My grandaunt Chan Ah Woon (1910-1996)

  There is so much more I could write about my family but at the moment I can only write about my immediate family. My extended family is a very big one and uncles and aunts from my dad's side alone will span pages. Then there is my dearest late grandaunt, Chan Ah Woon, (my maternal grandmother's younger sister), who was like the grandmother I never had to me. A truly inspirational woman who was spinster all her life. My maternal great-grandmother, Poon Kit, who died on the

My brothers, Steven (right) and Kelvin (left) and me (center) in a photo probably taken when I was around 2 years old

year I was born. And my flamboyant aunt, Kuan Lin Chan,(my father's eldest sister) and dozens of cousins. All these wonderful people in my life I would love to write about but unfortunately at the moment can't find the time to do so. There is also the dogs which I considered as part of the family! The late Pepsi and Pansy, Penny and the latest addition to the family, Candy. Those I couldn't include in here, hopefully I can honour in my galleries later on.

 

A family photo taken probably at 1984 or 1985 consisting of my immediate family and that of my aunt's (my mother's younger sister). Back row (left to right), my dad, my brother, Kelvin and my uncle, Ng Ah Beng. Front row (left to right), me, my brother, Steven, my mom, my late maternal grandfather, Kong Peng with my cousin brother, Kenneth, my aunt, Kong Yoke Mooi with younger cousin sister, Wendy and elder cousin sister, Janet. There is another younger cousin sister who was yet to be born at the time this photo was taken named Carina.