Mukah, Sarawak

After Raya, had 2 days of studying to sit for NCLP 11 paper.
I think i nailed it with 3/4 question done completely.  However, Novell still haven't released my result :-(

Anyway, left for Mukah on Sat - not certified to teach yet.

Sat - Day 0 (touchdown) - went for seafood
Sun  - Day 1 - hangout with guys at town
Mon - Day 2 - walkabout around the campus cafe
Tue - Day 3 - stayed in Dinesh room for hangout
Wed - Day 4 - work
Thu - Day 5 - work
Fri - Day 6 - work
Sat - Day 7 - student exam prep
Sun - Day 8 - exam and me check out to town
Mon - Day 9 - fly back home !!!

Hari Raya Itenary

Can't believe that I had to work on the weekends... but it was good coz after that I have the whole week off!!

Mon - 8 days of work
last day of Linux Admin with the Iraqs...
kids watched Cars2
had a nice Lantern night and BBQ dinner

Tue - went back Ulu Langat
to help Ah Chai shift to his new home
ended up with a nice steamed fish for dinner

Wed - visit mother
except dad, we all went to put flowers for mum
then had roti-canai at Leisure Mall

Thu - TTDI park
breakfast and picnic session with kids
dinner at Sunway D'sara - hokkien mee
dessert at Tong Pak Fu

Fri - RollerSkate @ Subang
the good old days of disco skating with the kids in the morning
Amber continued with watching Smurf at Tropicana

Sat - Restdaythe rest went to Raymond Ng new crib
spendtime with Steven and Haris
back to Office for some work

Sun - Church
shared communion
delivered Linux books at JW marriot
meeting with Young Parents
farewell dinner at Loan's


Then..... back to work ;-(

Thursday Blues

Too much holiday.... now don't feel like working.
But somethings gonna give - so might as well be work.

It seems ironic that after holiday, I don't feel like going for more holidays.

Golden Sands...

Sat:
2pm - Food 
3pm - CheckIn
7pm - Dinner at FoodCourt

Sun:
10am - Church
12pm - Penang Street
2pm - Poolside
4pm - Beach
7pm - Seafood at "End of the World"

Mon:
10am - Penang Hill outing
1pm - Ayer Itam "Asam Laksa"
3pm - Kids Zone
5pm - Pool and Beach
7pm - Dinner at FoodCourt

Tue:
10am - Kids Zone


Wed:
10am - Kids Zone
12pm - Check out (back to KL!)

Growing Old or Getting Old

There must be a way of feeling good for your birthday. I think its a sign when you have symptoms: cannot get up early, feeling lethargic, no mood for anything (inc sex) and bad appetite.

I'm suffering none of that - just feeling sleepy coz my eyes are hurting.

No wishes yet, just a dream of better home and better job.  But God has asked me to be contented with life, so I'll just stick to that ... for now.

Now, looking forward for a good break at Penang.

Tuesdays With Morrie - Revisited

Life Lessons From Tuesdays With Morrie (Doubleday, 1997) 

1.  “Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do.” (p. 18) 

2.  “Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.” (p. 18)

3.  “Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.” (p. 18) 

4. “Don’t assume that it is too late to get involved.” (p. 18)

5.  Find someone to share your heart, give to your community, be at peace with yourself, try to be as human as you can be. (p. 34) 

6.  “Love always wins.” (p. 40) 

7.  “The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.” (p. 42)

8.  “So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” (p. 43) 

9. “ . . . if you really want it, then you’ll make your dream happen.” (p. 47) 

10. “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” (p. 52) 

11. “Love is the only rational act.” (p. 52) 

12. “I don’t allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each morning, a few tears,and that’s all . . . . It’s horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing. But it’s also wonderful because of all the time I get to say goodbye.” (p. 57) 

13. “Sometimes you can’t believe what you see; you have to believe what you feel.” (p. 61) 

14. “What if today were my last day on earth?” (p. 64) 

15. “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” (p. 82) 

16. If you accept you are going to die at any time, then you might not be as ambitious as you are. (p. 83) 

17. There is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. (p. 91)

18. “Don’t cling to things, because everything is impermanent.” (p. 103)

19. “ . . . If you’ve found meaning in your life you don’t want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can’t wait until sixty-five.” (p. 118)

20. “Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.” (p. 125) 

21. “ . . . love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” (p. 133) 

22. “Love each other or perish.” (p. 149) 

23. “ . . . the big things—how we think, what we value—those you must choose yourself. You can’t let anyone--or any society—determine those for you.” (p. 155) 

24. “Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.” (p. 162) 

25. “Be compassionate. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place.” (p. 163) 

26. “Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.” (p. 164) 

27. “As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on—in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.” (p. 174) 

28. “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” (p. 174)

29. The important questions have to do with love, responsibility, spirituality, awareness.(p. 175) 

30. “You’re not a wave, you are part of the ocean.” (p. 180) 

31. “ . . . there is no such thing as ‘too late’ in life.” (p. 190)

Dino Exhibition

 A shot up stairs where more dinosaurs are roaming.

 The 3 stoogers are easy meat for the T-Rex.

The clouds didn't favour us today for picnic.  So we had Plan-B in mind that is to go to National Science Center to catch some old friends.... very old friends.  As it is, there plenty to play and arouse kids curiousity beside this big giant dinos. 

The kids had plenty of fun, a worthwhile trip - just to drain their endless energy.