tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post1803875577567015520..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Segamat, My Birthplace – Lam Chun ChewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-32031779470920855872007-03-20T19:46:00.000+08:002007-03-20T19:46:00.000+08:00In a way my father had good foresight. He believed...In a way my father had good foresight. He believed Singapore has a bright future and brought the whole family back here after the war, despite my mother reluctance to leave Malaya. He also refused to change job, sticking to his job at the Naval Base. He had great faith in the British, and was not disappointed, because the HMS services paid him all the salaries due to him in full during the absentee period caused by the war (not his fault). When the British left Singapore sometime in 1971, my father was compensated with full (work-out) retirement benefits. This was the time in his life when he could afford to spend quite freely without much worries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-27550188369567345612007-03-20T14:19:00.000+08:002007-03-20T14:19:00.000+08:00I remember Segamat. As I got down from the train a...I remember Segamat. As I got down from the train at the small town. There was a round about at the train station I think. Continued my trip to Tangkak to visit Mt Ophir.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for bringing back memories of yesteryear. Only Malaysia now has all these places to remind us of our childhood and younger years. The Singapore now is a strange new place to me.Las montañashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524983464134657821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-87317444537266141892007-03-19T18:11:00.000+08:002007-03-19T18:11:00.000+08:00Many Asians believe that the first breath of air a...Many Asians believe that the first breath of air a baby at birth took in, in the place of his birth, is very important. It is therefore almost a must, for that person to visit the place of his birth, at least once in his life-time, irrespective whether he has left the place for a long period of time. It was for this reason that my sister father-in-law wished to take my sister's son to visit his birth place in Guangchow, but unable to do so, because of poor health.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-88794367018139363192007-03-19T16:14:00.000+08:002007-03-19T16:14:00.000+08:00Still better thanflooded foxhole.Still better than<A HREF="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2005/12/what-melvyn-missed.html" REL="nofollow">flooded foxhole</A>.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-8616016256769265842007-03-19T15:28:00.000+08:002007-03-19T15:28:00.000+08:00Victor - It was an improvement. The rooms were all...Victor - It was an improvement. The rooms were all aircon, though Chun See's room aircon was making a lot of noise, he switch it off. It was indeed spartan and no frills, but then I made full use of the warm water bath, a luxury compared to careful water usage in Singapore. <BR/><BR/>As for durians, I cousin did leak out some secrets. They do inject somekind of growth compound into those trees, making them bear fruits much quicker. That is why we are wondering how come so many durian seasons per year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-7267723244233516532007-03-19T14:25:00.000+08:002007-03-19T14:25:00.000+08:00I had experience staying in such a budget hotel wh...I had experience staying in such a budget hotel when I visited Malaysia more than 2 decades ago. The room was spartan but adequate. Bedsheets and pillow cases were all-white. There was no aircon but only a ceiling fan. Bathroom and toilet were commune ones which you share with other guests (rather, lodgers in other rooms) on a first-come-first-served basis. We only went there to sleep hence such conditions were quite alright for us.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-56859845288472716472007-03-19T14:05:00.000+08:002007-03-19T14:05:00.000+08:00In my previous comme, I mentioned that the hotel r...In my previous comme, I mentioned that the hotel rate of S$18, per room per night, was indeed very cheap. I told my sister: "Since you share the room with Mdm Chan, each of you need only to foot S$9.00 per person, very cheap, and also the room is a larger one, a rather good deal". Those travelers who needed hot water just self-serviced themselves, as there was a large airpot placed in the corridor for users. I noticed that at the receptionist counter, it was manned by a moslim lady, tudung and all, she worked like a tortoise, in shifts. It seemed that this hotel were popular with travelers in a hurry. They parked their vehicles overnight at the compound and drove off early in morning enroute to other part of Malaysia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-46527011450579170242007-03-19T12:26:00.000+08:002007-03-19T12:26:00.000+08:00Victor - You are right, the lanky fellow, dressed ...Victor - You are right, the lanky fellow, dressed in grey, could be easily taken to be a lamp-post, worst may become an invisible man. Luckily you are driving nearby, otherwise...<BR/><BR/>Chun See regretted not bringing his camera and using my sister's one, which did not carry any film. She went to a shop near the Hakka association to buy a role of film, whereby she also made friend with the owner, just resembling my mother. She once remarked that:"Funny I never realised that Chun See, like you, becomes so nostalgic". I replied: "You forgot that we all came from the same parents".<BR/><BR/>Chun See is getting old and forgetful. I do not know why he doesn't employ his 5S skill before it gets rusty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-66705970699041783852007-03-19T12:13:00.000+08:002007-03-19T12:13:00.000+08:00The photos were chosen to illustrate the places. T...The photos were chosen to illustrate the places. They were taken with a cheap point and shoot camera and then recently scanned for this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-77957461207823198952007-03-19T10:06:00.000+08:002007-03-19T10:06:00.000+08:00Wow, another moving epic from the Lam Bros to riva...Wow, another moving epic from the Lam Bros to rival those from the Shaw Bros. ;)<BR/><BR/>Chun Chew, was that you standing in the last 2 photos? Goodness, for a moment there, I thought you were a lamppost! And despite squinting my eyes and enlarging the photos, I still can't make out your face. Looks like you are also someone who believes in not 'wasting' the photo, i.e. must have someone posing in it. Haha.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.com