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 November 19, 2011
Childhood is a wonderful time. It is often one of the happiest periods in the life of any person. As I look back at my childhood in Binatang (now known as Bintangor), I am overwhelmed by nostalgia and fond reminiscence of those almost care-free days. And I feel myself being transported back in time to [...]
Posted in Down Memory Lane, My Life Journey, Ramblings | Tagged 4-wheel carts, Binatang oranges, Bintangor, Bintangor oranges, Borneo Bulletin, both front and back somersaults, Childhood is one of the happiest periods in the life of any person, Chinese romance novels, communist movement in Sarawak, communists in Sarawak, cops-and-robbers, Dolphin magazine, Eastern Theatre in Binatang, Enid Blyton, express boats plying the Rejang River, Famous Five and Secret Seven novels, fun childhood, Gameboy, government curfews, helicopters dropping government propaganda leaflets, Heng Chiong Bookstore, hide-and-seek, hopscotch, ice kacang, Kai Chung Middle School, kompians, Kuching, life as a kid in the 1960s and 1970s, life in the 1960s and early 1970s, Ming Kwong Café in Binatang, MV Pulau Kijang, MV Rajah Mas, MV Soon Bee, my childhood in Binatang, playing with marbles, Playstation, Rejang River, somersaults, St Augustine Primary School in Binatang, swimming in the Rejang River, Wharf Road in Binatang, wooden sampans, yearning for a daughter |
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