Don’t let anyone hold any part of your life hostage. Your life is YOUR destiny and no one has the power to judge.
Although theoretically the Chinese New Year celebrations last for fifteen days ending with the Chap Goh Meh, Sibu as a whole has quietened down. The streets are almost normal again with only sporadic sounds of fireworks. The VIPs too have moved on to perhaps smaller towns.
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Today is the third day of the Chinese New Year and Benghui has decided to open a bank account to deposit his money from his angpows or red packets filled with money. It helped that the government of the day gave each student RM100.00 cash. We have already visited a lot of homes and received lots of visitors. Today’s post is a selection of pics I took today.
Congratulations to Frank and Claire.I haven’t been updating often. I have simply been having a busy but great time. First there was the wedding dinner of Frank and Claire.
I only managed to go to gym once this week. I was telling my gym buddy if only I could sing, I would sing a Chinese New Year song for you all my dear mylongkang readers.
Chris was kind enough to sing on my behalf. In this youtube video link he is singing karaoke for you all mylongkang readers. Wishing you all a great Chinese New Year celebration. 
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Oh, I don’t show it.But I am happy. The Chinese New Year season is here.
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I wonder how many of you still remember this movie.Papa can you hear me sing. Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing (Chinese: 搭錯車) is a famous 1983 Taiwanese tearjerker musical film directed by Yu Kanping(虞戡平) starring Sun Yueh(孫越) and Linda Liu(劉瑞琪). I noticed the hairdo, the dresses and hairdo of the actress which seemed to be so cool in 1983 looks so dated now and oh-so-below-average.
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At one time, Sabah snake grass was my everything. I depended on it. I went hunting for it in the markets. I paid top money for it.
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The days in Kuching passed by in a blur as we walked along the streets of Kuching. It did seem to us many Kuching folks were getting married this month.
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Happy birthday to Danny Teh Yew Wooi from all of us.
From many cool cats to another
Wishing you a great year ahead with dancing girls complete with coconut bra, grass skirts and hula-hula to keep you entertained the whole year through.
Our world’s a lot happier because of you… from Diana, Glenn, Bengbeng, Mrs Bengbeng and Benghui
Sometimes after a certain period of time passes, the memory fades and we become less cautious. The last time it happened Ah Tuong was around to help. This time around Ah Tuong is in Beijing.
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| November 3, 2011 |
Some friends have moaned aloud tonight about the timing of their retirement. The privileged few prefer to retire early, pick up golf, travel etc but for the majority, it is an issue that merits deep consideration. Thus when the government raised the retirement age to sixty, those in the private sector have started to question their retirement age which is fifty five for quite a number of sectors of employment.
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