Romantic Quotable Quotes

 

I am always fascinated by certain people who could play around with words and come up with inspiring phrases or quotes.

"You make me want to be a better man!" from this weirdo Jack Nicholson, remember..

The other night in the Korean soap opera, I heard another pretty good one. Immediately after the wedding scene between this lovely couple, the lovely wife said to the husband, "Will you still love me just as much when I am an old granny with a head full of white hair". This is what he said, " My love for you now is at its minimum, but by the time you are an grand old granny, it will be at its maximum". Not a bad quote as far as romantic quotes are concerned. Don't you think?

These three nights, my wife has been away in Nexus attending seminar. Out from her schedule, she came back and took the trouble to prepare me special dishes for my dinner. Wow... I was really lost for words.... But I did say to her, "You make me want to be a better husband!". That's my quotable quote....from the bottom of my heart.

Shanghai Experience

I was in Shanghai for three days. But in actual fact, I only spent about 5 hours or so visiting the usual tourist spots all at the night time - Nanjing Pedestrian Walk and Shanghai Beach.

Though the trip was short, I did enjoy the Shanghai food my friends in Shanghai took me to savour in a number of places - Siau Loong Pau, Shanghai dumpling noodle…..I also had a chance to taste the so-called Tian Sia Ti Ik Pau (World No 1 Bund) during the farewell lunch at the 2nd largest restaurant in Shanghai. My friend saw me enjoying it so much that he specially ordered one dozen for me to take back to Sabah. So my wife would have a chance to taste real Shanghai food after all. With regards to the restaurant, it is really huge as far as Sabah is concerned - 4,000 capacity plus another 120 VIP rooms.

While walking with my friend along the Nanjing Pedestrian Walk, I felt a tap at my shoulder from the back. I turned and saw two girls probably age 17-18. They claimed they have not eaten for quite some time and needed money. The fact is they are not beggars but hookers! Further down the walk, another school boy looking lad bumped my friend and asked, “Do you want Massage?”. In my mind, he could be the pimp trying to market his classmates or some girls. Well, this is one side of Shanghai!

I also deliberately chose to go back to the Shanghai Pudong Airport by taking the Shanghai Maglev Train with a traveling speed of 400 Km/hr. For just RMB40, it was worth every cent of it.

Weren't We Young Then

Back then in 1973. Weren't we young then! Recognize any of us?

Cheers to 32 Years Friendship

Cheers to 32 years of friendship.

32 Years Friendship

They are some of our uni-mates whom we got to know when I first entered MU in 1973. The strong bond of friendship developed because of the 5th College Christian Fellowship which we all joined back then. This is how we look some 32 years later.

Spaghetti for Dinner

Spaghetti for dinner. Wished you could join us. Doesn't it look yummy !

Little Chair Big Elephant

Funny pic I'll use for my Praise Kids object lesson.

A Person of Immense Faith

Thursday, 4 August, I attended the funeral service of a church friend whom I knew since the late 60’s during the youth days. She died of stomach cancer. At the time of her death, she had undergone two operations to have her stomach totally removed.

In the eulogy delivered by her sister, she was quoted to have said at her final moment of her life, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day”. She was also quoted to have said, “Whatever path the Lord wants me to take, I would take it faithfully”. She also planned her funeral before she died.

This is truly a person of immense faith.

Fulfilling Unfulfilled Dream

Last Sunday, we said farewell to Oliver Chew. He would be leaving the next day to KL for a 5-year course in Medicine in IMU. His determination to go through another 5 years of study in a university is unbelievable. He had earlier completed a 4-year course in UMS for a BSc in Chemistry and then worked for more than a year. By the time he finished medical school, he will be at least thirty years old.

His reason for doing this is that he has always wanted to be a doctor. He is doing it to fulfil an unfulfilled dream!

Report About Melbourne from Sabah Connection

Last night in Tong Hing Supermart, I saw a girl whom I was very sure I met somewhere before. I just couldn't recall. Finally, she came over and said, "Uncle, Auntie, remember me, Loy". In that instance, I remember.

She told us she has a wonderful time in Melbourne spending one month there. She met up with Sam, Paul and Julius. She has great admiration for Melbourne. According to her, that's the best place she has ever been. Her comment: It's a place where anything you want is available and things are fresh.

We'll be there one day of course not forgetting Newcastle. That's also a must for us to go. Sydney as well. Now, we'll have better reason to go. Serene and MH will be there soon.

The Girls are Missing Sam

This afternoon, I went to Innotech to look up for Ar. Shim to sign some Forms for our house OC. It has been quite awhile since we last met. His very first statement was "Hey, how is Sam, when is he coming back? All the girls in the office are missing him, the handsome lad!".

Wow, that cool guy is hot even for such a short stint !

Guggenhein

The other night, National Geographic showed this unique architecture in the Mega structure series. The Guggenhein by Frank Gehry. The aesthetic is truly one of the kind. The structural framing is also the first in the world if I am not wrong. No one single major supporting structural member is the same. Each is different to match the contour and shape. According to the commentator, this building could not have been built 20 years ago due to the lack of powerful computer to do the analysis, design and drafting.

Businessman

We have a client that reminds me of what is a businessman. Normally, businessmen create a business out of demand. This chap I talk to creates business out of a problem.

If you see a stretch of a river bank being eroded, you will naturally think that's a government's job to fix it. Not this man. He saw the problem, he decided to approach the right kind of people to convert his idea in the form of technical and financial proposals. With the proposals, he approached the right people to present it and ultimately convinced the paymaster (the government in this case) to accept it. Then he has a contract. That's how he makes his money. Of course, we are also fortunate to get business acting as his consultant along the way. Our job is to help him to put his idea into legible proposal.

But then, this kind of business needs a lot of patience. It might take a long time from the time he gets the idea until he finally is awarded the contract - three years or even longer!

The thing is, he knows how to turn a problem into a business venture. Of course, it still boils down to demand. In this case, there was a need to get the problem fixed before irreparable damage is caused to the river bank.

Cutting Chilli

The other Sunday morning. we drove north to Kota Belud again. My wife finally got her nyiru. We bought more than 2 Kg of crabs (12 nos in all), tapioca and 1/2 kg of green chilli.

I spent the afternoon preparing the crabs and cutting up the green chili for the pickled chili. I cut the chilli without any protective glove and just bare hands. At that time, hardly any hot feeling. But by the time I finished, the hot sensation started to kick in and persisted for the rest of the day. Wow..........not a nice feeling. A good lesson to learn. Never cut a lot of chili without some kind of protection to your bare hands!

Mini Reunion Breakfast

Breakfast at the Side Porch just before MH and Serene left to catch the flight at 7.50am on 1 July 2005

Submersible Bridge

Submersible bridge across upstream of Padas River. 36 nos. 1.4m dia pipe culvert linked together. Another civil engineering feat!

Mini Reunion Dinner

Mini reunion meal with MH and Serene. MH couldn't be in because he was the cameraman !

STS Lecturers Residential Apartment

STS Lecturers Residential Apartment. The Tsen family used to stay here.

Babagon Dam

Paul, this is Babagon Dam. You might have to design a dam one day!

STS Student Hostel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Sam, what do you think of the architecture ?