Jonathan has an honorable nickname. His classmates, schoolmates, teachers called him "computer genius" or "professor"! You can try asking him question on computer hardware, software, etc. I bet he has an answer for you. He can comfortably configure a PC for you. When his sister's computer in UK was attacked by computer worm/virus, we sent him into action remotely! He has no problem giving advice or fixes them. He loves spaghetti and can easily finish a huge plate.
Joshua has an amazing appetite. He can eat very fast. Although he is the youngest, Timothy is no match for him in term of strength! He is a risk taker and very brave. I bought a roller skate for Jonathan to play. Instead, he found that it can also fit him without problem. Within two days, he already master roller skating! He is very scared of dogs even thought they may be playing with him only.
His special capability is his ability to see blindfolded! This skill is acquired after a 1.5 days of training of mid brain activation. After mid brain activation, his memory has improved and he is also more focused.
This is Timothy. He is a very careful person and he eats slowly. He has good memory and did well in school. I believe he is also a very popular boy in his class. In his class, girls outnumbered boys by almost 5:1. Once, he had a school project and he was the only boy amongst the girls!
This is Jonathan. I think he is a geek! He loves computers and he started "playing" with computer when he was only 10/11 years old. I can always remember that when he first looked around the BIOS, he started to fiddle with the BIOS and disabled the cache. Of cause he didn't know what he did and he complained to me that his computer was very very slow. I ignored him for about a month and finally helped him to diagnose and realised what he had done. After that, he became very much smarter. In the process of learning, he also wracked many of my computers.
With the coming of internet, he spends much of his time around forum, download, etc. Anything IT would interest him. He played with LINUX and Ubontu. He has one old PC set up to run Ubontu. I am amazed with what he can do. But my only wish now is that he can concentrate on his school books and get a good result at the end of the year.
Two weeks ago, The account manager from Dell came over to Miri. We went out for a drink and he seated next to Jon. Guess what, they talk about computer technology, what is new and what is coming. He said, he has yet to find another teen who has that level of knowledge.
Oh... see the way he is holding the chopstick! Very unique leh....
All glory be to God for what He has blessed us with!
They are all expert cook. Esther and Stephanie are expert in slicing up salmon and making sushi. They are working part time in a Japanese restaurant to earn some extras. Janice is expert in making cookies. She works part time as a mail sorter in Royal Mail!
We all miss the three of them. If they are at home, I can always depend on them to make a meal for us when I am running out of energy! Or just want to savor their cooking. Thanks God that I trained them to do house work (cooking, etc) since small.
Time really flies. Esther left home in 2002, and then followed by Stephanie and Janice. It is now the sixth years for Esther. During their 1.5 years stint in Kuala Lumpur, they often came back for holiday. Now, they only have a one way ticket to UK. When could we see them again? Perhaps it is later this year or next year. They will probably not come back during summer as that is the best time to earn extra pounds.
I can always remember during the first summer break when Stephanie was saying “one by one my friend has gone back. Now I am almost alone.” Anyway, she survived through and Janice joined her in late summer, 2006. Stephanie did make some money and then went to enjoy herself. The most important of all is that she experienced how summer is like in UK rather than wasting time at home in Miri. Looking back, I think she didn’t regret.
... to be continued
This means that a return fare to London is just £198! This is perfect if you have just 15Kg of check-in baggage. However, if you have 30kg, and if they are charging RM100/kg, you are actually paying RM1500 for excess baggage + RM499 = RM1999!! This is just slightly cheaper than the other airlines I use to book for my children. Now, if I don't get the cheapest fare, it is actually more expensive! So, no cerebration leh..... HAHAHA.
Looking from the positive side, cheap fare is good if I have little check-in baggage. So, my children can hop on and come back for holiday more often or we can hop on and visit them more often (dreaming already). But still, going to a land where petrol cost £1 per litre, a BigMac meal cost £5-7, I need a fat pocket!
p/s: Excess baggage charge is the major killer. Do find out the cost b4 you book because it can be as high as RM200/kg. The check-in counter is more than motivated to charge you as much as possible because they get commission for all monies collected. I saw someone going to Perth and she paid four digits for excess. So cheap is no longer very cheap.
Extract from The Star newspaper
LONDON: It’s £99 or RM499 one-way – that’s the much-awaited opening fare of AirAsia X’s latest London Stansted-Kuala Lumpur route.
Malaysians flying to London will also pay RM499 for the return flight while travellers from London going to KLIA will pay £99 (RM541) for the return ticket.
Online bookings opened at 8pm Tuesday (Malaysian time) for the five-times-a-week direct flights which will begin in March.
Also on offer are premium seats at £549 or RM1,999. The initial bookings are for the travel period from March 11 till Oct 24 next year.
The AirAsia X flights will use Airbus A340 planes which will have 286 economy and 30 premium seats.
