Did you have this picture taken in LingNam Studio in DongKhanh Street? It looks so familiar. My parents also had the similar pose. Your sisters' hand bags were cute. We had that too.
Lu : Thank you for you to share your story with us! I have only a few being kept fragment of my childhood because of my grandmother's superstition my family was rarely to take photo.
I'd seen these pics since childhood but had no idea that not just my kid brother had brought them out of VN but he'd gone the distance to preserve them digitally, I owe that to him.
Hi buddy, please ask Hung to put them all onto a CD and send it to me, I need to get hold of the ones which were damaged by the sea water during our boat journey, thank you.
Just spoke to Mom, Andy is in VN now, he has a DVD with him just for you, not sure whether it's the slide show version or the file version, his travel plan includes a possible trip to Melbourne to see you & our new born grand nephew, depending on the cost of fare. His collection is dozens times more than what I show here.
I have no idea, I only remember getting motion sickness after a round of revolving helicopter simulation ride with Andy, and was not feeling well the rest of the outing. but for sure these weren't taken by pro hung around the zoo like when we were little. my 2nd thought, could that be your colleague 亞宝 in TOYOMENKA?
They're Xmas gift from me, vests for my 4 sis are actually not pink but light peach, Mom's is pink. Every Xmas I just pick one style for all 4 sis to avoid civil war ^o^ I remember one Xmas I picked 5 hats of different styles, Man! I was the public enemy that night ^o^
I really don't have a clue(sign of aging obviously). It was so long ago, the zoo seemed to be our favourite outing location all those years. And A Bao never went out with us! Hung rang yesterday but we're not home, I'm looking forward to his call again.
we were indeed, specially you, I remember Mom's favourite pride was that you were born at 3.8 kg, top of the class! and she's still saying that. oops! another private subject? ^o^
when Phuong & I learned that a 'cake' was part of your plan, we're glad to put up our shares in dream of a lavish birthday cake type with cream & icing just like the ones seen on TV, I was a bit disappointed when you eventually presented several cup cakes! ^o^ of course the disappointment was short-lived when Mom got home and got over joy, we had good time.
- when Phuong & I learned that a 'cake' was part of your plan, we're glad to chip in our shares in dream of a lavish birthday cake topped with cream & icing just like the ones seen on TV, not knowing that would've been way out of your budget. honestly speaking, I was a bit disappointed when you eventually presented several cup cakes! ^o^ of course my disappointment was short-lived when Mom got home and got over joy, 3 of us even performed a play '燕歸來' directed by yourself to entertain Mom, we had good time. - I'm refering to the very 1st Mother's day celebration organized by you with your own hand-drawn poster for Mom, cup cakes actually weren't from the bakery but from your classmate whose family baked cakes for bakeries, that's all we could afford as little kids with meager savings. - the celebration with cake from 雪园 was much later when we grew & got more $$, but somehow that very first one was always nailed in my head.
our childhood was simple, study in school and taking care of housework & homework, wishes were seldom granted but no complaints, reward was simple but treasured, we always reasoned with Mom & Dad for better or worse. Looking back at mid-life, we're darned good kids weren't we?
it may still do, I found a web page: http://members.shaw.ca/vnlibrary/temple.html which lists poems displayed on many temples around Saigon/Cholon, the one caught my eyes on 駙馬廟 is indeed quite good: 南朝遠播聲名，靖邊塞，擎天一柱. 北鎮長留義氣，耀精靈，護國千秋.
The pose can tell the story. I totally agree your parents are the couple forever young. Like father like son. You had similar pose in some of your picture with Chi too .
yeah！芳艷芬 was a super star when you two were born, mom & dad must have had her in mind when they named you. Haha! 冇錯喇！當時芳艷芬紅透半邊天，老爹和老媽替你倆命名時肯定是因為她的緣故。 老媽是超級影迷（如今仍然是），好彩我的名字冇被改成盧達華，又或者盧劍輝！
Nothing is better than sharing happiness ! Inspiring ! Looking at your photos one after another is like watching a good movie with happy ending. Thanks indeed.
My memory bank must have kicked off around the time of this photo, 'cause I remember this favourited pair of suspender shorts from grandma, also Helen's non-stop crying until the photographer handed her a piggy bank.
我的記憶庫應該大約在這段時間啟動，因為我清楚的記得這條外婆送的亦是我最喜愛的吊帶短褲，也記得包包那天哭個不停，直至攝影師遞給她這個小豬撲滿。 包包一直低著頭，攝影師的助手計窮，唯有敲打東西吸引她的注意，引得二姐和我亦齊齊望，只有大姐醒目，夠 camera sensitive. （看官應該記得，當年影樓用的是要用黑布把人和機一起覆蓋的巨無霸，每格菲林都要個別更換，所以每一 take 都要花很多心思。）
Did you have this picture taken in LingNam Studio in DongKhanh Street?
ReplyDeleteIt looks so familiar.
My parents also had the similar pose.
Your sisters' hand bags were cute. We had that too.
The studio was indeed on the same street, but its name was Red Fortune 紅吉 , my Dad's favourite, for a long while we visited there every New Year.
ReplyDeleteLu :
ReplyDeleteThank you for you to share your story with us!
I have only a few being kept fragment of my childhood because of my grandmother's superstition my family was rarely to take photo.
Quyen,
ReplyDeleteMy grandmom perhaps thought the same way, we don't have many pic of her.
Nice photos. I don't have many photos of my family as you do. You are so lucky that you have those remembrances.
ReplyDeleteXi Yen
I'd seen these pics since childhood but had no idea that not just my kid brother had brought them out of VN but he'd gone the distance to preserve them digitally, I owe that to him.
ReplyDeleteHi buddy, please ask Hung to put them all onto a CD and send it to me, I need to get hold of the ones which were damaged by the sea water during our boat journey, thank you.
ReplyDeleteQiao
Just spoke to Mom, Andy is in VN now, he has a DVD with him just for you, not sure whether it's the slide show version or the file version, his travel plan includes a possible trip to Melbourne to see you & our new born grand nephew, depending on the cost of fare. His collection is dozens times more than what I show here.
ReplyDeleteLu,
ReplyDeleteNice photos , A big lovely family ,why your teenage look was so cool ? smile.....haha...
Thuycam
That was the Hippies generation, cool boys don't smile ^o^
ReplyDeleteHey buddy, do you remember who took these pictures at the park and the zoo?
ReplyDeleteqiao
I have no idea, I only remember getting motion sickness after a round of revolving helicopter simulation ride with Andy, and was not feeling well the rest of the outing.
ReplyDeletebut for sure these weren't taken by pro hung around the zoo like when we were little.
my 2nd thought, could that be your colleague 亞宝 in TOYOMENKA?
The moment is forever
ReplyDeleteFor those captured
Are to bring back
The beauties
And memories
Worth to remember
All the females wearing pink vest. Were they the uniform of Lu Family or just A Pink Day for the family?
ReplyDeleteThey're Xmas gift from me, vests for my 4 sis are actually not pink but light peach, Mom's is pink. Every Xmas I just pick one style for all 4 sis to avoid civil war ^o^
ReplyDeleteI remember one Xmas I picked 5 hats of different styles, Man! I was the public enemy that night ^o^
I really don't have a clue(sign of aging obviously). It was so long ago, the zoo seemed to be our favourite outing location all those years. And A Bao never went out with us! Hung rang yesterday but we're not home, I'm looking forward to his call again.
ReplyDeleteHey buddy, that was very, very private!
ReplyDeleteI wonder - does this temple still exist?
ReplyDeleteWe even celebrated Mother's Day back then remember? With a cupcake for mum from Tuyet Vien - next door of Quyen's.
ReplyDeleteThere is a place where it looks quite the same in Melbourne city.
ReplyDeleteMy Bata shoes were my reward from daddy for being the third in the class.
ReplyDeleteThanks to our baby brother, this is my favourite photo of mum, I need to get hold of it, and ...
ReplyDelete...And this one of our beloved and handsome daddy.
ReplyDeleteWe were all big babies, weren't we?
ReplyDeleteDaddy used to say that we're his piggy banks.
ReplyDeletewe were indeed, specially you, I remember Mom's favourite pride was that you were born at 3.8 kg, top of the class! and she's still saying that.
ReplyDeleteoops! another private subject? ^o^
when Kim's daughter Jessica first shaw this pic, she said: grand Mom, you're a movie star!
ReplyDeletewhen Phuong & I learned that a 'cake' was part of your plan, we're glad to put up our shares in dream of a lavish birthday cake type with cream & icing just like the ones seen on TV, I was a bit disappointed when you eventually presented several cup cakes! ^o^ of course the disappointment was short-lived when Mom got home and got over joy, we had good time.
ReplyDelete- when Phuong & I learned that a 'cake' was part of your plan, we're glad to chip in our shares in dream of a lavish birthday cake topped with cream & icing just like the ones seen on TV, not knowing that would've been way out of your budget. honestly speaking, I was a bit disappointed when you eventually presented several cup cakes! ^o^ of course my disappointment was short-lived when Mom got home and got over joy, 3 of us even performed a play '燕歸來' directed by yourself to entertain Mom, we had good time.
ReplyDelete- I'm refering to the very 1st Mother's day celebration organized by you with your own hand-drawn poster for Mom, cup cakes actually weren't from the bakery but from your classmate whose family baked cakes for bakeries, that's all we could afford as little kids with meager savings.
- the celebration with cake from 雪园 was much later when we grew & got more $$, but somehow that very first one was always nailed in my head.
our childhood was simple, study in school and taking care of housework & homework, wishes were seldom granted but no complaints, reward was simple but treasured, we always reasoned with Mom & Dad for better or worse. Looking back at mid-life, we're darned good kids weren't we?
ReplyDeleteit may still do, I found a web page: http://members.shaw.ca/vnlibrary/temple.html which lists poems displayed on many temples around Saigon/Cholon, the one caught my eyes on 駙馬廟 is indeed quite good:
ReplyDelete南朝遠播聲名，靖邊塞，擎天一柱.
北鎮長留義氣，耀精靈，護國千秋.
Two more days it will be our 33rd anniversary, time flies!
ReplyDeleteMom & dad were so stylish!
ReplyDeleteThe "Son King", the new addition to our "Sister Flower" world.
ReplyDeleteThe very classic black & white movies image.
ReplyDeleteThis photo was taken after a fall to the ground, still smiling!
ReplyDelete情濃似酒, 越濃越久.
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary, sis.
The pose can tell the story. I totally agree your parents are the couple forever young.
ReplyDeleteLike father like son. You had similar pose in some of your picture with Chi too
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林家聲與吳君麗 ?
ReplyDelete當日与芝家人同渡，幾經波折，最終抵加安身。記憶中友好多人亦同年出海，如國英，錦義等等，不知可有感触?
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當年於 Vung Tau 新港送錦義上船，原擬乘机博乱，不果而返，几經風險，方可全身而退。意想不到於保罗登加島重遇，仿如隔世，之後再次送他上船离島赴美，可謂好事成双。
後來錦義於 Kuala Lumpur 吉隆坡美国候机營与國英重遇，透過紅十字会傳達而与身在吉隆坡加国候机營的我也联絡上，而後各抵美加，再透過 Email & Internet，演變成今日的百花齊放，真可謂天涯若比鄰矣。
http://cheeyungclassof75.multiply.com/
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於吉隆坡候机營还有另一巧合, 有日得悉有捐助故衣抵達, 急趕往忙碌搜索之際, 忽然有人從背後拍肩, 原來正是失散多年之六叔, 刚於日前抵達, 改天即飛瑞士, 人生交叉点的聚散, 即使一日之微, 会遇上的始終会遇上。
當日叔侄相聚, 忙介紹給同船友人, 方知船上領班图哥与六叔及父親當年同事美軍, 故友相逢得一日, 人生一樂, 快何如之。
A nice family! Congratulations!
ReplyDelete:-)))
ReplyDelete數日來幾次陪著媽媽去看她的眼科醫師，故意的逗她說話，發覺老媽的思維非常清晰，對陳年舊事的記憶更是出奇，尤其是說起當年公公的喪禮，老媽當時還在上中學，老爸明知到時會碰到唔止一個對手（大舅父和舅母各自介紹的同學某某和富商某某），但他仍然心口掛個勇字咁去出席。
ReplyDelete老媽描述起來真的就像少女般充滿著柔情蜜意的浪漫呢！
呢張相老豆可能用咗半罐「丹頂」嚟 set 頭。
ReplyDeleteThanks to a boatmate Ms. Anna Bui whose log has filled many memory gaps of my journey on sea in 1979:
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The Pulau Babi Tengah island which housed the Pulau Tengah refugee camp has become a resort, anyone interested?
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我身上穿著的 T shirt 是摯友顏漢基飛台前留給我的紀念品。
ReplyDelete( 三十年後老友重逢 )
从这张照片，我们看到的是一位美丽聪慧的女子。
ReplyDelete要知道----美丽，聪慧，女子。三样都是力大无比的因素。.
这美丽加上聪慧的女子，生出成群结队的子女出来。
做父母的恩爱慈祥，作子女的和气孝顺，同台上阵来演绎一个幸福的家庭，一段美满的婚姻和快乐的人生。
这不单止是珍贵的照片，更珍贵的是这个相册上每张照片都说出幸福美满快乐的故事。
Lu, 谢谢分享！
thanks Linh，我母親看到您的讚美留言一定開心到震，母親年輕時又的確是如您所言「力大無比」，尤其是當我頑皮的時候，哈哈！
ReplyDelete尚欠介紹一個芳加上一個芬。。。。即是芳艷芬也！
ReplyDeleteyeah！芳艷芬 was a super star when you two were born, mom & dad must have had her in mind when they named you. Haha!
ReplyDelete冇錯喇！當時芳艷芬紅透半邊天，老爹和老媽替你倆命名時肯定是因為她的緣故。
老媽是超級影迷（如今仍然是），好彩我的名字冇被改成盧達華，又或者盧劍輝！
Nothing is better than sharing happiness ! Inspiring ! Looking at your photos one after another is like watching a good movie with happy ending. Thanks indeed.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean this?
ReplyDeletehttp://cheeyungclassof75.multiply.com/photos/album/4/4#photo=36
My memory bank must have kicked off around the time of this photo, 'cause I remember this favourited pair of suspender shorts from grandma, also Helen's non-stop crying until the photographer handed her a piggy bank.
ReplyDelete我的記憶庫應該大約在這段時間啟動，因為我清楚的記得這條外婆送的亦是我最喜愛的吊帶短褲，也記得包包那天哭個不停，直至攝影師遞給她這個小豬撲滿。
包包一直低著頭，攝影師的助手計窮，唯有敲打東西吸引她的注意，引得二姐和我亦齊齊望，只有大姐醒目，夠 camera sensitive.
（看官應該記得，當年影樓用的是要用黑布把人和機一起覆蓋的巨無霸，每格菲林都要個別更換，所以每一 take 都要花很多心思。）