2005 ： 于周庄看到世界建筑师贝聿铭所题的字 Saw these Chinese Calligraphy writing of the Great Architect Mr. Ian Pei

2005 : At Taicang Philatelic Exhibition

2005 ： 中国太仓“郑和扬帆600周年”邮展户外开幕礼上，气温近38度，我快受不了 It was 38 degree during the Taicang exhibition, I was perspiring and felt unbearable until I found an airconditioning place to hide myself

2005 "Zheng He 's 600th Anniversary of the first voyage" Exhibition held at Taicang, China

2005 : "Serve the Customer Daily" China Post opens its post offices 365days a year. 服务人民每一天，中国邮政全年开门服务人群

2005 ： 苏州扬帆600周年纪念邮展 Suzhou 600th anniversary of the 1st voyage of Zheng He stamp exhibition.

It was a sunday when a group of us walked past a post office in Suzhou, glad to see that the post office opened on a Sunday and we were able to walk in to send some letters back home. Yes, China Post opens its offices 365 days a year. In Malaysia, Pos Malaysia is going backwards, the number of days of opening of  the post office is getting less ... now, you will not find a post office opens on the first Saturday of the Month. Where do we stand ?

这是一个星期天早晨，经过苏州的一间邮政局，喜见它开着门作生意。和邮友一同进了去投寄了几封致给家乡朋友的信件。感觉星期天邮局办公真是好，真方便！反观马来西亚邮政办公的天数正在缩减中，每个月的第一个星期六，再也得不到邮政服务。。我们是否在开倒车？

2009 ： Attending a "Thematic" Seminar by renowned FIP Juries at Luoyang World Exhibition 洛阳世展参加知专题集邮讲座

2009 ：Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition 洛阳世界邮展

每一次邮展，展场也有集邮讲座。世界各地的这一类讲座，来听的都不怎一般热烈，独是在中国，若要参与讲座，没预先订位，恐怕来到现场进不得了 - 要参加的人真的太多了。

Whenever there is a philatelic exhibition, there are philatelic seminars organised for the benefit of the philatelists. These seminars normally do not attract such a big crowd of audiences, however, the scenario of the China 2009 held in Luoyang, the response to the several seminars conducted were fully BOOKed , late comers were NOT allowed into the fully packed seminar hall.

2005 ： Close chat with the Secretary General of the All China Philatelic Federations 与中国集邮联秘书长刘佳伟太仓相见欢

2005 ： Taicang，Suzhou, China Admiral Cheng Ho international Exhibition 苏州太仓扬帆600周年国际邮展

2005中国大事庆祝郑和下西洋600周年，邀请了马来西亚，星加坡，泰国展出邮集共襄盛举。5天的邮展真是一个国际集邮朋友的大集会。在中国邮展场合里，总会看到家喻户晓的人物-中国集邮联秘书长刘佳伟先生。

2005 China celebrated the 600th anniversary of the first voyage of Zheng He , invited Malaysia,Singapore, Thailand to jointly organise an international philatelic show at Taicang, Suzhou. It was a grand event where philatelists from these 4 countries met again to foster friendship. In all China philatelic events, there is always the presence of the Secretary General Mr. Liu Jia Wei.

2009 : Luoyang World Exhibition - It was a difficult task to judge admist of a large crowd moving around the exhibiting frame 洛阳世展评审时得排挤众多观众归绕着展框之苦

2009 ：Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition 洛阳世界邮展

The crowd at Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition flooded the exhibition hall. It was a difficult task to carry out judging  the crowd gathering in front of the frames, the noise discussion from the crowd was interferring with the Juries work. The juries therefore had to work beyond the closing time of the exhibition in order to complete the judging work within time.

洛阳世展的观众真多，大家围绕在展框前，大大的影响了评审们的工作，效率大打折扣。评审们无奈，只好超时工作，待展厅关闭了还继续地工作，以达到大会所规定的时限。

2009 ： 来到龙门石窟，真是叹为观止 It was a spectacular sight at Longmen Grottoes

2009 :  Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition 洛阳世界邮展

来到洛阳参加世界邮展，主办当局为嘉宾们安排的重点旅游就是到世界遗产地龙门石窟。这里可是人山人海，大家都是慕名而来，一睹龙门石窟的风貌。果然不需此行，爬上石级亲眼看到那石山壁的佛雕，真是叹为观止。

As invited guests of the World Philatelic Exhibition held at Luoyang, the organiser planned for us a trip to the World Heritage site - Longmen Grottoes. There were many tourists, local and foreigners alike, all come to take a look at the spectacular Buddha sculptures on the stone cave walls.

2009 : A Stone Coffin in the underground chamber of a tomb 坟墓地底下的一副石棺

2009 ：Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition 洛阳世界邮票展览

There were many tombs of the Royal Families unveiled in China, and these huge tombs are mysteries to the World and they do attract my visits. During the Luoyang Exhibition, I had the opportunity to "crawl" into these tombs ( actually, accessible passage are created for the ease of tourists going into the tombs) to have a look. 

中国各地不断的发现帝皇陵墓。这些陵墓予人一个神秘的感觉，当然也吸引了我去探访。洛阳世界邮展之际，我终于有个参观地下陵墓的机会，亲身走进一个皇帝之墓穴，看个究竟。

2009 ： Jury Collegues at work in the Jury Room 与世界邮展评审共事于评审专用室

2009 ：Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition 洛阳世界邮票展览

世界邮展评审工作繁忙，尤其是此届邮展，邮集特别多，单是专题组就有三百多部邮集要评审。评审工作分两组进行，每组各四位，负责评定150部邮集。我们每天工作12小时，从初评，重评，然后A，B组再对调评分审阅。往往在把工作完成后，真有个卸下重担的感觉。接下来几天，才可放轻松看邮展去了 。。

Work load for the World Philatelic Exhibition is heavy, this is especially true for the Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition where there were more than 300 exhibits to be judged. The Jury team was split into A, B teams responsible to go through approx. 150 exhibits for each team. We worked almost 12 hours a day, taking preliminary marking, repetitive evaluation, exchanging the results with the other jury team for verification of final marks. It was a real relief when the duty was fully completed, and I was able to visit the proper exhibition .

2009 : Visit an Ancient tomb of the Chinese Emperor 参观魏朝皇帝地下陵墓

2009 ：Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition 洛阳世界邮展

北魏世宗宣武帝景陵在洛阳市北8公里处，位于洛阳古墓博物馆西院，这是中国古代大型皇陵保护完好的其中一个。期待走入一个陵墓去探个究竟。看看我后方的那个丘，就可窥出这陵墓有多大。

This ancient tomb belonging to the emperor of the “Wei Dynasty" is located at approx. 8 km from the Luoyang City within the designated Luoyang Emperors' tomb Museum. The tomb was well preserved in its original state of condition. It was a pleasure to take a walk to discover the mystery within an ancient tomb of the Emperor of China. Look at the little heap of earth behind me, you can imagine how large a tomb it is beneath the ground.

2009 : 中国2009世界邮展接待专用车 CG 0001 China 2009 World Exhibition official limousine bus

2009 : China World Philatelic Exhibition 洛阳世界邮展

This is the official limousine bus that accompanied us to and fro from the Exhibition center and the Hotel. The limousine driver was proud of the number plate of the vehicle which bore the number CG 0001, and told me that his boss had spent thousands of RMB to bid for the number.  I thought it is the Malaysians that are crazy for the number plates on their vehicles, now I know in other parts of the world, the people are crazy for numbers too.

就是这一部旅巴负责载送我们来回洛阳邮展中心和旅店。旅巴师傅很自豪的介绍这一部车子的号码 CG 0001，显然的是“天下第一号”，花了不少金钱给标了下来的一个金字车牌。我一直以为只有马来西亚人才对于车子的号码疯狂，现在我知道了，世界各国的人也对号码特别喜好。

2009 : Luoyang World Exhibition - Award Ceremony 洛阳世界邮展 - 颁奖仪式

2009 : Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition 洛阳世界邮展

洛阳世界邮展圆满结束，在钼都酒店颁奖典礼上，从亚洲邮联主席苏拉吉手上领取评审证书与奖牌。

At the closing ceremony reception held at the official hotel ballroom, I received the Jury certificate and medal from FIAP President : Mr. Surajit Gongtavana ( Thailand )

2003 : Mianyang Asian Philatelic Exhibition, China 中国绵阳亚展

 与印尼Suwito评审合影

2003 : Mianyang Asian Philatelic Exhibition, China 中国绵阳亚展

2003 亚洲邮展在中国绵阳市举行。 这一次的邮展我当个助理征集员，所以马来西亚共有2位征集员出席是次邮展。还没去绵阳之前，对于这城市还的确有点陌生，但是名字好记，就当“绵羊”来念吧！ 当年马来西亚还没有直航的班机到成都，我还得飞到泰国曼谷转机。绵阳也没有机场，到了成都，还需2个多的车程才抵达绵阳，真是一个辗转的旅程。来到绵阳，真是个惊喜，不是我想象中的一个小城市 ，原来绵阳市貌和世界各大城市没两样，高楼处处，百货商场人潮热络。2008 年汶川地震，从新闻中再次让我听到绵阳这一个熟悉的·名字，绵阳也是其中的一个地震重灾区，心里在想，当年经过的一些景物是否安好？

2003 FIAP Exhibition was held in Mianyang, China, I was an Assistant Commissioner. I had NOT heard of the name MianYang, nevertheless, the city name "MianYang" is easy to be remembered in Chinese, simply, it has the same pronunciation as a sheep. There is no airport in MianYang, I had to take a transfer flight from Bangkok to Chengdu, then by land transport to reach MianYang. MianYang is a large city with modern look, tall buildings and supermarkets.  The name MianYang flashed again on the Television Screen during the 2008 sichuan earthquake， the name was so familiar, Mianyang was an earthquake badly affected region, I was thinking, How were the people and the places I had visited once before ?

2009 ： Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition - Steps leading to the "Ultimate Platform" 步上洛阳第一楼

 

2009 ： Luoyang World Exhibition 洛阳世界邮展

Luoyang - a city with new and old buildings was an important city centre along the Silk Route. An ancient Fort existed in the heart of the city with a tall watch tower guarding the traffic going in and out of the city. The fort is well preserved in its original condition ... I took the steps climbing up to the "ultimate platform" overlooking the city ...

洛阳是丝绸之路的一个主要中心，在洛阳老城中就有一个保存完整的“洛阳第一楼”城堡。我沿着石梯级爬上顶楼观看洛阳市全貌 。。。

2009 : A great experience to Shaolin Temple, Henan, China 嵩山少林寺走一回

 

2009 ： Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition 洛阳世界邮展 

One of the destinations of the official excursion organised by CHINA 2009 was a visit to the home of the Chinese Kongfu - Shaolin Temple. It was a great experience to visit the cradle which produces thousands of chinese martial art masters. I could see many young students from all over the country enrolled to be trained here, hundreds and thousands of them - it was a spectacular sight to watch these boys and girls practising Kungfu in the field.

洛阳世展的重点旅游项目是参观举世闻名的少林寺。这一次的少林寺之旅真是让我打开眼界，我的几个洋人同僚更是惊叹看到这么多来自中国各地的学生在广场上学习功夫。

2005 : knocking the No 1 Bell of the World @ HanShanSi Temple 苏州寒山寺敲打世界第一钟

2005 ： 600th Anniversary of the First Voyage of Admiral Zheng He exhibition, Taicang, China
2005 年中国太仓郑和下西洋邮展

One of the tour programmes provided by the organiser of the Taicang Philatelic Exhibition was a visit to Suzhou, and an interesting itenerary was the HanShansi - a famous temple I had read many a times in various Chinese novels and articles. There is a Bell known to be the First Bell of the World situated in a Pagoda in the temple compound. I was lured to hit this gigantic bell and experienced myself the sound resonance produced by hitting.

太仓邮展主办当局安排了官方观光节目把我们给带到邻近的苏州逛逛。其中一项重点景点是苏州寒山寺。在寺境内有个号称天下第一钟，就置在一个塔的楼阁处。亲身尝试敲响了这一个庞大的铜钟。

2009 ： Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition - Peony Blooming Festival 洛阳世界邮展 - 牡丹花绽开时节

2009 ： Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition - Peony Blooming Festival
2009 洛阳世界邮展 - 牡丹花绽开时节

It was a double International event held in April, 2009 in Luoyang - the World Philatelic Exhibition and the International Peony Flower Festival . I was lucky to have the opportunity to visit Luoyang at the correct season - the Peony Flower Blooming Season. Everywhere in the park, the Peony flower was blooming. This was the first time I had ever seen the flower, although, I had heard of the name many a times and seen it on many Chinese watercolor paintings.

2009年世界邮展与国际牡丹花节同时在洛阳举行，洛阳随处是一片牡丹花海，非常壮观。这是我生平第一次看到牡丹花，之前也只闻其名，看其在水墨画里绽放的姿采，真不愧是花中之王者也！

2005 : Taicang International Philatelic Exhibition 中国太仓启帆600年国际邮展

2005 : Taicang International Philatelic Exhibition 中国太仓启帆600年国际邮展

During  Taicang International Philatelic Exhibition, Malaysia High Commission's representative based at Shanghai visited the exhibition and the Malaysian Delegates. It was a pleasure to meet a country man at the show.

在太仓启帆600年国际邮展会上，我有幸遇到来访的马来西亚使馆参办，在异国碰上来自自家的同胞，感觉兴奋。

2009 : Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition - Visit to Luoyang's "Ultimate Platform" 洛阳世界邮展 - 洛阳第一楼

2009 : Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition - Visit to Luoyang's "Ultimate Platform"
2009 洛阳世界邮展 - 洛阳第一楼

During the 2009 Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition break, I took a cab to the Luoyang City with a group of friends to take a stroll of the OLD city. The above building structure known to be the “Ultimate Platform" overlooking the ancient city of Luoyang has tall block walls constructed surrounding the city. The platform served as a security patrol station guarding the city . The entrance to the city would be closed during emergency.  It took many steps to climb up to the top of this platform.

2009年邮展期间，乘空档时间，邀了几个朋友 “打的” 到洛阳老城走一回。 攀上洛阳第一楼，高高在上眺望洛阳城。这一座几百年历史的城墙楼至今还保留得完好，让我们见证了中国古城门的风貌。  

2009 : Luoyang World Philatelic Exhibition - Met with FIP President Mr.Joseph Wolff on the way back from Shaolin Temple 洛阳世展与国际邮联主席约瑟.沃尔夫在从少林寺回程中畅聊留影

 

2009 ： Luoyang World Exhibition , 洛阳世界邮展

During the official trip to the Shaolin Temple, on the way back to the limousine bus, I was able to chat with the then FIP president Mr. Joseph Wolff. Mr. Joseph Wolff is a keen collector and promoter for Maximaphily. During his term as the President of the FIP, he had given great support to the FIP commision of Maximaphily, and it was during this period,  the hobby of Maximaphily achieved a marvelous boom with great increase of number of collectors esp. in China.  I noted Joseph Wolff had been so busy signing autograph at the lobby of the Hotel till late night ... He was so popular in China.

2009世展，游访了少林寺，回程到旅巴时与国际邮联主席约瑟.沃尔夫同行，有机会与他畅聊极限集邮的前景。约瑟.沃尔夫抱着乐观与积极的态度认为极限集邮将在日后日子内大放异彩。身为主席的他，在任时期落力的推广极限集邮。极限集邮也在这期间取得骄人的进展。在洛阳世展期间，我几次看到主席做在饭店大堂的桌前为邮迷们签封，签片，真是个获得中国邮迷大捧的人物。