I was making an unplanned trip to Jakarta on the 13th . The reason was because of our house care taker at our house in Jakarta called us and said that the first floor of our house was flooded . They can not managed every thing by them self and my involvement was required. The rain was said to be heavily pouring on Oct 12th evening. I was rushing to get a ticket and went to Jakarta as soon as possible. Peggy also rushing back to Jakarta just in case I was not able to come to Jakarta and deal with the problem. What happened was the gutter on the roof was jammed by the dry leafs of the Rose Apple tree and the leafs of the mango trees. We were thinking that was because of a structural failure such as the pipe being broken . Praise The Lord it was not like that. Any way it was a great chance for me to have a little time to look after our own house in Jakarta. I have been missing my house too as almost all of my annual leave was spent in the orphanage ( so much work to do) . Last year I was staying at our own house for some 1 week only and I spend almost 3,5 months at the orphanage ha ha ha .
Being both of us were in Jakarta we thought it was a blessing in disguised because I was thinking that Peggy will be able to go back to Singapore after we dealt with the flood matter. The day that Peggy and I was planning to go back to Singapore , there was a phone call from the orphanage saying that one of the new baby was rather ill while another baby that Peggy was supposed to help was passed away ( the mother died right after giving birth). Instead of going back to Singapore with me at 17 15 pm , she must go back to the orphanage for the 17 30 pm departure. She just told me that she must bring the baby ( Doreen) to Jakarta for an intensive treatment as soon as possible. This time of the year is the driest month where airborne bacteria and lagging in water thus sanitation is at the worst stage. Praise The Lord that we have our own water truck so the need of water can be fulfilled without any problem.
Anyway the sick baby is in as Peggy's good care now. After taking care of the baby until late last night, now the baby able to sleep properly. I guess it is time for Peggy to sleep now ha ha ha ( she was awake all day yesterday , arriving at the orphanage at 23 10 pm and she was looking after the baby till 4 am before every thing was under control).
Any way Peggy told me that for this year we are expecting to have another good harvest of mango, Praise The Lord. Come in December and we will let you to eat the ripe mango right from the trees. If you don't come , we will up load the picture for you ha ha ha
I am afraid that I will not have the time to up date the blog for quite a while as we are now in the middle of packing. In 8 days time we will move to a new address in Singapore. We have been staying at the same place for 10 years so it is quite a lot of items must be packed properly.
Any way here is a musical instrument from Timor which is called as SASANDO
