2 Jul 2024 – Peggy PUDDEY (nee LEUNG)

Sat&Sun: welcome back to SIN my first&oldest friend Peggy/PP, her son Joel+his 2kids Daniel&Sarang(their 1st visit) from Perth/Australia. PP is also in some ways related by the extended-HKG-TSANG-maternal side of the family by marriage, ie mother’s 4th-bro-in-law, the LEUNGs – family pix when 4thMaternal-uncle’s visit to SIN/late 1950s and that was the only time I met him. Pix of 4thMaternal-auntie BG4TSANG YokeLan&her family and met with those cousins in HKG&Canada over the years of travelling. Will not be able to do the TSANG branch family tree properly – have minimum info&knowledge of 3branches out of the 10branches there.

PPs father, uncle VincentLEUNG&his family (4th-maternal uncle’s nephew) moved to SIN to start his import&export business ~1952 and mother was his only relative here then thus bringing us together – the rest is history, we have stayed in contact since even when their family immigrated to Perth/1968. PP visited Norway in 1974; 1986 in CA/USA when I first met with her family 1989; she&family in 1996 FL/USA. We were busy raising our families then – now that our children are grown with their own families, trying our best to catch up and so far have done well in SIN,Croatia,Montenegro,Iceland,Norway,Japan,Italy…

Today I had the pleasure to meet another of her LEUNG’s cousin MayYee and her son Ming who have been living in SIN for many decades. MayYee deceased spouse LEUNG Yim was one of the engineers who established the MRT in the 1980s and she decided to stay on here with her 2children. Appreciations with thanks to them for a yummy lunch@MellbenSignature/TanjongPagar, not an easy place to find but thanks to a young couple who kindly showed me the way there.

And to MayYee&Ming’s gracious hospitality in their home@InternationalPlaza for dessert with a view.

Mon: Hello July and Happy CanadaDay to all celebrating today. Appreciations to Peggy for taking the time to visit my hood, 54MarineTerrace mural of life by the SIN River in the 1960s painted by MrLim, MarineTerraceWalk resident. Spent a lovely day chewing the fat, introducing&sharing this yummy RedPrawnDurian/AngHae. Blessed to have such a good friend&doctor to confide in, even as kids we used to chat late into the night when I was sleeping over at her place as she was never allowed to sleep over at anybody’s. We certainly go a long way back, 7decades and fortunate to still be able to keep our close bonding&friendship.

Tue: need to rest the stomach today after feasting the past 2days!