Have a good week...........

Hope you have a good start to the week and may it continue in the same vein



... any volunteer to be goalie?




- laughter the best medicine -

The NEW Malaysian Dilemma

The cycle goes like this ...

Get Vietnamese workers, dogs missing.
Get Bangladeshi workers, Malay girls missing.
Get Indonesian workers, money missing.
Get Indian workers, jewelery missing.
Get Chinese workers, husbands missing.
Call the police, the evidence goes missing,
Call the lawyers, the judge go missing,
Call the ministry of transport, the reports go missing,
Call Putra Jaya, The PM IS SNORING...

... Check on this blog and all the old classmates are missing! *sigh*

Lai Mui Thin - But Not So Thin Now!

Remember "bell-bottoms"?

Lately there has been a number of emails flying around and here's the latest one. Unfortunately it's kinda hard to teach stubborn old monkeys new tricks. So I "tow hung liaow" *sigh* Blog Administrator.

Lai Mui Thin & Dr Clarence Lei smiling after a hearty laksa breakfast, 9th November 2007

Dear Old friends,

Thanks for the mails.
It is really good to meet up with good old Clarence after all these years.
At my(our) age,I have to apologise if I cannot remember all the names. If I
see the
faces, I would definitely be able to recognise all of you.
As I will be on business trip tp KL and Nanjing for the next two weeks, I
would not be able to respond to all your mail individually yet.
I will be back in the office beginning December.
If any of you are in this area, please give me a call.
Best Regards
MT Lai
Director, Manufacturing

Phone: +6072535001, Mobile: +60193381374, E-Mail: muithin.lai@basf.com
BASF (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Johor Malaysia, 81100

Softball team - who's the crazy one waving her arms to get more attention?

Drink Warm Not Cold Water?

NOTE: I'd been getting repeats of this email from several quarters over a period of time now and so I thought I'll share it here. For me I usually have a nice hot cup of coffee after meals.

This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about heart attacks . The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.



For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine . Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer . It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.
A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send to a friend. It could save a life. So,! please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.

Dedicated To All The Sleepy Kuchingnites ... where ever they may be now!

I'd guessed all you folks must be comfortably snugged away somewhere in this world .... But it would be nice to hear from you once in a little while! Thanks Ed and MC for your comment in the chat box! BTW the last photo is dedicated to William who has gone MIA ...

Anyway enjoy these cute photos of sleeping cats. Oh - if anyone of you is reading this; mind if you drop a comment or two? Cuteness to the infinity right? Meow!

This one is for you Willie! ;) This place is kinda dull without you lah!

Hello? Where's Everyone? I'm PISSED!

I guessed everyone has been busy - yours truly included; but hey! I still drop by from time to time. So surely if you can find time to piss, you can find some time to pop in to leave your comment if not a post. And if you are taking a piss - I hope for you that you'll find some where equally nice as this to do so ... *sigh*

Too Busy & Too Lazy To Learn The Truth?

I'd been too busy as well as lazy in my postings here ... *tsk, tsk* Slack!

However we all should not be too busy or lazy to check out the truth and facts about Cancer. So I highly recommend that you watch these (6) videos with an open mind as your own life and the lives of your love ones are at stake.

How to cut boredom.

Hi all,

I was wt my fmly in Songkhla (Thailand) recently fr a much-deserved break frm the hustle n bustle of KL life. Beside the good n reasonably cheap seafoods, v managed some time to tour the museum fr a bit of intellectual exercise while the gourmet dishes slowly made d way into our digestive system.

Guess what I found. Here u c two shots showing a rather creative, exotic (or perhaps erotic) way of overcoming the mundane chore of scrapping coconuts!

The rest? U may let ur imagination run wild. Hehehe.

Best rgds,

Ricky

SELAMAT HARI RAYA 2007

Hi there!

After a whole mth of testing their faith n inner strength to comply wt the rules of Ramadhan by our Muslim frens, it's now a fitting time to take tis opportunity to wish them "SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI. MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN".
Enjoy the break n value the time spent wt ur families, n remember to drive safely.

Cheers,

Ricky Ng

Since, the post has been a little quiet, I thought I'll just share this pic.

That's Kuching!! I thought it looks quite nice from the plane & took a quick snap of it. Of course it is not professional but I like it anyway.

I always love the meandering river. Not sure whether the little mount is Santubong or Matang.

Have you seen the movie "Evan Almighty"? It's hilarious..and a good tonic for de-stressing! LOL

THE WOODPECKER MIGHT HAVE TO GO!

Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah's Ark... One: Don't miss the boat. Two: Remember that we are all in the same boat. Three: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark. Four: Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big. Five: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done. Six: Build your future on high ground. Seven: For safety's sake, travel in pairs. Eight: Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs. Nine: When you're stressed, float a while. Ten: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals. Eleven: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting. NOW, wasn't that nice?

Sarawak Club

f2ho, why didn't you post photos of the new rebuilt Sarawak Club for the exiles?

Raymond Crowe - A Wonderful World

Remember back in the sweet old days when we were still little kids in Kuching - when we had little for entertainment (no Televsion then remember?) and we used to entertain ourselves with shadow plays using our torch light? No?

Anyway here's a shadow play that I came across which is simply amazing! Enjoy this my busy dear old friends ...

Hey there Delilah

You know those times when you have a tune/song that you can't get out of your head? Well one is currently doing that to me..

The children who survived the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and 1980!!

A friend forwarded this to me, so have a read fellow 'toughies'


First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese and things like tuna from a tin, etc., and didn't get tested for diabetes.

After that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in cots coloured lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the ‘risks’ we later took hitchhiking.

As infants &children, we rode in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

Riding in car’s dickie seat on a warm day was always enjoyable.

We drank water from the garden hose, and not pre bottled.

We and our friends shared and drank from the same soft drinks bottle and nobody actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank drinks made with sugar but we weren't overweight because,

WE WERE ALWAYS OUT DOORS PLAYING!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day as long as we were back home before dark.

No one was able to reach us all day and we were all right.

We would spend hours building our trolleys out of soap boxes and old perambulator wheels and then ride down hills, only to find out that we’d forgotten to fit it with brakes.

After running into thorn bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have play stations, Nintendo's , X-boxes or video games .

No 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms.......

WE HAD FRIENDS because we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given cap guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

We organized football games and not everyone could be in the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! < BR>
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all!

If YOU are one of them, congratulations!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as free spirits, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives ‘for our own good’.



While you are at it, forward it to your children so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.


Well !

Relax ,Take It Easy

This guy(Mika) seems so gay to me but he has such a nice catchy song with a fantastic music video to boot!

So Relax, take it easy on Merdeka Day and enjoy the video!

Anthony meets long lost friends

Anthony visited Singapore last week. He sent an email about his visit and we only got connected by mobile on Thursday. He had 2 more evenings in Spore & we quickly arranged a little get together on Friday. Anthony has a prior appointment for Saturday. Deb managed to get long lost friend Will, who is very busy with his new job & very luckily was back in Singapore that week. Edward & Rita could not join us that evening but Edward met Anthony & his family on Saturday.

Anthony escorted his wife & children to the Night Safari & left them there to venture on their own. He must meet up these 2 friends whom he has not seen for years - since leaving St Thomas in 1975, he claimed! He had to endured 2 hours of standing in the MRT before he met up with us. It's the peak hours of course so, MRT is pack!! But its a trip he will not miss.

Dr Philip Bong's Father 81st Birthday Dinner Celebration

Big birthday cake for the big birthday celebration!

Birthday boy, Mr Bong Kim Chong flanked by Adeline and Dr Philip Bong

Dr Philip Bong and siblings celebrated their father's 81st birthday on the 12th August 2007, Sunday night with a big dinner celebration with songs and dances.

A toast for life, health and longevity

I was kindly invited by Philip and was on the same table as a few of his doctor friends, Dorothy (wife of Bernard Loh Foh Min) and Lim Lian Kee, his wife and daughter.

All the "Bongs" on stage

Donations to various charities and organisations

It was a very nice dinner with lots of delicious chinese food and drinks. Birthday boy, Mr Bong Kim Chong with so many children - all 14 of them (!); lots of guests were invited and the only venue big enough to accommodate them all was a Church hall (Christian Ecumenical Worship Centre) ! I am lazy to write more as I am nursing a slight flu and cough and the weather of late in Kuching has been very very HOT - so here are the pictures! And here's wishing that all of us will celebrate our 81st birthday in the future! What an accomplishment! Be well.

Dr Philip Bong and lovely wife Adeline

Occupying the entire hall of the Christian Ecumenical Worship Centre

I Am Here!

Change is the only constant and moving with the flow of things, you can update yourself with the status of yours truly here where I had taken up this new challenge since mid March this year.

Although I would very much have preferred that they'd use this photo instead. Cheers!

18 August 2007
NOTE: I inserted the 'wrong' picture actually. I meant this one below!

Shit Happens (but life must go on)

Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur

AL is my childhood friend and though he has worked in Kuching most of his life, I had worked in a number of countries which had kept us apart, but somehow we had always kept in touch with all the changes that has taken part in both our lives and sharing our aspirations, dreams and heartaches over the past 5 decades.

We are both quite different, personality wise and the years apart had accentuated our differences in religious persuasions, interests and other pursuits but despite this, our friendship had stood the test of time and we had remained good and sincere friends.

And so I was quite distressed to learn that he was recently involved in a horrific bus accident in Iran while on the way to the airport last month. He was part of a consortium doing some projects there. Emergency surgeries were preformed there to stabilize his condition before he was evacuated for further medical attention at Gleneagles Intan Medical Center in KL where he received further surgery to his left arm. To put it mildly he was pretty much smashed up with broken thigh bones, arms, jaw and about half of his teeth had also been knocked off. He was lucky to be alive.

I flew to KL to see him and to see how I can help. He was so glad to see me and I have to hold back my tears to see him like this. His wife has to fight back her tears too when she recapped her traumatic experience of the past over 2 weeks of learning about the accident, her flight there with their eldest son (who flew back from Perth) to bring AL back. She was grateful for the help of her church friends and that though AL had previously bought travel and medical insurances it was just recently that he had upgraded it to include travel to Iran. It was God's grace she said.

He has only just been able to take solid food in the past 2 days and receiving daily physiotherapy. Luckily the worst is now over and AL is in good spirits and firmly focused on his recovery which understandably considering the injuries, would take a while.

AL thought that the visitors must be pulling his legs when they told him that you get a wonderful view of KL skyline from the window - and so I took this photo to show him.

Yeah, shit happens; but life must go on. You all take care you hear.

The Petronas Twin Towers from the room where AL is warded.

NOTE: I do not want to identify AL at the request of his wife as AL being the youngest and favourite in the family does not want his ailing mother to know of his condition as her health is quite frail and she might not be able to handle the shock of learning this. AL will let her know when he has recovered enough to be able to let her know himself. I trust my friends who is able to identify AL from my post would do the decent thing and respect their wishes.