St Xavier’s marks a new chapter after 156 years

Sad but true....The Govt will be taking over the school administration starting next year :(

The Star newspaper (26/10/08):
GEORGE TOWN: Next year will mark the end of an era for the La Salle Brothers’ public school administration in Malaysia when the last Brother principal in the country retires.....

To read further, please go to:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/26/nation/2381338&sec=nation

Mid Autumn Festival

Well we had a little BBQ makan in conjunction with the Mid Autumn Festival. The usual suspects who came were Winston & Josephine, Daniel & Grace, Jeffrey & Melissa, Shirrene (without her better half), KG (himself), Michael & Ee Fen.

Guess who started the fire? Yours truly of course!

Did anyone go back with tummy problems? Of course not... testament to the good old chefs

The kids ie Joshua Low & Ooi Jia Wen had loads of fun with the lanterns and such. You should have seen how black their feet were after the night was over!!

My happy clients


My sous chef

Jeffrey my lead waiter, making sure the kids are happy and entertained

The Lanterns - the whole reason for the party

Check those teeth out!

Ahh… with such picture perfect smiles, the rest of us could only seal our lips or flash what seem like grins at the camera. Not forgetting that flawless complexion... “brushing”, “scaling” and “polishing” simply just won’t work for some of us… ha! Well, if you know Philip as long as I do, you’d notice he looks pretty much the same as he was during kindergarten despite the 'size up'.

Should you happen to be in Melbourne and desire for a gleaming white or bright effect (dental only) every time you open that gab, you can now look up for Philip and Gina. Yup, the Tans have left the US and are now residing in Down Under. They were back on a holiday early this month when we caught up on topics from tartar and plaque to shortage of water in Melbourne, fuel hike in Malaysia, politics and church.

So what happens when a dentist gets together with another dentist? A shining piece of work, of course! Darn cute, eh? Hmm, little Henry doesn’t seem interested to take after mommy and daddy’s footsteps though…

Introducing Hogan Chong

Priceless pictures.





If you have forgotten, that's Chong Hwa Siong and his first baby, Hogan Chong. D.O.B. 21st April 2008. Congrats Chong!

For more updates and photos, head over to: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=592497881
yeah, it's about time you have a facebook account if you haven't already.

Now, Mike, we are still waiting for your photos ;)

Things you eat in Malacca

In a back lane in Malacca.....looks like pasar malam with money changing hands.



Different angle, and you see the happy diners.


While we waited for our turn.....



Ahhh....we finally started filling out the waste bin.


Another set of satisfied diners



Anyone else up for another round?


Photos courtesy of Szue Fei.

So..... what's next?

The school dinner is over,
everyone is back into their routines,
I for one,
do not do mundane.
So..... what's next?

SFI 128th Anniversary Dinner Photos

Photos only.....would write more later....tired lah.

128th Birthday

Hi CKG,

I don't know how to put up a new post in the SFI blog (perhaps you can teach me sometime) but would like to inform everyone that SFI is celebrating its 128th birthday at the Quadrangle on 5th April 2008. I have enclosed a jpg image of the advert taken from the Green and White July - December 2007 issue. I was wondering how many of us could and want to make it there this year - I can try to arrange the tickets (don't know how much but I guess it is affordable) for those interested including yours truly. Problem is I would be away from 17/3 till maybe 3/4 and would find it hard to coordinate with everyone. So if you could coordinate with all and give me the final numbers, I can do the rest.

Tell me what you think ok?

patrickng

click on image below for bigger picture


[updated 27/3/08]: The list of confirmed participants (1 seat unless indicated otherwise)
#1&2 Patrick N(is back on the list)
#3. Chong KG
#4. Sunny
#5. Jeff
#6. Winston
#7. DanielC
#8. Shirrene K
#9. Jason L
#10. Jai

Anymore? Call me or drop a comment below.

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