Before start wrtng anythng want to complan a bt!! There s somethng wrong wth the stupd ‘i’ button on my laptop’s keyboard!!! t s very rrtatng! need to lterally slam onto the button to nput the letter! Normal pressng won’t do!!! Huhu…

OK, for the sake of this blog post I will SLAM onto the ‘i’ button today whenever I need it! Wahahaha…

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Sometimes I think I’m terrible at keeping blogs.

Originally I planned to write an entry every 4-5 days, and with that frequency I ought to cover a great number of happenings in my life, at least most of the public ones.

But, recently I notice I’m only writing once every 1-2 weeks, which in the end resulted in a mediocre score of 3-4 posts a month…

Sometimes, I stop blogging because I’m stuck in my hometown and my laptop can’t hook into my house’s internet connection; else, I’m having exams and stuff; otherwise, I don’t have photos for a particular event, and I try not to write about stuff online without images accompanying.

… and other times, I’m just plain lazy.

Haha, alright… I’ve gotta start making things right. Not gonna stop writing for too long anymore, OK!

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I stopped by Jon’s house in Batu Gajah, Perak, on my way back to Ipoh two weeks ago. Sebastian, and Agnes – Jon’s girlfriend, were there too. I’ve always wanted to visit his house because he promised to give me some of the… what do you call them… ‘fragrant coconuts‘!

The area was something like a traditional village area, with trees and nature everywhere – not something we can see everyday in the deserts of Cyberjaya.

The lawn in front of his house was huge, with towering trees stretching up in every direction. Coconut trees are prominent among the gigantic pillars of wood.

At first, we tried to use a long pole to poke at the coconuts and try getting them down. The pole was long and very elastic, making it very difficult to focus our energy on getting the coconuts off their stems!

Everyone tried hard under the blazing afternoon sun, and all failed… All except me! WAHAHAHA!!

Fine, maybe I was just lucky!

The coconut that I got down was very special! It was not the ‘fragrant coconut’ type though, mind you, just the normal type; but the special part is… it has gas!

Seriously! The coconut ‘water’ was carbonated! Like the Coke or 100-plus that you drink! We even saw gas bubbles forming around the glass when we poured out the water!

We had no idea where the ‘gas’ came from, but it tasted good, something like sparkling coconut juice. Haha!

Later, Jon brought out the professional coconut-harvesting gear – an even longer pole with a sharp blade at the tip!

With that menacing device, we plucked coconuts with great ease! Each of us took a couple of the ‘fragrant‘ ones home as souvenirs!

In strong contrast with the timid little cute rabbits he keeps in Cyberjaya, Jon has six monstrous dogs in Batu Gajah!

In ‘monstrous’ I mean huge in size, not scary or ugly. In fact, they were very friendly – a bit too friendly, actually.

Imagine an enormous dog that you’ve seen for the first time, charging towards you and start licking you like you’re a great lolly pop; and suddenly leaps and leans on you, sinking its huge paws into your shirt, eager for you to stroke its head! I literally staggered backwards at its weight, they were really heavy!

But at least they were friendly.

I couldn’t take any pictures while they were out, partly because I didn’t want to operate my camera with hands full of dog saliva; and partly didn’t want to risk getting my camera gobbled down by these gorgeous canines.

For the record: Jon has a Siberian Husky, two Rottweilers, a Labrador Retriever, a Mini Pinscher and a Pomeranian – If I ever became a burglar, I would probably break into Buckingham Palace before I try his house.

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While in Ipoh, I attended a church member’s wedding.

I know the bridegroom quite well and I’ve attended many Church weddings since I was young; but each time it never fails to make me feel how distinctly special and meaningful it is to have a church wedding, compared to a conventional wedding, in my opinion!

Maybe it’s the ceremony that makes it extra meaningful.

The processional, the wedding vows, the ring ceremony, the candle and signing ceremony, Pastor’s pronouncement and benediction, and even the last sentence: “Ladies and Gentlemen, I now present to you Mr. and Mrs. So-And-So”, is so heartwarming!

If I’m not mistaken, there’s a Church rule mandating both the Bride and Groom be Christians in order to permit a Church wedding.

Like, what if I converted to Islam before I got married?

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Yesterday was my birthday. It was simple, yet it was unforgettable.

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