The amazing 1997 innovative Chingay prop making story

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/chingay-through-the-years-from-streetside-procession-to-massive-extravaganza

These musical props are not the final products of the Grand Finale, at night with the embedded lights effects nicer. Photo - Straits Times

One of the toughest feats it to repair the 97 Chingay props, first time the foreigners were invited to participate. One day before the grand finale, the props came back all deflated from their performance. I got to muster all my skills as a welder and printer, which I used to set the printing rollers for Singapore Press Holdings from morning until night repair the prop for the next day grand finale. You need to pull the foam tight, used the hot glue gun to weld it on to the stick, and to hold the hot form until it is stick to the surface of the stick, too loose or too tight cannot, later they put the clothes on it and inside with lights bulbs.
After that the props were displayed at Soka Kaikan at st 92 for months

thttp://henryleongblog.blogspot.sg/2010/01/chingay-parade-2010.html#.WQ_ERFN96Rt

My most intensive medias interview ever

The online version; http://www.straitstimes.com/business/poor-in-maths-good-with-numbers

I had forwarded my testimony to Rachel Boon  of Straits Times Money Desk about my chanting to gohonzon, overcoming my poverty, family disharmony and sickness, from sleeping in the street to fulfillling my childhood dream of travelling through my investments.

She agreed to write the investment part but not my chanting part.

Subsequently Rupali Karekar who had 17 years journalist experiences. Emailed me many questions about my life and asked me for documentary proofs of my investments claims for verifications.

How I second time developed  a way to predict the topics that came out of my GCE O Level, that I didn't pass, I passed all three with better result than the earlier 3 and used the same methods to predict the stock market, which I am able to travel the world from sleeping in the street.

Through and forth for more than 2 weeks of intensive interviews through various emails, whats apps, phone calls & face to face, I forwarded her numerous documentary proofs.

Rupali Karekar replied me with various part of my story, which I need to correct it numerous times.

Then we met face to face interview. Which she asked numerous questions  using her laptop and recorded down what I said in 2 recorders, for one and the half hour and left. Later the cameraman came and took numerous pictures of me.


Featured in Asiaone: http://www.asiaone.com/business/poor-maths-good-numbers?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&link_time=1476678112#xtor=CS1-2

At New York Stock Exchange

Medias

Various medias filming around Upper Boon Keng Road

Amazing these few years more then 12 different medias filming around Upper Boon Keng Road, could be up to more then 30?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/henryleong/34180950750/in/dateposted-public/

My amazing story of overcoming incredible odds was featured in Stomp - Singapore Seen

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/this-urban-jungle/from-sleeping-on-the-street-to-travelling-the-world-0

How I overcome incredible odds of family disharmony, poverty and sickness, sleeping in the street through chanting to travelling around the world:
http://gakkai-experiences.blogspot.sg/2013/06/my-incredible-experiences.html#.WHRcALZ96Rs

My 3 amazing photos reaching 100K viewerships

https://www.flickr.com/photos/henryleong/8659726249/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/henryleong/2266926782/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/henryleong/5473345714/

I had been taking photos since I was a few years old, my most popular photos with top hits, is rank as above.

Unusual demand for this plot of land - The Kallang Residences

The recent unusual demand for this plot of land Kallang Residences with more then 11 times oversubscription, in the new Build To Order amounting to around $500K for a 4 room HDB flat  before subsidies, due to various factors.

Near  Kallang MRT

Around the area no one room HDB flat.

Near the Kallang River when the Sports Hub and the Water sports facilities, costing around $2 billions.

Small amount of units were build.

Near James Cook University, Sims Drive.

At the fringe of city centre

Beside the block 5A HDB, where high floor could cost as much as $500K  for a 3  room flat.

The condo Studio 8 beside it, where a studio  cost around $1 million per unit.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/housing/bto-launch-kallangwhampoa-bidadari-flats-most-popular

Michelle Choo Li Li at the Getai

Michelle Choo with the Bao Bei sisters

Photos from Michelle Choo

I had requested photos from Michelle and she forward to me to put in my blog

I went to Chinatown, saw Michelle Choo Li Li singing, she still pack the punch in her voice after all these year, I had heard her sing since when I was a few year old in the 60s.

She sang my favorite Cantonese song

Her sister Sandy is married and stayed in Hong Kong.

Had a dialogue with her in the Facebook.

She now singer solo, still pack a punch, especially the Cantonese songs

At the height of the Getai, a member of our group that we went to Palau Tekong, he kept repeat the tape of her songs.

At that time in the 60s, so many climb up a stage to hear them sing, until a stage collapsed.

After all these years seem like  the getai is gettting more popular with the older generations, as it become more and more were staged, other then it used to stage during the ghost festival.

More could be done to attract the youth?

                                                  BaoBei sisters