Cars Knocked Twice In A Week

Two days ago, when I was coming back from the town, at a junction near my house, a careless driver knocked on my car at the door. I did not even know the sex of the driver as it happened too fast at that moment, and the car fled immediately after that. I did not chase after it to ask for compensation too as I believed the reckless driver would be taught a lesson in future if he or she still drives with this type of manner! I got down of my old car to have a look at the condition of my car. The side mirror of my car crashed and the door was slightly depressed. Finally, I sent my car to the workshop to hammer the depressed door and to replace a side mirror. I felt lucky enough as I was not driving my 2-month-old new car at that moment, else my heart would break as the side mirror did!

This morning, on the way to school, my car was "kissed" again! It was the 2-month-old new car this time! It was "kissed" by an old car driven by an A Pek -- old man, in a heavy jam on a road which was under construction. The impatient A Pek kept too close to my new car and then "kissed" on the bumper of the car! The car did not damage as much as the previous one but some of the paint was scratched and dropped. I did not get down to ask for compensation again this time, though my pretty mood was slightly stirred early in the morning after the incident. Anyway, compared to the careless driver that knocked the previous car of my, I believed that A Pek might really couldn't control his car properly during the jam, aged people is always a bit sluggish, and I would be aging too, I thought!

Anyway, I still felt lucky enough that A Pek didn't hit on my 2-month-old new car as hard as the previous driver did!

Don't you think that I am still lucky enough?!

Heartfelt Visit

The moment I left the school, they were in standard 5 and 6, and they used to visit me every lunar new year when they are grown. There are faces that appear every year, and faces that appear alternately too. Anyhow, they will never absent during the new year day, and there will be at least two representatives here! Their persistence has always touched my heart.

They are my boys and girls that once from the estate.

The boys are late, so they are not in the picture

There is another group of girls and boys that visits to my place regularly during Lunar New Year. They used to come in a really big group in the past, but their number has become smaller when many of them were offered scholarship to study overseas. They are a group of active and cheerful boys and girls, always bringing lots of stories to share with each other here. I enjoyed sharing their stories too when they were here.

Thanks for your most sincere visit boys and girl, I appreciate it very much!

The Reunion of The Tigers and Tigresses!

With a 12-year-old picture uploaded and the map shared on the facebook, we had managed to gather back 18 tigers and tigresses of the 6P class in this Lunar New Year, the year of the tiger!

The picture uploaded had helped to reunite most of the girls and boys on the facebook, and they are really happy to meet again ever since they left school 12 years ago. After their secondary school study, they scattered at every part of the country and some of them have gone overseas to further their study too! How very excited they were to have been gathering back again at my place though there were still some that couldn't make it on that day.

Tigers and tigresses

There were stories sharing, addresses, phone numbers and email exchanging. They had also left some messages in a memo they brought along.The house was filled with their chatter and laughter, it's indeed a really touching afternoon!

Full Moon

It's the mid of another lunar month, the full moon is shining brightly in the clear sky, and it reminded me of another mid-month night in December when my 8-year-old nephew Nigel from Singapore was here looking at the full moon together with me.

"Look, the moon is so big, so round and so bright!"

I pointed at the moon and told the boy.

"And it's brighter and rounder than Singapore one!" The innocent boy added.

And yes, our moon is supposed to be rounder than Singaporean moon, I thought, but it doesn't seem like it should be...

Farewell, JCQ9160!

After serving me for a total of 18 years, it was sent away early this year!

JCQ9160, my first love, was sent away on the 4th day of the new year. Its name is Proton Saga, a 1992 national car. When I first got it back with me, it immediately brought me into the rubber and oil palm estate early the next morning. It brought me to and fro the school which was situated in the estate everyday for 5 years before I left the school. And it served me without any complaint though it had to travel such a long way everyday. Sometimes, it would have to travel even longer when I had to attend any training courses or meetings. As it had to travel through the estates everyday, thus, its body used to cover with red dust and even bathed in red mud during raining days. However, it was really tough and faithful to its owner compared to its new generations. It never showed temper on the road and was always as "healthy" as its owner that it was called a "healthy car" in the past! Not only did it serve its owner well, it had also served its owner's colleagues, students and family members too. Besides, it had also contributed in helping us completed our degree study by driving us to the U almost every weekend for a number of years! It had indeed done a big help to me and I really appreciate its contributions dearly!

However, it got exhausted and physically worn-out in the flow of the time. As it was aging and could not afford to travel longer distances, I decided to get it replaced, though, I felt rather reluctant to do so, let alone it had been serving me for so long, never brought me any trouble till its "old age", and it's rather saddening the moment it was sent away!

Farewell, my most faithful and dearest companion, thanks for your most excellent service and contributions! I am always proud of you and you would be in my memory now and forever!

Simon, The Magician.

Simon, the magician kindly and generously performed a nearly two-hour magic show to our kids here tonight. The kids were really excited and very much fascinated by the excellent tricks presented by him. There were "flaming wallet", "floating card", "magic string", "magic wand" and many others.

kids were invited to join in the magic trick

The kids were lucky enough to have a magic show treat in this long holiday and I believe there will be lots of story to tell about their magician friend when they are back to school after the holiday, and they did feel very proud of having a magician friend tonight.

Thank you, Simon, that's very kind of you!

Cracks before collapsing!

When an object cracks seriously, it will eventually collapse as well, and that's MCA.

Let's witness this sooner or later!