Father was born July 10 in the year of the rat 1920. He had his education in Muar, Malacca and Singapore before becoming a teacher. He has had a colourful past as an English speaking teacher who became Ismail School's headmaster. He has memories of WW2 and the Communist days. He has documented a lot of events in his life which are penned down in his diaries. He was conferred the PIS medal from the late Sultan of Johor for his contributions.
To this day, he still toils in the garden, planting bananas and tending to the other fruit trees. At the moment, he is harvesting rambutans and mangosteens.
He has 9 children - 6 daughters and 3 sons, with 14 grandchildren. Eldest grandchild is Shaun and youngest is Jo-uwe.
Happy birthday, Poi.
