It's a blessing to be here.
Life's a bit slow and all, but the company, friends I mean, made it up.
I tell you why.
Courtesy of Hui San and her family, Amy and I get breakfast nearly every morning. And she's gonna bring us to the best laksa sarawak tomorrow. Awesome!
ABF, so kind of them, provides breakfasts, lol, and also tea breaks. Usually tea with fried mee or some local delicacies.
Lunch. Okay lunch is usually in ABF itself, great food in Datai Cafe (datai means datang in Iban language). Prolly around RM5 including a drink.
Dinner now. Had dinner in Raymond's house on Monday. And today, Jesse and Melissa invited us over for dinner. Food was simply awesome. The shepherd's pie was the best I'd ever tasted, so was the seafood pie. Went for two rounds. Wanted to go for more, but pai seh lor. Haha! Sorry no pictures cause all of them are with Jesse. :)
Supper? I seldom eat supper here, cause usually my hard disk shuts down at around 10.30pm. :) Healthy lifestyle, no?
So mum and dad, no worries cause everything's fine here. Really. And I think I've added a pound or two. Haha.
And oh, I went carolling for the very first time yesterday! :D Went to some Iban villages in Kemena, Bintulu with Sebastian and his church members. A brand new experience for me. Some facts:
#1. The head of the family, tuai, will utter some prayers, be it in English or Iban, before carolling starts.
#2. If the family wants the carolling team to go to their house, they'll place a candle at the doorstep. It's like a signal/symbol or something like that.
#3. The first house and the last house will usually prepare food for the team; the last house usually will prepare a complete meal and the first house, cakes.
#4. After everything, the head of the family will give a token of appreciation, usually in a form of donation. (correct me if I am wrong in this)
#5. The tuai rumah will choose 2-3 Christmas songs, either in English or Iban language.
I was telling Sebas that I don't know Christmas songs that well and yada yada. He said, sing only. When the tuai rumah in the first house chose the songs, I flipped open the song booklet and to my horror, the songs he chose are in Iban language. I was like omgggg. Haha. I thought we were going to sing English songs, and Sebas never warned me about that! But anyway, Iban language ain't that tough. Sebas asked me to pick it up and 8 months later, converse with Vin in Iban. Haha!
*the candle*
*carolling*
*sebastian!*
*food*Carolled from 7pm till midnight. The best part : It was raining quite heavily in Kemena. Haha! Got home, showered, headed for bed straight. And I fished during Utilities Briefing today. Sorry Mr Clement!
Ahhh more on ABF the next post. I've got loads to say. :)
Till then,
xoxo.
14 Huggies; ♥:
carolling.. never really done that before.. but surely watched some.. haha.. =D
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By
Ken Wooi, at
December 4, 2009 at 10:38 PM
kenwooi : you should try it. really. haha. it's fun!
By
Josiah & Renae;, at
December 4, 2009 at 10:42 PM
auntyyyyyy!!i know caroling must be great! :DD looks like u enjoy there yaaa hihihi takecare auntyyyy muahmuahmuah! :))
By
Unknown, at
December 4, 2009 at 11:21 PM
HAHA.. I see nice food to feed the hungry stomachs too!!
By
hi, at
December 4, 2009 at 11:45 PM
tirrrr : hahaha hye darlin! yeah life's pretty great here. bet jkt is better hor! haha. you take care. missin you.
stephen : haha true true. skipped dinner but they made it up! :D
By
Josiah & Renae;, at
December 5, 2009 at 12:48 PM
i can see someone is going to gain some weight...
By
Gabriel, at
December 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM
gab : hahahahhaha no choice lor. bring me to more makan places in miri! LOL
By
Josiah & Renae;, at
December 5, 2009 at 5:00 PM
ahahaaa... as i said.. sarawak is a great place, source of life-changing experiences :) great dat u finally wen carolling, and dun worry, by Christmas time u will master all the songs, be it in english or even iban!
the shepherd's pie is LEGENDARY kan!! i oso love weih.. last time in mel's house, i ate like a pig as well.
anyways happy dat things are going well with u. keep blogging and updating us ya :)
By
Unknown, at
December 6, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Haha, very nice experience ler!
By
Barney, at
December 6, 2009 at 9:18 AM
go ahead and pick iban language >,<
u have me to talk with next time :P
By
Livvy, at
December 6, 2009 at 1:10 PM
vin : yup yup. swak isn't that bad. church will be having a retreat to one of the national parks in january. pretty cool kan? :D
and yes. i want to learn some kung fu from her mum already. it's too awesome. drools. haha. sure. you take care aite :D
barney : haha :) kerteh's aint that bad. no? Lol.
By
Josiah & Renae;, at
December 6, 2009 at 1:45 PM
livvy : hahahhaha sure! i can speak the basic basic only. hahahahaha.
By
Josiah & Renae;, at
December 6, 2009 at 1:47 PM
learn kung fu then make 4 me. =D
hahaha. i think if u learn iban 4 8 months, ul b quite pro dy
By
joe, at
December 7, 2009 at 7:17 PM
joe : hahahhahaha u buat sendiri :P
good. then can scold you. :D
By
Josiah & Renae;, at
December 7, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Give a Hug; ♥