Gratitude and thanks 感激感谢

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Our Brunei trip is truly one of the memorable and enjoyable trips in our life.

Besides meeting old acquintances, we met many new friends, including Facebook friends for the first time.

Being month of Rosary, we have the opportunity to pray the family Rosary with the local faithful. Beside prayer, we were blessed with the "gluttony" of enjoying all types of food after prayer session. Praying and eating together is undoubtedly a blessing from God!

On the eve of our departure, more than 2o of them held a farewell dinner in our honour, and celebrated our coming 35th wedding anniversary !

Our gratitude and thanks to each and everyone of our friends in Brunei for your hospitality and love showered on us. May God bless all of us, our families and our friendship.

Glory be to the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.










我们这趟汶莱之旅，是生命中，最另人回忆及享受行程之一。

除了与好友见面，我们也遇见了很多新朋友，包括诉不谋面的面子书朋友。

十月玫瑰月，我们有机会参与当地信众们每晚都家庭玫瑰经。除了念经，我们也受祝福了“饕餮”，在玫瑰经过后的聚餐，享用了各种美味食物。一个团体，共同祷告及进食，毫无疑问的是天主赐予的宠佑。

在离开汶莱的前夕，他们为我俩摆设了惜别晚宴，约有20 位出席。当晚他们也惊喜的为我们庆祝了即将到来的35周年结婚纪念。

我们诚心的感激及感谢汶莱的朋友们，给我们献出的热情爱心招待。愿天主祝福我们及家人，和我们的友谊。

愿光荣归于父，及子及圣神。阿门！

Celebrating our coming 35th wedding anniversary
提早庆祝我们的结婚35周年

Mulu Adventures 姆鲁探幽 2

The itinerary for Mulu visitors basically, are the same.

First day to cover Lang caves and Deer cave, and second day covers Wind Cave and Clearwater cave.... ending with a splash in the clear water river. It can be done in a 3D2N or 2D1N tour.

We are on a 3D2N (3days 2 nights) tour. On second day, we headed out in the morning for Wind Cave and Clearwater Cave.

The 30 minutes boat ride on the Melinau river was a great pleasure and enjoyment. We stopped at a Penan settlement for a walkabout and handicraft shopping. Most of the 400-plus inhabitants of the Mulu Caves area are Penan, the other is Berawan tribe.

Gunung Mulu National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage sites. The Clearwater Cave is famed as the largest cave in the world.

On the third day morning, we climbed up to a small hill opposite the resort. The view is breathtaking ... we can see the whole resort and a view of the Mulu Caves complex.

We left Mulu on a noon flight for Miri, and were back to Bandar Seri Begawan of Brunei at about 5:30 pm.

Enroute, we stopped by to look at the Nodding Donkey at Seria oil field which are operated by British Shell Petroleum in Brunei.

To cut short the story, please see more Pictures in Facebook and Video in Youtube.









基本上，游客到姆鲁的行程都是大同小异。

第一天，去参观狼洞和鹿洞，第二天，则去参观风洞及清水洞，然后在清水洞地下河流出的清水沐浴，作为结束。行程可以分为三天两夜，或两天一夜。

我们是参加三天两夜的行程。所以，在第二天，我们就往风洞及清水洞出发。

我们这趟是以船代步，在马利瑙河上飞驰。大约半个小时的船河，是一种非常清新的享受。船在平静的河面滑行，凉风习习，两岸青翠，在这百万年的雨林里，留下无印的痕迹。

我们参观了河边一处布南族部落。在姆鲁地区的大约四百位居民中，大部分为布南族，另一个为博拉万族。

姆鲁国家公园是联合国文教科组织认定的世界遗产公园，而清水洞是世界最大的洞穴。

在第三天早上，还没有离开前，我们爬上渡假村对面的一个小山，可以远眺姆鲁山区的壮观，和整个渡假村也尽在我们的眼帘之内。

我们乘搭中午的飞机，返回米里。午餐后，我们续程前往汶莱，在傍晚大约五时半，回到了汶莱的斯市。

在途中，我们到斯里亚参观当地的油田，看到很多“点头驴子”在操作，抽吸地下油。

故事太长，最后是看相片及旅游，慢慢品尝。。。！！！ 在此点击： FACEBOOK 照片及 Youtube 录影。

Mulu Adventures 姆鲁探幽 1

I thank God for being able to re-visit Mulu Caves.

After my knee operation, I have gained confidence to scale the steps and passage of Mulu Caves.

Moreover, I have promised many people that I would bring them to Mulu Caves, my wife being one of them.

On 19/10/2011，I set foot again on Mulu Caves with my wife, fulfilling my promise made to her 18 years ago ! With us was Paul Yong, a Bruneian friend. Praise and Glory to God.

Gunong Mulu National Park consists of 4 world renowned show caves open to visitors:

1. Lang Cave,
2. Deer Cave - The world largest cave passage in the world.
3. Wind Cave
4. Clear Water Cave- The largest single cave in the world. (overall volume)

Another geological wonder, The Sarawak Chamber, is know as the world largest underground chamber (can hold 40 jumbo jets). It is not open to public.

We left Bandar Seri Begawan on 19/10/2011 at 5:30 am for Miri. We took a 9:30 flight at Miri Airport to Mulu which took 30 minutes only.

We checked into Royal Mulu Resort, a sprawling complex in the middle of tropical rain-forest.

Our programme started in the afternoon with a 3-km plank walk to visit Lang Cave and Deer Cave.

Due to rain in the evening, we were not able to see the spectacular flying out of bats from Deer Cave.

The return journey and caves exploration was about 9 kms.

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我要感谢天主，使我能够再次的到姆鲁山洞一游。

自从我的膝盖手术之后，我重新的获得信心，再接受姆鲁的梯级和步行道的挑战。

我也答应好多人，要带他们到姆鲁一游，这包括我的太太。

18年后，在19/10/2011，我终于和太太一起踏足姆鲁国家公园。同行的还有来自汶莱的朋友杨永平。

姆鲁山国家公园里，有四个世界闻名的山洞，开放给游客。

1. 狼洞 (Lang Cave)。
2. 鹿洞 (Deer Cave) - 拥有世界最宽的步行道。
3. 风洞 (Wind Cave)
4. 清水洞(Clear water Cave) -全世界最大的洞（体积）。

在这公园里，还有一个世界最大的地下内室洞，砂劳越内室洞，能够容纳四十架波音747 飞机。 目前还不开放给公众，只给洞穴探险者进入。

我们在19/10/2011早上五时半就从汶莱斯室启程，往美里机场出发。我们乘搭早上九时半的班级到姆鲁，只需半个小时。

我们进住在皇家姆鲁度假村。这是一个庞大的渡假村，由热带雨林环抱着。

我们的节目从下午二时开始，步行三公里的木板步行道，去参观狼洞和鹿洞。

傍晚下雨，我们没看到百万蝙蝠出洞觅食的壮观。

往返的路程，加上洞内探幽，我们大约步行了九公里。

请点击此观看面子书相片及Youtube 录影 （狼洞及鹿洞）。

Ave Ave Brunei 万福万福汶莱 2

Our trip to Brunei was filled with fun and thrill.

Plenty of fun because of many activities and meeting many new friends. We enjoyed their company and hospitality.

We were thrill to visit quite a number of places and local homes. Kuala Lurah (KL), a border town, was one of them. Brunei residence can just drive to KL check point, clear Immigration, 200 meters into Malaysia border, many duty free shops, cafe and bars awaiting you!

One can do some shopping including liquor, have a hearty and delicious seafood meal, and .... return to Brunei!

Surprisingly, you are allow to bring into Brunei 2 litres of liquor, 12 cans of beer every 48 hours!
No wonder on flight back to Kuala Lumpur, I saw a Blangadeshi migrant worker asking for whiskey ... then beer ...!

We enjoyed a boat ride (water taxi) to Water Village even under mid-day hot sun. I found my self badly sunburned after the trip.

Unbelievingly, just 20 minutes boat ride to a nearby Mangrove swamp, we were able to see many Proboscis monkeys in their habitats!

Too many pictures, too many tales ... please see pictures at FACEBOOK and video at YOUTUBE.


汶莱之行，充满乐趣及惊奇。

乐趣来自许多活动及认识很多朋友。他们的热情接待及共同聚会，真是一种美好的享受。

边界小镇 Kuala Lurah (KL) 使我们大开眼界。我们驾车到了KL，过了两国的关卡，进入不到二百米的马来西亚领土，就有免税购物，酒吧，餐馆等待着我们。

汶莱居民常到这里购物，因为这里的物品的价钱比汶莱便宜，还可以吃到新鲜的海鲜。更吸引人的是，在这里可以买到烟酒。（汶莱不准卖酒）

汶莱居民可以每48 小时，就可以带进汶莱两公升的酒类，12 罐的啤酒！难怪我在回程的航班中，见到孟加拉藉的回国外劳，也会讨酒喝，而且是讨了威士忌，再讨啤酒！（孟加拉是个回教国）

汶莱河上的水村，是个景点。在烈日当空，我们乘搭水上德士，绕了一圈，见到学生下课时的“奇景”。陆上学生坐巴士回家，水上的学童则乘水上德士回家。见到飞驰纵横的德士，你去我来，确是一个奇景。

更令我们惊讶的，只要二十分钟的德士水程，抵达红树林后，就可以看到很多的长鼻猴！

太多照片，太多故事 。。。请参看面子书照片，及YOUTUBE 录像。

Happy Deepavali 屠妖节快乐

Happy Deepavali ! 快乐屠妖节！

Joice and food again!!! 又是喜乐与食物！















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Goal ! 成功了！

A brave girl has finally achieved her goal. Jenny Yap received her Bachelor degree on 20/10/2011 at a UNITAR convocation held at Putrajaya International Convention Center, witnessed by her proud parents, Agnes and Paul.

Congratulations to Jenny and parents. May you draw strength on this milestone achievement and looking forward to a happy and rewarding life ahead.

God bless you all !

一个勇敢的女孩，终于达到了目标。 叶俐雯在20/10/2011，于布城国际会议中心举行的敦拉萨大学毕业典礼上，领取了她的学士文凭。她的父母在场见证了这个深具意义的典礼。

俐雯，恭喜你了！愿你在令人兴奋的成就上，加增勇气，更加的勇往直前，更加的快乐及成功。

愿主祝福你们！

Windows to the soul 灵魂之窗

Immediately a day after coming home, I went for my eyes check up this morning.

Doctor through precision lenses, looked into my left eye and said everything is OK.

I have forgotten to ask her: " Is my soul OK?". (Eyes are windows to your soul ).

I put up this post to remind all of you my friends .... Besides looking after your soul, please check out your eyes too because THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE !

And to all well wishers, especially my God grand-daughter Olivia, Ye Ye is OK and Thank You to you all !

汶莱之行结束后，今天我马上到就去见眼科医生复诊。

医生用了很多精准的镜片，细窥了我的左眼，对我说一切良好。

我忘记问医生：“我的灵魂状况如何？” （眼睛是灵魂之窗）

我把这事贴出来，是要提醒诸位朋友们。。。除了照顾灵魂之外，好要检查眼睛的状况，因为这事可能发生在任何一个人的身上！

我也要感谢那些关心朋友的问候，特别是我的哎呀乾孙Olivia 。。。爷爷的眼睛没大碍了，谢谢你们！

Home sweet home 到家了

Bye bye my friends and bye bye Brunei.

The flight from Brunei to KL was delayed by one and a half hour due to faulty battery of the plane in Kuala Lumpur!

Whatever it was, we arrived home safely at 10:00 pm.

Amen. Amen.

再见了朋友，再见了汶莱。

从汶莱到吉隆坡的航班延迟了一个半小时，因为在吉隆坡的飞机，电池出现状况，需要更换。

无论如何，我们已经在晚上十点正，平安的抵达家门。

阿门。阿门。

Mulu Adventures 姆鲁探幽

The Mulu Adventure 姆鲁探幽

More to come 后续

Ave Ave Brunei 万福万福汶莱 2

Ave Ave, Ave Maria .... the choir of the faithful echoing ....... nightly in Brunei.

万福，万福，万福玛利亚 。。。信徒的赞咏，每晚都飘扬于汶莱。

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Ave Ave Brunei 万福万福汶莱 1

From right: Anthony, Luke and Paul

右起：至贤，刘坤章及杨永平

The flight from KL to Brunei took two hours fifteen minutes.

On board the MAS flight, more than 60 Bangladeshi were on KL transit, taking the same flight to Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital city of Brunei. We witnessed the migration of people first hand.

The Immigration officers were quite blunt to their body odor and ordered many of them, ignorant and frightened, to keep a distance of a few feet while processing their visa. Many of them were ordered to leave the queue because of incomplete forms.

After collecting our luggage, we were met by old friends Anthony Wong, Paul Yong, Luke Lau and Francis Jong at the Exit. With cameras flashing, handshaking, I was overwhelmed by their high profile welcome accorded to us. In fact many bystanders thought they were seeing the arrival of VIPs !

VIPs we were not, but surely being treated as one …. Paul Yong has been “assigned ” to be our personal chauffeur, photographer and guide.

Being the month of the Rosary, it is also the tradition here to pray the rosaries house to house nightly. We were blessed to join the community for Rosary the very first night upon our arrival. I met many old acquaintances, and also Facebook friends for the first time especially Johnny and Anna.

And giving thanks and gratefulness to God, today I have fulfilled my promise to my wife about 18 years ago …… a visit to Brunei with her !


Assumption Cathedral
圣母升天主教座堂

河边市场

Riverside market

吉隆坡到汶莱的航程，只需二小时十五分。

在我们乘搭的马航班机里，有大约六十位孟加拉人，他们是经吉隆坡，转机到汶莱工作。我们亲身见到了世界人口迁徙的实景。

汶莱的移民厅（关卡）不能忍受这群人的体臭，命令他们站离柜台数尺，进行通关程序。他们满脸无知及惊慌。好多也因表格没填妥，而被命令离队。

领取了我们的行李后，见到了老朋友黄至贤，杨永平，刘坤章和杨子云，已在出处等待了。一时之间，只见两架相机不停的拍摄，使到一些人以为有什么重要任人物到来。他们如此高规格的迎接，使我们非常的感动。

我们不是大人物，但所受的接待，确实是如大人物般 。。。 杨永平（Paul Yong ）受“委任”为我们的个人司机，摄影师及导游！

十月是玫瑰经月，汶莱教友也不例外的每晚都到不同家庭诵念玫瑰经。我真的有福，第一天到汶莱，就能够参加他们的家庭玫瑰经了。 我见到了好多位旧相识，也和『面子书』的新朋友第一次见面。

我也非常感恩及感谢天主，今天我对太太约十八年前的许诺，得以实现 。。。带她到汶莱游玩！



Family Rosary
家庭玫瑰经

Cosy hotel lobby
优雅的酒店大堂

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Back in action 重新上路

My left eye had put me out of action for a few days.

Three days after my eye checkup on Friday 7/10/2011, I noticed many black dots appeared and blocking my sight.

On Friday, 14/10/2011, I went back again to see my ophthalmologist.

Upon checking, she informed me that the black dots are blood ….

Laser procedure was done to stop the bleeding, and to prevent a retina collapse.

This happened just 2 days before my trip to Brunei and Mulu Caves.

I was quite scared and hoped no serious damage to my eye. My left eye vision was still filled with hundreds of dots and floaters, like stars in the night sky.

Trusting the Lord and my doctor, I am going ahead with my travel plan and will leave for Brunei with my wife on 17/10/2011.

Amen!

p/s: Many thanks to well-wishes and concern.


我的左眼使到我“暂停操作”数天。

在7/10/2011，看了眼睛专科医生之后，过了三天，我发现左眼视觉布满许多黑点，阻碍我的视线。

14/10/2011 星期五，我到回去见医生，诊验出那些黑点，是流出来的血。

医生用镭射来止血，也防止视网破裂。

这发生在我要去汶莱及穆鲁的前两天。

我相当的害怕，希望没有对我的左眼造成严重的损害。我的视线仍然是布满黑点及漂浮物，犹如天上的繁星。

信赖天主，也相信医生，我将依照原来的计划，与太太如期的在17/10/2011出发汶莱行。

阿门！

p/s : 感谢许多的问候及关怀。

Out of action 暂停操作

Out of action temporary effective 11:00 pm 14/10/2011
14/10/2011 11：00 pm 开始， 此博暂停操作

All in a day's work

I support Nescafe!

There was a tent at a busy junction set up by Nestle to promote Coffee-Mate creamer and Nescafe. A 3-man band was playing oldies .... Oh Carol, Country Road .... I loved it!

I support Bersih 3. We need Bersih 3!

My wife and I are registered voters trying to change my voting constituency from Cheras to Kajang for the past 30 years. The Election Commission (EC)refused to do so for obvious reason. We need Bersih 3 for more thorough cleaning up!

Today, we went personally to EC Head Quarter in Putrajaya to register our change yet again... got to wait for another 5 months (in February 2012) to check whether EC tricks us again. (See old post Bersih 2 The Heroes )

I want to kick the ass of EPF (Employees' Provident Fund).

We went to EPF office also to check our nomination of beneficiary. To our horror, all are not in order. My wife have nominated me as beneficiary and she as mine when we got marriage.... that was what we have done and thought it should have been in that order.

After checking, her parents are her beneficiaries (as nominated before her marriage) and me .... none!!!

I am in awe of the grandness of Wisma Putra - Malaysia Foreign Ministry.

It was my wife's one of the hundred times to Wisma Putra as her former job required ... and my first time today!

We were there for authentication of documents.

The ministry consists of 2 huge buildings built on top of a hill, which can been seen from miles away .... W.P 1 and W.P 2. We were at the Consulate section which is situated at W.P 2.

Trips 旅程

Life is ... making many trips to various destinations.

It is about arrival and departure.

It is "arrival" on the day of birth and "departure" on the day of demise. In between, we make hundreds of trips involving arrival and departure, filling up space between the grand "arrival" and "departure".

My recent JB trip is one of the hundreds I made and continue to make before the grand departure, and every trip is a mission and a fulfillment.

Besides attending my god-daughter Irene's wedding, we also made a trip within trip -- an outing with my parents in law and Susan and Tony.

My wife and I, Tony and Susan, always enjoy trips with our parents (in law). These are precious moments we cherish most.

Last Saturday, after Irene's wedding Mass, we had our usual Laksa, BBQ Toufu and Rojak tea break. Tony volunteered to show me the location of the restaurant which the wedding dinner would be held the next day.

From there, we proceeded to Iskandar Special Administrative Zone (Kota Iskandar), the future "Putrajaya" of Johor state and the future site of the LegoLand. We saw grand administrative buildings under construction.

From Kota Iskandar, through many new expressways and byways, we passed Pekan Nanas and arrived at Pontian to visit my mother-in-law's god mother who is 102 years old.

We considered it a blessing to touch and hold hands with a 102-year old lady.

Pekan Nanas and Pontian area used to be world-famous pineapples growing region of the country. Today, I can only see an concrete pineapple erected in the Pekan Nanas town, no pineapples field in sight.

It was a wonderful trip, filled with laughter and excitement. We had a good time and happy to see our parents enjoyed the trip too.

As we are getting older, we always try to be with our aged parents (in-law) whenever possible, to have fun and moments of happiness, to be cherished and remembered ......












生活是 。。。往外到不同目的地的许多旅程。

它关乎抵达及离开。

人在出生的那一天，就是“抵达”，在辞世时是“离开”。我们会有上百的旅程，涉及“抵达”与“离开”，填满这段抵达与最终离开之间的空档。

我最近到新山的旅程，就是我曾经完成的上百，及后续还有的旅程之一，而每一个旅程，都是一个使命，都是一个实践。

上个星期六，参加了爱玲的婚礼后，我们享用了叻唦，烤豆腐及罗惹作为下午茶点，。东尼毛遂自荐的带我们认识到星期天婚宴的餐馆路途，以方便我们。

过后，我们驱车到依斯甘达特别行政区（依斯甘达城)参观。这里是柔佛州未来的“布城”，也是Legoland （Lego 积木）将在此建立的地方。我们见到了宏伟的行政中心，正在建造中。

从依斯甘达城，我们路经好多新的高速公路及小道，经过了北甘拿拿（Pekan Nanas), 抵达笨珍（Pontian），去探访岳母高龄102岁的乾妈。

我们能够和一位102岁人瑞见面，握手，算是一种天主的宠爱，是一种祝福。 老人家身体都很好，只是最近的两年，才开始逐渐的失聪及失忆。现在，只能认识几位常伴的子孙。岳母在她耳边喊出自己的名字，老人会说："坐。。坐。。。”，并以手示意拍打床垫，叫她坐下。

北甘拿拿（马来文，意思是黄梨城）及笨趁，以前是举世闻名的黄梨（凤梨）种植区，现在已经看不到黄梨的栽种，而只能够见到树立在北甘拿拿市中心的一粒水泥黄梨而已。

这是一趟充满欢笑及喜乐的旅程，也很高兴见到父母（岳父母）享受整个旅程。他们年纪大了，我们的年纪也不小，假如有时间，尽量陪伴他们，共渡一些令人回忆的美好时光。











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