.....IT'S SIBEIKANG'S TURN...cont'd.....

p pppp pp! sbk's lorry downstair horning. ran down the steps and off we went for his round of mattresses delivery....

lst stop: BENCOOLEN RESIDENCE. location: WATERLOO ST...

reached there in a jiffy. but there was a mini jam there...and some van was already at the pte condo which was just next to the WATERLOO'S GUAN YIN TEMPLE. sbk was very versatile in such troublesome matter. he drove one round and parked at the service road just behind a piece of void field where there was an exhibition.

as he parked at a double-yellowed line road, he told me to wait in the car while he singlehandedly carried a queen-sized mattress from the lorry, crossed the road to bencoolen residence, the pte condo......

i was damn boring waiting in the lorry c b l (cho bo lan) {doing nothing}. then i noticed that the exhibition at the opened field was actually ended and workers were loading up the stuffs in the exhibition.

one of the thing they were loading up was a huge lifesize MAITREYA BUDDHA. Then they were proceeding to hoist up another buddha - THE 4-FACED BUDDHA.

it was quite interesting so i alighted the lorry and went closer to watch. the huge statue was finally securely placed on top of the lorry.

suddenly there was a gust of strong wind. oh my buddha! the thin golden leaves which were pasted on the 4-faced buddha went flying...and my god! they were all flying towards me!

i couldn't siam and avoid in time....and was pasted all over...my hair, my body ...everywhere cos i was only wearing a singlet and a shorts and in sandals and was sweaty all over.

goodness! golden leaves were actually - if i m not wrong - 24K gold or 99.9999 fine type. only this type of gold purity is soft enough to be hammered out into very filmsy thin gold leaves which devotees paste them on the buddha....and now i was all pasted over.

bee thang! (rice bowl - means jackpot!) without further ado, i quickly picked up all the gold films. removed those that stuck to my sweaty body and hair.....put them all in a plastic bag. goodness! i think got at least 5g....i go check tmr how much is that......;9)....

and soon sibeikang returned....huffing and puffing....and complaining that the location of the client's address was damn damn difficult to find and damn far away....

we boarded the lorry and off we went to another location...

PS. My solemn condolence to rajarathnam for his pass on...and sibeikang told me about our national pledge...u know the "we the citizens " thing...

he said, "tarshar...u very zer er!!...u go and re-write the NATIONAL PLEDGE OF THE GOON....and we the citizen becomes we the peasants...and all those craps...and then now how.... the next day raja dropped dead....! hahahahaha...!"

sorry...i was innocent...how i was to know he wrote that national pledge and how i know i re-write today...and the next day he was dead as reported....not my fault...dun blame me...i dunno.....;9(