My African Clawed Frog "AH FAT"

About 14 months ago, I met my African clawed frogs at Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok, they are a species of South African aquatic frog and are found throughout most of Africa, but now african clawed frogs have been kept as pet or kept as feed for dragon fishes in Hong Kong. Its name is derived from the three short claws on each hind foot, which it uses to tear apart its food. My Africa Clawed Frogs are Albino species (White in color) and they have been kept as usual as pet in Hong Kong; my clawed frogs are different from the original species that are often green-grey in color in Africa's ponds and rivers. From the information, African clawed frogs can grow up to a length of 5 inches (12 cm), they have a flattened head and baby, they have no tongue and external ears. These frogs lack true ears but have lateral lines running down the length of the body and underside, which is how they can sense movements and vibrations in the water.

 

(English Name: Ah Fat, 中文名字: 肥嘢)

 

At my home, I have 8 African Clawed Frogs, one of them is nicknamed as “Ah Fat- 肥嘢 in Chinese”. Ah Fat (see above photo) likes eating very much and needs some more foods than other clawed frogs, She all day does not have enough exercise in the tank, and she unwilling to do exercise is for a variety of reasons. It is definitely a rule to Ah Fat that the best defense against infectious diseases is to build a good body resistance like human being. Having a balanced diet to an aquatic frog is quite important; also I highly recommend that Ah Fat needs to get enough exercise to maintain the level of fitness of her body. Honestly, Ah Fat is now an ugly and fat frog, (I have never seen such an ugly frog before!). Needless to say, Ah Fat has failed in her Body Mass Index (BMI).

 

 



 As a matter of fact, the average life-span of these frogs ranges from 5 to 15 years, if Ah Fat can get enough exercise to train up her body, and keep her diet each day, I extremely believe that Ah Fat can live up to 20 years or above. Please keep fit now, Ah Fat! 

 

A memorial to a GOOD Teacher

I would like to thank a good teacher- Dr. Peter Kwan of HKCE, who led me to pass in the professional review interview. Assisted by Dr. Kwan, I not only learned the skills for interview and presentation, but also my mind was enlightened. Definitely, his advice on my technical report and preparation for CEng's interview was very helpful.

 

Now, I am a coporate member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE), and I have registered at UK Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer. My success in this was due to Dr. Kwan's enthusiastic and effective teaching, so I made a poetry and gifted him a memorial as present. See below:

 

 Thanks

 

 

I am a Full member of IMechE and a CEng

Dear friends

I am pleased to share my happiness about my success in acquiring the UK Chartered Engineer qualification; Nothing to say, except the following:

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Since the start of my Master Degree in 2008 my goal was to gain professional recognition as a Chartered Engineer. Before this post-graduate degree, I never gave up any of opporturnities the god offered to me. I learned from day-time on-job training, and also took different courses to extend my knowledge. Encouragingly, my effort was rewarded by a PTE-Ordinary Certificate together with a BTEC certificate in 1994, a PTE-Higher Certificate in 1997, a PTE- Higher Diploma in 1999, and a Bachelor honors degree in 2005. All this experience is in Mechanical Engineering.

With the above qualifications and my work experience in the field, I gained my professional registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) in July 2012 through a HK IMechE's professional interview which was held on 11 May 12. For me personally, this registration is extremely important for a number of reasons, i.e. it clearly demonstrates to my employer as well as colleagues that I am a recognized professional engineer with the high standards in both academic and engineering. Also, it can show I have a commitment to the engineering profession. I am truly honored to be one member of the IMechE’s family and to get registration in UK engineering council as their members.
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It is worthwhile to become a Chartered Engineer because it is a honorable path for each person to experience!

MIMechE (Member of the Instutition of Mechanical Engineers)

Member No.: 80166291

Registered 2012

Best Regards



Ken Ngan Chi Keung, BEng(Hons), Msc (Eng), RLE (L418), REE (E390), CEng MIMechE

重情重義的一生

Dear friends,

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I am certainly willing to post the following poetry on here as this was dedicated by my younger uncle (Uncle Andy) to his brother's memory (Uncle Wing Hung , he was my 2nd uncle, he had died in a bicyle accident in June this year). I like this poetry very much, I believe that this poetry is definitely a nice gift, to Uncle Wing and his family members.

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Poetry to Mr. Chan Wing Hung

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致榮雄二哥:

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重情重義的一生,

樂於助人滿愛心,

竭盡一生為家人,

盡心盡意盡所能,

如今放下脫凡塵,

返回天國得永生,

榮耀稱讚歸予神,

雄渾歌聲滿載心,

主懷安息賜救恩,

神的恩典銘記心.

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四弟富強留言

22-6-2012

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Poetry from Chan Fu Keung

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Best Regards and; In Him

To my uncle

Dear all friends of mine;

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In the morning of 9 June 2012, it was an unexpected and painful morning to each member in my uncle’s family. That day reported a count of news that a man died in his bicycle trip in Ma On Shan, the man was my uncle!

My uncle, CHAN WING HUNG, who was a sincere, responsible and industrious man, aged 52 with many things he did in his entire life, and so many we have known and could see ahead of his age (He was born in August 1960, and died in June 2012)………Although we can never get him back, we can try to imagine that no other family has to endure this kind of pain and loss.

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As far as I could understand, born, growing up and death are something natural which fall on everyone sooner or later--- born and growing up just as the sunshine after every shower or like bud that slowly blooms into lovely flowers. Also death is just as natural to be born and, perhaps, to a new-born baby. It is simply to say that born, growing up and death are the laws in nature.

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What makes death so terrible? Is it “Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark”? In fact, human being living on land cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end…… said in Bible. I know that there is nothing better for a man than to be happy and do good while he lives. My uncle who had endeavored to do many and tried to build a high quality of life for his family before he left them, at least I know this! I believe that my uncle had found satisfaction in all his toil.

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Physical death is not as terrible as most people think. It is just a journey in which no traveler comes back to tell you what is all about!

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In Him 

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Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8

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There’s a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven;

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A time to be born and a time to die; (生有時, 死有時;)

A time to plant and a time to uproot; (栽種有時,拔出所栽種的也有時;)

A time to weep and a time to laugh; (哭有時, 笑有時;)

A time to search and a time to give up; (尋找有時, 失落也有時;)

A time to love and a time to hate; (喜愛有時, 恨怨有時;)

"2 ARE BETTER THAN 1" 兩個人總比一個人好

Dear friends:

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As far as I could understand, growing up involves a process of both physiological and psychological changes such as changes in our body, moral, emotional as well as physical maturity. he or she will feel that it is really a wonderful feeling to feel himself, or herself grow, both physically and mentally; to learn and experience so many new and exciting things about life, also could learn to love, to accept, and to help others.

However, growing up is a long road in which we often find that we are facing a lot of problems which are too painful to face. Writting this article is to share something with you ALL, which is definitely meaningful and worth-learning, it was a sentence "Two are better than one" I learnt from a preacher on this Sunday. Indeed, there are so many things in the world that we are still ignorant of, e.g. two persons in a group is definitely better than a person doing a thing, but sometimes we like to do it alone for reasons (life is a great challenge which must be met, so is growing up), of course pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Contrary to a right point, two will have a good return for their work, if one falls down, his friend can help him up! It is a good thing that we need to learn in our growing up.

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Best Regards

From Ecclesiates 4: 9-12

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; if one falls down, his friend can help him up but pity the man who falls and has no one to help him!Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves; a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

2012新年詩

各位:
二零一二年已經到了, 新一年祝大家身體健康,事業順利. 以下是我送給母親的新年詩:

 

 

作者:KEN NGAN