Durio Zibethinus

Tomorrow I’m going back to Batu Pahat again. Left my wife and kids to enjoy the school holidays there. The initial plan was for them to come back with either my father in-law or my brother in-law. So they can come back anytime they feel like coming back, but I made a promise to my eldest daughter on Tuesday that I’m coming to fetch them. Well, you know what they say, don’t make a promise you can’t keep, especially to children. They remember! I’m not telling them that I’m coming tomorrow, it’ll be a surprise.

It’s durian galore back in Batu Pahat, or at least at my in-law’s house. When I made my trip last Saturday, I wasn’t aware that it is durian season there but as soon as I realize it, I just can’t stop thinking of durians. (Will post some pictures as soon as I download it to my laptop). It a good thing that it is durian season there, At least I got things to do to keep me occupied and” berkhidmat” for my in-laws. My job is to pick up the durian that fell inside the parit. There’s a lot of parit in Batu Pahat, and we are at Parit Simin. (FYI, there’s no cement in the parit.) so I’ll be in charge to go into the parit and retrieve the durians. Then I’ll go around the kebun to look for durians. Its durian day and night for me. Tomorrow and Sunday morning I’m sure it be durian time again, as during my visit last Saturday, it is not “GHAHAT” yet. Hopefully tomorrow and Sunday it’s ghahat time… Got my eyes on this particular durian tree… the flesh… the taste… the smell… ohh… durian orgasm! (Ghahat? Go ask your Negeri Sembilan friends).

Enough of durians, although I’m supposed to do work my mind is floating away to Batu Pahat… and no, it’s not the durians, but I kinda missed the kids. Being “bachelor” for 4 days makes me appreciate having them. Missed the shouting, crying, quarreling and kissing them goodnite. I guess you’ll never know how much you miss your kids until they are not by your side. Alyna, Amna & Arief, wait for ayah ye? I’m coming tomorrow.

Anniversary

It’s Friday again. Everybody’s favorite day and me included. Going to the office today is not so bad, I reached the office about the same time yesterday, even though I woke up a bit late and took the 8.40 komuter. The komuter is not so crowded and the U82 is waiting when I reached Sentral. Going back today would be difficult as the 2 week school holiday starts tomorrow.

I’m taking my family back to Batu Pahat, it has been months since I last meet the in-laws. Although my wife don’t nag about going back to her hometown, but deep inside I know that she wanted to go back… badly. Not that I don’t wanna to go back more frequently, but being the sole provider to my family restrict my spending power. Would love to travel at a regular basis but until the economy stabilize (both mine & the world) traveling at a quarterly basis should be sufficient.

I’ll be celebrating my 7th anniversary this Sunday, and this year it would be in Batu Pahat. I haven’t bought anything yet for our anniversary, actually I ran out of ideas. Up until now I’m still looking for a decent gift to give to my wife. Maybe it’ll be a belated anniversary gift this year. How not romantic of me… whatever!

Hopefully everything goes well this time around and I’ll try not to piss my father in law too much this time. It’ll be a long weekend for me, I’ll be there until Tuesday and there’s a lot of room for mistakes. One thing good is I should be able to facebook there. Blog you guys later then.

FC Barcelona & Symphony's AGM

Dear friends and family,

It seems like ages since my last post, in fact there is no post made by me in 2009. It’s kinda hectic around here and it always seems like there’s no free time to post something in my blog, and even there’s time I always forgot about the blog. Will try not to forget and update my blog.

Today is Symphony’s AGM day, I wanted to go so that I can study the way to Sime Darby convention center. My roommate during my MYPM days is having his wedding there next month, so this was an opportunity to learn the way. Got up early today… semangat AGM, but as usual I got stuck in the stupid jam in Semenyih, then the Komuter take it own sweet time to reach KL Sentral. To add icing to the cake, my not so Rapid KL U82 is late. Not a few minutes late, but 40 minutes late. When I reached the office everyone else has gone to the AGM. So much for the AGM. Hampeh!

Good news for today, Barcelona won the Champion league. OLE! Sorry Man U fans out there but since I have no more team in the English Premier League, I’ll support Barcelona for next season. My team? Oh… the troubled toon army. So sad that they have to be relegated but it is going nowhere with the current management. What they need is 11 Alan Shearer on the field, and then the magpies will be saved. I watched Newcastle play on Sunday and I don’t see the premier league quality in them, even their spirit is Liga Super standard. Got a text from a friend soon after they confirmed that Newcastle got relegated. “Jgn sedih tau!”. That came from a Man U supporter, maybe I should send her the same text for today’s result. Ole Barca!

It must be something they ate at the AGM, coz everyone is so not in the mood today. Too sleepy and tired, well… it’s bloody contagious. Well at least it gives me room to update my blog. The managers are attending training and we, the kuli’s can relax a bit. Hope it wouldn’t take me forever to go back today, it’s so tiring. Time to pack up my stuff… smell u guys later.