The Oldies

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. -- Soren Kierkegaard

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends. -- Samuel Johnson

Grand-daddy, Mr. Yue Din Nam in 1954.

Grandmother, probably her only photo

Women are like tea bags; put them in hot water and they get stronger. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Daddy as a young boy, cute, cute.

A boy's story is the best that is ever told. -- Charles Dickens

What is this boy's story?

A small protrait of daddy.

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. -- St. Basil

A relaxed daddy thinking about...

It is the nature of a great mind to be calm and undisturbed. -- Seneca, De Clementia

Daddy with full gear and high wattage.

Winning breeds confidence and confidence breeds winning. -- Hubert Green

Another daddy's small portait, more casual.

Daddy in front of a car

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. -- Mildred Barthel

Banquet in 1964: Cool-po, daddy, mommy and a sleepy Clara.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep. -- Fran Lebowitz

Enter Dai-Lowe Choy (Dai-Lowe is Big Fellow in Cantonese)

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. -- Dale Carnegie

Daddy and Dai-Lowe having fun.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. -- Deepak Chopra

Here comes Yee-Lowe To (Yee is two in Cantonese)

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. -- Garrison Keillor

A lovely photo of daddy and mommy

Daddy, mommy, Aunt 6 and Dai-Lowe Choy: does Aunt 6 look like Dai-Lowe's older sister?

Is this the chubbiest picture of Dai-Lowe?

Some years later, Yee-Lowe joined. Look at his bald head. Must be very young.

Daddy and mommy at a banquet.

The starting point of our life: daddy and mommy getting married.

Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always. -- Source Unknown

Daddy, Mommy, Choy and To. Note that Choy's hair was nicely done. Is this the chubbiest photo of To?

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness. -- Ali Ibn-Abi-Talib

Daddy and To bonding.

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure. -- Mark Twain

At the wedding banquet of an uncle. Both Bun and Clara appeared. The full cast: Po-po, cool-po, daddy, mommy, Choy, To, Bun and Clara (most called her Kar Sin in those days). Look at her finger.

Great men always know where to put their hands. -- The Wisdom of Chihow

A scene from the 80th birthday banquet of grandpa. Besides daddy, grandma (mother of uncle 8) also appeared.

Who is this lovely lady?

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored. -- Oscar Wilde

Mommy's second portait.

My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms -- will it return to my body when they scatter? -- Kotomichi

Pele or Ronaldo? Daddy at his best.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it. -- John Wooden