Life and Dots of Daniel

It all began with love

On this night in 1984, the moon was at its brightest in lieu of the Chinese mid autumn festival. Friends and families found ways to be together. Children with lanterns paraded the streets like little fire flies everywhere. That was a night to remember, of course, for a young couple.

Back then when my grandpas and grandmas were alive, our family always had gathering. The family tradition never dies until today. This night was the only time my dad and mum missed the family gathering. Grandpa, grandpa, uncles and aunts were anxiously waiting for us to start dinner.

You know, back then, mobile phone was a luxury. We did not own one so it was hard for my parents to inform that they weren’t joining the family gathering. As much as I could remember, the horizon in front of me was totally dark. I could not speak nor hear anything. Comprehension was like the Milky Way, I could not understand what was going on.

All I knew was the constant push to get out of the dark world exhausted me. I often imagine, accurate or not, mum was a good pusher. She pushed me out to this world, she still pushes me to do something that is for my own good and never fails to lift me up.

Many days, my mum smiled. Many days, my dad smiled. Many days, my relatives smiled. From what little information I gathered, I was born into this world, weighed around 3.0-3.5 kilograms, and was named Daniel Liew.

That’s how it all began.. .

If you are good at Math you can boldly get the answer to how young I am this year. How young I am doesn’t matter, the thing that matter to me most is to see my parents healthy in their golden age. As for me it will be finding that special someone.

Happy Birthday Daniel!

The ants have been very helpful in arranging those alphabets for the header. The ants left the "W" tilted because it's too heavy. The caterpillars left behind a green trail before transforming into butterflies. Overall, it was a great experience working with the ants and the caterpillars. Experience is life changing.

A birthday, three cakes

It started out as a secret, lots of unknown recipe in the Secret Recipe cake. At first glance, it looked tempting to know what Grace was holding. Was that a blueberry cheese cake or a chocolate indulgence? Just by looking at the red bag, we knew it' must be something big!

We were sitting and enjoying the atmosphere at McDonald's. The light dimmed, contemporary music played, and windy breeze blowing at us. Just as the clock ticked towards 00:00 September 10, 2008, my friends had a 10 seconds countdown before 12am struck. 

So, this is the cake - the Chocolate Indulgence with the word HANDSOME DANIEL LIEW, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! written on top of it. Haha. Two bigger candles and four smaller candles flickering bringing light to the darkness.

Here's the birthday boy looking so happy in front of his birthday cake. Making wishes, wishing that he is a wishing star. 

Crap! Try read the red-coloured word on my shirt, it looks like "Sex First". That's funny! They even made me kissed the cake. Ewww... 

Come on. This Chocolate cake is nice. Laura is devouring the whole piece of cake, it's like now you see and now you don't. Look at her, enjoying the cake piece by piece. 

Jennifer, on the other hand, was a deep thinker. As the cake goes into her mouth, she tasted it with all the senses available in her tongue. "Taste great," she said. Bernard (our pianist, guitarist and drummist) agrees with her.

Konica! Nikon! Canon! Olympus! Smile! The famous peace "V" sign.

Let's take another shot. Bernard, Laura, Dora, Irene, Grace, Raphael, Jennifer, Richard, Vincent, Daniel, Edward and Simon posing the boxing shot. Photo taken just before we left McDonald's.

Yesterday night, Jon's mum (Aunt Man Ling) invited me over for a dinner. She said she made something tasty for me. I am not sure if you have ever tasted a coffee flavoured mooncake clad with chocolate. For goodness sake, this is something nice! If you would like to place order for this special mooncake (for those staying in Skudai area), please let me know.

I have a confession to make, this is my first jelly-pandan-cake. Usually, I get the chance to taste the normal fresh cream cake or full cream cake but not jelly cake. Looks nice and taste nice!

If you are wondering who made this cake, it's Jon's mum! She's a great cook and she bakes lots of things. Here's Jon, Jon's mum, Jessie and me.

I must say thank you to the following people:

Those who leaved their comments on my Facebook:
Br Mark Aloysius, Ambrose Tay, Ing Chia, Kin Fook, Apple Sim, Chow Ern, Hooi Sean, Nathalia Luter (singing coconut), Chou Yu, Lian See, Tiong Leng, Amanda Chong, Mary Tan (drumsticks), David Foo, and Alan Lim (DSvT).

Those who leaved their comments on my Friendster:
Wei Jiun, Nana (sis), Anna Lee (annalycis), Benjamin Ho (drBen), Stephy (sis), William Hii (shepherd), Mary Ann, Shirley Tan (secretary), Vannessa Lam, Jennifer Looi, Vicky Wong, Adeline Ng, Jason, Jun Kai, Paul Siew, Eunice Chung, and Tze Tsin (nyamuk).

Those who sent their greetings through SMS/MSN:
Suituapui, Fr Paul, Angela Tan, Eddie Tan, Lidwina (sis), See Yee, Lee Chin, Doreen Ho, Aunt Helen, Sharon Tan, Siaw Hui, Coleen Lai, Vicky Wong, Anna Lee, Jin Leong, Anthony Cheong, William Hii, Alice , Benedict Ting, Veronica Chai, Stephany, Vui Jen, Chow Ern, Stelleen Lukas, Peter, Allan, Anna Liew, Heng Giap, Aunt Jin Er, Paul See, Calvin Chai, Anna Tan, Zhili, Yee Wei and Br Alvin Ng.

For those who tried to call me but couldn't get through (thanks to DiGi's downtime):
Seng Jwee and Choon Keat.

MCGers who countdown with me:
Edward Lee, Jennifer Looi, Grace Ling, Dora Tan, Irene Cheong, Laura Chang, Simon Heng, Raphael Ho, Richard Pang, Vincent Ng and Bernard Siew.

To the wonderful family:
Aunt Man Ling, Jonathan, Justin and Jessica.

Coursemates who celebrated my birthday just in time before the end of September 10:
Chow Ern, Shan Chin, Chin Loon, Shin Inn, Calvin, Shelby, and Vui Jen.

Not forgetting those who leaved their comments on danielliew.com:
Ing Chia, fishtail, Paulus, Blue, Apple, senn, Kenni, suituapui, Anna, cbenc12, Jonathan, drumsticks, keeyit, peanut and DD.

Also to my plurk buddy:
Anita Mukah (paiseh to leave you out).

The reason why I posted all these names is not to show how many people I know but it is their simple wishes and care that gives me the strength to move on despite staying in a far away land from home and family.

Thank you guys! I have count my blessings. Last but not least, I'd like to thank God the provider of every single thing and people I meet in my life.

I remember I told you there were three cakes, the last cake was presented by my dear coursemates. I will upload the photos once I have them.