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After winning a major dancing competition on 25th March in Sydney, Magdalen & Philip Lee won big again. This time it was the Jupiter National Championship in Gold Coast on 7th and 8th of April. As Anthony Poon puts it “… indeed new milestones in their dancing endeavors; they are the Australian's honour, the Chinese honour, and to crown all the WYK's honour”
Here is what Philip said after the event:
Cecil Li (李兆鏗) is in Hong Kong. Yesterday (22nd May) Ernest Ng ( 伍傑忠) arranged a welcome dinner at his Kowloon Tsai club and here is what Ernest had to say of this mini reunion dinner party,
“Cecil is visiting HK. We got together yesterday and had dinner at Kowloon Tsai Club. We talked about the silly things from the old days. For example it was I who gave Canice Mak his nick name Maidenfong. Also Dennis mentioned 無乃紀良妻 from our Chinese book; I think it was about you (Dominic 景良)”
As shown in the photo, they are 颜啟康, 張慶, 洪德仁
梁世達, 麥振芳, 伍傑忠, 李兆鏗, 黄智明, 陸慶奇
Our very own 64 classmate Philip Lee李榕堅 had won big in a dancing competition in Australia. The event took place on 25th March in Olympic Park. There were 18 couples competing for the Masters 2 Open events that they entered. Six rounds of dancing later they won first place in all dances which included 5 dances in Modern Standard and 5 dances in Australian New Vogue.
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“We were really pleased with the results as there were quite a lot of changes in the choreography of the Modern Standard style: Waltz, Tango, Slow Foxtrot and the Quicksteps although the Viennese Waltz stayed unchanged. We practised very hard, sometimes 5-6 hours a day to internalise the new choreography. As late as yesterday we were unsure if we could pull it all together for today's competition. |
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After spending a week in Sedona, we headed south to Tucson for more leisure time. Tucson is situated at the edge of the Sonora Desert, which stretches a long way into Mexico and also westward into parts of California. Northerners come to Tucson during the winter months to soak up some rays and to enjoy the warm and dry climate. We were in Tucson last year; we liked it so much that we decided to return. Our timeshare casita was at the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains. Every morning, I took my coffee out to the balcony and watched the sun rise over the mountain top - quite a pleasant way to start the day. You can always sit by the pool or play a round of golf if you just want to relax. However, there is a lot more to do and see in Tucson and its vicinity than you would think otherwise. Here are my top ten picks. They are in no particular order, although the selections are likely to be biased by my own interest.
Sedona in Arizona is famous for its red rock formations. These are massive outcroppings of sandstone and limestone which have been sculpted to interesting shapes through eons of weathering. The iron oxide in the rock gives it a brilliant rustic color, especially when the sun hits it at the perfect angle. If you enter Sedona via the southern route (i.e. in the direction from Phoenix), the approach is truly breathtaking. The rock formations have names like Courthouse, Bell, Cathedral, Snoopy, Coffeepot, etc. You can use your imagination to enjoy what nature has created. We visited Sedona in March of 2012. Although we had been here a few times before, we love to return when we can.
The landscape in Sedona is a heaven for hikers. There are over 100 marked trails of various lengths and difficulties. No matter which one you pick, you have a good chance of catching a changing view of equal beauty at every turn. If you are not the hiking type, you can take a jeep tour to the back country. If you are inclined to be more adventurous, you can go on a hot air balloon ride or a helicopter ride to capture the panorama from the air. Sedona is the place where many of the old western cowboy movies were filmed. I am sure we all saw a few of these when we were kids.
The spring banquet for WYKAAO (Wah Yan College Kowloon Alumni Association of Ontario) was held on Mar 3 Saturday. To our ‘64 classmates in Toronto, it was another excuse to get together and we did. We had a good turnout including David Wong, Philip Chan, Frederick Chow, Francis Kwong, Roger Leung, Raymond Ng, Raymond Liu, Dominic Chan, and our spouses. David Wong being the chairman of WYKAAO gave the opening speech but on top he also presented a featured talk '趣談-龍年四吉四凶'. Roger and Dominic both brought wine. Food was good even though to us it was only secondary. It was a fact that we always had fun getting together. Here are some pictures taken,
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Sunny (60), Raymond Ng, Francis Kwong & Roger Leung |
Raymond, Philip and his wife Winnie, Cecilia (Dominic Chan's wife) |
Winnie, Cecilia and Anna (Francis's wife) |
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Mr. Ho sir |
David Wong |
Roger Leung & Frederick Chow |
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Raymond Liu & Philip Chan |
Dominic Chan (Second from right) |
Raymond Ng |
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Orlando is world renowned for the Disney theme parks. There is plenty to do and see at these interesting places, and adults can have as much fun, if not more so, as kids in enjoying a variety of activities. In February of 2012, Chan Ming Sang and I, together with our respective spouses, Helena and Margot, vacationed in the Orlando area. We spent a full day each at EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow), Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studio. If you like this kind of entertainment, Orlando also offers Sea World, Discovery Cove, Universal Studio, and a number of water parks. After 3 days of Disney, we decided to head out of Orlando to catch some other sights. These short excursions are the ones I am writing about. To me, they are the little gems which most tourists tend to forget when they travel to Central Florida.
We started our European trip in Venice with a cruise in the Adriatic. As I wanted to relive my memories of Venice we arrived at the city a day earlier. It was over 18 years ago that I visited Venice with my wife Magdalen and our teenage children so we were surprised that the city hadn't changed all these years. I guess it is this timelessness that people want to come to see. There are no cars in Venice and people have to get around the island on foot, in boats, ferries and Gondales. There were hundreds of bridges joining the city blocks together and idyllic streets with boutique shops and restaurants dazzled the tourists with the famed operatic masks outside shop windows everywhere gave the city a sense of culture and atmosphere of a carnival. San Marco was just magical. The Square was packed with tourists from all over the world who wanted to share the history of this city. And would you believe that some of the most beautiful basilicas are build on stones foundations sitting on top of hundreds of thousands of wooden poles embedded under the water! If you Google the history of Venice, I'm sure that you will be amazed by the genius of the Venetian Republic in Medieval times.
Dennis called me one day and explained the benefits of taking a Mediterranean cruise with him. We were going to visit Greece, Turkey, Italy, Monte Carlo and Spain.
The conversation started with us but the decision making finished with the wives.
This is when the wisest saying of “I know nothing” came about. These 3 little words are the backbone of all sanity. The wisdom behind cements happy marriage, absolute tranquil life, reduction of noise level and most importantly, this is our fortified shield against everything. You will work less if you know nothing. You will put out less money if you know nothing. I can go on forever with the benefits of knowing nothing.
Decision was made, money was paid and we were on our way to a cruise.
While I know nothing, the good doctor knows everything (I know, it is a dirty job but somebody has to do it.)
