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2010 April 24

Start here pa. 26th.Apr.10. (1430hrs.)

It is nice to have the diary page back again. At least I can just scribble some nonsense in it. It may be able to tell volume after fifty years from now.

4th.May.10. (Tue.) 1100hrs.

Don't know why the internet failed to connect. Called a chap to put it right and cost me RM 180.00. Secondly my diary 6 was filled to the brim. All these caused me stop writing for a few days. On the top of it I felt there was nothing worth writing about. This morning took the bus to town. Walked to Yow Chuan Plaza in Bukit Bintang from Kota Raya just to look around the computer stalls just to see if there is anything new. Well, sorry,there appeared to be nowmal stuff.

6th.May.10. (Wed.) 1755hrs.

For the last few days when the computer blackout, the thing I missed most was the CCTV News. I just didn't know how to pass my time without it. EM had just left the house after the piano lessons and I am getting ready for my evening walk at 1830rhs because the sun is still shining brightly at this moment. The weather is not comforting. It is so humid in spite of it rains practically every envening.

9th.May.10. (Sun.) 0835hrs.

It is a bright and if not for parking dogs it would be a quiet morning. The air is humid but not as humid as before. It is quite comfortable. I have nothing to write about' the world is kind to me. I surf the net knowing all the troubles in the world. I read the newpapers and learnt all the abull sit. I have enough of sleep and exercises so I feel very well and healthy. With all these, so what is the problem. By the way mum is in Hatnya. She will be back to-night.

Pa: Glad that you healthy and happy. Keep it up. What did the computer repair man do for you? Aik-Siong

10th.May.10. (Mon.) 2235hrs.

I am now in SS's house because we have to let LW to fall asleep before we come otherwise he will be too excited to go to sleep. We come here because mum has something to do with SS. By the way today is mum's biethday. We don't do anything to celebrate it. We treat it as a normal day. We have had enough of eating so there is nothing more to enjoy eating.

Pa: We sent mum a Happy Birthday Card sometime back. Hope you have gotten that. We had sent something for Siow Sing's birthday but she says she hasn't received it after many many weeks! Did you see my question above? Aik-Siong

13th.May.10. (Thu.) 0734hrs.

Today is the famous May13 of Malaysia. The Malay NGO by the name of GERAKAN KEBANGKITAN RAYAT (GERTAK）was planning to hold a rally themed 'MELAYU BANGKIT' in Trengganu today. It was reported that the former PM Mahatir was invited to speak at the rally. But alas it was cancelled on the advise of the Police. As to why they choose today to do it is a mystery. Your guess is as good as mine. The morning is cloudy and not so humid, it is quite pleasant.

15t.May.10. (Sat.) 1830hrs.

The weather is fine for the whole day. I am waiting for it to cool down a bit before going for the evening walk. This morning mum and I went to the Jln. Pahang Mc.Donald for a pancake breadfast. Well, that is my day.

Pa: Is GERTAK a politcal party? What is their goal? Aik-Siong

19th.May.10. (Wed.) 2200hrs.

It is not a polical party, it's a Malay NG0 by the name of GERAKAN KEBANGKIAN RAYAT. It is fighting for the rights of the Malays. UMNO as a political party has got to be a bit subtle and diplomatic althought it represents the Malays. Today is another day although I had been a bit busy with the affairs of the JOB since we don't have a management company to run it for us. So we have to handle the business of running it ourselves, such thing like sending off the invoices and maintaining the satements of accounts etc.

22nd.May.10. (Sat.) 1820hrs.

Went to Jln. Pahang Mc.Donald's for pan cakes breakfast with mum then went to town centre to look at the Pudu Raya bus station which is under renovation now. It will take about four months to be ready. The street is a pleasure to drive through now. It was a hell for motor vehicles. The new temporary station is located by the side of the City Police headquarters in front of the old pudu Prison. Actually it is better for it to be there permanently. Due to the bad economic situation, the old Pudu Prison and the Merdeka Stadium are still standing there in the rundown state. By the way the Pudu Preson is no more in use.

Pa: You and mum seems to like McDonald's pancake. How did you discover it? Aik-Siong

26th.May.10. (Wed.) 0725hrs.

Well, to answer your question is simple. I can read and write can't I? So I read the adverts and find out what is good to eat etc. Although I don't buy a lot of things but I do want to know what is avaible for us. I had been eating the pancakes in Singapore when you were there but stangely enough the pancakes have just been introduced to KL very lately.

Pa: School is over. So everyone is in the holiday mood - watching movies, graduation parties, sleepovers, games, TV, etc. Aik-Siong

2nd.Jun.10. (Wed.) 0710hrs

For us the two-week school holidays will begin at the end of this week. For the time being we don't have any holiday plan. Most probably we will stay in. I am not very keen of going to the Shanghai Expo after seeing the crowd in the CCTV news through the TVU player. CCTV news shows us about the expo at 1210hrs everyday. Of course it is more interesting if we can be there in person. At the moment there is no tour agency arranging to go to the expo exclusively. I am waiting to see the result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

3rd.Jun.10. (Thu.) 2115hrs.

Star 'Feds meet film director about spill' AP. Quite right get the film director to do something real for a change instead of creating the nonsense to make the fools' money. Ya, if they fail I would recommend that they come to Malaysia to ask for bomohs' help. Where are the MIT engineers?

5th.Jun.10. (Sat.) 0540hrs.

Heaven is great, let the Big Brother has some discomfort with the oil spill. Otherwise they are too comfortable to creat mischief around the world. When one or two mad men started chopping people in the street in China the western press said it is a social unheaval due to discontend with the govt. Now that a taxi driver gunning down people in England, what do we call it?

8th.Jun.10. (Tue.) 1750hrs.

This is the month of Jun. and Jun. 4th. had passed a few days ago. The foreign media is still bring up the Tiananmen Square thing again. Does it matter who ordered the use of force to crush the mob. The fact is without crushing the riot at that time it wouldn't have the China of today. It will be a scientific China in say ten years' time. That is what the Chinese had been fighting for all this time. Whoever wanted it to be as what it was during the era of the Manchu Dynasty must be a traitor to China. Every thinking Chinese will take it that the crushing of the Tiananmen mob was a blessing in disquise. Thank Heaven.

10th.Jun.10. (Thu.) 0505hrs.

Yesterday,went to the Science Centre with Lip Wern. We spent more than 31/2 hrs in there. It seems that he enjoy staying there playing around with the digital staff. He made friends easily. It raining the whole evening so there was no evening walk, will walk this morning. It seems that the Afghans are better fighters than the Iraqis. They have done more harms to the Nato troops. That is good, let them know they just cannot walk in anywhere they like and win.

12th.Jun.10. (Sat.) 0818hrs.

This morning at 0600hrs read the article 'China: the new Silican Valley ?' in the CNN website. It is a stimulating article. I write this down because I want to know as to when it will become reality. It was reported that China is currently in the number two position in the the super computer race. In the articles those smart people say that the Chinese education does not make the Chinese innovative until two generations to come. So they can still relax. Remember the hare in the hare and the tortoise race? I hope it will be like tath, so let us see! At the meantime let them dance and sing and relax in the beaches.

14th.Jun.10. (Mon.) 0730hrs.

It is a cloudy morning but the air is humid. The humid weather had been here for quite sometime and it lasts longer this year. It makes us feel uncomfortable with sticky skin and the air is suffocating like. On Saturday night Lip Wern came to our house after riding the buggy and played at the children play ground. He brought along his Avata disc to show the film to us. Of course we have heard a lot about the film. We heard about its revolutionary creativity and innovation etc. etc. Well, it is a typical American stereotype. The Colonel is the typical American who believes in voilence military fire power to subdue other people. SS was busy cooking something to entertain the folks from Canada who were going back after about a week's stay. They came to celebrate Lip's mother's 85th. birthday. So she asked us to look after LW for a while.

18th.Jun.10. (Fri.) 1840hrs.

I feel guilty for not writing anything at all for the last four days because I have nothing to write about. Of course there are a lot of things to talk about but will it help to solve them. So it is better to be silence and be happy. Let us be the spectators rather than the busybodies.

Pa: You are doing well writing at all. How is the Koh Association? Are you watching World Cup football? Aik-Siong

20th.Jun.10. (Sun.) 2200hrs.

I was born during the no fathers's day era, so father's day is not a celebrated day for me and I also think it has no real meaning in it. Just imagine if half of all the fathers are really fulfilly theirs obligations as fathers then the world would have been better than what it is now. We didn't know where to go so we decided to go to Sungei Wang for a jalan jalan and ended up at the Lot. 10 hawker center for lunch. I had my normal "wantan mee" while mama had a roasted duck rice. The hawkers in the Lot.10 are the ones that have had more than fifty's years history operating in KL city. They have been hand picked by the boss of Lot. 10 to carry out their business in there. The place was purposely designed for it. It is a decent place to eat our food. Next time when u people come back here we will never take u all to go to the hawker center in Kepong for food. It is a horrible place.

Pa: That is interesting to know about Lot 10. What was the price of your wan ton mee? Aik-Siong.

22nd.Jun.10. (Tue.) 0825hrs.

The price is reasonable at RM8.50 and the taste is good plus the place is of a high standard with the cleanliness etc. To put it in a nutshell it is worth it. If we want to maintain high standard of lifestyle we must pay for it if it is reasonable. The sequence of my surfing the internet is first I go to the BBC and second to the CNN and follow to the China Daily, Xinhuanet, Singaore's Zaobao and Malaysiakini. I go to the BBC first because it carries the whole world's news the fastest and also I read English faster than the Chinese. Secondly I can read bad news from China faster and more thoroughly because they love something bad to happen there. BBC also carries more UK and European news items. CNN carries more US news and also reporting negenative news from China extensively. They spice the Chinese news with the derogatory discriptions. They always try to give you the impression that the Chinese is all the time follow the tune of the Uncle Sam. This morning there was an article on the floating of the Yuen is a good example. (To know more must read the article yourself. It is in the CNN website.)

Pa: I am glad that noodle were worth it. I once had wanton mee in Mandarin Hotel in Singapore which cost S$15 and it was horrible. Huge amounts of cha siew and wantan that was out of proportion with the mee. I am glad that you are reading the world. The internet has given everyone a chance to have their say and we are free to choose. Do recognize that nations are always competing - that is human nature. Love to you and mum. Aik-Siong

27th.Jun.10. (Sun.) 2045hrs.

Well, it is time for me to write something. It had been a four-blank days. It didn't occur to me before but it occur to me this evening when I watch the TV news. I saw those G8 leaders laughing and jokingly walked to their conferences. I come to realise that they are nobody but "kaki hutang", they borrow money to run their countries. The only thing I admire them is their talkings. They can talk beautifully.

28th.Jun.10. (Mon.) 1600hrs.

If I am not mistaken,yesterday I read a survey that most of the Americans believe that in the next 40yrs there will be a world war. At first I brushed it off as one of those nonsense staff as always appeared in the newspaper but then after pondering it a bit deeper it occurred to me that it can happen. U know why, now they 'hutang' to pass the days, in forty years time they will have nowhere to 'hutang' from, then they must start to rob, then of course there will be war. That was how the colonialism started because they started to rob other people because they have superior weapons. Isn't it logical?!.

29th.Jun.10. (Tue.) 2045hrs.

I lernt from the history book that Chinese monks went to India to learn Buddhism and Indian philosophy etc.etc. I was thinking that why they didn't go a bit further to Greece or any other places where the modern civilisation was beginning to bloom. Well, my idea is being realised now. The Greece govt. had signed quite a bit of agreements with China among them is allowing the Chinese to build a hotel and that they are encouraging the Chinese tourists to visit the country. By so doing I hope that the Chinese will pick up some of the Western civilisations from them. So finally after seventy years at last I see it happens.

Pa: Yep, the Chinese are on a roll. Hope that they are wise like Lee Kwan Yew. Singapore is rank only behind Geneva and Zurich as most livable cities. You are writing about your thoughts. That is great. Love Aik-Siong

3rd.Jul.10. (Sat.) 0400hrs.

Lately, say beginning from this year, after about two hours of sleep I will wake up fresh refuse to fall asleep again. So, to kill time I surf the net. Luckily I have the computer to keep me amused. Yesterday I was reading about the deciphering of the 'Plato Code' by a professor and on the side line it was stated that Plato once said: Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. Do you think I should say anything at all?

Pa: I think you should always say as much as you can especially if you are wise. You need to convince the listeners that you are wise. That is why advertising is so so effective. They say more than anyone else. Do not be shy to talk now. You have the benefit of age and experience. Aik-Siong.

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10th.Jul.10. (Sat.) 1830hrs.

Now, I am back in business. It is raining now, it stops me from going for my evening walk. The hot spell seems to be over now. Fow time being I don't seem to have anything to write about, everything is more or less the same.

12th.Jul.10. (Mon.) 0025hrs.

Well, to be exact now is Monday morning. Because I can't sleep, so I start to write this stuff. Being a Sunday we had a lot of time to nap so this is what happened. It was a peaceful Sunday. we had a lot of rest. In the evening part we went to the Lake Garden with the two maids and the little emperor LW because his parents wanted to go to Church without him. We enjoyed playing badminton and playing in the children play ground. We totally spent about two hours there before sending him back.

13th.Jul.10. (Tue.) 1830hrs.

Went to town by bus and spent about 3hrs there so there is no evening walk. At the sametime it looks like it is going to rain. The purpose of going to town is to make myself tired. On returning from town I had a sound nap for more than an hour. True enough the rain is here already.

14th.Jul.10. (Wed.) 2330hrs.

I took half an hour to write down today's event but unfortunately mum switch off the router before I could 'save page' it. She does not know what the heck the router is for. She just wants to save electricity. The time now is 0030hrs Thursday morning. So that's it, I am going to sleep.

17th.Jul.10. (Sat.) 1240hrs.

I wanted to write something but when I opened up my computer I was tempted to surf the net first and once starting to surf the net it will be the end of it. Because there are so many things to read. So, this morning I started to begin with the Wiki first. Well, the morning is bright but not burning hot and mom and the maid had gone for shopping as to day is Saturday. I will be staying home till my evening walk time. Nowadays I do my exercise at the Taman Rainbow gargen with the various exercise equipt first before going for my walk. The whole process will take about two solid hours every day just to make myself really tired. It is noted that the West has quite successfully test flight the solar plane. That is typical of the West before anythinng else they started to talk about how to employ this technology into the military use. Currently their unmaned aeroplane had done a lot of killing on the civilian population in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

18th.Jul.10. (Sun.) 1830hrs.

Actually EM invited us to go to Melaka to pay a visit to Mei Wah and the rest before she depart to Canada. I feel Melaka is so boring that I choose to stay back. We went to Kepong for a roas-duck lunch after which we went to a newly opened Tesco shopping mall near by for a look-see. On coming back we had a good nap. It is raining now so I just have to stay back from my evening walk. That will be my Sunday today.

20th.Jul.10. (Tue.) 1355hrs.

Hurray!! The uncle sams have perfected the use of laser weapons to keep the world-peace. Most of the main Western papers are praising of its achievement. They are boasting about its capability. They are showing it off in the Famborough Air Show in England. I went to the air show when I was in England in 1959. At the mean time it was reported that the Chinese had destroyed their own satellite in space and the West is comdaming it for their own good reasons. To me it is great, since the chinese have the ability to make the wstern world alarm, that must be something fantastic.

22nd.Jul.10. (Thu.) 0100hrs.

Got up after one and half hours of sleep. And now plus a bad cough in the middle of the night makes life quite uncomfortable. Surfed the net and come to this 'Green fury over China's golfing Hawaii' in the CNN. Just because people can do bigger things than they can they start to say a lot of nonsense. This is a typical sour grapes mentality of the westerners. They bring in the environmentalists all that sort of bull sit. If they build this kind of project in US, they would boast about the grand designs etc.etc., the normal stuff as normal. Betul busy body, lah! If something would happen to the three gorge dam today they would be laughing to death but they are numb now. I would say they are the 'hati busuk' lot. With that I am going to sleep again.

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29th.Jul.10. (Thu.) 2120hrs.

The electric railway line from Sentul to Batu Cave started operating today. In the morning to rode to Batu Cave and returned in the same coach and rode again in the evening for exercise purposes, so climbed the 272 stairs cases and returned. The ride was smooth, at least much better than before. It is smooth and not so noisy. It is for free now until 4th. of Aug after which the fare from Sentul to Batu Cave will be RM 2/=. For people living in our area it will be cheaper to take bus to the centre of KL. It also will only cost RM1/= only.

1st.Aug.10. (Sun.) 0725hrs.

Wanted to write but after surfing the net it was too tired to write anything because there were so many things to read in the net. As I said before wherever they tread there will deaths and sufferings follow. Two or three days ago she came to attend the ASEAN summit meeting in Vietnam and spoke of her national interest in the South China seas there followed the flurry of claims on the islands in the area. Nations involved started to buy submarines, aircrafts and military build-up.

4th.Aug.10. (Wed.) 1305hrs.

In the last few days I had been busy with the free train rides from Batu Kemtonmen station to Batu Cave as well as to Sentral station. I visited the old main railway station which I came to know in l952 when I took the train From Tampin railway station to Taiping to join the 1st. Bn. Federation Regiment. After which I used to stop at the station whenever I travelled between North and South of the country. In particular I liked to stop at the Gallaway Clud for a evening meal of baked beans, sausage, fried eggs, bacon and bread and of course BEER. Gallaway Clud was part of the NAFFI organisation for the Commenwealth troop staioned in the then Malaya. Note: we have to change train at the KL main station when we travelled between North and South or to East Coast. By the way the club was situated in front of the Mail Railway Station. Today is the last day of free train ride between Sentul and Batu Cave.

6th.Aug.10. (Fri.) 2230hrs.

Went to the govt. clinic for my cough. The cough stop for two days after finishing the medicine and it started again last night. It had been quiet for the last days. Stayed at home and rest.

8th.Aug.10. (Sun.) 0835hrs.

Yesterday (7.8.10. Sat.) attended the wedding of the daughter of my uncle's daughter in a church in old Klang Road. We arrived home at about three thirty pm. It was a simple church wedding followed by a buffet party. It was an enjoyable occasion where I met the old Malacca folks whom I had missed for so long.

9th.Aug.10. (Mon.) 2230hrs.

Yesterday Sunday and today rested at home for the whole day except for the evening walk. Had quite a cough for about two weeks.

10th.Aug.10. (Tue.) 1815hrs.

The weather is very oppressive, the body is sweaty all the time feeling very uncomfortable. I choose to stay at home because I did not get a good night sleep due to the caough. It is OK it well be over soon. Instead of the evening walk mum and I plan to take a train ride to KL. The school will be over a bit earlier due to the beginning of puasa month. To night they are going to see the moon so the puasa will start either tomorrow or day after tomorrow as usual.

14th.Aug.10. (Sat.) 0800hrs.

After travelling by train to town, it is found that it is better than travelling by bus to KL. It costs RM l.00 to reach Sentral in Brickfield or any station before it. It is more comfortable with the ample air-con. So my previous assumption was totally wrong. The political situation in the Far East is again tense due to a number of military exercises held in the Yellow Seas and the South China Seas between the US and its stooges. As I wrote a few days ago wherever they tread it will be deaths and miseries. She came and spoke of her national interests in the Asean summit at the end of last month, that's it trouble is brewing since then.

15th.Aug.10. (Sun.) 0845hrs.

During the Mancho time the Emperor would have gone to the Heavenly Temple to pray for devine mercy for the disasters that had happened in China. They could not do anything else except to leave the victims to their own fates. During the KMT time the govt. would wait for aids from their benefactors the Uncle Sam and other Western democratic countries. But now the govt. did not ask any help from anybody except mounting the rescue operations on their own. The Western press is quiet about it and the so-called activists normally are so noisy and are so noiseless now, so one can assume that the rescue effort must be OK. In Pakistan with the flood ravaging the country the picture is different and the reports from the Western press is somewhat hopeless. Of course they have an elected govt. elected by the people. So what?

17th.Aug.10. (Tue.) 1700hrs.

I have a complete rest since yester and to-day because of gout. Went to the 24hr klinic at 0030hrs on Monday morning. It cost RM75.00 for it. At this point of time it is ok. Just finished reading from the BBC website that the US military is concerned about the rise of the Chinese military power. They are pulling out of Iraq very soon after messing up the poor country thoroughly and planning to pull out of Afghan pretty soon and now it is preparing a new advanture. How come the creator can creat these type of human beings to punish the mankind?

22nd.Aug.10. (Sun.) 2200hrs.

Two days ago I wrote about my going to KL by train for beef noodle at the usual mee stall on the 19th. of Aug. The next day I did the same thing but this time I went to Lot. 10 for the beef noodle (kun lou) at the suposedly the best and the oldest mee seller in KL. But when I clicked on the 'Save page' it was not saved due to the some technical problem. Well, yesterday we went to FH just to see how it is now. The surrounding is kept clean but the buildings are getting old. According to the supervisor there some of the buildings' roof is rotting. At this point of time nobody seems to know what is going to happedn.

26th.Aug.10. (Thu.) 0750hrs.

Life is going on prety well except for two things, one is the cough which does not show any sign of letting off. The second thing is the management office clerk had created a bit of discomfort by not banking in the collection for the month of August. We had to chase her to do it many many times. Finally she backed in the money at 7pm. We had thought that she may have used up the monery. Normally that is the case, people just cannot see monry. I am sending letters to the unitowners to bank in the maintenance and other fees direct to our own account instead of going through her from lst. of Sept. That will save us from misery and agony.

29th.Aug.10. (Sun.) 0850hrs.

It is a fine Sunday morning. It is not very sunny but the air is humid. Mum is away in Hatnya and the house is in deep silence. The China Press reporter and a photographer came to visit the GAO assocition and held a discusson on the activities of the association yesterday afternoon. Hope that the publication of the association story will attract more GAO people to join.

30th.Aug.10. (Mon.) 2145hrs.

Today is the Merdeka Day eve, I don't notice anything special. Went to town to pass time. Napped and went for a walk in the Metropolitan Garden.

4th.Sep.10. (Sat.) 1920hrs.

Merdeka Day had come to pass there was nothing good and nothing bad happened. My daily life was unchange. Today Mum, I, the maid and LP took the train to Mid. Valley. The train was packed to and fro due to coming Hari Raya I think. We spent about three hours there roaming around.

7th.Sep.10. (Tue.) 2230hrs.

Yesterday Mum and I took the train to Sentral and then change to monorail to Sg.Wang we plan to roam around there but a phone call spoiled our plan. The phone call was from a law firm telling us that a carrier serviceman will be delivering the house agreement to our house at about two pm. So we cut short our trip but finally the delivery was not done. The agreement is about a house belong to Ah Choo transferred to mum for giving her a loan to buy her present house. The agreement finally was delivered today afternoon. Today originally we planned to take a train trip stopping at Bank Negara and then to Sogo with LW thinking that he is having a school holiday. It turned out that he has a tuition class in the afternoon, so the trip was postphoned to tomorrow. His mother drove him to our house and kept him with us while she went for an hair cut. They left after her mother's hair-cut was done and mum had prepared his favourite fried rice was consumned.

10th.Sep.10. (Fri.) 1340hrs.

Today is Hari Raya Adifiltri, so it is a holiday. The weather is cloudy and quite pleasantly cool. I am to rest at home and will go for the evening walk. I am anxiously waiting to see as to whether they will really carry out the burning of the Koran as planned on 9/11.

11th.Sep.10. (Sat.) 2120hrs.

I am the saddest man this evening. I learnt from the 8pam TV news that the bonfire as promised did not materialised. I want it to happen so that the whole world will be in flame. That will make everybody busy to look after oneself. When everyone is at peace more mischief will be created to make people restless. This morning three of us took a train ride to midvalley for a spree. We spent the whole morning there until 4pm. Mum bought a pair of Adidas sport shoes for 300ringgits.

12th.Sep.10. A relax Sunday doing nothing. 13th.Sep.10. Spent the whole morning in doing something for the JOB such things like getting 2009's bank statements for Auditting since the Badaraya is asking for it etc. Read articles on 9/ll incident on its 9th. comemorations.It was a simple incident but on its 9th. year it had become something of a different character. Will the date of 9/11 be a turning point for USA. Just like the Chinese saying say: can a small spark turn into a wildfire?

15th.Sep.10. (Wed.) 2200hrs.

Because of my cough syrup it makes me feel sleeping. So I have been sleeping more than ever before and it makes me feel lazy as well. Stayed at home since Monday after seeing the doctor. I feel better after taking the medicine. I had been seeing two doctors before this but it did not cure my cough but with this doctor she may have given me the right kind of medicine and it maes me feel very much better. I hope by tomorrow it will be totally cured.

18th.Sep.10. (1730hrs.)

Finally Se Mui's wedding day had arrived. We went to his appartment to wait for the bride and the bridegroom to arrive for the "chim cha" ceremony but they were so late that all the guests were hungry and with their agreement we had the lunch without them. They finally arived at about 1.30pm and after the lengthy "chim cha" ceremony we left for home at about 3.30pm. After a short nap we are now going to SS's house to meet up with EM to proceed to the restaurant at Midvally in the Unser

21st.Sep.10. (1355hrs.)

19th. Sunday. Gao Assn. held a Moon Cake celebration for the members from 1500-1700hrs. 20th. Monday. The Han couple was taken by Mai Chin and the gang went to shopping for the whole day and had some kind of farewell dinner in a nearby restaurant with us attending. They left for Hainan Island this morning at 0600hrs. They rang up to say they have arrived at about 1000hrs. The sky is cloudy and the North-East monsoon is round the corner and more rainny days are expected.

23rd.Sep.10. (1750hrs.)

22nd.Sep.10. Attended a farewell dinner in a Bamboo Garden restaurant for the Tan group from Hainan island. So the wedding episod has come to and end. The new chapter is to begin. Let us see how the life story is to progress. Now I am interested in following the story of the forthcoming commenwealth sports meeting to be held in capital of India. I do not have to write too much but just read the reports from the BBC. They are trying to show off what they can do and so let see the result. The reason why I am so interested is because they are try hard to hold a this sporting event that will win the praise of the world being better than the Olypic Games held by China.

25th.Sep.10. (Sat.) 2223hrs.

Today is supposed to be our 55th.wedding aniversary. So what? It is lucky that we are surviving quite smoothly thus far. There is no cause for any celebration. Let nature takes its own course. This afternoon we went to Sogo by train with LP. His mother went for facial and his father went to a wedding party so he was sent here for care. In order to pass time we went to Sogo to roam around.

26th.Sep.1O. (Sun.） 2O25hrs.

Took the commuter train to Tanjong Malam to see how it feels. The unpleasnt part is taking a long time (about one hou( to wait at Rawang station to change train to Tanjong Malim, otherwise the trip was smooth. I am glad to live to see a Chinese national was freed by the Jap. and taken back to China with a chartered plane. The white men have had the honour of sending an aircraft carrier to rescue their single national from their adversary.

29th.Sep.10. (Wed.) 2120hrs.

Went to Bukit Pelandok with five members of the Gao Assn. to see a sick son of a member of Gao Assn. We started off at about 10am and returned at about 5.30pm. It is a tiring day. We wasted a lot of time in talking nonsense. We had lunch in a restaurant in Sg. Pelek before heading back home.

22nd.Oct.10. (Fri.) 1715hrs.

The new computer is finally with me. With a bit of adjustment, I finally can start it. It seems that the touch curser is very sensitive and thus make it difficult to use.

25th.Oct.10. (Mon.) 0700hrs.

Before the formation of New China there was no "human rights" for the Chinese and the Asians in generat for that matter. The Westerners were supposed to be ruling the world. But now the same people are talking about "human rights" for the Chinese. To my rekoning it is MZD that gave the "human rights" to the Chinese. The rest is nothing but noise makers. The rest of them are nothing but noise makers.

6th.Nov.10. (Sat.) 0735hrs.

The new computer needs to adjust to suit my style. So this done now.

During the gap of time, I had been to Taipei to attend the second world GAO gathering accompanied by EM. Mum could not go because of the timing. The gathering is once in three years. The next one, that is the third one will be held in Henan provice in China in 2013. Henan province is supposed to be the birth place of the Han race of the Chinese population. The actual gathering took place on 31st. Oct. but we arrived there two days before and left one day after.

16th.Nov.10. (Tue.) 0730hrs.

I have been thinking, that, how lucky I am to have the chance to see the 'sick man of Asia' has now recovered and become the strong and healthy man before I close my eyes. Up to last night the Chinese had won 53 gold medals for ahead of the rest. Today the Westerners are comparing the Chinese and the Indians like that of the Hare and the Tortoise in the classic story of the race of 'the Hare and the Tortoise'. The outcome of the race was the tortoise won the race. Of course the story didn't mention the colour of the hare neither the tortoise. I guess the hare must be white while the tortoise is of the normal colour. But this time the race is between the Yellow Hare and Black Tortoise. I bet you the Black Tortoise will never be so lucky.

20th.Nov.10. (Sat.) 0925hrs.

For the last few days life had been peaceful and quiet. By this morning China has got l26 gold far far ahead of that of S.Korea and Japan. The Chinese is also playing with aeroplanes now. In no time they will be manufactruing big planes to compete with the West. All these good tidings make me feel very happy.

22nd.Nov.10. (Mon.) 2155hrs.

There is nothing special to write about my daily life except that in the evenings I took the comuter train to the KL railway station and walked to the Lake Garden for my exercise and on completion walked back to the station and returned home. All that took about two and half hours or three depending how long I have to wait for the train. The next thing is the Black tortoise is far behind the Chinese medal tally in the Asian Games.

25th.Nov.10. (Thu.) 1735hrs.

It is now Northwest monsoon, so it rains every day. It is pouring now. There was nothing special happening for the last few days.

26th.Nov.10. (Fri.) 1415hrs.

Didn't I say wherever the Americans go there will death and misery. Why should there be war exercise when there is no war. Isn't it the cold war is over? It is just that the Americans are not comfortable when there is peace. They need wars to sustain their war machinery. They need wars to show off their ego and their supperiority.

28th.Nov.10. (Sun.) 0930hrs.

Mom is in Penang, she left yesterday for a week-end tour. I checked on the internet news for any news from the Korea peninsula as the US-South Korean war exercise begins. As it is now it looks like the so-called the free world seems to like to creat trouble around the world. Oh yah! I forgot to add this this morning, that the Asian Games had come to a close with 199 gold, 119 silver and 98 bronze medals China should not be called as 'the sick man of Asia' any more. The next target is to become first in the scientific achievement.

2nd.Dec.10. (Thu.) 0510hrs.

(30th Tue.)Kok Art's boss had passed away so we to went to his house at Zooview Garden to pay our last respect. The funeral will be held at 2pm today. He passed away on last Saturday at age ninety. (1st.Wed.)Went to Heng Jin's shop to buy tea and ended up with a Hong Kong style roasted goose and duck lunch at Tmn Maluri,Cheras. Paid by him.

6th.Dec.10. (Mon.) 2213hrs.

There is nothing much to write about my personal life. But I feel that the political atmoshpere in Asia is sort of clouded with war since the unmber one super power declared that it is coming back to this part of the world just recently. During the cold war era we alway pointed our finger towrads the Eastern Block for any trouble but now the cold war is gone and yet the world is still tense with the threat of war. Whose fault is it?. The imperialists and the colonialists are ever ready for war to plunder and killing.

9th.Dec.10. (Thu.) 2125hrs.

The weather is very much cooler due to the North-East monsoon. It rains most of the evenings. I don't do anything except reading the newspapers and surf the net. The world is far from peaceful in spite of people being given the Nobel Peace Prize. The joke is the people who is receiving the award is far from promoting peace. To have a peace of mind is best not to think of anything.

10th.Dec.10. (Fri.) 2130hrs.

Glad to see that a lot of people domestically and internationally support China on the issue of the Nobel Peace prize. People has realised the ploy of the West. Their trickery and bluff do not work like before any more.

15th.Dec.10. (Wed.) 2045hrs.

Everything is going on well, there is nothing to write.

20.Dec.10. (Mon.) 0015hrs.

In this few days it looks like S.Korea is set to have a fight with the N.Korea. The Jap. is also trying to be funning by holding war drill etc.

25th.Dec.10. (Sat.) 1425hrs.

Lazy to write. In the last few days my cough had eased a lot. It is OK now. The dentist took out my left side molar three days ago. A new denture will be decided after three months. The tense situation in the Korean peninsular seemsed to have subsided at least for time being. The S.Korean and the Jap seemed to be very aggressive with the support of hteir ferous master.

28th.Dec.10. (Tue.) 2220hrs.

Went to University Hosp. for appt. for left eye cataract operation. The date is 18th.Jan.2011. I am very lucky to get such a close date. There was a big crowd of patients. I expected the date of operation will be far away but it turned out to be otherwise. I am very happy about it. Went for a bowl of Sa Ho Woun and then to have a foot massage with Lip in SS2.

1st.Jan.11. (Sat.) 0800hrs.

A cool new year morning. Yesterday was declared a holiday because our football team won the South-East Asian cup final so the PM declared a holiday to belebrate. So we are having a cool three-day holidays. You see how fortunate we Malaysians are!

7th.Jan.11. (Fri.) 0740hrs.

Yesterday spent the whole morning in the University Hospital for ECG and other preparation for my left eye cataract operation on the 19.Jan.11. Just only before this I was reading that China had sucessfuly develped the "aircraft carrier killer" missiles from the BBC. I also learnt that China is expanding her millitary might to fight against the American apresence in Asia. How glad I am!

9th.Jan.11. (Sun.) 1030hrs.

Yesterday evening we sent Lip to the airport for Japan for a short computer course. Poverty walks in the main door, happiness jumps out of the window. That is what really hapen in America now. They are no more very civilise now. They start shooting now. What is going to happen later is yet to be seen.

12th.Jan.11. (Wed.) 0030hrs.

The Chinese had successfully flight-tested her J20 stealth fighter plane. I can safely say that China is finally a modern, industrialised and scientific nation. I am glad that it happens during my life time.

16th.Jan.11. (Sat.) 0540hrs.

Cool morning it is very nice. It is a noisy morning with the dog barks and clock alarm ring while the lazy sleeper failed to wake up. Surfed the BBC and CNN.

20th.Jan.11. (Thu.) 1820hrs.

A lot of water had passed though under bridge in the past four days. First the GAO assn. president's second and the last son got married. Attended the wedding dinner at Klang with EM and mum. It was a hundred-table Chinese dinner. Heng Jin and his wife and son were with us in the same table. The occassion happened on 17th. Sunday. Second, went to have my left eye cataract operation, it went on smoothly. This morning went for follow-up check-up. President Hu's visit to US seemed to be very cordial and friendly. It is not as if a war between the two countries is erupting as painted by the medias.

29th.Jan.11. (Sat.) 1848hra.

Eight solid days had gone by without me sritting anything at all. After the left eye operation, went for a series of tests and so I felt too lazy to concentrate in anything. Afterall the world had gone by peacefully or traumatically as normal. This morning went to visit the newly opened bus-station meant for south bound buses. It is an ultra modern bus station located near the Sg. Besi area.

30th.Jan.11. (Sun.) 2100hrs.

The western vultures are overjoyed with the riots in the Middle East region. They love to see troubles eithter or small.

2nd.Feb.11. (Tue.) 1735hrs.

Last night we had a family reunion dinner. To make it a bit unusual so ordered a steamed port leg from the nearby restaurant. The soup was still the favourite. The rest of the dishes were all the same. Next year we will order a Hakka favourite dish for a change. Strange this idea never occurred to us before, only now I feel that the dinner had been monotonous. As usual we will celebrate the Rabbit year as any other CNY.

6th.Feb.11. (Sun.)1740hrs.

Today is the 4th. day of the CNY. Went up to the Silverpark on the First Day of CNY and spent two nights there. The surrounding is well kept but the buildings are in poor conditions. With the JMB doing the maintenance job itself it is hoped that it will be OK. It is rumoured that the strata title will be issued in May this year or so. Plus the property boom is in progress it is hoped that the price of the property there will be OK too. However we should disposed of the unit when the price is right. With about four thousand ringgits of annual maintenance fees we can spend about ten days of holiday up there in the hotel without the hassles.

25th.Feb.11. (Fri.) 2350hrs.

I am glad that I am back again after lighting put off the computer for about twenty days. Lip provided me with the spare one in order for me to pass my time. Well it is quite late now, I will begin writting again when I am really happy.

26th.Feb.11. (Sat.) 1530hrs.

Hope that Col. Gaddafi is not a mere paper tiger. Just prove you are a real hero. Give the mobsters a good fight. Otherwise they may think that a govt. can be toppled just using FaceBook or Internet as suggested by the West.

1st.Mar.11. (Tue.)

Went to govt. clinic at Batu Lima for the routine blood pressure check. The previous blood test results show that Cholesterol is slightly above the tolerable level other than that everything else is OK. Lately with the turmoil in the Middle East the West is try to stir trouble with China with the so-called 'Jasmine revolution" with the Facebook and Twitter ect. I just wonder why they want all teses troubles. What benefits do they expect from it? Or it is their joy in seeing this sort of thing happening in the whole world. Indeed God bless them.

3rd.Mar.11. (Thu.) 1940hrs.

There is nothing to write about my daily life. Read English and Chinese newspapers and the surf the net in both languages. Well, I can say that I know something what is going on in the world. I am not mad but I am glad that Col. Gaddafi is putting down the unplanned and rowdy mob demonstration. Let them learn that just come out shouting for democracy and freedom of speech that pleases the West will do the trick is getting nowhere.

4th. Mar.11. (Fri.) 1835hrs.

I am OK I have had a good day. I am glad to see that Gaddafi is fighting back strongly. Don't let the ruffians see the day.

10th.Mar.11. (Sat.) 0720hrs.

Learnt from the BBC website that a team of BBC reporters had been beaten up by the Libyan solders while trying to reach a war jone area. I think they have now met their match otherwise they think that they are high and mighty.

11th.Mar.11. (Fri.) 0715hrs.

I am glad to read that Col. Gaddafi is putting the 'Facebook revolution' down. How can you allow people using facebook to creat all the trouble. Put them down!!! I salute u Col.

12th.Mar.11. (Sat.) 1845hrs.

Col. Gaddafi is really lucky indeed to have a loyal son who is willing to fight for him. His govt. is more organised to stand the onslaught.

14th.Mar.11. (Mon.) 2205hrs.

There is a lot of praises for the Japanese govertment and the Japanese people on the latest disaster for being calm, orderly and helpful etc.etc. Sorry to say the only memory of the Japanese for me is the unhuman acts they had done to us during the three and eight months of occupation during the WWll. Their behavour is still vividly ingrained in my mind. They are not humans. ingraved in my mind. I have no love for them.

17th.Mar.11. (Thu.) 1430hrs.

I am very happy to learn that Col. Gaddafi is winning. It does not matter how u win the war as along as u win it.

18th.Mar.11. (Fri.) 1635hrs.

It is reported in the Chinadaily.com that France if taking military action against Libya within hours. Well, I hope they get a bloody nose for it.

19th.Mar.11. (Sat.) 0835hrs.

The West imposed no-fly zone in Libya because they wanted to protect the civilian population but in Pakistan the drone killed 38 civilians nobody said anything. Talk about using military force, the West will be too willing to carry it out quickly and deligently.

20th.Mar.11. (Sun.) 0905hrs.

It is a lovely Sunday morning, it is sunny and cool. It is a perfect weather to live in but this will be over after eleven o'clock.

Now it is clear that the so-call rebels in Libya are not the sons of Libyan but agents of foreigh powers. After taking over the power this bunch of people will do no good for the ordinary folks of Libya but to serve the interest of the powers that them in. God bless the ordinary Libyans.

21st.Mar.11. (Mon.) 2315hrs.

While a lot of the Malaysians sympathise and offer help whatever we can to help the Japanese victims of the tsunami, it surprised me to read in the Star that the Japanese govt. anounced that it supports the bombing of Libya. That shows that the Japanese colonial and imperialistic mind-set.

22nd.Mar.11. (Tue.) 1745hrs.

By looking at the Western powers using the air power I hope that China is wise enought to develope better weaponry to counter the West when the time arrives. Don't let them fool us that they are peace loving people. They will eat you up without hasitation whenever they can.

25th.Mar.11. (Fri.) 1810hrs.

l. I notice that the poor South Eastian nations are generously donate money to the wealthy Japanese although they are the victims of the tsunami. I think it would be more beneficial to send more workers to help them to clean up the rubbish if they love the Japanese so much. 2. I think SEX has become the main battle cry for the Malaysian politics. 3. I think the West is really smart because their 'SMART BOMBS' don't kill civillians except the enemies.

31st.Mar.11. (Wed.) 1720hrs.

1. It is a pity that Col. Gaddafi is helpless under the imperialist bombing. He is not like the Gen. Giap of North Vietnam that gave the French and American colonalists a bloody nose that they will remember till the end of the world.

2. The election is round the corner,sex viodeo and sexual elements are widely used to smear the opposition party member.

3. When the Americans soldiers kill the Afgan civilians the explaination is they are young and ignorant and thus is excusable but not other people do it.

4. I thought hacking into other foreign country's computer machine is a smart thing to do, so what is wrong if the Australian PM's parliamentary computer and the foreign and defence ministers' machine are all suspected of being hacked. (China suspected to be CULPRIT - AFP). The real problem is can u do it or not, not whether it is right or wrong.

5th.Apr.11. (Tue.) 1440hrs.

Went to Melaka for Qing Min last Sunday (3rd.Apr.11). It was a pleasant trip. My father grave needs a bit of fill up as the coffin has rotten. We will bring changkul on our next trip. My mother's tombstone appeared to be old and dark. The inscriptons also cannot be seen clearly. I was told that the grave cannot be touched unless on Qing Min day and at the sametime I am thinking that let nature takes its course.

7th.Apr.11. (Thu.) 2250hrs.

Too lazy to write anything.

8th.Apr.ll. (Fri.) 1523hrs.

Mr. Ai WeiWei is only one rotten egg in the Chinese society. The well being of l.3 billion people is more important.

9th.Apr.11. (Sat.) 1345hrs.

Of course they will not apologise whether the bombs kill the freedom fighters or Gaddifi's soldier as long as they are Libyans afterall they asked for it. The Malaysians are really generous lots they even take away the poor school children's pocket money to donate to the victims of the Japanese earth quake and tsunami. The Japanese are so rich and on top of it they have the richest nation as friend to help them. We have alot alot of poor people need help. What a paradox!

14th.Apr.ll. (Thu.) 1800hrs.

I stopped the 'The Star' newspaper with effect yesterday. I am fed-up with it. It is so Western orientated. I keep the Nanyang for news from the Chinese community but it is still unsatisfactory for me because it is belonging to the MCA so it is so bias. With the computer I can get more news from various sources.

16th.Apr.ll. (Sat.) 0840hrs.

I am sure that the West is overjoyed at this time that Middle East and Africa are in turmoil. Now they are fanning trouble for China. During the cold war era the Eatern Block was blamed for creating trouble around the world but now we can see who is the real culprit of the world.

18th.Apr.11. (Mon.) 1720hrs.

Just finished reading the latest news from Lybya. Of course the Lybyans are suffering but whose fault is it? I think that is what the West loves to see. They would be happier to see the Chinese like that.

21st.Apr.ll. (Thu.) 2235hrs.

Whenever I oped my computer I always click on CNN and BBC for the latest news. To my relief I learnt that the WFP( i really don't know what WFP stands for) is feeding the refugees from Libya. How kind they are?!

28th.Apr.11. (Thu.) 1255hrs.

Good news, bad news, too many things happening. So have no heart to write. News from China is encouraging. They are tackling their problems with wits and wisdom. That is all that important.

2nd. May.ll. (Mon.) 2325hrs.

I am unhappy.

12th.May.11. (Thu.) 1830hrs.

Had been busy writing to the three grand children who wanted to know about the story of Jap. occupation of Malaya, the Communist upring and the history of Gao and Han family. Life for me is just the same. Reading newspapers (by the way I have stop subcribing the Star), surfing the net, walk, eat and sleep. Read the Star on line. The weather is very hot and it is forcasted that it will last next September.

16th.May.ll (Mon.) 0430hrs.

Got up at 0400hrs and could not fall asleep again. Wanted to check how serious is the flood in the US in the CNN but not a word on the flood. It was full of middle east and african troubling news, they are gleefully reporting on those subject. That is what they want to happen, so that they will have a field day reporting and taking pictures for exhibition. That is that kind of freedom they want to bring to other people except themselves.

6th.Jun.11. (Mon.) 1655hrs.

Saw a short strip of film on 4th. June on Tiananmen square on CNN. Glad that China quelled the disturbance resolutely.

19th.Jun.ll. (Sun.) 1630hrs.

The official friendly visit of the 23 members of the Singpore GAO assn. ended this morning after a hefty meal of Bak Kut Tae. The 3 days visit was a memorable one. It will foster our friendly relationship. Actually before the mendeka there was only one 'Koh Clansmen Association' for both countries. My father was a member of the assn. Unfortunately his membership certificate was burnt off with his other belongings when he passed away as normal with Chinese custom. I think this is one of the factors that motivated me to initiate the formation of the Koh Clansmen Association of FT and Selangor and finally changed to the "GAO Clansmen of Malaysia". Koh has become GAO because of the Chinese pinying.

20th.Jun.11. (Mon.) 1940hrs.

The weather is very very hot. Went to Brickfied to while away the morning part of the day. Checked the e-mail about half an hour ago and saw Dr.YF's e-mail thanking us for the reception on their visit. Replied immediately.

22nd.Jun.11. (Wed.) 1725hrs.

Went to Dr. Chua the dentist at Subang Parade to fill up my teeth on the left side of the upper jaw. It took three hours to finish the job and cost me two hundred ringgits. Permitted to drink after two hours and six hours eating solid food. At this moment I am feeling damn hungry. He is recommending me to see a specialist in Damansara Perdana for a root canal for another tooth on the right side of the upper jaw. The appointment will at ll o'clock tomorrow.

24th.Jun.11. (Fri.) 0730hrs.

Yesterday, went to see the Root Canal specialist at Damansara Perdana to discuss as to whether the specific tooth can be salvaged or not and the cost. So an appointment is made on Monday 27th. Jun. 2011 to carry out the operation. It rained in the evening and this made the night cooler and more comfortable.

25th.Jun.11. (Sat.) 0830hrs.

Yesterday, went to Sentul Post Office to collect a letter from RHB bank. As the Assn. wanted to close the account with the bank because it is inconvenient for us to use the bank, so it sent us the last cheque to close the account. Stayed home until the evening, took the KTM to Batu Cave to climb the 271 steps for exercise. Took the train from Batu Cantonmen at 1832hrs and retured on 2005hrs train.

26th.Jun.ll. (Sun.) 0520hrs.

This is for yesterday's story. Test-drive on the newly completed 33km stretch of road from Templer Park to Kuala Selangor. It is toll-free for a month. In the evening went to the small garden in Tmn Rainbow for exercise. It was a very hot day.

30th.Jun.ll. (Thu.) 2200hrs

The weather is getting kinder, it is not so hot and it rained quite many times. For the last few days there was nothing worthwile to write about except for my root canal. I have to go back on the 11th. of June to know as to whether the tooth can be saved or not.

1st.Jul.11. (Fri.) 2330hrs.

The weather is very hot today. Stayed at home to rest.

The story of CPC and KMT has been my favourite subject ever since I started to read. Today CPC celebrates its 90th. birthday in a grand scale. Its has every reason to celebrate since it makes China as what it is today while KMT is stil at its old habits of buying destructive weapons from its master to fight their own kind. The KMT have done nothing for the Chinese to be proud of except trumpeting Democracy.

3rd.Jul. ll. (Sun.) 1455hrs.

It is cloudy afternoon. It rained in the morning and it prevented three of us from climbing a small hill in Menjalala near Kepong. We have heard about the hill from many Gao assn. members, so we decided to climb it this morning but alas the rain. If it does not rain this evening then I will go for my usual evening walk in the Kg. Batu area.

5th.Jul.11. (Tue.) 0000hrs.

Mon. weather fine, stayed in doing nothing.

Today, weather fine but not very hot, went to the veteran dept. at the Tabong Haji complex to check the claim of the refund of the cataract lens. It was submitted on 29 Mar. 2011. Told to wait for a while more. Had a one and a half hours nab followed by the usual evening walk.

8th.Jul.11. (Fri.) 1835hrs.

This evening I will not go for the usual evening walk because I spent the morning walking in town.

10.Jul.11. (Sun.) 0445hrs.

Yesterday, it was a quiet day for where I live, stayed at home and clicked on Malaysiakini for news what was happening in town. Went to the Xu Shi assn. for their annual dinner in the evening.

11.Jul.11. (Mon.) 2100hrs.

The day is fine. Went to see the dentist at 1030hrs and was told to come again on 17th. of August. Now have just returned from the evening walk and watching the 8pm Mandarine news and 830pm English news. The angels of death are hovering the Asian sky now, their calls for human souls and blood are getting lounder from day to day. The atmosphere is just like the prelude of the Second World War when the Japanese were accusing other countries of their wrong doings.