Good bye Gothenburg!

The last 4 months have been really fruitful, met some wonderful colleagues and friends. Definitely a very memorable 4 months in my life!

Gothenburg Fets (Gothenburg Kultur Kala) 13th-18th August 2008

For some reasons, I have the habit of being around when the annual Gothenburg fest is held. I was here during 2004, 2007 and 2008. ;) The week-long festival feature concerts, out-door discos, food fest and end with a colourful and cultural-diverse parade.

Makan session #2

Makan session #2, this time round bak kut teh. Present were Kim, Aiden, Yiling, Chiao Ling, Shyun and Hooi Ching. ;)

Makan session!

We had a makan session with Kim, Adrian, Shyun and Yi Ling at my place - on the menu are Char Been Hoon (courtesy of Kim), curry chicken (courtesy of Aiden) and dessert is green pea soup (courtesy of Kim!) Yummy!

Center of attention...

Father and daughter

Mei Jun and her giant friend

Mei Jun and her giant neighbour friend - he's 1 week younger than Mei Jun but looks as if twice her size! Amazing.

Malaysian in Sweden Gathering (18th - 20th July)

Malaysian Gathering at a Stuga in Orebro. Many people showed up.

Back row, left to right: Shareen, Anita, Valerie and son Oscar, Kim, Shirlene, Reida? Tena, Cindy, Shu, Aida, Josephine, Angela, Geok Mei.

Front frow, left to right: Kenneth, Fredrik and son Noah, Johan, Anita's husband, Chris the 11-year-old, Jonas, Harris the 16-year-old, Cindy's husband, Bengt, Jonas, Peter and Danny.

Geek joke....

Prince of Tennis - nice work brother!

Mei Jun miscellaneous...

daddy says reading is good...so I'll be a good girl and read whenever I can.....
but daddy...I think it actually tastes better than it looks! yummy.....*munch* *munch*
what you looking at?

are you looking at me? hold me up! hold me up! I wanna play....

Mei Jun learns how to turn

Mei Jun learns how to turn, barely a few days more than 3 months. A giant leap in her growth!

How much do leaves grow in a week?

Summer in full swing

Mum will be glad to see such a beautiful blossom.

Stockholm weekend trip (16-18 May 2008)

Took a trip to Stockholm last weekend, to attend Eric's 40th birthday party and see some old friends and of course play some badminton. Train journey was comfortable though it was a bit expensive (SGD250 return trip) and almost 5 hours one-way!

To My Beloved Mei Jun

Dear Mei Jun,

I am sorry daddy can't be by your side for a while, daddy got to work. But my sweetheart, there is no single day passes by without daddy missing you. And daddy will come home soon, though only for a while, but oh my sweetheart, how daddy misses you.

Your daddy.

Touching

Why does she looks so glum?

Mei Jun getting her first jab - she's a brave girl, didn't cry too much! Still need mummy's soothing though. (This happened 30th April btw)

Something to think about

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/13/content_8156866.htm

The chinese leader has really done a great job in carrying across the image of a caring and down-to-earth leader. And all these is on-top of him being one of the least paid leaders in the world (see link below). This compels me somehow to make comparison to the world's highest-salaried leaders, and the links below say it all.

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/BLOYJScUS9s/ (Mandarin)
http://forum.channelnewsasia.com/viewtopic.php?t=148771&postdays=0&postorder=desc&start=10 (English)

In Göteborg

3rd day now in Göteborg - still very much in settling down mode. Moved into a company apartment - the apartment is at this super central location, with windows overlooking the Gotaplatsen and Kungsportsevenyen - the equivalent of Orchard Road in Goteborg. Will be here for at least 4 months. Missing Mei Jun and family will be tough - but let's see how it goes. I'll make use of this time to accomplish things that I always wanted to do but didn't do.


Trademark fountain in Gotaplatsen

The apartment I've just moved in
Gorgeous weather now in Goteborg - 20+ degress. Rare, my colleague says: Enjoy while it lasts!

Mei Jun went shopping!

Mei Jun sure likes to go shopping - she'll look up and down, left and right and she likes to be chauffered around. ;) So much fun in shopping!

More baby photos!

My shaven Mei Jun!

Mei Jun got shaven - so she now looks like this (this picture is taken a week ago, just 3 days after she was shaven

Gathering at Prive

Mei Jun's (美钧) photos

Baby born!

After about 10 hours of labour, our lovely baby girl arrives to this world!

She weighs 3.215kg, measures 52cm in length. And she already showed us a glimpse of her curious and inqusitive nature - she just couldn't wait to open her eyes right from the first few minutes of her birth.

True happiness!

From a very proud father and husband.

CNY lou sang dinner with colleagues

Gotten the car!

Dinner at Wallin's home

Been invited for dinner at Eric and Keng Ling's really cozy house near Skogskryrkngarden (please don't ask me to pronounce this....). Eric is such a great cook.... we had reindeer meat and wild mushroom for dinner - fabulous wild gaming sensation, and of course not to forget the french loft topped with caviar for appetizer. Also attended the dinner was Colombo and Daneil. Followed by the dinner was long chat into the night - and we had to be driven home because there's no more train...

Thanks again Eric and Keng Ling!

Back in IPX (Fredrik Ruben Farewell party)

Back to IPX office to visit my good old colleagues. Fredrik Ruben is back from America and has quitted IPX for other greener field. (Didn't manage to get too much pictures, guess was too busy drinking and talking). But seems like PS3 Singstar and Nitendo Wii are big things in Sweden. Nitendo Wii is truly fun to be played in a big group.

IMT 3.0 Course mate

From left around the table:
Milan (Hungary), Vlad (Russia), Zoli (Hungary), Monticha (Thailand), Gerardo (Venezuela), Amoura (Canadian in Saudi), Jean Paul (Venezuela).

Back in Stockholm

Back in Stockholm for IMS training after my last trip one year ago. Not exactly the best time to visit. Temperature at around 2-5 degrees and it's almost dark all the time due to the short day time, heard it's one of the warmest winter ever in Stockholm (sigh! Global warming...)

Tong Leong, is that you?

Saw this person on TV, look very much like one of my old friend. ;)