Its the 2nd day of Chinese New Year. I had a good sleep and went out early for breakfast. Today the Tan Family had our 3rd year international gathering at Toa Payoh Multipurpose Hall. I am one of the organising committee and this is the 3rd year running. Many of the relatives flew back from oversea for this yearly gathering, people like Alan and Jo who came back from Shanghai, Kent from Beijing and some others.
Steven was the one that initiated this yearly gathering after you passed away cos he feels that after grandma passed away, the whole Tan family dont get to meet as often as we used to except for events like "wakes" so thats how the whole idea was born.
We had our first gathering at Pasir Ris Awana Resort in year 2006 and though it was our first gathering, we did manage to do a pretty decent one. The 2007 event was held at NCSS Chalet. This year we did an open air one near a multipurpose hall near Ah Chai's place.
For the very first time, we had lion dance !!! The mood was electrifying....Here are some pictures...
We even have a website dedicated to our Tan Family. Its named as Aliran
The website was created by Alan. There is a story why it was named as Aliran because grandma used to stay in Kangkar where the street named is called Aliran and our unit number is 16. So Alan build this website and named it as 16 Jalan Aliran. Kent put in lots of effort designing it with lots of our old house pictures, online chats program, blogs, videos and who's who in our whole Tan Family Tree. I just love the cohesiveness of this big family and hope the tradition will be passed down to the younger generations !!! Aliran 萬歲
Steven was the one that initiated this yearly gathering after you passed away cos he feels that after grandma passed away, the whole Tan family dont get to meet as often as we used to except for events like "wakes" so thats how the whole idea was born.
We had our first gathering at Pasir Ris Awana Resort in year 2006 and though it was our first gathering, we did manage to do a pretty decent one. The 2007 event was held at NCSS Chalet. This year we did an open air one near a multipurpose hall near Ah Chai's place.
For the very first time, we had lion dance !!! The mood was electrifying....Here are some pictures...
We even have a website dedicated to our Tan Family. Its named as Aliran
The website was created by Alan. There is a story why it was named as Aliran because grandma used to stay in Kangkar where the street named is called Aliran and our unit number is 16. So Alan build this website and named it as 16 Jalan Aliran. Kent put in lots of effort designing it with lots of our old house pictures, online chats program, blogs, videos and who's who in our whole Tan Family Tree. I just love the cohesiveness of this big family and hope the tradition will be passed down to the younger generations !!! Aliran 萬歲
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