Loon's travels

Being a seaman in the Merchant Marine, Loon gets to travel around the world. He has been to places unknown, but in particular, he has been to the U.S. "Many times," as he told me. Most of the visits to the States were to the South. Mississippe? Missouri? One of those hot climated states.

As soon as the ship is berthed, he and his friends would dress up and go to town, to hit the bars.

Whenever he visits the States, he would make sure he gos to J.C.Penney, and get himself one or two pairs of black leather shoes. He likes the quality of the Penney sh

oes. They are comfortable and they last a long time.

This first picture was titled "nj.jpg". I guess it is taken in New Jersey, probably in Siew Kai's apartment. He may have visited New J

ersey in the early years

when Siew Kai was a student at Rutgers University.

The second picture that shows him standing in front of a fountain is titled "Tokyo.jpg", so it is probably taken in Tokyo.

The black and white picture, file named "Shimonosheki.jpg", is probably ta

ken whe

n he visited the Southern Japanese port city of Shimonosheki. I don't know what the story is with the waiters and waitress, but it was nice that they came out and took the picture with him. It must have been a slow day for business.

Looking at the vending machine behind them, I think it looks like a beer vending machine. In Japan, you can buy cold beer in street vending machines like the one shown here. Loon must have been in heaven when he visited Japan.

Here is Siew Loon, in a more recent picture.

Pictured here is myself, in green T-shirt. Siew Loon sitting in the middle, and

Siew Cheong, in the house in Sungai Nibong, circa 2000.