Comments on: Discovering Penang’s Inner City - Day 3 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/ Living One Day At A Time Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:04:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Joey Chin http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-11090 Joey Chin Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:29:17 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-11090 Hello Peter Tan, Like Lim Ewe Hin, I left Penang in 1980, and now I am in a city call Arcadia in Southern California, United States. I went back to Penang in May this year. I remenber the last time I went back to Penang was 23 years ago. That was to attend my father's funeral. Never know that man because he never live with me. This time in Penang, I relized how I much I like this island. My childhood memory one by one return to me. It seem that I have found myself again. The school (Han Chiang High School) I once attend, the Ayer Item Laksa, freash durian, and much much more gave me my childhood back. I realy miss this Island. I will one day come back to live in this island again. I will do.... <strong>Peter: I was studying in Han Chiang for a few months before my spinal cord injury. Please do come back again. Penang is changing very fast. I miss the good old days when there was less traffic, less pollution and it was green everywhere. </strong> Hello Peter Tan,

Like Lim Ewe Hin, I left Penang in 1980, and now I am in a city call Arcadia in Southern California, United States. I went back to Penang in May this year. I remenber the last time I went back to Penang was 23 years ago. That was to attend my father’s funeral. Never know that man because he never live with me. This time in Penang, I relized how I much I like this island. My childhood memory one by one return to me. It seem that I have found myself again. The school (Han Chiang High School) I once attend, the Ayer Item Laksa, freash durian, and much much more gave me my childhood back. I realy miss this Island. I will one day come back to live in this island again. I will do….

Peter:
I was studying in Han Chiang for a few months before my spinal cord injury. Please do come back again. Penang is changing very fast. I miss the good old days when there was less traffic, less pollution and it was green everywhere.

]]> By: Lim Ewe Hin http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-8597 Lim Ewe Hin Sun, 21 May 2006 09:40:44 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-8597 Left Penang in 1979, been in Australia since then, now based in Perth for over 18 years. Still have relatives in Jelutong. Been interested lately in my family/ancestral history. I am the 22nd generation of the Lim Clan and the son of Lim Kean Chye. My grandfather, Lim Boon Lye passed away before I was born in 1958. He passed away in the chinese village of Jelutong. I believe he was a chinese herbalist and also my great grandfather, Lim Teik Huat was apparently a multi millionier gentleman in those days, in the hay days of the 1920's who owned chinese medicine/herbal shops on both side of the streets - I think it was Chulia street ?? Intend to go back to Penang late this year and follow up on my curiousity. If you have an suggestion as to where I should start, please let me know. I guess the Lim Kongsi is the start. <strong>Peter: I never took the opportunity to trace my ancestry when my parents were around. Now I wish I did. Yes, the Lim Kongsi is a good place to start. Good luck to you.</strong> Left Penang in 1979, been in Australia since then, now based in Perth for over 18 years. Still have relatives in Jelutong. Been interested lately in my family/ancestral history. I am the 22nd generation of the Lim Clan and the son of Lim Kean Chye. My grandfather, Lim Boon Lye passed away before I was born in 1958. He passed away in the chinese village of Jelutong. I believe he was a chinese herbalist and also my great grandfather, Lim Teik Huat was apparently a multi millionier gentleman in those days, in the hay days of the 1920’s who owned chinese medicine/herbal shops on both side of the streets - I think it was Chulia street ?? Intend to go back to Penang late this year and follow up on my curiousity. If you have an suggestion as to where I should start, please let me know. I guess the Lim Kongsi is the start.

Peter:
I never took the opportunity to trace my ancestry when my parents were around. Now I wish I did. Yes, the Lim Kongsi is a good place to start. Good luck to you.

]]> By: terry http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-636 terry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-636 it has been quite awhile since cindy and i go on sight seeing. both has been busy lately. glad to see some people still appreciate local history and architecture. hope you enjoyed your journey. 5 years in sxi, i've only been into that church besides the school once only. i think it was a brother's funeral, forgot his name already... it has been quite awhile since cindy and i go on sight seeing. both has been busy lately.
glad to see some people still appreciate local history and architecture.
hope you enjoyed your journey.
5 years in sxi, i’ve only been into that church besides the school once only. i think it was a brother’s funeral, forgot his name already…

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-637 petertan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-637 Terry, We throughly enjoyed it. Try it when you have the time. You will be surprised Penang is much more than we realised. Terry,
We throughly enjoyed it. Try it when you have the time. You will be surprised Penang is much more than we realised.

]]> By: terry http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-638 terry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-638 i know how much we can discover in penang alone. i've been to places that i never know existed. one place i would recommand it to you, but i think it is not a wheelchair-friendly place. it is the village beside the jetty which the houses are all above the water. very nice if you are there during the evening, before dark... i know how much we can discover in penang alone. i’ve been to places that i never know existed.
one place i would recommand it to you, but i think it is not a wheelchair-friendly place. it is the village beside the jetty which the houses are all above the water. very nice if you are there during the evening, before dark…

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-639 petertan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-639 Terry, I have never been to those clan jetties before. But I understand that many immigrants from China first stepped into Malaya for the first time through those jetties. They came with only the clothes on their back and not a sen to their name to work as coolies here. A few had become some of the wealthiest people in Penang. Terry,
I have never been to those clan jetties before. But I understand that many immigrants from China first stepped into Malaya for the first time through those jetties. They came with only the clothes on their back and not a sen to their name to work as coolies here. A few had become some of the wealthiest people in Penang.

]]> By: terry http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-640 terry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-640 hahah, my grandparents were one of those, but they stepped on penang island on the other side, pulau jerajak :) hahah, my grandparents were one of those, but they stepped on penang island on the other side, pulau jerajak :)

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-641 petertan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-641 Terry, My mother's grandfather came to Penang through the Lim Jetty in the late 18th century. He worked as a coolie for a few dollars per month and managed to save enough to buy 30 acres of land in Balik Pulau to cultivate rubber trees. My father's father arrived at around the same time too to escape a plague that was sweeping across our kampung in China. I guess he first stepped into Malaya via the Tan Jetty. These jetties are so full of historical significance that it is good to hear that the state government is taking steps to preserve the area. Terry,
My mother’s grandfather came to Penang through the Lim Jetty in the late 18th century. He worked as a coolie for a few dollars per month and managed to save enough to buy 30 acres of land in Balik Pulau to cultivate rubber trees. My father’s father arrived at around the same time too to escape a plague that was sweeping across our kampung in China. I guess he first stepped into Malaya via the Tan Jetty. These jetties are so full of historical significance that it is good to hear that the state government is taking steps to preserve the area.

]]> By: terry http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-642 terry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-642 yeah, it's good to know that the government is doing something to take care of such beautiful place. anyway, my father's father managed to open a grocery shop in hongseng estate, where i grew up till around 5 years old, then moved to another place. from zero to a shop, i wonder if i could still do that now...mmm... yeah, it’s good to know that the government is doing something to take care of such beautiful place.

anyway, my father’s father managed to open a grocery shop in hongseng estate, where i grew up till around 5 years old, then moved to another place. from zero to a shop, i wonder if i could still do that now…mmm…

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-643 petertan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2004/06/26/discovering-penangs-inner-city-day-3/#comment-643 Terry, Of course you can too. Work hard and smart, save enough and you can open a grocery store chain. But compared to people of his generation, we tend to spend a lot of money on the useless and the unnecessary like an expensive digicams, boutique coffee and designer clothes. Therefore we will need to work and save even harder to achieve the same result. Terry,
Of course you can too. Work hard and smart, save enough and you can open a grocery store chain. But compared to people of his generation, we tend to spend a lot of money on the useless and the unnecessary like an expensive digicams, boutique coffee and designer clothes. Therefore we will need to work and save even harder to achieve the same result.

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