Miracle Sambal

At Changi, Independentpjgirl faced her first cabaran : Cabaran Sambal

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At the Changi airport hand baggage checkpoint, the customs were really very strict. No form of liquids or aerosol were allowed in hand luggages. I didn’t have any liquidy or aerosolly stuff in my bag but I had my mama’s love sambal in my backpack. I thought foodstuff would be able to pass the customs but ohno…the custom lady told me I can’t bring it on board and she would have to throw it away! I tried to explain to her and Seokie explained that my mum spend the whole day making it for us. We also tried talking to the big man in charge but he also told us ‘no’.

The moment I saw the big man throw my bottle of sambal into the bin, I just couldn’t control myself and I cried all the way into the plane right up to my seat. It was quite embaressing and everyone was looking at me but I just couldn’t stop crying. I kept thinking about all the trouble my mum had to go through just to make the sambal for me and *poof* it was gone just like that. It was really weird, maybe at that moment I somehow just missed home.

However, as Seokie was trying to comfort me in the plane, suddenly the big man came walking down the aisle…WOUUUU!! He was looking for me and asked me to follow him back into the airport! I was super shocked and still crying at that time I followed him out of the plane to the custom checkpoint place. He explained to me that they could give the sambal back to me but I may have problems at the US custom checkpoint. I felt like hugging him at that moment..haha…but cannotla! Later he don’t want to give me back my sambal then… that’s the end of the world, o! The custom lady took my sambal out of the bin and as she handed the bottle to me she said ‘mother’s love is always the best love’…ohdear, make me cry even more..so bad!..haha..but at that time i was really in disbelief!!! I hugged the sambal like as if it was pohchim…hehe. The big man put the sambal in a China Airlines envelope and told me to not to worry anymore.

At the US customs, it was another miracle that I didn’t have any trouble with the sambal at all! Thank God! The sambal made it to Florida!!!!wheee~!

It was a real miracle I tell you! REALLY Unbelievable! I wish I got the big man’s name so I could thank him..'THANK YOU BIG CHANGI MAN!'

Truly, ‘mother’s love is the best love’…it comes with a form of miracle and protection too. ;)
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY MAMA!!