Sylvia’s Merry Christmas

Her favourite Christmas carol is Blue Christmas, but for Sylvia and her children Douglas, Elizabeth, Peter and Charlene, it was certainly not a blue day for them on December 18^th , 2006.

Thanks to the mention in the December issue of Tiara Times, some residents pooled their charitable instincts together and donated angpows, Christmas gifts, meehoon, Maggi mee, Milo, coffee, tea, large tins of biscuits, con­densed milk, Nestum, milk, canned soup, sardine etc. A resident also made a special kerabu which Sylvia and Elizabeth love.

Together with some members of the Evergreen Club of SS4, Petaling Jaya, a round dozen people made their way in three cars to Sylvia's home in Taman Medan, Old Klang Road at 2.30pm.

St Nicholas, better known as Santa Clause, was there "in person" too, in Nicholas the guitarist. Once inside the bedsit of her home, carols rang out -including, of course, Sylvia's favourite Blue Christmas. This was in memory of her father, who passed on a long time ago - "but whom I remember every Christmas," she explained.

Tea brought by the wellwishers was served at the end of the carolling.There was ikan bilis sambal and tuna sandwiches, fresh curry puff and home-made cake as well.

"Christmas won’t be bleak for us this year,"smiled Elizabeth. Sylvia expressed her gratitude to her wellwishers for their monetary donations. "We will use part of this to offset our water bill and hope water will be restored to us soon. We have endured five days without water since we were not able to pay the bill."

Have a comfortable Christmas Sylvia, with your loved ones, and may 2007 be a kinder one for you.

Post Script:

After the wellwishers left, son Douglas rushed down to Syabas to settle half the RM 1071.38 cents bill from part of the angpows received. Water was restored that very day.