Descendents of TAN Kah Kee And Their Stories

24 Mar 2024 – By Peggy Tan

Thu: not a good night sleep last night, had to drink many cups of water after the CKT – will be a long while before consuming another S$6 CKT! FB down again for some time in certain areas last night and it was just 2weeks ago they had some issues but was not online when this happened then or now!

Meta is DOWN: Facebook, Instagram and Messenger hit with worldwide outage leaving users unable to access accounts – 2 weeks after platforms were knocked offline by an ‘internal’ issue | Daily Mail Online

~44ha of land will be reclaimed as part of works to expand the WoodlandsCheckpoint. Reclamation is tentatively scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2024 and slated to be completed by 2029. At this rate the reclaimed land is going here we might no longer need the causeway to JB/Malaysia – hahaha!
This land is your land and this land is my land – BobDylan. Sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway!

Leo Varadkar: Irish Prime Minister unexpectedly quits – and just after the StPat’s celebrations! Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar unexpectedly quits (msn.com)

Fri: was in and out of NDC within 30mins but took ~3hrs! on the bus with the rush-hour to but nice&empty bus on the way back to the EastSide before 11.30hrs. Rooster,mother-hen&chicks are thriving outside the NDC despite them never needing to go to the dentist – hahaha.

New router installed and now good for another 3yrs of DA-Fiber-500mbs with M1 S$10per month and StarhubS$9 total~S$19 monthly for the use of WiFi and phone as long as I stick to their plans+T&C. No problems with DigitalAccess@Home who has been graciously helpful with all my questions&query over emails&voice-calls.

The launch of PT’s Decendents of TAN Kah Kee陳嘉庚book@EeHoeHeanClub – interesting talk and congratulations for her well-deserved hard work&research.

Singapore pioneer Tan Kah Kee’s story retold by granddaughter in new book | The Straits Times

Also, tkx to her for including me in this educational&memorable Oct2009 trip to Xiamen 廈門China where I learnt more about her paternal grandfather TKK.

China/Fujian & Hunan – Here-There-Everywhere – This-That-Everything (amylamsg.com)

Wealth should be treated like fertilizer, spread around as much as possible for better effect – TKK

Strolling on BukitPasoh following the aroma of a sucking pig! – the joys of wandering&being in the ambience&smell when heading to a bus-stop.

Sat: tkx to Judy&Stanely for showing interest in the LAM-Heritage. HorFunLunch@MT-hawkers and spent the rest of the hot afternoon within the AC-4walls. EarthHour – 20.30hrs turned off lights, etc but dozed off and could not get back to sleep until pass my usual bedtime ie around 22-23.00hrs, silly me!

Today’s images&thoughts quotes downloaded needed some sense of humour since awake until past midnight – lol

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed – Friedrich Nietzsche

Sun:  thank you for HighTea@Atico/Ion  – a belated Bday celebration.

Yummy homemade dinner@Rochalie when you cannot be where the Sakura blooms you can still appreciate&enjoy them wherever possible, Cherry blossoms teach us that life is a delicate balance of blooming and letting go.

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