What a month, October was!.First its the Hari raya celebration and you expected that but with the daughter coming back from the boarding school with her mulfunctioned digital camera and the the cost to repair it is almost 40% of the original value, if it were me, I would have declared it BER ( beyond economical repair) but when you see the daughter's forlorn face ,you just grit your teeth.
One hot night this October, the aircon broke down, the cost to replace the compressor was 50% of the cost value plus labour , I just shaked my head and called for a new aircon to be installed.
Suddenly, the old fateful washing machine decided to call the day yet another tragedy to my pocket.
One morning, I got a call from the service centre repairing my other daughter's Ipod, so I drove to the centre to pick up the Ipod , cost me nothing as it still under warranty but unfortunately it went kaput one day after and I decided to call it the day, as petrol is not water you know, she will have to make do with her other walkaman cassette player, her other compact disk player, the desk top computer and others etc etc.
Then the made in China VCD player went berserk and did not want to play anymore, just threw the thing out and got a new DVD player, yet another damage to my financial situation.
What's next , I hope nothing happen in the next few weeks ......God, please god.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Aidil Fitri
I guess,my children have a great time this Hari Raya , for me its just another day after the Ramadan month.
We started our journey on the 10th Oct. for the balik kampong,
quite early this year, first phase of the travel was to go down to
Malacca on Wednesday but stopped in KL to do our shopping. Yeah, its
last minute but this was due to my elder kid who is away at a boarding
school and can only joined the family as early as on Tuesday of the Hari Raya week. While the kids and mother too,have their fun, I could not find any Baju Melayu to my liking in KL.The carpets at Jalan Tengku Abdul Rahman stores were beutifully displayed and one caught my eyes.
Reached safely in Malacca and put up at the Klebang Beach apartment.Well as promised, treat my family to a Berbuka Puasa at the Legacy Hotel. On the way back to the apartment stopped at the Klebang Beach whereby, they have these "Gerais" selling everything that you need for the Hari Raya , kids and mother have their fun and daddy managed to find a nice Baju Melayu at a fractional cost compared to the one at Jalan Tengku Abdul Rahmans' shops, KL.
Morning the 11th Oct. drove down to J.B's Johore Jaya and put up at my sister in law place for the night and this had been our routine for the last years when we were to spent our Hari Raya Puasa in Singapore.After the berbuka, drove to the Immigration Complex to pick up my other sis in law from Singapore who liked to join us at J.B.
Noon the 12th Oct. after a shopping spree at the Giant in Johore Jaya, we proceed to Singapore, up to the brim with goods, if the Singapore's custom decided to have a 100% check on my car then I will have a headache. Thank god ,the man was in a good mood , he just waved me away as I were about to open my car boot.
The morning of the Hari Raya as usual we the male family of the household would go for our Hari Raya Prayer at the nearest mosque. After the prayer the whole family would then joined in for the breakfast of ketupat, lontong ,rendang , sambal udang or sotong, chicken curry and what not.The kids were all smiles now as the duit raya from daddy will be given. The Maaf bermaafan routine will be solemly carried out and guess what, I enjoyed it as I am the eldest around.
We started our journey on the 10th Oct. for the balik kampong,
quite early this year, first phase of the travel was to go down to
Malacca on Wednesday but stopped in KL to do our shopping. Yeah, its
last minute but this was due to my elder kid who is away at a boarding
school and can only joined the family as early as on Tuesday of the Hari Raya week. While the kids and mother too,have their fun, I could not find any Baju Melayu to my liking in KL.The carpets at Jalan Tengku Abdul Rahman stores were beutifully displayed and one caught my eyes.
Reached safely in Malacca and put up at the Klebang Beach apartment.Well as promised, treat my family to a Berbuka Puasa at the Legacy Hotel. On the way back to the apartment stopped at the Klebang Beach whereby, they have these "Gerais" selling everything that you need for the Hari Raya , kids and mother have their fun and daddy managed to find a nice Baju Melayu at a fractional cost compared to the one at Jalan Tengku Abdul Rahmans' shops, KL.
Morning the 11th Oct. drove down to J.B's Johore Jaya and put up at my sister in law place for the night and this had been our routine for the last years when we were to spent our Hari Raya Puasa in Singapore.After the berbuka, drove to the Immigration Complex to pick up my other sis in law from Singapore who liked to join us at J.B.
Noon the 12th Oct. after a shopping spree at the Giant in Johore Jaya, we proceed to Singapore, up to the brim with goods, if the Singapore's custom decided to have a 100% check on my car then I will have a headache. Thank god ,the man was in a good mood , he just waved me away as I were about to open my car boot.
The morning of the Hari Raya as usual we the male family of the household would go for our Hari Raya Prayer at the nearest mosque. After the prayer the whole family would then joined in for the breakfast of ketupat, lontong ,rendang , sambal udang or sotong, chicken curry and what not.The kids were all smiles now as the duit raya from daddy will be given. The Maaf bermaafan routine will be solemly carried out and guess what, I enjoyed it as I am the eldest around.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Is it me only?
Is it me only ? or are others too shared the same feeling of having no
ideas what to write. I guess not, if you see all the other blogs,
they're full of concerns,issues and news that are being brought out for
us to ponder.
Ponder we must and at the end of the day we must put our thoughts together and put right what's wrong. We should not just mulled over it and did not do anything. We must address our concerns, show and spread our displeasures through our friends and our our blogs, our collective communication system and lastly through the process of democracy.
ideas what to write. I guess not, if you see all the other blogs,
they're full of concerns,issues and news that are being brought out for
us to ponder.
Ponder we must and at the end of the day we must put our thoughts together and put right what's wrong. We should not just mulled over it and did not do anything. We must address our concerns, show and spread our displeasures through our friends and our our blogs, our collective communication system and lastly through the process of democracy.
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