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
No comments:
Post a Comment