Oh! Glorious Manila Days 1980

The canteen with the AIM Dietician, Amy Miguel

Yes, I enjoyed Filipino hospitality to the hilt during my one month stay at Makati.

Amy at leisure in AIM

Here are my memories of the great times.

With the late Dino, Joy and her friend

Tongue in cheek Joy

My lovely tour guide at Lake Taal

Bangkok Trip 1984

Floating Memories

Along with Lee Kiyao Loo and his wife and Swee Yeong, we had a tour of Thailand particularly to Pattaya, Chiangmai and downtown Bangkok in December 1984.

What I remembered most is stuck in a hotel room in Chiangmai suffering from a bad bout of diarrhea.

Jan Lim-A Distant Past

Bygone Days

I knew this girl when we were staying in SS2,Petaling Jaya.

We were renting out one of our vacant rooms and she answered the advert.

Pretty Thing

In roared a Fiat Sports Car driven by a bearded man called Raymond and this girl.

She told us she worked for Cathay Pacific as a stewardess.

I think life dealt her a mean hand and she took her life in 1984.

The Sad News

It has been close to three decades now since her passing.

I will write more about Jan Lim in another post.

Attending Cheng Siew Ngoh's Wedding

You can see the late Mr. Chen, Mrs Chen and Francis Lai

We went to Malacca to attend Cheng's wedding.

Great lady.

We still keep in touch when we meet for our Chinese New Year lunch or dinner.

The Late Ooi Eng Chor

Buddy Days of Yore

Another great friend of mine.

Ever versatile.

Ultra helpful and most talented.

Passed on in Ipoh a few years ago after he retired of a heart attack.

Those were the Days

All in the Family

From 1986 to 1993 or so, we served in the office of the then Minister of Housing and Local Government.

At Mr and Mrs Chen's house

Besides me, there was Joyce, Mrs, Chen, Cheng, Chen and Amarjit.

Good times

It was a memorable time.

Another shot with the late Mr Chen and Good Old Mrs Chen

My Grandma-Left Me in 1993

Fondest Memories

My memory is fading.

Hopefully not the way my grandma went.

My Granny sans memory

Overtime, she succumbed to Alzheimer's and we did have a tough time to keep her indoors.

She was wont to wander about and not getting home.

She passed on in 1993.

In life, she was a good, hardworking woman.

I adored her.