100 Birthday Dinner 3 -Color-Blindness in a Multi-Ethnic, Multi-National Family

My Father and 4 of his Great Grandchildren- L-R: Elizabeth (Australian with ethnic Chinese parentage), Emma (Elizabeth's sister), Damia (Malaysian with Chinese-Malay Mother and Malay Father) and Aisha Woon (Australian with Italian-Malay Mother and ethnic Chinese Father) . The adult at the back is my sister (Malaysian, ethnic Chinese parentage).
L-R: Dr Marcia, my nephew Steve's wife (Australian with ethnic Chinese parentage), Ching Yun Meng, my sister's son (Malaysian with ethnic Chinese parentage currently working in Sydney), my nephew Shane Woon (Australian with ethnic Chinese parentage) and my nephew Dr Steve Woon (Australian with ethnic Chinese parentage).

L-R: My niece Farini Woon (Malaysian with Malay Mother and ethnic Chinese Father) with her son (Malaysian with Malay-Chinese Mother and Malay Father), Farini's sister Farah Woon(Malaysian with Malay Mother and ethnic Chinese Father), my nephew Shane Woon (Australian with ethnic Chinese parents), Farah's husband (Malaysian Malay) and Farini's sister, Fatim Woon (Malaysian with Malay M0ther and ethnic Chinese Father)
L-R: My daughter-in-law Azni (Malaysian with Pakistani Mother and Malay Father), my son Farouk (Malaysian with ethnic Chinese Mother and Malay Father), Shane Woon (Australian with ethnic Chinese parents), my daugher Fedelia and my elder son Feris. Sitting is of course their 100 year old Grandfather.
My nephew Fadrul Woon (Malaysian with Malay Mother and ethnic Chinese Father) and my Father's youngest Great Granddaughter Iffah (Malaysian with Malay Mother and Malay-ethnic Chinese Father).

My niece Samantha (Australian with ethnic Chinese parents) and her children Elizabeth and Emma.

In the middle is Yun Mei, my niece (Malaysian with ethnic Chinese parents), to her right her fiancee who is Dutch and to her left, my nephew Freddy Woon (Malaysian with Malay Mother and Ethnic Chinese father).

L-R: My nephews Sean Woon (Australian with ethnic Chinese parentage), Shane Woon (Australian with ethnic Chinese parentage and Anita (Sean's wife, Australian of Italian- Malay parentage).

My niece, LeeAnn Woon (Australian with ethnic Chinese parentage)

Pretty confusing eh? All these persons (and more) are directly descended from my Father and his wife my Mother who married more than 75 years ago!

Family values are a little like family vacations - subject to changeable weather and remembered more fondly with the passage of time. Though it rained all week at the beach, its often the momentary rainbows that we remember.
LESLIE DREYFOUS quotes