Our Ancestral Genes

I often wondered how we are built and how our gene pool is integrated in us. Why and how our mannerism and the way we speak reflect our forefathers, parents uncles or aunts? It must be our DNA and the way we are built that are the reflection of the bases of our very nature. The rest of course is the influence of our environment that makes us different. And we want to be individuals... we strive for that.

Knowing the fact that I am related to Chia Ann Siang, I feel no different than yesterday, only in knowledge. It just makes me more curious who this bald guy is. He seemed to look like my elder brother Terence Lee. Just curious what is his personality is like and what kind of characteristic has he passed on to his descendent through his genes?

 I love spending time with my mom's sisters, brothers and family. I must admit that I am entertained and amused fondly by them... the six Chia Sisters whom one of them is my mom, my aunts and two Chia uncles. All the sisters are incredible cooks, yummmi.... and take care of their husbands well. Beautiful in their own very way and very dedicated to their husbands and family. They don't take crap from anyone unless they allow it.

They are the backbone of their husbands and family. You can never keep a secret from them, as they share what they learn as they believe in a group consensus... in the most loving way, that is how they communicate and be connected. Did I mentioned they are totally peranakan? My uncles are great listeners and my aunties are the talkers in the family. Sometimes you can hear 3 or four voices talking all at once, and it gets really funny as the mis-communications zips at cross roads and back to the focus once more. These are very endearing moments. They are forthright and loveable, always trying to understand the circumstances.

The Family by Ee Hoon

The Chia Siblings

1 Sister - Educator: Giving, kind, thoughtful, practical
2 Sister - Nurse: Kind, caring, loving, tender
3 Sister - Nurse: Strong will, loving, just
4 Brother - TBD
5 Sister - Medical Entrepreneur: Wise, tenacious, intelligent
6 Sister - Radiologist: Adventurous, independent, pragmatic
7 Brother - Accountant: Sensible, pragmatic, nonchalant 
8 Sister - Editor: Adventurous, traveler, easy-going

The Chia Sisters

 I am sure the CAS DNA is stemmed in these descendent somewhere and more obviously the fifth sister has Chia Ann Siang's business attributes and the sixth and eight sister have the tenacity of independence and adventure of CAS. The first sister has the giving philanthropy spirit nature of CAS (Ann Siang Secondary School)

Pendent Tile sold by Victor Lim