29th September 2022 Thursday - crop circles

 

28th September 2022 Wednesday - farewell

 

27th September 2022 Tuesday - internship review

 Joy came by to review the two UNIMAS students, it was meant to be a short visit but it ended up being a 90 minute travelogue. One in a while, I turned to look at the three of them huddled in front of the laptop, when a bubble of laughter erupted. Later she and I chatted about how 6 months is necessary compared to the three, and how they should let the students actively seek their own placement. She agreed, and said she'll table at their next meeting but I had an inkling that it would be difficult for change.  I have heard that the warm and caring Dean had been replaced by a man without talent for teaching ; a humourless bureaucrat. 

More the reason for Iffa and Joanne and their cohort to venture further for their Masters. 

26th September 2022 Monday - building job bank

 

25th September 2022 Sunday - Lim sisters

Mom celebrated her 80th birthday last night, we invited her youngest sister because she's the sort that would liven up a party. Her husband is also very sporting, and Mom is good of him. 

It's a change from our usual family dinners, there's more chatter, more teasing and poking fun at each other, and laughter. I think I'll invite these two to dinner with Mom once a month, and invent events to celebrate; an engagement, a birthday, a graduation. 

It's good for Mom, she was laughing a lot last night. 

24th September 2022 Saturday

 

23rd September 2022 Friday - postcards from the past

Sean and Sara visited their mummy Selinna who took them out for an expensive omakase lunch in KL, and as dutiful grandchildren they visited their grandparents. 

They brought back a letter that Sam wrote to Dad describing the reasons behind the purchase of our first TV set*. In that letter, she complimented me saying that I have helping out with cooking and cleaning while she minded Sean. We had just moved into our new house then and she was balancing a full time job and caring for Sean. I recalled cooking the simple dinners for us, including our helper, Yanti. 

*we went to the Permai resort with WK who had two free rooms, during which Sean became quite fascinated with the tv set in the room. We took some photos of him in the large hotel bed, propped up with pillows. Right then, we decided that we should buy a TV for the house.