The retro days

Keong's Farewell Lunch

This was one of Keong's many farewell lunches/ dinners thrown for him. The farewell had to be a lunch because M (the organiser) could not find a time when keong was free in the evening for a dinner gathering. But anyway, Keong was so happy we remembered him that he brought his own camera along; normally he would just ke-poh others' photos.


Keong is going to be seconded on an overseas posting. With his immense charm, intelligence and diplomatic wit, he should not only survive but thrive. Our hopes are that he returns with an ang-moh wife. haha!

My delivery-man friend

G's wedding dinner

My third wedding dinner attended in September, must be a good month probably as it was in the eighth lunar month. Also my 2nd emcee assignment in the same month. The groom G is my friend in my reservist unit and the guys here are all from the same unit. And like most weddings, the 'army' table got called up to be the yum seng party.
And the red 'bomb' keeps on coming. Another wedding this Thursday, also an army friend.
Congrats again to all the 天下有情人！

At work - listening to a speech

One of the rare moments when I am captured in the office. Normally I will be doing the taking of photos.

WY and his baby Chloe

Met WY, his wife for dinner last week with wife. Also, this was the first time I saw baby Chloe after I visited her at the hospital. Almost two months all and she has grown quite a bit. Very well behaved in public but a total pampered girl at home, according to the father.

Happy Children's Day!

Visiting WM's place

Because WM looks like a minor HK celebrity, I have to respect his need for confidentiality and not reveal where his place is. He would only agree to stating that it is in a "high class residential estate".

M, KS and I were the only invitees from office which goes to show how much he valued the Pek-Kio All-You-Can-Eat. The gifts that we bought for WM were also from Pek Kio's Lucky Minimart! haha...
As I am not allowed to show too much of his abode, this group photo is all I can share on the internet.

Coastal Cleanup

LAST Saturday was World Coastal Clean-up Day. In a nutshell, people around the world who are concerned about the environment especially around the coast/ beach, gather to clean up the beaches. In Singapore, the impact is not really to clean up because the cleaners are doing a darned good job anyway, but to get people closer to the environment, and realise for ourselves that we can do our little part and also that despite all the best efforts of the contracted cleaners, there is still a fair amount of litter to clean up.
My colleagues excited at finding a dead fish!

My personal experience in that one hour plus exercise was that it is not the big pieces of litter that is the problem, but the small pieces of rubbish like scraps of paper, bits of styroforam and the worst culprit of all, cigarette butts. I easily picked up close to a hundred.

Consolidating our rubbish.

It was an insightful time for me personally. My only regret was that the organising committee was unable to persuade more people from the office to join in the experience.

Ah Bo at Chinese Orchestra

This is a loooooooooooong overdue post. Took the photo using my VGA phone again... :p no 5-pixel like WM's. Anyway, this was taken during one of the Chinese Orchestra rehearsals for the PS21 Award Ceremony.

He was trying to pretend that he knew how to play that... but I think he looked the part.... Haha!