Naked you come naked you go
1.The chinese has a proverb " Sen pui tai lai Si pu tai chi" which means you dont bring anything when your are born and you dont bring back anything when you die. The english proverb say naked you are born and naked when you go or die.
2.We are all born naked and when we die we cannot bring anything back to heaven or to hell. Of course if we go to heaven we dont need to bring anything with us from earth. Heaven have far more things than we need.
3.Go to hell, but hell is a burning place no day and no night. Anything we bring also kena burnt.Some people are born with a silver spoon. It means someone born to a rich family and he or she has plenty. Some accumulate wealth on earth so much in his life time ! But when you dies you cant bring even a cent with you. Whatever you have you leave behind to your loved one.
4.So whatever money you have be right with the purpose. The purpose of money is meant for exchange for service and goods. Money is meant for us to spend. Some people say money is the root of all evil. It is not correct. The love of money is the root of all evil.
5.Money is just the means of exchange. Make use of the money to enjoy life and spend it wisely. Unnecessary accumulating of money without purpose is meaningless. At the end of the day you cannot bring a cent with you when you go. So be content with what you have. Spend it and enjoy life here.
6.There was a man who loved money to the extent that he dont trust even his loved one. He work and work and save and save until the day when he was about to die. He accumulated a sum of $300,000.00 Because the money he saved was from the hard sweat and work he clinged fast to the money. He do not trust his wife and children. He was stingy with his family. He wanted to bring along the money even in his death.
7.So just before he dies he assigned his 300k to three of his most trusted person in his life. He entrusted $100,000.00 to his pastor, $100,000.00 to his family doctor and the last $100,000.00 to his lawyer and asked each of them to fulfil his will. He instructed them to put the money into his coffin at the last minute before the family member pushed him into the burner.
8.In short he wanted his money go with him to the next world!Jialat!
9.On the day he was about to be pushed into the burner to be cremated, the three entrusted person came to visit him. Each one carry an envelope containing the money and just before the family say their last prayer, the three of them put the envelope into the coffin and witnessed him pushed into the burner and cremated.
10.Job done the three of them adjourned to a coffee shop to have a drink. While they were sipping coffee the pastor felt guilty and confessed to the two of them. He told the two of them that his envelope contained only $90.000.00 and he has taken $10,000.00 but it was for a good purpose. He had used the 10k to donate to charity when his church was short in raising fund for the tsunami victims.
11.After he has confessed, the doctor say he too has taken $50,000.00 to help the poor patients of his who were sick and needed the money for medical and operation expenses. He felt the need to help the poor patients that came to see him for help to seek medical treatment. Both of them felt they were doing good deeds and did not really cheat his money.
12.The lawyer after hearing the two of them scolded them. He scolded the pastor for taking 10% and the doctor for taking 50% of the man's money. He told them that he as a lawyer fulfil the man's wish. He put in his envelope a cheque of $100,000.00 exactly no more and no less. The lawyer only exchanged his cash with the cheque!!!
He is most honourable!!!
open your eyes
Thursday, April 24, 2008
9:16 PM
Hokkien proverbs
This are some hokkien languages passed down from generation.When I was small I heard my grandmother saying to my uncles and aunties. Their hokkien was deep in meaning.As a young boy I could not understand what they were talking.So sometime I would quietly asked my grandma for the meaning.She would patiently explained to me why the words was spoken.
In today generation in spore, our children were bi lingua in english and mandarin.The dialect was not taught and at most just basic. Many of the chim(deep) hokkien words in time come will be lost.
This is one example of hokkien words. Pang pui (hokkien words for passing gas).Sometime our friend will say that he will do this and do that.When we dont believe that he will fulfil what he say we just say "pang Pui" or remind him or her "mind pang pui"! Or in english dont "talk cock" It simply means just talk only or "bull shit". Y pang pui and not pang sai.
Ah! "pang Sai" or in english "shit" has another meaning also. Pang sai is just shit. But when you compare with chicken shit and chicken lay egg there is a great meaning. Very often we heard old generation people say "pang kuai ren boh lah pang sai teo wu". It means lay egg dont have lay shit have! Lay egg it can be eaten and has value.Egg is a present. Lay shit it is smelly and messy. It bring dirtiness.It brings problems for people. It brings burden. When some relative come from far away and visit us we expect them to bring presents or good things to us. But when they came empty handed and bothered us to sponser them fed them and housed them that is a burden to us.Not only we have to lose our time entertained them but kena pocket burnt one hole. So we can say come over and " pang kwai ren boh lah pang sai teo wu"!
My birthday is near.Everytime my wife will say " your birthday come I bring u to this restaurant to eat or to that restaurant to eat. I blanja. Never mind I pay I got money. I buy u ticket go bali or go japan holiday.We two enough.We muay muay! On the day it come and passed but nothing happened. I year past two year past and it is the same "jianji" malay word for promise. I now called her pang pui everytime she repeat those words. Those sweet words lay golden eggs only during courtship or the 1st or 2nd year after kawin. 3rd yr onwards I tell you whoever have ear let him or her hear! More often than not pang pui 1 lah........
* Giving a key chain as present is not amounting to an egg. Of course a gold chain or a silver ring is a different story.! Those have eye to see let him see. Have ear to hear let him hear! amen!
open your eyes
Monday, April 21, 2008
3:58 AM
A strange encounter
1.Once upon a time I was living in Tampines Ave 1 Blk 801. One night after my 2nd shift duty I was returning home from work with my wife. It was past midnight. On reaching the carpark we alighted from our car and started walking towards the lift.
2.As we were walking towards the lift we noticed a man was walking ahead of us about 10-20 feet apart. He appeared to be a malay man because we noticed he was wearing songkok.
3.As we neared the lift, the man walked into the lift ahead of us. We hurried ahead when I saw the lift door closing. I pressed the button door to open the lift so as not to miss it. Just in time the door open before it could moved off.
4.Both of us entered the lift immediately. When we were in the lift it closed. My wife looked at me and I looked at her speechless! We were stunt and for a few seconds I saw my wife face turned pale.
5.I took on a brave face to cheer her up. I opened my mouth and joked openly saying where is the man that entered the lift with us. I told my wife how come this man become invisible when we clearly saw him entered infront of us.
6.Because two of us were together I was more brave! I uttered to the invisible man saying " hello dont play play ah wait I call the Police". My wife hand then hold onto my hand and I could felt it was as cold as ice cube! I thought ghost hand is cold but my wife hand turned cold instead.
7.As the lift reached the 10 floor it stopped. But the door did not open. Jialat. My wife got frozen and hugged onto me tightly until I could not breath. Lucky the light did not goes off.
8.I pressed the button a few more time but the door remained closed. She then pressed the emergency bell. But it was past midnight no resident response! Staying in the lift overnight is not a problem since both of us got company. Maybe we can make love in the lift! very romantic! We were togother just a few weeks and our love life still very chio(hot lah).
9.We only scare the invisible malay man appeared! Trying to show off to my wife I am brave I told her please pray to her God to rescue us. She prayed hard saying in Jesus name 3 times to have the door opened or someone coming to our rescue. It did not work despite saying in Jesus name.
10.Maybe she mumble and pray in fear, no confidence or not enough faith. It did not work. Maybe I mocked at her and did not join with her prayer. Jesus say two or more agreed and gathered in his name he is amist or presence in us. Whatever we asked it will be bind in earth as in heaven.
11.But two of us only one agree in the prayer cannot work. Bo Lat (No strength)! Cos I was not a christian at that time! After her prayer failed I told her to stand aside. I told her maybe I try calling my gods maybe can work!
12.So I anyhow imitate her prayer and shouted out in Tua Pek Kong name to open the door. To my surprise the door open! Wow! Wu lat! Maybe the invisible ghost let go of us and opened the door for us to get out!
13.Now my guess is that when faced with the ghost you called out Tua Pek Kong and the ghost(Malay datok kong) are brothers! They let you go! Both satan group ma!
open your eyes
Friday, April 18, 2008
5:32 PM
Sign of Business failure
1. There was a lady who first started her business opening a cafe at one of the top community centre in Singapore. She had the best curry puff outsourced from the best and famous curry puff in Singapore.
2.Not only from one source but top two sources in spore, the tip top curry puff from Ang Mo Kio Central Blk 722 coffee shop. The other was from Old Chang Kee famous curry puff.
3.The cafe was well decorated and set up. To play safe five other partners were gathered and each specialised in their respective skill and talent. They have an expert cook. A pleasant waitress. An interior designer to decorate the set up. A rich banker son, a decendent from Tan Chin Tuan to provide financial backing.
4.Best of all they were all highly educated and young. There is just simply no reason the business will fail. Everything was set according to plan. They open the business and had the MP cut the ribbon.
5.There come the first customer walked into the cafe. She asked for the 1st piece of curry pok and was served accordingly. When asked what was her name before she left she say "I am Miss Pok"!Less than 5 months the cafe was closed.
6.Y the business failed? The first customer determine your sucess or failure. This customer surname pok in hokkien "pok" means bankcrupt. Miss pok order curry pok! Double pok! Sure liao lah!
7.Determined to try their luck again, they started again the 2nd time in another location. Everything was set up according to plan.
8.The first day they open business the first customer walked into the cafe and ordered a cup of coffee si ! When asked what is her name she say Miss See!Jialat within 3 months the shop closed again!
9.Y? Miss see order coffee si! In hokkien si means die ! Mati lah!
10.Hokkien say boh 3 pu sin leh! Three time then succeed. So they set up again the third time.Everything set up according to plan.
11.A lady walked in with a crying kid and asked for a packet of peanut saying in hokkien "toetau" ji pau! When asked what is her name she say miss Toh! the small kid uttered toto. Miss toh order toetau. Kid cry toto! Boh to ma to!Hahaha!
12.The first customer determine the success or failure of your business not your set up or your design!
13.The opposite is true if your 1st customer is Mr. Heng, Mr Lai or Mr Ong! Thats why we have many shop named Lai Lai, Heng Heng or Ong Lai!
open your eyes
Thursday, April 17, 2008
8:56 AM
The Story of Ah Chye
1.Today I want to write a real story of my nephew, Ah Chai aged 21 yrs. Here is a young boy from a small durian town, Segamat, Johore. He is the elder son of my 2nd sister residing in Segamat.
2.His father is poor working as a factory operator earning $800.oo a month. My sister was a seamtress. They are not rich just a normal average working family. Ah chai is their only son.
3.From young he was brilliant in his study. His grade was 2 years ahead of his class standard. By primary three he was pushed ahead to primary five! He completed his primary six top in the whole school. He goes to seconday school and finished his form five or (O level in spore standard) scoring 10 distinction or 10 As.
4.He was the top 10 malaysian student who score 10 As! All this he achieved without a single private tutor. His parent could not guide him because they were uneducated. Both have only primary 6 education.
5.Every time when I visited my parent in Segamat I will drop by my sister house and give some pocket money to Ah chai. My sister told me that he only spend money on books whenever I give him money. He was thrifty and do not spend money unnecessary.
6.He spend most of his time in the library reading books beyond his school subject. I used to joke with my sister that maybe he had given the name perfectly calling him Ah Chye. In hokkien chye means luck. The son may bring luck and prosperity to the family when he graduated.
7.Chinese always say if you are lucky one successful good son enough liao.Rather than having 10 sons none able to support the family.
Ho Ho ji gay teo ho liao! (Good good 1 enough)
8.After his 10 distinction ah chye told his mum that he want to go U.S to further his study.But my sister did not have the money to send him to US.At age 17 this young ah chye had ambition and has thinking to go US.My sister told him why go US when he can study locally free in Malaysia with his outstanding result.
9.He was serious and replied that he want to go US and migrate there and never want to return.My sister was worried as ah chye is her only son. Which mother want to lose a son. There was an argument between mother and son regarding the further study.
10.Finally the son prevailed but he was enrolled in Kuala Lumpur US branch campus for 2 years prior to his University study in US.After completing his 2 years ah chye insist of going to US.But the question of money was the problem.The mother explained to the son that she could not afford.
11.Ah chye knew that my sister had 4 brothers who were in business and one of them a millionair in spore.Ah chye suggest she can borrow or sell their family house to allow him to go to US.
12.There was a family discussion. After assessing the mystery thinking of Ah Chye and the way he threaten his own mother we advised that he earn his own money saved and further his study on his own.
13.Ah chye came to spore and my other sister in Pasir ris put him up for lodging and food free. He worked and save some money. Shortly he returned and another brother of mine agreed to sponser in his study but only in Malaysia.
14.Because he could not go to US, suddenly his mind changed. One day he make a call to his mother and told her that was the last day he want to speak to his mother. Neither did be want to have any ties with his father. He even say that to his mother that he will not return home and carry the family surname down to another generation.
15.Not a word of bye bye. But the last word ah chye spoke to his mother he called her full name . He told her, " Chen Kwee Fung today I am addressing you as Chen Kwee Fung your full name.Do you know the meaning when I address you in your full name? I have no ties with you from today onward! From today onward do not call me I will not answer you. But I may come back to sue you for damage.
16.Damage for the torture and assault I suffered from baby till 16 yrs. The pain of canning and scolding from young till 16yrs! Remember! hang down! cring cring!"
17It has been 1 yrs since that last call. My sister had made numerous call to him and there was no answer. He is currenly still in K.L waiting to enter University this July. The mother is now grieved and depressed losing a son just like dat.
18.A genius son but with this thinking. Nobody know the answer.He did not return home and at least he is working with my other brother in Kuala Lumper temporary till he enrolled in University. He has given notice that one day he will migrate to US and never will he return.
17.A genius 10 distinction student has this thinking. I really do not know today generation thinking. Does the parent owe the children what they want. Where is the honour your parent commanment? Ah chye did not go to church maybe can excuse him.
Ah maybe my family DNA have this gene.
18.I read Suffian Yusoff story another genius who enrolled Oxford University at aged 13 yrs. Now he entered the profession of a social escort in short a high class prostitute. With her genius mind how she go this way no one can give an answer.
19. Another spore girl Grace Quek from a top college went to US and beat the world record having sex with 271 men beating the new guiness world record.She took the name of annabel chong in her pornographic video sold world wide. No secret I have seen the video.
20.Both genius also disown their family and sever ties!
Here nearer me my daughter Shannie also asked me to sponser her to University in Australia. She asked at the wrong time when I was financially broke and could not afford. Since then we had few words exchanged even though we are living under the same roof.Jialat !
21.Lucky she never address me as Tay Ten Tien! Maybe buay gao kien( Not so clever cos only 1 distinction O level) If not, Jialat liao! No tie lor. But I got three more daughters!Now I got another musuko(Japanese son)!
22.Boh kia! Less 1 never mind! How come genius got this thinking of disowning their parent? I hope 1 day someone can made a study on this thesis! Mystery!
He had read all reading material but not the bible.
open your eyes
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
4:28 AM
How to get out of debts? secret way
IN life some people are born with a silver spoon and have never experience poverty.They lived in comfort and have never been poor or lack.Whatever they need the parent provide for.Those who lived a good life will not know how the poor suffered. When a rich man suddenly fall and become poor or in debts that is the time the struggle begin. Some people fall and never able to get up. Some fall and get up and fall and get up many times over. Like living in a country with winter and summer season. You have warm weather and cold weather.
In spore many working people lived from hand to mouth. An average worker find it hard to get out of debts because the cost of living keep going up. Typical spore people will try buy 4d or toto to get rich or get out of debts.For every one who succeed in this windfall 9 other failed. Some worked the hard way saving whatever they can to get out of debts. Others failed to get out of debts despite all the hard work. Maybe the debts too high only kena toto then got hope.
Some people owe debts until kena ah long harrassment. They try all means until no road walk or run liao. No friend, relative or saviour help.Last resort teow lau or commit succide! Jialat!
Why must mati? There is a secret way which man dont try.
Look up! When we are down we always walk looking down. We seek man help. But when men failed we thought end of the world liao. We forgot to look up and cry out to tien ah or heaven! Some seek fortune teller and was told no hope! caused by retribution! Lagi jialat! Like asking you to die! that is satan!
In 1996 when I was in debts and had lost my job, last drawn salary $2,900.00, at the lowest point of my life the struggle begin. When you are down friends dissappear. Relatives scare to answer your call.The saying that when you laugh many laugh with you.When you cry you have to cry alone. Well I face the same situation as many other same same. Fortunately I still have 2 hands and 2 legs and able to work. Boh lau kwee I took the lowest paying job earning less than $1000 and continued working to get my three meals. But the secret is I look up and went to the house of God. I went to hear the words of god. It was no secret. The words was preached freely for all to hear! The question was belief or not to belief! I was told to title or simply to give 10% of your earning salary to God's house and I will have more than enough to eat. God will bless me and pay me at least 10 fold return. Belief then give. What if I dont belief? Why? Simple maths tell me that I earn $1000 and give away 10% or $100 I will be left $900. Become less lagi jialat.
I was not very sure and kiasi or kiasu. But buy 4d no need to think because quite straight forward kena 1st prize $1 pay $2000 government spore pool guarantee.But the God's word say you can test him. So try 1 month lah. If no return stop lor. I decided to test it out. I wrote a cheque and crossed it but I pay only $50 which is just 5% of my salary. Testing ma ! I make sure my money not kena stolen by the church worker or never reached the church house and it dont work. That is the reason I wrote in a cheque really kiasu. After paying the $50 I waited for the month to come. But my pay of $950(after giving away $50) never last long. Whithin 1 week I left $10 in my pocket after paying some expense and bills.Siao liao! I woke up 1 morning crying in my heart how to pass for the next pay day to come.That day my father in law driving taxi paid a visit to my home without notice. He came and say that he strike 4d from his taxi no 6228 ! He gave $200 each to my 5 children and $1000 to my wife. After he left my wife gave the $1000 to me knowing that I am broke. Wow it really work! I may not have strike 4d but someone else kena bring money come. Same ma! The following month I continued paying $50 and that month onward every month I go through without lack. How I managed to live through I dont know but later I was able to increase giving from 50 to 100 150 200 250 300. The rest is history. Whithin a period of 3 years I was debt free! The secret is look up and thrust the lord.
Title! Belief and received! So simple secret!
open your eyes
Sunday, April 13, 2008
7:26 PM
How to get out of debt? secret way!
Honour your parent
The bible say honour your parent and thou shall have long good life. This is god's word and 1 of moses commantment to honour your parent and love your neighbour. Love your nieghbour may be hard to practice where some neighbour are just simply nasty and moreover they have no blood ties or relation. But not to respect and honour your parent is no excuse. Our parent brought us up fed us cloths us shelter us and educate us.The amount of time and investment spend is unccountable. So it is logical when we graduated to adulthood it is pay back time. Honour means respect love care and provide needs to your parent. It can means concern and take care and visit and chit chat to your parent when they are sick or lonely. Provide what they like to eat celebrate birthday for them, bring them to see doctor if they are sick. That is why there is mother day, father day. If no time just simply give money or angpow lor. So simple !Got money can buy 50% of the need.Even deceased parent is not forgotten. There is all soul day and good friday where we clean the graveyard sent flowers and remember them. We remember our lord Jesus who died on the cross for us taking away our sins but rose again to the hevenly father and prepare a place for us in heaven. The chinese say know the source of the water you drink. The source of the water come from the pipe from the river from the mountain and from the cloud above us in short from heaven.So eveytime when we drink water look up and give thank to the heavenly father upstair. First we received from our parent when we are born. Then we honour or pay back time.After we honour we received again. What we get? Long good life.
So I wish to explain what is long? Simple lah not short lor. Long life live until 60 70 90 or 100yr!
Short live means " yao siew ter mia".This are words our chinese aunties and uncles used to scold their children when they are naughty. Very jialat. It is a curse. They dont just curse short life which in hokkien is ter mia. But add yao siew when means crippled or paralyse. Scare man if my parent curse me. I better honour them.Pay insurance to get long life.
But long life not necessay good life. If you are sick and poor long life is a burden.What is the point of long life when you have no money and you are sick lying on bed and cannot eat what you want.No wife family or children live long for what?That is long bad life. So we must have good life. It means rich, got money, stay in comfort big house, healthy body can walk and travel, got good love live can make love got food to eat what we want to eat, well like by people and happy.
So honour your parent and thou will have long good life. The opposite of not honour do you mean will get short bad life?Ah! that is very clear. Will it happen in this life? It may happen in the next generation when your children will treat you what you treat your parent. ...A fable story....Once upon a time there live a family of three generation a husband and wife with a young son and a grandfather. There were poor living from hand to mouth as farmer. As the year goes by the grandfather become too old to help out the family.He became a burden. The wife then suggested to her husband to carry away his oldman father away and abandon him since he is a burden to the family.The obedient husband has no choice when the wife continued nagging him day and night. He has to decide between abandoning his own father or face the nagging wife.One day he took his courage and up he asked his father and carry him up to a mountain. As he reached the peak of the mountain he stop and let down his old father. The oldman was aware of what was happening 40 yrs ago.That was the route and spot of what the oldman did to his own father 40 yrs ago.The oldman knew what his own son was doing to him. Just as his son was about to leave him abandoned, he called out to his son and say" Son I have something to say to you before you leave me here. What you do to me today, I deserved it! Because 40 yrs ago I did this to my own father which is your grandfather when you were only a boy just like your 3 yrs old son now.I do not blame you. Now my worry is 40 yrs later when your son reached your age as now?My worry is for the young boy.Will he repeat what we have done? God bless you! amen! our iniquity will reached the third generation.!!! beware
open your eyes
Saturday, April 12, 2008
8:01 PM
mas selamat
Since the escape of mas selamat, the police has launced mass operation nation wide. First they stopped the immigration check point. The woodlands checkpoint was placed under 100 % screening. All lorries buses and car were checked. The poor lorry driver suffered the jam and had no time for makan and toilet visit. Next they comb all the forest in spore. The poor illegal immigrant were caught and sent to jail. They cant get mas selamat they catch illegal immigrants. They made travelling to malaysia jialat casing jam to traffic.
Now during Qingming season, the chinese were travelling to cemetery to clean graveyard and food offering to the dead. The police also kachau and stop check vehicles going to the dead home.They caused jam and inconvenience.They call it intelligent thinking operation to prevent people sending too much food to the ghost to eat. Scare leftover at the graveyard may attract mas selamt there to hunt for free food.
I can forsee if they still cannot get him, the next opeartion is an island wide operation to catch all stray dogs and cats and rats on the street. To prevent mas selamat hunting them for food.
my life


I am born 13th may 1954 in a durian town, Segamat, Johor, Malaysia. I complete my secondary
education in this small durian town. Thereafter like a scout I took a haver sack and hitch hike south to a small tiny red dot island as seen in a world map. This beautiful island known as the lion city was just born Singapore from the malay word Singa(Lion).I soon fell in love with this beautiful city.To stay and emmigrate here I decided to enlist in the Singapore Police force. A 10 yrs contract was signed in return for a citizen. A job that goes against my traditional grandparent saying " a good son never become a policeman". But as I am penniless I have no choice but to offer my service in return for a citizenship worth a million dollar when at that time businessman had to invest a million dollar to qualify a permanent resident in the year 1970.Time past instead of serving 10 yrs I continue serving past 20 yrs. A patriotic citizen like a good dog never leave his master.
IN 1979 I married a Singapore wife, a beautiful teochew village girl, named Annie tan residing in an attap house in the eastern part of Singapore. Today the stretch of road called Lorong Ah Soo leading to the attap house remain part of Hougang New Town. In our earlier court life I had to walk a km just to reach the village to visit my love one. No public transport available.
In 1983 my first daughter was born. In the early 80s a popular taiwanese singer was my idol.She is non other than the late Teresa Teng Li Ching. who died in Chiangmai at the age of 41.Hence I named my daughter Shannie Tay Li Jin. Shannie's name was suggestet by my late wife Annie whom I suspect she want her name Annie incoporated by adding Sh. Li Jin was given by me sounded the same Teng Li Ching. Now on hindsight I think it was a dissaster when both of us kay kien act clever anyhow give name.It was later discovered when I trace the dictionary name there was no such name Shannie! In chinese fengsui I discovered the word sha means kill.With the word kill infront of her name followed by annie could it be so coincidence my late wife Annie died young of cancer at the age 32? My poor idol Li Ching also kena sha and died at the age of 41? so both my love 1 kena sha! Give salah name Jialat! Lucky she only carry my surname Tay with her! Tay family is too strong for her to sha! After my wife died, I lost faith in her Gods.She pray to Kuan Yin and Toh Ti Kung! In her last day before she succumb to her sickness I had faithfully buy orange apple banana flowers offerings to the gods in my home believing they will protect her. But she mati early despite my offering. Something must be wrong. In my anger I blame both gods. So I decided not only stop offering the 2 gods any fruits to eat but I took the Toh Ti Kung and send him out of my house to a coconut tree to stay.I also sent the Kuan Yin to the back store of a chinese temple! How brave I am? Lucky I was still a policeman, holding sergeant rank, when I sent both of them out! Police sergeant rank got power lah! Boh kia si! I am still alive today!
My poor daughter lost her mummy at the age of 7yrs. I had to act father and mother! Siong!
I was just 35 yrs when I become a widower. Dont say widower say single better. Become available again. As I am not faithful to the 2 gods dont expect me to be so faithful to my deceased wife and remain till death do we part! I collected some insurance and money left by my wife. Rich liao pocket got money love also bluff 1 lah. Shed tears only a short while. There was no shortage of available single girl in my office. Many SDU member start coming into my working office room uninvited.Of course I also katak lah. But tell me which cat dont eat fish.
Less than 6 months after my singlehood there was at least 3 sdu member chasing after me hoping to be a new mother to my young daughter! I remember in my early teen yrs want to make a girlfriend also dont know how to approach. Suddenly at age 35 yrs after 10 yrs married and single again I am like 1 little dragon. The chinese proverb girl 18 yrs is like a rose flower man 35 yrs is like a little dragon! Woman 35 yrs become" lapa" flower!
Within a year I am "trapped" and here come my new wife, Jessie Chua, coincidence also a girl from the same kampong of hougang. No proper chinese wedding.We just simple come together registered on the 10th May 1990! Instantly, I became the father of three children.I buy 1 wife get 2 chidren free. Another girl aged 6yrs and a boy aged 5 yrs were added. Not long another 2 girls were born bringing a total of 5 children. 1 is mine, 2 is her, and the latest 2 our!
Wow lucky price of rice and milk powder is cheap 10 yrs ago. If today 2008 those who have 5 children school going jialat liao!
In 1996 my last daughter Rachel was born.That was also the year in my darkest moment in my life. I lost my job. Life was upset down! I was badly in debt! Lawyer letter of demand from bank and broker house from share gambling loss pile up sky high! No road run! Briefly I went to work for my elder brother, a millionair, thinking I have a saviour. What a great mistake I make in my life! They say blood was thicker than water. But it was not to be. Kena retrenched within 6 months. No road walk hit wall again! Maybe the 2 gods I kicked them out came to punish me.But my new wife was a christian and my children were all church going. I thought my new lord will protect me. But I was stubborn cos everytime my wife bring me to church I fell asleep and snore. Maybe I sin and have no faith. A friend who was also down brought me to see the high priest or the chief abbot of Kong Min San Buddhist temple to seek answer. We ya ya ask for an appoinment to see the chief abbot. When asked for what purpose we say we want to read our fortune or life ahead. A junior monk met us and told us buddhist monk dont read fortune. Nevertheless, the monk give me a briefing.Although he say he dont read fortune but he was able to forsee what lie ahead of me. He gave me a fable in Chinese which was translated to me in english. He say in Chinese proverb " chor niu chua ma"! It means sit on cow to catch a horse.That was the position I was in at that lowest point in my life. Simply say it means hard life ahead riding on a cow have to work like bull at the lowest point. To catch a horse lagi no hope. But it is not impossible say the monk. If you are patience and prepare to work hard at the bottom of the rank and wait for oppotunity it is possible to go up again.How to chase a horse whilst riding a cow. No way. But the monk say if you prepare a rope riding on a cow there may come a day when a horse come near you, and you aim and throw the rope it is possible to catch a horse. Chinese proverb very chim but true.That word stuck in my head.Not long a friend of mine asked me to help him out in his office supplying office products and doing refill toner and ink cartridge. I work for him as driver cum office boy cleaning the black and dirty toner cartridge.In short cheap coolie work. Ah! I remember the monk's word ride on cow. Be patient and learn whatever skill I can at the lowest pay of $800.00 a fraction of my last drawn pay as a Police sergeant. But work I do not afraid of losing face. I was patient hoping to catch a horse that 1 day it may come along. I learn the dirty job.I work long hour without complaining.I took the low pay without complaining knowing it will not be retrenched. My earlier job with my "saviour" was retrenched due to high pay that do not match my skills. My 20 yrs of Policeman job does not match the technical skill required in the business.Hence, teo tat! I learnt a lesson.
In l997 just a yr riding on cow there come a horse! Opportunity came along.The asian economic meltdown occurred.Many company closed down.Retrenchments were everywhere. Neighbour country, Indonesia and Malaysia and Thailand were badly hit. President Suharto dethroned and rupiah and Thai bath devalued. My "saviour" company start retrenching staff whilst I was in the refill toner business was booming.The technical manager from my previous company from nowhere suddenly give me a call saying that my saviour brother had him retrenched. I think it was God will that open door to me cause at that low moment I look up and faithfully attended New Creation Church every sunday without fail.I asked for heavenly father for blessing and favour. I pray for financial breakthrough. Jesus is my real saviour. I remember I recite everyday I wake up" I am greatly blessed highly favour and deeply loved" My lord is my shepard I shall not want!The lord brought the horse, a technical manager, who came to see me and asked what I was doing. During the period of recession many company had to cut cost and the refill toner business was booming. I had only 9 month of working life in the refill business.
I knew the business was good. I made my proposal to this saviour horse to start the refill business. He assessed the market and tried it out. It was good. We decided to partner and start the business. As I was broke and had not enough capital I took a 20% share. I provide the little expertise I had learnt. The dirty work came in handy. Our partnership did not last long when the business was catching up. Shortly my saviour big partner offer to buy me off and compensate me 20k less than 1 yr when we first started. With the little capital I had I go solo on my own. It was hard work all the way.The year 1998 and my business progress all the way until 2001 when the 9.11 strike. Another recession occured but I was riding on high ground. By 2002 I had settled all my debts and new van and car was bought. From a coolie worker earning $800 a month I had 3 workers and a sub outsourcing contractor working for me. I was able to support
my five children from Primary to Polytechnic. All my children were blessed. We were able to go holiday from Hkong, to Las vegas and the middle east.
In the year 2003 June a bad spell strike. Alamat I was caught unaware and had infrienge the trade mark of the Hewlett Parkard brand. Face a civil suit for copy right act I was grounded for 1 year whilst the legal proceeding was going on.Bad to square 1 again I was riding on donkey. It was also the year the sars strike in spore. By 2004 after a year of legal proceeding my case was settled not before I had to pay compensation until broke again but not bankcrupt. In 2005 I was on my feet again. My wife retired from the government service.Together we start all over again from bottom.We work hand in hand attacking all the office in downtown shenton way collecting used toner/ink cartridge and it products. We may be called karung guni but our income was far much better than any office manager pay! How much is a top secret but enough for us to go holiday every year without failed. In 2005 on the 12th May I had a heart attack and was admitted to hospital.The 1st time in my life I was admitted to hospital. It was my 51st birthday the following day.My life was stressed travelling the up and down the rocky road in the past 10 years. Today 2008 I am 54 yrs .I am looking forward to my 55 yrs 13th May 2009. Now counting the day and it is bonus day! CPF bonus withdrawer day. Hurrah! 386days more to go!
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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