Saturday, January 31, 2009

Chinese New Year in Miri

Siew Yew's family members arrived safely in Miri on the 2nd day of CNY. This has been a long anticipated visit ... in fact we have waited for 5 years for this!! Finally, capitalising on the zero fare promotion from MAS, 20 of them came to Miri to celebrate CNY.

We were worried of the weather because it had been raining for weeks. Most of our program were outdoor, including visiting the famed Niah Cave and Lambir Hills National Park. Going to these places during monsoon season was not really a good idea. We took a wait-and-see attitude .... if the weather was not good then we would scrap the plan. Amazingly we were blessed with fine weather and were able to cover all the planned activities! Praise the Lord for answered prayer!

The gathering was such a blessing. Imagine 25 persons, young and old, squeezing under one roof! There were so much of catching up to do. Some of the children (well .... teenagers to be exact) managed to learn how to cycle during the short stay at our place. Cycling is not something one would pick up in KL, given the safety and security consideration.

After 3 days of fellowship and fun, they left for KL on Friday, leaving behind fond memories.

Group photo at Lambir Hills National Park. Some family members were not in the picture because they decided to trek further to another waterfall. Look how happy Siew Yew was.
Splashing time at the waterfall.
Taman Awam. Notice the sunshine in the picture? It was still raining when we arrived. The sky cleared up and the kids (including some over-aged ones) managed to play at the pool.
Meal time. Praise the Lord for our maid who did most of the cooking.
At Canada Hill.
The Ladies visiting the Grand Old Lady of Miri.
We were pleasantly surprised that the Petroleum Museum was open.
BBQ dinner at our place.
Sharing from Pastor Law after the BBQ dinner.
Min Jed, Min Waye and their cousin, Kit Hoe at the beach.
Taking a boat ride to cross the river to Niah Cave.
Group photo at Niah Cave .... (technically this is Deer Cave, just outside of Niah Cave).

3 comments:

James Wong said...

V. good sharing! It's not easy to play host to 20 pax - you and your wife are amazing! xD

I Am Sarawakiana said...

Having some time on my hand I visited your lovely "family" blog. It is nice to have a peep into good family oriented blogging.

The two of you looked like organising a group tour of several days and nights!! What Christ-motivated energy!!

Andy Chew said...

Thanks guys! Spending time with family members is really a blessing. We had great fun!