Asian Tiger

In Malaysia, when your child reaches age 7, it is compulsory for the child to be schooled.  Registration for children begins when your child is 5 years old.  Every year, schools open for Standard One registration on 1st March (except for weekends and public holidays).  However, this event is rarely announced as there will be swarm of parents clambering to the school office to register their children.

Here’s a tip to all parents - check with the school a week before March 1st.  Sometimes, schools quietly open for registration early in order to reduce the mad rush.  Have the following documents in hand when you go to the school office:

1. Husband and wife MyKad
2. Wedding certificate
3. Child’s birth certificate
4. Electricity Bill
5. Local council bill
6. Water bill
7. A set of photocopied documents above
8. Self addressed envelope (4″ x 9″) with 50 sen stamp

My Tissot watch died on me just a day before the Chinese New Year festival. During the festivity period, I had to rely on my O2 phone for time. After a few hours, I realized that it was much easier to check time with my wife “Honey, what time do you have there?“. As it was the festive period and falling on a weekend, I decided to service my watch after the festivals which is today.

Finding the service center was difficult. Online search at Tissot’s website wasn’t much of a help either. I dug through my Tissot’s guarantee card and could find any numbers for the service center. Almost given up hope, I called a friend who called another friend and got hold of the telephone number. Guess what, it was a fax number.

My finally walked over to Goldhill to have my watch services. For those of you who are in dire straits to have your watch serviced, here are the contact details:

The center is opened from Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm only. Besides Tissot, they are able to service Omega, Rado, Longines, Swatch and other brands of watches too.

Today marks the first day of the Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year) for the Chinese communities worldwide. According to the Chinese zodiac (which centers around animals), this year will be the year of the Boar or Pig. During this period of festivities, it is a tradition to light firecrackers, visit each other’s homes, exchanging gifts and giving out red packets.

To all my Chinese readers, I wish you a prosperous year ahead filled with wealth, health and success.

GONG XI FATT CHAI!!