When this blog received a very encouraging comment from Mr. Carl of makemeadriver.co.uk from England rather recently, I felt a new impetus to write further regarding all things pertaining to the driving school, especially in Malaysia. To be fair, this is the 2nd time, if not mistaken, that the above company has taken the trouble [...]
My father, Yap Thian Yew was a handsome, Eurasian looking man, standing nearly 6 feet tall. He was a “Baba Melaka” or “Straits Chinese”. The picture on the left is my father together with my beloved mother celebrating his 70th birthday. Father passed away in 1987, some nearly 20 years ago. He died after a [...]
My fishing days began when I was a young lad around the age of 8. It was then 1953. According to my mother, when I was born in 1945, the Japanese bombers arrived to bomb Malaya or Tanah Melayu then. It was then the beginning of World War II. As a young lad, I was [...]