Wednesday, December 27, 2006

2007 is so near...

*gulp*

I start filling my new diary for year 2007 with work today!

OMG!

*thump thump thump*

2007, I can hear you!!!

Arghh...I hope I have time to do the tag from greenleaf before 2006 waves goodbye to me!

On A Half-Day Leave

I took a half-day leave today. Planned to go for dentist, visit bank, and enjoy myself at home, but mama also applied for a half-day leave after knowing me on leave. She went to see doctor and asked me to look after bulat. :( My hard earn half-day unrecorded leave GONE!

Bulat is enjoying himself with my accompanion today. How do I know he is? Hmm...well, he has to be! LOL!
I let him rolling himself on the floor, I mean on the mattress, of course. Guess this is the first time he play on the floor.
I let him taste the guava! He does not like it though!
I bathed him for the very first time! Mama's hand is hurt, so I got the chance to bath him. Erm, if you can imagine how the hands work like legs, that is how it is like.
So, you see, dont you agree bulat has a wonderful day with me?!!
Later, when both papa is doing gardening works and mama is building the shelter for her orchid, I put bulat into his trolley. I bring him around the car porch and show him how his grandparents work for the plants. Oh, bulat has a really busy day, watching the grandparents climbing up and down while his kuku laughing and shouting without offering any help.


Hee...and I cook a dish tonight. YES, I COOK! I named the dish GOLDEN PRAWN. I got the recipe from the TV programme. I told my mama and she got me all the ingredients that I need. I know you wont believe that I am actually COOKING a dish, so i took photos while preparing it. Very simple.

Some prawns:


Some salted-eggs:


Take only the egg yolk. Steam the egg yolk. Mash them.


Finally, some butter:


Since it is still early after preparing the ingredients, I take some photos for my new babe, given by pink cotton! She is so sweet! muacks! I hope the plant wont wither as pc has put them inside the car for hours under the big sun! ;p

I love it.

Hee...finally, it is time to cook! First, throw the butter in. Next, throw the mashed-salted-egg in. Finally, throw the prawns in and cook until the prawns turn red.

Done!

There is no photo to show you all the steps because I am cooking ma!



Anyway, let me present the GOLDEN PRAWNS to you now!



TANG TANG TANG TANG!!!!!





Comments:
Me: I think I have missed out some steps. ROF! However, how do I know how it is suppose to taste like? The TV programme did not tell ma! ;p
SIL: You have put too much butter! But, not bad la!
ccw: Not bad le! I eat alot, you see! (hehehe...he is forced to have dinner at my place)
Bro: Taste 0%, look 0%, healthiness 0%! Just pass with a plate of COOKED dish!
Papa: ... (as usual, he is not dare to eat what I cooked! ROF!)
Mama: EH, not bad ler, the taste is good! (OMG! My mama said it is good! Even my bro has to take another one and try again!!! LOL!!!)

I think I can cook better next time as I know how much I should put for each ingredient instead of putting some of each! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Christmas & Me

I found a photo in my camera that describe by A^ben in his post entitled: if CHRIST = X, therefore Xmas = CHRISTmas:

Found it at my friend's house on Christmas Day. It is actually done by the dad. In fact, the house is decorated with all sort of Christmas related stuff. I bet the parents are enjoying themselves when busy decorating the house. There is not only a christmas tree, but there are 3. There are not only the christmas trees but also display of the birth of Jesus. There are also the family photosSS hanging on the wallsS. Everything is just placed with love. Well, I just love the way the parents live their lives. The children are lucky to have them as their parents who are cheerful, humorous, creative, enjoy life, loving etc! Woo...

Now, as a non-Christian, Christmas Day is a day full of joy and love to me. Since 2 years ago, we started to have christmas dinner together. The atmosphere during the dinner is always the best. ^_^ I love to prepare christmas gifts too. It is fun to choose christmas gifts for persons who you care for, especially when you know the gift would bright up their day! LOL! I always choose something that he/she might likes/needs. Therefore when come to buying gift for someone I know very well, it is an easy task.

Hmmm...ya, according to pink cotton, I buy something that is practical most of the time. So, she wont seek for my opinions when she wants to buy something that is erm romantic for someone.
Hmmm...mama always get angry with me when I cant give her any suggestion what to buy for someone she knows better than me. :(

In short, my christmas can be described as below:
Joy comes from the feast.


Love comes from the gift.


Happy!

Monday, December 25, 2006

#6: Feliz Navidad

*GIGGLE*

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!! MUACKS!

Back to the topic of the post. #6: Feliz Navidad, why #6 and where are the #4 and #5? If you were asking questions like those, then you are asking the right questions. That means you know the existence of the cottonish sponge caroling group!


Well, the lazy sponge is so ... lazy! She has actually prepare 6 songs for this caroling but she only managed to tour around for 3 songs. HMM today is Christmas Day, let's just forgive her, k?!!! ;p

In fact, the other 2 songs are Santa Claus Is Coming To Town and Silent Night. Ya, let's just forget about it. ;p

The last song I prepared is Feliz Navidad. I repeat, I love Spain - the country, without much reason. Hahaa...

Feliz Navidad is the phrase "Merry Christmas" in Spanish.

Found the live movie clip of Jose Feliciano performing Feliz Navidad in YouTube, So let's YouTube now.

In case you wanna sing along, the lyric is here:

Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Prospero año y Felicidad


I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
From the bottom of my heart

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Durian + Cempaedak

Unlce gave us 1 biji of durian + cempedak.
Say thanks to my bro, as the photo was taken by him.

Its appearance is exactly a durian. The taste is 50% of durian and 50% of cempedak. Since I love both durian and cempedak, I think it is quite delicious. SIL does not like it.

This must be a fruit week, I have had a lot of local fruits including cempedak, durian, langsat, mangosteen (muacks 13th panda), starfruit, rambutan, etc.

^_^

Thursday, December 14, 2006

没有心情的日子

喝着咖啡
过着没有心情的日子

没有紧张的心情
没有考试
只有工作

没有失落的心情
家人朋友
大家无恙

没有期待的心情
小时候 期待着长大
长大后 期待进大学
毕业后 期待找份工
工作后 期待的心渐渐远去

没有期待的日子
是快乐的吗
是悲伤的吗
是满足的吗
是我曾经向往的吗

应该是快乐的吧
应该是满足的吧
应该是我向往的吧
不然为什么我曾经期待呢

摇一摇手中的咖啡杯
结账吧 老板

看一看桌上的心情
老板递过了单据
总共一个微笑

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Sore throat

My throat was burning yesterday morning. I have sore throat. No coughing, flu, fever, diarrhea, just sore throat. I need to see a doctor. However, I am not too sure how a doctor can help.

I had 2 strepsils every 2 hours in the morning and drank lot of water until I had to run to the toilet every half an hour.

Went to see a doctor after lunch and got myself 2 bags of tablets plus 1 bottle of syrup. :(

Big tablets and bitter syrup, arghh! But I am much better after taking the medicine yesterday.

This morning, after taking the medicines, I became sleepy...super sleepy!!! Read through the piece of information come with the bottle of syrup, the most common side effects are drowsiness and dizziness and etc.

I guess my throat is alright already, just that I start to sneeze.

*yawn*

Monday, December 11, 2006

#3: Jingle Bells

We have the snowman, the rudolph...
and now...we hear the bells...

Let's karaoke...


Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
We got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh yeah

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

About the song...

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Travilion @ Kuching

Used to think that Travilion @ Kuching is a stylish place. The buildings are modern, unlike other old shop lots. I quite like the place except of the fact that it has very limited shops.

An overview of the place.




Futhermore, most of the shops are decorated uniquely. You will seldom find shops here that really care about their image except for cafe and restaurant. Too bad, I was there too early and the shops are not open yet.


As I was trying to capture more photos, I found this...


My bf took the photo. He said it is another kind of beauty found in Kuching, the art of vandalisme. I looked around, there should be a party last night. The place is in a mess.

Haih...

RM9.90 breakfast

Wake up at 7:30am on a sunday morning to enjoy the dim-sum breakfast with friends. Since one of our friend is in KK and not be able to join us, I am here to post the photos of each and every dish that we have had. Thank to sandbox and the rest for reminding me to take photo before the food reached my mouth.

Hong Kong style dim-sum breakfast = sek ko pao, yam tam cha!


A small bowl of porridge.


A piece of this:


Chicken claws...


har kao, siew mai and the another type of dim-sum...and you can have 2 pieces for each.


Fried dim-sums...;p There are 2 types.


LAST ONE, the lek tau suan without yiu cha kueh :(

That's how the RM9.90 breakfast is.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

#2: Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer


Let's karaoke...


Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Then all the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
you'll go down in history!


Something about Rudolph and other carols

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Papa and Myna

Last week, while papa was sitting outside the house, a bird flew by and stopped next to him. The naughty papa tried to catch it. Without struggling, the obedient bird was in papa's hand.

Bro ran excitedly upstair telling mama that papa caught a bird. Mama who was doing laundry, shouted back to set the bird free. Bro ignored her and brought a basket downstair to kidnap the bird. Heheheehee...

Hmm...to the people who is wondering where was I when this incident taking place, hehe..i was still in bed! I continued to sleep.

After a while, I think that is most probably after the bird was put into the basket, papa came upstair to wake me up. He said:"Go downstair, papa caught a bird!" Mwhehehee...well, this is not the first time he caught a bird. But being a good daughter, *grin*, i decided to get up. I went to meet papa's new pet. Woo...a black bird, it is a Myna but I am not too sure which species it belongs to. It could be a Hill Myna as it can imitate human voice. After knowing how precious it is, mama allowed papa to keep it.

Neighbour borrowed papa a cage. Papa was busy repairing the cage so that the bird got a home. Papa also installed the water and food containers for the bird.



After a week, mama found that the sight of the bird shit all over the floor is really sickening. Thus, the bird is going to be give away!

This reminds me of the several puppies that my cousin and parents' friends gave to us (my bros and I when we were still little kids) were being giving to others after a short stay at our place, as short as 2 days 1 night. Weird that none of the 3 of us ever begged mama to let the puppies stay longer.

Friday, December 01, 2006

#1: Frosty the Snowman


Let's karaoke...


Frosty the snowman
was a jolly happy soul,
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
and two eyes made out of coal.
Frosty the snowman
is a fairy tale, they say,
He was made of snow but the children
know how he came to life one day.
There must have been some magic in that
old silk hat they found.
For when they placed it on his head
he began to dance around.
O, Frosty the snowman
was alive as he could be,
And the children say he could laugh
and play just the same as you and me.
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Over the hills of snow.

Frosty the snowman knew
the sun was hot that day,
So he said, "Let's run and
we'll have some fun
now before I melt away."
Down to the village,
with a broomstick in his hand,
Running here and there all
around the square saying,
Catch me if you can.
He led them down the streets of town
right to the traffic cop.
And he only paused a moment when
he heard him holler "Stop!"
For Frosty the snow man
had to hurry on his way,
But he waved goodbye saying,
"Don't you cry,
I'll be back again some day.
"
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Over the hills of snow.

What does Wikipedia say?

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Cottonish Sponge Caroling Group



Christmas is just around the corner! Pink cotton and I are going to visit from house to house blog to blog for caroling!

We have each prepared 6 different songs for it. And...Cottonish Sponge Caroling Group ™ will start to SING on 1st December 2006!

Hope that you will welcome us with RED CARPET!



HO....HO....HO....~~~

Monday, November 27, 2006

My weekend

So grateful to have MY weekend again! =) I was working like a dog during last weekend. Ya, after you lose something, you will appreciate it more.

As usual, spent some time with Bulat. I see some changes in Bulat, should be the brain development especially in the area of thinking. He will make noises to attract our attentions when he finds that he is alone. He is always quiet and looking around at a new place. He will kick his legs when he get excited. Hmm...ya, he is always excited when we bring him outside the house. I just realised that he has also learnt to "tell" people that he refuses to go back into the house by crying abit when reaching the door. *ROF* Today, after a walk outside, I brought him back into the house. When I reached the door, he started to cry. My parents were laughing and telling me how bad Bulat is. My father even took out a chair for me. hehe...

On Saturday night, my parents attended a birthday dinner while sil attended her colleague's wedding dinner. My bro and I having fun to take up the responsibility to look after Bulat. Both of us are not experienced in taking care of Bulat at night. SIL is the one that makes Bulat sleep at night. My mama would take over the job when SIL is not available. After my parents and sil left, the 3 of us stayed at home watching TV. At around 7pm, I changed Bulat's clothes and we went tapao some food. On the way back, Bulat's fall asleep. My bro suggested to put Bulat into the swing downstair so that we can eat first. But I decided to put Bulat into his crib since he wanted to sleep. So, once reached home, I brought Bulat upstair and placed him onto his parents bed in order to get him changed into his pyjamas. Then I saw him looking at me with a smile. DUH...he is awake! LOL. I have no choice but to bring him to downstairs again while my bro and I can have our dinner. After dinner, we brought him into his room again and played with him. He then slept at 8:45pm.

Besides from Bulat, I visited my friend's new house, erm a double-storey apartment. It is a cosy apartment for the couple.

Tonight, my mama and I went to Everrise to do the monthly shopping. I bought the ANLENE chocolate milk powder. I am such a health-conscious person. My cousin's wife had broken her leg few months ago. After hearing the news, I had a nightmare where a lady fell down and broke into 2. :( I decided to drink milk! By the way, the taste of the ANLENE chocolate flavour is like the Hot Chocolate from Elephant cafe. ^_^

I seldom dream but I have make quite a number of nightmares lately. Anyone can tell me why I always have nightmare which is always seems to be impossible to happen in real life and yet they are so scary~~~???

Anyway, it is 12:16am, it marks an end to my weekend.

There is always another one...coming soon!

Good night!

Saturday, November 25, 2006

A Battle of Wits

Andy Lau's new movie.

The official website: http://www.abattleofwits.com.hk.

This movie is about Mohism's philosophy of Universal Love and Condemnation of Offensive War.

Value life.

I love the movie, not only because of Andy Lau but also the story itself.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Mickey's Cookies

One day, while I was walking along the padungan street with a few friends, someone suddenly appeared in front of us. Quite shocked, but almost burst into laughters when we saw who was standing in front of us and promoting the tin of cookies in his hand.

"tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak.................."

Well, I did not get him, even a word. Haha...Poor boy, he was sweating. By the way, he is my friend's younger brother.

Later, we extracted the information through the Q&A between ccw and him. He was actually selling the cookies that he was holding. According to him, that day, there was an offer. Normally the price is much more expensive.

So, ccw bought a tin from him.

Mwhehehe...^_^...Do you see the Mickey Mouse? LOL!

Never tried the cookies before, it is not bad! Quite delicious.


Eating delicious cookies could brighten up my day too!

*****************************
Self-entertaining...

AHA...I found the last piece of mickey's cookies in my PC today.


Some tricks must be done onto it before it goes straight into my tummy!

Give mickey two eyes and a nose.



Give mickey a mouth so that he can smile...=)


HmmmMmMmm...

There is something missing ho?




Ah...this is the Mickey Mouse.


However, its face looks naughty.


Should add in something else...



mwhehehehee...

Sunday, November 12, 2006

bilding me a fewchr

Read this from Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Found it meaningful and would like to share with all you.

This is not the first time I typed the story from the Chicken Soup. There is always so many touching stories found in the Chicken Soup.

Dear Teachr,
Today, Mommy cryed. Mommy asked me Jody do you realy kno why you are going to school. i said i dont know why? She said it is caus we are going to be bilding me a fewchr. i said what is a fewchr wats one look like? Mommy said i dont know Jody, no one can realy see all your fewchr jest you. Dont wory caus youl see youl see. tats when she cryed and sed oh Jody i love you so.

Mommy says every one need to work realy hard for us kids to make our fewchrz the nicest ones the world can ofer.

Teacher can we start today to bild me a fewchr? Can you try espeshly hard to make it a nice prity one jest for Mommy and for me? ?

I love you teacher.

Love,
Jody


Authored by Frank Trujillo

Hope you all like the story and moving towards the nicest fewcher you are bilding. ^_^

Patio

Patio -- defined by thefreedictionary

1. An outdoor space for dining or recreation that adjoins a residence and is often paved.
2. A roofless inner courtyard, typically found in Spanish and Spanish-style dwellings.

I love Spain.







Photos taken at Patio, The Terrace Cafe @ Kuching, not in Spain.

I love the patio-feel but not the food there.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Four things about me

Tagged by 13th Panda.

In fact, I did a similar tag earlier, click here. After comparing the 2 tags, the only difference would be the first part.

So I decided to bargain with the panda and imagine the conversation below:
Me: Panda, can i do the firt part only???
13th Panda: *rubbing chin*
Me: Pleaseeeee....
13th Panda: Hmm!
Me: Oh thanks, panda!

~ Begin ~
Four jobs I have had in my life:

1. Tutor - while waiting for STPM results

It is a children day care center. The owner hires a tutor to help the children who has started schooling every afternoon. During that time, there are 2 primary 4 kids, 3 primary 2 kids and 4 primary 1 kids.

Until today, I can still remember all the 4 cute little angels in primary 1 vividly.

Dylan, the fair, chubby, cute little boy. He is both lazy and talkative. When he is not in the mood doing homework, he will start to rub his eyes until they turn red. Poor Boy 'x'
Sometimes he makes too much noises and I have to scold him, he will POUT and show u the i-am-gonna-cry face. His chubby and blushing cheeks make me want to cubit him alot. He is so cute with the big butt swaying when he is trying to run 'x'!!!

Fa Qiang, opposite of Dylan, he is dark, skinny and quiet boy. I am not too sure why is there such a kid who is so quiet. Somehow, he is abit slow in learning. I have to pay a lot of attention to him. Otherwise, he might just cant finish even a page of writing within 2 hours.

Angel, AW...Once, this chubby girl fell flat onto the floor when she accidentally got trapped by the schoolbags on the floor. AND...BLOODDDDDDDDD! I mean her nose was bleeding!
OMG! BOOHOHOOOHOOOOO...blood was everywhere: on her hands, on her face, on her shirt, on the floor...MAMAMIA...ok..Dear Angel, I was very scared that time. :( Luckily the owner and other helpers are there. Anyway, she is smart and hardworking little girl. ^^

Claire, a beautiful name for a small sweet and cute girl. She talks softly. Even though she is still a little girl, I believe she is going to grow up as a pretty and gentle lady. I just have to hug her sometimes. Wahahahaha...However, this girl seldom smile. Guess why? The 2 front teeth of hers were missing and make her looks funny when smile. *giggle* I think her gigi sudah tumbuh balik by now.

I miss the kids 'x'!!!!


2. Clerk + tutor - while waiting for SPM results.

I worked at a newly open tuition center. "Busy" & "Low Pay" are all that I can remember.

My job scope is WIDE:
- collect tuition fee and issue receipt to the students
- doing all the photocopy works (must shrink 2 pages into a A4 paper)
- refill the white board marker (hmm...FUN)
- answer phone calls (sometimes 2 phones rang at a time)
- promote and explain the packages that the tuition center offer (I only realised that I am not bad in acting/persuading/convincing the parents)
- prepare the attendace sheet (No play play, sometimes I have to bring work back to do because there is no computer at work)
- give tuition to 2 naughty boys (the boss asked me whether I want to give the 2 kids private tuition, he will pay me extra. I was like huh? Giving "private" tuition during office hours and earn extra, not bad ho? Then, later I discovered the extra is RM100 where my boss charged the kids RM400 monthly! Sheesh!)
- make sure the students do not run across the road after tuition (Tell me, how to keep an eye on all the naughty kids?? GRRRRR...)

As for the working hours, I worked from 8am -5pm for the first few months. Later, my boss requested to extent my working hours to 8pm. I have forgotten how much he paid for the extra working hours already but not much!

This job taught me alot indeed.

3. Current Job - while waiting for xxx results
hahaha...Do not know what is the results that I am waiting for.

4. ...

Done!!!!

Yeah!!!!

I am free from the TAGSsssss....

Happy!

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

RED...

Tagged by Chen.

What tag ah? Colour tag wo...Any colour also can wo...So I ma choose the RED color nor! Mwheheheh sounds abit qien pian (mandarin), ho? 'x'

Here goes...

RED = HAPPY OCCASIONS throughout the year!!

You receive the RED roses on Valentines Day.



You distribute the RED bomb to your relatives and friends to attend the wedding dinner of yours in month 8 (lunar).


Not long after that, you put on your new RED shoes and celebrating the CHINESE NEW YEAR.


While you are enjoying the RED tanglungs hanging above....


You realise that you are no more receiving RED packets from your elderly but distributing them to the kids around you! 'x'!!!!!


Do not be sad...RED sponge is always here with you! LA~ LA~

mwehehehe...but u gotta gimme one angpao first! ;p

Saturday, November 04, 2006

Before & After

Pinky piglet created a new tag again.

Before I create this blog, I have no idea what to do with it. After it has been created, I decided to keep it as my diary.

Before I start to blog, I planned to have it as my diary. After blogging for few months, I think it is not secure to keep an online diary. However, I still continue to blog some interesting events happen in my life which might not sound interesting to other people.

Before I do any tag, tag seems boring OPPS! After doing a few of the tags, I had changed my mind. Instead tags make me "think" alot.

Before I am 20 years old, I have not even a pair of high-heels. After that, I fall in love with high-heels.

Before I use contact lenses everyday, I always think that it is very troublesome when come to removing them. After 2 weeks trial, I found that it could be quite easy when I learnt the right way to remove them. ^^ (Thank you *POK*).

Yeah...

Before and after!!!

DONE!!!

Friday, November 03, 2006

Sematan

Went to Sematan during the Raya break.

Besides from Santubong and Damai, Sematan and Lundu are the other 2 places that have beaches.

This was just a day trip, merely a photography session. We did not visit any resorts or the market. We found a piece of land where there is only a few coconut trees and a trail leads to the beach. The piece of land is totally clear, yes, we were away from the crowd! ha-ha

Enjoying the natural surrounding...

I saw...

Coconut tree that is reaching up to the sky...




Grass grows on the earth...





Boat by the beach...






Wind blows...




Sorry, no picture of the wind! 'x'!!!

Thursday, November 02, 2006

青山岩

Last week, I went to 青山岩,a temple at Muara Tebas with my bro and his gf.

Hmm the name of the temple reminds me this:
从前有座山
山上有座庙
庙里有个老和尚
老和尚在讲故事
讲什么故事?
从前有座山
山上有座庙
庙里有个老和尚
老和尚在讲故事
讲什么故事?


无聊吗?

我常认为那不停重复着的故事就是在比喻和尚们每天重复地念着同样的经文。

One incident must be recorded here.

Guess which carpark in Kuching charges the most expensive fee?

The basement parking at Saberkas?
Nope!

Hilton?
Nope!

Merdeka Palace?
NOPE!

It is at Muara Tebas!

I am not sure whether the parking lot is private property or what, but the kids there collect the carpark fee from all the visitors. Anyway, this is nothing new. But I never know the charges increase dramatically after few years, that is from RM2 to RM7!!

When we reached there, a kid appeared to be helpful and pulled away the rubbish bin for us to park the car. I told my bro that he would have to pay for the carpark. So, he pulled out one RM1 note. When he opened the car door, he had really interesting conversation with the kid.

Kid: Boss, 3 Ringgit.
My bro: Waiseh, mana ada carpark begitu mahal?
Kid: Kereta kecil macam kancil jugak 3 ringgit bah.
My bro: Macam mana dengan helicopter and kapal terbang?
Kid: ...

Anyway, my bro paid him RM3 and the kid left happily.

Then we spent around 45 mins at the temple and decided to head down the hill.

There, another kid moving towards us and we stopped.

Kid: Boss, 2 ringgit untuk carpark.
My bro: Sudah bayar tadi. We started to walk away.
Kid: Boss, 2 ringgit untuk carpark.
My bro: Sudah bayar 3 ringgit tadi.
Kid: Boss, bayar la...
We ignored the kid and went into the coffee shop to have some drinks. The kid was gone after that.

This was not the end yet.

When we decided to leave, another kid appeared in the scene again.

Kid: 2 Ringgit, Boss..
My bro: Sudah bayar
Kid: Aiyar, itu tak sama bah boss.
My bro: Apa tak sama? Sudah bayar 3 ringgit.
Kid: Boss, tadi itu 3 Ringgit beza, ini 2 ringgit bah.

My bro started the engine and we left.

Can you imagine that? Carpark fee per hour = RM7. The carpark is just an open space, not any proper carpark.

So, beware of the kids when you visit the the place next time.

I took some photos of the lotus found outside the temple.




p/s: Sorry ah, I know you cant read the chinese characters.