Batch of 1988 Reunion on 01 May 2009

Hope still not too late blogging this topic.

I was invited by Low Jan Po, who I had never known him in high school, but fatefully met him in Facebook, to attend their 16th year classmate gathering.

I was very excited, and also worried that I might not know anyone there, even the organizers I don't know either. So, I quickly sent a message to Keff Chan Yee Jane, asked if she was interested, she immediately promised me to go. Then I quickly replied to Low Jan Po telling him that me and Keff would join.

When the day came, I was in 1 Utama in the afternoon watching movie there with friends, and waited for Keff to call me and told me what time she would come. I waited till around 7pm, Keff still didn't call me, but Jim Lee Kok Wai called me asking if I would go. I said I waited for Keff then went together. At around 8pm, She still didn't call me, I guessed she wouldn't come anymore, but I still called her and tried my luck. She replied me she totally forgot the gathering and she was in Puchong at that moment, so wouldn't be able to go. I was thinking fine, I still have another backup, Jim Lee. I quickly called him, told him that I was on my way there, and he said he was around that area also, would reach there very fast.

After reached the restaurant, I called Jim again, and he told me he was still echoing his songs in karaoke. I was feeling like being abandoned. I really didn't know what to do, went alone or back home. After considering for a while, I chose to make "my head harder" and went in to the restaurant.

When I stepped down from the car, I first saw Jeffery Ong(王林河) smoking outside alone, so I immediately joined him and pretended to know him very well (haha, luckily always check FB for everybody's latest news). In fact, I only same class with him in the 1st year in Chong Hwa, after that, I kept dropping to the worse classes.

After socialized with Jeffery Ong, I had much confidence to walk in to the restaurant. I saw Mooi Ying(美茔), Rachael Yu(佩玲), Tin Nee(珍坭) sitting at the 1st table of my walk in direction. And I thought these people were the most familiar faces that I met since high school. So, I sat down there and chatted with them.

After a while, I was looking around and hoping that there were some other familiar faces I knew, and out of my expectation I saw Lee Kiaw Wan, my classmate in 2nd year and college mate. The reason I spotted him was because there was a reflection into my eyes, which from the gold ring of his "no name" finger. Ha ha, he has registered, finally became someone's husband. Very happy for him, and of course his wife, the ultimate life partner.

Overall, the gathering gave me a very happy moment, which I could meet the old friends for not seen in 16 years. Before ended this blog, 1 person I really like to talk about and also thank him a lot. One of the organizer, Low Jan Po. Although I only knew him that night, I really think that he is a great and friendly person.

Very looking forward for next year gathering, especially the organizers are the 2 friends I'm familiar with, Kiaw Wan and Tin Nee. I believe they will be a very good organizers, since both of them are the key persons of their inherited business.

'大掉眼镜'!

It's been exactly a month since I last blog, been quite busy with a lot of things.

First of all, of course it's because of Abigail. She really takes up a lot of my usual 'spare' time. Feeding, winding, nappy changing, playing, putting her back to sleep...then start cleaning her stuff when she is asleep. Yes, they're hard work but I quite enjoy doing them. No, I am not turning into a 'mum', I am just like all other 21st century dads!

Abigail, my wife and me went to London's Malaysian Embassy on the 20th of April. The plan was to take the earliest flight down to London, and reach the embassy before noon. Get Abigail's Malaysian birth certificate, her passport, and also to renew our passports. We were hoping to get everything done before they finish at 5pm, and then catch the next flight back to Edinburgh. Having a three months old baby away from home is quite a handful and at the same time, quite frightening! So the plan of just a day trip was perfect.

So, did the plan work out? Well, sort of.

We arrived in the embassy at around 11am. The reception gave me a big pile of forms to fill, and also a ticket with a number on it. There were no one there to help you fill in those forms, you can refer to a 'sample' which was hung on the wall. It took me more than half an hour to finish filling them and because I was too busy filling in those forms, my number passed without me noticing it!! No choice I have to let them know what happened and I was expecting them to give me a hard time and maybe a bit of 'rasuah' can solve the problem...

The guy at the counter, which I suspect is gay, was 'super' helpful! He totally understood what happened, he didn't give me a hard time and no 'rasuah' was needed, how great was that!! According to him, applicants normally get their birth certificates at 1pm and then passports at 3-4pm. Applicants usually hand in the forms and then come back in the afternoon. But, since we are doing Abigail's birth certificate and three passports, we can have everything back at...1pm!!! Wow, that's what I call 'service'. So, the forms were in just before 12pm. The three of us then went for some Nasi Lemak. It's a tiny place at the embassy with 4-5 seats. We bought two Nasi Lemak and two Teh Tarik. Half way through the meal, someone from the embassy came running, looking for us, telling us that everything was ready for pick up. Wow, not even 1pm yet, 'gold plated' service! We quickly finish those lovely Nasi Lemak and Teh Tarik, pick up everything, then head straight to London's famous China Town. Abigail's first trip to London's China Town!

I was really impressed with the level of service they provide in London's Malaysia Embassy, really, really impressed!!

Keep up the good work. Malaysia Boleh!!!

Hiya!!

Hi! It's Abigail here. This is the latest photo mummy took of me. I am 14 weeks old now and able to hold my head up in this position for...5 minutes, before I feel tired and bury my face back into the pillow. Grandma said it's good exercise for my neck and I need to do this more often.

It's spring time now in Scotland, the weather is lovely for the past couple of days. Grandma and Grandpa took me and my cousin sister out for walks around where we stay and we saw a lot of very colourful flowers and also able to hear birds singing.

It will be summer very soon, hopefully we will be able to have some barbecue parties!!

Has it really been that long since I last blog?!

Wow! Time really flies when you are occupied 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Since the arrival of Abigail, everything changed in my 'smooth sailing' daily life.

Imagine this : You wake up in the middle of the night, with a bottle in one hand, and something else on the other hand which gets heavier and heavier every night. You better not fall asleep while doing this or the baby gets milk all over her face and body...which YOU have to clean up! You tried your best to stay awake until she finishes the bottle, then you start 'winding' her, hoping that she 'burps'...usually takes a good 5-10 minutes if you are lucky. Then, nappy changing time. You try to be as quick as possible, taking care not to wake her up or else it will be 'more' time putting her back to sleep...Abigail is considered a fast 'drinker' and the whole process takes about 30-45 minutes, all depends on luck. Finally, you put her back to her cot, and try to fall asleep yourself as fast as possible because the next feeding time is just a couple of hours away. The thought of 'falling asleep as fast as possible' is so stressful, you find it difficult to fall asleep...The same thing happened day after day, night after night, for the past 10 weeks. Is it worthwhile? One little smile or giggle from her makes everything worthwhile. I am willing to do it again and again and again and again...

More about tears and laughter of fatherhood in the next episode...

嗨! 每天忙工作, 好久没上来看看了. 刚过完年, 先在这向你们问候好, 还有迟来的祝贺 : 新年快乐, 事事顺利, 心想事成, 最重要还是身体健康. 顺便留言几句...请用心读完以下十句经言, 可能你会有用......

1) 遇到你真的爱的人时, 要努力争取和他(她)相处下去, 因为当他(她)离开时, 一切都来不及了...

2) 遇到可相信的朋友时, 要好好和他(她)相处, 因为在人的一生中, 可遇到知真的不易.

3) 遇到人生中的贵人时, 要记得好好感激, 因为他(她)是你人生的转折点.

4) 遇到曾经爱过的人, 记得微笑向他(她)感激, 因为他(她)是让你更懂爱的人.

5) 遇到曾经恨过的人时, 要微笑想他(她)打招, 因为他(她)让你更加坚强.

6) 遇到曾经背叛你的人时, 跟他(她)好好聊一聊, 因为若不是他(她)今天你不会懂这世界.

7) 遇到曾经偷偷喜欢的人时, 要祝他(她)幸福唷! 因为你喜欢他(她)时, 不是希望他(她)幸福快乐吗?

8) 遇到匆匆离开你人生的人时, 要谢谢他(她)走过你的人生, 因为他(她)是你精彩回忆的一部分.

9) 遇到曾经和你有误会的人时, 要趁现在解清误会, 因为你可能只有这一次机会解释清楚.

10) 遇到现在和相伴一生的人, 要百分百感谢他(她)爱你, 因为你们现在都得到幸福和真爱.

请好好珍惜及关心你身边的人, 不要错过了才来后悔. 愿你们快快乐乐享受每一天....YEAH!!!

Is my HK TRIP..

Dear all,

Firstly, i do wish everyone, a Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Holiday! It sounds too late, but still in the holiday mood..i believe!

Secondly, welcome to new daddy. We have a new member to join, Abigail Low, a very happy and cheerful baby. Welcome you..:-)

And now, need to share some photos about the hk trip b4 the cny. It was full of funs and joys, esp with my beloved Augustine. Believe it, you will have more funs and lots of stories if you travel with your baby instead of putting him/her at home. Besides missing of him/her, you don't enjoy ur trip as well, this is my advice.

Augsutine is going to be 2 years old. Yes, he is still taking the infant ticket. That is so lucky that the plane is not full occupant, he can sit next to me. He likes to look outside and never fall in sleep at first. He was so excited, even this is not the first timefor him to take the aeroplane. (His first plane was in 9 months old, going to hk also). He knows he is "flying in the sky". He knows aeroplane.

He never feel tired even we woke up in the very early morning. Too exited and seems never want to close his eye. Yes, he dont want to miss anything...!

We talked to him, we explained to him about the where and what we are doing now. He looks at us with the "open eyes" and sounds very "questionable"..
He is very tired about the few hours "questioning". Falling into sleep..zzzz...finally.

When we reached hk, it was very cold in the first 2 nites. Changing the weather, make him sick. He was having some caugh and cold. But he is still that "active" with the new environment, new weather, new people, new language..new faces..new air...:-) Never feel enough playing.

He loves shopping. He love to buy toys. For sure, his daddy also a "big boy". Augustine is inherited. We bought him lots of toys to for this trip. :-)

He likes to take MTR. He likes to see train. He also likes to say "goodbye" to it. Eveythiimes he rides, he love to say "hi" to people, esp those young n pretty gais...looking at her and smile to her...hahaha..."inherited" as well???...?? Lots of funs, lots of unexpected stories..

We went to HK Disneyland. He almost "lost himself" in the theme park. He like to watch the 3D movie,Donald duck's story. We went into the theater for 2 times! Yet, he still not feel enough.

waoh..I still take the Carousel with him! Oohh...how many years ago..since i was young..

After the fantastic disneyland adventure trip, augustine can't fall into good sleep at nite. He kept alert and awake in the midnite, talking to his friend, Donald Duck and Mickey. Oh...I was very tired at that nite, and can't wake up in the morning.

We do enjoy a lot in this trip. Even, we feel tired. I always encourage all my friends to bring around the kids for the trips. Trust me, you wont regret! He/ she will bring you lots of funs and unexpected experinces.

Augustine growing up after this HK Trip. I can see he sounds like more active and "takative". He want to watch movies with us, and like to listen stories. He seems like understand lot of our topics. He is more playful and more cheerful now..

Sharing some of the photo to all of you, you can also go into Augustine's blog for more stories and experiences...

http://my2ndbeautyfullife.blogspot.com/


Enjoy.

Sorry to keep you all waiting.

Hello to all aunties and uncles, it's Abigail here. My dad was supposed to write the blog but he is sound asleep now. I usually keep him awake during the night, mainly because I need my milk and also I am afraid of the dark...I prefer to sleep during the day. Sleeping during the day has many advantages:

1. It's brighter during the day, so no monsters in the cupboard or anything like that to bother me.
2. A lot of noise during the day, which makes me feel safe...just in case I need anything, someone will always be available.
3. The telly is usually switched on during the day, so I can watch (listen to) some Chinese soaps, Korean soaps and also those Hong Kong MTV...
4. Sometimes, I pretend to be asleep, so that I can listen to what the grown-ups are gossiping, but they usually talk about me, hehe...

Alright, let's introduce myself. My full name is Abigail Gahei Low. Abigail means 'father's joy', I do bring him a lot of joy, especially when I refuse to sleep at night. Gahei is a direct translation of my Cantonese name, which is 家希. Low is the surname. I was born on the 8th January 2009, still in the year of the Rat. This is also one of the reason why I prefer to sleep during the day and 'have fun' during the night.

According to the grown-ups, my mum went through 36 hours of labour before they decided to 'pull' me out...using a pair of 'spoon' like equipment. Honestly, I didn't feel anything at the time but apparently, blood was 'flying' everywhere in that labour ward. The doctor who 'pulled' me out had blood all over her! Dad was there, witnessing all this while it happened. He didn't panic or faint, just a little bit (just very tiny bit!) of tears at the corners of his eyes...

Life outside of mum is interesting, I learn new thing everyday...I learned how to suckle from mum and also from bottle; I learned how to burp after every meal; I learned how to smile and cry and shout...and also how to blog! The best time of everyday is around 1pm. I finished my lunch, I burped, and after a while mum and dad will bath me. I like being bath because it makes me smell good and refresh.

Ooh! Mum is yelling at me. She said I should not spend too much time in front of a pc because it releases something called 'radiation', and they are not good for growing babies. I better stop here for the time being. There will definitely be some photograph of me in my next blog. 'Genius' dad downloaded all my photographs in another pc...