Canning Garden Market's New Year Decorations

The Canning Garden is decorated again for CNY season. Jenny and crew did another magic job. 

 JAG

Charlie (Cicada) Cricket Showed Up This Evening

Handsome Cichada ......

Charlie Cicada, the cricket which comes once a year before Chinese New Year showed up this evening. This was a young one. His wings were very transparent and almost resembled Darth Vader  or maybe worse. It made a bee line toward the kitchen to report (to our Ancestors) about imaginery gossips but I stopped it. It was nice of him to drop by though. Hope to see him again next year. 

Darth Vader's  'bug eye' ......

KC

The Last Fruit Cake of 2025

Sometime this week will see  me gobble down the last fruit cake of 2025 which will be the Eurasian. It was a bumper 2025 with friends offering their giftings. We had the English, Portugese and a Fruit Pie that came in aluminium wrap around. All have that same ingredients but each had their distinctive taste and flavour. I hope to have another gifting in 2026 later ?? 

JAG

Cable Theft Again at Bercham

 

Saw a good Samaritan mark a Cable Theft manhole along Jalan Persiaran Bercham Selatan 1 this morning at 750am.  This gentleman put a coconut palm to mark the danger Manhole and went for another plastic container a few minutes later. Hopefully there won’t be a victim of this incident.

The highlight by YB Howard Lee that this is an organised crime syndicate is timely. I have seen 4 incidents of the moved manhole in the last 6 months all in Bercham and Ipoh Garden East. Clearly this is organised. I hope the police will act immediately before an innocent victim gets hurt.

KC

Congratulations - 'Our Lady of Lourdes Church' .. The Christmas Lights 2025 Are Absolutely Magnificent ....

the Magnificent Christmas Lights at Our Lady of Lourdes Church,Silibin, Ipoh (pix:Anthony Law) 

 The Christmas Lights illuminating Our Lady of Lourdes Church along Jalan Silibin this year are absolutely magnificent. This photograph taken by Ipoh  lawyer/ social media photographer Anthony Law captured a beautiful church delightfully illuminated from all corners of the church grounds.

OLOL Church has for years been decorating the Christmas tree in the grounds of the church. This year the tree was perfect and so too was their blend of illumination of the Church and grounds.  I recall the Youth of the church were always involved in the tree decoration. Were they also involved in the overall Church decor. If so they have done a magnificent job.

KC

Nostalgia of Scotch Pub Now Named SCOTCH .....

Scotch Pub was reopened last month with a new name SCOTCH. I frequented this pub over the years coming in at the end of the day for a sundown before going home .

They've still retained the long bar ... i used to sit at the end of the long bar when available

...did they seal the gaps-in-between .......

.. glad they've kept the wood ceiling ...the FMS had a wood ceiling but not any more ...

..makes for a very cozy environment for downing that cold beverage ....aahhhh!!!

..i chose a Friday evening to case the place so i could hear Kenny play and view the enlarged dining area.The ambience is the same with uniformed servers. They've put the mock fireplace to good use to display the SCOTCH name.  ...conclusion..an upgrade in every way.

 

JAG

 

Ipoh's Peace Gallery - Officially Opened

 

l/r Pauline Chew, Datuk Karu Selvaratnam, Datuk Kwan Foh Kwai, Daniel Teoh, Dato Irene Lee, HE Hennadii Nadolenko, Prof Gary Lit,  HE  Krzysztof Dobrowolski, Dato Mohd Nor Khalid (Lat), Dato Gan Tack Kong, Joseph Lau, Leong Chok Keng,  Dato Sushil,  Denis Mykhailiuk, Dr Idris Nordin

Ipoh’s Peace Gallery set up by Professor by Gary Lit was officially opened last Sunday 5 October. The ambassadors of Ukraine  HE Hennadii Nadolenko and Krzysztof Dobrowolski, the Ambassador of Poland,  graced the occasion as well as a host of interesting personalities such as Dato Mohd Nor Khalid (Lat),  Dato Gan Tack Kong (Peace Ambassador 2025) and retired armed forces veterans.  

Prof Gary’s message for the younger generation was not to dwell on conflict but to encourage reflection, resilience and reconciliation. This gallery is devoted to fostering peace and understanding through culture in a world that seems divided. By looking around we can see the multiculturism is very much alive in Malaysian society. This multi-culture heritage transcends generations, cultures and faith which is dedicated to this gallery. Peace is not something we inherit but something we can create together.

Ambassador Hennadii Nadolenko thanked Gary for opening such a great gallery. Galleries like this should be opened in every city to show it is important to teach people to live in harmony together.  War should be stopped, it brings terrible things such as devastation, takes away lives and people have no electricity and gas due to bombings.  He proposed to bring photos of Ukraine to show what the war had done to his city.

..the audience listening to ambassordor Hennadii Nadolenko

The event was a very cordial and friendly affair as a visibly  happy Gary called out to the representatives from the various schools  ACS, Ave Maria, Anderson, MGS, Sam Tet and St Michaels who were present.

l/r..Dato Karu Selvaratnam, Dr Idris Nordin and the St Michaels band ..... 

He also called out to Dato Karu Selvaratnam a veteran navy man and an athlete who represented the country in the SEA. Asian and Olympics games and Dr Idris Nordin the 1^st Malayansian to hold a Phd in sports science and represented Perak in swimming and water polo.

l/r..Prof Gary with the ambassadors Nadolenko and Dobrowolski and distinguished guests 

Guests take a morning shot before going upstairs to Peace Gallery, 29A Jalan Leong Sin Nam

The Veterans ...l/r...Lt Col Ir Raymond Goh Boon Pah (Rtd), Royal Engrs Regt; Lt Cdr Datuk Karu Selvaratnam (Rtd), RMN; WO2 Y. H. Shim (Rtd), Royal Signal Regt; Maj Andrew Teoh (Rtd), Royal Artillery Regt.

The Veterans and Prof Gary pose for photo with Gary's late brother Kapt Lit Ying Wai 

the Veterans with Dr Ho Tak Ming, Elsie Yeo and Dr Idris Nordin. Nb Gary with the gift from Dato Lat

the presence of the YLCO group 

l/r..Dr Chakr Sri na Nagara, Datuk Karu Selvaratnam & wife Rogini, Phillip Leong, Dr Idris Nordin and wife Junaidah

These ACS students Shangkirthana and Cheyanne asked Dato Lat for his autograph and he gladly oblighed ...... 

Gary was right as it was indeed a warm and peaceful multi-cultural gathering of local and foreign guests at the Peace Gallery. 

JAG