My Longkang

Tonight on chat, a life-long friend commented I am like a man of leisure. Unfortunately there are only 24 hours in a day and Sunday is the only day I am free. I spent the better part of the morning at the income-tax department ironing out details and in the end the officer made a mistake. I have to clear it with the income-tax department tomorrow. Before doing the income-tax, I had to ferry Benghui to-and-from from his tuition classes and send Mrs Bengbeng to the market.

Last night, being the night the Ibans from upriver come to Sibu to sell their produce, I had bought all the ingredients for making Sarawak Laksa ( local noodle dish ). I intended to make a post on it today ( Sunday ) but due to the income-tax thingy, it didn’t happen.) I then went to the gym where I had a wonderful, wonderful time exerting myself and forgetting all my troubles for the 2 hours. After that I rushed back to take my family for shopping. For local readers: do you know that Ngiu Kee’s prices are higher than Farley or Sing Kwong? It is no wonder the parking lots there are empty and some of the foodstuff sold are nearing their expiry dates.

Then, I had to send my wife to have her passport photo taken for some purpose or other, oblige Benghui with a visit to KFC ( anything to stop his whining ) , then cut my grass, trim my star fruit tree( my hands are still blistering from the parang knife I used to chop off the branches ), bathe my pet, change the water in the aquarium and in between all that write posts and visit blogs on photohunt blogroll .

But I tell you this. I look around me and surrounded by the love of my family, I am a proud man. I am a happy man. As for my blogs, I am very happy to be a blogger. The world is so big and there is so much to see and learn in the cyber world..

Around 7 this evening, a man with a big pot-belly called me, ” Bengbeng, you are wasting your time doing nothing. Come join us for mahjong. Mahjong is the life. ” Perhaps he is right but it is not mine. But in the end I followed a colleague for an-hour-long foot-massage at an outlet in Jalan Lanang. It was so pIeasant. The lady is very strong and kneaded my legs as if she was kneading dough hahahaha.

Well, I believe I am as busy as every else and not a man of leisure. This is may not be my life-long friend’s life but it is mine. My only regret today is that I couldn’t go help out some friends with their preparations for the Wesak Day celebrations. I just couldn’t fit it in my schedule. The timing was not right.