves us with only fragments of what we once knew
We struggle to piece our life back together like some giant puzzle
And you let us
If that is what we insist upon But
You would do greater work in us
You would take the broken pieces
And infuse them with new life and bind them up with your grace
And give us back
Strength for our weakness
Courage for our fear
Joy for our sorrow
Forgiveness for our feelings
Use us Jars of Clay that we are to show forth
Your all-surpassing power touch us and heal us and make us strong in our broken places
Do in us what we cannot do for ourselves
Amen.
(This prayer was taken from a really good book which I recently read but forgotten the title of the book.)
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| My precious gift |
| 09.07.04 (1:46 am) [edit] |
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Last night, my mum came to me and gave me my dad's white gold ring. It was a present from my mum to my dad for their wedding anniversary this year. She knew that it will be my most precious keepsake since the loss of my dad At first, she wanted to suprise him with the gift and found out that it was two size smaller. So, my dad asked me to change it at the goldsmith that could fit his size but still maintain the same design. I asked him for the size of the ring that will fit, it was funny because that that time he was busy floosing his teeth. He measured his finger with a new string of teeth floss and then passed me the string and said "This should do it." I looked at him weirdly thinking that this string is elastic and true enough the goldsmith does not have the size of a ring that matched the elastic string of teeth floss. I called my dad and he said that i choose the size then we'll check about whether it fits or not when we reach home. I decided that the size of the ring might fit my middle finger because he has fatter finger than me. Sadly, the design was not available for that size so I choose a new design for his new ring. It is solid yet in white gold it looked nice on a guy because it has no fancy design on it. When I got the ring in two weeks time, it fits nicely on my dad and I was proud and happy to because I need not go back to the goldsmith and say that it didn't fit again. Now, the ring will stay with me forever until I can remember to remind me of the time I had to go to the goldsmith for my dad. Sigh~
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| {Treasures in Jars of Clay} |
| 09.06.04 (10:06 pm) [edit] |
"We are often troubled but not crushed,
sometimes in doubt but never in despair,
there are many enemies but never without frens,
and though badly hurt at times we are never destroyed"
[2 Corinthians 4:8-9]
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| Let me introduce Hornbill Skyways to you. |
| 09.06.04 (10:05 pm) [edit] |
Business is as usual for Hornbill Skyways even though one of its missing helicopters is still missing. According to their spokesman, there is no cancellation in flight services - #Sarawak Tribune, 16 July 2004#
Hornbill Skyways Chairman = Tan Sri Bujang Noor.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) = YB Aidan Wing.
What is a former State Secretary doing as Chairman of Hornbill Skyways?
And what is a politician doing as CEO of Hornbill Skyways?
What is Hornbill Skyways to Yayasan Sarawak and STIDC?
Tan Sri Bujang Noor said the helicopter which crashed yesterday was 30 years' old but only has 13,000 flying hours. "The body of the helicopter was old, but the engine is well-maintained. The parts were replaced when due and we followed all maintenance instructions set by the manufacturer," he said.
#Bernama.com#
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| News |
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KUCHING, Sept 5 (Bernama) --
A distraught Louis Bettie described his late father, Bettie Alek, 45, as a "kind and caring" father, who would not mind going the extra mile for his family's welfare.
Bettie, who was Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu's private secretary for the past seven years, was one of the four people who perished in the Hornbill Skyways Bell helicopter crash in Asajaya, Samarahan, near here, on Friday.
In a tearful eulogy at Bettie's funeral service at the St. Basil's Anglican Church in Jalan Batu Kawa, here, his eldest son, 19, said his father would do anything for the betterment of his children, especially in the field of education.
"My younger siblings and I also cherished the precious moments when he was able to spend time with us like going fishing together," said the first year Universiti Institute Technology Mara (UiTM) student between sobs.
Bettie, who hailed from Sri Aman, is survived by his wife, Lai Hsia Lung, in her 40s, sons Louis and Alvin Abel, 17, and daughter Marthya Lina, 15.
He also left behind his parents, Alek Lekup and Pura Biran, in their 60s, three brothers and three sisters to mourn his untimely death.
Hundreds of mourners, including Jabu and his wife Senator Puan Sri Empiang Jabu, Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah and State Rural Development Assistant Minister Datuk Gramong Juna paid their last respects.
Later, Bettie's remains were laid to rest at the Nirvana Memorial Park in Siniawan, Bau, near here.
The remains of freelance photographer, Yong Khian Liong, 60, who was also to accompany Jabu at a meet-the-people session in Skrang that fateful day, was cremated near Bau Sunday morning.
A sad Jabu had said their deaths were a "big personal loss" as he had lost two dedicated and hardworking men.
Two others - pilot Kapt Abang Ibrahim Abang Ismail, 35, and Awang Iskandar Awang Anwar, 39, the personal bodyguard of Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Adenan Satem, were buried at the Semariang Muslim cemetery here Saturday.
-- BERNAMA
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| What's a man worth? |
| 09.06.04 (7:22 pm) [edit] |
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This things seems to tingle around in my mind since yesterday after the discussion with the representative from Hornbill and the insurance covering the aircraft.
The discussion didn't lead us to anywhere and everyone was hurt, angry and disappointment with the outcome.
Is my dad's life worth RM100,000.00 ONLY???
( RM 100,000.00 = US$ 26,315.79)
All his talent, all his dreams, all his hope for the future gone for a mere 100,000.00 ringgit only??????? Please tell me..
All our fathers had future and was at their prime of their life and had so many dreams to help those in need. Wanting to supply 'light' to the remote highlands of Bario and Ba'kalalan was what had made them lost their life and what do we get now?
The committee of Hornbill Skyways has not approached us to convey their condolences in person.. They earn so much in a year and still .. ARE THEY HUMANS? Do they care? What if it happens to them or their family, would RM 100,000.00 be enough to cover their lose. Will they be satisfied with it? Of course they too will not, unless they had a fortune inherited from the lost ones...
I was so hurt during the whole ordeal yesterday that if I was alone with that guy I would have personally go up to him and curse him and beat the hell out of him.
And yet, it could be either RM48,000.00 (minimum) or RM100,000.00 (maximum).... What is RM48k to us? It could only pay one child's tuition fee in a local college.
I am no more going to further my studies overseas and have to continue in in a local college. Do you know how it feels like to have planned it so well with your father and mother and now its all just a dream which could not come true.
F.U.C.K.
I want to meet the committee of Hornbill Skyways in personally...
I want to see them in the face, to hear what they want to say.
HORNBILL SKYWAYS SDN. BHD. should be closed down
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| It a new monday |
| 09.05.04 (7:55 pm) [edit] |
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I attended my first class for the semester this morning and boy do I feel weird. Lecturers asking whether I am feeling okay, students looking at me speechless and their faces filled with questions. Are they thinking that I will break down anything? Sure, but not in front of them. I have to be strong in front of them. I can't break down in tears nor wail and sream about my pain, can I?
Today, the represenatative from Hornbill Skyways will be having a meeting with the families of the victims at 2pm. I wonder what will they say? That they feel the same pain that we are going through? Ya right... as if they know a thing about how we feel. They should go through the same experience before saying that to us.. if they say that to us. I'll share about it later ..
At work, I am like an alien invading the privacy of the workers in it because I am now taking over my dad's place in the company. Sure I am young and without experience, but they have got to help me and teach me run the business right? It sucks. I wished I could just quit the company and claim bankcrupt but I can't because it is dad's dream and his sweat and blood to start this company from scratch and I have to continue it for his honour. I will make it big one day.
That is currently my ultimate dream.
To expand the family business and to build a road to bario from kuching so that there is no more need for stupid helicopter services. Sheesh... I am so mad right now.
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| My dad: Datuk Marcus Raja |
| 09.05.04 (3:23 am) [edit] |
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My dad was born today on September the 5th, 1951. If he had survived the helicopter crashed, he will be 53 years old today. He would have received a brand new golf sweater from me. He would have been sharing his birthday cake with Bryan because Bryan's birthday was yesterday and it was a sad one for him.
I guess we will have to get used to the fact that Bryan will have to spend his birthday without daddy in the future. We would have spoilt our dad with gifts bought by our own pocket money and we, the children will be broke for the rest of the month due to the overspending on daddy's birthday gift. We would have taken pictures, sing songs and cake cutting as always and he would try to make us not eat so much cakes because of our weight problem. yeah...that was the good ol' days.
Dad's golf sets have been kept under the stair case instead of leaving em in front at the main entrance so that we won't be remembered too much of the hurt each time we enter the house. I will miss the days when my dad will be dragging out the golf sticks on the trolley and desperately putting them in the car ... for his long hours of golf... with his golf friends.
What happen to his friends? Why is it that I do not see any of them anymore? Why aren't they visiting us when we are still at this sad moments and also where are my relatives? What happen to my dad's brothers and sisters? What happen to the one called relatives who loved us very much and would always be there when we need them? Why didnt they call us and keep us company during times when we needed them the most?
At the same time when I am feeling sad and hurt, I also feel betrayed, filled with anger and hate..
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| A sad day |
| 09.05.04 (1:33 am) [edit] |
After the church service, we went to Nirvana to visit my dad as today is suppose to be his birthday. He would have been 52 years old today has he did not died in the helicopter crash in bario more than a month ago. I was so sad as I could not celebrate him but was glad that I celebrated mine with him last february and had taken pictures with him. I hope to be able to put up the picture soon when I am used to this blog business.
Then, we waited for the funeral service for Uncle Bettie. He is to be put to rest two rows below my dad and uncle Lawrence because all of the plots same row with theirs are already bought or booked. It was a sad ceremony and being an Anglican, a priest was present. In my whole life, I have never experienced so much death, so much sadness such as how I am feeling these past few weeks. Witnessing the funeral, I remembered about daddy's a last month and I cried. I prayed for all of us who lost our loved ones so sudden and so tragic without a chance to say goodbye or even sorry.
sigh~ Its a sad day. After the service, it rained. The heaven cried too. For when there is rain, there is also pain
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What do I feel today? Can I feel anything about what had happened to me? I am still speechless and there is still a numbness in my heart and soul. An older news...
COPTER CRASH VICTIMS LAID TO REST Sunday August 1, 2004 KUCHING:
Tears flowed freely as relatives and friends of the seven people who were killed in the Bell 206 helicopter crash gathered to pay their last respects.
Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Kelabit businessman datuk Marcus Raja where he was laid to rest at the Nirvana Memorial Park near Bau last evening.
Marcus was among the victims in the crash near Mount Murut in northern Sarawak.
The others were state Assistant Minister Dr Judson Tagal, Padawan Municipal Council chairman Lawrence Th’ng Kok Kuang, Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation’s (SESCo) chief executive officer Roger Wong Hwa Puang, its engineer Jason Eng Yeon Khiang, its Miri regional manager Ling Kian Ho and pilot Capt Samsuddin Hassim REMAINS OF CRASH VICTIMS HANDED OVER TO FAMILIES Jul 31, 04 1:14pm
The remains of the seven who perished in the Hornbill Skyways helicopter crash at the foot of Sarawak’s Mount Murud last July 12 were handed over to their respective families today.
The bodies of contractor Marcus Raja, Padawan Municipal Council chairperson Lawrence Th'ng, Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco) chief executive officer Roger Wong and Sesco engineer Jason Eng would be flown to Kuching for burial, according to a Bernama report
It was a long almost 2 weeks ordeal and now my dad has been put to rest.
We have to go on with our lives..
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| Another helicopter crash |
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KUCHING: A third helicopter crash in two months yesterday killed all four on board a Hornbill Skyways Bell 206 Long Ranger, including the private secretary to the deputy chief minister.
The helicopter left here at 9.50am for a 40-minute flight to Engkilili in Sri Aman when the Department of Civil Aviation picked up a distress signal 20 minutes later.
The wreckage was found completely burnt in a swamp some five nautical miles south of Asajaya in Kota Samarahan.
The dead were Bettie Alek (private secretary to Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu), Awang Iskandar Anwar (bodyguard to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Adenan Satem), freelance photographer Yong Chian Liong and pilot Kapt Abang Ibrahim Ismail.
They were accompanying Jabu, Adenan, Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah and assemblymen Abdul Karim Hamzah and Dr Stephen Rundi who were in a helicopter which took off five minutes earlier.
Jabu and his entourage arrived in Engkilili as scheduled where they were visiting a school in the Skrang scheme.
On July 12, a same model of the Bell 206 crashed near Mount Murud in northern Sarawak after taking off from Miri airport, killing all six, including state Assistant Minister Dr Judson Sakai Tagal.
The wreckage was located on July 27.
A Nuri helicopter flying army personnel to Be’kalalan went down killing three crewmen of the 10 people on board on Aug 15.
State Public Utilities Minister Datuk Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said all the four on board the ill-fated helicopter burnt to death.
The two helicopters were supposed to leave together from the Hornbill Skyways hangar.
While Jabu’s helicopter took off at 9.45am, the ill-fated helicopter had to wait for five minutes for an airplane to land.
Awang Tengah said the control tower alerted the state-owned Hornbill Skyways after it picked up a May Day call at 10.10am.
“Another Bell 206 helicopter on training was diverted to the suspected crash site and the crew spotted the burning helicopter 15 minutes later,'' he said.
He said a rescue team arrived at the crash site in a Nuri helicopter at 11.10am while another team made a two-hour trek from Kampung Sungai Buluh in Sadong Jaya to reach the site.
He said the fleet of Hornbill Skyways had been grounded pending investigations.
Police Air Wing commander Asst Supt Noor Sham Md Jani said the swampy area and trees made rescue efforts difficult.
He said the helicopter was a total wreck and only the rotor blades and rear door could be seen from the air.
Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu, who was at the TUDM base, said the government would provide funeral assistance to the families of the victims.
The remains of the four were taken to the Sarawak General Hospital for post-mortem.
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| Poem |
| 09.01.04 (11:31 pm) [edit] |
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free
I'm following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard Him call;
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day,
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way;
I found that place at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss;
Ah yes, these things, I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savored much;
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.
Perhaps my time seems all too brief;
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share it with me,
God wanted me now, He set me free.
-- Anonymous
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| It's Thursday |
| 09.01.04 (10:35 pm) [edit] |
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I just checked my emails and then have replied them.. Thomas has been a very good emailer in sending good emails and motivating ones sharing his thoughts and feelings to us. I wonder if I do the same one email. I'll try but it will take time which is for sure
My classes will start on monday the 6th, am I ready to face them all? What will I say to them, what will I hear from them? How will they reaction be? Sigh~ so many worries... But should I worry about things like this? I keep telling myself that there is bigger stuff to worry about than this but still there is a time when I see the calender and remember about school, I fall into the state of panic.
How am I going ot improve this blog?... I think the settings is way inconvenient for me.. so narrow... ideas please~~~
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