I have been in a Raya mood since yesterday. Filled with high spirits and excitement for the weekend ahead. Izani, Rozi and Dona were already on leave. It was quiet in the office. Work was slow and there was a kind of peace flowing through the office. Sent some mails to customers, made several calls to distributors wishing them ‘Selamat Hari Raya’ and that’s it. Yan Lee came back from her visits to her relatives in China and brought back dried longbeans for me.
Jun, our office maid was on Raya leave and a young Indian girl replaced her. She was here for only a day so we tolerated her. She stole a chicken pie, a piece of pandan sponge cake which Suet Ben bought from Tong Kee for Elaine. As for Elaine, she ‘lost’ a piece of her homemade bread. I put RM5.00 on Florence’s table, kept an eye on her, it was safe.
It was awfully quiet outside the office too, until we realized that Dutch Lady was closed today. Usually we could hear the loading and unloading sounds from the trailers, laborers chatting with each other as they worked, forklifts traveling to and fro from the warehouse to the trailers, vice versa. Students from UTAR are on semester leave. Noel Hampers was off after lunch or we could hear their staff bypassing our backdoor to the washrooms. As I looked out of my window, there was no activity at all on the street below. The mamak stall was unusually empty of its customers.
Traffic? As smooth as it is in a kampong. It only took me 16 mins (6.53am – 7.09am) from home to get to Section 14. There was a road builder ahead of us. Without it, I guess, it would only take 10 mins. Well, Subang Jaya is not that far from PJ. It took me exactly half-hour to get home today.
With the many interesting programs on TV, my mother predicted I will not be doing much work during this Raya holiday but will stay glued to the TV instead. I have lots of plans for this weekend. I hope to prove her wrong but I have a very erratic mind and might change it any time.
Jun, our office maid was on Raya leave and a young Indian girl replaced her. She was here for only a day so we tolerated her. She stole a chicken pie, a piece of pandan sponge cake which Suet Ben bought from Tong Kee for Elaine. As for Elaine, she ‘lost’ a piece of her homemade bread. I put RM5.00 on Florence’s table, kept an eye on her, it was safe.
It was awfully quiet outside the office too, until we realized that Dutch Lady was closed today. Usually we could hear the loading and unloading sounds from the trailers, laborers chatting with each other as they worked, forklifts traveling to and fro from the warehouse to the trailers, vice versa. Students from UTAR are on semester leave. Noel Hampers was off after lunch or we could hear their staff bypassing our backdoor to the washrooms. As I looked out of my window, there was no activity at all on the street below. The mamak stall was unusually empty of its customers.
Traffic? As smooth as it is in a kampong. It only took me 16 mins (6.53am – 7.09am) from home to get to Section 14. There was a road builder ahead of us. Without it, I guess, it would only take 10 mins. Well, Subang Jaya is not that far from PJ. It took me exactly half-hour to get home today.
With the many interesting programs on TV, my mother predicted I will not be doing much work during this Raya holiday but will stay glued to the TV instead. I have lots of plans for this weekend. I hope to prove her wrong but I have a very erratic mind and might change it any time.
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