The Newcomers!

Hello......Long time no blog....been busy melayari kehidupan seharian.

Please welcome the new comers to langkau Endu tupai.................

grrrrr..........berolah again enggai bediri pic tu!!

With the other geng bintis...dah jadi 3 sekawan.

Actually, Endu tupai was requested by a sis-in-law to send her to the tokayneo bintis house.  Pabila mata dah tepandangkan bintis bintis yang di display kan, hati pun tepaut, lalu pulang lah membawa loceng itu.

Adus.......cannot resist, meti bulih ga.

This arrived recently, too.

nah....dah bisi indai sida mug tu.

Tekenyit Katak

Baru nuduk ke diri ba kerusi gereja this morning, alu dikejutkan ngau berita; one of our church member dah pass away yesterday.  Kati enda tekenyit katak, sakit enda, semua enda, tetiba ninga rita ya mati accident.

Nyau ngenung kami dua papa tupai ngenang how fragile our life is.

Selalu ninga rita orang sakit nyau betaun taun lama nya; tang still around and when you see orang ke sihat walafiat tetiba nyau dulu, nyau berunding dalam ati. Seput kitai mensia anytime ulih padam enda milih dek gerai or dek sakit.  The chances are equal.  Enda alah ke enggai, ke nakut.

Siti aja utai ulih di prepare kitai; repent and purify our hearts everyday.

My sympathy and condolence to the family of the late Linda Nichols.  May her soul rest in peace.

Nadai Kahan

17.03.11

Akai...dai!!...malam 17/3/11, Endu Tupai dah ready to mandi, dah besayuk ngau tawil, tetiba...tup..gelap gulita.  Adai kahan...apu!!!...bala anak manjung.  Ukai ka sekejap.  Nyau ka 3 jam seluruh area kami kegelapan. So that evening, kami menyanak makai ala candle light dinner meh. (Enda ingat nyenip maya makai.) Si kecik kasak kasak enda tan angat. 

Nye..timbul keinsafan, orang ke tiap2 ari nadai kahan, bekenya meh asai.

Something to ponder on

I saw this on mnlist.  I love to read their posting.  They talked about living a simple life free of clutter/distraction.

Just want to share with you.  I find this to be very true.  No wonder we are all stressed up in one way or another.

Quote.
"Our lives are filled with things we need to do. Until we look a little more closely at those needs.
Think about what needs you might have: the need to check your email every 15 minutes, or empty your inbox, or read all your blogs, or keep something perfectly neat, or dress to work in the latest fashions. The need to constantly badger your kids about things, or control your co-workers, or meet with everyone who wants a meeting, or be wealthier and wealthier, or own a nice car.

Where do these types of needs come from? They’re completely made up.
Sometimes the needs are created by society: the industry you’re in requires you to work until 9 p.m. or dress in impeccable suits. Your neighborhood has certain standards and if you don’t have an impeccable lawn and two BMWs in the driveway, you’ll be judged. If you don’t have the latest iPhone, you won’t have your geek cred or status symbol, and you’ll be jealous of those who do.

Sometimes the needs are made up by ourselves: we feel the urge to check our emails or RSS feeds or news websites or text messages or Twitter accounts constantly, even though there is no negative societal or work consequences if we don’t keep up with them. We want a perfectly made up bed even if no one else cares. We want to create a list of goals in life or for the year and achieve every one of them, even if nothing bad will happen if we don’t achieve most of them.

Either of these types of made-up needs can be eliminated. All it takes is the willingness to let go.
Examine one of your made-up needs, and ask yourself why it’s such an important need. Ask what would happen if you dropped them. What good would it do? Would you have more free time and more space to concentrate and create, or less stress and fewer things to check off each day? What bad things would happen — or might happen? And how likely is it that these things would happen? And how could you counter-act them?

These needs are created by fears, and the more honest we are about these fears, the better. Face the fears, and give yourself a little trial period — allow yourself to let go of the need, but just for an hour, or a day. Just for a week. If nothing bad happens, extend the trial, and slowly in this manner you’ll find that the need wasn’t a need at all.
It can feel good to let go, and by letting go, you are freeing yourself.
Unquote.

You can read more on minimalism on Zen Habits.  The link is on my blog sidebar.

Ngenang Pengawa

Apooo!...leboh ngenang pengawa di upis, ka pinsan asai.  Bulan tu aja diary mamatupai dah fully booked till end of March.  But I think will drag to April.  Asai ka ngambi cuti panjai; malas dendam. he.he.he.

Seninjik endar, next week nembiak cuti sekula.  Yayyyyyyyyyy!!..ulih ga laun dani.  Laun means at 7am meh nya.  Mata tu ukai nemu enggau urang ngandau.  Sigi tebiat EtE ari dara menya until today enda nemu enggau urang dani pukul 10, 11 pagi.  Papatupai?  Anang sebut, sampai lemai pun ulih.

Enti lebuh ngenang jumboh pengawa upis, ditambah enggau jumboh pengawa rumah, ingin asai ka pincin tumu, tang meh nadai gaji lege tusah ga ngarap ke urang.  He..he..he..urang sigi enggai support hobi mamatupai begumpul ke pinggai mangkuk.  Anak dara kemaya ari tu sigi hopeless when it comes to housework.  Mamatupai menya, ari pemeri 6 udah nemu ngintu rumah, ngintu bala adik laban indai kerja kuntrik.

Oh...well..tunga aja meh. Buat apa yang patut.  Semua utai serba salah.

Kena nuci mata.  Rosemary dish by Vantage.

Dinner date

Nemu kita?  The last time we had an anniversary dinner date was when my eldest son was still a toddler; can't remember his age.  Maya restaurant Thai at Dynasty Hotel nya agi famous menya.

Nyaaa........nyau kelalu busy with other commitments, nyau nadai time for ourselves.  Years come...years go by....just like that.

Anang bekenya kita ke dudi.  Cherish your special moments together.  Make time for each other, enggai ke orang bukai yang ambik kesempatan pula...

Puji Tuhan, taja pia, cinta papa and mama tupai tetap kuat..(eeee..nyau munyi cinetron Indon)

Menoa tu ba Piasau dia. The tokayneo bisi operate canteen ba upis mama tupai, that's how we landed here.

Thank you tokayneo, laban meri sekuntum bunga ros.

He..he...tetenguk ka western menu, nyau lelak makai pisang..

Naka ya pengenyang.  Pulai ke rumah, dah berus gigi, alu mejam ke mata, ni dah betambah mumuk....

Smell attack

Pencemaran udara.  My kids are complaining; the smell not only penetrate our noses, but our house, our clothes.  Baju mesti jembi jauh.  If our cats could talk, they would complained, too.  Bala sida lalat aja meh gaga.  1 battalion sida datai ngabang uninvited!

But the by products of these smelly creatures is wahhh!!...sodap.  Enti nadai ya, baka lagu tanpa irama, munyi ko lagu P Remli.  Asam pedas mesti bisi gulai ya.  Ngulam mesti ngau ya.

Munyi ko Indai Dara, Utai tu selalu datai maya musin ngetau.  Sigi bebelah bagi ati sida ke ngetau.  Ni ka ngetau, ni ka maka.  They are both valuable commodity.  Uji chik rega belacan 10 hinggit ba tamu, besai mimit ari setempap jari Endu Tupai.  

He.he.he..belacan...belacan...bau tapi nyamai......

Prisin ari Myanmar

Bisi siko stap ngajar kami ditu tiap taun pulai ke Myanmar (Burma).  Enti pulai sigi mai buah tangan indai tuai tu.

Taun tu ya mai handbag ke EtE.  Aha.....handbag made in myanmar.  he..he..kira international meh nya.

Kena sembiang ari minggu.

Pengindik kaki

Udar ari LynnCottage.  Kena nganta ke dapur Ete.  Dapur pen mesti nganta, awak ke semangat ka berapi bekobar kobar.....Ete sigi ngelusu part tu.

Rindu meda gambar chef tu.

26 years ago...

26 years ago on 2nd of March, Mama and Papa Tupai were united in holy matrimony at St Columbas church, Miri.  It was solemnized by Reverend John Leong.

How was the journey?

The road was not always smooth.  Sometimes we drive on good, tarred road.  Sometimes its on gravel, sandy and uphill/downhill road.

What have I learnt?

Mamatupai used to be the 'hot' type, while papatupai manage to remain cool most of the time.  Mamatupai used to be the one who started the fire and who doesn't forgive easily.  I can say that Papatupai is a 'nelap' person cause he was able to bear with the 'hot' mamatupai through the years. (When I think back, kesian papatupai.  he..he.)

Now Mamatupai has mellowed and became more patient.  How?  Because we have invited God to be in the centre of our lives, and God taught me a lot of things including gratefulness.  Its true; The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.

I am grateful and thankful for my soul mate, the first and last.

Happy anniversary to us.