what has happen before March~~

Is March 2011 d!!!! OK .. I promised myself to be a bit 'Hardworking' updating my blog.. cox m not doing it according to the track.hee hee.. My 'new year' always start at March..( as I noticed my previous blog ).. New Year always been  the busiest months especially on Chinese New Year.. Busy with son new time table, than busy for CNY.. when I used to everything it is March d... hee hee...I think my new year begins in March.. haa haa...

Ok.. This year New year was celebrated at Sandakan.. and it was a rushing trip.. Than School re open, Sunday school re open, Violin class, karate class... and Patrick Altar boy meeting.. so on so on... new home work, new co cum... brass band practice ( preparing for sport day and CNY at Gaya Street )... fuh...  Because of too much exposure to the Mr Sun.. my son jadi hitam manis... very tiring month to Patrick... huhuhuhu... 

This year CNY.. we are not going back to hubby hometown, we stay at my place ( huahahaha )..   initially, we want to celebrate our CNY eve and 1st day of CNY at Tenom ( my birth town ), we also want to celebrate the CNY mass at St Anthony Church Tenom.... however, after Patrick finished his Altar Boy meeting, he told me he will be on duty on CNY Mass at SHC .. at first he said he will not on duty and he already told  one of the older altar boy 'gor gor' ( big brother ) that he will not celebrate CNY in KK.. on the way home, he suddenly said 'I wish I can on duty on the CNY Mass... mmm... never mind la'.. this confession make me and his father felt sorry for him... then, we change our plan.. we decided to let him on duty.. and in other case my parent are excited of us going back to Tenom, cox we had talking about it ages ago.. they surely disappointed of our decision of not going back... so, to satisfied both side, we planned to go back to Tenom earlier... we went back on the 1st Feb, and come back to KK on the CNY eve ( 2nd Feb).. Mum have to cooked early or let say we celebrated an early CNY eve dinner ( duan yuan fan )... Mum has cooked 2 times the exactly same dish  for us and the exact nite.. huhuhuhuhu... 

Our journey to 10om started at 8 plus a.m., the road is clear cox less of heavy vehicle.. we travel through Tambunan road .. I like the feeling at Gunung Mas which is chilly .. we do stop for half an hour there, and Paul manage to take a nap soundly hee hee.... after the resting , we continue our journey.. we do not stop at Tambunan Nor Kenigau, cox Paul said we will stop by tomorrow when we return to KK.. and went straight to 10om .. I do not remember what time we reached there, but for sure it still early.... My Parent come to show the way, cox I do not remember which lane d... huhuhuhu..  My Father had stayed at 10om since his retirement, doing rubber tapping... and will come back to KK occasionally... my mum still working and will go to 10om only on weekend helping my father or kasih lepas rindu... hee hee... mum oso want to stayed at 10om after her retirement..  when we reach to my father hut ( actually its my grandparents house, but they renovate it to a small house, with electricity and water supply from the waterfall nearby ), we changed clothes  and Patrick keep asking his grandmother to teach him how to do rubber tapping.. Mum like the pegawai hutan, teaching us how, then we tried take turn.. hee hee... we went to the waterfall nearby.. the water was so cold... I went to the water in split second, cox I cannot stand the cool.. it felt like my heart stop pumping when am in the water... Paul and Patrick enjoyed  it very much... after the waterfall, mum bring us wondering the rubber plantation which belong to my uncle's.. and because of the slippery ground cox of the rain.. Paul kept slipping... pity him.. tidak biasa bah... hee hee... we went back to the house and bath... mum, busy preparing the dinner and I help a little ( washing hee hee yg lain tidak pandai... hee hee ) when the cooking is done, we gathered at the table and eat ( of course with Patrick guiding the before meal prayer ) .. my youngest uncle ( mum youngest Bro ) arrive earlier as us.. and he bring his fireworks.. and we enjoying viewing it though it still early for CNY...hee hee... we went to bed early, cox of the driving and kept falling down Paul slept early, Patrcik too... me try to sleep but often awakened, maybe because of new place, new bantal... haa haa... at 1 a.m. I heard mum busy in the kitchen, she was saying about preparing the yong tau fu at the nite before, so I assume she is starting on her yong tau fu then.. so I woke up and help her, my uncle too.. bising bah kami barangkali haa haa... end up mum doing it alone and me and uncle chit chatting... huhuhu.. mum finished around 4 am.. and asked us to take a nap,to gain energy... hee hee... at 6 am my father awake, so do my two precious.. m still malas mau bangun.. haa haa... we pack and went to 10om town for breakie.. cox is CNY eve there was student selling handmade flower to raise fund for their school... we bought to help.. went to Pasar.. many people selling CNY raw food, vege... than we, went to the 'Antenom musseum' situated near the Pasar.. my father bring us to the 'Stesen Janakuasa Hidro Tenom Pangi' to see the nice scenery... and we bid farewell cox we were going back to KK... 

On the way back, Paul saw a sign board 'Murut Cultural Centre', and suggested to go there.. and we wondering taking pictures, Paul was amazed with the Big trees that used as pillar, and saying how they manage to find that many.. hee hee.. we stop at Keningau for lunch, and bought things at Cosway keningau... Paul said he want to try to go home through Kimanis road.. and we did it, although there was a small incident happen... hee hee... arrived home.. taking rest.. than get ready to have 'Duan yuan fan' with bro in law n his family at City mall.. and we have' Poon Choi' a  traditional Hakka dish.. after the Dinner, we trio went to Tanjung Aru Perdana Park to see the dancing/singing fountain... that was our CNY eve...

  

On the 1st day of CNY,we woke up around 6 a.m., preparing to the church for CNY mass at 8 a.m. The altar boy asked to come early for final job arrangement.. and we were at church at half past 7... Drum beating was performs before the Mass begin, the Archbishop, Coadjutor and priests was sitting among  congregation to see this.. Then, they went back to the Chapel to begin the procession in to the church.. the Homily was talking about 'abortion' and repent.. New year means changing in our self and repent our sins, not by just talking it and not doing it...  a Chinese traditional way of worship God was performed..   then, blessing the 'kam' (mandarin orange), the bishops and priest distributing the 'kam' and they were receiving ang pau as well from the people.. A lion Dance performances was held at the Parish Hall... after Mass we went home, and waiting for our bro in law calls.. cox we are visiting them.. My husband have 3 brothers staying at Sabah.. because 3 of them marrying Sabahan's and staying here.. hee hee.. and 3 of them having different religion, but on the 1st CNY early morning, the 3 family have their own place to go for praying.. I guess we are the earliest to finish... and we went to the 3rd bro house ( he is the eldest here ) , giving ang pau to the niece and nephew.. chit chatting then.. we went home... that was our 1st CNY...

2nd day of CNY, we has decided to go to Kudat to stay over, but our bro in law was asking us to have a vegetarian dinner with our youngest bro in law ( he and family is vegetarian ).. then, we planned to go earlier so that we can return KK early too.. Having a breakfast at Tuaran, then we off to the road.. we were going to Tip of Borneo.. one of my friend Jane, mother in law was staying at Kudat... and every year this time she is going back to her MIL place, deep inside my heart m saying will I see her there.. and I am thinking of calling/sms her... but m afraid she is busy to visit relatives.. so I let it be.. when we arrived T o B.. I saw a familiar face, it was Jane husband Mr Chok.. and I saw Jane and the children... haa haa... what a surprise.. cox I just thought of her and here she is in front of me... after sight viewing.. Jane invite us to her MIL house nearby ( I think we passed it when we on the way to T o B ), before that we went for a drink at the resort of T o B treat of Mr Chok ( thanksss ) .. Jane MIL house is surrounded by a coconut trees.. they were doing coconut trees plantation.. we stayed a while than we went to Kudat Town for lunch... after the lunch we heading home, and stop by the roadway to buy local products ( peanuts etc ) .. and went home waiting for call for the dinner.. end up it was canceled... that was our 2nd CNY...

Our 3rd day of CNY was celebrated with Sylvia Voon.. after breakie and so on we went to her place at noon and bringing her out to Suria Sabah.. just for jalan2 and catch up.. the day after was Sunday, what a pity only 6 altar boys show up including Patrick and it was Archbishop Lee doing the Mass cox Coadjutor Wong was going back to hometown for CNY.. Patrick was asked to do the bell ringing during Eucharistic which excite him.. but mummy afraid of  he will done wrong not following others.. hee hee... Jesus is holding his hand I think ( and I always believe ) and he done it nicely... one of the parents said 'your son is very lucky, cox they only let form 1 altar boys to do the bell ringing..and he doing it very good.. hee hee..( m so proud :p).. but in reply I said he was lucky cox not enough altar boy bah ... hee hee..  that was our CNY holidays ... 

Pictures telling time.. :P

Mum teaching us how to tap..

Patrick and Paul enjoying the waterfall

Early Duan yuan fan prepared by my mum

In front of Antanom statue

at the Tenom hydro power station

Stesen Janakuasa Hidro Tenom Pangi

Murut Cultural Centre Tenom

Paul was amazed with the pillar

the 'Poon Choi' was look like this

Chinese New Year Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral

Drum Beating

'kam' distributing

Patrick and Felenne

Kuan Yee, Booh Xin and Felenne

at Tip of Borneo where we bumped to Jane and her family

us

Patrick surrounding by girl.. young and old (Jane's MIL)

Sylvia and Valerie

The 1st Holy Communion

wohoo... Patrick 1st holy communion was done 1 month plus ago.. but I still want to share it here... let start with the after the confession... Patrick was asked to come to church for rehearsal 2 days before the actual day...  On the rehearsal day, there  was  full mass rehearsal.. from the procession, 1st reading, 2nd reading, and even gospel reading, collection and the offering.. which Patrick was one of the bearer.. he was doing the wine and water.. which me and his father so worried of.. ( cox b4 the teacher asked him to do the offertory only.. simple and easy ).. the father said that we do not want it happened... huhuhuhu... on the rehearsal so many incident happen... they have to do it twice all over again... On the actual day, the Mass was children Mass ,so all the things mentioned was done by the children...

On 14 November, we were asked to bring our kid to the chapel b4 6.15am.. me and Paul was asked to help to buy curry puff for the fellowship after the mass.. woke up at 5 am, wearing his white trouser white long sleeve... we go to Pasar Besar KK to pick the ordered curry puff and arrive church exactly 6.15am... at the chapel the boys was asked to wear red bow tie and Corsage, the girls to wear the veil and Corsage.. I saw others was helping their children... and my Patrick... eh... hilang...and heard somebody calling his name hoe ping! hoe ping!  and saw him was helped by his Sunday school teacher, the teacher is so patient with Patrick through the year in her class, and so fond of him... ei.. I do nothing ni, jealous jua la.. hee hee :P:P... then we take picture in front of the chapel and all the Parent were asked to go inside the church... Every Sunday, we used to sit at the left side of the church entrance, but this time we were asked to sit at the right side... cox the Boys is sitting at the right side and the girl at the left side... and all the family member asked to seat behind them... me and Paul was not used to the seat... macam org yg biasa pakai tangan kanan then kena suruh pakai tangan kiri ni.... hee hee... The Mass begin... everything going well... then the time of offering.. m still worried cox this time Patrick is bearing the real thing wine and water ( me n his father keep asked him to practice at home... using glasses... haa haa... takut pecah bah.. adui.... )... but he doing it steady and safe... fuh!.. ni mama betul2 x confident with his son Ooooo... then, is the receiving bread and wine time ( they asked to taste the bread and wine on the sunday class, cox last year, one of the kid nearly spit out the body of Christ cox not used to the taste of wine.. ).. we busy taking picture although we asked not to cox the church have their own cameraman/ woman... and Patrick turn.. he return to his place and pray... me and his father tahan2 lah air mata... finally our son receiving his 1st holy communion..( if you read my previous post , Patrick used to asked me what is the taste of the bread... and I asked him to wait until his turn... and here we are... ).. after the Mass end... all the children taking group picture with the Coadjutor Archbishop in front the altar.. then went to the Parish Hall for the Certificate giving and fellowship... all the 62 children was treated with KFC, and the parent was eating cake, sandwiches, curry puff... etc... all this was sponsored by the parents as well...

the certificate was presented by Coadjutor Archbishop... cake cutting ... etc...  in the middle of this Jane arrived to wish Patrick.. m so touched... thank you very much for the support!.. she was one of the reason Patrick going to the sunday school... at the end of the fellowship the head of Sunday School announced they need an altar boy... nah... pa lagi... c Patrick p la lapor diri... since last sunday (19/12/2010) 3 times sdh c Patrick bertugas... huuhuhuhu... tu cerita d lain hari la... hee hee... ok la.. lets the Pictures tell the rest yeah~~~

Patrick, Samuel and Ian

Patrick and Samuel

Procession into the church

Bow to the altar

to his seat

Homily

Offering

Offering

Receiving the Communion

Amen!

Praying after the communion

Group Photo ( taken by the Professional Photographer )

Patrick with Coadjutor Archbishop

Praying before meal

Patrick posing with his KFC treat

Cake cutting

Us with the Most Rev Coadjutor Archbishop John Wong

Patrick with Grand Parent

Patrick with Jane

 

Patrick With Grandmom

Merry Christmas

May this Christmas be filled
With happiness in all that you do
And may this joy continue
The whole year through
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

Raya Holidays.....

Hohoho... lama sdh tidak blogging ni... So, let start with the holidays yg baru lepas ni.... hee hee... Husband holidays started on the Saturday... it was last day of Puasa.. p cari pasar ramadan but kurang sdh pilihan ... end up mkn d KKIA Mc Donald then go to Jln2 at Tg Aru Beach 1....Hari Raya pertama was on Sunday... Sunday means mo p Church, Sunday School and Violin Class... Raya pertama was busy with son's activity... and hubby need to work as well for couple of Hours... So stay at home la cleaning the house ETC.....

Raya Kedua, Hubby packing baju ni... bilang mo p stay some where mana2 saja la yg tersampai ni.... mmmm... that day was Deacon Isidore Gilbert Ordination at St Joseph Kiulu... I suggested to go to Kiulu to see the function/ event... it was 12 plus sdh la... sampai sana we ask people selesai sdh? and they said the new priest was blessing the people, hubby want to go to the Church... but i wore a short pant not so appropriate ni.. hee hee... I thought the church d tepi jln mo tingu dari kereta ja bah.... but it is on a hill.... nice view... asal sampai la... we went to Pekan Tamparuli for lunch... then decide where to go.... hubby said to kundasang... so Jln... in the car he said we go to Sandakan..... Huh!!!! Jauh tu... yg tidak di rancang... I start to membebel sdh d belakang kereta ni.... My youngest Bro called, my dog (Fifi) tersangkut di fence.... i start panicking cox we sampai Ranau sdh ni.... keep calling my bro.... luckily, terkeluar jua Fifi sia ni....relief.. we singgah at Teh Sabah... Round2... my bro call again, this time my pet terlepas keluar rumah..... adaadaa... I told hubby we stayed at Ranau saja la.... Sandakan trip need to postpone to next trip, yg ada planning ckit ni.... he said OK... so we head Ranau... dalam hati... susah hati ni... my dog buat ragam ni... then keep persuade hubby... pulang la.. we singgah at Ranau KFC cox my Patrick start sdh bising2 .... after the meal we heading to Kundasang, dekat dgn sign board Perkasa... hubby ask me 'r u sure u want to balik rumah? ' I said yes.... so home we are.... sampai rumah my Fifi still wondering around ... when she saw us... she went inside the house.... sigh... she was scared with the mercun sound, and when we are not around she will panic.... we let her sleep inside the house... she sleep like death yg goncang2 pun dia tidak bangun sdh.... bikin geram pun ada kasian pun ada ni.... so that was our Raya Kedua day.....

Raya Ketiga, Hubby last off day... we woke up early went to Foo Ping for Breakfast..... Patrick said he want to go to City Mall main game.... when we arrived City Mall kedai belum buka lagi but ada sdh org jln2 la.... Hubby said we went some where else.... we come back at noon.... if not mulut Patrick boleh sangkut barang sdh ni...... hee hee.... hubby punya some where else was the Zoo at Lokkawi.... last tym we were there was on the opening..... so this is our 2nd tym.... C Patrick c buk betul following the map.... yg mcm guide ni... keep telling his father what animal is this, is that..... bla bla bla.... yg seronok pula saya nmpk... jeles pun ada hahahaha.... both of them talking saja... inside the car, outside the car.... then terpikir juga if i have a daughter kan bagus.... hee hee..... after the Zoo we went to Api2 Center for lunch and jln2 at wawasan square... then, as promised we went back to City Mall... let Patrick play his game for 1 hour.... me and hubby went to the book store kasi habis masa...... after an hour we go home.... and that was our Raya ketiga end.....

not so excited holidays but ada juga la quality time happen.... yg penting and important ( ha ha ha ha ha ) Patrick enjoyed the holidays.....so do I.... hee hee

This was the pictures I took... mmmm not many anyway.....

At KKIA...

Mc D KKIA..

KKIA...

Tg Aru beach 1

Father n son

son..

Jambatan Do Tamparuli...

Nabalu...

Sabah Tea

Sabah Tea Entrance

Zoo Lokkawi Entrance

My Fifi....(heroin)..