Friends and food 朋友及食物

荣庆（右）带我们到“为食街”享用槟城小吃。左为俊渝。
Gabriel (right)brought us to Glutton street

Praise the Lord, our round trip of 800 kms to Penang completed safely and successfully.

Sending off Fr. Paul Chin on his final journey was our main aim. Through providence, we also visited Ailing's father who was just been discharged from hospital a day earlier.Then a brief stopover in Ipoh to complete a specific mission is an amazing wonder of the Lord.(will write about it later).

Then God threw in extra bonus by leading us to meet up with some wonderful new and old friends, plus delicious Penang hawker food, it was really really graces filled to the brim..."jia beh liao" !

I was delighted to meet up with god daughter Agnes. She took leave to attend the funeral Mass with her parents and younger brother. The passing of Fr. Paul Chin was a sad loss to them.

Agnes is my first aiya god daughter and Ailing is number tenth and the last. They met for the first time.... and discovered that they were related! Welcome sister, we are all in a family!

At the lunch reception after the service, Archbishop Emeritus Soter Fernandez was surprised and happy to see me. He told me Fr. Julian Leow will be completing his study in Rome soon and will be back in July to teach in the College General.

Glad to meet Ailing's childhood buddy Gabriel Lau. He is a soft spoken kind gentleman. He is active in the Permatang Tinggi parish and has been busy for the past few days for the wake and funeral Mass of Fr. Paul Chin.

We met him and wife at his auto parts shop at Jln Raja Uda(pic right ). He later brought us out to the hawker center to feast on Penang delicious local food. Thank you very much for his hospitality.

Anna & Agnes 瑷伶及钧钡

这趟北上，来回全程大约走了八百公里。天主的宠佑，旅途顺利，也完成了几项心愿 --送别陈汉忠神父是这趟行程的主要目前，探望璦伶的爸爸，则是天主巧妙的安排，归途中到怡保停留，可是天主神妙中的神妙！（这段将在较后时讲述）。在感恩还来不及时，天主又额外的给了我们加分红利(bonus)，可谓“吃不了”(jia beh liao)！

这份红利，就是天主安排我们有机会认识几位新朋友，也能够和就旧相识见面，再加上这些朋友带我们去品尝槟城的美食，确是如我所说，“吃不了 jia beh liao"。

很高兴的看到干女儿钧钡。她特地拿假期，联同父母及弟弟，从槟岛过来参加陈神父的葬礼。他们对神父的逝世非常的伤心。钧钡是我第一位哎呀乾女儿，而璦伶则是第十位，两“姐妹”第一次见面，谈了起来，原来他们还有亲戚关系呢！真是天下一家亲！

葬礼后的午餐，费南迪荣幸总主教很惊讶但高兴的见到我，和我握手时，还打趣的说：“我还以为是幻觉，原来真的是你！”。他还告诉我，廖神父将在七月份左右，学成归来，到槟城大修院授课了。

见到了个别好多年的冯俊渝了(下图，右）。在他担任槟城教区华文教务主席的时候，他常陪伴陈汉忠神父下来吉隆坡开会。

俊渝说要带我们去【醉香楼】买醉，好耶！

很高兴的认识了璦伶童年“把弟”(buddy) 荣庆兄弟。 这位斯文友善的荣庆，活跃于教会。过去的几天，他可为陈神父的守灵及葬礼而忙碌。我们在他的汽车零件店里，一同会见了他及太太（上右图）。在傍晚，他特地带我们到当地的“为吃街”品尝道地的槟城小吃。非常感谢他热情的招待。