TVB Serials

Okay, yet another 80's nostalgia post from me :)

The early 80's also marked the start of the videotape craze. For those pre-Astro days, the humble video recorder was a perfect avenue to while away the hours between work and rest.

In those days, the videos mostly came from recordings of the popular TVB series broadcasted on Singapore TV, which had been dubbed in Mandarin, even the theme songs

Nowadays, both Astro Wah Lai Toi and Xing He channels repeat quite a number of these series. In addition, you can also buy the series in disc sets online.

Long after the stories had faded from our memories, the theme songs remained. Mostly composed by the prolific Joseph Koo, they were amazing pieces that matched the melodrama of the stories well. There are too many to cover here, so I have chosen a few for your enjoyment. For the rest, just surf around Youtube and you will be rewarded :)

First off, The Twins, which came out in 1979 (!).

Then, The Dynasty, which was from 1980.

Another popular series was Tai Chi master Zhang.


This next one needs no introduction - it was THE series of 1984:


Finally, a series that we were all watching when we were in Form 5:

My Old Photos ... Part 1

This year CNY 2009 - my wife found my old photo album while we were staying at her parents house. Every one was very surprise that I was a very skinny and smiley boy!! I guess the corporate world made me into a monster and super killing machine.

I will be posting the picture in stages as I have a lot of old photo that need to be scanned.

p/s This is a special request from Ivy ... she misses all her ex-boyfriends. .. innocent and cute ... Boy is Paul Ting and Hanafi ... little ... err I mean small ... err or I better shut-up.

2nd Sibu Troop & Company Reunion

I "borrowed" this photo from the www.2ndsibu.org website to be posted here.

The ex-boy scouts of 2nd Sibu Troop and ex-girl guides of 2nd Sibu Company had their reunion on the 2nd day of CNY at Tanahmas Hotel in Sibu. There were quite a few who came back from overseas just for the reunion, from as far as Australia and The States. Unfortunately, not many girl guides from my year attended the reunion....and even more unfortunate, the few that did attend left before this photo was taken.

Those who know me well from the girl-guiding days would not have expected that I would miss such an event....sigh, apa boleh buat?! Nevermind, I'll definitely be at the next reunion!