What's new in this picture?

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Hey Babe!
What's new in this picture? (;
Chun or not?

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The clock!

Sistas

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 Here are the 2 kid sistas Gail and Babe in black during CNY. Goofing off. Cute no?

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Another one.

Baby Name: Eve/Eva/Ava/Hava/Chava

Original Meaning: Life (Hebrew)

Chinese Bible translation: 夏娃
Literal translation: Summer Baby


Babe suggested: Tiger Lily


Any other suggestions?

Encouragement for Malaysia

Psalm 92

A Psalm. A Song for Shabbat.

¹ It is good to praise the LORD
       and make music to your name, O Most High,
² to proclaim your love in the morning
       and your faithfulness at night,
 ³ to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
       and the melody of the harp.
 ⁴ For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
       I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
 ⁵ How great are your works, O LORD,
       how profound your thoughts!
 ⁶ The senseless man does not know,
       fools do not understand,
 ⁷ that though the wicked spring up like grass
       and all evildoers flourish,
       they will be forever destroyed.
 ⁸ But you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
 ⁹ For surely your enemies, O LORD,
       surely your enemies will perish;
       all evildoers will be scattered.
 ¹⁰ You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox;
       fine oils have been poured upon me.
 ¹¹ My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
       my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
 ¹² The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
       they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
 ¹³ planted in the house of the LORD,
       they will flourish in the courts of our God.
 ¹⁴ They will still bear fruit in old age,
       they will stay fresh and green,
 ¹⁵ proclaiming, "The LORD is upright;
       he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."

Proverbs 10

 ²⁴ What the wicked dreads will overtake him;
       what the righteous desire will be granted.
 ²⁵ When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
       but the righteous stand firm forever.
 ³⁰ The righteous will never be uprooted,
       but the wicked will not remain in the land.

Hey Kid! You're Looking Good!

Art!

For the full article, read here. Wish I could be there to see the whole lot.

The Right to Offend - The Guardian

I agree wholeheartedly with this article.

So now you know how I think.

View of Balik Pulau

This is a panorama from a series of pictures taken from the peak of Jalan Tun Sardon on the way to Balik Pulau. Taken on 15th June 2009, on the way to celebrate my birthday, with my wife, parents, babe, sam & lyndsey.

 

Lu-ver-ly, no?

Penang Guitar Festival

The Penang Guitar Festival was held on 29th August 2009. Details here.

Brian asked me to be the token bass player for this "guitar" festival thing, and after some hesitation, I agreed.

I gave a workshop on playing the bass by ear, at least that's what I think I blathered about during that one hour. Here's a picture of me during that workshop.



And I played two songs for the night concert. It was supposed to be 3 songs, but I had to cut one off because the whole concert was running over-time. Here's a photo from the performance.



Then the videos. Not really proud of them. I was nervous and my hands were cold. But they'll do:






There's hope at least that it brought me a few seconds of fame.

Pretty Women ....

Some time back I had a CD or cassette of Sondheim's music from Broadway. At that time I did not know who Sondheim was and where his music was played. But that record was really jazzy and mellow. Wonder where it is now, maybe Abe would know. But this one song always had my attention. On the plane from San Francisco to Hong Kong, I watched Sweeney Todd and then I found out how this song came to be.

Pretty Women
by Stephen Sondheim
from Sweeney Todd

Pretty women
Fascinating...
Sipping coffee,
Dancing... pretty women
Pretty women
Are a wonder.
Pretty women!

Sitting in the window or
Standing on the stair
Something in them cheers the air.

Pretty women
Silhouetted...
Stay within you,
Glancing... stay forever,
Breathing lightly...
Pretty women,
Pretty women!

Blowing out their candles or
Combing out their hair,
Even when they leave
They still are there.
They're there

Ah! Pretty women, at their mirrors,
In their gardens,
Letter-writing,
Flower-picking,
Weather-watching.
How they make a man sing!

Proof of heaven as you're living,
Pretty women! Yes, pretty women!
Here's to pretty women,
Pretty women,
Pretty women,
Pretty women

[update]
I remember now. It is this CD.


Abe, what happened to it?
Anyone want to get it for me? Here. My birthday is 15th June.

X-rated Ad on FB

Saw this ad on Facebook today. It's in Malay, I'm guessing that's how it got past the censors. Too bad for you who do not understand.