Most of you will have seen the recent e-mail from Chris F. in which he says that the good news is, "We were very pleased to learn earlier this week, that our proposals have now been forwarded from the Secretary General to Finance, which is, we believe, the final stage before we are able to sit down with CDC to discuss the details of the new contract."
But don't hold your breath! We still need Ministerial approval for the projects and there are lots of steps to go through yet.
On a lighter note, Alison L. had a couple of stories to tell in her June report that I'm sure she wouldn't mind me sharing with you all. She says, "Was asked to be a judge in Kota Belud drama competition but got caught in a flash flood en route and spent seven hours stuck in my car!" When I asked what she did for seven hours, her reply was, "The worst fate of all befell me. A technology teacher who wanted to practise his English adopted me so I got stuck with answering questions like 'What kind fruits you have in Australia' as I fretted in my car.....!!"
The second story concerns a ghost in Pitas. She says, " Just something trying to pull me out of bed then a door that mysteriously locked itself with me inside..Got one arm out the window and yelled help. The occasional passersby either ignored me (maybe thought it was a white ghostly arm)or shouted 'Hello' I guess 'Hello' And 'Help' sound similar. Only Malay I could remember was 'Minta maaf' as I couldn't remember 'Tolong'. Locals told me everyone knows about ghosts in guest house and many a person has ended up sleeping in their car out of sheer terror.."
Not all monthly reports contain such frightening stories! But if you have a story (it doesn't have to be a frightening one!) that you think others would like to hear, please send it to me or put it in your next report.
Don't forget that you can also write comments to any of my posts. So come on, make yourself heard!
TTFN
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