Wong Loong Reunion - 23.10.2010

Dear relatives,
Would like to announce that the Wong Loong Association has decided that our 5th reunion will be held on the  23rd October 2010. Mark your date!! See you there


p/s that means I am bogged down with updating the family tree again.. tee hee hee... do email me at celine(at)wongloong(dot)net. Thanks.

Sorry dear readers that this blog has not been updated lately. Just for your info, we are doing well, fulltime homeschooling with the two boys (not that it's new to us). Too many things to do, too little time to blog. Sigh! Really juggling with time.

While my in-laws think that I spoil my boys, I told them that it is very rare to have polite kids nowadays. :) The boys can be so irritatingly cheeky, yet  "Please & Thank you"s are always generous from them. Yes, even my mumbling baby C.

Heart you guys & Happy New Year!

Good Bye, Nenek Keningau!

Late last night, I was busy preparing an itinerary with dear hubby for our next trip . Around 1am, being the only two of us working downstairs, suddenly we heard a male's voice saying, "Excuse me, boss. You have a text message ." It gave hubby a shock as he thought someone else was in the house. Little did he know that was my text message's ringtone.

"Message from Fr. Charles Chiew. Pls pray for my mother's soul. She died just before midnight. Funeral likely Sunday afternoon."

I was sad, I was shocked. Though, we knew and prepared for this moment, just that the thought of her not being around really hurts!

The whole day today, I kept thinking of her, the times she spent with us esp when my grandma was still around; and the times when she was with us after my grandma had left us. She was a sporting grandaunt! Romance stories (gossiping about how my grandparents were matched and how my parents fell in love) ... stories about my great-grandma's wedding with an Italian man and how she left him for her own parents (Later then I knew that was Jinian & Pungun's story).. so much more...

I missed her, her laughter (she closed her mouth with her hands when she laughed).. I just missed everything about her, the nenek keningau that I knew.. She was the closest nenek I have, after my own. God bless her soul.


Dear Mona, Mel, Yvonne, uncles, aunties and cousins,

I am so sorry that I am not able to attend Nenek's funeral due to some restrictions/cultural beliefs (of being pregnant). My prayers will always be with her.

Love always,
C&M

Being parted from a beloved one leaves a terribly raw ache which one can't imagine will ever go away. However, time is a natural healer and eventually your memories will bring you fond comfort rather than sadness and loss.

Nenek Keningau

I called my mum up. She informed me that my grandaunt, a younger sister of my maternal grandma, is bedridden in Keningau's hospital, on oxigen.

She is the closest nenek of mine, after my own nenek. We call her nenek Keningau, just because she resides there. I am very fond of her, being a cool nenek, she would tell lots of olden time stories, like how my grandparents met, happenings during the WWII, bla..bla.. I remembered she told me that she worked as a nurse during the war, and she had short curly hair, so much more fashionable compare to the other siblings, wore skirts/dresses instead of sarongs!

After my grandma passed away, she became very close to us, especially my mum.. Now she is very ill, God please give her strength. To those who knows her, pray for her. Thank you.

Wong Loong Family Reunion 2007

I know I have been slacking updating this site. After our Family Reunion Gathering in July, I have been catching my sleep, that I have not been up to even check my emails.

During the reunion, I was delighted that I met a number of my relatives whom I have never meet before (only corresponds via emails). Thanks guys for emailing me the photos. I didnt bring my camera coz I tot dear Hubby would take the snapshots, but he had to attend to cranky lil C who was sulking bcoz I couldnt be with him during that occasion. To those relatives that dont know me, I was one of the person behind the counter, selling our family tree book. hehehe!!!!

Here's a short movie clip of the happenings, and those relatives who wish to purchase this 80min DVD, please contact celine@wongloong.net. Thanks.