August

Thurs 10 Aug 2023

We went out in the afternoon. After dropping Beh Ling off at the Plaza 333 gym, Bikia, mummy and I went to the Balai Seni Lukis near to Taman Rimba (my usual jogging spot). Entrance fee is RM5 and free for mummy. It’s a small art gallery and worth a short visit. After that we headed over to the State Library, at the other end of Taman Rimba.

Sat 12 Aug 2023

We went to Imago in the morning for a short shopping trip before picking up aunty Su Lee from church for lunch at the Club. As usual, she was regaling us with her childhood tales. There are 2 sets of twins in her family so they were famous in Kudat. Aunty Su Lee herself is a twin but her twin sister died in the womb as no one knew her mother was carrying twins and thought her delivery was complete when aunty Su Lee was born. 

For the next pregnancy, her father told the nurse to check if there is a second baby and sure enough, there were 2 (boy & girl). 

Aunty Su Lee's father used to play football at Jesselton Club (now the Kinabalu Club). He was killed during the Japanese occupation in 1943.  

As a single mother with 5 children, her mother decided to move the family to Kuching where she knew the school principal. The school took in the children and they had school shoes for the first time in their life. They were only wearing wooden clogs before that. 

We also heard tales of hopeless Hope, her first tenant. She was a talented linguist and a trained nurse who worked in Hong Kong before becoming a missionary in Sabah. She was able to pick up the local Kadazan, Dusun dialects and translated the Bible into local languages. However, for tea time, she ate aunty Su Lee’s biscuits and never offered to buy any for her. Every Christmas, she ordered 20 calendars and gave one to aunty Su Lee. She knew what her gift would be without having to open the present, she said.

May Visit

Parents were in town for 3 weeks and Beh Ling flew down from Singapore for a short trip. 

Mon 22 May 2023

We headed to Lot 10 food court for lunch consisting of hokkien mee and curry bee hoon before having fancy (expensive) waffles for dessert. 

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Thurs 25 May 2023

Bikia and parents drove down to Taiping and stayed overnight at uncle Nam's house. The next day, they had lunch at Ipoh before driving back to KL.

Sat 27 May 2023

Abikia cooked laksa with bihun, using the laksa packet which Beh Ling brought to KK for CNY. I took it back to KL as we would be meeting up in May. However, we made the mistake of putting in the noodles too early and it soaked up all the gravy.

Sun 28 May 2023

We were at Bandar Botanic at 5 PM for family gathering with our uncles and aunties. We had delicious bah kut teh dinner with 2nd and 7th uncle, cooked by aunty Jane. Aunt Jessie bought mangoes for us.

Tues 30 May 2023

Bikia and parents were at Bukit Bintang City Centre LaLaport, a new shopping mall near to Hang Tuah monorail station.

Sat 3 June 2023

We had a sumptuous lunch at New Palm Grove, Klang with 2nd, 3rd, 6th & 7th. uncle and 2nd & 5th aunty. Aunty Jessie and cousin Yi Ling were part of 7th uncle's entourage.

After lunch, aunty Jessie invited us to her house at Kampung Jawa. It’s a big house with a nice garden. While we were there, she had her weekly video call with Shou Xian who is working in Japan. We also had a leisurely chat with Yi Ling, who is working as an auditor at PWC. She said it was a stressful life.

Sun 4 June 2023

We visited Uncle Bala’s bungalow at 11, Jalan Padang 4/48, PJ. Aunty Ray has a live-in gardener to look after her garden and a maid to help with household work. The house is huge and has been extensively renovated. Looking forward to more visits in the future as both of them are very generous and kind-hearted. Needless to say, aunty Ray's lunch was delish.

Mon 5 June 2023

We went to Bukit Jalil Pavilion for lunch. It wasn't easy getting a parking spot as it's a public holiday today. We had to drive down 3 levels before finding a parking spot. We ate at the food court and it’s not cheap (RM14.50 for prawn mee, RM22 for yong tau foo). For dessert, we decided to have 2 bowls of cendol (RM7.90 each) at Penang Cendol.

April Birthday

Fri 7 April 2023

It’s Good Friday public holiday in KK. We went for church service at 1 PM and then went to Berries to get rose & lychee cake for mummy’s birthday. It's not a coincidence that this is currently my favourite cake. Before heading to Gaya Street for dinner at Rokuzen, we had our photoshoot session at Sutera Harbour. 

After dinner, we took photo at home with the birthday cake and surprisingly, we managed to finish the 0.5 kg cake. We started watching True Beauty using Bikia’s Netflix account. It turned out to be very addictive and we continued watching it the next few days.

Mon 10 April 2023

We had dinner at Wong Kok, Luyang consisting of toufu, vegetables, beef and yam basket, my favourite dish.

Family Photo 16 June

We had our family photo shoot at FamGlam studio which turned out to be a fun session. With 9 person for the photo shoot, we had many options to choose for group and solo shots. It was tough selecting just 30 photos.

CNY 1 Feb 2022

No more lock down ! Back to normal (sort of) celebration except that our border is still closed and Beh Ling can't come back for our family gathering. We had our family call on 29 January which lasted about an hour. 

Went to Club for CNY photo session and lunch. Dad took the scenic route back to see the railway stop near Maktab Sabah, the building which was formerly the State Secretariat (now the Ministry of Finance), Art Gallery and State Library near Taman Rimba.