Merdeka...2009

I'm about to go to a BBQ party at Putrajaya... Sis Riani....if i'm not mistaken... a Sabahan making a living as a nurse...

I was really into trying to find a job in Singapore...

Like a psychic... my bos talked to me & CK.. about our discussing our salary by the end of this year...

How did he know that we are planning to leave....?

I don't think that Huey Fen would rat on us...

Hooi Ni actually able to look for 2 different company that were looking to hiring people...

Pan Engineering (Fire Protection) & Aiko Engineering (ACMV)...

Then, she told me not to send in my resume yet...if i dont plan to go there before end of this year..

CK told me to wait until end of this year to see what my boss is offering.. then only decide...

Good idea... but seem like such a long time.. by then, i'm scared that i'll lost all the initiative to go there...

Gale's on her way to Australia... great.. she's getting further & further away...huhu....

Run along...little boy...

They say that time heals everything... it's been a couple of weeks... but it still hasn't heals a damn thing... it's getting worse... now that i have time to mull over the fact that he is really not here anymore... i've never been able to mourn before this... gratefull that a busy work schedule has kept me from thinking about him...

But when all seemed to be on a standstill or when i was driving home at nite after work... that's when i get to imagine all the stuff that he has gone through in his final hour.... i always slowed down when i reach 110km/h.... advising my friends and colleagues not to drive too fast...
Never have i ever thought that i would write this kind of post so early after the previous ones about the elders....

Let alone about him... the second youngest in our generation....


http://castleabet.blog.friendster.com/2007/07/deathmy-side-of-the-story/ - About Kong Kong...

I heard about his accident in Kangar from MamaRoach early in the morning like around 6am on a Thursday 20th August '09... U c, when MamaRoachcalled, it was usually something very important.. she never called just to say 'Hi'... heard that it was serious and that he was in the ICU... it was Thursday.... Una & I planned to go visit him during the weekend.. since i am all tied up in work and meetings...


I didn't even know that he got accepted in UNIMAP... i haven't even got the chance to think of all the possible things that we might've done now that i have another cousin studying here in the Eastern side of the country..


Anyway, I have high hope that he can pull through from his injuries.. i believe in him and that the BIG GUY will protect him... after hearing that he had undergone a blood clot operation....i knew it has something to do with head injuries.. but i still wanted to believe that it could be some other less vital organ.. like his fingers or toes..


Then on Friday night, Inden told me that his blood pressure is stable & the doctor gave him 48hours to see if he can make it or not... i was relieve to hear that.... Carol & Aunty were already flying over frm KL-Perlis at 8.15pm..


Then, sometime around 8.30pm ... all hell broke loose... the nite became darker than it ever was... I couldn't believe what i'm hearing from Una... i knew when the call came, that it won't be a good news....


I called Khiong up coz he asked me to update him on his conditions... i tried not to break... but i couldn't help it... Khiong was cool.. told me not to believe what people write about him in your Facebook comments... Lucky i called Khiong, he wouldn't let people know that i cried while i called him with the news... hehe...:)....


Then, it became official when Wai said that Aunty Alini received a call from Perlis from a friend of his... it was really hard to take...


Aping asked me to called him... so i did... it was obvious that he was still crying when he answered... he couldn't keep it together too... we talked for a very short time.. and hung up after just a few minutes.. afraid that his voice might break.. gratefull that he did so when mine already did... Among others that contacted me or i contacted them.. Kang, Connie (his sis), Etet, Inden, Grace...


So we (Una, Pang Ko & I) booked tickets home on Saturday.. damn expensive tickets almost RM700.. but it was all worth it... to be able to send him off... I hated the image i had of him on that day... the person lying there didn't looked like him at all.. wish i can forget all that and just remember him while we were on our previous CNY together (also in 2009)... i hated the black suits that they put him in... i hated the brown lines.. i hated that he looked all swollen up & the wrap around his head... and the parted lips....


A lot of cousins were presents... even those that never come home for CNY for the past few years were there...:)...like Udean & Jerry..:)....


It was raining when we arrived... they put up tents and a few chairs & tables for your friends & families....The first thing that i saw when i reached was a photo of his smiling face on the table crammed together with the incense, chinese red candles, a few chicken & meat of unknown origins... he was placed exactly where Nenek Dusun was...


I really couldn't seem to walk over and look at him... I don't want to see what he look like now... but i did anyway.. didn't want to miss the chance to see him for the last time...

I joined in the others (cousins) burning hell money around a biscuit can that's already full with ashes burned non-stop since his arrival...

I saw Una there...saying that she also haven't build up the courage to go and see him... I thought she already did since i took my time getting to his house... her eyes were red...

I tried to go up a couple of times... but i couldn't.. not just yet... i spilled a few tears while sitting around the fire with Karen, Induk, Atet, Loveth, Nani, Connie & whoever else was there... I never cried in front of them before... but i did that day... aiya.. kin malu ja...

The funny thing is.. they purposely asked me questions about my recent trip to Perth while my eyes and nose were still running... hehe... well you know them... and i answered them in all my snot & tears... laughing while doing so... I never approached his mom & dad.. i talked to Carol.. but not about him... she seemed so fragile... Connie was a lot stronger... a little sleep deprived though..

I saw his best friend there... Kevin... whom i found out that he is also related to Linah... :).. Inden introduced herself to him while we (the families) were all gather round with incense i our hand... i guess we considered him as family since he might consider him as a brother... he was there for him the whole way through... Aping, Mal, Drake & Bun almost missed out on the procession... all because they were up late the day before burning incense and only got to sleep for a few hours.... the uncles have to go up and woke them up... actually we were all sleep deprived.. but it was fun hanging out... Ben& wife, Brelly, Jessy, Kelek, Debbie & probably Donna was there too until after 4 or 5 am... we fueled up on coffee & porridge (i never tried the porridge)..


I realised that we're not even that close... but we are family... and he is someone with a very bright future ahead... a future that is irrelevant now that he is no longer with us...

To be frank.. his funeral procession was the fastest one that i've ever been to...

We were not allowed to take part in the incense burning after the burial & we were asked to go back right after they lowered down his coffin.. i mean.. what la......? Tradition says that those older than him are not allowed to send him off... Even those borned in the year of the Dragon was not allowed to follow the ceremony... Their limit was until the cemetery main gate...Everyone was a little irritated with the traditions that day...
But he was not alone..A lot of his friends were present.. even the Scout 01 accompanied by Skip Dollah... whom arrived early in the morning to present him his Rover Badge... I'm really grateful that they were there when we couldn't....

I arrived just in time to see that the guys were strategizing on how to carefully lower down his coffin.. well he has a good spot too... on the left side of the hill where Kong2, Nenek Dusun & Nenek Cina rest... then i have to turn around and walked away without looking back.. i did threw away the red packet.. stupid of me to throw away the 20cents in the red packet too.. huhu..

We went back to Kong2's house and waited for Karen there.. they get to watch until someone threw the first handfull of sand on his coffin... Karen told me that Carol kept trying to look back.. she wanted him to follow her home.. refusing to throw away the red packet.. after much persuasion from Karen & Inden & others (i dont know who).. she finally gave in... it really breaks my heart when Karen told me this...

The aunties told stories about him after the burial... story was.. he kept saying strange things while he  was still around.. why did he do that...? He had lots of plans.. for his mom... for Etet's wedding.... Why did he had to say such things... ? He should reply Bun's or his friend's messages when they asked him what time will he be back from him Shisha session that nite....

Then, that was it.. we packed our stuff and went back to KK..
I did manage to hang with Induk, Isut, Aping, Karen, Wai, Brenda & Baby that last nite in KK... talked more about him... and the next day of my flight to KL.. Isut, Inden, Aping & I went out for lunch and... guess what we did..?.. talked more about him.. hehe... until the tears started creeping up.. we left the place...
So, after just spending 1 nite in Ranau.. and another nite at KK... i was off to KL again...
Bringing all the memories i had of him of that day.... it will be forever burned in my limited mental capacity... of how his friend gently brushed her hands on the coffin glazzing.. of how his mom cried & wailed.. i shut myself off completely when it was his mom't turn circling the coffin.. i don't want to listen to what she has to say about him.. i can't even control myself...

I was standing next to Ojoy... and she too couldn't take it... I saw how his girlfriend who was supported by her other friend (the last in line).. cried over him.. how.. his friend kissed their fingers and brushed it on the coffin glazzing...
After all these...I still feel that he is still with us... studying in Perlis.. & i couldn't wait to get back to Sabah for CNY and our next CNY Poring trip together... though... surely the memories of him will never be forgotten if we ever go there again...
I am a family oriented person.. i love all family get together.... I somehow wonder why someone would shut themselves away from their families... 'coz in the end FAMILY is all we have got when all else is gone....
P/S: Sorry no pic for this post... minta c Jeremy...

Not him....

I've just reached ranau...apa la c kang... i thought dia pandai bawa p makan...

My PapaRoach masak half boiled eggs & bought char kuey for me... i ate some of aping's kon lo mee hun...

The reason for me being back now... is not of a celebratory occasion... rather a sending off of a beloved cousins....

I haven't went to Calvin'c house.... i needed to steel myself before hand....

k...la...

Check Up with doc....

I went to see my doctor (Dr. Koh) yesterday during lunch time...

This time he never said that it's not the swine flu.... since i told him i just came back from perth on Sunday....

He gave me antibiotic, flu med & another cough mixture... stronger one... i think...


The price also increased from the normal RM30 to RM45... jeezz...~~~


He told me not to go out too often & wear masked..

He also told me that i shouldn't develop any fever within this 2 to 3 days..... if i do have high temp... then, he advised me to go to the hospital...~~

wa......~~~

First Day of Work...from nine days rest..

I'm having runny nose now... should go and check doctor 2morro..

Hehe.. i also scared kena A(H1N1)..


I wonder if the others are having the same symptom as me...


I think there might be a change of plan on the Taiwan trip due to the main road/ bridge to Alishan is unaccessible.. (mud slide or something).... don't really know the whole story...

Singapore to KL...

I've reached singapore terminal 1...ready for our flight back to KL...

Planning to come back again soon....

Had fun in Perth... hope my nightmare about how dissapointed my boss's face look when i come back to work does not come true tomorrow...*cross fingers*...

September...another trip coming soon....


Alishan...Taiwan.... hehehe....~~~ bo lui la...~~~ :)

Still here.

We're still here in Rockingham...Hooi Ni and Ah Ho's going back to Singapore tonite..Laotung went home 3 days earlier...



We're going to see the Dog Race tonite..



Just came back from the WA Royal Aviation Club...



I'm off to lunch now.. cya..:)

The 5th day...

OK people... the pics are here.... some of thousands collected in 5 days time.....hehe...

this is Gale: Abet and Ho is busy trying to take out the stucked..this is abet again:...memory card from the slot....

K to continue...We went to Bunburry like i said... on the way, we stopped by Yalingup..there's a cave there.. Ngilgi Cave...it's a crystal cave... met our college mate there (just a familiar face around the campus)... small world... that she's at the same place at the same time as we were...

The cave exploration took exactly an hour...on the olden days.. newlyweds went here for their honeymoon...don't know how romantic is it going down in a cave...:)

On the way to Happs winery..on the 3rd day... we finally saw kangaroos....:)

These kangaroos were bred for their meat.. At Happs Winery, Laotung bought a Fortis 2004 which we brought over to The Goose (a restaurant by the Busselton Jetty)...

Before that... Laotung wanna see the lighthouse..Neautralist Lighthouse... it was closed by then...

But we still managed to take a few nice photos...We actually saw Dolphines on the 4th day... before going back to Rockingham...

And tasted my first Fish And Chips in Mandurah....Cicerello reputedly to be Western Australia's No. 1 Fish & Chips..

Perth..Day 2...7th August '09

So, it's day 2 that i'm here in perth... we're staying in RockingHam.. or Swinging Pig hehe...

We started or exploring today since we arrived around 9pm last nite...it was cold...but still bearable.. gale is having a hay fever though....is it how it's spelled..? heck la....she's having runny nose and watery eyes... not the swine flu..it's not contagious...

Parked our car at Warnbro Station and got AUS2 coins from this lady for free... all of us don't have any small change for parking,...

Bought an all day ride pass.. which is free for all transperth public transport including the ferry ride...

So we stopped by Esplanade.. took the ferry ride to and from Perth Zoo.. we skipped the animal/ zoo part and went to James St to look for one of the oldest Seafood restaurant.. but they were closed... we got most of our souveniers here.... I still need a few.... :)...

Today's Friday.. so the Swinging Pig is on the loose.... people started to get drunk, get into fights and sleeping by the sidewalk... haven't seen any of those yet though...

Ate lots of meat here And bread....we went around Rockingham.. the beach wile enjoying a Chocolate Lava Cake and Caramel Pudding (takeaway from Dominos Pizza)..

For tomorrow... we are going to pack a 1 day trip clothing and going south... which will be colder...

I see a lot of girls wearing tights as pants...which bothers me a little..

GossipGirl said... 'How many times should i tell u that... Tights are not pants...!!'...:)

TWo days till lift off....

dang...until tody, i haven't heard anything from CIMB bout my credit card...might as well throw that hopw to the wind since i only have tomorrow to settle everything.....

Things i haven't done:-
1) Pack
2) Convert Rm to AUS$
3) Settle work stuff....(never ending problem)...
4) Get better (now i have allergies that i think due to something i ate to add up to my coughing, gastric, headache.. hehe... C wai cakap.."Wuah..Banyak juga penyakit ko...")

Mamaroach/ Kang thought i might have Denggue... but impossible.. since i don't think i might be able to walk if i have denggue...


Doc said.. it's just allergy and not due to my med coz i've ever taken the meds that he gave me...gave me some cough mixture to take at higher dose and Allergy Med & Itchy Med..

I'm sure i don't have a fever now...


Ck said no need to go perth...hehe... since so many things to do... & advised me to watch "OVERHEARD".. he said nicee....~~~

Countdown continues (5 days to go)...

It's already friday... and i'm getting anxious on my credit card approval....

Still haven't heard anything from them yet...aren't they suppose to be fast/ efficient..? hm...

Lots of drawings to be submitted.. lots of VO to be submitted & discussed..

How can i have fun with all these things that haven't been settled out...

I'm already loosing sleep over these...

I skipped lunch the other day... coz, ck was busy with inspection & me with other things to do...

Then, i ate KFC at nite... wow... i had a major case of diarrhea... i guess it's gastric too... kept me up till over 3 am.... then the next day... my stomach ache like hell.. i felt like vomitting too... i did managed to stuff in a few mouthfull of ' wan tan mien' while lunching with ck...

I was thinking of taking MC, but i'm even scared of driving back... so i just stayed in site office & draw up some sectional view for thermostat position, grooveline position & LMR elevation view... felt ok after going to the loo....

Tired though...ck was a little frustrated by me.. coz i didn't tell him that the groove line was supposed to be position/ measured from the ceiling to below...

I saw that he had drawn the dimension from the Floor up... i never thought that it's not the same... tecnically, it's should be the same.. but the site condition is different from what we draw up i.e: slab thickness.. so there's an offset of 80mm.... argh...~~