I first came across play dough when I lived in the dorm at Whitney Hall, Chico in northern California. I had arrived in late September 1976 and it was the fall season. In the residential hall, we needed decorative pieces for our dorm doors. My dorm leader made one each for all of us out of play dough. She made it flat and then rolled the left edge...
Weddings of 4 Sisters
My mother was the eldest of 4 sisters. The sisters are named after flowers, season or month - Tulip, Esther, June and Daisy. That's how Dato Mahathir Lokman remembers them - with "flower names". They all married and have families, kids and grandchildren.
My parents...
Tulip Che Lah (5) Send-off 1952
Before my mother left for her studies overseas, her family and relatives gathered for the send-off in KL and in Penang. There were a few photos taken of her family and relatives. One photo was taken at the Maxwell home which had a big garden. Another photo was when the family...
Grandmother and Great-Grandmother
There are very few photos of my grandmother Daisy Catherine Decoursey Bulner. This photo below was cropped from a larger FB wedding photo of my cousin Veronica's mother, Esther.
Grandmother, Daisy Catherine Decoursey Bulner (1911-1981)
My cousin Amanda Zoe Nathaniel keeps...
Blindness
For all kids who can't see, can't cross the street alone, need help to see things. For all kids who are blind and have to depend on others or Braille for whatever. Don't feel left out. This was a song in the early 1970s when I was in lower secondary school. It left an impression on me as at the time I had to wear glasses and sometimes I too couldn't...
Tulip Che Lah (12) Interview 2004
This is a questionnaire that my eldest daughter used to interview her grandmother/my mother at my home in Kg Chicha, Kelantan on 1 June 2004, i.e., 4 days before my mother died.
You are ...
Tulip Che Lah
Today will go down in history. Mark it.
1.6.04
What...
Tulip Che Lah (8) Tutor 1952-1953
My mother was a big source of inspiration for everything, including problems related to babies, young girls and working mothers.
She was named after a flower, and the Dutch love this flower. She did not say very much, but led by example.
She was a dedicated mother who had to divide her time between family and work. She managed her...
The Malay Captains in Penang
There were many 'captains' including Malay captains in our history.
So far there were 3 Malay captains with similar names. I emailed the son of one of the captains to ask for clarification. I also posted to Facebook for clarification.
There were 3 known "Captain Md Noor" in...
From Music to Languages
It was music that bound all the people in my mother's and grandfather's families. Everyone was different and we used music to come together. Everyone appreciated beautiful music. And I will never forget the beautiful moments we spent together with beautiful music playing in the background, from morn till night, weekdays and weekends. We all came together...
Music Playlist
I'm collecting some of the world's most beautiful songs here. Some were songs my mother and I played on the piano.
My mother completed her piano lessons in England and she played in England before returning to Malaya. I started playing the piano at age 10-11, I learned from my mother. I played the minor scale and she played the major scale...
Philip @ Mohd Noor
Philip @ Mohd Noor
Philip was adopted from a Singapore orphanage at the time Dr Che Lah was attending a refresher course at the old Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore. Mak said Philip's father was a Danish (orang Denmark) and his mother was a Singaporean Chinese.
Mak helped...
Kamaruddin Che Lah
Kamaruddin bin Che Lah (born February 1955) attended Melbourne University and the University of Southern Queensland.
Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos (Datuk Penang), Kamaruddin Che Lah (Uncle Din), Kamariah (step-aunt) and Mariah @ Chong Nyet Lin (Nenek Penang). Before going...
Daisy Yvette Che Lah
Daisy Yvette (born Wednesday, 17 July 1935) married to Robert Jansz a civil engineering clerk (deceased circa 1988) and has seven married children – Jennifer, Christopher, Robert, Frances, Andrew, Mildred and Vicky. All the families live in Western Australia.
Jansz is a Jewish...
Tulip Che Lah (3) Biography
Hajah Jumabee Tulip bt Che Lah (Wednesday, 4 November 1931-Saturday, 5 June 2004) married to Haji Abdul Rashid bin Mohd Yusope (Saturday, 28 November 1931-Sunday, 8 March 2009). They both aspired to be doctors but had obstacles and had to abandon their dreams. They both opted for teaching and attended the Malayan Teachers’ Training College at Kirkby,...
