17 Oct 73 (Wed)
No mood to go to my book keeping class already, so
with Mum went to the show ‘Fright’, not frightened at all.
I got fed up working in this office, everybody got
increment, especially Ho, my working time there was longer than hers, she’s Mr.
Goon’s pet, so increased her salary to 200$, 40$ increment cos’ now she’s a machine
operator, Chin increased 40$, June 30$, Seng 30$, Mutthu 25$.
Shir & I are the lowest pay here. I hate the management and the people.
18 Oct 73 (Thur)
June and Julie are enemy, today June asked me to teach
her accounts, I said you intend to leave, she said right, so that bloody Ho
said 她捨得走, June hear these she was very angry keep quiet and went out, not long
she intercom to ask me to go out, she said she wants to scold Ho, I asked her
not to do so, June just walk in, quarrels starts, I was so scared, not long I
heard a loud noise coming out, I thought they started to fight, but later they
said June fell down from upstairs the store room.
Difficult to work in such a condition, Ho is too much.
19 Oct 73 (Fri)
Today Shir & I just showing our childish temper.
Each of us bought a cake, Shir’s cake was put on her
table, beside it a ball point pen lying there, my itchy hand took the pen and
punch a hole on her cake, she was angry, asked me to change mines to her, I quickly
lock my drawer up, she just sat there and waited for me to change mine one to
her, after work, Miss Lai wanted to fetch her back, she doesn’t want to go
back, we just sat there, I said no reason for me to change the cake, I can only
let her punch back my cake, she doesn’t want, Chin said better ‘One Two Som’,
she doesn’t want also, we just sat there for quite sometimes, the staff also don’t
want to go back, they just surrounded us and watch the show carrying on, some
of them like to know the result. At last
I took my cake out, punch a hole on it, Shir doesn’t want two of the cake, so
Ho took one, I took one, I told Shir said that I didn’t lost, instead she is a
loser, said tomorrow I gave back 1$ to her for the cake, she said she won’t
accept. Let me 过意不去.
20 Oct 73 (Sat)
Change my pajamas, almost the time to bed, somebody
press the door bell, was Irene, with two friends Tommy & Yong, asked me to
go out for a drink, so went out with them, they insist to go to night club,
Irene & I, wanted to go to Coffee House, so at last to Black Jack， I order Loong Ean Ice Cream and Black Jack
Sandwich. Raining heavily outside,
thinking if now we are on our bed how nice, I just washed my hair yesterday now
have to run under so heavy rain.
21 Oct 73 (Sun)
Write a letter to Tan.
Next week at this hour we will be in Haadyai already.
23 Oct 73 (Tue)
We can get our advance salary, cos’ we don’t have much
money to go to Haadyai, the bank have no money so have to transfer from other
bank.
24 Oct 73 (Wed)
Book keeping Sir asked me to sign up both Inter and
Advance book keeping examinations held on next year, paid $19.80 for both,
pocket is empty now.
There was a riot in Bangkok, we were all so scare that
our trip to Haadyai may be cancelled.
25 Oct 73 (Thur)
‘Deepavali’, Rock went to book the tickets for the show
‘小杂种’, Kam Tho came, she wanted to join us, so Rock bought another ticket
for her.
Irene, Toh, Yip, Tan came, Irene do the driving, we
want to the Perak Emporium just wanna buy something delicious to eat on our trip
to Haadyai tomorrow, raining, we went to a coffee shop next to M’sia, just
wanna fill our stomach up.
Irene drove me to the tailor’s place, I took my new
pajamas & shirt, costs me $5.00.
26 Oct 73 (Fri)
We were so exciting and happy at the office, long ago,
we were looking forward for today to arrive.
After work, I packed everything, about 10.00 pm,
bought some pears and fish ball to eat, don’t know whether I was too full or
not, I got gastric, quickly drank a cup of hot milk, felt more
comfortable. Ho, Toh & Tan came
punctually, about 11.30 pm shir came to fetch us all, our meeting place was at
opposite of the Odeon Cinema，shir & I sat together,
we got a nice seat, about 1 am we started our trip to Haadyai, the bus was not
bad, got soft music, air-condition, and movable seat, we adjust the seat a bit
backward, so that we can sit more comfortably.
I was so sleepy, I slept for most of the journey, Toh, & Irene sat
behind us, they talked most.
shir always wanted to pass water, I think something
wrong with her bladder. We stopped at
Simpang, shir rushed to toilet, I also went, most of them having coffee there,
but we dare not drink anything.
Lucky all the gossipers were at the other bus. Just fell asleep, the bus stopped at
Butterworth, again rush to toilet. Then
slept for the way to the border, Changloon.
27 Oct 73 (Sat)
Reached border at 5.50 am the immigration office still
not yet open, we walked down to have some fresh air, the whole area was covered
by mist, some lorry carrying fish were parking beside us, so got a bad smell,
went back to the bus and sleep. The sun
began to rise, everybody change their money at the nearby coffee shop, but I
didn’t change any, cos’ they said if change inside the hotel got higher rate,
waited till seven, eight o’clock, still not yet ready, so with Toh we have a hot
drink at the coffee shop. Change our
money, we changed $50 got 420 Thai Baht.
About nine the guide said still have to wait for quite some times, so we
order some fried mee to fill our stomach.
About ten, we crossed the border, reached the Thai custom, wait again.
Our first stop was at Sadao, I don’t know what was
going on, have to wait again for quite sometimes, they said the fried chicken
here is famous, we rush to the store, all were robbed by others, Ho robbed one,
we tear her chicken to eat, cos’ it smell delicious, we drank Chang Dui, I said
everyone of you drink the same thing, I order a special one, ice grape, AW! So
awful, they all laugh at me.
Reached Haadyai at about 2.00 pm while they arranged
the Hotel room for us, we just walked around the town, I bought a Thailand
dress at the Yong Lee Emporium.
I felt like going to toilet and excrete. So I asked them to go to hotel first, we were
staying at the Sukhontha Hotel, one of the largest hotels in Haadyai.
Toh, Irene, shir & I were staying together, the
room was quite nice like picture below, once I got into the room, I rushed to
the toilet immediately, the speaker was playing Thai music, Irene doesn’t like
it, she was so action, took the Intercom and asked them to change the music to
pop songs, not long, pop songs coming out from the speaker, we sang along
loudly.
Everyone of us took our bath and change into clean
dress, just walked around the nearby shops, I bought two trousers at about 130
Baht. ($13/=) and a pretty cute Tee Shirt, wore it immediately, at about four,
Toh pulled me away from the shops, cos’ everybody was waiting for us to leave
to the Songkla Beach, on our way to Songkla, they sang, I just looked out from
the bus window, villages, bushes, padi field just passed us by.
Reached Songkla, what a beautiful beach, quite a lot
of people sitting on the beach having sea breeze.
A number of stores selling all sorts of food, we have
a few photos taken at the site of ‘Golden Mermaid’.
Our stomach was quite hungry, so we rush to the
biggest store near the beach, order fried chicken and coconut water, the
coconut water taste sweet and cooling, I love it! We all like hungry ‘Drive’, one second only,
the plate was empty, I robbed a drumstick.
It was quite late before we went back to Haadyai, we have
our real Thai dinner at one of the restaurant, our table finished everything so
quickly, we felt shy only.
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don’t know why the 1973 diary stopped here? 沙沙25 Nov 13
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