Lim Boon Hoe, Lee Ban Hong and Pang Ah Man.

27.5.2008.

I must quickly comment on this morning's episode at the Club (Tuesday 27th.May). Our 4-ball of Tiong Meng, Ah Man, Pa' Itam and myself finished our 9 holes, and had already finished our refreshments at the terrace when Boon Hoe (spelled like the cangkul - h-o-e) came to our table, and offered to buy us a fresh round of drinks. This was too much to refuse, totally unexpected and a complete surprise ! I mean, coming from Boon Hoe. This was like striking the lottery.

So, in return for his out of the blue, extraordinary generosity, all of us endured his hour of court. Still, at the end of it he said he won't play with me. 

Ban Hong joined our table while we were politely listening to Boon Hoe's tale of his travels. Ban Hong will start playing with me tomorrow, now that he's retired. I've played with him once or twice before, and remember him to be long. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. 

Ah Man the Hailam played with me for the second day in a row today, and will play again tomorrow. For a 12 he's quite good - this morning he played gross 39, which is 3 under his handicap. I lost 2 frames to him, when yesterday I won 2 balls from him. Today he played like the Hainanese hantu - " koi di boti koi ". 

Tiong Meng will not play with us tomorrow, so it's either Maulud or Jane Chee. Maulud would be the preferred one because he's off 13, so it'll be a good contest. Jane would be difficult because the ladies' tee boxes on the second 9 are too far forward. The ones on 11, 14, 16,17 and 18 are up to 30 meters in front. With her, it's usually her wristy putting that sometimes even up matters. 

The others left our table at about 12, but Pa' Itam, Boon Hoe and I stayed until about 1.15. So I squeezed in a joke about Dolah  I got from the internet. Mahathir dreamed he got a call fro Tunku to visit his grave in Kedah. So he went, and there he heard Tunku's voice. "Mahadet ! Aku dengaq hang suka naik kuda. Aku pun suka kuda. Hang mai esok bawak sekoq". So the next day Mahathir prepared himself to bring the horse. But Dolah  also had a dream about Tunku, and wanted to visit his grave. Since he didn't know Tunku too well, he asked Mahathir if he could follow him, to which Mahathir agreed. So they went. At the grave Mahathir heard Tunku's voice, sounding upset. "Awat hang, Mahadet ! Aku habak hang bawak kuda ! Ni hang bawak keldai !"

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