Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Oct 5th, 2007 No Comments »
(from left) Mr Goh (Rawang), Abang Rosli (Ketua Bhg Raub KeADILan), Ronnie, Kit Siang, William Leong, I, Rosli’s wife and boy
Ronnie Liew’s dad Liew Kong San passed away at the age of 77 on Sunday 30 Sept. The funeral was on 3 October.
Ronnie is from Raub Pahang. His family home is in Cheroh, near [...]
Posted in Friends & Family on Sep 30th, 2007 1 Comment »
Badrul Hisham @ CheguBard got a new baby girl last month 23 Sept. The baby was born at midday.
I was in Bangkok on that day. Both Bard and I happened to be online. Bard told me that Era had just delivered a few minutes ago. It was exciting news. However I was unable to congratulate [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Mar 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
Picture: Khai Loon (on my left)
Lee Khai Loon celebrated his 28th birthday on 29 March last night. On Wednesday, we celebrated his birthday at Suaram office at midnight. I joined to have cake for supper.
Khai Loon returned from Hong Kong last year; another alumnus of Asian Students Association (ASA). He is still part of [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Mar 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Jasmine Ng is one of the most dedicated party workers. She got involved with Reformasi during her student activism days in University Malaya. She was one of the active founding members of students’ movement DEMA.
Like her DEMA comrades, she was also helping my election campaign in Selandar in 1999. After graduation, she began to [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Friends & Family on Feb 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Chinese New Year is my annual escape from politics. It is not easy to find time to catch up with family members and friends. My friends in hometown are mainly school mates from primary and secondary schools.
Interestingly most of them are not staying in Melaka anymore. Quite a few live in KL. We never see [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Friends & Family on Feb 18th, 2007 No Comments »
The dinner of Chinese New Year Eve is a solemn affair for the family. It is the time for reunion of the whole family.
My family was much larger when I was young. In my childhood, CNY Eve dinner was the reunion of the entire extended family. Family members from all my (paternal) uncles sat in [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Friends & Family, Party on Feb 18th, 2007 No Comments »
After attending wedding reception in Hutan Perca, we went over to visit an old comrade in Machap Umboo.
Sun San-pao (å™ä¸‰ç‚®) was a party activist since the Labour Party days. In the 50s and 60s, Machap council was dominated by the Socialist Front. He joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat in 1999. He was the only one who [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family, Party on Feb 17th, 2007 No Comments »
I attended two wedding receptions just prior to the Chinese New Year.
On 15 February, Bardrul Hisham Shaharin and Erahanem Md Zaki got married. The two young reformasi activists have been my very closed friends throughout years of struggle. Badrul now goes about with his nick name Che’gu Bard is a brave and intelligent young man [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Jan 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Liew Chin Wen and Lee Mei Kian (美娟) got married and held a wedding banquet in Penang yesterday (20 January). The whole group of his friends from KL and Ipoh went to celebrate their joyful moment together.
My Saturday nights are normally pretty occupied with political activities, but I have reserved this weekend for the young [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family, Party on Jan 17th, 2007 3 Comments »
I heard that Pak Lang has been sick for a while. The bad news is that his kidneys are failing.
Pak Lang’s real name is Ahmad Zaki. He is the brother-in-laws of Anwar. He married to Anwar’s younger sister. During the imprisonment of Anwar, he and Rozy vowed not to cut their hair. The two of [...]