good ol' days
This photo looks so retro, doesn't it? And so it is. The youngest little boy blowing bubbles on the left is my cousin Kenny, who is now the father of two kids, Amanda & Brandon -- who are now much older than he was in the photo above.
I spoke with Peggy earlier and she told me about the games they used to play at No 154 Jalan Ngee Heng. Back then, my dad was a naval officer who only spent brief moments at the house whenever he was on shore. Much of his life was spent onboard the ship. But when he does go home, he'd spend his time with the pet dogs, Rajan & Bonzo.
I suppose that's where my affinity for animals came from -- genetically inherited from daddy! Okay, guess not. (:
Received a mail from Peggy, from her old friend with regard to the article she wrote:Your article in yesterday's NST was indeed a great article down memory lane. I still remember I was still young and the idea of seeing badminton being played at night with the lights on was something that you do not see. If I am not wrong even the larkin stadium was not yet built and seeing a game played under lights was something unique. You should know your aunty Sylvia was in the same school as me in Saint Joseph (Larkin) and her husband was also teaching in the same school and he was my Geography teacher. He was indeed good looking and I can remember that many a girl was eyeing him but however I believe his eyes was set only on your aunt. I should mention that Aunty Sylvia (whom I know better as Aunty Eng) has two rather charming sons, Shaun & Ryan. There were times when I had to play big sister alongside Shaun (he's big brother, of course), in taking care of some of the younger cousins and our nephews & nieces at family gatherings and dinners, because we are the older ones amongst the younger ones. Our other older cousins were well into adulthood whilst the both of us were the... older teens/kids? LOL. Well, I don't know. My family is waaaay too big. But Shaun always had the greater responsibility because he's a year older than I am, and also because he's a boy! I remember he used to give in to me, letting me have the better seats, getting food for me, and always concerned about how I'm doing and how he could help. Even now that we're both adults and we hardly meet (he now works in Aust, with Ryan studying there as well), he still expresses the same kind of care and concern whenever we do meet.
Having a family is such a blessing. (:Labels: family
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