Yesterday , we went to visit the Valley of the Kings after breakfast from Luxor . The Valley of the Kings is so named because of 62 tombs ( according to the guidebook 63 tombs ) of Kings being buried there . We managed to see 4 tombs . 3 tombs were included in the…

I went to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to have a look at the artifacts and mummies . There are only 2 mummies left in the museum because 22 mummies have been transferred to the National Museum at Giza ,if I am not mistaken . This museum was buildt in 1924 so has a art…

On the second day , we went for a longish drive to Alexandria , a seaport facing the Mediterrean Sea . This took 3 hours of driving as Alexandria is about 300 km away from Cairo . We visited the Catacombs of Kom el Shaqafa first. These were part of the Catacombs but were on…

I am way behind in writing this blog as I am unable to blog daily as been going out . Went to see the magnificent pyramids of Giza , just outside of Cairo .There are 9 pyramids in total . The pyramids are certaintly a sight to behold . Took a horse cart to go…

Went to Egypt for a much needed holiday with 2 good friends . Flew from KL via Doha to Bahrain to meet up with Saliha . Also, I wanted to withdraw whatever money left in Bahraini dinars to be transfered to my Malaysian account . I needed the money to finance the extras for the…

It is with great sadness that I write this post . Yesterday , I got a message on my mobile phone from the next door neighbor of the house in Muar. Her husband had just telephoned the police and ambulance . In her message , she had told me that my sub-contractor Mike was in…

I have not been blogging because been really , really busy trying to finish-up whatever remaining work for this teaching semester . I want to go for a longish break to settle my bank account and a much needed holiday. Not taken a long break since I started work in January of this year. Have…

I have decided to install grills. I have no choice, sigh . There was a break-in sometime ago when the house used to belong to my late aunt and uncle according to Encik Rahman . Nothing was stolen as there was nothing valuable to steal as the thief was looking for petty cash or jewelry’s…

The contractor send me her drawing for the kitchen which is fine . She has forgotten to include the oven in the drawing but I have told her to include the oven in this . Guess , the oven can be slotted next to the fridge . The shelves will be open shelving . One…