Tying old books into bundles with raffia strings for easy handling. Starting with a bowline loop and finishing by securing the assortment of books with two half-hitch knots.
Just the thing I needed to do to fire up my sagging spirits from the doldrums of a depressing day.
When you are down instead of brooding and sulking the greatest gift that you can give to yourself is your presence; in this case just paying attention to bundling books into easy to carry packs.
The time has come to start planning for relocating our residence from Kajang to Puncak Jalil.
The auspicious day to settle in to our new house has been determined after my wife's consultation with the temple medium. It is on Christmas day 25/12/2012.
I have already started the whole process by drawing up an inventory list of furniture and other house items for the big move. The next task is to identify what company to engage for the big move.
After living in a 15ft x 55ft double storey terrace house in Kajang for the last 30 years I am leaving with a heavy heart. No doubt the family house is such a small abode but nevertheless it has provided the shelter and protection that enables me and my wife to raise our children. However over the years the house has outlived the ever growing needs of the family to the point that we need a bigger house than what the current one can provide.
Today the real estate agent came to take some shots of the house. The pictures are required by the potential purchase to secure a bank loan for the purchase of the house. I hope that I and my wife can sign the sales and purchase agreement with the buyer before we move out. We have no intention to rent out the property nor keep it vacant for too long.
My son collected the keys from the developer to his newly completed semi-D house this morning. He is only 28 years old.
In a similar situation 30 years ago at age 31, I remember how happy and full of gratitude I felt as a house owner when I collected the keys to my first house in Kajang.
That house is only a 15 ft x 55 ft 2-storey terrace house. A humble abode (only 875 sq ft) no doubt but to me grand enough to provide shelter and protection that enabled me and my wife to raise a family and where the family is still living there today.
With my son owning his first home I feel life has turned a full circle for me and my wife.
All our children are grown ups with their careers and life partners. I feel the time has come to relinquish our parenting role and let them go out into the world to find their own destiny and build their own nests.
