A Visit To The Museum And More

The descendants. (standing) Chew Poh Chan and Chew Poh Ying (descendants of Chew Boon Hong), Ignatius Chew (descendant Chew Boon Juan)  and (seated) Chew Chow Fee and Chew Chow Khoon (descendants of Chew Boon Seong)

With Chinese New Year a month away the families from outstation come home to visit in case they are unable to make it on the actual day.

It was the same for the family members from the Chew clan specifically the descendants of Chew Boon Hong. Their visit to the Ignatius museum earned them an additional visit to another relative belonging to the line of Chew Boon Seong.

Chew Poh Chan and Chew Poh Ying grand-daughters of Chew Boon Hong were in town and took time off to visit the Chew Museum managed by Ignatius Chew.

(L) Chew Poh Chan and Chew Poh Ying (R) Ignatius giving the guests the grand tour of the museum

It was Poh Ying’s first time visiting and Ignatius gave her the grand tour taking them through the various sections of the museum.

After the tour Ignatius took them to visit another branch of cousins. Chew Chow Khoon and Chew Chow Fee, both in their eighties and nineties respectively, are the grand daughters of Chew Boon Seong the eldest of the Chew brothers.

Chew Poh Chan had visited them during her younger days when her aunt Chew Gaik Khuan brought her along on her visits.   

Cousin exchanging stories of days gone by

An early photo (middle row 3rd from left) Poh Ying followed by Poh Chan with Aunt Chew Gaik Khuan (extreme right) and their grand mother Lim Keng Bee (seated front row) 

Her Aunt used to order Ang Ku, that nyonya delicacy with “red soft kueh and green bean paste inside’ which was made by the cousins mother. 

Poh Chan remembered then their house was diagonally across from Methodist Girls School along Jalan Kampar.

At other times her aunt would take her to another relatives’ ‘wooden house along Chung Thye Phin road’ for an all nyonya cook-in.

“Other lady cousins were there all dressed in the usual nyonya white blouse and sarong and they would cook up a delicious nyonya menu”.

What good memories the trip brought back from just one visit.

JAG