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| The Feast Day Theme this year " Mary A Model for A Synodal and Prophetic Church" |
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| ..todays Preached Novena topic ..May We Know Him.... |
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| all the Redemtorists were in attendance |
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| Fr Robin .... |
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| ..the fellowship after the mass |
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| Poster at the Outdoor stage and at the bell tower |
The annual Feast day preparations have started…actually 2 weeks ago we had the Gotong Royong in Church. This week the posters have gone up hi-lighting the Theme which is ‘Mary, A Model For A Synodal And Prophetic Church’ .
Below is the
schedule of topics / events for the Novena starting on the Friday 19th
June which also shows the Chinese Tridium mass starting on 21st and Indian Tridium beginning 24th.
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| the Feast day time table |
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| Recemptorist priest from India .... Fr Kevin ..(Jesus look-alike??) |
A parishioner called Fr Kevin, who sported flowing long hair and a neat beared a "Jesus look-alike’ said Fr Joe. However Fr Kevin doesn’t have the ‘India accent / slang’ and speaks English very clearly.
Another request from Fr Joe is for all parishioners to pray ‘hard’ for good
weather on the day.
JAG
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| The descendants at bronze bust of Dr. Wu Lien-Teh at Penang Institute. Donated by the Medical University of Harbin, 2014. |
The descendants of Dr Wu Lien-Teh and General Lam To'Kai Heritage Organisation congregated on Penang for the Qing Ming celebrations on 6th April 2026. The descendants were joined by the YLCO team led by Ignatius Chew and Taoist priest Lee Tai Sung from the Loong Thow Ngam Taoist temple in Ipoh.
The first
stop was the Mt.Erskine Cemetery, Penang. Located at the top left corner of the
cemetery are found three mounds surrounded by 4 pillars with guardian ‘foo dogs
keeping watch’ on the graves below.
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| 3 mounds containing 5 graves.Nb the four pillars with "guardian Foo dogs" atop |
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| Alison Chong leads the liturgy for the Wu-Lam families, (above) at the grave of Lady Guo |
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| ..at the grave of Lam Looking ..... |
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| Alex and Alison pose at the grave of Lam Looking and Chan Kim Phan Neoh |
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| Priest Lee at the desecrated grave of Dr Wu's parents |
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| Dr Wu and wife Lee Suk Ching at the Batu Gantong Columbarium |
The next schedule was the Batu Gantong Columbarium where the remains of
Dr Wu and his wife are interred. Once again Priest Lee recited prayers on a
common altar before entering the cubicle housing Dr Wu Lien-Teh and his wife Lee
Suk Ching. Alex and Tai Soh Quin joined Lee to pay respect and later the group
followed.
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| The descendants at Wu Kongsi clan temple selecting a suitable position for Dr Wu's tablet |
The groups continued with the heritage trail passing through 38 Love Lane where Dr Wu lived with his wife and son and 72 Love Lane where he founded the Anti Opium in 1906, the Hu Yew Seah School where 1938 laid a foundation stone.
At 10 Brown Road a bronze
bust of Dr. Wu Lien-Teh stands on the grounds of Penang Institute. It was
donated by the Medical University of Harbin to the people of Penang in 2014.
JAG
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| The team from GDTJ with a photo of Tuanku Ja'afar (left photo) and royalty from YLCO Museum |
A delegation
from the Royal Gallery Tuanku Ja’afar visited the Perak Academy and YLCO Museum
in early May. It was led by Mohd Khairil Hisham, the Curator and accompanied
with Research Officer Cik Nur Amira and her colleague Aina. They were greeted
by Perak Academy’s Chairman Adib Vincent Tung Abdullah and Vice Chairman Chan
Chee Keong.
The trio
were in Perak for the last two weeks visiting museums in Perak such as the
Kinta Tin Mine Museum in Kampar, Antong Coffee Mill,Taiping which was the
historical home of Chinese revolutionary Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and his lover, Chen
Chuifen and Lat’s Gallery in Batu Gajah and enjoyed it. However the team was
disappointed as the Gopeng Museum was closed.
Their
purpose was to view the link between the Federated Malay States, a straight
forward treaty which the British signed with the Sultan of Perak and agreeing
to accept a British Reident. Unlike in Negeri Sembilan due to its unique
structure had 6 treaties with 6 British Residents signed between 1874 till
1888.
According to
Khairil the Gallery Tuanku Diraja Ja’afer (GDTJ) is a privately funded establishment
under the Tuanku Ja’afar Foundation. It has a staff strength of eight including
2 from marketing. They have three halls including a multi-purpose hall, all
available for rent. The Gallery has 4 progammes / exhibits a year which is presented
to the board a year in advance. As such ”we are very busy throughout the year”
said Khairil.
The Chinese
in Seremban loved Tuanku Ja’afar the son of Tuanku Abdul Rahman and that is why
we collaborate with the Chinese. Chinese account for 50% of our visitors each
year. That is the reason our gallery brochures are printed in Bahasa Malaysia
and Chinese.
A Brochure of the Gallery printed in Bahasa Malaysia and Chinese
The Negeri Sembilan
Royal Family and the Kuomintang (KMA, the Chinese Nationalist Party founded by
Sun Yat-sen in 1912) were very close. Tuanku Abdul Rahman who was Malaysia’s 1st
Agong kept a bodyguard who was from the KMA. He was a target of the communist due
to his closeness with the KMA.
A major
incident occurred in 1951 when Tuanku Abdul Rahman was retuning to Seremban
from Singapore by train. He was attacked by communists at Tampin resulting in
12 persons killed. It was reported in the Singapore daily was not in Malaya.
In fact GDTJ
has a collaboration with all the Chinese museums ie Selangor, Johore, Penang
and Negeri Sembilan. We have a cultural exchange with 2 Chinese museums in
Negeri Sembilan belonging to the Chinese Chambers in the dialects of Hakka and
Teochew.
After a
fruitful discussion the delegation visited the YLCO family Museum. Curator
Ignatius Chew greeted Mohd Khairil and proceeded to showed them the family
museum. The team posed with Malaysian Oscar winning actress Tan Sri Michelle
Yeoh.
The The team from GDTJ pose with 'Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh" ...... | ||
Ignatius Chew shows the team around the museum
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Ignatius showed them a photo of Tuanku Ja’afar the Yang DiPertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan with the Sultans of Perak, Pahang and Perlis together to which they immediately showed interest. The photo was from the file of Yeoh Cheang Lee, the chairman of the Perak Turf Club at its inaugural opening ceremony on 26 Februay 1971.
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Yeoh Cheang Lee at the inaugural opening of the Perak Turf Club on February 1971. In attendance (l/r) Tuanku Ja'afar Yang DiPertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan , The Sultan of Pahang and his consort Che Puan Maria, The Sultan of Perak, Raja Perempuan of Perak, the Raja of Perlis and Tunku Abdul Rahman 1st Prime of Malaysia
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What a
coincidence for Mohd Khairil could take home a souvenir from YLCO Museum.
JAG
Persiaran Bercham Selaten 47.
A nearby resident filled up documents and reported to MBI 2 weeks ago.
Till now its not covered back.
That was November 2025 but it was the start of a string of wonderful 2026 announcements for Michelle Yeoh.
First up was Michelle launching the Visit Malaysia Year on 3 January 2026.
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| Michelle Yeoh at the launch of Visit Malaysia Year 2026 |
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| ..walking on Jalan Bukit Bintang to meet PM Anwar Ibrahim |
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| .." i am very priveleged to be here tonight" ..... |
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| 1. Madame Morrible 2. flip it into 3. Wicked Witch 4.Madame Morrible |
The next good news was on February 13 2026 when she received the Honorary Golden Bear award during the 76th Berlin International Film Festival in recognition of her outstanding achievements in film and cinema.
Sean Baker, the producer of ‘Sandiwara’ in which Michelle acted, presented the Golden Bear award to her.
In the 11 minute short film made in Penang with an iPhone Michelle Yeoh played the role as five different characters , The Critic / The Hawker / The Waitress / The Vlogger and The Singer.
Sandiwara was amazing. Michelle played multiple roles and that it was filmed in a local environment using Penang as the backdrop. I epecially liked the roles of the Waitress (that dressing was so old school ) the Vlogger (depicting the foods Of Penang) and that sultry Singer was tantalizing and the setting was Red Garden Food Paradise was actually a local night outlet.
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| a youthful Michelle the waitress, knitware top and bell bottom jeans..a period dress in the early days |
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| Michelle the vlogger ....with our local delicacies .. |
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| Michelle ..the sultry singer ...such beauty and tantalizing versatality ...... |
JAG
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| The Month of May - dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary |
May is the
month of Mary. Thats been the rule every May month of the year. It’s also when
individuals and families who have statues of Mother Mary bring them to
church during the morning mass to get them blessed by the priest.
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| ..the display of Mother Mary statues ..... |
Yesterday 1st May being a holiday, the mass was held in the evening so it was a photo opportunity to document this lovely ritual on the Month of Mary. There was a personal statue which was 3ft high and also a 100+ year old statue which the owner said was called Lady of Victory that had been given a touch over after a long time.
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| Blessing of all statures .... |
All the statues were taken home after mass and all proud owners felt much blessed and closer with their private and personal ‘Mother Mary’.
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| ..proud owners taking their statues home ... |
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| The owner calls it (left) Lady of Victory, (middle) 3ft personal statue ... |
