I am eternally grateful to my father for paying for my group tuition more than 20 years ago for Mathematics which resulted in me getting 100 marks – the only student with full score in my class back in the 80s. My Math Tutor was very patient and often times, I stayed back after tuition to ask him questions one to one and he answered them all using his extra time. Well, he is now my father’s god son after being baptized a Catholic. Those were the years that I will never forget of my academic success to where I am today and I am grateful for such a caring dad.
Archive for ◊ January, 2009 ◊
• Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
I just came back from Hatyai in south of Thailand near the Malaysian border. My parents together with 2 younger sisters and I went there by van for 4 days and 3 nights during the Chinese New Year. As we passed by the immigration checkpoint, ours was the only van to be seen and it was relatively empty compared to the previous year where we had to queue up for quite long. I guess factors like the global recession and economic downturn cause people to stay at home. And even as I blog now, I could hear the sound of fireworks in the neighborhood to usher in Chinese New Year. I guess my neighbors still have small children who are in the mood for some sparklers and lighting of fireworks.
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• Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Chinese New Year falls on 26th to 27th January 2009. Following tradition, I will be wearing my red polo collared shirt of my company attire for the occasion and will probably look around for a pair of Boot or some good walking shoes. My family and I will be in Hadyai, south of Thailand for the season. We will travel there by a van from the 24th January to get away from all the nosy relatives who might be wondering why I am still not married in my late thirties. Well, I am enjoying life now, no worries and not tied down to minding kids. Also I can holiday as and when I like with no strings attached.
My whole family will be there, my parents and two younger sisters who are working and very successful in their own ways. We will treat sumptuous dinner on each night one by one for the 3 nights that we are staying in Hadyai. Life has been good to us and it is a blessing that we still hold a job each in this economic crunch and global recession. Each day we are greeted with news of people losing their jobs by the thousands all over including Malaysia and factories closing down. Hence, we need to be careful with our money and not to spend too lavishly.
I would also like to take this opportunity to wish my Chinese readers a “Happy Chinese New Year 2009″ and remember to save up for rainy days.
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