Jalan Jalan 走透透

On the 1 st anniversary of my knee operation (See My Operation), I decided to have a "Jalan Jalan" with my wife, Joseph Wong of Sibu and his wife Rose.

Joseph Wong and I are friend for more than 20 years. We met in 1989 at St Ignatius's Church, Petaling Jaya when we welcomed a group of Sarawakian legionaries led by him to Kuala Lumpur. We hit it off well on our first meeting and maintained close friendship ever since.

Joseph was actively engaged with West Malaysian Catholic church for more than 30 years. He participated (bringing with him many fellow Sarawakians) in many formation programmes organised by KL Archdiocesan Chinese Language Apostolate Commission. He has wide circle of friends over here.

His active and inquisitive nature, brought him to every corner of the Peninsular Malaysia. About 15 years ago, he decided to be pilgrimages tour leader. His footprints has covered places in Europe including Rome, Vatican, Fatima, Lourdes, Medjugoje, Jerusalem, Egypt, Korea, Vietnam and China.

He was very interested in my style of traveling - Local Jalan Jalan (Go free and easy), and expressed his intention of joining me if possible. Unknowing to him of my knee operation anniversary, a date was fixed .... 21-2-2012， here we are!

We are on a trip to familiar places, not for sightseeing, but for fellowship and friendship. We enjoy each other's company, intending to visit old friends along the way, and as a way to express our thanks and appreciation to God's gift of our friendship.

We sure to enjoy and treasure this trip.

2009 Taipei 台北

在我的膝盖关节手术的第一周年之际（旧帖子我的手术），我决定来一趟 “走一走”，除了太太同行外，还有来自诗巫的老朋友黄禄声和丽馨夫妇。

与禄声认识，超过了二十多年。1989年，他带了一队东马教友到西马游玩及朝圣，本地军友在八打灵圣依纳爵堂与他们相聚，就认识了他。大家一见如故，友谊延续到今天。

他早在三十年前，就常过来与西马的教会接触，因此也认识很多这里的教友及教会领袖。也因为好动及好走，大约十五年前，他转去专职带领教友朝圣团，足迹遍布欧洲，包括罗马及梵蒂冈，还有圣城耶路撒冷，韩国及中国的圣地。

他知道我常常在本地溜达，所以早就叮嘱我，假如有机会，也跟我一起来个本地走透透。这次二月有个空档，他就与我约好，当然他不知道是我的膝盖手术周年，当时也没详看日历是四旬期的开始，定了机票，就飞过来了。

我们这次行程，主要是大家同游，好好的享受彼此的相伴，走访老朋友及老军友，一享人生难得的机遇，以此光荣，感谢及回应天主特别恩赐的这份友情。

21-2-2012 开始了！这必定会是一趟非常愉快及值得珍惜的行程。