year 2008 - what a "bang" way to 2008

Better pen in sometime before kena "kau kau" from E !!!



I started my new year - 2008 with a bang !!! hahaha.. really... huge bang. Well, the story goes like this.



On January 2nd, afternoon, took my kids for their hair cut before school re-open for new term on Jan. 3rd. As usual, me being malaysian always... "berak mau keluar" then only cari "lubang" hehehe..... Reached the hair saloon about lunch time, my usual hairdresser, named Jo - short for JOJO (like clown name, hor).. u ah... if new school term dont start, sure wont see your face here.. alamak !! :-( My kids had their hair cut done within the hour looking like... my son - crew cut (no.2) and my girl like.... china girl hehehehe. On the way out, the co-owner of the saloon walk in and Jo mentioned that he is very good in coloring hair. FYI, he has cut both my children's hair and his work... gooooddddd. So, i asked Jo when would be his next trip to Klang as I thought maybe get my hair done up nearing to chinese new year. But according to Jo, today only cos he will be busy in his own shop in KL until chinese new year. Alamak, that means like it or not i have to make time for him to do my hair TODAY !!! Pasal mau cantik, ok lah.. make appointment that same evening for my hair do. So on the dot, 5 pm, rush to saloon. When reached there, was told he has to rush back to KL.. *&^%$# (excuse me...:-) )Jo says, never mind lah, since u are here, i do for you lah... Dont want to make another trip there, so.. ok. Told Jo how i want my hair cut and she was not sure if i really wanted to cut short. I had my hair length over my shoulders and now i want to cut short - "BoB" style. Before she cut, Jo says.. eh... i going to cut liao..ah... i say cut lah.... Guess Jo wants to be double sure, i wont regret it. Mind you, i used to keep my hair short, very short. The only time my hair was kept long during my younger days - before and during primary school. Mum used to keep my hair long and every chinese new year, got people "book" my hair. Those days very "heng" - wig. Using real hair for wigs. Only when i was in secondary school, i started keeping my hair short. Back to present time - Jan 2nd 2008. By the time, i finished - hair cut and coloring, it was about 8 pm. So i decided to tar pow my dinner but cant decide wat to makan. finally almost reaching home, ting !! buy "lor mai kai" and "siew mai" yum.. yum.... Diverted to the makan stall near my house. After tau pow, i decided to use another route back home... boy... that was a big mistake and bad decision. Once turned in, just a few metres, bang !!!! I screamed and realised a motorist just came out from nowhere and bang the left side on my car. My heart pounding... motorist ok or not ?? then slowly, he stood up.. Phew..... parked my car to the side to check apa rusaklah.... wah.... my side mirror patah.. imagine flower not enough water, they whither, head down. Then i notice the left fender "kemet". *&^%$ (sai lah) aiyooooo..... song song and happy with my new hairdo and this happened ! The motorist has the cheek to say, tiada brake. Tiada brake somemore jalan laju. Lu nasib baik, gua talah laju, kalau laju... "pocit". Sekarang apa macam, cermin patah, ini sudah kemek ? Aiyo, saya tarak wang lah... Huh !??

Next day, checked out the price for replacing the side mirror.... Got another shock of my life ! New replacement - RM700 !! What the &^%$# Wah,,, c lorrrrr.... c lllooooorrrrr..... Another alternative, 2nd hand set. Luckily, my regular mechanic manage to source 2nd hand set for RM310. Now i have to check out the price for the side fender. Easily another RM500++ (sob sob....) Aarrgghhhhhhh......

One week later, on Jan 9, my house was broken into. Thieves came in from the roof via the kitchen. They broke the kitchen ceiling and manage to take most of my jewelleries and some cash from my dressing table drawer. I never ever expected this to happen to me as we have been staying there more than 10 years and nothing of this sort has ever happen in my neighbourhood. My loss was about RM5K. I was heart sick as all these items are my hard earned money (blood money) and some items are way back when i was younger, gifts from my mother. I also lost my schwarski bracelet and pendant which i loved and very proud of when i am wearing them. My girl's set also gone. Those b$#@% are good for nothing doing this. That very night, I couldnt sleep, thinking about the things I have lost. I know those items can be replaced but some of those have sentimental value as those were gifts from my mum way back during my school days (also her long time sweat saving money) and some using my hard earned money !!! sorry to say this but I really curse thieves that took away my things. The only consolation is they did not ransacked the whole house but only the drawer. Guess, the loot from the drawer is good enough for them.

Make a police report and was told by them that they will call and investigate the case. Till now, the call did not come and the broken ceiling have been replaced for the price of RM1400. The contractor "block" whatever entrance from the roof top into the house.

Of course, when these things happen, you will get some feedback like, aiyo... why did you keep your things in the drawer. You should put them away, places where not so easy for them to find. Why you keep some many items in one place ? You should split and keep all over.. Huh ??

Aiyo,, if I know and foresee all these, i wont be keeping them where they were, right ???!

Anyway, items lost maybe replaced (i know). Probably "the one above", has other plans and I take this two events as 'BLESSING IN DISGUISE".

HAPPY NEW YEAR.........

S