Faisal's Wedding
Affandi and I visited Aunty Intan at home in Seberang Prai. Uncle Din was away. Aunty Intan informed us about her son Faisal's upcoming wedding in June 2013. I can't recall the date, maybe 2 June 2013. Aunty Intan sent the invitation card to my sister Pah's house in Penang. I forgot to ask Pah about the card and date of the intended wedding. I have to write it in my time-table or I will forget altogether.
Taiping's First Galleria
Affandi and I visited the First Galleria in Taiping on 2 March 2013. The First Galleria is housed in a renovated and restored colonial building at the edge of Taiping town, at the corner of the playing field of the King Edward VII School. Jalan Ong Saik runs by the First Galleria. Jalan Stesen ends at First Galleria.
First Galleria is cared for by Anuar Isa, its Senior Curator. He obtained at least RM2 million in funds to restore the colonial building. It is now a great classical colonial building belonging to Majlis Perbandaran Taiping.
Anuar Isa plans to hold a 3-month exhibition on The Early Malay Doctors at the First Galleria in Taiping. He plans to invite Tun Dr Mahathir and Tun Dr Siti Hasmah to officiate the exhibition some time between 1 and 10 July 2013. However, this event has to be postponed as Tun Dr Mahathir will be overseas from 6 June 2013 onward. The exhibition may be re-schelduled to October 2013. Anuar Isa will update in Facebook and I will update here.
I would like to invite all Shaik Ahmad clan members to visit the exhibition on The Early Malay Doctors at the First Galleria when it opens to the public. One of the proposed 43 posters on display will be that of Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos. Come one come all.
First Galleria is cared for by Anuar Isa, its Senior Curator. He obtained at least RM2 million in funds to restore the colonial building. It is now a great classical colonial building belonging to Majlis Perbandaran Taiping.
Anuar Isa plans to hold a 3-month exhibition on The Early Malay Doctors at the First Galleria in Taiping. He plans to invite Tun Dr Mahathir and Tun Dr Siti Hasmah to officiate the exhibition some time between 1 and 10 July 2013. However, this event has to be postponed as Tun Dr Mahathir will be overseas from 6 June 2013 onward. The exhibition may be re-schelduled to October 2013. Anuar Isa will update in Facebook and I will update here.
I would like to invite all Shaik Ahmad clan members to visit the exhibition on The Early Malay Doctors at the First Galleria when it opens to the public. One of the proposed 43 posters on display will be that of Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos. Come one come all.
Play Dough Recipe
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 to form a tube (vase), and stuck a few stalks of dried flowers in it. My name was inscribed in the flat part on the right side of the play dough. It created a lovely welcoming feeling and I will always remember that. I don't know where that piece is today. I want to try and make it some day.
This is the recipe for play dough:
http://nurturestore.co.uk/play-dough-recipe-sensory-play
Modified play dough recipe
1 cup of salt
Add spices:
Blend the above spice and salt.
Add:
Pour in 1.5 cups boiling water
(Add food colouring at this stage)
Mix the mixture to form a dough
Add some glycerine to make it shine
(Some people add a disinfectant at this stage to avoid fungal/bacterial growth)
Divide dough and add colour. Mead to mix in colour.
Create pieces and assemble
Bake for lasting pieces
Place extra dough in plastic bag and store
This is the recipe for play dough:
http://nurturestore.co.uk/play-dough-recipe-sensory-play
Modified play dough recipe
1 cup of salt
Add spices:
- essence of orange (or grated orange skin)
- essence of vanilla (or vanilla pod)
- ground nutmeg (or grated nutmeg)
- 3 cloves
- ground cinnamon
- 1 bay leaf
Blend the above spice and salt.
Add:
- 2 cups plain all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons cream of tartar
Pour in 1.5 cups boiling water
(Add food colouring at this stage)
Mix the mixture to form a dough
Add some glycerine to make it shine
(Some people add a disinfectant at this stage to avoid fungal/bacterial growth)
Divide dough and add colour. Mead to mix in colour.
Create pieces and assemble
Bake for lasting pieces
Place extra dough in plastic bag and store
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 are Tulip and Abdul Rashid.
I have met Aunty Esther but not her husband Aelian Schokman. I have met both her son Jeffrey and daughter Veronica. I have met Jeffrey's wife Siti Azar and their children.
I have not met both Aunty June and her husband Nathaniel Kingsley. I have not met any of their children (my cousins).
I have met both Aunty Daisy Yvette and her husband Robert Jansz at their home in Western Australia, before Uncle Robert died in 1998 (a month before Christmas). I also met all her children (except Frances) when I visited Aunty Daisy after Uncle Robert died. I met Frances for the first time when I visited her family home at her farm in Sepertine Way, Stake Hill on 10 February 2013. Aunty Daisy took me, my daughter Yus, and Affandi there.
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| Tulip and Abdul Rashid 24 December 1955, bersanding at 262-T Banda Hilir, Malacca Akad nikah was done earlier, in November 1955. |
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| Esther and Aelian Cantlay Schokman married on 5 September 1959 |
From Facebook: "Thanksgiving and 50th Wedding Anniversary of Aelian & Esther Schokman, 5 September 2009"
Sunday Standard, 16 February 1958 [Article + Illustration]
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| June and Lieut. Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel 8 February 1958 |
Sunday Standard, 16 February 1958 [Article + Illustration]
MALAYAN BRIDES (LEFT) LIEUT. D. K. NATHANIEL of the Federation Armoured Car Regiment and his bride, the former Miss June Che Lah, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Che Lah of Kuala Lumpur who were married at St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, last week. Photo shows the couple leaving the Church. - page 11 (Aunty June married on 8 or 11 Feb 1958?)
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According to my cousin Jeffrey and his mum, my Aunt Esther, Aunty Daisy got married first.
In a 1953 wedding photo of Catherine's youngest daughter, Daisy Yvette, we can see many of the family members gathered on the steps of the church. Daisy informed me that she married not at St Mary's Church in Kuala Lumpur (level with the Merdeka Padang), but at a church up on a hill. This church would be St John's Church (now cathedral), Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur.
In a 1953 wedding photo of Catherine's youngest daughter, Daisy Yvette, we can see many of the family members gathered on the steps of the church. Daisy informed me that she married not at St Mary's Church in Kuala Lumpur (level with the Merdeka Padang), but at a church up on a hill. This church would be St John's Church (now cathedral), Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur.
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| Daisy Yvette's wedding in 1953 at St John's Church, Bukit Nanas, KL. Front row from left: Bridesmaid is Esther, standing next to Robert Jansz (groom). Daisy Yvette (bride), and bridesmaid at right is groom's sister, Aunt Hazel. Back row from left: Humphrey Edward Bulner, Daisy Catherine de Coursey Bulner (lady with white hat), groom's father, Mr Jansz, Uncle Reg standing behind groom and bride, and Victoria, groom's mother (lady with black hat) |
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Daisy Yvette and Robert Jansz,
St John's Church (now cathedral),
Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur
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I'm uncertain of the wedding date but I will need to check with Aunty Daisy (she lives in Western Australia) and some other documents. Aunty Daisy is not on the Internet, so I need to ask her children, and they have to visit her place.
When I visited Aunty Daisy in Mandurah in mid February 2013, she helped to identify the people in her wedding photo above. I need to find where I placed the information.
Will update when I find it.
My cousin Veronica helped to identify Uncle Reg and Aunt Hazel.
External links:
https://youtu.be/KqYw_ICMUjQ
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 gathered at the KL railway station. In another photo the family gathered at her aunt's house in Kg Sg Gelugor in Penang. In another photo, the family and relatives gathered on board a ship, the Carthage, which possibly docked at Swettenham Pier in Penang. That's what I know from reading history. I think my mother and her family visited their Penang relatives before she sailed to Englad in 1952. My mother said, her father was newly married when she was about to sail overseas. She said she met them both as both came to see her off. Her step-mother is in one of the family photos at the KL railway station and on board the ship Carthage. She's from Bangsar.
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| At Maxwell Rd home in KL |
In a train coach at KL railway station
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| Daisy Catherine (left) and eldest daughter Tulip at the KL railway station 1952 |
Family members and relatives gathered at KL railway station 1952. From left: Frederick William Bulner, Daisy Yvette (youngest), Daisy Catherine de Coursey Bulner (Tulip's mother), Chinese girl, Tulip (eldest), Beatrice Rudge (Tulip's cousin), Che-cheh (Hakka maid), June (third), Philip (boy), Esther (second) and Chinese girl (Mary Chong Nyet Lin @ Mariah). Back row: Vincent White and Olive Metcalf.
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| Visiting Aunty Besar at home in Kg Sg Gelugor, Penang 1952. From left: Philip, Khala Wan Tam, Esther, Daisy Yvette, Khala Wan Chik, and June. Dr Che Lah is standing on the verandah. Wan Tam and Wan Chik are the daughters of Aunty Besar, Dr Che Lah's eldest sister. |
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| Gathered on board the Carthage in Penang (or Port Klang?) before Tulip sailed to England in 1952. From left: June, daughters of Aunty Besar, Philip, Tulip, Daisy Yvette, Esther. Aunty Besar is at extreme right with a dark selendang (long scarf) over her shoulder. |
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| On board the Carthage 1952. From left: Aunty Besar/Mak Besar Bee bt Md Joonos (eldest & only sister of Dr Che Lah), her daughters, Khala Wan Chik (5L), Kalsom, June, and Khala Wan Tam/Mami Tam (extreme right). Esther is kneeling. |
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Communication on Facebook on 11, 12 ad 13 June 2017:
Group photo at KL Railway Station in 1952
From left: Frederick William Bulner, Daisy Yvette, Daisy Catherine, Tulip's classmate, Tulip's cousin Beatrice Rudge, Hakka maid Cheh-cheh, June, Vincent White (rear), Philip (little boy in front), Esther, Daisy Catherine's cousin Olive Metcalf, and Mary Chong Nyet Lin @ Mariah.
Year: 1952
Venue: KL Railway Station
Occasion: Going north KL-Penang to visit relatives in Penang. Before Tulip's send-off to England.
Present: Dr MJ Che Lah's family members. Please help to ID them.
Image may contain: 11 people, people smiling, people standing and text.
Comments
Esther Schokman
I think you have ID them except for the ones standing behind. Might be Che Wantum, Zaiton and maybe Beatrice Rudge, not too sure.
Faridah Abdul Rashid
TQ. Who is Zaiton?
Faridah Abdul Rashid
There is a man behind Uncle Philip, and between Aunty June and Aunty Esther. Who is this man?
Esther Schokman
The man might be Vincent White. The lady might be Olive Metcalf. I'm not very sure. Olive was my mother's cousin.
Faridah Abdul Rashid
TQ. I have uploaded Olive's wedding photo at my blog.
Faridah Abdul Rashid
Who is Vincent White?
Faridah Abdul Rashid
The man wearing a hat at far left looks too old to be my grandfather. Is he my grandfather?
Md Al-Jeffrey Schokman
Yes definately not our grandfather. Too old
Faridah Abdul Rashid
Md Al-Jeffrey Schokman: Could be his father Md Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad
Md Al-Jeffrey Schokman
Dont know. But if it was him wow. That would be interesting.
Faridah Abdul Rashid
Need someone to ID the man at extreme left.
Md Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad was known as Tok Bogart. Does this man resemble Humphrey Bogart?
Esther Schokman
He might be my mother's father as he usually uses a hat when he goes out, a felt hat.
Md Al-Jeffrey Schokman
Mum said that man with the hat is her mums' (Daisy) father. Fredrick Bulner
Faridah Abdul Rashid
TQ. So that is Fredrick Bulner.
Faridah Abdul Rashid
He was born in 1872. That makes him 80 years old in 1952.
Faridah Abdul Rashid
Who is the Chinese girl between my grandmother and my mother?
Faridah Abdul Rashid
I think the Chinese girl holding my mother's hand maybe her classmate?
Esther Schokman
He was my parents friend who lived in Taiping working in the tin mines.
Was good at hunting wild boars and my father and a few other male friends would go hunting with him.
There is one photo of me taken in Maxwell home holding his heavy revolver. Delphine Kalasrt may know as she is related to him.
Faridah Abdul Rashid
Sounds interesting!
Faridah Abdul Rashid
Aunty Esther Schokman, Who was the man in Taiping? Vincent White?
Esther Schokman
Vincent White was a close friend of my parents. We used to visit him. He had one son Quintent. I think he is now in Australia. Their family n the Frunrit family would usually go to Morib beach for picnics. There were some photos of the picnic. I might have some photos if I can find them. My father had a Vauxhall car where the food was kept. We usually went on a Saturday.
Vincent White was a close friend of my parents. We used to visit him. He had one son Quintent. I think he is now in Australia. Their family n the Frunrit family would usually go to Morib beach for picnics. There were some photos of the picnic. I might have some photos if I can find them. My father had a Vauxhall car where the food was kept. We usually went on a Saturday.
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.
My cousin Amanda Zoe Nathaniel keeps many family photos of her family, my late Aunty June was her mother. I went through her Facebook photo album and found 2 photos of my maternal grandmother and my maternal great-grandmother. My mother used to tell us a lot about them when I was a little girl.
Online family tree:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1235.html
De Coursey family tree:
https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ks-decoursey&id=I31
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| Grandmother, Daisy Catherine Decoursey Bulner (1911-1981) |
My cousin Amanda Zoe Nathaniel keeps many family photos of her family, my late Aunty June was her mother. I went through her Facebook photo album and found 2 photos of my maternal grandmother and my maternal great-grandmother. My mother used to tell us a lot about them when I was a little girl.
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| From left: Stephanie, Aunty June, grandmother Daisy Catherine (eldest), granduncle Humphrey Edward Bulner (youngest brother of Daisy Catherine), uncle Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel (June's husband), Vanessa, Rex and Amanda. |
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| Front from left: Rex, Jeffrey, Amanda, Vanessa, Veronica. Back row from left: Stephanie, maternal great-grandmother Emma Francis Krasse and Gerald. |
Online family tree:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1235.html
De Coursey family tree:
https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ks-decoursey&id=I31
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 see anything in class. So this song is special for kids like me when I was a child. It was difficult but having faith that blindness does go away in the end, helps, it really helps to think positive. Blindness does go away and it is a miracle.
