i almost forgot how to log in with all the new password which i changed last night. anyway i thank and praise God for His blessing. mom cried this morning because she forgot its my birthday after i reminded her.i thank God for my family and friends. They have been there all times supporting me in time of needs.i pray for good health, and good handsome face (ader kerrrr..)
so far all that i wish for came true..a few more wishes and i hope that wishes will come true also.
Yes Toda's Ark is 5 today...i'm thankful and blessed to Navigate it!All praise to Him alone.we went to Singapore and Bintan last august, i dont have time to blog it ..maybe after my trip to Bali(yes my 2nd time) i will try my best to post it.
You are 2 today, we cried when you first came, you are beautiful as you are...though you are far,you are always close to our heart...miss you much baby J, be good to your mom, your tito, your tita and your lola..will see you soon...Happy birthday baby J,
love
papa mok
One fine day i decided to bring mom and dad to Australia. Destination is Perth WA, the reason is because i never been to Perth. Never can i imagine, Perth is one of the expensive city in Australia. It was 5 years ago when i last step my feet in Australia. I was very excited to travel with my parents because this will be their first time traveling oversea.
It was a perfect day on 14th September 2013, hot and sunny day and we arrived at KIA as early as 8.30am. Everybody was there to sent us off. We flew with Malaysia Airlines to Singapore and with Qantas to Perth. it was a long 6 hours transit and thank God for Singapore Changi International Airport for the humongous shopping cum airport terminal. We departed Singapore at 6:15pm and arrived Perth at 11:00 pm.
The cool early Spring breeze greeted us and i know my parent will be enjoying their first trip to the land of the down under.
Not after i saw someone posted their wedding anniversary date today only i realized Toda's Ark Veterinary center turns 4. wow it has been an amazing 4 years navigating the Ark. I am so blessed to have the business running well! i have 700 registered customers so far and i believed the numbers will keep on increasing, Amen to that.I praise God for His blessing, love and guidance,families and friends for their thoughts and care.
I was in Cambodia last January 2013. It was my so called yearly holiday.Surprisingly Cambodia (Siem Reap)was named/voted the top 25 most visited place (travelers' choice).
It was an educational holiday i would say as Cambodia has it own history and culture.
We landed in Phnom Penh and stayed overnight before we proceeded on road to Siem Reap. The journey to Siem Reap took us 8 hours by bus. The scenery was superb and we to stopped at one of the Kampong and managed taste a bit of Cambodia.
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| Phomn Penh International Airport |
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| Yummy( the salad taste good) |
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| the Tuk Tuk ride |
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| The beer is cheap USD 1 |
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| Bugs(yummy???) |
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| The Angkor Wat from far |
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| The Royal Palace |
I should have post the article at 10:10am this morning....
i was having breakfast when a friend announced its her wedding anniversary today..i said duh....then suddenly the date struck me straight to the head..neither i nor the family remember..and Yes its Toda's Ark Veterinary center 3rd anniversary,It was a joyful and happy moment that day, i still recalled...after 3 years i've learned and still learning mind you....the business...
i love my job so much and im thankful for the blessing,the trust from my family, friends and client.
Cheers and i pray by the grace of God, He provides all my needs for the year to come...
:)two more days before gawai, will miss my late brother igat this year.still recovering from fever and hope to finished my antibiotic course on gawai eve.Anyway selamat Gawai dayak 2012,gayu guru gerai nyamai nguan menoa....
cheerrsss and enjoy!
The whole family shed tears today as Jeremiah came into the world. Borne at 0900hrs after almost 12 hours of labored pain. He is 3.25kg..
They detained him as the lung is wet due to the labor process.God be with him.
Thank you God for the blessing
Jeremiah Terry Toda we love you...........
today marked the second months since my brother left us...i woke up this morning, took my bath and try to get ready for work.I went straight to the kitchen. i found ma and May sitting down having breakfast...it was sinagan and fried egg..i told ma today's date hoping she will not recalled and remembered anything and was hoping it will be just another day for her and everyone of us..
May was enjoying her breakfast until ma opened her mouth and said today will be the 2nd months since igat left us. Jaw dropped and faces changed.....
Now is 5.30pm on the 6th of March and if i were to recalled back 2 months ago ..it will be the same time and hour i first received the sad news..............:(
"God under your wings i shall renew my strength...
It has been a month since my brother left us(for a while).we are trying very hard not to remember what happened at that particular time/hour and date when we the family received the news...somehow i still can see how dad broke in tears, how mom cried, how my brother and sisters shed those sad tears when dad and i got home.It was a sad feeling and it makes a very deep impact on every one of us.
sometimes we wish all the bad news we receive is not true at all.....and we can only wish...
Dad is trying hard to cope, still grieving well we all still basically....
Igat,It has been a month bro since the day you left us (for a while)
i'm so thankful and glad that we spend those few months together trying to get all the document done for May.
i told you not to give up easily and sad when we failed to get it done on the first time and to treat those Kl trip as your honeymoon trip instead.
Im so happy to see you are loved by someone so deeply as how she shared all the good things, shared all the good thoughts about you every single day without fail.
you are a lucky man!
i miss you bro....
at this time and hour last week, my heart broke into pieces...
i cried and shed tears.....
knowing i will not be seeing him, bullied
not saying enough how much i care and i love...
i pray for strength, forgiveness...
i was lost, at one point disappointed ...
grieve and hope it was not real...
i pray that you are at a better place
a place where you will be united with the Great I Am
I believe His ways is higher than our ways
And suddenly i realized that i should not be sad
for today the Lord has made
we will rejoice and be glad
until we meet again
rest in peace
R.I.P Terry Michael Toda @ igat
We are 2 years in operation last 10th of October 2011...of course the ups and downs are there to accompany me and i try to accept the fact that it is the norm in doing business. Saw pictures of my student graduating reminiscence me when i graduated 12 years ago...they sure have a longgggggg way to go, i envy their enthusiasm in trying to full-fill their ambitious ambition.I do hope they will succeed and becoming what they hope they will become....anyway let me find a cake to blow in conjunction of the 2nd anniversary
you see it has been almost 5 months since i last update this blog of mine.i will not remove the snow flakes...being not so computer literate i might not know how to put it on again later..so it might stay until , next Christmas forever.
Just renewed the business registration license and we are 2. Im happy and thank God with the blessing ever since i started the business.my faith has grown stronger each day as the day passes.
So keep the faith
it is almost the end of 2010,how time flies.
Christmas is in a week time.Theme has been decided..macam lah....
Anyway i have few things/wishes in my list....kalau tak achieve boleh carry forward...:)..for the time being im keeping it to myself..will reveal it when it comes true..amen!!!
so this Might be the last post for the year,well at least i have mine posted once or twice in a month kan...
Merry Christmas to those celebrating....
HE IS THE REASON TO LIVE........
Wahhh awal sekali aku ka Krismas....the tree is not up yet in the clinic maybe i will put it up early December.I have Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas II you album on the CD player,and still thinking of a small door gift for the patient on board the Ark..:)
Still thinking of a caterer to do Christmas open house this year..oooo kakak nya if you read this have you contacted the caterer?
will be leaving Kota kinabalu next week for Mark's wedding.Looking forward to meet old friends again.
So i guess 2010 is almost comes to an end,....another month to go and happy new year baby....
It is Saturday again.The family feels like that there is no more weekend.The days seem to pass so quick that you hardly have time to sit and unwind.Nak gaduh pun susah now.Everyone that includes Dad and Mom are busy except Pithui the cat.Even the nephew and neice punya schedule also packed.
Anyway mom said we need to work extra hard for the next few years,and we all nodded and say yes to the queen.I can listen to mom praying and shouted out her childrens' names every morning and ask the good Lord to bless and take care of her children.I believe the Lord answered her..
It will be another 3 months before Toda's Ark 1st anniversarry. i didnt realized until a freind and i were talking about it yesterday.So it time to celebrate again?we'll see.....Have a great saturday or should i say weekend?
My eldest brother is no longer helping me as he has moved to Bintulu..that leaves me alone now.Once awhile i do get help from my family and today i got help from Dad..
Dad was so prepared since last night and he was telling mom that i will most probably need help to carry some item we purchased yesterday..i said ok too as Dad was so eager.
Dad woke up early this morning.had his breakfast and was set to go..i pulak take my time as we open at 9am now.so that give me ample time to have my breakfast.talk to the cat, watch animal planet, pack my lunch and read the obituary..
We left and the traffic was heavy as it was raining.I was glad actually that Dad willing to help at least to carry some of the item, put on the price tag and display it on the shelves.
It was drizzling as we reached the office.i came out of the car and told dad to wait as i open the shutter.I told him not to carry the heaviest box as i need to deliver it to the customer.he nodded.
pergi lah i buka kedai and when i turned i saw dad carrying the heaviest box tadi and dengan muka berkerut he put it in the office.sambil mengerut and complaint sakit pinggang.I asked dad not to carry anymore of the item and let me do it instead.oii berpeluh juga awal pagi...so i carry back the box to the car..dua kali kerja ne...
I told dad to unpacked some of the item and put it on display as i have to carry some more item.He nodded again...
dad unpacked the item yes and put it everywhere ,unorganized on the shelves.I told dad that he is not making my work easier,so abis angkat barang i rearrange lagi all the item that Dad arranged.
I told dad to put the put the price tag on some of the item.dad ended up tagging himself.melekat di muka the price tag..I told myself that it is not going to be an easy day today.
I told dad to pass me the price tag and let me do it instead and ask him to feed the fish pulak.Dad fed the fish alright.He junked the whole feed into the bowl.He panicked. I geleng kepala lagi....He ran behind to clean the bowl.
He told me he almost let the fish get loose masa tengah clean the bowl..i geleng kepala lagi...
Now almost noon, i penat already..still have some left over work to do.And where is Dad?my helper for taday?Yes he is in my office.....SLEEPING.......
It can be a very stressful day at Toda's Ark.Thank God i have my family to help me.This school holiday my nephew and niece are kind enough to lend me a hand.Tapi dibayar gaji owwh..Both of them are still in their primary year but having the rascal around once awhile can be fun.Stories they tell, games they play, faces and funny look the make really enlighten me..
Ezra with the cat he groomed
Beth with a game she played and manged to fool her uncle..
I love Toda's Ark...
