The Chinese New Year celebration started early for most of us this year as we prepared for the SFA Annual Dinner @ Pay Fong Hall which coincidentally we managed to fill by as much as 750 pax ! Kudos to the organising Chairman Victor Kwong and our Alumni Secretary Phillip Tay for a job excellently done.
This amount of paying dinner guests must honestly be the most successfull dinner tables sales for the alumni since for ever.The occasion was made more memorable with the contribution of Mr.Casimir Santiago and KL Chong with the help of their Class of 1973 old boys who managed to raise RM 63,000 this night for the Alumni and school.
This year for a change we had the school military band playing earnestly for the dinner invitees at the entrance whilst the evening pale light turned dark outside,for the moon had begun her daily ritual turn to light up the night's black. Inside the dinner venue though, the invitees were gaily serenaded by the melodies of the yester year as there were performers within the hall as well. This smooth and successful dinner was indeed a proud moment for all Franciscans in attendance. My 4 tables were centred around the side of the hall thus enabling me to concentrate more this year on our friends and relatives who came to support this event. Joey and her parents plus baby Nicole with Ariff, John zing & Michael Tan from S'pore; Michael Banerji took one table for his staff and was suitably impressed with our efforts as he can see the dinner grow year on year.
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| Class of 1973 visiting SFI during SFA Annual Dinner 2012 |
Also on our table were Francis Koh & Ignatius who was also suitably taken up with the crowd which impressed him no end as in the previous years, he admitted it was difficult to make up even 25 tables !
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| Baby Nicole Utheya Kumaran & Grandad. |
As usual when the New Year comes around , it is customary for us to do our visiting to my wife's relatives and my mom's sister's house. This year, with utheya married, there is another extension to the clan that we'll need to add into the itinerary calendar for visiting. The Families get together is a joyous occasion greeted yearly with exuberance for the collection of Red packets by the young children; followed by another occasion for the adults to gamble with friends and family whilst laying back and enjoying the sumptuos food and dishes the many family chefs concoct for us to indulge in throughout the occasion.
This year is also special as Shoryn's 16th Birthday will be celebrated during the holidays with our aunties and uncles and family @large for once as everyove will be around to help her blow her cake!
Lucky Girl.
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| Shoryn's 16th Birthday Cake celebrated @ Kampong Lapan house during 2nd day of CNY. |
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| Chocolate Cake bought by Utheya |
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The Yap, Balan & Wong Family members
celebrating Shoryn's 16th Birthday together. |
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| Caught camwhoring ! |
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| Cousins get together @ Anderson's home |
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| Michelle's nephews and nieces |
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| Anderson Wong and daughter Angeline @ their home |
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| Eugene guarding the Cutey pie |
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| CNY 1st visit to Michelle's aunt Doreen's house |
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| The CNY Festive red packet collection. |
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| Zachary Wong |
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| Queing up for red packet @ Francis Koh's house |
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| Queing up for Ang Pow's ! |
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| Ben Raj (Francis Koh's son -in -law) & I shooting the breeze |
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In the house of Francis Koh @ Bachang,Melaka
where the entire clan congregates
without fail every year |
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| Chandra Segaran & Natalie |
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Stir fried Lala in shallots and ginger with
Baby Octopus in tomato/chili ketchup |
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Nasi lemak kukus.
Some admittedly stuffed themselves with 5 packets before the rest of the food arrived.
It was that good ! |
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| Social card games with his best friends @ Utheya's new house in Taman Semabok |
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| Eugene and his mom @ Muara Sg.Duyung Ikan Bakar for dinner on 2nd day of CNY. |
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| Mom In-Law, Magdelene and grandchild, Zachary hitting the nasi lemak with gusto |
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Michelle's 4th Yee - who was solely responsible for the yearly incredible Lunch dishes
she serves our entire clan @ her home in Bukit Rambai |
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| Some note worthy dishes include the succulent Jenak fish stimed with asam and vegetables |
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My Mom, kids & I ravenously attacking the homemade sumptuous dishes in the large,corpulent double storey kitchen. |
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| Check out the fishing rods in the background. |
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| Braised Pork and Duck Meat with homemade vinigrated chili dip |
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Another kampong style prawn lemak with red chilies and red onions.
Very smooth and earthy, almost deliciously creamy
and dreamy |
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Chinese Chap Chai Vegetables
(Mix vegetables with meat & seafood slices) |
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Peppered Broth with Quail Eggs,Fish Balls and Spare Parts.
Excellent ! |
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| Vinigrated Chili with Sauteed Coconut fillings and spices |
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My Kids and Daughter in law in my aunties place in Kampong Lapan
waiting for dinner to be served . |
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