OP Mahendran passed away

My neighbour in Jalan Wira 4, Taman Perwira Dua, passed away this morning 10 July 2016. He has been sick for a long time. He lived alone in the big house, cared for only by his Indonesian maid. His wife was American and lives in the USA with their children. 

Muslim in ICU

My first cousin on mother's side, Muslim bin Mohamad, 71, is in ICU at the new Shah Alam Hospital. He had lung infections that caused difficulty in breathing. Let's pray for his recovery.

Akak Tik Passed Away

My cousin, Tik bt Madon passed away at 2 pm today at her home in Taman Uda Jaya, Johor Bahru, after a long illness. She was 92 years old. My sister Zainab, long deceased, was of the same age as her. Alfatihah.

Safely Home

We left LHR on Sunday 3 May at noon by MAS Airbus 380 MH 003.  It was an uneventful flight and we got to KLIA at 7:50 am on Monday 4 May after a 12+ hours flight.  Going through Check In at Heathrow was fast because in our group we had two wheelchair users.  That's the trick next time, if we need speedy treatment.

The only problem experienced was at the VAT Claims where Bobby and Nani were unable to claim VAT because they didn't have the Customs Declaration form for some of the goods and service bought.  Reason: the salesperson didn't give them one to fill up saying it was not necessary.  So, one lesson learnt.

Aina came to visit

Aina Kadir, Ham's niece who has been working in London for many years, came to visit us today Saturday 2 Apr. She came around noon and we had lunch together. She obviously enjoyed the home cooking by Ham. Aina is an IT consultant, although all the while I thought she was an accountant (probably because she started work with PwC.)  We had a good time together and she left to catch the train to London all too soon at 6:00 pm. Here's Aina doing a selfie.

Relaxing today

Not doing much today Thursday 30 Apr. Returned the X-Trail to Enterprise Car Hire and got refund of GBP 200. So now the X-Trail hiring was actually GBP 331 for 1 week. Divide by 5, that's about GBP 66 or RM 364 each. Not bad.

Eton, Nani and Bobby are leaving for London tomorrow morning. Our friendly Pakistani taxi driver Mr Kazim, has agreed to take them to the Holiday Inn, Camden Town for GBP 140.  Ham and I will leave for LHR early Sunday 3 May morning from Ida's place for our flight back to KLIA at 12:00 hrs. Ida will drive us to LHR. Eton and party will make their own way to LHR.

Visiting Cardiff

Ida had a day off Tuesday 28 Apr.  So she took them to Cardiff to have some seafood, teh tarik and a climb up Cardiff castle. No shopping apparently. Cardiff is a city up the Bristol Channel on the west coast. It's just over an hour away from Stroud.