Bup ...

Macha bup tu endang siti hobi tauka pengawa ke paling dikerindu ke aku. Aku ulih duduk sehari-hari macha bup. Bup ke dibaca aku mayoh macham - ke ditulis sida Jeffry Archer, Danielle Steel, Judith McNaught, etc etc serta mega enda ditinggal ka, Harlequin/Mills&Boons! Maya agi sekula suba, minat tu enda udah bisi. Aku jarang endal bejalai enda bebai bup; lalu diatu nyamai endal ngah bisi bup online ke ulih dibaca!

Minat aku tu dipeda baka ke mega siti ari minat endu dara mit aku. Kami dua iya ulih alam kedai bup berjam ngati ke diri; ngiga utai ke dikerindu ke diri. Lalu mega enda tau enda mai siti bup siko pansut! Engku selalu mayoh agi! Enggau anak, selalu diasoh aku milih ari ke dibai iya, antara ke beberapa ke dibai iya. Laban ngalau dibeli dudi ila ko aku. Ukai nya mayoh series bup anak mit. Tang anak aku tu lalu enda minat macha bup series sida Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, etc ke diminat aku suba. Engka iya empai ka macha kini; laban ke nuh bedujung bup tu dirumah! :)

Minggu nyin kemari maya tua iya ke kedai bup, tu meh bup ke dipilih iya ....

Auk ... ka belaboh macha bup pom 1 ko iya! Pelik anak aku tu! Setiap lemai meh iya ke macha bup iya nya serta nguji ngaga latihan.

Baum ngator Progrim Bala Indu Methodist ke Bulan November tu ila ...

Pagi kemari, sekeda bala BOD berandau ke pasal Makai Malam Ngiga Belanja ke Bala Indu Methodist SIAC & Progrim Aum BOD ke 48 bulan November tu ila. Laban ke komiti bala ke 'biak' (aku disangkum enggau gerup biak tu! :D ), diak deh ulih selik agi nyusun pengawa. Serta kadang2, atur diluar 'standard' peribadi aku; ulih nutup mata mimit, laban enti aku kelalu udu meri penemu & bejako nuh nyelai ngah iya.

Awak ke Allah Taalah merkat ke pengawa kami tu meh. Gerup kami tu semua rajin ngerja pengawa. Puji Tuhan mega ke sokong bala indu/kaban ke bukai.

Bala kami ke baru, tang meh ari mayoh sitak, nya alai 'pedis' ngumpul baum.

Yesterday morning, the Methodist Women (MW) BOD met to discss the details of the fundraising dinner and annual meeting scheduled in November. We thank the Lord for his guidance to ensure the success of both activities and the kindred spirit of cooperation among the sisters!

Tu bala kami ke bisi nurun baum pagi kemari.

Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) ...

Puji Tuhan, mingg tu udah lepas; serta pereksa UPSR pen udah tembu. Tiga (3) hari iya ngambi pereksa; lalu setiap hari iya enda bersedia. Taja hari ke terubah, tudah nuh bisi regah enggau batuk. Nyangka nuh kelalu 'excited' kini.

Mata pelajaran ke diambi iya endang lima (5) iti aja meh; biasa baka ngeh orang. Terima kasih ke bala pengajar ke udah meri iya tunjuk ajar ke manah.

Pengudah tembu pereksa hari nya; iya lalu mai aku nurun ngerami diri udah tembu. Kini dibai iya? Iya ka makai steak ko iya; tang nie meh ulih nama jam semina 4:30pm. Ka ngah tudah diasoh milih endor bukai; lalu mai ngagai McD iya! Nama agi, lalu ngagau ke pemakai ke dikerindu iya meh. Maya nya, kami duai mega bisi mai anak petunggal aku ke kerja semak McD; bersulu meh kami tiga!

This week was examination time , that is, the UPSR which was carried out in 3 days. My daughter was one of the many thousands of students in Malaysia taking the test. Her assessment was that it was 'easy' and she's very pleased with her performance. As I always mentioned to her; we're not competing with the other students, only competing with self to obtain the best grades possible.

She took English, Bahasa Malaysia - Written & Comprehension, Modern Mathematics, and Science; plus an Aptitude Test. We're wait for October or early November for the result. Praying for the best!

On her last day of examination, she finished at 4:00 pm and wanted to go out for a celebratory snack. So off we go to our family's favourite restaurant - McD! We also invited my young nephew who worked just near the McD to join us. It was a nice relaxing fellowship with Double Cheese, McNuggets, Fries, Drinks, Apple Pie, Ice-creams, and McFlurry.

Thank you Lord for guiding and protecting her during this period.

Enjoying her Celebratory Double Cheese!

Lunch ....

Friday is the day in indulge in eating out for lunch due to the long break. Yours truly and my darling girl decided to stop at our favourite eating house for a simple lunch. She was craving for salad cuttlefish which is just fried cuttlefish spread with mayonaise! We had the pleasure of fellowship with my cousin, Martha (did not snap her picture), and nephew Lineker!


Tengahari tu tadi, indu dara aku tetenguk ka makai sotong salad, nya alai tua lalu ngelawa kedai makai ke dikerindu kami sebilik. Rindu meh iya belauk sotong goreng digulai mayonaise. Kami duai maya berpusin alam kereta terpeda ke anak petunggal aku Lineker, lalu terus mai iya bersulu makai; lalu mega petungal aku Martha. Nama agi rindu-rindu meh kami ber-empat bersulu.

Anak dara & petunggal iya, Lineker.

My darling girl with her cousin, Lineker.

Lauk kami sebuat, sotong salad, manok plum sos, taugeh goreng ikan masin & sup sayur champur. Sedapppp!

Our simple lunch dishes of cuttlefish salad, plum sauce chicken, fried bean sprout with salted fish, and mixed vegetable soup. It was good and very filling!

Concert Gereja ...

Kemari, kami duai menyanak nurun meda konsert ke diatur gereja kami Methodist SIAC; tang tak asai ke meda concert SCAC aku! haha Muzik sida endang chukup manah; tang meh lebat agi lagu nya dinyanyi alam bahasa mandarin.

Yesterday, we went to a concert in aid of the Gereja Methodist Church SIAC towards their church building fund & maintenance of the Methodist Iban Center. Its sad to note that my local church, Gereja Methodist Ng Assan, was not in the list of the churches to be built within the next 5 years. Somewhere along the line, the local pastor had not done anything to include it in the list; although I am sure all knows about it! Well ... the Lord will provide.





The concert ... it was great! Organized by the Methodist SIAC, and mostly the music was Chinese ... with a about 40% English numbers! My initial thought was ... oh no, the Iban church members are NOT going to enjoy this! The audiences were also mostly SCAC Chinese church members with a handful of SIAC Iban church members (I think countable!). Maybe, this is another mis-judgment. This also reminds me of the 60th SIAC anniversary dinner - whereby it looked like a Chinese function instead of an Iban function. Church leaders need to be firm in this in the meeting!






I heard that the money collected was only about RM16,000 (yours truly contributed about 20% to the collection), and tickets sold were about another RM2,000 (maybe?); thus, it did not meet the target collection/donation of RM100,000.00.






I used complimentary tickets and so our seats were right in the front row! Hoorah, and we got great views of the entire concert!

Here we are, just before the start of the concert; and I believe that the Xin Fu Yuan Methodist Church were full. I was lucky to have a Mandarin translator right beside me! :)

Kami duai menyanak sebedau konsert belaboh. Nasib siko ari kami duai nemu jako Mandarin, ulih meh kena mereti ke nama utai ko orang!

The soprano, Stella Zhou, and tenor, Timothy Huang, doing their opening number. They are both great singers! I would have enjoyed more ... if I understand Mandarin! But the music were great! Just love it!

Penyanyi dua iko ke datai ari Singapura, Stella Zhou & Timothy Huang.

The Tampin Choir comprising youth, members & Pastor Chiam - their songs were just so lovely and touching! I love the piano player - one of their youth - when he plays the piano, he makes me feel so happy that I want to get up and sit beside him and just hit the ivories!!! hahaha If only I could play as well ... alas, I am a terrible pianist!! Yes, folks; I can hit a few good notes; but not too many! ;)

Bala ari gereja Tampin. Lagu koir sida chukup negu ati - sida belagu Bahasa siti; lalu penebah piano sida chukup ber-emosi maya iya natuk piano. Nuh asai ke ka angkat aku enggau iya natuk!!

This is the famous Grace Singers Choir - they sing very well! I was shock to see that one of their member is my SWB staff!!

Grace Koir ari Sibu.

One of two contribution from SIAC, a Ngajat troupe from the Kpg Bahagia Jaya preaching point, and the other was a sape' player. Both did very well; however, I wished there were more performers in English/Bahasa/Iban ... then it would feel more like a SIAC concert rather than a SCAC concert!

Kitai ari Gereja SIAC semina mantai ke dua iti item; ianya kajat indu ari bala ubas Kpg Bhg Jaya serta penebah sape'. Chukup landik bala anak-anak.