Friday, December 28, 2007

Rounding-Up For Year 2007 (Part 2)

22 December 2007: The Family Sogit
Accompanied my sister back to our kampung in Kota Belud. These days, I am very concerned about her driving alone in her condition. She is now about four months pregnant with her first baby. A “Sogit” is sort of a customary penalty award for breaking a native law. In her case was for prolonging her marriage (not by choice but due to financial matter) and she was required to slaughter a cow and invite villagers for a feast.

What was fun for me was she allowed me to drive her car from Salut to Tenghilan…yeayy. And to add to my first try at long distance driving adventure, rain was pouring heavily along the way. She laughed at me for sweating the driver’s car seat after she took over the wheels hehe.

Our family did the Sogit on 23 December 2007.

24 December 2007: Touched By A Ghost
Yep. That’s right. I kid you not. A ghost touched me on my left feet. Luckily I was covered in blankets so I did not feel the cold hands. At first, I was sleeping on my sides but decided to turn my body and faced up. That is when I felt it. I was not able to move a muscle or utter a word. I seem to be able to ‘see’ my sister who was sleeping next to me but I was not able to call out to her. I prayed and the hand left my feet and everything was normal again.

Early in the morning, my mother, father, grandmother, sister and I went to visit my uncle, Kualah. He lives in Tambulion and has ranch rearing cows and horses. My mother wanted to pay him for the cow he had sold to us for the Sogit but unfortunately he was not at home. Anyway, we had a great time coming over there and gotten to know his daughter-in-law, Julia (she’s an Iban) and her children.

Later at about 2.30 pm, we went to my uncle Saran’s house for his “Rumah Terbuka”. Mmm..banyak ikan telapia. He rears the Telapias himself in his big pond at the back of the house. He is expecting a menantu soon, a Kelabit girl from Sarawak. The girl’s family drove to his house all the way from Sarawak. Nice people.

25 December 2007: Christmas Day
Christmas prayer at church then more Open Houses. Looks like this year, many of my relatives are in this “Rumah Terbuka” concept. Hmm..unfortunately, I only have one stomach and was not able to go to all of them and I have to return to KK because I have to work on 26th Dec, bummer..

But seeing my abang means the world to me. He took the time from his super busy schedule of touring Sabah’s tourist attractions to come and visit me and brought me food.. yeayy. Mmmuah! Thanks abang :-)

28 December 2007: I Finally Got My “P” Driving License
I know.. I know.. “P” is for Palui (meaning dumb). I will be a “palui” driver for 2 years but I am so happy because I finally got my driving license and fulfilled my mission of achieving one significant thing this year hehehe. Congratulations to me and Gracy.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Rounding-Up For Year 2007

Here are some pictures taken towards the end of Year 2007:

17 November 2007: My youngest sister's Engagement
Like friends from West Malaysia say "Penat gile!". Most definitely. My first time try at cooking for between 40 to 50 guests on RM300 budget. It was not as easy as I thought. I was not able to taste anything after the first recipe! :P Thank God everything went well. My inspiration came from Astro's Channel 703 or AFC cooking channel and of course Chef Gordon Ramsey's Hell Kitchen. Hehe..nothing fancy, just Chinese food.





20 December 2007: Family Trip to Lok Kawi Wildlife Park
This was during Aidil Adha holiday. My eldest brother and his family came down from Lahad Datu to Kota Belud. They decided to come to Kota Kinabalu to spend sometime touring so Marina and I brought them to the newly opened animal park. We had a great time there. Can't believe how big they've grown and how cute. The youngest, Everlyn, look a lot like Chinese. Must be from my great grandfather's side. She likes to watch Tom Tom Bak and sing Ultraman Tiga's theme song hehe.










Thursday, December 06, 2007

The Cuppy Cake Song



You’re my Honeybunch, Sugarplum
Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You’re my Sweetie Pie
You’re my Cuppycake, Gumdrop
Snoogums-Boogums, You’re the Apple of my Eye
And I love you so and I want you to know
That I’ll always be right here
And I love to sing sweet songs to you
Because you are so dear

Single balik?

Saya single balik ka?
Sentiasa menunggu panggilan pon saja..
Ari-ari nda ada mesej dari bf.
Masa tengah sibuk, berhenti, terfikir.. eh? Apa yang saya tunggu ni?
Agaknya saya sudah nda ada dalam masa ini, masa esok dan masa
hadapan abang.
Tak suka diperlakukan begini.
Sangat tak suka.. Bila dah tak suka, dah tiba masa untuk mencari lagi.
Takda faedah membazir masa.