...Hokkien Dictionary..Back Again!!

AN CHUA(ahn-choo-ah)

Hokkien for "What's the matter?", "What's up?" or "How are things?" Heard very often as the first or second phrase used on a mobile phone."Hallo? Ah Kow? An Chua?"

AMACAM (Contributed by Mat)(ah-much-ahm)

A contraction of the Malay greeting, "Apa Macam" which is the Malay equivalent of "What's up?" or "What's happening?""Eh, Ramli! Long time no see! Amacam?"

Uncle George's Birthday in Taiping (21 Oct 2006)

A couple of photos from the birthday. Jim Boy was there too but we didn't get any shots of him. What a waste!

Singapore by Night - 2 of 2

Singapore by Night - 1 of 2

Thought you guys might want another perspective of the Orchard Road, by night.
Pictures taken last week.

Jacob Dog

3rd attempt. This is Jacob, my Jack Russell gila-babi dog. Not really friends with Moses the cat but there's a mutual understanding on who's boss in the house, which is Moses la of course. On the left is him as a puppy, the other one is all grown. But not much difference actually.

Abseil Down Berjaya Times Square!

Here it is!!! A charity fundraiser for the disabled games in Kuala Lumpur this weekend.

My company is organizing an event to help with the fund raising for this games. We had an exclusive abseil for invited guests on 21st November and it was amazing!

We had a team from Melia Hotel come down, in their corporate uniforms, and a chef!

But what was most touching was having Stanley, an impaired vision athlete from our Malaysian contingent abseil down. Standing on the ledge, he was trembling, sweating and you could see the fear in his eyes. But he knew he had to get through this and he did! For someone who has almost no eyesight, and do the abseil is amazing. I was with him, preparing him for the jump and I was almost in tears.

So, for you KL cousins, please come down and do your bit in this charity event. It is RM250 per jump but if you look for me as I am the Event Director, I will give you a discount.

And do have a peek at our website.... www.kl06fespicfundraiser.com.my

Christmas is Here in Singapore!

Christmas comes early every year in Singapore.... So these few pictures are a prelude to more fun, lights & shopping during this season of giving. (and hopefully will lure some of our M'sian cousins to visit us more often in S'pore!)

Hong Kong Disneyland

Palawan Beach, Sentosa Island

This is our Singapore version of "Penang getaway"!

You Wanna Bet I Can't Get In The Pail?

I was going through some of my photo logs and found these! So, both of these boys.....was 'told' that in Taiping, bath is done outside. Of course, they were most delighted that it wasn't going to be the old bathroom type of bath.

















.......and yes....squeezing in the pails weren't a problem!