Fresh Experience

Collapsed soon after the PTA fund raising event was over. Truly exhausted after so much getting involved in it together with Esther. Lots of fun and wonderful experience were gained throughout these days! Thankful to all who had been sincerely donating, passionately supporting as well as contributing to the event, and to all who had helped to make the event a success.

Esther had been putting so much effort and hardwork to ensure the event be run successfully. I was really moved by her spirit and passion and enjoyed working together with her too. She was so smart in leading and planning, it's a pity she wasn't assigned to be a leader this time, else things would be so much perfect.

My appreciation to Mrs Quek for her kindest contribution and support too, how very kind and thoughtful she was and not forget to thank missy, who had helped to boil the 200 eggs for sale.

Thanks to sis and her friend who had been helping so much at our stall.

Thankful to Esther's mom for the food sent while I was advised to take light food by the doctor. Her motherly care and love truly warmed my heart!

It's a fresh and unprecedented experience, though tired and collapsed after the event, but still, there was lots of fun and satisfaction as the event was successfully run, and our hardwork wasn't in vain too!

So long, children!

At last, final semester ended!

Children graduated, teacher exhausted!

Dear boys and girls, best of luck to you in your new phase of life! Till we meet again!

Frustration!

It is said to have happened every year, and it's denied every year too, but denying does not change the fact! And the fact is finally revealed and becoming a laughing stock to the people of the country.

It's a government with lots of ridiculousness. It's a government where the politicians are creating lots of problems to the people and the people are frustrated with the problems created by the politicians, it's a government that full of lies and foolishness, it's a government of trouble...

IT'S A GOVERNMENT OF FRUSTRATIONS INDEED!

R.I.P. Dearest Lexie!

Poor Lexie , she was sick in this picture!

Lexie, our beloved Doberman passed away on my birthday. How very sad it was when the message about her death was received! 

She was such an obedient and friendly dog though whoever that ran into her would used to keep a distance away from her due to her big size. She was such a playful and cheerful dog that I hadn't even seen a fierce look on her throughout her lifetime. We used to be very much relaxed and cheered whenever she was around.

Do rest in peace dearest Lexie, we shall miss you a lot!!!!

MH17

Woke up at 3 to check the time on my phone early in the morning and happen to read the message about MH17 which crashed in eastern Ukraine! And gosh, the shocking message had also kept me awake till morning break.

What a tragedy again after MH370! 
And what on earth has gone wrong with this country. It might be right that the flight was taking the usual and correct route as reported, but it doesn't mean that it's a correct and safe route this time when it was actually flying over a war zone where an An-26 and Su-25 fighter of Ukraine were shot down recently. And a route that many other airliners were using didn't mean it must be a safe route too! It seems that MAS wasn't sensitive and alert enough over the war in Ukraine, tragedy might be avoided if they knew not only to take the correct route, but to take the correct route at the correct time too! 

And yes, MAS shouldn't be blamed, transport minister shouldn't be blamed and the Malaysian government shouldn't be blamed for the tragedy, but the Ukrainian government, the separatist and the president of Russia.

Meanwhile, how about MH370? It seems that nobody is responsible for the loss of this huge bird!

Something has really gone wrong with this country! How sad!

Our Most Beloved Mom... ...

This letter was written by our eldest sis about our beloved mum who passed away peacefully on 26th May 2013：

The demise of my mom marks the end of a generation who lived through the turbulent time of wars and hardship.

Mom was born 1920 in a village in China. While she was 18 my grandma grabbed her from the Lee family to her house to be a bride in waiting. There she waited for an unknown man to come from Muar to marry her. Luckily my dad obediently traveled back to perform the formal wedding. After that he came back to Muar again.

When the second world war broke out, they lost contact. Over here my grand uncle urged him to marry a local girl but my dad did not agree. After the war, dad resumed contact and brought back money to buy land, then he left again. I was born without knowing who my father was.

Our padi fields were all confiscated later. Dad knew it was hopeless. He managed to get us to join him here and later our grandma came too. For his quick action I am really grateful otherwise we would have suffered during the great famine and the cultural revolution.

Mom was a remarkable lady of her generation. When the communists took over China, she did not send me to school. She said that it was all propaganda and preaching hatred in school. In stead she collected some books and taught me to write and read in Teo Chiew dialect under the dim oil lamp light at night. Later when I was in Junior Middle 2 I was really impressed by how she read the classic "祭蔡松坡文 " in Teo Chiew in her sing song manner.

She was strict with us when we were in primary school. She checked our exercise books every week. If our writing was bad she tore the pages that were written badly and ordered us to rewrite. Once she threw away my basketball shoes as she thought that I was too involved in the sport.

When more children came one by one she had a tough time. Those days she was always sweating all over having to deal with the chores and later an additional task of looking after my semi mobile grandma who suffered from a stroke and a fall. Dad was always a father in absence. He used to hang around in town chit chatting or playing cards, only came back for meals and sleep. It was mom who attended to our studies and shaped our character.

When we had our own families and careers, she transformed herself from a tiger mother into a "teddy bear". She no longer exerted any pressure on us, never demanding, always contented with what she had and was happy when children went back to see her.

She had gone quietly and her ashes scattered out of the Muar river estuary. We, the siblings will still talk about her. Love transcends barriers and time.......

Book Vouchers Again!

Manage to collect the 1M book vouchers given by Ah Jib Gor again for the second time right before my graduation！ Ah Jib Kor is a most generous Santa Claus who has given away so much money in the name of 1 Malaysia to all his people from young to old throughout these two years, and is still giving now. And I am lucky enough to have been able to benefit twice from the 1 Malaysia, I do not know what else I have really benefited from the 1 Malaysia transformation project besides the book vouchers received twice. What I actually looking forward to  is a country with better economy, a country with a better educational system, a country free from corruption, a country with a truly independent judiciary system, a country with no more racial issues where all the people live in peace and harmony......But in the end, nothing turns out  better besides the cash-giving which seems meaningless to the transformation of the country!

Anyway, I should still thank Ah Jib Kor for the book voucher, thank you, Ah Jib Kor,  gonna shop for my desired books this coming weekend! :)