Sita takes a few days off from work to join us in Bintulu but has to return back to Kerteh just after Christmas. Fahrul, with the office in UK closed for the holidays will be back in KL from Christmas through the New Year. I think he is also planning to join us in Bintulu for a few days. He and Sita have a big job of clearing stuff in the Kerteh house in preparation for Sita and Najla joining him in Wales, UK. Meanwhile, Najla remains with us until Fahrul and Sita have sorted out their stuff in Kerteh.
Tessa is also on holiday, in the UK now. The Brits get out from the cold and she goes to the cold! Ha ha ha. But then, this is the only period that she can get away from work for an extended period of time. I think apart from spending time in London and midlands she will also spend some time in Tenby, Wales and that area of UK.
We left PJ on Sunday afternoon and our flight touched down Bintulu an hour after Shaffik’s flight left Bintulu. He had passed the spare keys to his car the last time he was in PJ/KL, so it was convenient for us transport-wise. Shaffik left his car at the airport when he and Mini flew out and we picked up the car when we flew in. Very convenient indeed.
Najla was very excited to take the flight to Bintulu and the three kids in Bintulu were equally excited awaiting our arrival, for obvious reasons. They had earlier made special request to Tante Tess (that’s what they call Tessa) through several phone calls for remote controlled helicopter! And they wanted one each. Tessa gave some excuses like the helicopters being big and difficult for Tok Bah to carry them etc. But no, the kids could not be conned anymore. They said not to trouble Tok Bah with the big stuff and to send them by MAS Cargo instead. Hmm hmm, a five year old has all the solutions!!
Indeed, the helicopters, in their boxes were quite big. I had to pack them in two big bags, one helicopter each and a third bag for our clothes and stuff. Add to that the stuff we have to bring along for Najla, there were quite a number of bags to transport. Anyway we exceeded the combined allowable baggage weight just by a couple of kilos and were allowed to go through. The three kids in Bintulu were all ready to greet us on our arrival. We can sense their excitement. They commented things like, “Hwaaa….. so many bags,” and “Tok Bah, why you bring so many big bags?” etc. etc. I just replied that they were all clothing and some foodstuff, nothing else. “Oh!” they would say, but a short while later they would ask, patience got the better of them I guess, “Didn’t Tante Tess ask you to bring something for us?” I replied no she didn’t and that Tante Tess had send something by MAS Cargo! I do not know what she sent but she sent something!! Dedek commented, “Oh mannnnnn….” Ha ha ha. They were really restless. They clamored around when I finally opened the bags and on seeing the boxes of helicopters Dedek commented, “Ah haaaa…. Tok Bah cheat us!!” Hmmmm you just can’t fool a five year old heh heh…. The rest of the evening was pandemonium when both of them tried to fly the helicopters, knocking them about and the two little girls chasing after the helicopter as well. Now, only one helicopter remains flyable after the other had a disaster, a broken main propeller after a crash!! Perhaps five year olds are not ready to fly helicopters ha ha. They were so forlorn after the disaster. I told them to wait for daddy to come home and patch the helicopter up. But it was fun watching them while it lasted……
The Broken Pink Propeller
MKI Ramblings Unlimited
Petaling Jaya
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