[??1286] Parkway Parade:
big fat reunion in Bangkok >20 years after they first came over from Thailand to live with us in Singapore =)
[121104] Si Phaya, Bangkok:
[131104] Surawongse, Bangkok:
Noi, Mee & Phusit asked us if e elephant was still around. sis & I were so stunned that they could still remember it....
parents brought this teak elephant carving back from Thailand around 1977 (I think). e 6 of us kids treated it as our giant toy, climbing all over it, trying to lift it, riding it etc until both tusks fell out several times & had to be superglued back repeatedly. sis was so shocked when they asked if she still remembered how she once proclaimed it her 'birthday cake' & tried to slice it, incurring my dad's wrath. I couldn't recall such an incident - only remember us getting into absolute deep shit after Phusit once toppled it over, crushing a blue '2-by-3 unit' rectangular Lego block....
first thing we did when we got home from Changi airport was to inspect e elephant, now standing guard at e front door. & true enough, like what they'd recounted, e 'scars' were there on e left ear....
~1.5 months later e tsunami hit Noi's workplace in Krabi on e day I flew back from Chieng Rai. took about 2-3 weeks before we finally got news that he was safe. so glad that we'd met up despite all my mum's ai mai ai mai-ing & bird flu fears.
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hi huaying
it's mae.. sorree.. i din open my mail til now. and no, i'm not using that mail anymore. reach me on msn at blue_gem24@yahoo.com ;)
yes u still look the same.. as for me.. there is no longer a may n ivan.. wat's new rite? ;) still in NTU.. gonna fin my PhD soon (if i can find enough strength to somehow hang on and fin my expt despite problematic equipment and still produce a credible thesis).. dunno how i'll manage but i guess i hv to. ;)
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