6 Days Without Helper....

We are now into the sixth day without helper..... No one clean the house, wash the clothes, fold the clothes, watch the kids etc.

Anyway, Retna and I have been taking turns to wash + fold clothes & little bits of house cleaning.

Anyway, I am saying that we miss the helper, but just that how something like this could possibly "cripple" daily busy schedule.....

However, we have some suggestions of which I think it work out quite well at the moment.


House Cleaning
Engaged a cleaning service that could come in either once or twice a week. The price should be between RM50-RM60/visit. Look around the neighborhood, some would advertise such service.

Just to make sure you are there to brief the cleaner and also to sort of "watching" them while they clean the place - you know, the cleaner might decided to take a thing or two from the house.


Clothes Washing
If you are using washing machine, suggest to get the washing net - separate the clothes according to fabric types and also colours.

We use dryer as have not put up clothes hanger in our new place yet.


Clothes Folding
When we saw the mountain of clothes [mostly by the children] after 6 days, we thought it is like the end of teh world..... Anyway, thanks to YouTube, we found a simple clothing method. Check it out here & here.

Amazing huh?


Ironing
Only iron the clothes when we want to use them......

Feel free to share your advice here.

Your Contact

Would like to suggest to have your contact information to be sent to me, I will them compile them into either Excel or MS Outlook Contact files & later to be sent back to you.

Please supply the following information:-
- your name
- your spouse name [sorry I think all of us including myself can't remember names so well]
- your kids name [DOB if you want us to send them a birthday gifts!]
- address
- tel, mobile
- e-mail
- occupation [optional]

Send it to:-
email tansooliang@gmail.com or
mobile 0126358443 or 0192378449

Thanks!

Finally It Happened.

After a great gathering last Saturday, our Indonesian helper has decided to run away.

Came to us as surprise as she freed herself from our children's room. That was one of the escape route we set for our children in the event of emergency. Never have known that she would have used it.

Now waiting for the cancellation.... agent is taking forever to do it, now got to start all over again.

Been looking around for the cleaning services. Got the costing - some are killing, but some are reasonable.

Anyway, praying hard for us to go through this time [perhaps a month long] - as work is pretty busy.

We Meet Again, This Time Bigger Group.....

Keeping in touch, its take effort.

The gathering organised by See Khooon truly a success - especially with the highest attendance besides the regular wedding reception. However, with 28 classmates coming; I think it would be one of the most memorable night that we all have.

Meeting Kin Shan, Kin Wei, Yin Yin, Chew Yen, Hong Chuen, Chun Chai, Mee Ling was a pleasant surprise as everyone is either grown in sizes [please forgive me, I have to say this] or becoming more like parents [in fact most of us do].

Past gatherings have been food, hi-and-bye. So this time we included the introduction of yourself into the gathering. It gives us more opportunity to know each other better, even to get to know our other half too.


Most of us would not have guess that Hoong Chuen has yet to marry or rather thought that he has married with kids....

Thanks Hong Chuen for introducing Carol to us.

I think from the introduction by everyone, we got to know each other better. Especially on the spouses, children & jobs.

If you are looking for great local food cruisine, you need Kin Wei who is now running the food business in Pudu Plaza.

For insurance needs, please remember to look for Chew Yen + husband.

For unit trust investment, Wai Fun is the right person you should be talking to. Furthermore, she mentioned that there is neither commission, nor misc service fee incured. Sounds good?

Talk about continue contributing in education (more like giving back to community, what a great job), both Lai Foong + Chee Leong are running the tuition services for quite time. If you in Cheras area and looking for tuition services for your children, look for them. Off course if you are not living in Cheras area (including me), Lai Foong's company is offering online tuition.

How good it is that couples that share the same interest. Chun Wai + spouse are both in ICT, consultancy + lecturing respectively.

Kin Shan + Kim Meng are among the best employees that every employers are looking for. They are among the longest serving personnel in international bank & credit house.

If you ever in trouble and need legal advice, please look for Wai Leong (Hoi Yen's spouse). Off course, you can still look for him for lunch & dinner. :-)

The largest market a perhaps the most lucrative industry that both See Khoon + Chooi Yoke are both in. Chinese herbs + bio-technology.

Mee Ling & Yin Yin are both in the most profitable banks in Malaysia, perhaps in this region.

For fashion advice, Sin Leong + spouse. Quite often I am still relating Sin Leong to well-known Singaporean singer, 'Ah Too'.

The top 5 richest Malaysian have at least 90% are builing their fortune from the property development & construction. So Ah Chou, when will you make it to the list?

Our deputy class monitor Pei Hong is now filled with maturity [but single]. So guys, wait no more. Just that make sure you are good in numbers, as she would need to audit you.

It is not something easy for all of us to keep in touch but at least we get to know each other by taking the interest to know one another better.

Thanks to Wai Leong for bringing the laptop over so that we have the chance to catch up with Chooi Yoke aka Jade. Know that keeping in touch requires effort.

Maybe the cost per head might caused dissapointment. However, with the time we have, I think we just find the session to be priceless.

Do you agree?

Anyway, pictures here.....

Run for the Nation > Church's Project

The 3-week training for the run is now over.

Full Gospel Assembly [FGA, our church] sports fellowship launched the programme - Run for the Nation [RunNat] about 2 months ago. RunNat requires runners running in a group of 3. The leader of the run will pray & 2 other runners will agree.

For this first RunNat, it covered Klang Valley of which was breaking into 4 regions, namely KL, Cheras, Subang & PJ. Each region consists of 8 teams, covering a radius of 160KM around Klang Valley. Each team will carry a set of prayer cards, of which acts as batons.

Our team [no. 7] covers 5km - from National Monument, Lake Garden, Bukit Aman all the way to Brickfields.

Team 7 is Victor Chua, Allan Charm & me. We were at the starting point since 7:45am. Team 6 [from KLCC] arrived & passed us the baton at about 9:32am.

We were backing up the earlier team on the praying for Parliament, then moved on to Lake Garden. Passing by places like Bukit Aman, Bird Park, National Mosque, Islamic Arts of Museum was truly a breeze as the path was covered with thick trees. When we moved into National Museum, the highway was already busy with lots of cars. So running and breathing in the car ekzos surrounding you was not exactly easy.

Anyway, we pursued.

When reaching Brickfields, we prayed for revival in this place, releasing of God's power in abolishing prostitutions, protecting the blinds and asking God to let YMCA to restore its original purpose.


Quite a good experience, thank God that I managed to finish the run.

Just got up from a nap, see you guys tonight!

More Wii

Honestly, Nintendo Wii's attraction has gone beyond just kids.

Even myself also thinking of leaving office ASAP to get to play the Wii.

On the left is one my favorite game - tennis.

The way to play it is quite simple, just forehand & backhand. Once you have seasoned with the swing, you could then learn some ace shot.

Playing this tennis, reminds me of the days playing tennis with See Khoon, or rather partnered with him.

Baseball is good to practice swing, furthermore got to play it virtually, as never have any chance to play the real one.

You got to control the pitching, screw ball, slow, going left or right etc.....


Bowling is quite easy to play.

Just that need to know when to release the button or releasing the ball. Quite few times of strike & double strike.

So, great game to practice the rusty arms.

Golf is also fun as never have a chance to play the real one.

Moving Forward? Beware

Saw this in AWSJ this morning & I think it should be interest to most of you who are driving Toyota.

Did you read about this?

Virtual Choice?

Jade has suggested to have the meeting live - since she could not join us [away in Australia].

Any suggestion on the mode of virtual meet?

I think all of them supports video.

So, please cast your vote @ the poll.

Do You Wii?

Both Retna and I are not fan of video games.

However, we could not resist anymore with Nintendo Wii - launched in Sep 14, 06. Ok, we are not the fastest in new technology adopting, what more if it is on video games.

We have thinking about our boys birthday present, we think it should be something that fits their needs [that they will enjoy it] & if we could, we want it to be able to benefit everyone at home. That's how Wii idea came about.

The chronological order of Nintendo findings & acquisition:-

1. Searching online for advantages & core differences between Wii, Xbox & PS2/3
2. Found online traders in LowYat.net & MyPDACafe & made contact
3. Struggling between Japanese & US version > language & price difference
4. Once decided on US version, struggled on modded set or original
5. Decided on orginal set - mainly for warranty
6. Negotiated for pricing with dealers of Wii in Sg Wang, Low Yat, Pertama Kompleks, Cheras etc
7. Found it at Odeon [opposite Pertama Kompleks] & done deal!
8. Only 1 original game [Wii Sports]; still playing with it & still love it!

Some of you might already have Wii at home, just want to share the excitement of Wii by our 2 boys…..

Playing Wii, you could possibly sacrificed & willing to be topless…..

The excitement never stops!

Better not to stand to anyone who is playing Wii. You might get 'hurt'…..

Due to limitation of original games in Malaysia or rather expensive as compare to pirated game, we might either have to shop online or travel to Singapore for games.

All right, see you guys soon!

tan soo liang

陈思量

SMTM Kawan-Kawan Makan ~ Sat, Oct 20

Hi,

Received the menu from IZZI restaurant, Jalan Sultan Ismail.

For RM30 nett, this is what we will get:-

Appetizer

Garlic Bread

Caesar Salad

Soup Of The Day

Main Course

Spaghetti Carbonara

Margherita Pizza

Mie Goreng

Cambodian Chicken

Steam White Rice

Crackers

Beverages

Bottomless Beverages (Soft Drinks & Ice Lemon Tea)

Dessert

Brownies

Chocolate Profiterols

Prices Are Nett, Inclusive Of 5% Government Tax

Will negotiate with IZZI for us to use the IZZI 2 which is on the 1st floor.

So, what do you guys think?

I proposed the following programme:-

7:00pm
Arrival

7:15pm
Introduction
either See Khoon or Soo Liang

7:30pm
Dinner

8:00pm
Updates from Respective SMTM Classmates
[pls introduce your spouse/BF/GF & family members]

9:00pm
Makan + Desert

10:00pm
Ends