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 : "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？

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。

2005 ： Zheng He 600th Anniversary Phiatelic Exhibition @ Taicang, China 中国太仓： 郑和首航600周年纪念邮展

 

摘自中国“集邮报” excerpt from " China Philately news" 

2005 : Zheng He 600th Anniversary Phiatelic Exhibition @ Taicang, China
2005 : 中国太仓： 郑和首航600周年纪念邮展

A special international philatelic exhibition was organised by the Suzhou Post with exhibits from China-Malaysia-Thailand-Singapore  @  Taicang , the port where Admiral Zheng He began his first sail to the world.  Glad to be an invited guest to the above exhibition.

郑和下西洋600周年纪念邮展隆重与苏州太仓市举行。荣幸能够代表马来西亚参与盛典。