Ghost Story

My Indonesian baby sitter (my mama) told me some ghost stories. About 'hantu kongkong' who is a female becoming a ghost after she was dead from giving birth.

The first story which she told me a long time a go. I still remember:

Mama:
When I was working with a Datuk Mentar Hashim, there was a friend of mine, he worked as a security guard at night. At the middle of the night, he heard someone calling him for help. There was a female , she was about to give birth, she cried for help and was in great pain. The security guard quickly took her to hospital . But then, he was unconscious and when he woke up he found that he was sleeping on the grave for the whole night! Which means the ghost had carried(cheated) him a long way to the grave. No joke! It was a true story that happened at the grave located nearby the old place of Dewan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur.

When I was small she always tell me ghost stories, she was a very good story teller/narrator. Sometimes I can't sleep after listening to her story, it was so eerie.

Today she told me about this hantu kongkong again.

Mama:
During childhood time I saw a ghost. It happened at night in the dark street. A female ghost whose resemble a human took a ride on a bullock cart, when it reached her destination she paid the driver with Indonesian note (rupiah) and went off. It was so normal that the driver not even aware that she was a ghost. Suddenly something happened.... the note turned out to be a scrap of zinc roof!

So spooky...
I hope I can sleep comfortably tonight..
Bye, good night!

Is it wrong to call people in full name?

Ｉ get scolded by my senior this afternoon. The senior is Sook Hui, she owned a fairly top position in Chinese Language Society. She was my former senior too in my previous school SMK(P) Air Panas. Ｉ admit that she is not a nice people at all. When she was in the Science society in my previous school my first impression about her- "she was so arroganｔ＂Ｉ can judge that straight away by looking at her face and the way she talk. I also wondered how she was chosen to hold of the top posts. During chinese society meeting today, we were all busy with the preparation for the Chinese Singing Competition. I had some doubt about the envelope which Kar Yen asked me to do, approach her to ask for consultation. I called :" Low Kar Yen...blablabla.." then Sook Hui turned her head facing me angrily and said :"Do you know that it is very impolite to call people in her full name?" Then, I apologise to her. She added:" you say sorry to her(kar yen) not me!" I thought she was the one who was so mind about 'it'. Anyway then, I asked Kar yen was she so mind about 'it'.. She said:"No." That made me felt a bit guilty about it.

When my mom will come back?

1,2,3,4 day, a week, a fortnight or a month?
I lost my patience to wait already.
She always said I will be back tomorrow, tomorrow..
But she broke the promises.
Hopefully she will come back soon.
I cannot stand living in this quiet and lonely house.
I went maniac by non stop buying books
In order to forget the loneliness..
I understand her,
she need to take care her old dad,
who just underwent a leg surgery,
who was also a diabetic,
may took a long time to recover.
Just pray in the morning and night
that he can get well
and my mom will come back soon.

Confused GDex Courier

Sorry for leaving this blog 'empty' for a long while...

You know, today I called GDex courier which is sending the books that I bought from MPH.

Once my mom shop is closed will cause a lot of trouble. For example the courier cannot send the book/parcel to my house. Last few days, courier deliver to my house but unfortunately no one was in the house. I need to write email to 1 utama MPH, reply mail, received mail, reply mail, received mail...arghhhh.. frustrating! Asking MPH the delivery date of my parcel, the parcel tracking reference number and etc.

Then I get to know that 1 utama MPH is not using Poslaju as courier service provider anymore. they are using GDex now.. What is the difference? Paslaju using van for shipping while GDex drive truck or even a motocycle for shipping. As I know in US some courier service providers still using bicycle for shipping. What is the rational behind that? Answer: to avoid traffic jam.

Today, I asked the GDex customer service lady to deliver to a new address which was my shop address -No.3, my shop was closed I hoped them to 'tumpang' my neighbour (tailor) shop which bear the address No.5 ...

I explained: For your info No. 5 is also my house address that is a coincidence, because the shop located behind my house!! Improper house planning , a Gloom for shop house residence! Which sometimes mislead the postman. But then I remembered how the GDex postman deliver my dad parcel to my house -No.5.

Then I thought better say my neighbour shop is no.3 I emphasized Choo Tailor shop repeatedly.. Hopefully they can find the shop, a small tailor shop situated beside my mom shop although address is a 'bit' different. From the lady intonation I can feel that she was angry, sorry for confusing her but I just wanted to explain, that's all.

God Bless Me!

Sausage Buns Again

I have been baking and eating sausage buns for two days. It looks like my skill has been improving day by day.

Thorny Cane for Teacher

Imagine if one day our teacher get very angry with us and she get a new idea to punish us- using a thorny cane instead of the normal cane. I think this thorny cane will hurts us a lots..  Then, mom will see us come back from school with bleeding hand~~

Bagpipe Band at Setapak High School!!

This was Scotland Pipe Band from my school! They were performing for Teachers' Day. 

Weird Dream

I dreamed of my ex Form 2 teacher, Pn. Nazaria she went to my present school, Setapak High school to visit me.

At first she came to my class, she didn't knock the door so I didn't notice her. Then I got a pat on my head, I turned and saw her smiling sincerely at me.

Then, she brought me to the field. We chit chat for a while.... she asked me to keep her house keys. So I did as she asked, kept them safely inside my bag.

Suddenly she said she want to leave, to visit her husband in the hospital. I can see clearly there were two bottles in her hands, one was a 500ml sea master and the other one was a kid bottle which probably belong to her son, Irfan.

It was so urgent that I forgotten to give back the house keys to her. When I reached home, I quickly call her.. I still remembered I still had her number in my old phone. I called her and luckily she was still using that phone number. She picked up the call, saying that she will be coming to my house to take the keys.

Suddenly, I was awake. It was a sweet dream but incomplete because I didn't know the ending, is she coming? You guess...

Most of my dreams are related to my real life situation, just slightly modified. Before I dreamed of my teacher, Pn Nazariah actually I saw someone who resemble her in the MPH bookshop which I went yesterday.... : -) haha funny right?

Palmistry

My grandma is really good in Palmistry. By looking at your palm straight away she will know many things in the future, for example:

1. number of daughters you will have
2. number of sons you will have
3. how much you will earn
4. how you spend your money or save your money
5. how is your luck
6. anything about your future husband (haha...)

My grandma is very strict at the wedding of my cousin sister she always said the wedding invitation card doesn't match fortune and changing it for several times.

6 Days in Penang#6

Day 6:


This was a random shot of my village... as you can see lots of banana and coconut trees there.... Today was the last day in Penang. We paid a visit to village in Kedah before heading to water fall in Cameron Highland.
My aunt , uncle and cousin sister Bao Bao who was seen playing with the water. The water was damn cold, no need to refrigerate. Forest was the natural refrigerator for water. Bao Bao was having fun with water. At the end of water fall trip, she uttered her dissappointed of no fish available for her to catch.... In fact I didn't saw any fish at all... only one or two small fish which were smaller than anchovies.

6 Days in Penang #5

Day 5:


Wow! a terrific scenery at Simpang Ampat which I took during the afternoon walk. Blue sky and beutiful pattern of the cloud.Jenny, the clever cat.. I love to stoke her on the head and the back. She looks very clean and white. I asked my aunt whether she take bath often.. surprizingly she said she never bath for nearly 4 months since Chinese New Year. Jenny only bath was by herself. She licked her fur frequently to get rid of dirt. What a good girl!

6 Days in Penang #4

Day 4:

Jaya Jusco shopping mall at Seberang Perai. It's very huge, a lot of shops, fast food chains like KFC, Old Town Coffee and Auntie Anne's Pretzels. Bought some sushi there, Paparoti breads and Auntie Anne's Pretzels. Then, we went to popular bookstore. My young cousin sister was frenzy about comics. She bought some 'educational' comic books called brother and sister and some folders to keep her books .

What was she thinking??? Feel very sorry for her.. she is the only child in her family, no siblings. She definitely feel bored. She can't stand her father who always warned her this and that, do's and don'ts..... I will speak sometimes in order to calm down the situation.

6 Days in Penang #3

Third Day: Piano technician repairing my cousin piano..... For your information all four of my cousins (children of my second uncle) were skilled pianist... They learned piano since small.. they were rich people, can afford to buy a Yamaha Piano (very expensive at that time)... No doubt, rich family of doctor. Now three of them are studying medicine in Russia except Ah Boy who choose to study in Taiwan.

Biological Science. A very informative book of biology. I found it on my elder cousin sister, Kean Yi table. Borrowed for a few days to cope with my dull and boring life... Although I try to focus on reading this book but often interrupted eg: cannot resist temptation to online with my hand phone.

Playful a.. playing with mama wheelchair. It's fun to ride a wheelchair with yourself. Is a great skill to master too.. as you can see.. in Paralympic Games there is such a competition call wheelchair racing.Nangka and cempedak hybrid fruit. waa.. it taste super duper sweet with its unique fragrant, a blend of nangka and cempedak. Actually this tree was planted in the village house. We stay half day in kampung. That's why I got the opportunity to take this photo..

6 Days in Penang #2

Ah Boy, cousin brother seating on wheeled toilet bowl. He was so heavy, can see the legs of the toilet bowl were bending. Ow, ya.. don't break it.. if not 'mama'(grandma) cannot pee..LOL
 

Gigantic octopus??? No la...(blanket+cousin sis+weird sleeping style "too cold I suppose") I shots this photo when my cousin sister was sleeping. Look how sweet and lovely when she sleep.

6 Days in Penang

Where I were? I was somewhere in Simpang Ampat.. in my uncle house... can you see the red circle in GPS map? There was my uncle house!

Second day:

Accompany grandma for a walk. My aunts (grandma daughters) were there. My second aunt pushing the wheelchair. My great aunt following closely behind.
My cousin sister kean yen handling the dog rope...small cousin: may I try to lead the dog? elder cousin sis: of course...
Actually they were doing their daily routine of taking the dog, Maggie for a walk.. that was the time where Maggie going for her 'toilet'.
Kean yen playing with Maggie... who let's the dog howl?Maggie " howling".

My Mischievous Grandma

The main problem that we are having with grandma is that she don't want to eat.. because she only want her children to feed her!!Not even her grand children and in-laws. That's the reason why my aunt spent time visiting her. The words that I often hear from my severely ill grandma:

• I wanted to die.( she even asked my cousin sister to give her a rope to commit suicide by hanging neck)
• I don't want.
• Very cold ( the fat layer in my grandma skin is getting thinner, hard to get her warm even though we already covered her with a thick blanket)
• I don't want to take shower.(very cold)
• I don't want to eat.
• My leg pain. ( she has rheumatoid arthritis which is actually joint pain and my uncle who is a doctor suggested her to replace the knee by surgery)

She is a mischievous old woman..... she said don't want that is the final words. If someone force her to do whatever she doesn't like (eg: shower, eat) she will beat or pinch the person. Haizz... only my aunt can control her.. Thanks aunt, you are so mighty..