Dana meets Brownie

A planned walk to Botanic Gardens was unfortunately put off because of bad weather. As I was still keen to meet up with Patrick and his family, I brought Dana to Patrick's place. Patrick has a dog Brownie, a Sheltie-Jap Spitz breed, who is a ultra-friendly and energetic girl.

As expected, there was some friction between the dogs primarily because Dana is wary of strangers (either man or canine); I think Dana bared her teeth at Brownie two times. But I think with time, they can be friends.

Patrick's mother was very supportive of the 22 Sep Mooncake gathering and suggested we have a potluck dinner. I think this is a good suggestion and we will discuss what each family can bring for the gathering towards the date. But we will look forward to Sinclair baking us a world-class cake to enjoy.

Mooncake Festival Celebration

Hi All

Patrick (Weipeng) and I are proposing to have a combined Mid-Autumn aka Mooncake Festival this year. I have consulted the calendar and the actual full-moon day is on 25 Sep 07. Unfortunately, that is on a Tuesday so to gather on a weekday is quite unlikely. As such, I am suggesting to hold our gathering on Saturday, 22 Sep 07. I am still debating whether to have dinner together as that could be quite difficult to prepare. If dinner is not part of the program, we will probably meet at say 8pm (after dinner taken individually) at my place. I will plan some programs and makan (eat mooncakes!). Cousin Sinclair is a pattisier (pastry chef) at Ritz Carlton so I will probably ask him to make a cake.

So Patrick, could you please sound out your folks and gang whilst I will do so from my end for my side. Let's target to finalise the date of the gathering by end of this week if possible. If you are joining us for the Botanic Garden walk this weekend, we can discuss further.

So in summary

LiewFamily Mooncake Festival celebration 2007

Date: 22 Sep 07, Saturday (tentative)
Time: 8pm (tentative)
Venue: Giin Bo's place

Family Photo

Hi all

To reciprocate Patrick's effort in taking a family photo, I am posting a family photo taken during my younger brother Ben's wedding. The head of this branch of family is my maternal grandfather 廖兆林. For convenience, I will refer to him as LZL and draw reference to him (where appropriate).

[1st Row from Left to Right]
(1) Auntie 郑春蕊 (LZL's daughter in law and wife of 廖柏强)(2)Auntie Sherry or 廖宝霞 (LZL's 2nd daughter)(3)Uncle Seng or 廖柏成 (LZL's youngest son) (4) Uncle Kong or 李昌江 (LZL's son-in-law and 廖宝怡's husband) (5) Auntie Jacqueline or 廖宝怡(LZL's youngest daughter) (6) LZL himself

[Middle Row from left to Right]
(1) My mum or 廖宝瑛 LZL's eldest daughter) (2) Counsin Jiajia or 李嘉伦(Granddaughter of LZL and daughter of Uncle Kong and Auntie Jacqueline) (3) My wife Suliana or Suli for short (4) Ailian (My big brother 陈锦汉's wife)

[Back-Row from Left to Right]
(1) Uncle Keong or 廖柏强(2nd son of LZL), (2)Adeline or Haili (daughter of Uncle Keong), (3)Lingling (wife of Ben), (4)Ben or 陈本伟(grandson of LZL and my younger brother), (5)My father 陈奕君 or 廖宝瑛's husband (LZL's son-in-law), (6) Cousin Sinclair 王子聪(Grandson of LZL or 廖宝霞's son), (7) Cousin Jinglun 李经纶(LZL's grandson or son of of Uncle Kong and Auntie Jacqueline), (8) Me 陈锦波(Grandson of LZL), (9) My elder brother 陈锦汉.

National Day Family Gathering

Hello everyone,

First of all I would like to thank our cousin for setting up this blog so that we can all be connected one way or the other. The family tree was great!!

So first let me introduce myself. I am Patrick the eldest grandson of my grandmother (Liew Boon Heng) is the reason or link to how we are connected to the Liew Family Life. While she is not here anymore, we as the third generation will try to keep the Greater Liew Family connected. So let me introduce our branch of the family tree.

Recently, we got together at my place at Towner Road for our very own National Day celebrations. Everyone (well almost everyone) was here so we took this opportunity to take a family photo. Their names (and how I am related to them):

1st row: wei li (cousin), wei han (cousin), yik zhong (sister's bf), wanfen (sister)
2nd row: ah lien (aunt - uncle's wife - sorry we all call her bishan auntie heh dont really know her full name), hong guat (mother), cynthia (aunt - father's sister),  joanne (aunt - uncle's wife - aka yishun auntie), tami (maid)
3rd row: wan li (cousin), hung yuen (uncle - husband of ah lien), kwok yuen (father), ricardo (family friend), patrick (me), wei hao (cousin), tai yuen (uncle - husband of joanne), wan wei (cousin)
absent with apologies: michael (cynthia's husband), wan hui (my other sister), grace (cynthia's daughter)

We are going to have a family chalet to celebrate wei hao's 21st birthday, it will be from 8th nov till 12th nov. Everyone connected to the Liew Family Tree is invited
Once the details are finalised I will inform cousin Giin Bo.

Ok thats it for me hope to see you guys and gals at the chalet

Cheers

Singapore's 42nd National Day

My parents, Ben and his wife and of course Snowy gathered at my place to watch the National Day Parade on TV. As my flat was near (5km radius?), we rushed from in front of the TV to the window to watch the planes fly past, from the first two F16s, to the Chinook which dropped the naval divers into the waters of Marina Bay and lastly the two Apaches.

At about 7.30pm, we trooped down to a nearby bridge, where soon after, a crowd soon formed to watch the fireworks. Cars also stopped by including a taxi. At around 8.15pm, the first of the fireworks illuminated the Singapore skyline accentuating the spirit of celebration. And as sudden as it started, the show ended. The taxi drove off, the crowds dispersed, each back to their families and life.