We thanked God for a sunny day as the lorry brought all our belonging to Teluk Intan. We have gone to the parsonage and did some cleaning prior to that. There were quite a number of furniture in the parsonage. Since we ourselves also have some, Andrew has decided to move a few shelves to the church office to keep his books. We set aside those shelves at the entrance. Andrew would then request the lorry to move them to the office after unloading our stuff in the parsonage.
The lorry went to the apartment to load all our belonging before detour to my in law's house to bring more stuff. A night before that all 3 of us stayed with my in law. The next morning, Andrew went to the apartment first. After Elyse has awaken, my father in law fetched all the rest of us to the apartment as well. Our intention was to show Elyse that the apartment now is empty, and we are moving to Teluk Intan. She seemed a bit lost and requested to go away from the empty lot after staying there for only 5 minutes. I, too, was feeling a bit sad as we left the apartment. Though we only stayed in this apartment for a year, I missed this place onced we called it home.
The 5-tonne lorry turned out to be 'not as big' after all. We were thinking of a 16 wheelers. In fact, if it was a 3-tonne lorry, it would have some difficulty of loading all our stuff in nicely. We were surprised with the huge amount of things we owned. Andrew and I were comparing who has the most items. Later we found out that most of them belong to our little girl - her toys, and Andrew, his books. We lost count on how many boxes altogether. But it could be easily 50 and more.
Andrew drove his car to Teluk Intan with 2 helpers. Besides the lorry driver, there were another 2 helpers in the lorry. So there were 5 helpers altogether. They were quite efficient in loading and unloading, however, I would appreciate it more if they were a little more gentle in handling some of our stuff. Thanks to David and Regina from TMC PJ, they gave us a huge roll of bubble wrap and clear wrap for the moving. Andrew used it to wrap the washing machine and the dryer, the glass table and mattresses, and I used old newspaper to wrap all our plates and cups - all of them were still in one piece upon arrival.
The living room of the parsonage was full of boxes and furniture, Andrew couldn't even turn on the switch at night. Ooops! He stayed alone in the house for the weekend. It was a kind gestures when 2 ladies from TI church came to offer help. However, as I have mentioned earlier, there were some shelves that Andrew intended to move to the church office, thus he graciously declined them and followed the lorry to the office.
Later when Andrew was back home, another 4 ladies from TI church came with packed food. We have no idea how did they find out but TI is certainly a small town, with many friendly people around. The ladies cooked a few dishes and expecting to see Andrew and his family. To their disappointment, I was not there. Hence, Andrew offered all of them to stay behind and have dinner together. The ladies tried to help Andrew to unpack but there were just too many stuff, so they swept and mopped the floor. We truly appreciate their hospitality.
Andrew came back to Subang Jaya after the weekend and brought all of us to TI on Tuesday, March 1st. Hence, we began our new phase of life.
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