First Dividend In 2007 an uncle who I did not know existed then chanced to see the Story of Chew Joo Chiat, my great grand-father, also his grand father. He wrote to me about Chew Joo Chiat's grave which I was told had been exhumed. As he was based in Shanghai then, he referred me to his eldest brother in Singapore for more info. We met and at last year's Qing Ming, he and his son brought me and a cousin to Joo Chiat's grave at Bukit Brown. From the tombstone I learned that my great grand father had 5 children in all. That information together the new found relatives enable me to update Chew Joo Chiat's family tree.
Second Dividend In March 2010 a young man saw my blog post 'Back to School'. He noticed that I and his dad were in the same academic year at Raffles Institution. He wrote to me to see if I knew his dad, HK Wong. I replied with a photo of class 1952 attached. We were classmates then. Later HK Wong contacted me to arrange for a meeting with another 2 classmates. Last month four of us had a reunion lunch at Tanglin Club.
I am very much encouraged by this and is now looking forward to a third blogging dividend.
3 comments:
Hi Philip,
Yr 1952 photo, in which part of RI building was the building located? I can't quite place it.
It was the annexe building at the junction of Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road. The group photo was taken facing the school field.
Wow. That's fascinating.
I'm currently doing an assignment for school that requires some knowledge on Singapore's past.
Your blog really helps much! Thank You for sharing! :)
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