... so good for Jon to achieve his potential at the PSLE

We were holidaying in Perth with Fong Oi and Oi Lin after Jon's PSLE exams. The results were to be announced whilst we were away but we were confident that he would pass and do reasonably well; so it was not a concern that we were away.

That afternoon Lai Fong went to Radin Mas Primary School after lunch to collect the results. The staff were not happy with her (and us) because she went so late to collect the results because Jon has surprised everyone and was the top student at Radin Mas that year! He was always in the top class but has never been top of his cohort. It was a nice surprise for all of us.

Of course as a result we had to scramble like crazy to submit the forms for EduSave scholarship, choice of school (the top 2% of the cohort was allowed to change their choices though Jon had already decided it was RI - our alma mater!). 

A year later he returned to school and during the prize giving day to receive his recognition for being top boy. 

We are so proud of him but also so glad that he has achieve his potential at this key exam.

...so good to be up in the sky

One of the benefit of being an analyst with Gartner is I get to attend the Annual Sympoisum. Connie and I took the opportunity when I was a the Gartner Sympoisum 1997, Brisbane to tag on a small holiday. I also took the opportunity to try something that I would not have the chance to do in Singapore - sky diving! Ok - so it was tandem sky diving but the experience was exhilarating to say the least. The adrenalin rush as you leap out of the plane, free falling followed by the feeling of weightlessness as you float down on canopy of air. It is good!

... so good to tick an item off the bucket list

One of the things that one must do before kicking the bucket! To fly through the sky - free falling (who cares if there another person on your back). The feeling of just weightlessness is amazing - super cool!


Life is so good ... this was part of the holiday with Connie in Brisbane. Second holiday in a year without the kids!!!

...so good to visit Beijing with Connie

Life is so good. This is probably the first time that Connie and I went on a holiday without the children. We visited all the historical sites of Beijing - the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Winter Palace and the Great Wall. We had a private guide which was a real bonus as he could tell us all the 'stories' around the historical sites.


Did you know that the Chinese had air-conditioning back in those days - the floor were laid with bronze tiles. Below that were passages that had hot water passed through in winter for heating and in summer, iced water was used to cool the flooring.


The big urn around the palace are not decorative but were used to hold water for fire fighting. The urns were heated in winter to prevent the water from freezing over.


The great wall is just a great feat of human will and ingenuity that humbles us greatly.