After Hari Raya/Deepavali by Uncle Sam

Hi All, Uncle Sam & family spent a week in Penang from 21st ~ 26th Oct. Some updates;

1. 21st Oct, Caught in a horrible trafic jam on our highway, usually take 4.5 hrs Sbn to Penang, it took me 8.5 hrs. When coming back on 26th, again 6.5 hrs.
2. Penang, still heaven for good foods, explore & try our some new dishes and places. Keow Teow Soup, Duck Meat Mee Soup, Prawn Mee, Curry Mee, Char Keow Teow, Yin Yong Mee, Loh Mee, Bak Kut Teh, Chicken rice, Tim Sim etc... Anyone care for a bowl man..??
3. However, Penang is lossing out with too many visitors and heavy traffic jam every where... This week is also the "Festival Of Nine Emperor God" everyone coming in to do prayer, Vegeterian Food Hawker Center mushrooming every corner of the streets. Hence, only way is to travel by motorbike. Another issue, it was raining heavy every evening too, wet holidays.
4. Ah Hsien having fun time with Cousins playing games on Gameboy & Computer after UPSR exam, Jun Jun (Ah Girl), having fun with Cousin sisters rooming shopping complex, buying new cloths spree & Karaoke joint. 4th Pak Mei, rooming around on motorbike with Uncle Sam for foods, doing prayers in temple and gambling away wih nieces & nephew. Ah Yau in India, having 4 days holidays too, but have to spend time studying for exam this week till next week. One of her cousin sister Ah Jane in Penang doing STPM also studying like days & nights too.
5. Back home in Mantin, old house already empty now but not tear down yet since 23rd Oct. Popo shifted to shoplot. The shoplot look very small & cramp after having such spacious old house. Popo complained not used to this new place, midnight 3.00am disturbed by News Paper Van delivery, and she felt sick for two days already. With many people coming into 4D neighbour shop, everyone just peek into our house just to see what is happening in our house. No Privacy, and Front Door have to be locked at all time, very hot, humid inside, with acho sound, when speaking loud.
6. Two dogs & Goldfishes had move to shoplot, but cat refuse to move, she like the old house. Chickens, Goose, other fishes, still in old house too. Empty space still used for parking motorbikes & Cars.
7. Latest by 2nd Er Pak, Bungalow Building plan have been changed from Double storey to Single storey. Hence, this will delay the Bungalow designing/building up plan by 5 months, ie by next year March~April'07 plan to start up building, and this will last for 8~9 mths. So we have to wait till early of 2008 then only can see the new bungalow.
8. Er Ku, started her retirement since 20th Oct 2006, nowaday spend more time driving Popo for breakfast and nearby sightseeing. Both of them are going for Japan Holiday on Early 10th Dec'06. Er Ku is still busy with her business Barley Green.
9. Ta Pak, collected a few durians from Orchard this few days, but mostly half ripe. If no body want to eat this durian, our Doggy Happy is just waiting to wallop all.
10. 3rd Pak, busy with his own travel agent business, operating in PD office and he just came back from Bangkok trip. He will be leading 2 trips to Beijing China in Dec'06. He just bought over 2Er Pak Big Kawasaki Motorbike.
11. New Village house is beautifully renovated by 3rd Pak Mei. Ah Ling/Ah Hong, you will be up to a suprise when you are back home. The maid Har Mui, is no more working with us, but she found a new job just a few doors away as Baby Sitter.
12. Lately, very few nieces & nephews are visiting Mantin, due to busy with exam, and no companions, all prefer to stay home alone... Sleeping !!!
13. Latest Gossip, Tai Ku's husband, have a new China Girl friend, age 30++, nowaday, at 57 years old mature/successful widow man also very Marketable. Both of them visited Mantin once to let Popo see and also spending honeymoon time in Penang too. Haha...
14. Tai Pak Mei, 4 puppies are divided as; One for Hong Kuku, One for Tai Pak Mei, One for Mantin Popo and last one sell to Onn Koko friend.

That All Folks,
Love, Uncle Sam.