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Saturday, December 7, 2013

1972 8月16-31日(沙沙的烂英文日记)


16 August 72 (Wed)

Mr. Teh asked me weather I know accounts or not? I answered that I’ve learnt before.  So he told me to go into the accounts room and teach me to post all the bills into the Ledger, wow! So cool inside the A/C room, I nearly frozen.

Lunch hour, Mr. Chan spends us to the clerk canteen, I ate a bowl of mee.

So tired and sleepy today.

 

18 August 72 (Fri)

Everybody said I’m very stylish, I admit too.

Ate chicken rice at the nearby coffee shop, costs me 80&.

I lend some story books to the servant girl Ah Kuan working in the office.  I tear some stamps from the envelopes for Mum.

 

19 August 72 (Sat)

Inche Khusari’s relative is getting married, invite all our staff, everyone gave 3.25$ to buy present for her.  The dinner is tonight.  I told Zainab to accompany me, so after work she came to my place, I spend her curry rice, used me 3$.

Asked Ah Choong to come and fetch me, went to Zainab’s house, at about 8.00, we reach Khusari’s house, at Tiger Lane, this is the first time I attended a Malay’s wedding, everything seems so strange to me.  LS & Lucy were there also, met several colleges, we sat together, ate all sorts of curry and rice, actually not very nice to eat.

After the dinner, everyone of us was given a golden basket with an egg inside.

Somebody gave us a lift back.

 

20 August 72 (Sun)

Went to the show ‘Puppet on a chain’.

 

21 August 72 (Mon)

Mr. Liew and Mr. Eng spend us lunch at Kong Heng.  After that Mr. Liew took us to his brother’s place, aunty’s husband.  Mr. Liew is a nice chap.

Rocky came & wanted to spend me lunch, but very sorry, I didn’t go with him.

 

22 August 72 (Tue)

This morning, Mr. Teh told me to go out and learn from Miss Irene how to operate the phone, because once Irene takes leave, I can take her place, I learn only in the morning, afternoon I do my typing, Irene is very friendly, I like her very much.  Miss Wong said today we better spend Mr. Eng, so we went to eat at the clock-tower, again Mr. Eng spend, I paid for the drinks.

We ate at Canning, met Linda, Rocky was so scared.

 

23 August 72 (Wed)

Be Irene’s assistant again, sometimes felt quite scared, because don’t know what the directors said & don’t know what they want, made Irene more busier.

 

24 August 72 (Thur)

Went out to eat 牛肉丸粉with Toh.

Irene gave me her address, so tonight we went to her house, me, Choong and Rocky.  We took her to our place, lend her some records, Rock spends us to the Diamond Restaurant, Irene likes to joke, send her back first, because she hasn’t finished her short-hand homework, we went for car ride.

 

25 August 72 (Fri)

Yesterday I spent Toh, today she spends me 鸡丝河粉。

Lots of works to do, gonna check all those envelopes, nearly faint!

At 10.00 am so hungry, went to eat at the opposite of our office.

 

26 August 72 (Sat)

At 1 pm after work, I don’t feel like going home.  phone to me and asked me to go to the show ‘Red Sun’, at 1st phone to the office.  Knew an Olivetti’s sales man, quite friendly.

At 4 o’clock, Ah Choong came and took me to my old working place, bought half a doz. Of cakes to eat there, chat with Shir until five.

Went to buy a pair of stockings (1.50) and a cold sore cream, because my mouth all cracked and painful.

Yesterday went to see Dr. Liew, now became worst.  Cancel the show, for Ah Choong had seen that picture before.

Kong2 not feeling well, called Dorado to check what’s wrong, Dr. said it’s because of the gall-bladder.  Say-ma stays here to take care of Kong2.

 

28 August 72 (Mon)

Still have twenty over dollars left, so went to ‘Modern World’ to buy an up-to-date hand bag, 15.90$ less 10% discount, costs me 14.30$, 1 lip gross 3.70$.

 

30 August 72 (Wed)

To Tasek Cement’s Garden Party with Rocky, Choong & Shir, Rocky wanted to call Irene to join us, but she’s not in the mood, Rock felt meaningless, reached Tasek, lots of stores had closed down already, wanted to eat some food but no place to sit, lousier than last year one.  After that, we have our makan at the Canning Garden, met Sar Ku’s family, he spent us, went to his house, sit there till 11.00 pm, car ride around Ipoh town, wanted to go to a place and see the ghost, very scared really, back at almost 12.00 m.n.

Lunch time, Mr. Eng & Mr. Choong spent us at the clock tower, Mr. Choong asked me weather I want to type something for him as a part time job tomorrow, I accept him to come tomorrow.

 

31 August 72 (Thur)

Today is a public holiday, National day, I get ready, at 8.30 am Mr. Eng, Miss Wong & her sister came to fetch me, Mr. Choong is the man from ‘Perak Traders’, he gave us all the cards, altogether 1,600 sheets, have to arrange them in alphabetical order first, all that bloody cards made my eyes so painful, Mr. Choong brings us a box to sort out, when we’ve finished we started to type.  At one o’clock, Mr. Choong spend us lunch at the station Hotel, we order set lunch, the food there are not very nice, I can’t finish.

Toh and Ong also came, they made us coffee, at 3.00 something we tidy up everything and leave, Mr. Eng took us to the show ‘Carry on 2 x 2’, adult firm, feel malu to see this type of show.

At eight, watching TV , Wong Meng & Arthur came, took them to eat the pot rice, then to the May Flower, came back at twelve o’clock.

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