Chinese New Year Reunion Gatherings 2013

We have our big reunion gathering a week earlier at my mother-in-law place with the immediate relatives.

Yu Sheng and each family brought some food for the lunch gathering.

Eating the Yu Sheng after the 'loh hey' .....

 

A group family photo to wrap up the lunch gathering...

 

 

On the actual eve of Chinese New Year we, our own family of 3, went for a more formal reunion dinner on our own. We booked a table at our favourite Chinese restaurant for dinner at 8pm.

 

The restaurant was fully booked , as expected, and it was very well organised and food was served timely.

 

 



It was a 5 course dinner and the food was good.

 

 

 

Happy Chinese New Year - 2013

I went to Chinatown last week and took this photo of the snake lantern.... customised it into my own CNY greeting card....

So wishing all of you a Happy Chinese New Year...... 2013, the water Snake.... no wonder so much rain these days..... ha..ha...

27th Wedding Anniversary

We just celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary ....!!!

 

We have a lovely dinner with Jason too.

 

Penang Holidays - Tourist Guide

I was tourist guide for a group of 6 Singaporeans, my wife included, for a 4 days Penang trip .

It was quite challenging as I have not been to these places of interest for many years and also our main mode of transport is the public bus.

The many times I went home were to visit my aging and sick parents in Penang and not sight-seeing.

Anyway, all went well ..... and I think my friends were satisifed with the food and the tambun biscuits that they bought besides the salted fish and some nutmeg tibits too.

Here are a few photos but I took mainly videos with my newly purchased camcorder ( the videos are still being edited so watch out for them in the near future... )

 Took a ferry ride and this is a view of Georgetown, showing Komtar which is the tallest building on the island.



Kek Lok Si temple

 

Street Art

I spent the last day catching up with my parents before I flew back to Spore. Dad wanted to have lunch at Subway in 1st Avenue shopping mall.

Reflections of Year 2012

Happy New Year to all of You and may all your wishes for the coming year be granted ...!!!

Time flies again and another year has passed quickly... needless to say, I am one year wiser ( better than to say older ... ha.. ha... ).

In January 2011, Jason was bitten the dreadful Aedes mossie and he caught Dengue Fever but though hospitalised, he recovered in good time..!!!

 

Jas got his  Fender electric guitar for his birthday in March.

 

Jas performed on stage with the JCC Club band in Singapore Poly in April, his first debut in public!

 

 

 

Jas went on a study trip to HK and Shenzhen with SP and also visited the Disneyland there in Sept.

 

 

Jas is officially considered recovered from his right knee ACL re-construction surgery after 1 year of rehabilitation. He has resumed playing street soccer and even won a Gold award for his NAPFA test.

 

Jas then started his final year internship with DBS Bank - HR Training Dept in late Nov.

 

 

After about 5 years, LLM & I visited Kuala Lumpur again for a short holiday and stayed at Bukit Bintang area in Sep while Jas was away in HK.

 

I also bought a Canon HD camcorder for my Christmas.

 

Of course, I flew back to Penang a few times this year to visit my parents too.

 

I am proud to say that I have not been to see the GP over any illnesses this year though I did have some running nose or sore throat  a few times but I managed to overcome it with some over the counter medication.

 

So what is my new year resolution ... ?

 

Well, nothing too ambitious but to resume my swimming ( when the raining season stops as it is still raining almost every afternoon ) and exercise more for my own health reasons. I went to swim yesterday and it was indeed a good feeling but I need to be more consistent or do it more regularly, at least twice a week.

 

What am I looking forward to in 2013 ... ?

 

Jason's graduation and his National Service enlistment.... for a start, and take things as they come along....

 

So I hope you will have an exciting year ahead and do stay healthy too....!!!





Merry Christmas..!!!

My family and I wish you all a 

Merry Christmas 

and may your wishes come true

End of the World... ???

21 December 2012 was supposed to be the end of the Mayan calendar and it triggered some concern that yesterday was supposed to be the END of this World...!!!

Of course, we did not believe in it but it was nice that we managed to have a family dinner together in Orchard Road. We went shopping at Takashimaya and saw a bit of the Xmas lights and decorations too.

And we jokingly said that we should go home and huddle together in bed for that big moment...ha..ha....

But we ended up watching the final of the X-Factor on TV while Jas was playing his FIFA13 on his xBox and we slept slightly after mid-night.

Another day.......ha..ha...

BTW, I have yet to seriously walk down the Orchard Rd strewth to take photos and soak in the Xmas spirit which I do almost every year.

Jason's NAPFA Test

Jason went for his NAPFA test at his school recently and got the full score of 30 points and awarded a GOLD for it.

He did some serious training for the test by jogging and swimming too.

As his right knee ACL Reconstruction Surgery was done a year ago, I was concerned that he may not do well for some of the stations like shuttle run.

Happy and proud of his achievements in the NAPFA test.

Penang Trip, 21 - 31 Oct 2012

I was back in Penang again from 21 - 31 Oct, after about a week break from my last trip, to help look after my parents since my elder sister was not well.

Here are some photos taken during the trip :

Penang Trip , 8-11 Oct 2012

Hi,

Here is a slideshow of some photos taken during our recent trip backa to Penang to visit my parents.

My Dad and I also celebrated our birthdays together as it is in the same month of October.