CNY Visit

Sun 2 Feb 2025

We were at Taman Kinabalu at 12 PM for lunch with the Chen family. It has been many years (during our school days) since our last CNY visit.

Lee & Chen family

End of the Year Events

Mon 9 Dec 2024

We had dim sum lunch with uncle Bala and uncle Chen. The last time the Lee, Chen and Bala families were together must have been when we were kids.

(L-R) Aunty Rey, Yuenie, uncle Bala, mummy, Bikia, papa, me, aunty Linda, uncle Chen

Tues 10 Dec 2024

As Beh Ling was not back on time for yesterday’s lunch, we had another teatime gathering at the Club. We celebrated Bikia’s birthday in advance with a Happy Reunion cake (forgot to tell Yuenie to change to happy birthday wording).

(L-R) Yuenie, aunty Chen, Beh Ling, uncle Bala, uncle Chen, aunty Rey, me, mummy, Bikia, papa

With Bikia, Yuenie and Beh Ling

With Bikia, Beh Ling and the Happy Reunion cake

Wed 11 Dec 2024

Today, it was lunch at Taman Fortuna with aunty Su Lee.

(L-R) Papa, me, mummy, Bikia, Beh Ling, aunty Su Lee

Sun 29 Dec 2024

We were at the Club for the annual Christmas lunch. We enjoyed the Christmas lunch consisting of sausages, ham, mashed potato, spaghetti and salad. For dessert, it was fruit cake with evaporated milk.

(L-R) Doris (Barnabas's wife), mummy, me, aunty Sia, aunty Lily

(L-R) Chin Liang, Dr. Senthuran, KC Wong, papa

 

April Visit

It has been many years since we drove over to Taman Kinabalu to visit the Chen family. Ah Yu Di (Yuenie) had contacted me a few days ago and suggested a family gathering which I readily agreed to. As mummy and papa had no objection, we agreed on Sat 20 April 11 AM for the visit.

Went out to Taman Fortuna to buy nasi lemak, curry puff (vegetarian and non-vegetarian version) and herbal eggs for our brunch gathering. The gate was opened when we arrived and we drove in and parked the car. Aunty Linda was the first to hug mummy as she got out of the car. Then uncle Chen also gave her a hug. Both of them looked exactly the same as when we last saw them (probably 15 years ago or more). 

Family photos on 20 April

Aunty Linda still goes for her weekly Patrick Saloon visit on Sunday morning. I was wearing Beh Ling's blue blouse and like old times, Ah Yu Di is slightly envious as she has no sibling to share clothes with. She is working as a physio therapist and does not have a fixed working hour. Uncle Chen is as kind-hearted and considerate as he was in the past. He once said the 3 of us (mummy, Beh Ling and I) are 3 sisters when we took our CNY photo as their place many years ago.

Easter Weekend

Beh Ling and Abikia was back for 29 March Good Friday weekend to celebrate mummy's birthday. We started the busy weekend with a family call on Saturday morning to discuss on the plans for KK June visit.

Then we went out for Saturday lunch at the Club consisting of fish, vegetables and rice. For dessert, we had cheese cake which aunty Su Lee gave us in the morning. 

We went over to aunty Su Lee's place just before 6 PM to pick her up and went for Italian dinner at Grazie, next to Mercure Hotel. There was only a tight parking spot available and Abikia was able to manoeuvre the car into the tiny spot. Dinner consisted of Grazie salad, ravioli, spaghetti carbonara and pizza. The food was delicious (RM208). The tiramisu birthday cake was for mummy and my birthday celebration. We would definitely be coming here for future birthday celebrations :) 

The next day aunty Su Lee made a big bowl of delicious red bean soup for us. Each of us had several servings. 

For Monday dinner, Abikia cooked spaghetti carbonara and made a small batch for aunty Su Lee. She had mentioned that she loves spaghetti during our Saturday dinner so it was a perfect gift for her. Beh Ling went with him to deliver the spaghetti and returned her serving bowl.

CNY

We went out for lunch at the Club on Sat 3 Feb. It took some time for mummy to walk from the car to the dining room but at least she is able to walk on her own with the help of her walker. Aunty Jocelyn Chung chit-chat with us while we had our nasi lemak and hor fun lunch.

For the festive occasion, Beh Ling brought back lots of snack food. Needless to say, we had lots of post-meal snacks and chat sessions.

Reunion dinner was on Fri 9 Feb and our visiting chef Abikia did his magic to feed the hungry family. 

The next day, we had our CNY call with Austin family. Rain's floppy hair-do is something which would not have been allowed for Malaysian students. 

After the family call, we went to the Club for CNY lunch. This year it was just a simple photo shoot session at the Club.

The 3 of us were at Sutera Harbour on 11 Feb, after both parents have gone to bed. It was the enjoy the light breeze and night scenery at the hotel.