Wonderful people…

I am truly blessed with the best of friends, all the wonderful people all around. Richard, for one, has never failed to send me some of his out-of-this-world nyonya chang…

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…every year and each time, I really do not know how to reciprocate other than, perhaps, by giving him something that I have in the house and the fact that he is on a strict diet regime certainly does not make it very easy considering that that’s just about all I have at home – food.

I noticed from his Facebook page recently that he is now into collecting those tumblers from the branded coffee place but unfortunately, I’ve given away all those that I brought all the way home from Wellington or Auckland, New Zealand. Well, it so happened that my friend, Philip, was coming home to Sibu for the summer holidays to spend time with his mother here so I quickly asked him if he could help get me one from there for Richard and so he did…

…and at the same time, he also got Melissa the tote bag from MUJI USA. I love what it says on its website: “MUJI – in its deliberate pursuit of the pure and the ordinary – achieves the extraordinary.” That’s not all, of course – that very nice man got some more of the Canadian-made Ma Ling luncheon meat and some chocolates as well for me.

I met him upon arrival at the airport in Sibu and imagine this – he had flown from the US on the 15th (which would be our 16th) arriving late in the night and he took a flight on their 16th, our 17th, from KL to Sibu…and he did not have a meal on board. Why? He said that he would not waste his tummy space on airline food and would reserve it specially for…

That’s right! I took him here on the way back to his mother’s house for our special Sibu kampua welcome and of course, he loved it a lot.

Now, I had something to give to Richard but a new problem arose – Philip would not let me reimburse him for the tumbler…but never mind! I still have some of Richard’s nyonya changs in my freezer – those precious dumplings of his that I am saving specially for any emergency – when the craving strikes, I would be able to heat up one to eat…while stocks last. I think I will take a couple and steam them to pass to Philip for him to enjoy. That’s a great idea, don’t you think?

Now, wait a minute! Just when you thought that was all, something else cropped up. I had placed an order for quite a number of packs of the Kitchen’s Sibu instant kampua noodles to give away and when I went to collect them…

…I was told by the sweet young thing at the collection counter that I did not need to pay for them – they were on the house. Good grief!!! So many packs!!! I insisted on paying or maybe just get one or two packs free but she said she was following the instructions from the boss himself. Gosh!!! I thought that was kind of embarrassing…but it certainly was so generous and very thoughtful of them to extend a gesture of appreciation for all the promotion that I have been doing for them via my blog and on Facebook…and also to all my family members and friends here, there and everywhere. Thank you so much, Eric and to everybody concerned, thank you…

No, no, no…it’s not over yet!!! Just when you and I think that is all, the poslaju van came by yesterday around lunchtime to deliver this…

…right to my door – all the goodies from Korea. Thank you to you too, 1sun3  – it certainly is so sweet of you to include me in your mailing list. That sure was a pleasant surprise and nothing beats getting something nice when you are least expecting it, right or not? I love the chopsticks…and the nice nail clipper that I discovered only after taking the photo. LOL!!!

Isn’t it just great that we are surrounded by all the wonderful people everywhere? Praise the Lord!