Another Great Acoustic Song - Train Dec 2009

Save me San Francisco - Train Live in Portland USA

Wedding Day Pics No. 2 - More History

Clockwise from left, David Mun,Dr. John,Me, Yuen May,Uncle Phoon,Aunt Susan,Aunt Mona,Anna ,Grandaunt,Geoffrey, Aunt Betty (HK) 

More pictures of our immediate family on my mother's side. Uncle David is the youngest brother of my mother. Aunt Mona is the youngest sister, and Aunt Susan is the wife of David.Uncle Phoon is the husband of Aunt Mona. Aunt Betty and her mum flew from Hong Kong to celebrate our happy days.
My wife looks radiant doesn't she ? My parents also look extremely pleased that they have settled off No. 1 son !  

Wedding Pics 22 May 1993 - Some History

Geoffrey singing "The Lords Prayer" (clockwise) Dr. John, Mark, Yuen May, Anna and Geoffrey Abisheganaden

This is some history which I digged out from my old photos,on the left was my father, Geoffrey singing the Lords Prayer in the church May and I got married,St. Andrew's Cathedral, on 22nd May 1993. Being the elder son, and the first in the family to get married, we had a church wedding on 22nd May, and a rather grand dinner at the Raffles Hotel on 23rd May 1993 attended by about 250 distinguished family and guests.

It was one of the happiest days of ours lives.

Train - Hey Soul Sister

The first few bars of the song reminds me of the old Nescafe advertisement where the train is coming in loaded full of coffee beans presumably from the South American forests of Brazil. See if you agree ?

This Perfect Day - 7th Sept 2010

My mother Anna, my niece Hannah and my Dad Geoffrey

My father has been warded for about 12 days now, and since he has been in the hospital, he has been calling for my mother. She herself had been in hospital for 3 over weeks following surgery and rehabilitation and only today, my brother and I managed to get her to the hospital to see my father. My Mum needs help walking, so we wheeled her in my car this morning, and together with my brother John, the domestic help Joanna, and John's daughter Hannah we went to see my father.

Geoffrey had been waiting for Mum for over 3 weeks and when she came home, he fell ill again with an eye infection. So my brother decided to immediately ward him and put him on a course of strong antibiotics. Everytime any family members came by, he would either ignore them, or was sleeping so we decided to cajole my Mum to go and visit him. Today, the weather was bright yet cool because of the night's rain. Temperatures were a pleasant 29 deg C in the morning.

When my Mum went there, we brought her up to see him and he managed to open his eyes to see "Ling', his term of endearment for my mother. After a few seconds, he recogised her and a wide smile broke out on his face. I did not see him smile for over a month now, so was very pleased.

Next, Hannah, his favourite grandchild, called out to him in her piercing voice "Grandpa" and again he broke out into another wide smile. Everybody in the room, my Mum, John, Hannah, me and Joanna were laughing and so happy to see my father in so happy a mood. He was talking to Joanna and when she asked him if he was in pain, he said "No". He is still in a very frail state so we are all praying for his recovery and health.

It was indeed a wonderfully perfect day for me.

5 essential things

3 of the 5

On my bed lie 3 of the 5 essential items which are a must for me to operate in this world, they are

1. a notebook
2. my passport
3. my smart phone for connectivity to the world with all contacts and schedules

4. my wits (logic,empathy, experience, memory,vocabulary,plans)
5. my health

Sounds simple, but very unique to each individual. What are yours ?

A funny true story involving Papa and my son

Grandpa Geoffrey and grandson Noel

This was a funny story related to me by my father, some 14 years ago. We were staying at the condominium called Le Marque at Keng Chin Road, where our first son Noel in the picture had his first walking steps,swimming and other fun stuff made possible by his doting grandparents. My father is very fond of Noel, and he used to take my son out for walks in his pram around the condominium and the surrounding estate. This was in 1996, so imagine there were alot less cars on the road, and the first housing bubble was only just beginning. Now, my mother is Chinese and so I am half Indian. My son is thus 3/4 Chinese and 1/4 Indian - technically speaking.


Noel when he was 5 - 6 months old

One day, my mother was busy with an errand, so my father took Noel out of the condominium for a walk, and Noel was about 1 and a half years old. They were walking along the 5 foot way towards the neighbouring condominium where the kind guard allowed them to play in the large open garden. On the way there, my Dad was stopped by a Chinese lady who asked him some strange questions, like "where are you taking this child". After some puzzlement, my Dad replied that Noel was in fact his grandchild, did the lady make some connection. You see, my father is dark skinned, and my son is well, very fair. (See pictures above).

So he told me later that evening that someone actually thought that he was 'kidnapping' my son ! We had a good laugh afterwards. True Story.