" Very free now ah..."
That's what people say to me most of the time.
Yes, " time" and "free" are aplenty, but it doesn't mean boring and redundancy. There is life after retirement.
One of the things I would like to do now is to visit old friends and acquaintances.
On Wednesday, November 28, my wife and I, accompanied by Anna as our guide, went to Bahau, Negeri Sembilan (100 Km from Kajang) to visit an old acquaintance Theresa Toh. Theresa used to work and stay in Kuala Lumpur, and was an active Legionary then. She suffered loss of vision about 15 years ago and returned to Bahau to stay with her family.
The last time we met were at the funeral of Fr. Leo Chang three years ago.
She is staying with elder brother and sister, and was happy to "see" us.
From Bahau, we proceeded to Titi, a small town about 60 kms away to visit the legionaries at the Church of St. Augustine.
There are 3 praesidia (groups) in Titi.
Members are mostly elderly farmers and orchard owners. They worked hard but offered their limited free time to serve the community and the church.
We attended the meeting of Mother of Peace Praesidium at 2:00 pm at the parish hall.
One of the members brought some durians from her farm for us.
In the evening, we put up at Villa Stephanna at Pertang ... a farm owned by Stephen and Anna.
We met a Temuan tribe family who is helping Fr. Naden in his farm works.
Eric and Rino (both standard one students) are two cute boys following their auntie to the farm.
It is fruit season, plenty of Durian, Rambutan, Mangostine, fragrant coconut.......
Thanks to Stephen and Anna, we enjoyed our 2-day 1-night stay in Pertang.
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“现在你们有大把的时间了。。”
“很自由了。。。”
朋友见到我们，通常都会这样的说。
是的，我们有很多的“时间”及“自由或空闲”，但不一定是沉闷或无所事事。退休后，还是有生活的。
众多事情中之一，我最想做的就是探望久违的朋友及相识。
十一月28号，星期三，我与太太，在年娇姐妹的陪同及充作向导下，我们到离开加影大约一百公里外的马口探望邱珊英姐妹。
十五年前，珊英在吉隆坡工作，也是一位活跃的圣母军团员。但不幸的她患上眼疾，而失去了双眼的视觉，就搬回森美兰州的马口，与家人共住。
我们最后一次见面是在三年前，共同参加加影张学礼神父的葬礼。
她目前是与一位哥哥及一位姐姐同住。他们都很高兴欢迎我们的到访，也与我们共进午餐。
过后，我们到60公里外的知知港圣奥斯定教堂，探望当地的圣母军。
知知港共有三个支团，团员大都是年长的务农者及果园主人。他们都是勤劳的劳动者，每天日出而作，日落而息，辛勤的工作，但仍然把极有限的空闲时间，奉献出来为当地的团体及教会服务。
我们参加了【太平之后】支团，于下午两点钟的周会。该支团共有六位团员，其中一位团员徐亚招姐妹，已经是93岁的高龄，但仍然很积极的参加周会，专务祈祷。
团长陈玉萍姐妹，特地从果园带来了榴莲来招待我们。
会议过后，我们去拜访了汤福星兄弟。他的太太叶飞霞姐妹是另一支团『仁慈之母』的团长。
傍晚，我们回到葫芦顶『史提安娜』别墅寄宿一晚。这是金彪兄弟与年娇姐妹夫妇拥有的果园农庄住宿。
在这里，我遇见了一个原住民家庭，他们到来协助纳登神父农务工作的。
尔利及里诺是两个可爱的原住民孩子，就读于一间华文学校的一年级。他们是跟随阿姨一同到来度假游玩的。
适逢水果季节，大把榴莲，山竹，红毛丹及香椰。。。
感谢金彪及年娇夫妇的接待，我们度过了一个愉快的两天一夜行程。
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