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Mom went out for breakfast with her sisters this morning. So breakfast would be on my own. And I had 2 things in mind for breakfast - one was laksa from Yong Kwang Kopitiam, and the other was a luncheon meat and egg sandwich. I also browsed Grab .... and almost ordered from the mamak's ,,, but in the end, I decided to make the luncheon meat and egg sandwich on my own. I kind of felt lazy to

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I've been super busy with work lately - preparing 3 weeks' worth of worksheets for my colleagues, scheduling work visits, attending meetings, preparing and going to classes for lessons, managing extra-curricular activities. Sigh. Can't wait for this busy period to end in 2 weeks' time. So what's happened since my last post .... hmn .... let me recall .... 24.09.2026On Thursday morning -

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Been so busy these few days, getting materials ready for my colleagues and my students. Sigh. I will be busy for the next 3 weeks and I can't wait for the exam to be over. My colleague celebrating her student's birthday in class ... I was next door, so she asked me to go over for some beehoon and cake ... heh ... On Saturday, I was tidying up the kitchen and I saw that the bottle of

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Fifth Aunt asked if I would help her out. I was to be her Google Map. The 'alive' version since Fifth Aunt did not know how to use the usual navigation apps like Waze or Google Map.   Fifth Aunt is 76 years old. She still drives. But at night, she is not so confident a driver. A few months back, she invited my mom, and my Second and Third Aunts for dinner. And, she got lost whilst

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We normally celebrated birthdays with a meal. Now that Dad's passed on, we remember him by paying him a visit. Dad's memorial is placed at the Kuching Buddhist Society ... I have not visited for a while already .... we brought him flowers, coffee, fruits, and some cakes and pastries. asfd 

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Yesterday was the first day I went back to work after the short break, but the students were not there. They were at home since school was temporarily shut due to the haze. But for the teachers, we were to go to school unless the API was 500 points and above. We were to teach the students online from school. My only challenge for that was the internet access. My school had internet access.

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This holiday, I stayed indoors most of the time since the haze situation was rather serious. There was one day when the index climbed up to 406! Today, it is in the 310-320 range. At home, I keep my doors and windows shut. The air-conditioners and fans have to be turned on for circulation. I refrained from eating out as well, unless the eatery was air-conditioned. When needed, I took out

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On Thursday evening, I drove to Ah Tou Seafood for dinner but it was closed since the chef was not feeling well. Too bad since I had so much wanted to eat there. So not knowing where to go next, I ended up at BBQ King which was just down the road. We were rather early and the crowd had not appeared yet. That was good since it meant that we did not have to wait too long. Mom and I normally

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I find that I get angry and annoyed very often these days. A lot of things can trigger it. And last Sunday, even breakfast angered me. I went to Fu Lok Noodle House at TT3 and ordered a cup of coffee and a kaya toast. Coffee, RM4.50 and kaya toast RM4.50I was shocked because there was just one slice of bread served. One slice, cut into 2 to spread the kaya and butter, and then toasted. I was

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I was agonising over outages at my house over the weekend. How frustrating it was! On Saturday afternoon, the sky turned dark and it looked like it was finally going to rain. I was glad as it would definitely provide an immense relief to the hot weather, and also improve the air quality. I was at home at the time. I had turned on the living room lights, and was watching Youtube on my TV

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University admissions were released yesterday, and I checked whether my students got the offers they wanted : Student A - he did not get any offers, so sad. He could submit an appeal or enrol in Swinburne. I asked him the other day, and he said he would perhaps go to Swinburne if he did not get offered to Unimas. Student B - Multimedia Computing - Unimas Student C - International

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On Monday morning .... L's homemade grass jelly ... tasted natural and so refreshing! The plant grew verdantly in her backyard and she often made grass jelly with it! Just boil in water, add a bit of sugar to sweeten and custard powder to thicken. Easy, she said.Then came a bouquet for Dr. T .... this is a bouquet from her former students, some members from the class of 1998 ... these

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My colleague T would retire next week. 11 August 2026 (Tuesday) would be her last day and we would hold a special assembly to celebrate the occasion. T would be 58 years old on the next day, 12 August. We live nearby to each other. When I fell down in 2024, and could not drive to work, she was the one who picked me up in the morning and sent me home at the end of the day. I troubled her for a

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02.08.2026Mom and I went to Lokka House for breakfast on Sunday ... I thought I was early but the cafe was already filled with the early Sunday crowd, with groups of people waiting at the reception area. I obtained my number and waited, but luckily, a table quickly became vacant. I waited for 7 minutes. Heh. At the table, I self-ordered the food, which took only a short while to be served.&

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The Kuching Food Festival is an annual event, and every year, the organisers claim that it is “bigger and better”. I do not attend every year, so I cannot say whether that claim is true. It is the massive crowd and the parking situation that deter me. Futhermore, the food prices are ridiculous. And yet, the queue to buy food is long. Hence, some years, I do not go. Since Fourth Aunt

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There was a flurry of activities this week. On Sunday, Mom and I went to Siang Siang Tabuan Jaya for breakfast. Mom had kolo mee and I ordered Stirfried Zaocai Beehoon ... Stirfried Zaocai Beehoon, only RM8I ordered this from a new stall ... and when the plate was put before me, I caught a fragrant whiff of the red wine used to cook the dish. However, the taste of the entire dish lacked

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I joined my 2 aunts to go on a local tour to the newly-opened Batang Lupar Bridge. I asked Mom to come along but she did not want to go with us, preferring to stay at home. So I let her be. Perhaps she wanted some quiet time for herself, without me around. Heh. It was Sarawak Day, a public holiday. I got out of bed at 4.45 am and got myself ready. At 5.20 am, I went to the market near my

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On Sunday, Fourth Aunt asked me to bring her to Vivacity Megamall. She bought a dress from Parkson a few days earlier, and when she got home, she realised that the cashier did not remove the anti-theft magnetic tag attached to her dress. Lol. So she asked me bring her there to have it removed. So I brought there around noon, and removing the tag merely took a minute. Not satisfied, Fourth Aunt

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The happiest moment for me today was meeting Student A at Sarawak Club. Today, us colleagues had lunch at Sarawak Club - to bid farewell to our Senior Assistant and also to celebrate our excellent STPM 2025 results. I picked up my friend at 11.00 am and we drove to the Club. I parked and we got out of the car and started to walk towards the building. Just then, a car turned into the

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I'm in the midst of some exam work .... so it's been a bit busy. School has been chaotic as well as there was some transition of leadership going on at the moment ... The other day at a meeting, we were supposed to use the library as the venue. But because exam was given the priority, the school insisted using the library for an oral exam. So in the end, we were relegated to the cookery room

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Pandan Taro Layered Cake from Taka Patisserie ... What's nice about this cake is that it's not too sweet; both the pandan layer and the taro layer had a distinctive taste and did not overpower one another. It was also great that it had bite to it, for there were bits of diced taro in the top layer that burst with flavour when you chewed ... The taro was also of good quality since it was

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My Youngest Aunt and family, who hail from Melbourne, came back to Kuching for a visit. Actually she comes back to Kuching quite frequently with her husband. Her children, however, had not come back since they were kids. This time, the entire family came back to Kuching .... my Youngest Aunt and her husband, their 2 sons and daughters-in-law and the grandchildren, For the daughters-in-law

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So my colleague was going to transfer soon. And we collected some money to buy her a pendant. SH - who is in charge of buying the gift, and N went ahead to Habib Jewels at The Spring to select the pendant to buy. After that, another colleague - T and I went over to have a look as well .... after everyone pretty much agreed with the selection, we bought the item. At about 2.40g, the pendant cost

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I was shopping for a set of bedsheet at Farley on my own. My bedsheet often tore - at the very same spot near my feet! I must have thrown away at least 3 pieces before this. It seemed that I threw away one piece every year because of the tear. So whilst I was paying for my bedsheet, my Fourth Aunt called me. She asked me to accompany her to buy a new fridge. Her old one, which she had used

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DN - Teacher, is it plant people?Me - What do you mean? DN - How to say 植物人?Me - Oh you mean someone who is in vegetative state?Lol. 植物 /zhiwu/ in Chinese is indeed ‘plant’.EW - Teacher, how to say go out from hospital?Me - Discharged EW kept quiet for a while.EW - Then go in the hospital is ‘Charged’?Lol. EW is so smart.These kids made me laugh so hard. Today I had chosen a question on

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