The Traazil Family

Recently, we attended a wedding reception of an old friend's child and got to meet up with the Traazil family again.

I got to know the Traazil family when I first started working in Singapore and was their neighbour when I rented a room next door. I was dating my wife then and we used to be invited to their Christmas gathering yearly and I also played squash during the weekends with James. We also got to know the other members of the family along the way.

Sheila ( James's sister ) got married and moved to US and I got married and moved out to my own home too. I lost touch with the Traazil family and was busy pursuing my career and family for 20+ years before I bumped into Germaine ( James's wife ) about 2 years ago.

And thro' Germaine ( Cassie's god-mother ), we were invited to Cassie ( Sheila's daughter ) and John wedding reception held here recently. Much to my surprise, we saw Sheila at the reception as we thought the wedding couple were here on their honeymoon but without their parents in tow.....ha..ha...

I thought it was interesting that I got to know them when I started my career here in Spore and then caught up with them again after I have retired. 20+ years...time really flies....

From left to right, Germaine, John, Cassie, Sheila, Lai Meng & I.

Lai Meng & Sheila

The Traazil Family

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there......... especially to my wife, of course.

Jas bought a cute coin purse for his Mum.

We have a nice Thai dinner too and Mum got a free spa voucher and a stalk of flower too from the restaurant .....

DBS Marina Regatta 2012

We were invited to the DBS Marina Regatta 2012 held at the Promontory @ Marina Bay last weekend.

It was an interesting experience to see the dragon boat races and I took some photos not only of the races but also the nice scenic background.

Here are a few photos but you can see the whole album under my Facebook account.

Jason Playing In A Band - JCC

Jason auditioned to play for the band in his Poly Japanese Culture Club (JCC) during the CCA Showcase 2012 festival.

He was selected and played for the JCC band on stage last week, his first public performance.
We were there to wathc his debut and I videoed it for him.

They played 3 Japanese songs and in the second song, Jas played solo in the later part of the song.

We are proud of him and I hope he will be able to take it further ( as a hobby and not a career... )since he seems to enjoy it so much.

BTW, he is playing with his newly acquired guitar as the old one has some problem and it was initially a bit too costly to repair it ( more than 50% of his guitar cost price , it was a cheap guitar though... ha..ha... ) so we decided to advance his graduation present and bought him a Fender Telecaster guitar since he has shown so much interest and progress in his guitar playing.



In case, you do not know Jas... he is the one on your right, playing the electric guitar.

This is the first song and some introduction to the JCC.....
  


This is the 3rd song but the mike was not working well so you cannot hear the vocal very well but it was still a good performance by the band.

Jas seems to be enjoying himself and also made an impromptu jump near the near of the song, much to my surprise as his right knee has not completely recovered from the ACL tear.......

Well, hope you like and give them a LIKE in YouTube if they deserve it.......

Thanks for watching the videos.