2014-04-28 When was your last bus ride?

By Lintang Bob Yong

I needed to service my car and the service centre is about 5 kilometres from my house. It was a major service plus replacing some worn-out parts. The car could only be ready a day after I sent it in. Didn’t feel like troubling anyone for a lift, I decided to take a bus to get back home.

It was 9.45 in the morning. I waited for the bus at a bust stop for more than half an hour under the hot weather. I felt restless and appeared like a lost child. It was a long time ago since I last took a bus ride. When the bus finally arrived, I got into the bus and noticed that there were only 2 passengers. This made me think, perhaps there are more car owners than bus passengers.

I paid RM 1.90 for the fare and a ticket was issued to me. The bus fare was 15 cents when I was a school boy. I used the bus to travel from Salak South to a school in Kuala Lumpur.

This bus ride brought back a lot of memories to the days when I was a school boy using the bus as transportation to school. The bus ride to school was full of fun in those school days. I could remember how many bumps and pot holes the bus had to go through on the road and the number of bus stops along the way before reaching home. We used to drop pieces of paper through the bus windows just to watch and had fun seeing papers flying around, inside and outside of the bus. Our action was harmless but mischievous. Of course, we got scolded by the bus conductor each time we did that.

Go take a bus ride for a drive down in memory lane.

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2014-04-27 Can you fix a flat (punctured) tyre?

By Lintang Bob Yong

Yesterday was a black Sunday for me as I had a flat tyre along the MRR2 High Way. Not that I lack experience in fixing a flat tyre, but the last one happened a long time ago. I was aware that it was a dicey situation to park a car along the high way as I could see the vehicles speeding past real fast. The time was 6.45 pm and it was getting dark by the minutes. Recalling the number of fatal collisions on highway reported in the news media brought chilly feelings inside me as I went about to change the flat tyre.

I managed to unscrew all the four nuts of the wheel after some efforts. Next came the problem as I could not dislodge the wheel. It was firmly stuck to the holder, most probably due the rust that set in. My wife tried to call our son-in-law for assistance but unfortunately the line did not go through. We were thinking just about what to do next, a motorcyclist came along and offered assistance. What he did was just gave a strong kick to the wheel and out it came. He helped replaced the flat tyre with the spared one and we were ready to move on.

We were grateful to this Good Samaritan for his help and wanted to reward him for his kind deed. He refused to accept our reward in spite of my many attempts to do so. This lead me to think that there are still many good people in our society who are willing to lend a helping hand when assistance is needed.

God bless this kind soul.

 

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2014-01-30 A NEW BEGINNING by Lintang Bob Yong

A new year, a new beginning, a new PC and a new challenge. Changed my Window Vista Home Premier, bought in 2010 to Window 7 Professional.

I need to re-orient myself as what I have learned in the old PC all these years are no longer the same with the new PC. On top of that some of my software programs are not compatible with the new PC. I have no choice but to learn afresh by trials and errors. This may take sometimes before I'll get the hang of it. I hope to get it fully operational in a week or two. Changing a new PC I now know requires more serious learning and hard work than changing a new car.

I am grateful to my son-in-law, Yih Suei who has been helpful all the way in deciding on the purchase of the new PC and assisted in making the new PC operational.

I think I am going to have a lot of fun with my new toy.

2014-04-17 Mr Karpal Singh, a true son of Malaysia

By Lintang Bob Yong

The sudden and unexpected demise of Karpal Singh on April 17, 2014 brought shock and sadness to the whole nation and globally.

I admire him as a great political warrior and a gentleman. This prompted me to write this tribute on my blog.

I have not met Karpal Singh in person but had heard and read a lot about him. Like all Malaysians, I am touched by his love, service and dedications to our nation and to the people of all faiths and races. I feel a personal loss on his death and believe many Malaysians are feeling the same way as I do.

In the spirit of 1 Malaysia, the late Karpal Singh said in 2012.

“As long as I live, I will continue to struggle to see non-Malay become Prime Minister.”

Now that he is gone. I hope his political far-sightedness had created impact and inspiration to all Malaysians. His dream, I hope will live and pass on to each and every Malaysian.

Karpal was popularly known as The Tiger of Jelutong. Though The Tiger was no longer with us, his roar will echo louder in our hearts and he shall be remembered by us always.

Malaysia has lost a great son. Words cannot express our grief.

I salute you SIR. May your soul rest in peace!

My thoughts and prayers are for the family too.

2013-08-25 45 Years of Togetherness-A marriage of a lifelong journey

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2013-08-25   45 Years of Togetherness-A marriage of a lifelong journey

By Lintang Bob Yong

I am on a time-machine that took my wife and me back to 1967.  We got married on August 25, 1968. It was a lifelong journey that taught me all about being a husband and a father. The virtue of perseverance, understanding, and tolerance, topped up with tender loving care with responsibility and a sense of belonging in a family unit.

On March 4, 2012, we participated in a Renewal Marriage Service at Kuala Lumpur Baptist Church. We are members of this church. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RIf4CPf7Gd4#t=21

We are blessed with 2 loving daughters, a son-in-law and 3 grand children. We thank God for His love and protection.

God’s love does not keep us from trial, but see us through them.

 

2013-05-06 Malaysia General Elections 2013 (GE13)

Malaysia General Elections 2013 (GE13)

By Lintang Bob Yong

For the past 10 days, I was listening, reading and watching videos on GE13. So much so, every night when I went to sleep, I had night mares and got up the next morning behaving like a zombie.

Politicians, like worn-out records repeatedly love to talk about the same stuff when I hear them speak on Ceramah. Just like persisted salesmen, but instead of promoting the merits of their products, politicians use propaganda or instil fear as their objectives to win votes.

A few days before the polling, I put down my thoughts on Facebook.

1. In the eyes of God, we are one human race and equal. I pray God will lead and guide me to vote for a government that has His vision.

2. Oh Lord, we don’t want Malay or Chinese or Indian Prime Minister. All we want in this GE13 is a MALAYSIAN Prime Minister. So God please help us, help our beloved Malaysia. Amen.

3. Promising any particular race a fair treatment and policies is redundant and not necessary. All Malaysian citizens under the constitution are to be treated fairly and equally. A true Malaysian Prime Minister will see to it he does just that and this is the kind of leadership we pray and hope for after the 2013 General Election.

I wrote on the eve of polling day.

We, Malaysians, pledge our united efforts to attain these ends guided by these principles:

Belief  in God

Loyalty to King and country

Supremacy of the constitution

Rule of Law

Mutual respect and morality.

On polling day, my family and I went to church before voting. We pray for:

God’s purposes to be fulfilled

Results to be accepted by everyone

No violence and threats

Reconciliation

Now that the results are known, I wish that:

The executive, the legislature, the judiciary, the civil service and the media must be allowed to work and act independently. The Malaysian Prime Minister owes it to the Rakyat to observe and embrace these tenets to ensure peace and prosperity.

The real test is after the election.

"When the people fear the government there is tyranny; when the government fears the people there is liberty." -Jefferson