Credit To Tekkaus And Today Updates

Pursuant to my previous post, I want to give all credit to this Tekkaus here... He offered to do it for this auntie here, so nice of him... partly because I mentioned that my header "Contact Me" is not functioning and being "computer illiterate" on those "html stuff" ...

I was asking him how to draw high traffic to blogs...and slowly and slowly, I will learn some techniques from him... (hopefully)... His blog draws high traffic and lets see whether I can "tau si" some from this "sifu" of not... (blog discipleship) ... hahaha....

Ok, a bit of updates...

Going to take blood test today...
Going to visit vet... Labbie is sick... vomiting out white slimy substance... sigh....

Contact Me And I Reply

I am proud to say that Reanaclaire can now be reached more easily. In the past, I know a lot of you were having difficulties, trying to get in touch with me.

Well, all those nagging problems are a thing in the past right now. Now all of you can contact Reanaclaire (me) via the contact form below. Rest assured that all the emails that you send to me will be read and reply will be done as soon as possible.

Hereby, I would like to remind you that the most effective way to reach me is via email by using the enclosed the contact form below. However you can also contact me via a variety of social networking sites (please refer to my other social contacts enclosed below the form). You are welcome to connect with me on any of them....

In order to reach me, please fill in the following form. There will be absolutely no spam. You privacy is totally guaranteed. I will be more than happy to listen to you.

As I mentioned earlier, you can also contact me via other social networking sites. The following are my social networking profiles:

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Last but not least, thank you for reaching out to Reanaclaire.com. Your request and inquiry will be responded by me as soon as I can. I truly appreciate your continuous support and patience.

Thank you.

Whether To Be Amused Or Angry...

Next assignment on the list is the Banks ... (there are lots to do after one's demise)... Since I have the er... experience of running around like what I did when my husband passed on many years ago, my sister dedicated these official stuff to me...

Ok, just want to relate my conversation with one staff in an established bank here in Ipoh.... don't know whether to get angry or amused ....

My late BIL has a bank savings account in Camerons and since it is quite troublesome for my sister to go all the way there just to submit the documents, we made a phone call to ask them for advice.  The bank officer was very helpful, he told us to to to this Ipoh branch and get the forms signed there instead and these forms will be forwarded to the Cameron branch soon after....... good suggestion, right? 

But when I called up the Ipoh branch to relate this to them and before I could say more, the Ipoh bank officer said, "No, no.. we cannot pay out here, you must write to the Amanah Raya (Letter of Administration)....bla bla bla.."  (hello... the amount is not big la, no need to go to LA one.... )

I cut her short by telling her what the Cameron bank staff suggested, just sign the forms and that's it...  and this lady kept saying No, No, we cannot pay you here....then I told her that I was not asking her to pay me but just to submit the forms on our behalf to Camerons...

The next question amused me... "What type of forms did he ask you to sign?"  Gosh!  As a bank officer, she did not know what type of forms to sign by the next-of-kin?   I replied in a very nice way, "Indemnity and Guarantor forms, right??!"  sigh...  Don't tell me she didn't know?  But of course now, she does.....  :)

Anyway... this left me pondering a moment ago...."Why want to make things difficult for people when there is an easier way to settle it?"

A Valentine To Remember And To Cherish

"Mum, make your own plans for Valentine's night... I am going out with my friends... "

So here I am... sitting down here quietly at 7.20pm... waiting for my date or dates who have yet to come.. or perhaps I would be sitting here for the next few hours..

If not for Facebook and my blog, there wouldn't even be any "Happy Valentine" wishes too.... sounds kind of sad, huh..  :p

Well, actually there is no big deal... Valentine is for the young anyway...*self-consoling*

 Anyway... there is one Valentine year I will never forget... I received a bouquet of roses from a friend, all the way from Singapore.. though he has already passed on, he will always be cherished.. 

Happy Valentine.... do treasure your love ones always!

Mission Unaccomplished In Socso And EPF

Made some "fruitless" phone calls to these departments this morning..... Socso and EPF...

Sosco Ipoh telelphone number : 2538477     EPF : 2420000

After three counts of ringing, an automated machine voice could be heard...
Press 1 for Bahasa, 2 for English.. (sounds familiar, right?)
After that, press your extension number Or press "0" for operator assistance...
I pressed "0" since I do not know anyone who works there...
Then.... local music could be heard over the phone... after few seconds, automated voice saying, "All operators are busy, please hold the line."  The recorded voice repeated the same message over and over again till frustration seeped in and eventually, one would just want to bang the phone.....

Next thing.. I drove over to Socso at around 11am... parking was limited... guard asked to park along the main road...  no way!  Might get police ticket.... then off I drove to EPF.... worse!  Rows and rows of cars parked illegally along the road... again, no vacant parking...

Phone calls not picked up... parking spaces are limited....Very frustrating when I couldn't get things done...

Conclusion...time, petrol wasted with nothing accomplished...

How do the people get in touch with these departments, by the way?  Email?

I guess I have to opt for Plan B............ go at 8am... No choice...

Last Rites And New Phase Of Life

Woke up 8am cos have to be in the parlour at 10am... upon reaching we saw a crew of film-makers along the road... Some local production, I guess... surprised to see that they wanted to film the Hume Street, commonly known as the Coffin Road...

Something to enlighten our mood, I started to take some pictures...

Some voices "Cut" could be heard... and repeated scenes as well...

These two "actors" have to stand here a few times... so it seems...

different angles by the film-makers..

kind of interesting though...

over here, someone was posing for me...

some "kung-fu" flicks too...

Funeral service started at 12pm and lasted for half hour after which we adjourned to the Christian cemetery in Tambun.  A short service was conducted there and everyone was given a rose to throw where the coffin was laid.....  After a lunch in Kok Thai restaurant, it was time to go home....

A new beginning for my sister and her two kids..... May our Good Lord continues to watch over them.....

The Second Day

Another tiring day with mixed issues...

First thing was to find a home for Siew Kat, the shihszu... sister cannot take care of her now since her heart is not too good... spent an hour phoning up the pet shops/vets/groomers to adopt the doggie but to no avail... called up a few friends too but all turned down the adoption offer.

Made one final call to Christine... "hey... wanna take in my sister's dog, a shihszu?"  I expected a No... and when she said, "Oi, oi ah.."(I want, I want..) I couldn't believe my ears.. asked second time... sure or not... "Sure!"  Phew... Case closed...

After sending the doggie to my friend's place, we had our dinner and off to the funeral parlor for the 2nd night...  and back at 11.30pm....

First Day Of Wake

A very tiring day... from 6.30am I woke up and after dropping my girl to work, my sister and I have to go here and there to get everything done... Went to the funeral parlour, went to buy some black pants for my nephew and niece, drove to church... by the time we finished driving here and there, it was almost 2pm when we reached home...

I was exhausted and I think I dozed off immediately on my sofa.... but woke up at the sound of my phone ringing an hour later, I think...

Anyway, a short nap helps to freshen up the mind.. At 6pm or so, we had to go to the funeral parlour in town... but now I am back... 11pm... hungry... and eating two slices of bread with sambal dried prawns as fillings...

Tomorrow will be another day....

A Sudden Demise

Received phone call around 3pm from my mum who told me that my BIL passed away all of a sudden... My sister was too anguished to talk about it... just requested to be taken up to Cameron Highlands ...

Around 3pm we drove up to CH hospital to find out what really happened... the staff at the GH was very helpful and friendly, the doctor, attendants and even the police officer were kind enough to explain to us and made all procedures smoothly without much waiting and fuss....

Went to the mortuary to confirm... went to my BIL's apartment to clear up his belongings, his colleagues/roommates helped us and one willingly drove us back to Ipoh in my car because I cannot drive on highways during dark....


My sister is like Job... she faces obstacles after obstacles.. she must stay strong and faithful.. May the Good Lord continues to watch over her and her family...

Street Party In Sungai Buloh

The next day my sister-in-law told us that there was going to be a street party near her area. Having not really experienced a street party before, it did sound exciting to me...

Before the party started, my girl and I took a walk around the neighbourhood to survey which house is for sale.. never know one day I might be one of the house owners there, right? *dream on, zzzZZZZZ*

the place where the party was going to start..

yours truly walking around and "surveying" anything interesting...

when it was night, the street began to fill up with residents.. 

there was even a karaoke competition, so I heard... 

one lady was belting out an English number... 

two pretty girls were singing a Mandarin Duet..

 

unfortunately it was too late for me to participate! haiyah...

 But at least I managed to witness the beautiful fireworks!

What a night to remember.... 

My Three Points In Traveling

I received a call from an ex-colleague this afternoon.  Indeed it was a surprise to receive a call from her after "losing" touch for a period of time.  After our sharing of formalities about our families, she asked me whether I was keen to go for a tour with her this coming May.  When she mentioned that she was interested to go for a Turkey holidays during this May, I was sort of taken aback.  Those days when we were working together, she never mentioned going for tours before, in fact she was not keen in traveling altogether.  Now few years later, she told me that she wanted to go to as many countries as she can afford to.  Before I could ask her why, she told me about three points on traveling.  Since we are not getting "younger" anymore, she added that IF we have the Time, Money and Good Health, why shouldn't we go traveling?  Well, she indeed have a point there... I love traveling too but I keep on procrastinating at times.  When I travel, I make sure I have the right company, the country I love to visit and the "extra" money that I could spend on.  Without these three points, I also would not like to travel.... How about you?  Do you like traveling?

Birthday Bash In Kuala Lumpur

During the evening we had a buffet dinner in the house to celebrate my nephew's birthday. There was nothing much to do, most of the food were either catered or cooked by my SIL.... I just linger around to touch up here and there.. hahaha... (pretend to be busy!)

This birthday party reminded me of my kids when they were small... I used to hold parties for them on their birthdays... but when they reached their teenage years, the parties began to dwindle... no more holding parties but just eating out and then a quiet time blowing out candles in the house... (yours truly is truly truly getting lazier each year.....)

for a moment, I didn't recognize myself... hehehee...

 

posing and pretending to be busy...

part of the food served...

oopss...barefoot..

then the guests began to eat after a short prayer and birthday song sung..

oopps.. Andy's serious face...

 

the young guests... 

After the party, I thought there would be a live band...

How I love to Jam!!

Am I too old for that??  :)

Pan Heong, Here We Come...

One of my highlights of going to KL is to "visit" and savour Pan Heong Restaurant in Batu Caves.  But knowing Andy and myself who are "hopeless" in directions even with GPS, we were quite pessimistic of finding our way there.

But upon reaching my brother's house in Sg. Buloh around two, to my great delight, my brother said he would be taking us there even though he has just taken his lunch with his family.... I told Andy that we must learn how to remember the direction of the roads to Pan Heong since we love the food there so much....

My brother also loves the food here.. these were what he ordered...

 claypot porridge with fish slices and century egg..

a lot of you don't like these croaking flesh.. 

sorry...

but I do love them very much...

Just steaming them will do.. original taste...

the crispy fried beancurd fish paste

my girl likes the Jawa mee (chinese style)

and everyone loves this...

Sang Har koay teow noodles (flat noodles)

in egg gravy...

The thick egg gravy with the fresh prawns....

Six of us "walloped" the above mentioned..

A meal not to be missed by us... 

Here is the address..
No. 2, Jalan Medan Batu Caves 2, Medan Batu Caves

03-6187-7430

Travel At The Right Time

My brother and I were discussing about our kids' education this morning. Both his and my kids are moving a step forward to furthering their academic education, either locally or overseas.  We were comparing the currency and livelihood if one were to study here and the difference it cost to study in Europe.  Of course, the difference will be wide in terms of currency and from our conversation, I learn a number of new things here and there, since my brother is more "exposed" when it comes to education and traveling.
Talking about traveling, he has been to many countries globally whereas I have not, so it is good to listen which countries to visit and which are not. I am hoping to visit some Europe countries this year and one of them in my list is Spain. It is best to visit Spain when it is not during the festive or peak season of the year, meaning the best time to visit is around early May and late October, it is not too hot nor cold and the prices are still reasonable. Well, I hope to get more of Spain holidays information first before I can inform my friends whether they are interested.