My Longkang

The next stop of our tour was Amsterdam, the “Venice of the North”, We took a canal cruise, visited a clogs factory and also visited a cheese factory. We had a little free time so we took a leisurely stroll around the tourist area and did some shopping by ourselves.

I discovered a secret. If my husband and I conversed in Hockien, the shopkeepers won’t understand us and it was easier to bargain. We just pretended not to know much English and waited for them to come down to our prices.

There is a curious sense of history in Amsterdam. It is not quite Paris but I love the city. I love the canals and the scenes by the canals.

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Deco pic from archives

Character: Ling Poh, 38 yrs old. 1.7m and weighs 65kg. Mother of three.

When we first got married.we had nothing. I bought a cheap foldable mattress and we rented an apartment on the top of a shophouse.

I have slogged for him, sold kuih and done a lot of other work. Some how along the way, we have prospered. We now have a beautiful home near Farley Supermarket. Three beautiful children including a son. All doing well in school. What else does a husband want?
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Pic courtesy of here

The cocker spaniel that Benghui has his heart set on has been stolen. It was reported in the press that the two puppies were stolen by several men pretending to be customers who later sped off in two cars.

The proprietress estimated that the two puppies were worth at least Rm1400. They had been imported from Sabah. Even until yesterday, he keeps insisting I bring him to see the puppies. I bring him over occasionally but we never enter the shop as it would be embarrassing to see the dog and not buy.

Mrs Bengbeng was insistent she didnt want the dog. Benghui was studying very hard. He thought if he could get good resuts in his examinations starting tomorrow he would be in a better bargaining position. He will be totally heart-broken when and if he hears this news. Read here

We then visited Brussels. By then, I was feeling a little homesick. It gets tiring traveling all the time and checking in and checking out of hotels and eating strange food.

We also experienced camera problems. For this post, I have to borrow some pics from virtourist.com

Many thanks to virtourist.com

I hope you enjoy the pics. However the few pics I managed to take didn’t quite show the beauty of the Brussles.

I think this pic is from Paris as pointed out by a blogger friend

The Flea Market

Brussels Park

St Michael’s Cathedral

The King’s Palace

Bengsim.

After leaving Lucerne, we went to Beaune. We drove through neat vineyards and fields of Burgundy to visit Beaune. After that we went to the most romantic city in the world, Paris.
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KwangErn’s comment on this

Anybody care to comment? Personally I think it is not as simple as all that. I hope some readers will post their opinions. I am sure Kwangern would love to hear your opinion too. He is a great guy. Born and bred in Malaysia for 13 years. Lived and had fun in Belgium for 5 years. Had fun and went crazy in UK for nearly 6 years. What’s next? Building MuSMo for the future since 1.5 years ago in Antwerpen.

His comment:

Same with the churches these days isn’t it. Long ago it was AOG, now it’s Charismatic, but both have more or less the same set of…. Emotions is key to success, may it be good or bad.

For this week, I have posted a pic of Asian children from my archives. Every society treasures children. They continue our genetic heritage. Children are precious and innocent. They may think they can look after themselves but us adults know better.

I took my kid shopping. He wanted to buy a toy helicopter very much. It costs RM68.00 which isn’t very much and isn’t cheap either. From experience I know he will spoil it in half an hour or so. Even if he doesn’t spoil it, he will lose interest in it after an hour or so.

He sulked and hid himself. We couldn’t find him He couldn’t find us either. Some staff of Sing Kwong Supermarket helped us to locate a very frightened little boy.

Have a great week everybody.

The Lion Monument

Day 3

After lunch, we left Mt Titlis and returned to Lucerne for a city tour. This included a visit to the Lion Monument-carved into a steep cliff to commemorate the Swiss Guards who lost their lives during the French Revolution. We strolled along Chapel Bridge and the old town hall.
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Benghui eats fragrant mango

My PR has dropped from PR4 to PR3 even though my alexa has dropped from 500k to 250k and my links have multiplied. It depressed me for a while but not for long.

This page rank predictor is no longer relevant

It comes as a blow after my google adsense account was suspended for reasons I am not aware of.
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3rd Day

We drove up to Engelbert valley. From here we take a cable car ride to the breathtaking panorama at Mt. Titlis, 3020m above sea level. From the Ice Flyer chairlift, we could view the glacier crevasses.

It wasn’t as cold as I expected. Being up here makes me feel very very far from Malaysia. Here I am the foreigner.

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