2010 comes already

2010 is here already. How time flies!!! It is already about 2 years down the road of retirement. Looking back, Your Sincerely ( Y S ) sees many wishes came true and many more waiting to be fulfilled. Ending of a year is also a good time for auditing and stock taking. How has the year passed? Anything achieved ? Anything missed? Any resolutions unfulfilled? Well, Y S has the Good Lord to thank for allowing yet another year in his life. Into two millenniums and ten years ........

The first visit for Y S in 2010 is Klong Hae, Hadyai, Thailand. Y S was there with his family and friends on the 1st of January 2010. It is a river converted into a food market where you can buy Thai delicacies from dressed up vendors, and everything is priced at 20 Bath which is about RM2.00. Cute and interesting place and people.

2009 - Y S climbed the Great Wall of China, and this is the souvenir bought from Badaling stretch of the Great Wall.

2009 - Y S visited Bali, a paradise island or the Australian playground.

2009 - Y S learnt to cook. This is a survival skill in case the better half returns to the Lord before him.

2009 - Y S was close to nature. Y S took grand nephew and niece for a picnic at Gua kelam, Kaki Bukit, Perlis.

2009 - Y S attended two weddings, one of a niece and another one of a grand nephew.

2009 - Y S read a good number of books. This is what Mao Tse-Tung has to say about books : " We shouldn't read too many books ...It will be enough to read a dozen or so. If we read too many, we can move towards our opposite, become bookworms, dogmatists, revisionists." LOL

2009 - Y S stood on a promotory at Uluwatu, Bali which overlooks Australia.

2009 - Y S and better half visited daughter's father-in-law more times and had many dinners together. The Lims enjoy good food and wine.

2009- Son-in-law visited Y S before leaving for New Zealand.

2009 - Beloved daughter came visiting from Kiwi Land.

2009 - Y S helped to organise a Swimming Gala for the Royal Kedah Club.

2009 - Y S stood at Tiananmen Square and took this photo. A wish realised.

2009 - Y S got closer with nature and took time to appreciate God's handwork.

2009 - Y S went for his father's Cheng Beng with his better half. It was her first time.

2009 - Y S seriously resolved to maintaine his physical self.

2009 - Y S grieved over the loss of his pet dog. "We are but tenants and ..... shortly the great Land Lord will give us notice that our lease has expired." Joseph Jefferson.

2009 - Y S got to know the new Assistant Priest, Rev Michael Dass, better and better.

2009 - Y S learnt not to " drive faster than his guardian angel can fly."

2009 - Y S visited the amazing Bird Nests' Olympic Stadium in Beijing.

2009 - Y S took a nostalgic walk down his old Teachers' Trainign College, Maktab Perguruan Temenggung Ibrahim, Larkin, Johore Bahru.

2009 - Y S climbed and stood on the Great Wall of China. Another wish realised.

2009 - Y S put his footprints on the snow in Beijing 's chilling winter.

2009 - Y S ate Beijing Duck in China itself.

2009 - Y S watched 35 movies, and the last one was " Apocalypse 2012"
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2009 - Y S ate his favourite " Chim Kooi" ( Crab Cake ) with courtesy of his sister-in-law, Bor Been, who labouriously made and transported them to Alor Star.

2009 - Y S presented himself with a new golf set - a Cobra II and is seriously into golf. Not all new things are fine, Y S still loves his old set presented by his son-in-law, especially the number 7 iron.

2009 - Y S successfully convened the Church of St Michael's Parish Assembly and animated 100 parishioners during the assembly. Y S has also helped to map out the Parish Pastoral Plan eor 2010.

2009 - Y S managed to sell off his 11- year-old Honda Civic and got this MyV - cool for town use.

2009 - Y S was into dart. Getting ready to participate in the next tournament at Royal kedah Club.

2009 - Y S made time to get to know the Creator better and be at peace with him. He is all you have after you leave this sojourn on earth. So, get to know Him better.

2009 -- Y s organised his workshop. Now the screw drivers, drill bits, hammer etc etc are easily found.

2009 - Y S tried harder to live with his better half more meaningfully. When the nest is empty, you find the old couple shocked by how time has flown. As all married people know, even though marriages are made in heaven, the maintenance work has to be done here on earth !

Many other achievements in 2009 but many more to achieve in 2010. So, bring on 2010..... O hoy..............full steam ahead.