Overseas Memories.

I remember i 1st went to China and Hong Kong in 1990. Back then,i was just 6. And it was my late father,grandmother,grand aunts,a couple of relatives and i who travelled to this 2 countries. As some of my china relatives are in Fujian Provinces,we went over there to stay for awhile at the rural mountain area. Weather was really cold at then. As i was still small, i remember vaguely that there was always games to play, like firecrackers,small toys and sweets etc.

Once there was a group of young thugs around,just outside my relatives' home. This group includes boys and gals. Some hanged around the trees,a couple of them sat onto the tree branches,holding weapons like nunchaku and chains etc. I was a little afraid, as i could imagined the hostility of them. But after a while i came to realise that one of my lady relative knew them. Most of them are older than myself by some years. As i was just 6,most of them are older,from my point of view.

Eventually i discovered they meant no harm. Just gangsters of their own.

When my grandmother,grand aunts and relatives made their way back to Sg, my father and i travelled to Hong Kong,to visit my grand aunts' son,who resided there(Now he's back in Singapore). Hong Kong,to me, is an eating place. I remembered vividly that i love to eat the cockles,and asking my father to keep peeling lots and lots of cockles for me to eat. The eateries are damn rundown,but great tasting anyway.

Every night, at my uncle's home when i was hungry, he will offer me cakes. It seemed like he had alot of cakes at his fridge then. At his home's glass wall panel,i can view the highways criss crossed and watching vehicles and their lights driving and flashing pass. It was a beautiful side,at the cold weather.

When i recalled back all these now,its seems like fond memories to me. Too bad,my mother and younger sister did not get a chance to visit Hong Kong. Only years later,do they get to visit China, when we went there again.


Prior to their visit to China, we went to South Korea in 1991. The picture on the right shows me and my family in Seoul 1991.

Now let me recap back the countries which i've visited. Malaysia(JB,Malacca,and Genting),Indonesia(Batam,and Bintan),Thailand (BangKok,Pattaya,Kanchanaburi,Ratchanburi,and Siam), Hong Kong,China(Fujian Province,Anxi,Xiamen,Teo Chew Province, Beijing), South Korea, Australia(Brisbane and Gold coast), Brunei, and Taiwan ( Khao Siong and Heng Chun).

My next destination next year will be Myanmar(Yangon),for personal community purposes,representing my own organisation,to conduct self defense for the Monastery kids.

An instructor/close protection course in Israel.

A trip to Okinawa(Japan).

A trip to Dubai.