And on the 3rd day.......

Its 3 days into 2010 already. Too fast for my liking but then I am not the driver in this Time car. before we know it, it would be time to celebrate chinese new year.....woah, slow down boy!!!!

In all my life I have never done a strange thing. Well this year I did, or rather we did, Edwin and I. You see, we saw these 3 ladies on Royal Brunei from Brisbane. We watched them take photos at Brunei airport. Then on new year's eve we saw them again walking along the street in Sandakan near Sandakan Hotel. Since it WAS new year's eve, we decided to invite them home for a good dinner, well ok,ok, nice dinner with fantastic company....hehehehe.

Now, mind you, they were strangers to us. They could have been serial killers, a bit far fetched , but you know what I mean. Anyway, we asked them to dinner and they accepted as they had nothing to do and they didnt know anyone in town. Oh, we had a great time getting to know them, friendly chat and exchange of knowledge etc etc.

They turned out to be psychologist, 1 a doctor in psychology, 1 studying for her doctorate and 1 tutoring in the medical faculty, all at Griffith Uni. They also have their own private practice. What do you know? They were not serials killers after all....lOl. So now we have 3 new friends, Angela, Rhonda and Liza.

Then the killer bug struck!! No, silly, they are not psychos staying at the Bates motel....haha . Angela became ill on news years day. She had diarrhea and vomiting. Really bad. The hotel called their panel doctor but he didnt even come to see her. He just told them to go to the hospital.Come on they are foreigners, visitors, they dont know our procedure etc etc about our medical care system. So, they frantically tried to call Edwin but he didnt turn on his HP till about 9.30am. So,we admitted her to the clinic at mile 4 under Dr. Lau's care. She was so dehydrated that she needed 4 1/2 bottles of liquid. She recovered well enough to go on a tour today with her dad, Jeff. Luckily her dad flew in on new year's eve. So we got to know her dad as well. They missed their tour to Sepilok and Sukau cos Angela had to rest....I dont think they will ever visit Sandakan again...what a bad experience.

Jeff had food poisoning from eating bad dinner at Sandakan Hotel last nite, but he is Ok now. Wander what they are going to tell their friends when they get bad...aaahhhh !! Well, hopefully our hospitality will help to lighten the bad experiences they had while visiting our town.

What a new year it has been ! We were planning a quiet new year weekend but ended up running around , up and down to the clinic etc etc. Nothing like doing a good deed at the start of the year eh? They are so grateful for our help and they havent stopped saying so....so I told them, please help someone in return when ever you have the chance, thats repayment enough for us.

Well tomorrow life officially begins after the long holiday, god bless all of you and may you have a fruitful year, good health, prosperity and all that and may all you wish for come true.