TWICE UNLUCKY

Can't believe my rotten luck. Was on my way to work when I heard a very familiar sound. My first thought was oh no not again.? I stopped the car and checked my tyre and sure enough, I had a puntured tyre. There as a small spanner sticking out of my tyre. I have seen people whose tyre was puntured by screw driver in the past and I thought it was weird and now I had a spanner in my tyre.

Why do people just throw such stuff on the road?

It is less than a month I had a puntured on the same wheel. I was travelling back to my hometown then . That was why I was familiar with the sound when it occurred again this morning. In my earlier incident my son was driving and he would not let me changed the tyre . He was able to changed it rather quickly as he used to work at a tyre shop before. A frightening thing happen when I had the puntured tyre sent to the shop to patch up and while he was filling the air on the tyre and I was talking to him , it explored. Good thing no one was hurt. I learnt from him there was an incident when someone was hurt when a tyre explored.

What is your bizarre tyre experience?

First incident and my son changed the tyre.

Spanner pierced through the tyre.

LEARNING THE ROPES AGAIN

After 6 weeks of anxiety and hard work, we finally completed our course on safety climbing.

Some of the areas covered were:-

*Belaying(which I had earlier gone through at another climbing gym, so this is like a refesher course for me)

*Climbing technique

*Bouldering (not easy but interesting and challenging)

*lead climbing -nice enough but I dont want to get myself killed doing this ha ha

*some useful knots memory refreshed :figure of '8” knot and clove hitch which I had learnt during my children ministry days with the Royal Rangers.

The reason I signed up for this course was to encourge my son and my friend . I am glad they enjoyed themselves doing this together.

Some of the equipments I had bought as a result of this course and sport

Climbing Shoes

Harness

Belay Sets

Carabiner

Chalk Bag plus chalk ball inside

Now I am fully equiped and I am ready to climb anywhere(oops did I say that?)

Knots  one need to know

Clove Hitch knot

Figure '8" knot

Lead climbing

with the Director of Rockwall and the Course Instructor

With My friend Eric and My son Reuben with our certificates.

WHAT TO DO DURING WATER DISCRUPTION.

KUALA LUMPUR: Approximately one million consumers in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur are expected to face water supply disruption on March 14 and 15 due to maintenance works at the Sungai Selangor Phase 1 water treatment plant.

Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) corporate affairs division executive director, Abdul Halem Mat Som, said the water supply disruption would affect the consumers in 153 areas in Hulu Selangor, Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, Klang/Shah Alam and Kuala Langat.

Solution for those who forgot to store water and the water tankers did not turn up at your area:-

The week end is almost here. Have a nice day folks.

LYNAS :DON'T WE HAVE A SAY IN THIS?

Numerous report on the danger, but our dear PM says it is safe. How sure are you.Well this article is not something to to take lightly.The People have spoken, they have raised their concern on the danger of the rare earth. It is clear we malaysian do not want Lynas project.

What happen to putting people first (Rakyat di dahulukan) Mr PM? I guess it's just one of your empty talk.

You can take our votes for granted, but please don't gamble with our lives

Are you going to let something happen to sweet innocent lives such as these before you erred.?

WHAT IRRESPONSIBLE ACT THIS IS

I was alert by a hiker friend who hike at Tabur regulary as she stays only  stone throw away from the beautiful hills.  I am sadden by this irresponsible act and vandalism.  I am totally against any kind of 

gratiffi and certainly not on our wonderful and beautiful heritage. Why can't they admire nature and leave it intact.?  I always encourage my hikers buddies to follow the hiker's creed which is:-

TAKE ONLY PICTURES,
LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS
KILL ONLY TIME.
I suspect these are not nature lovers or hikers, they are just tourist, who come and go. They are the likes of those who saw it no wrong to throw rubbish out of their cars while driving. I wish there are laws to percecute such wrong doers.

Take a look at these photos and you will see why I am so mad and sad at the same time.

      photos credit: Agnes Tan

I FEEL FOR YOU

Just got a text message from a Hiker friend, saying she was in a bad shape now. Her boy friend who is also a mutual friend just broke up with her for the second time.! Reason given was there was no more passion left. Then why do you want to put her to this agony again?  I wrote back to console her and wished I could offer her my shoulder , but atlas I am miles away. I am honour she consider me friend enough to share this with me. This is not the first time I have been told of this kind of heart breaking news. The first time was my little girl, but thank God she was strong and have since got over it  . Why do  guys want to play with a girl's feeling?  Are they just interested to bed them and then dump them?  Come on they are human with feelings not things for God sake!. How would like it if someone do it to your sister(s)?? Someday you will be parent too and if someone would to do that to your own daughter(s) would you like it?
If you are not sure,  then don't start a relationship. Be honest and let them know earlier , not after you have got tired of them.  It is people like these that give man a bad name.

MOVING SOON

It's been a year since moving to my house which is provided by the company. A couple of  weeks the owner called to informed he had sold the house and so I have to look for a new abode and time is running out. There were so many vacant house nearby where I stay but sadly there is no sign board for rent. I failed to understand why did the owners just left the house the way they are now.Some of them are really in a bad shape now. Some are even vandalized. There was one I saw a tree has grown really tall at the back yard. I understand some of these houses were offered to those in the Army. Surely not given free.? Why did they not maintain  them and just leave them idle? I am sure they need to service the bank. A week ago I had a look at one of the house not too far from my current house, but the rental was slightly higher and when enquired why the extra price , I was told it was because I am a chinese. Huh? what has renting got to do with races?  The explanation was they have to engage a bomoh or Iman to perform some rtitual when I moved out later one. From the looks of it the owner might not be too keen to rent it to a non muslim as he can not call back, even though I told him I was ready to sign the tenancy agreedment.
Well I have less than a month or so to get a new one or else I will have to sleep in my car.

These are just a few of the many houses still not occupied.