Wednesday, February 22, 2006
2/22/2006 07:06:00 AM

Start 'em Young!

posted by Francis Ho

CJ all five years of adorable him is fascinated with everything at our house especially the jetty, my kayaks (waaa so many!) and the river. Must be quite a relief from the over 1,oookms drive with daddy, my brother-in-law who works in the land of milk and honey (or rather old and gas) called BSB, Brunei Darussalam - a.k.a. the private domain of the used to be world richest man; the sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah (who was briefly in the news last year when he, 56 married a malaysian newscaster half his age).

Anyway back to CJ (who's more interesting and cute). He was particularly enthralled with my new 'lava-coloured' (red/yellow/red mix) double sit-on-top kayak that was kindly brought from KL to Kuching by Maureen on Chinese New Year's eve. (Some people buys new sports coupe, sofas or entire wardrobe for the chinese new year but I hate to follow the crowd!) And CJ wants 'unker' to take him on the boat and naturally I did with daddy's permission of course who was not too worried as CJ can swim 200meters non-stop at the local swimming pool in BSB! Shame on a lot of us! I repeat - that's 4 times up and down your olympic standards swimming pool! So folks; meet our future olympic swimming and kayaking hope - CJ! Got to keep these photos carefully for posterity sake! And to shame us further; CJ can also play a few simple tunes on the piano. Now everbody, with CJ at the keys - "row, row, row your boat gently down the stream ..."

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  At Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 Blogger gus said:

Ho ho ho...I'm sure CJ will be droning about it all month. His parents and friends will surely hear a lot about his favorite 'unker' and the row adventure.

  At Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 Blogger Robin CHAN said:

hahaha.. now now.. stop exposing my shopping list.

CJ is certianly cool@@.. sure he is going to remember Kayaking with Unker..

I was allowed to ride on a motorbic when I was four, and I could never forget the experience..

  At Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 Blogger iml said:

Good morning!! Your place is better than hotel. A hive of activities in your backyard!!! At 5 I only had tricycle rides.

  At Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 Blogger Francis Ho said:

agus - after that trip, CJ pestered me for days to take him out again to look for crocs! me n my stories ... *sigh*

robin - luckily for me i had no such restrictions since young. hmmm perhaps that's why i was never rebellious?

its-my-life-story (wat alot 2 type!) - yeap! much better than a resort lah! no crowds only friendly squirrels n birds chirping n d best cuppucino n scones in town ...

  At Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 Blogger gus said:

Ahaha...bet that sent shivers down your spine! Better tell him to watch what he wishes to find in the murky rivers of sarawak.

  At Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 Blogger Chen said:

wah.. CJ want to look for crocs ah?
that is what I don't wish to see if i'm on the river :P
*don't play play*

  At Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 Blogger Francis Ho said:

CJ's a gem and at the cutest curious age where the whole world is just wonderful; cros included! He asked me what animals are in the river before asking if he could see it. Stoopid unker answered too fast ...

  At Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 Blogger Chen said:

unker is not stoopid lah..
that thing just slipped unker's mind :)
since everything happen in split of seconds :D

  At Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 Blogger Pandabonium said:

Great post. The future of Kuching kayaking is assured.


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