I was intrigued to read about Mark Twain having his autobiography embargoed for 100 years after his death, and more intrigued that the embargo had sort of worked, so that his half a million words in 2,000 pages would only be published, or about to be published now. I find it even more interesting that…
Su and I came back last Saturday night from Tibet, thoroughly exhausted. She lost five pounds while I, eight, representing about 5% of our respective body weights. Funny, I had never had so much nibbles all my life than what I had in the two weeks, in the form of chocolates, mainly dark ones, even…
While I do not look forward to writing another eulogy, not for a dear friend anyway, I deem it a privilege and honour when Diana told me that her Dad KK had said he would like me to speak at his funeral. Diana added that someone could read out the eulogy if I could not…
As with Tahiti, I had no intention of setting foot on Fiji either. It is too close to the equator and the indigenous people there don’t wear too much clothes. Besides, I don’t play rugby; I watch Rugby Sevens though and promoted it in my last job. But as with Tahiti, I found myself there;…
I said elsewhere that Su asked me to do a Christmas message or some form of a year ender, if not for any reason, to mark the anniversary of our meeting, our first. As I scrolled down my personal website, I found that the last Christmas message I wrote was in 2003, meaning that I…
And I find myself typing away yet another eulogy. This one is particularly hard to swallow. I must have known Bill for more than 20 years. We were presidents of our respective Rotary clubs in 1988, which means that we attended the same training sessions, assemblies and conferences and went with our wives to many…
Bora Bora, 12 July My wife Su said it was about time I wrote another letter, adding that it was those letters that had first drew her to me. I was almost tempted to ask her what made her so certain that I wrote all those letters myself. It is yet another indication that a…
I would like to share with you the news that I am getting married very soon, that is, if you have not already got wind of this. I have been very happy about the whole thing; though I have found the process of organizing dinners and tracking down friends somewhat tiresome. Could it be old…
Some friends have asked me for a copy of what I said at the funeral of Dr Raymond C W Wong on 20 December 2008. Raymond was indeed very close to many of us. I have been procrastinating, for at least two reasons. First, I did not exactly follow what I wrote in tearing haste…
