School Holiday Part 6 - Christmas

After the Christmas Day Service, hubby was so relieved that finally everything was over and he was looking forward to going back to Subang the next day.  He missed his hometown.  He missed all the highways and flyovers.  He missed all the amenities in the big city.  Whereas I missed all the Christmas deco in the various shopping malls.

Back then when we were still staying in PJ, every year we would visit numerous shopping malls during Christmas season - simply soak ourselves in the Christmas carols and admiring the Christmas deco.  Though Jusco and Mahkota Parade did quite a good job this year in decorating the concierge, it is still not as grand as shopping malls like Mid Valley, One Utama, the Curve and etc.

It's Opening Present Time!!!  We are so thankful to have so many church members blessing us with many gifts.  Of course, many were for my two little kiddos.  My girl insisted we sang a Christmas carol followed by her telling us the Christmas story before we opened our presents.

The children get to open one present each on Christmas Eve.  Erwyn received a mini remote control car from Ah Gong.

Frozen is a big hit and everyone knows that.  My little girl has shown much interest in this magnetic dress-up doll.  It was a surprised gift as she did not anticipate us to buy for her.

My Snow White, dress up for the Cantata and finally changed into a more comfortable outfit.

These are Elyse's presents this year thanks to all the uncles and aunties in the church

My boy has also received many presents from the church members

Remember the 'biggest present of all time' that I mentioned in my previous blog?  It is indeed very big in size.  It could easily fit 6 of us in it.  We have chosen the elegant brown this time.  The children have their own special seats (baby chair and booster) secured at the third row.  What surprises all of us is there's an overhead DVD player with flip out LCD screen.  We never opt for that.  Hubby said the paper did not mention this in their spec (a gift from Santa?!?  No way!!!).  Well, do you have any idea what is this 'biggest present'?  It is a Proton Exora 7 seater MPV.

Do you still remember Andrew met with an accident Sept 2013? Andrew was waiting at the traffic light at Kota Laksama when suddenly, an Avanza rammed into his back.  It turned out the driver was drunk.  Due to the impact, Andrew's car knocked the car in front.  Hence, the sandwich.

A few things we are thankful to God:-

1.  The accident car was Proton Wira and not Peroduo Kancil
Imagine the impact on the Kancil, it could certainly caused a serious injury to the driver

2.  It was a Sunday morning but that morning Andrew did not need to preach
The first service carried on as usual without any interruption.  Andrew was unable to be there as he needed to go to the police station to make report.  However, he came back for the second service.

3.  Andrew suffered no injuries
Not a single cut or scratches on him.  However, his neck was painful for the next couple of days.

4.  There's no one else at the back seat
We couldn't imagine if this happened when the children were in the car.

It took almost one month to repair the car.  When it came back, the condition was not very good.  We sent it to another workshop for servicing and paid the extra $$.  After that, this old faithful car continued to serve us for the next couple of months without fail.  However, we did notice a significant change in its engine.

Weeks later, we received a token from a person who is very closed to our hearts.  The person generously blessed us with a huge amount in order for us to buy a new car.  Andrew was very reluctant though.  Finally, we recognised the increasing need of getting a bigger car as there are 6 of us in the family and the children are growing.

It was months later before we finally placed our order with Proton.  There was a promotion and we trade-in the old Wira.  With the big ang pow we received, we only need to fork out a sum of RM5k for the balance.  The MPV came in just the right time.  We drove back to Subang on Boxing Day.  It is so steady and comfortable.  Words could not describe how grateful we are to this special person and to God.

To be continued...