BOON CHEE & WIFE

Boon Chee sent us more pictures today 24/11/09 and so I uploaded them for him in this posting. Thanks for his efforts in keeping us motivated in our communications!




OMG! WHAT A LONG TIME IT'S BEEN SINCE WE LAST BLOGGED.

The recent Melbourne weather has been...... HOT!!!!

Yesterday and today we have had 32 C days..... scorching hot.

The next two days are also 30+ C days.

The air is hot, not much humidity. It is stifling hot, almost like it is taking the oxygen out of your lungs. Making you feel like.... where is the cold water bath I want to jump in and stay in there forever!!!

So in this hot hot Melbourne Spring weather our friend Boon Chee and wife Dianne arrived this week Tuesday night from KL to visit this great city. They were lucky as they had 2 days of 20+ C days to start with and just when they said " Oh so cold" the sweltering days are now here.

Anyway Kin Fong and I plus our better halves caught up with them a couple of times during the week. Today is the occasion when we manage to meet all together and so we meet at KF's magnificent Mac Mansion in Glen Waverley and then make our way to Springvale.

We have Vietnamese beef noodle soup (pho) for lunch..... and then a cup of Vietnamese coffee + Chinese donuts is in order after lunch.

And then KF take all of us to see the house they used to stay 30 years ago when they were attending Monash High. I think BC and KF were high school mates and Uni mates. So a time for reminiscence for the both of them. They get out of their car, into the hot sun, and snap shots in front of the house they used to board in..... Well all those years have flown past them!

I am sure when BC is back in KL he would upload more pictures when he has connectivity. More news and stories to come from him next week, hopefully.

So.....who is next to come and visit the poor souls in Melbourne????

Lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant - we all had pho (beef soup) with rice noodles (like hor fan....you get the picture?)

Foong Peng, Sze Meei, Dianne, Boon Chee, Kevin Chen, Captain - having our cups of Vietnamese coffee + 油 JAR 鬼 at a Springvale cafe after lunch

Kevin Chen, Boon Chee, Dianne, Foong Peng, Kin Fong, Sze Meei and Captain at KF's big Mac Mansion


Captain Chen visited Boon Chee + Dianne at Kevin Chan's home

BABI at friend Kevin Chan's house in Doncaster East

Boon Chee, Lim Kim Key + friends having a BABI

This dam sitting on top of mount Dandenong supplies the main bulk of water to Melbourne. Unfortunately it was undersized, and designed without the thought of upgrading in the future.....so you guys have severe water rationing now..... damn!!!

KF and Boon Chee walked down memory lane

In 1980 KF and BC lived in this house while they attended Monash High... In 2009 they don't live in this house (obviously) .....

Digging gold at Sovereign Hill

Playing tourist, actually

Mt Dandenong - Sherbrook Forest is it?

Meet Downunder

TODAY I GOT TO MEET SENG KIAN AND HIS FAMILY AT KIN FONG'S HOUSE. They have been in Melbourne for one week and today's BBQ was to farewell them back to KL. Although it was pissing rain the whole day it did not dampen our spirits (I hope) as we gathered to watch the AFL Grand Final between Geelong and St Kilda.

A record spectator crowd of 99,000 gathered in the rain at MCG to see the exciting game and Geelong won 80 to 68.

Lots of food and hospitality from Foong Peng. Steaks, lamb chops, sausages, chicken wings, Greek salad, fruit cheese on biscuits, nuts, Moon cakes, and truffle; and of course, Crown Lager for the 3 of us 1978ers.....

We wished you were here but.... never mind; we will eat and drink on your behalves this time.

One Wintry Melbourne Night

SOO WENG + PETER and their children Alicia and Michael are in Melbourne on holiday.

Kin Fong + SP organized for a "welcome" dinner at Dragon Boat, Wantirna South.

They will be heading up to the snow and the kids shall be playing with the fluffy and wet stuff or the first time.

Peter being caught in the act. KF busy uploading a picture to the Sam Tet 1978er network so that you guys would not miss out on our fun and activity

The real cake knife is still in the chef's tool box

Happy Birthday

The rest of the moral support crew?

Photos Of the 80's Era .....

1980 to 1990, the prime of our lives ..... We were in our twenties, full of ambitions, yet tentative, stepping out of the bosoms of our family homes into the unknown ..... uni's, work places, relationships, maybe even permanent relationships for some .....

It was the period when we were shaping up our ideals, a time we pondered and charged ahead with vigor and energy. Do you have photos of your time in the world at work or at play or in higher education in the 1980's? Have a look inside your bottom drawers and if you find them, like Yoong Ming did, send them in because I think it would be fascinating to see what we were like and what we were doing .....

YM sent in this photo of Wan Juin shot in London


1983 - At a glider training in Regional Victoria - SP


1982 - Outside my flat at Dryburgh St, North Melbourne, OZ - SP


"With friends outside the Singapore World Trade Centre. We went there for the '81 Audio and Visual Exhibition'. All the exhibitors turned their amplifiers full blast and we all came out with a headache." Ha ha ha.... " - Atari Wong

(Ed: Peng Chiew looked a bit like 华大利 kaki? 乌龟's stance is quite recognizable over the years, huh?)

Yuet Fai and me, taken in Nantah 南大. Does it bring back any memories? All of us boys stayed in Block 1 of the hostel, and there was where I got my new nickname. :), Atari Wong.... ATARI!!!!

(ED: SKINNY LEGS AND SEMI-HOT PANTS??)

THESE ARE PROPER LEGS IN PROPER HOT PANTS!

I joined Hewlett-Packard as a customer engineer in 85, and was sent to their training center in Rockville, Maryland that winter. This is a picture taken with some of my fellow trainees on graduation day. I really enjoyed my stay there, especially the weekend trips to the Washington DC Mall - Wong Sir


I also have some 'aeroplane' pictures. This one was taken in 85 on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid in New York - Wong Sir

(Ed: On the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, awesome ATARI!)

THE REAL MCCOY

曾经年轻过, 岁月不饶人

Boon Chee, Kwai Choon & Kin Fong – Middle of the road in front of the house where BC & KF stayed -GRIK BOY

(Bell-bottom Jeans were no doubt in vogue!)

1982 – Mei Foong visited Sydney : Mei Foong, Soon Tong & Kin Fong at University of NSW -GRIK BOY

ADIDAS "ROME"

1986 – Foong Peng visited Sydney : Foong Peng & Kin Fong (no idea now where is that place) - GRIK BOY

(Ed: Sydney Uni?)

1988 – Sunday BBQ : Foong Peng, Seng Kian & wife (Anne) – BBQ at Hawkesbury River, Lane Cove - GRIK BOY

(Ed: GRIK BOY: Fuzzy hair style or semi-Afro was in fashion in 1988?)

Keng Weng alone in Genting?

Keng Weng alone in Sydney?