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.

Visiting Chew Sang Peng at the UH

The Strength of Prayer to the Lord

Dateline: Time: 15 March 2014(Saturday)

It was a rude shock for me to get a phone call from Mrs. Chew that Sang Peng is now on palliative care at the University Hospital where he is being treated currently.

He came in on Tuesday (11 March) because of jaundice and his condition has worsened.

He is treated in Room 8 of the Surgical Ward, 7th Floor, Menara Utama of Universiti Hospital .

I called some old friends  who knew Chew on the phone as well as put out a message on the email.

 Joyce responded that she felt sad at this happening and Soraya and Kooi Ming felt the same.

Cheng Hong said she will visit him in UH and Francis said he will go to see Chew to pray for him once he has the first opportunity.

Choo Peen and I rushed to see him at the visiting hour window of 5-7 pm today.

We comforted Mrs Chew and asked her to be strong.

Chew was unconscious and was on oxygen support as well as morphine.

Mrs. Chew told us that the doctors are slowly reducing the medicine but has kept the morphine on a steady dose to assure Chew  a comfortable exit.

With some close friends from the Life Church ,we all prayed to Almighty God in the name of Lord Jesus for a miracle to happen here to restore Sang Peng to good health.