LONG WAY FROM HOME

It was already nine when we started the trip to Kota Kinabalu.
First was a stop to pick up dad at his house.
The  trip was all the way with dad talking with Andrew ...about everything that comes to mind. A change for Andrew's weekly trip I'm sure.
 -we stopped at mile thirty two for an early lunch
-atTamparuli to chek on dad's tailor - only to find that they closes on sunday
We sent dad at his Likas house around four before droping our baggages at home.
The 'deal' was actually to pick dad later on inorder to bring him to papar.
he was not patience enough to wait for us cos he had left ahead when we came for him later. His excuse was the car he was driving had only one head light working so he didn't want to get caught on the road at night.
 -Andrew friend Amat plus Rocky and Florence came along on the trip.
Being a sunday it was difficult to find a Chinese restaurant open . We ended up at papar's market place.
Not a bad choice as the food they prepared  were infact 'good'.
IT was already eight thirty when we came back to the house...to chit-chat a little about the land we were going to see tomorrow.
They left around ten . Lydia and me spent the night in papar together with moing.

24//2/2014

Since bedtime was almost immediately when Andrew left for KK the night before. It was a 'long' night for me.
I think I woke up three times before my 5.30am alarm rang.
Morning view was great...together with the smell of kampong






Whole of the time I was there were spent on holding the broom and sweeping the whole house.
-big house which has not been swept for a long time
-cutting a banana tree and plucking papayas

-around tbree we went out to 'inspect' on kampung's grazing land that I planned to aquire. About one hacter of plantation land in all that was just next to one dad had bought for Atlas a year ago and has been planted with palm oil.
-we were informed that there's another piece that was offered. Will need Andrew's red light to get this on as well. Location was also next to the one offered earlier.

- Went down to KK in the evening. Andrew 'picked' us up at the Likas's house.

- went out to centre point around seven thirty to let Lydia try the lane but none was available . She managed to play three games only after nine thirty.

- it was a 'long' day and was in lala land the moment we got home
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It's been a long time but it was still 'fun'

 Today went as any ordinary day but there's a few 'events' that I want to remember this day by.
Firstly ...It was one of the 'rare' days that I'm feeling real sick.
well it's coughing mostly plus the extremely 'heavy head'

I went over to dad's place even with the heavy head because I know he'll appreciate the visit since I did not come over yesterday plus the fact that I have been away in KK since 16th

Dad called and asked us come over. Guess he's really feeling alone .
-with the maid doing the indoor ..I went over to do the garden . Lydia washes his laundry.
-did some sewing with his 'bladder belt'

Went back at around six

FEELING 'CRAP'

Woke up as the alarm rang to find that Lydia is still not up. I went to her room to find her sleeping but in her school uniform. Arrrr...this girl is something else. she said she woke up early because her alarm had rang early. She said she had set the alarm an hour earlier .

My head is still 'trobbing' but I managed to move around doing what needs to be done even though Jeff said he would do them.
He was feeling more 'shit' than me . He has been 'down' since the day I left for KK . It's been five days and he's still sick.
We managed to do the cleaning and feeding early so were able to rest the whole afternoon.
I did some weeding and fertilizing before doing the evening feeding.

Dad called....he wanted to know when I'll be going back to KK in regards to the land deal we talked about last week . Seems it was coming to place.
Arrrrr... this is another case and I have not told Andrew about it.

MY BABY TURNED 22

How very fast the time has flown
The years seem such a whirl
Since you were just a tiny child
A precious baby girl.

How quickly you have blossomed
Through those tender childhood years
When every single day had moments
Full of joy and tears.

But all those nostalgic childhood days
Which have sped so swiftly by
Have seen you reach (13)(16)(18)(21)
All in the blinking of an eye.

So think about your future
Special things to see and do
New faces and new challenges
Just waiting there for you.

For your birthday is a milestone
And it marks another turn

How fast a year goes by. I remembered talking about her 21st and today it's already her 22nd.
She was happy to be home on her birthday after missing the actual date for the past few years.
Days earlier we had planned to do  her cake. This girl only wants a chocolate cake...if she was going to eat it.
I had planned for a 'pool of chocolate with piglets swimming' cake  with kitkat as side frosting but she insisted that she's not a 'pig' in any ways :/ hhmm

I finally get a nod with a 3D bear cake which I baked a day earlier.

Every year your Birthday makes us just a little sad because we know that you'll have grown up one more year, gone away from us a little more and would have made new friends to spend your time with.

CNY EVE & My First Cupcakes order of the year

All night I kept on waking up . I wondered why I couldn't really sleep. Was is because I worry  I might not finish my task in time the next day or something else.... I'll never know.

Anyhow as morning came I was very fast at my feet with all the chores. As usual when I have 'things' to do , it would most likely be a fast job with the animals.

I had planned to do the batter in half of the 80oz flour that was needed for the 200 hundred cup cakes that was ordered but had to change plan when I realised that the calculation was over estimated.
I only did a quarter on the second time.
Must praised myself that I can work very fast on the mundane stuff prior to the final touches.
I was all done before mid day.
It was Chinese new year's eve and the traffic was at it's worse but I had to get to the wet market to restock my animal's food.
The biscuits was running real low and I had used the last package of chicken for the morning's meal.
Yup....had to otherwish I won't .
Chinese new year here is one of 'the' main celebration that would see the town almost  'dead'.

This year it will fall on the week end plus the last day of January. That would mean it's going to be a long holiday . Three working days and a sunday in all. Having said that...the bank will be one of the busiest place to be.
I needed to bank in some monies to my ASB account too before the new month. Arrrrrrrrrrrr ....totally wrong timing.
Fortunately for me...I was able to do that without having to line up to a long q .

Back on my cupcakes final touches at eight. Wrong timing again I would say because I took more time than I had thought I would. I should have started sooner. - I was watching American idol ok!
Anyhow, underestimating the amount of frosting I needed was another time consuming error.
I had to do the recipe not twice but  trice!  errrrrrrrrr.....

It was already two plus in the morning when I was finally done and satisfied with the end products.
Cleaned up and was in lala land by three...zzzzzzzzzzzzz
- the guys and the girls came home from KK at almost five but I was too tired to get up
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Jeff had gone to KK with Andrew on Tuesday.
* 30/1/14 -Yona and Atlas arrived in KK from Labuan at around 5pm
                 -Tisha  arrived in KK from Kuching at 10pm

HEY WHAT DO YOU'LL KNOW...IT'S ANOTHER MALAYSIAN!

Looking at this beautiful lady you wouldn't believe the title she holds. Every year for the last three years on the same date as my birthday there is a beauty competition held to select the most beautiful grandma.
Grandma Universe 2014 Pageant was organise by the organiser of Mrs. Universe ”Mrs.Universe LTD” from the 19^th to the 23^rd of January 2014. The Entry is open to Ladies who  have already become grandmas – meaning that they have grandkids. The pageant was held in the timeframe of 5 days – 19^th to 23^rd of January as the final itself was on 21st Jan 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria. This year there are 25 delegates from around the world take part in the Pageant. The delegates was accommodated  in “St.George Palace” hotel in the city of Sofia. The Pageant was held on the 21^st of January each year because is also the Grandma’s Day in Bulgaria.

This is the official final result :-

GRANDMA UNIVERSE” 2014 – Cynthia Ong – Malaysia 

„Grandma Europe” 2014 – Lolita Alekseyenko – Latvia 

“Grandma Star” 2014 – Lenutsa Burghila – Moldova 

“Grandma Globe” 2014 – Lyudmila Akimova – Ukraine 

“Grandma Business Woman” 2014 – Tatyana Traykova – Bulgaria

 

This was the 3rd edition of the international contest “Grandma Universe”.

The winner Cynthia Ong was crowned by Kapka Amzina – the first titleholder of “Missis Grandma Bulgaria” and host of the international event.

A MOMENT

Such a lazy day to be awaken so early.... it's been raining the whole day and night for the past days.
I was already up before my 5.30am alarm rang

thought of mom found me sobbing in tears while cleaning the cages

...I had a great mom and I loved her very much.

£miss my mommy much£