Recalling the Times with Chew Sang Peng

Where We Experienced Typhoon Edna

I first knew this man sometime in the mid 80s.

He was placed as the Deputy in the Research Division of the Housing Ministry to help in technical research in housing.

He was a constant lunch companion and showed me good eating places such as the Koon Kee Wantan Mee shop and the former Section 14 Bah Kut Teh.

It was with him that I went for a tour of Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Experiencing an Earthquake in Taichung

Together, we experienced one fantastic earthquake in Taichung as well as went through and saw the ravages of typhoon Edna in Hong Kong.

We took time from the tour agenda to visit Chang Kai Shek museum and made a bee-line for Macau to give lady luck a chance at the slot machines.

 I scored a triple seven and won some money before departing for Hong Kong on a fast hovercraft.

Chew taught me many things on tour. Go to a supermarket to check on prices before you go to the street or night markets.

We also went to look at the red-light district in Taipei and for the first time I saw a street adorn in pink hues.

Chew and me also dabbled on the stock market, spending our short  lunch time looking at quotes in a former Bursar trading headquarters in Bukit Damansara with its large boards and saw prices been manually marked up and down .

I will write some more as my  memory help bring back the times I had with this gentleman.

The Setting Sun Possibly for Chew 

I have prayed for him daily for almost a year after I knew he was down with third stage colon cancer.