Saturday, January 31, 2009

UTP.

I haven't been posting for so many weeks.

i guess the main reason i dun wan to post is because i wan to concentrate on having a Sibu Lifestyle before i will finally reach UTP again. That's why, lot's of activity done in sibu are kept deep in my heart as a memory that will guide me throughout my life.

The same thing happen when i reach UTP. I tried to contact my Sibu friends less because i dun wan to feel like i lost something in my life when i was in UTP. It was quite frustrating when we have to keep coming and going back from UTP and our beloved homeland. It felt almost like when i was in National Service, where we separate with each other, knowing we might not be able to see each other again. I dun like it. really...

Friday night: ( 8.55 pm )
My flight was delayed to 9.40 pm. i waited there like an idiot for more than an hour. Then, while i was queuing to get into GATE 4, a girl next to me, ( looks quite nice ) kept staring at me. I noticed her glancing at me, then she looked away when i look at her. After a few second, she moved her hand nearer to my arm. My adrenaline forced me to moved my arm away from her as soon as she touched me. Then, few seconds later, she started to get nearer to me. I packed up my belongings and started to walk through other people in front of me to get away from her. Then she's gone. Is it lucky or unlucky???/


11.55 pm.
I was in the plane for almost 2 hours, then the plane landed safely at LCCT (thank God) i walked to find the star shuttle terminal bus, then the bus only leave at around 2am. so i sit there doing nothing for almost 2 hours. i totally forgot that my big bro bought me two comics to spent my time at the airport. Stupid me.. then the bus leave at 2 am.


6.am.
The bus arrive at medan gopeng. i was waiting for the bus to go to medan Kit, but suddenly, a man, with only 3 teeth in his mouth shout " LUMUT!!!!! SITIAWAN!!!".. Then i sat there for a moment. "those name sounds familiar....." then i realized, lumut is to the east of UTP, so for sure it will pas through UTP. Apa lagi, NAik la... haha..

7.am.
I arrive at the bus stop outside UTP. I get off the bus. I looked at left and right, make sure no one is around. then i shout, "I'm back to UTP!!!!!" The happiness fill my heart. But!!!!! when i started to carry my luggage into UTP, V6, i walked for around 20m, then stop for a while. Another 20m, stop again. MY luggage got so many!!! can;t carry it. So, i carry it to the guard tower, and ask him to look after the luggage while i take some of it to V6 first. Then, the first trip was luck when a staff from UTP help me with his car. I put down my luggage at common room, then walked back to the guard tower. then, 2nd trip, no car pass by. i have to walk all the way back to UTP.

7.50 am.
i go to abang anas room to ask for room. he said to find him after 8 am, cause he have to belajar, dun know belajar wat.. So i waited until 9. Then i go to his office, he was not there. I go to his room, ring the doorbell, but no one come out. I can't stand it so i rent a car and go to Ipoh with Chang Yi, Cheryl, Chai Sing, and Vittaya. It was quite a shame when Cheryl has to be the one that drive cause we the other male can't drive........ well..

9.00 am
start journey to Ipoh. 5 people with no knowledge on the pathway to ipoh, drive based on instinct and memory, to reach Ipoh town and they succeded. damn funny. we arrive at Ipoh and i do quite an amount of shopping. bring it back to UTP at around 5. we did rush here and there to finish some task in UTP, but not all of us manage to get what we want.

5.00 pm.
i start my journey on finding Abang Anas. finally, he is back to his office. So, i got a room.

7.30
we ate at v5.


That's my first day when i back to utP. it was tiring, cause i didn'y manage to get some good sleep for the whole day, and i was doing all the travelling while having a flu. Anyway, i finally updated my blog. haha..

Sunday, December 21, 2008

My Overall Christmas Celebration!!!!!! I love Christmas..

Be prepared, cause it will be a long post..


1. Mixed "Bao Jia Yin"(parade) at Sanyan Square

Alright!! I'll start with this big activity. 20 of December, 5 days before christmas, 11 days before 2009, 37 day before chinese New Year, 42 days before i go back to UTP, there is a big event at Sibu Town Square, in front of Wisma Sanyan Shopping Complex, which is called "lien he Bao Jia Yin" in chinese.

More than 50 churches participated in this event,My church does not miss the excitement. It's a custom event when some churches prepared the "Hua Che" (so called flower car) to show it to everyone that pass through the event later. Now, the process of completing the flower car is leaded by Jeremy Tay, talented and hardworking young man from my church.




















this is the steel bar that will be used to stablize the roof..



















The Hua Che "skeleton" with nothing on it first.




















Back view.
















































































Now, here's some dramatic event that occur during the process of completing the flower car.

a. The design.

It's the last day, and there flower car is still quite empty with no decoration on it. Everyone was rushing here and there trying to complete the flower car. It was fun when all those things just happen and everyone start to finish the job in super speed. Finally, we just attach all the materials on the flower car and try to make it as beautiful as possible. The musician started to pack their instruments on the flower car, and we try to finish it asap.


b. Time

The clock start to tick by pointing its finger on us around 3pm. The flower car should be pulled to Sibu Town Square at 5pm, yet the sound system and generator havent arrive yet. So, nothing to do, they just finish all the possible work first. Finally, the generator arrive first, followed by the stereo system.


c. Generator

The generator have been safely attached to the lorry that will pull the flower car. But, the power supplied by the generator is very unstable. and 2 of the pendaflour won't light up. So, there is a suggestion from expert, use stabilizer. Luckily, everything went well and the lighting, sound system and bla bla bla that use electricity are well connected with enough power supply.


d. Musical instrument

The parade almost started, yet there is still some instrument that haven't arrive and some musician that are late for this and that reason. yet, some of them are really working very hard to make the parade work out. haha


e. Parade

The most frustrating part. When all the people arrive already, there is no leader at the group of people that stand in the middle of the parade. So, we just stand there until our turn arrive, but still we didn't move. I am not pointing finger to anybody, but it certainly is management problem. we were like so embarrassed standing on the middle of the field, alone.. but, finally, we walked. thank God. As the word goes, we should not be blaming for something bad that happen, instead we should feel grateful that the system works.. LOL..




Haha, that's some of the excitement that we face during the parade. Now, head on to the event. To the left and right side of the stage are lots of christmas tree decorated beautifully and standing proudly for others to glance at them. Sponsored by different company and firms, they really put a lot of effort in building the christmas tree..















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































And some of the pictures are the situation during the parade, where a lot of people are looking at the beautiful flower car, and some people are distributing sweets, and fliers for the pedestrian. It is very fun to see so many people just stand there just to see you walk through them. Nice. We had it every year and this year, and next year, welcome to join us. Alright, that was the first assignment. Now, second assignment..




2. Church Parade

It's almost the same as the Mixed "Bao Jia yin" above, just that, this time, we walk around residential area. It's very very fun when residents around that area come out to look at you, hear you sing, and some of them are distributing fliers to each and every house around the area. Overall, the area occupied are. 1. Jalan Indah 2. Jalan Ginbo 3. Jalan Miden 4. Jalan Tebu 5. Jalan-jalan yang saya tak tahu namanya..



3. 25 December. Church celebration.

Now, the climax is the worship in the church at christmas day. A lot of activity and performance had been carried out, and here's some photos...









He's our pastor.. giving speech..










These are presents to be exchanged later on...









Here's among the people that attend the church..









He's not the cameramen, he is one of the actor..







They are acting..






Violin performance..










more photo, will upload later.. haha,,


Ok, actually, still got more activities, i haven't post, but this is some of the major one.. so, that's my christmas this year.. Ho Ho Ho!!!!!

Trip to Bukit Aup.

Ok, last friday, my nephew (married with 3 kids) come back from bintulu, and they called us to join them for a trip to Bukit Aup, a place that they will definately visit if they come back to sibu, they ask me and two of my brothers to join them.

First, they come here to visit my and my parent. After a few chit chats, we went to bukit aup for our trip. Her kids are very active, which is a good sign.. haha, if not active, it means there is something wrong.. lol, (their perception) and when we arrive, we started at the playground first.






















I'm not taking the picture of the lake, there is a big fish down there and i was trying to take it's picture..



















Big sister, yun yun.



















Husband and second brother, yuan yuan.




















My bro and youngest sister, wen wen.




















Wife and the wen wen.



















Here we go!!



















Let go of me!! i wan to walk up by myself.. haha,..




































One happy family..



















This is where we feed the fishes after the playground time is over.. haha..





After all the walk and play at the playground, they went back to their hotel and we all go back also, cause later at the night, we will go for dinner together. so, i went to play basketball for around 30 minutes and then bath for the dinner.

After the dinner, we went for a walk at pasar malam, and some shops, cause they want to buy some food. Now, while walking, i personally experience the difficulty of raising kids. their . kids kept on running around and not following their parent. Me and my bro have to navigate their position all the time so they won't get lost.

Went to the cloth section. then, i lost the second brother 2 times!! luckily can find him back. So!!! now i know how hard it is to raise a kid. now i understand how a mother spent their attention and focus to look after their children precisely. now i know how hard it is to have kids. and now i know i have to spent anonymous amount of time for my children in order to raise them in full responsibility and love. ha.

Then, they all go back to bintulu the next morning. bye bye, that's the end of my trip today.