By admin on January 1, 2013
2012 is now history. It will be remembered as the year of Gangnam Style. I turned 55 in 2012. I survived the Mayan calendar. As I start the first blank page of my new 365-page book, I pray that the book will be filled with great memories. 2012 has been a very memorable year. For [...]
Posted in Down Memory Lane, Memories Are Made Of These, My Life Journey, Ramblings | Tagged 2012, 2013, 30th wedding anniversary, Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu reunion, book donation project for SM Kai Chung’s library, Gangnam Style, goodbye 2012 and hello 2013, Kai Chung classmates, Mayan calendar, mom’s 80th birthday celebration, “My Wrestling Matches With God On My Life Journey” |
By admin on September 1, 2012
During the sixties and early seventies, I was a kid living in Binatang. Life then seemed to move at a snail’s pace, compared to life now. There was definitely much less stress then. Traffic jam was totally unheard of in Binatang as there were so few cars. If a modern day teenager who grew up [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Down Memory Lane, Memories Are Made Of These, Ramblings, Sarawak | Tagged "Circle Game", "Day Is Done", "Devoted To You", "Nobody's Child", "Rose Garden", "Twelve of Never", "Whatever Will Be Will Be", "You 've Got A Friend", aeroplane board games, Agnes Chan, Au Yeung Fei Fei, bambo pop guns, Binatang, bing tang hu lu, Bobby, Bruce Lee, Brunei, catching guppies in the longkangs, Chelsia Chan, Eastern Theatre in Binatang, Enid Blyton Books, Escapade Sushi, Escapade Sushi in Kuala Belait, Escapade Sushi in Seria, Famous Five and Secret Seven novels, Fancy Gem Biscuits, five stones, Frances Yip, games of cops & robbers, games of hide & seek, Green Mountain Soft Drinks, Haathi Mere Saathi, Haw Flakes, Hong Kong cartoonist Alfonso Wong, hopscotch, Huángméidiào (黃梅調), Ice Ball, Japanese manga since the nineties, Jenny Tseng, Kantongs, Lady Precious Stream, Lam, Lao Fu Zhi, Liu Chia Charn, martial arts, novels by Chiung Yao, Old Master Q, Old Master Q and his buddy Big Potato, Paula Tsui, Pure Nourishing Vegetable Pomade, Rowena Cortes, Sam Fong Cosmetic Co. Ltd, Sam Fong Hoi Tong Powder, Sam Hui, Seria Plaza, snake & ladder board games, Tancho Pomade, Teresa Carpio, Teresa Teng, THe Big Boss, The Chopstick Sisters, the Sam Fong Powder, Tracy Huang, Wan Bao Chuan, White Rabbit Creamy Candy, Wynners, Yao Surong, Yu Yia, 冰糖葫芦, 王澤, 老夫子 |
By admin on August 30, 2012
Like Regina Brett in her book “God Never Blinks”, I sometimes felt that at the moment I was born, God must have blinked and thus missed the occasion, unaware of my birth at all. I felt like the poet who wrote that he was born on a day God called in sick. Shortly after my [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Down Memory Lane, God, My Life Journey, Ramblings, Sarawak | Tagged abyss of despair, ancestor veneration, Ancestor worship, Apostle Kong of FCBC, Bachelor of Commerce, backsliding, Bandar Seri Begawan, baptism by immersion, BC, Bible, Bible study, Bintangkians, Bintangor, blogging, born on a day God called in sick, Borneo Bulletin, broken fellowship with the Saviour, care group, cataract operations, CBMC, Christ the Saviour, Christian ideology, Christianity, Christians are not infallible, Christians in the work place, City Harvest, Concordia University, condemned to burn in hellforever, condescending attitudes, contrite heart, Cosmopolitan College in Toronto, Ebay Powerseller, Ebay Top Rated Seller, Ezekiel 3:20, Faith Community Baptist Church, FCBC, forgiveness, God, God’s grace., grace, Hebrews 10:25, holier than thou attitude, hopelessness, Hosea 14:4, I Kings 11:9, iniquity, Jeremiah 14:7, Jeremiah 15:6, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 3:22, JesusChrist, Kai Chung Middle School, Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang in Miri, Kuala Belait, Pastor Kong Hee of City Harvest, purpose in life, Regina Brett, righteousness, RIPAS Hospital in Bandar Seri Begawan, Sarawak, Sarikei, scandal surrounding Kong Hee and City Harvest, Singapore, sinning against God, sins, Sir George Williams Campus of Concordia University Montreal, sons of Binatang, spiritual journey, spiritual wilderness, St Andrew’s Church in Bandar Seri Begawan, St Augustine’s Primary School in Binatang, St Mary’s University in Halifax, Taoist, Teck Guan Group in Brunei, temptations of our secular world, the black sheep of the family, the cry of a broken man, the existence of God, the Lord’s Prayer, the meaning of life, the power of Satan, The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, the severance of the soul from God, wavering faith, when the student is ready the master will appear, wrestling matches with God, “Chariots of the Gods” by Erich Von Daniken, “God Never Blinks” |
By admin on July 25, 2012
“Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” – Richard Bach Friendship is something we should treasure in our lives but often due to the increased demands of the ‘real world’, friendship often wanes and [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Down Memory Lane, Memories Are Made Of These, My Life Journey, Ramblings, Sarawak | Tagged Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu reunion, Friendship, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RPCFfudmU, James Taylor & Carole King - You've Got a Friend, nostalgic times, rekindling of friendship., Reunion, reunion in Bintangor |
By admin on July 12, 2012
July 7 was D-Day for the Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu Reunion. Though I went to bed at almost 1.30 am, I was wide awake by about 6.30 am, after about 5 hours of sleep. As it was still early, I read “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest” for about 15 minutes before taking a [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Down Memory Lane, Memories Are Made Of These, My Life Journey, Sarawak | Tagged "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest", 'petara', 'tuak', bamboo rice, Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu reunion, Bintangor, Bintangor Basketball Court, Bintangor oranges, Bintangor rojak, Bintulu, ex-Kai Chung Students, express boats, From Bintangor With LOve, Gawai Antu, Gawai Dayak, harvest festival, headhunting days, Iban beauties dressed in traditional Iban attire, Iban Harvest Festival, Iban longhouse, Iban music, indigenous dance, Kai Chung School, Kim Hock Lin Restaurant Bintangor, Malay dance, Ming Kiong Hotel Bintangor, miring ceremony, ngajat, Rejang River, reunion dinner, rice wine, Rumah Panjang Lubok Putan, Sibu, Sin Hai Ching, Sin Hua Ming, SM Kai Chung, SM Kai Chung Alumni Association, the epitome of Iban tradition, the ‘blood and bones’ of the people, Wharf Road Bintangor, wish lanterns, wushu demonstration |
By admin on July 10, 2012
The Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu Reunion is now history but it has been etched into the memory of those who made it to the function. Hats off to the organizing committee for pulling off the best reunion ever. They outdid themselves, creating great memories for all of those who attended the function. I wish to [...]
Posted in Down Memory Lane, Memories Are Made Of These, My Life Journey | Tagged Barbara Streisand’s “The Way We Were”, Bennett Cerf, Bintangor, middle age is when your classmates are so gray and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you, SM Kai Chung, the best reunion ever, The Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu Reunion |
By admin on June 20, 2012
It has been said that the best antiques to collect are old friends. The trap of busyness causes us to move with such mindless speed that we’re like the proverbial chicken running around with his head cut off. And as we get caught up in our busyness, we often slowly lose contact with old friends. [...]
Posted in Down Memory Lane, Ramblings | Tagged Bintangor, Bintangor oranges, Heng Chiong Bookstore, kompians, Ming Kiong Hotel, Rejang River, reminisce about the past, Reunion, reunion of Bintangkian “Lau Peng Yu”, SM Kai Chung |
By admin on April 8, 2012
I just got back to Miri this afternoon after spending the last two days in Kuching, savouring Kuching’s good food and meeting up with a few old friends whom I have not seen for decades. My eldest brother Tian and I flew to Kuching on Friday afternoon by Air Asia and we put up at [...]
Posted in Down Memory Lane, Malaysia, My Life Journey, Sarawak | Tagged Air Asia, Ching Ming festival, Fu Bin Seafood Garden, Garden Café & Restaurant, https://www.facebook.com/events/182556855113496/, Kai Chung Middle School in Bintangor, Kuching, Miri, Montreal, Reunion of the Bintangkian “Lau Peng Yu”, Sarawak laksa, Sugar Bun, Swan Teem Restaurant |
By admin on February 11, 2012
Facebook is a great tool for social networking and I’ve enjoyed catching up with old friends. Many people who have had near-death experiences say that they saw their lives flash right before their eyes. Well, this is a bit like how I’ve felt when it comes to my Facebook encounters. Thanks to this site, I’ve [...]
Posted in Down Memory Lane, Memories Are Made Of These | Tagged Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu, face-to-face reunion, Facebook, Facebook encounters, Kai Chung Middle School, near-death experiences, social networking, St Augustine Primary School, virtual "reunions" |
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