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In all honesty, i have never met an old man that has put me in such awe and amazement before. Intrigued me the whole of dinner and it really puts young people to shame when you hear the way he speaks and the memory he has. Don't ever say that you can't remember cos you're getting old already. I'll never believe you again.haha. Met Ah Gong Philip Tan today, to celebrate his 96th birthday. 96th!!! can you believe it? and amazingly at 96, he has yet to go senile or have the least bit of "lao ren ci dai zheng". haha. In fact he's fit as a fiddle, speaks perfect English, can remember facts about Singapore's history better than the history books and breaks Codebreakers ( a game that is much much harder than crossword puzzles). He only stopped working at the age of 91 at an audit office at that. My goodness!!! i wanna be like him man! seriously! he is my new inspiration! haha. The whole dinner we were asking him things to see if he could remember them and he could tell us in perfect detail what actually happened. And not only things about the past but also things that are considered relatively recent like happenings in 1995 and stuff. Dam cool la. Imagine being a walking time capsule.... I wonder how it feels like to see Singapore literally transform around you. really from a fishing village to the modern city it is today. Scary i think...lol.
Ian and his nonsense ' magic ' trick.
Cousins!
Ah gong Philip. =)
Happy 96th birthday! can you believe the number of candles?
3 birthday kids! haha. Guess who's 96? haha.
Anyways, Happy Birthday to Ah gong Philip Tan, Mum and Uncle Peter!