Northern Lions : May-17

Northern lion dance was close to my heart as that was the type I learnt when i started off 32 years ago!

This year, Adrian managed to revive four Singapore Northern lions and arranged a day of performance during Vesak day.  He warmly welcomed us, the Alumni brothers, to join the event and thus five of us turned up to enjoy the fun.  For me, it was a day of Northern lion drumming and music, a nice refresh of the good old days where we had so many Northern lion performances.

Old 'boys'!

Luke and me

Triple birthday celebrations : Apr-17

Hong, Ally and Thea birthdays are all close together from End-Apr to Early-May, as such, Dor 'killed 3 birds with 1 stone' and celebrates them all in one big event!  And FYI, this was Thea's 1st birthday celebration!

They booked a chalet and a BBQ pit at the newly renovated NTUC downtown east and we started off with a BBQ feast first before moving back to the chalet for the cake cutting. It must had been more than 20 years since my last BBQ session at the chalet, how time had past so quickly.

Fond memories working in Melbourne : Apr-17

I was glad to have the opportunity to work in Melbourne for 6 months but even happier to finally end my assignment there victorious, marking a good episode in my career story.  Below were some of my fond memories while working there, and particularly grateful to be able to meet with some old friends while I was there.

Mark brought me to Australia Football on my last weekend in Melbourne

Suelyn joining me during my last week in Melbourne

Dinner with Suman and family in Sydney.

Dinner with Mark and Neil at the highest point in Sydney, a revolving  restuarant.

A walk to the Parramatta river from Ermington GSK site.

The short walk to Parramatta river 

One of my favourite dish in Melbourne, Sharkfin! :P

This is my favourite Japanese restaurant in Melbourne, the boss even knows me!

Kevin, a old friend whom i knew from work back in Singapore, now living in Melbourne.

My farewell dinner with the GSK colleagues.

The beautiful garden in Boronia GSK site where there are so many types of birds.

The IT team when we went live with the new SAP system.

A sea of cloud on my way to Melbourne 

The impressive state library in Melbourne.

One of the most stressful moment to resolve a IT critical issue in Boronia.

Dinner with Stef and Family

A nice rainbow welcoming me to Melbourne on my first assignment trip.

Farewell lunch for Felicia.

Caught up with Jamie, a great old friend and mentor I knew back in Singapore.

Visiting my hobby ukulele store in Melbourne.

Shin Yang visits me at Melbourne : Mar-17

Having to spend almost half of my time working here in Melbourne alone since last Nov was not fun at all.

I got Qiqi accompanying me here in January and during this March holidays, I had arranged for Shin Yang to come over this time.  I rented a car and fetch her from the airport on a Friday evening.  Frankly, I was so much happier to see her here and got her company.  Coincidentally, there was also a public holiday that Monday which granted us a long weekend to go around Melbourne.  That weekend, we drove to Great Ocean Road, Yarra Valley and also visited Stephanie at her place for dinner.  I had never enjoyed the place this much since working here for almost 5 months.  Of course  having someone important beside you definitely made the difference.  I also took my camera and tripod along this time and we are able to capture quite a few beautiful shots for both of us.

12 Apostles and hardly any one yet!

Ice-cream under the hot sun