My history page

Over the past months, I’ve been reflecting on my priorities while managing my projects. One significant milestone has been the progress on my Malaysian Birds album, which has now crossed the halfway mark. The remaining task is to fill in the gaps and complete the collection.

At the same time, I’ve turned my attention to an equally important project—documenting the history of my life. This new focus has been both meaningful and rewarding. With a fair amount already completed, I’m experiencing the joy of revisiting cherished memories and summarizing the events that shaped my journey. It feels like reaping the rewards of past efforts: my old photographs, taken with care, now serve as the foundation for capturing the essence of my story. I look forward to creating a comprehensive and rich album of my life’s history.

 

Part 1 The Story of my life

16th September 1963 -Technical College

My working mates in Cycle & Carriage Bintang

People that I know

My IKEA Group

Flashback - My whole Y2K page now in the remakjing

Part 2 Hobby related

Karaoke in my house started in 1991

Sungei Way Karaoke Group 

Tracing Karaoke Singing -thru the years

Kiara Hills since memorial & the "Kiara Bunch"

Y2K- My "Big Travel Year"

Part 3 My associations with Birds

Bird Race? What is it? Fraser's Hill Bird Race - Pictures from 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007

Collections - My very own "Bird Race"  & tallying my collections as  Glossary

People who went out watching birds

The Photographers that we met plus those I rode piggy back with

Part 4 My trusted partner -BW 5680

The Making Of the VW Beetle

Amazing THAILAND

My Thai Odysseys - Ko Samui - Krabi - Trang  etc

Off Road in Jungle Malaysian Jungle - Rompin Endau national Park

The "VW Club" my jungle car can join the Concourse to admire a thing of beauty

Part 5 My "Sports Cars"

"Great Old Britain" - my collection of the poor man's sport cars -

My 1st MGB 

The second MGB

 MG "B" GT 

Sunbeam Alpine

 Triumph Spitfire  

My collection of Sports cars.

Part 6 Interesting topics

The Pertak Valley before the whole valley being turned into a Dam-

Construction of the Empangan Sungei Selangor

 Henry Gurney last fight

Kampar Gravel Pump Tin Mining Museum

Green Ridge - Battle of Kampar to slow Japanese advance

Y2K Year Wk41 - Checking out "Penarian" Route

Dexter finishing school 2021

Part 7 Penang My Hometown

 


Conclusion
The work of documenting my life’s history is coming together beautifully. I’m thrilled to see my old photographs carefully compiled and thoughtfully arranged into pages that tell my story. This process has reminded me of two things.

First, I’m grateful for how these pictures effortlessly revive memories when I look back at them. Second, I’m proud that my habit of taking and keeping photographs throughout my life is now proving its value.

Seeing these pages come to life confirms a simple truth: dedication and hard work towards a meaningful goal bring deep satisfaction in the end.

 

 
With Will Would Wander