A snippet : My Father's Kindness

 A Snippet: God's Grace and Father's Kindness Repaid.

My father employed several Kayan and Iban men in his quarry. The men had to be strong to manually break some of the rocks using a heavy hammer

One of the Iban men was an ex TB patient but he really needed the job. My father was very understanding and made him the man in charge of the rock "breaking" machinery. A lorry would tip the blasted rocks into the machinery and he would operate the machine to break them into smaller pieces

Most of the rocks were sold to the government for road construction. The men who worked in the quarry were paid decent salaries and "Suin" was happy to collect his every fortnight. After pay day he would cycle home to Sg. TEKU.

MY FATHER LET him sleep in the office and use his kitchen whereas the other workers had their own quarters. Suin always felt good working for.my father. Very often my father would give him extra when he brought bamboo shoots and fruits to sell to the other workers.

Not long after my father passed away my.mother met him in Sg. MERAH. AND HE ASKED my mother if she needed anything.

We did need bamboo poles for drying clothes.mum did not think.much of her request. She had said she would pick up the bamboo poles from Sg. MERAH

She also thought Suin would just not remember THE REQUEST.

a month later Suin came with 4 bamboo poles tied together to our house on a bicycle. He was like an acrobat with 4 long.bamboo poles on his shoulders.

He had cycled all the way from Sg. TEKU WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE 8 MILES

We will never forget his kindness

MUM GAVE HIM rm 20 which he refused to accept

Mum used the 4 bamboo poles to dry our clothes for more than 15 years. They really lasted a long time.

(Ching Ming - remembering kindness of loved ones who have passed on..)