Jalan-Jalan di Tamu Inobong

Sacred Heart Church Inobong, viewed from the suspension bridge

Sungai Moyog & Sungai Putaton bertemu

Suspension Bridges, the other one rosak tidak kena maintain :(

My son posed for me :)

Locals selling vegetables

Local Butcher :) - Laku tu daging dia jual

Pokok Durian belongs to Gundohing Darius Hoindi, near Tamu Inobong

The remaining usable bridge needs maintenance

The river after flood

How Superstitious Are You?

I think all of us are familiar with chain-letters. But nowadays, it became chain-emails or chain-sms or whatever modern technology call it. Normally, when I received those, I just ignore and sometimes deleting without reading them. This past few days, I keep on receiving this e-mail and like I said I just hit the delete button.

Again, on July 2nd at 11.36am I received the same e-mail as below:

From: Hilda
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:36 AM
To: [deleted]
Subject: FW: E-mail me after u read this

Let me know what happens to you the morning after you open this e-mail. This is an unusual one. It actually gives you a time tomorrow. Let's see if it works.

GUARDIAN ANGEL

Forward this message the same day you received it. It may sound ridiculous, but it is right on time. We believe that something is about to happen. Angels exist, only sometimes they haven't got wings and we call them friends; you are one of them. Something wonderful is about to happen to you and your friends. Tomorrow at 8:23am somebody will address you and tell you something you have been waiting to hear. Please send it to at least 7 of your friends.

Of course, I didn't send out this e-mail as instructed. But it stayed in my inbox as I totally forgot about it.

Now, this is what happened yesterday. At around 8.15am, a colleague from Lahad Datu (En. Rusdi) dropped by at my office and gave two packets of keropok which he bought from Terengganu. Soon after he left, Stella, another colleague who is just at next door, came in bringing one plastic bag. She told me that it was from my friend in Kedah (Anis Haniza). They met in Terengganu. The bag contained, 3 packets of keropok, 2 packets of dodol and baju batik. Wow! syoknya. Banyak betul tu keropok so I shared them with Stella and Serman (also a colleague).

At 10.15am, I went out for my tea break. Then I met Hilda (the one who sent the email above) eating alone so I joined her. She paid my food. Oh well, let her, coz dia tu gaji besar :D

Around 12.45pm, I was about to lock the office door when Janaith, a colleague from Labuan called and said she wanted to see me. She gave me a packet of chocolate.

15 minutes to 5pm, I received a call from my brother. He said he wanted to belanja me and hubby a 'Bak Kut Teh' dinner. Wah! rezeki jangan ditolak. So we had our dinner at 818 Restaurant, Millennium Plaza. What a lucky day for me!

When I came in to the office this morning, as usual I'll browse through my email. Then I realized, Hilda's e-mail is still in my inbox. This sentence caught me "let me know what happens to you" then I start recalling what had happened to me yesterday (shared as above). I've replied Hilda's e-mail telling her from A to Z and I am yet to receive her comments :D

So, tell me. Is it superstitious or merely coincidence?

Working Mood Change...

I received an e-mail and it really made me smile. Somebody who made this really know how to express her or his daily life. I like the Saturday & Sunday but it's not for me though (too bad!). I still have to wake up early eventhough it's weekends or even public holiday. Banyak kerja bah di rumah.

But I like the Friday's smile. That's how I feel every Friday...hehehe

Monday...

Tuesday....

Wednesday...

Thursday...

Friday...

Saturday & Sunday...

SM St. Michael School Penampang's Bazaar

SM St. Michael, Penampang organized a mini bazaar last sunday, 29 June 2008. I went there to support their activity and also giving moral support to my children.

The main purpose of this bazaar is in aid of the exchange of students between Yong Ho High School (YHHS), South Korea and SM St. Michael, Penampang itself. 20 students from YHHS, South Korea will be visiting St. Michael this month and selected students from St. Michael will return the visit to YHHS somewhere in November.

The turn-ups of this bazaar was good and personally I think, it was a successful.

Gerai Sambal, I bought sambal bilis for RM4.00

Vegetables' stall

Gerai Bunga, I spent a lot of time here :)

Gerai Hot Dog, the other stall selling burgers

Gerai Kuih-Muih, there were few more stalls selling kuih

Gerai Minuman

Chicken rice, anyone?

Gerai Ice-cream, cendol, puding etc.

Tempurung Kelapa @ Coconut Shells

In one corner, a DJ entertaining the crowds

Crowds

More crowds

And while I was there, I took the opportunity to take pictures of my former school.

My former classroom - 5A1, at the corner

One of the landscaping

Nice landscaping

The old block - we occupied this block when we were in Form 2

and of course, the new block

Avon

Last Saturday, after sending my daughter to school I went to Avon's shop at Donggongon. Upon reaching there, I heard loud music. No idea what occasion it was, I went in to buy my stuff. Later, they told me that Nasha Aziz, who is currently the Avon's model is coming. I forgot to ask she's coming for what. But most probably I think promoting Avon's product.

The counter was busy and I have to wait quite a while for my turn. When my turn came up, I was told that if I buy Avon's product more than RM100.00 I am entitled for a free night bag and a lucky draw. I am also entitle to be maked-up by professional make-up artist and have the chance to take pictures with Nasha Aziz.

But when they told me that Nasha Aziz is only showing up at 2.30pm, I declined the offer coz I have a lot of things to be done that day.

Two professional make-up artists doing their job. They were so busy and sweating :D as many ladies queing up waiting for their turn.

Once they were finished, photographs will be taken and they were given some tokens too. Too bad, I didn't bring my camera. I took these pictures using my mobile phone.

Lucky for them! They will have the chance to meet Nasha Aziz, take photos with her and get some autographs.

Gifts to be given to all the Avon's models. Lucky kan!

Anyways, I got one too! After shopping for more than RM100.00, they gave me this for free. Nice bag. And of course with the door gift too.

Later in the evening, we went to church for sunset's Mass at Sacred Heart Inobong. I feel so sad to see the attendance. Where did all the believers gone to? The Church looked empty.

After Mass, I saw my aunty carrying her grand-daughter, Natalia. She is so cute that I couldn't resist to carry her and kissed her all over! She looks like my daughter when she was a baby :)

Obituary

Suddenly I received a call from my brother Saturday, 28th June 2008 at 8.30pm. And he was at Miri. I didn't even know that he is there. When I asked him what's he is doing there, he said they were attending Gawai Celebration.

The reason of his call is to inform us that Mr Mathew Sipaun has just passed away. Dia yang all the way from Miri lagi tahu daripada kami yang tinggal di Inobong ini. Mr Sipaun is from Kampung Tomposik. I heard that he died of heart complication.

May his soul rest in peace.

Strange!

Pelik tapi benar. One early morning, my hubby panggil "mari sini kamu, look at this!" Bila saya tengok di jendela, saya nampak something hitam sedang bergerak-gerak. I quickly grabbed my handphone dan terus turun bawah. Punya banyak tu semut! Bermula dari dalam tanah yang ditutupi dengan rumput, semut tu mula bergerak seperti arus sungai.

I called my children turun bawah coz I don't want them to miss this kinda freaky thing happening. We took pictures and video. Then, kami ikut itu semut mo tinguk 'diorang' lari pi mana. Lebih kurang 50 meters panjang tu semut berduyun-duyun macam melarikan diri. It ended di jalanraya depan rumah kami. From there, itu semut berkeliaran tidak tentu arah sudah. Masing-masing bawa haluan masing-masing.

I hope and I pray, itu bukan petanda yang tidak bagus. Saya cuma harap, itu semut mencari sarang baru sebagai tempat kediaman 'diorang' (Tiap kali saya cakap 'diorang', anak saya mati-mati ketawa. My son cakap "semut tu spesis seranggalah bukan orang" So, tak kan saya cakap 'dionatang' atau 'diorangga'!)

Report Card

Last friday, I went to SRK St. Theresa School to collect my son's report card. I received the school's letter asking us to come personally and no wakil is allowed.

Son: Who is coming?

Me: Your dad lah

Son: *silent*

Me: Why the silence? You don't want your dad to collect the report?

Son: *shrugging his shoulder*

That friday morning, we sent him at school and proceeded to send his elder brother at St. Michael Penampang so he still didn't know who is coming to collect his report card. But first, we went to Donggongon for breakfast. No idea where to eat, we ended at 'Fui Lau'. Actually, it's been quite a while we didn't go there. It was since I received an sms from my brother asking all the KadazanDusuns to boy-cott this kedai. The sms read:

"A handicapped KadazanDusun by the name of Ugau was beaten severely by the towkay of Fui Lau at Buhavan Square and also poured water all over. A police report had been made. Let's boycott kedai Fui Lau to show our dissappointment. Please pass this message to all our KDM friends - Mantad TULUN TOKOU"

As I can see, memang tidak ramai orang makan di sana. Yang ada pun bukan orang KDM rasanya. My hubby pun cakap, "that's the power of IT". Tapi yang saya heran, asam pedas kepala ikan yang saya makan macam tidak sedap seperti biasa. Kenapa ah? Mungkin kedai tu sudah tidak laku, itu left-overs dorang masak balik untuk serve the next day. Ishhh...loya tekak den!

After breakfast, kami pun pi sekolah anak saya. Konon-konon, mo datang senyap-senyap. Tapi tiba-tiba ada sorang murid tu panggil nama anak saya "mummy ko datang". Apa lagi, my son terus senyum memanjang. Happy lah bah dia tu coz bapa and mama dia datang untuk bagi dia support.

While waiting for our turn, saya sempat ambil gambar kelas dia. Pura-pura rajin konon tu budak-budak semua hehehe

Anak saya dapat no. 3. Cikgu dia cakap, my son is doing well in the class. Disiplin pun ok dia bilang. Betul ka tu?

Anyway, congrats to you my son! Keep it up! Work hard for your 5A's. Mana tau dapat 'WII' hehehe

WII