My colleagues and I paid a visit to our former principal, Puan Siti Arfah, at her home yesterday evening. We had gone there to wish her a safe and pleasant journey to Mecca. She and her husband will be performing their Haj this year. They will be leaving on the 26th of October.
One thing I forgot to do was to give her an Ang Pow (Red Packet) for a safe journey. This is what many traditional Chinese elders would do when their friends or relatives go on a journey. The red packet is for good luck and to ward off evil spirits. One never knows what will happen when we board a plane to another land. Perhaps, I'd pop over to Puan Siti's house to give her a Lai See (another word for Ang Pow). The amount does not need to be much, it is just a token sum.
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