At this point of time, it is rather very significant to see my neighbours busy cleaning and refurbish their houses and compounds. The smell of all sorts of paints, more like evaporate kalium permanganate to my sensitive nose, fills the air...
The high spirit and sense of getting 'extra cleaning' will die when the Chinese New Year emerges...
Well, after fetching my two girls from evening session school today, I had to face a long queue to reach to the nearby bookstore which was only 10 minutes drive relatively ( I used the word 'relatively' as I picked up the term from my Form 1 girl's geography lesson)...'Everybody works hard for the oncoming festival' I just mimicked the sentence which was like a replay in my memory...
'What do you mean?' the kids asked me.
"Ya, you see...the policemen conduct the roadblock at this hour as they have to collect money as CNY is approaching. Everybody has to meet the dateline..."
Well, it was really deadline to me...I was smiling to the policeman when he stopped my car, scrutinised every detail of the deco posted on my front mirror. He flagged me to stop to the side...
Then, another policeman approached me..."Akak tahu tak kenapa akak kena tahan?"
I shook my head. He ordered me to get out and showed me the problem...Oh Gosh, it was really over the dateline..."Road tax akak dah mati...tengok 26 Ogos 2010. Dah lama ni akak".
I still couldn't believe his words as my husband is a very responsible citizen, he will not do such thing...
I surrendered my IC and driving license to him...Nothing much I can do...it was a clear cut my fault, driving a car with an expired road tax...
"Akak pernah kena saman?"
"Tak"
I saw him filling all my particulars in a white sheet form ...
"Macamana ni akak?"
"Nak buat macamana, dah mati kenalah renew."
He returned my IC and license.
"Kita bagi warning dulu. Kalau lepas ni masih tak renew, kita saman"
"Terimakasih"
I am so thankful to the roadblock not because I escaped the summon but it opened my eyes that I was wrong on the roadblock concept. It was not only to gain money but it is more than that...
"Don't take things for granted"
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
The Beginning
The starting of 2011 is quite tough and challenging for me both emotionally and physically...my eldest is transforming from pre teen to teenager...what a big leap I feel to adjust on the 'new transformation'...
The new school sessions re-open...with the appetizer...'orientation for Form 1' on the very day that our PM announced as public holiday as our football team won the what cup? well, I don't really give a damn concern...
The orientation session was really chaotic with parents scattered all over the school compound listening? or wondering? on the Principal's speech...Well, parents of the 750 kids, all fresh from primary school...
It was a hard and tiring day, the class was jam packed with 50 kids per class cramped like sardine...the parents had to be in long queue to settle the school fees...which reminded me on the recent experience at Genting Highland, just few days before Christmas break, we had to queue like one and half hours to take a roller coaster ride...
Well. it has been a week now since the school re-opens...my girl still have tough time adjusting to the new cycle...from choosing the 'kemahiran hidup' subject to the extra cocurriculum activities...
She has to choose between ERT and commerce for 'kemahiran hidup' which is the most dislike subject during her primary years...after seriously thought of the options, she picks ERT...even though both me and my husband had the commerce background...
I hope she will enjoy and cherish each moment...as for now, she is not even dare to ignite the stove...hahaha...
The extra cocurriculum came in a very long list...too many makes the decision even harder...hmmm...
Every day, she comes home with piles of homework ... "Welcome to Secondary School Life"
The new school sessions re-open...with the appetizer...'orientation for Form 1' on the very day that our PM announced as public holiday as our football team won the what cup? well, I don't really give a damn concern...
The orientation session was really chaotic with parents scattered all over the school compound listening? or wondering? on the Principal's speech...Well, parents of the 750 kids, all fresh from primary school...
It was a hard and tiring day, the class was jam packed with 50 kids per class cramped like sardine...the parents had to be in long queue to settle the school fees...which reminded me on the recent experience at Genting Highland, just few days before Christmas break, we had to queue like one and half hours to take a roller coaster ride...
Well. it has been a week now since the school re-opens...my girl still have tough time adjusting to the new cycle...from choosing the 'kemahiran hidup' subject to the extra cocurriculum activities...
She has to choose between ERT and commerce for 'kemahiran hidup' which is the most dislike subject during her primary years...after seriously thought of the options, she picks ERT...even though both me and my husband had the commerce background...
I hope she will enjoy and cherish each moment...as for now, she is not even dare to ignite the stove...hahaha...
The extra cocurriculum came in a very long list...too many makes the decision even harder...hmmm...
Every day, she comes home with piles of homework ... "Welcome to Secondary School Life"
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