Chinese New Year 2010 in KK

Saturday, 13 Feb 2010

2:30 pm - Arrived at Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA)

- Fetched by Papa and Felix

Had fried mee hoon cooked by Felix

Enjoyed Mama's 'tong yuen' (glutinous rice ball)

Rested at home

8:30 pm - Reunion Dinner at New Wong Kok Restaurant

Family - Pa, Ma, Me, Seng Chor, Eva, Felix, Alex and Jordan

Relatives - Aunty Mary, Uncle Jan Fah and cousin Flora (aka Kaubo)

Sunday, 14 Feb 2010

1st Day of Chinese New Year

Breakfast at home

Seng Chor drove to town for a short sight-seeing.

- Passed by Suria Sabah and One Borneo shopping complex.

Lunch and Dinner - cooked by Mama.

After dinner, took family photo.

Monday, 15 Feb 2010

Breakfast at home

Felix fried mee hoon for lunch.

Dinner at the Chungs - Uncle David, Aunty Doris, Michele and Elaine.

- All home cooked dishes. Mama cooked meat balls in pickled sauce.

Tuesday, 16 Feb 2010

Breakfast at home

Mama cooked lunch and dinner.

Sent Felix to KKIA.

Then, to Wawasan Plaza and Asia City to buy handicrafts.

Wednesday, 17 Feb 2010

Breakfast at home

Visited Seng Chor's aunty (Sa Ko), cousin Susan and family at Kingfisher III

5 pm - To Tanjung Aru Beach - Seng Chor, Jordan and I.

First time for Jordan to walk and 'play' on the beach - kicking sand and sand castle.

Dinner at home - Steamed Fish

Thursday, 18 Feb 2010

8:30 pm - To Dentist Yong

Me - filling

Seng Chor - scaling

Take-away dim sum from Foo Phin.

Take-away Mee Hoon soup for lunch.

Dinner with Jenny at Upperstar, Damai.

- Bumped onto cousin Susan and family with Sa Ko

- Raymond (Susan's hubby) paid for dinner.

Dessert at Qing Bou Leong - Pumpkin sago drink and Qing Bou Leong.

Friday, 19 Feb 2010

Breakfast at home.

Take-away Mee Hoon soup for lunch.

2:00 pm - Get-together with Phine-phine

Had cakes and coffee at Secret Recipe, Suria Sabah.

Good time of catching up.

Family dinner at Supertanker.

Dessert at Qing Bou Leong - Seng Chor, Jordan, Eva, Alex and I.

- Had Mango and Honey Dew Sago

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Breakfast at home.

Mama cooked lunch.

4:30 pm - Flight back to PJ

- upgraded to Business Class because Economy Class was full.

- Seats more comfortable, and more food.

- More space for Cheeky Boy to run!

8:30 pm - Arrived home

9:00 pm - To Patrick's house for CNY dinner.

Family Photos in KK Home

Family Photos (4 July 2008)

Teoh Look-alike Meter

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Latest Family Photo (Penang)

(The Manhattan Fish Market, Auto City, Penang)

Thursday, 7 February 2008 @ 23:05 pm

Crossing the river….

Bible verses The Teohs received from the LORD as they crossed the “river” at Antioch on 30 December 2007.


Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you?
Be strong and courageous.
Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged,
for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
(Seng Chor)

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that
he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal life.
(Christine)

Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.
(Jordan)

Garden with a Difference

My parents have an interesting garden back in KK. The plants include flowers, herbs, vegetables and fruit trees. I managed to snap some pictures of the plants when I was home during the Hari Raya break.


Various plants


Aloe Vera - a flower bloomed from it recently


Dill - 'mosquito repellent' plant


There used to be a lot of mosquitoes in the house but with Dill, mosquitoes were driven away.


Fish bone stuck in your throat? No fear! This plant can help to remove the bone.


Herb to relieve hypertension


Ladies' finger


Mint


Herb for healing sore throat and high blood pressure


Ginger


Sweet potato


Tapioca - My dad has just harvested the tapioca - Yummy!


Coconut Mango


Coconut Mango

Coconut Mango Tree


Coconut Mango Tree


Jogoton Mango Tree


Multi-grafted Apple Mango Tree


A rainbow

My Dad - the Durian Lover

My Dad loves durian. Whenever he comes to visit us, he would look for durians. He doesn't eat much but he likes to try out different types of durian. We took him to SS2 twice after dinner for durians. On the first night, we ordered only 1. The next night, he bought 2 for take-away.

On Sunday night, a group was going from street to street to sell durians, and my Dad bought about 10. I have been having durians for dinner for the past 2 nights. Well, I have learned the price of gluttony. So, I didn't over-eat. I make sure that I drank lots of water after that, and even drank salt water as well. :)

Durian season is going to end soon. Better eat while you still can.




We have eaten 2 packs. There are 3 more packs in the freezer.

The bag with the durian. We gave away the other 3. I didn't get to count the number of durians my Dad bought. It's probably between 8 to 10 durians.

(My Dad was here from 29 August 2007 to 3 September 2007)

Fishing

Blue Fish and Fluke

Blue Fish

Recently, my brother Felix in New York went fishing and caught 2 big fish. The dark fish is called a Fluke the other one is Blue Fish. According to him, Fluke meat is good 5 USD per lbs. They sashimi the Fluke and cooked curry with the Blue Fish. They were probably in the Atlantic Ocean, and it was around 70 feet deep or more.

Tomorrow night, he is going for Striped Bass with some Russian friends. If he got the chance, he might go farther for Tuna and Cod. He has always enjoyed fishing (something new to me). He will fish more before his classes resume again early September. Cool, eh?

The Family in Red

My handsome boy and I.

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Photos were taken at Pantai Seafood Restaurant on Sunday, 15 July 2007, to celebrate Yoke Teen's birthday.

‘Shower Stories’

Last night
Seng Chor normally showers before putting Jordan to bed. Last night, after feeding Jordan, he told Jordan, “Daddy is going to shower now”. Then, I realized something and asked, “I thought that you have already showered in the evening”. He replied, “Oh, ya oh. I forgot.”

Last week
I normally wash my hair first before my body. My mind was occupied with something during one of my showers last week. As I was about to wash my body, I suddenly asked myself whether I have washed my body or not before that. I remembered washing my hair but I couldn’t remember washing my body! So, I told myself, “Nevermind lah, just shower again loh.”

These 2 stories are just the tip of our Memory Bank iceberg. I suffer from short term memory more than Seng Chor. He always attributes this problem to my PhD i.e. Permanent Head Damage. :p


Best Advice on Shower
Clean/Wash yourself starting from the top to bottom – which is, from head to toe.
Why? Because if you clean your body first before your hair, your body will be ‘dirty’ again when you wash your hair. (soap + water flows from top to bottom). Then, you will need to wash your body all over again!

"Good Job, Seng Chor!"

Seng Chor pacified Jordan last night. He carried him and sang to him. Then, he slowly placed him into the cot. Jordan cried a bit. Seng Chor patted him, and within less than 5 minutes, Jordan fell asleep in the cot. Woohoo! Another successful night.

Well done, Seng Chor!

Seng Chor's 35th Birthday

We celebrated Seng Chor's birthday on 3 June 2007 with family and friends.

Thank God for His blessings upon Seng Chor.

Family photo at Cameron

Photos from Alex's Birthday

The Birthday cake - Blueberry.

Another view of the cake.

The birthday boy.

Blowing candles.

Cutting the cake.

Happy 26th Birthday to Alex!

Today is my youngest brother, Alex’s 26th Birthday. We had a family dinner at The Ship, Damansara Utama – Seng Chor, Jordan and I, sister Eva and her boyfriend, and of course Alex.

The menu:
- Crab meat and sweet corn soup
- Sirloin Steak (Mine)
- Rib Eye Steak (Alex)
- Carpetbag Steak (Lu Kenn)
- 2 F1 Dinner set (soup, main course & ice cream cake) (Seng Chor & Eva)
- 2 Mango Juice
- Carrot Juice
- Filter water

I enjoyed the dinner. Good service, good food, good atmosphere – we were entertained with live music. Actually, I ate only a small piece of my steak. I gave the rest to Alex because I found it raw. I should have ordered well done instead of medium raw. We even asked them to re-cook but still too raw for me. Anyway, I had the salad, brocolli, 2 corn cob and 2 baked potatoes. They added more side dishes to my plate after the re-cooking. Hee! Hee!

I think Jordan enjoyed the most. He ate the porridge I cooked for him. He also had some bread, baked potato and a sip of mango juice. He enjoyed the music too – clapping his hands as he listened. He even made friendly contact with a boy sitting behind him. The boy was much older than Jordan. Jordan turned to him, and held out his hand. Then, the boy reached out to Jordan and shook Jordan’s hands. Jordan acknowledged the gesture by clapping his hands. Jordan repeated the gestures a few times. The boy was kind to entertain him. We find it amusing. Jordan was really friendly. He even asked the Restaurant Manager to carry him. Hee! Hee! He was really happy throughout the dinner.

After dinner, we went home to cut the cake. We didn’t give Jordan any cake. He already had too much food. He finished his 6 oz milk, and slept after 11 pm.

The Meaning of My Parents' Names

PETER - My Papa	-
Language/Cultural Origin:	Greek
Inherent Meaning:	Rock
Spiritual Connotation:	Powerful Faith
Scripture:	Matthew 16:18 RSV And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail againnst it.

AGNES - My Mama	-
Language/Cultural Origin:	Greek
Inherent Meaning:	Pure
Spiritual Connotation:	Innocent
Scripture:	Matthew 5:8 KJV Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Happy Family

Taken at Tai Pak's 70th Birthday Celebration

(18 November 2006)

Happy 29th Birthday

Today my brother Felix celebrates his 29th birthday. He is currently studying MBA in New York, U.S. He is also a part-time chef at a Teppanyaki Japanese Restaurant. He is skillful in handling the cutlery. I have seen a video of him cooking and performing the stunts at the same time - throwing and catching the knife at various angle. Cool! He can do break dancing as well.

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to Felix!

Happy Birthday to you!

May God bless him -
his studies, his work and his walk with the Lord.

May he experiences God more and more each day.