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Make my day

“Go ahead, make my day.”
- “Dirty” Harry Callahan -

Queen of HeartS

My favorite card of the pack.

Sau Seng Lum Temple

Me and my missus were at the Sau Seng Lum Temple on Wednesday (13/08/08) to offer some prayers for my late father who passed away 25 years ago. My mother does this from home in Butterworth every year during the 7th month. For a change, I felt I should be doing this myself too. 

The entrance to the [...]

12

12 is a my very special number. My house is numbered 12. Today is the 12th and the 12th has always been a very, very, special day.

Book for school’s 125th jubilee

New Straits Times
15 June 2008
Book for school’s 125th jubilee
KUALA LUMPUR: A coffee-table book on the history of King Edward VII School, Taiping, will be published in conjunction with the school’s 125th anniversary.
Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak, chairman of the coffee-table book committee, said the book which covered the history of the school during its first 100 [...]

Old Edwardians to raise RM1m for 125th anniversary

New Straits Times
15 June 2008
OEs to raise RM1m for 125th anniversary
TAIPING: Some of them are corporate figures and politicians, a few are top brass in the armed and police forces while others have proven themselves as sportsmen.

Their backgrounds may be diverse, but they have now come together to honour and glorify their alma mater: King [...]

Heart of the Tigers

New Straits Times
15 June 2008
Heart of the Tigers
Although KE7 had many illustrious headmasters and principals, two men have found a place in the hearts of many Tigers.
One is the first headmaster of the school Roger Francis Stainer, and the other Long Heng Hua.
Apart from suggesting the name King Edward VII, Stainer, who became the longest [...]

My Image

From my two boys on Father’s Day, an image of me in ther eyes.

The Edwardian Legacy

New Straits Times
The Edwardian Legacy
SONIA RAMACHANDRAN
Its motto ‘Magni Nominis Umbra’ means ‘under the shadow of a great name’ and King Edward VII School of Taiping lives up to its name in every sense of the word. As the school gears to celebrate its 125th anniversary this year, SONIA RAMACHANDRAN traces its history and discovers why [...]

Happy Father’s Day

“One father is worth more than a hundred schoolmasters.”
An old English proverb.