Photos from Rose's album

I visited Rose in Kuching in March 2010 after my trip to Sabah to visit James Chin. I used my Sony Cybershot to take photos of Rose's album photos. They turned out quite ok. This is the quickest way of making copies of Black and White Kodak photos that I know.

This was the last photo taken of my father. I was 10 years old in 1954 when he passed away, aged 40 because he has cancer of the stomach. Sarawak was a British colony until 1963. The medical services were not very good then. I do not remember whether there was a government hospital in Miri or not. He was probably treated at the Shell hospital across the river on the peninsula.

The old lady, seated in the centre of this photo is Apong. She is some how related to my mother. We addressed her as Q-po. One of her daughters was Bill Chin's mum (auntie Chong Tai). Seated on her left is auntie Ah Yin, my mum's sister. She brought up my sister, Cecilia. This photo was taken at Cecilia's wedding in Seria. She can be seen 5th from right, standing next to Jeffrey Chow. Rose and I were studying in Australia. Sadly, we could not afford the trip home for our only sister's wedding.