Have always wanted to organise a gathering with old pals from Temasek Secondary and finally had it actioned last Saturday. It was a real success.
Everyone turned up at my place for a BBQ gathering. Ah Kow & Karina, Chow mei gong, wife & little Anthea, Miao, pretty Ah girl, Handsome Ting Le and Rui Rui, Sock Ling, Sweet Charlotte & Little Malcom, Wei Lee, Simon and their wonderful offspring - Ashley & Dawn and not forgetting my precious Ryan.
We had a great time reminiscing the good old days when we were 13 ~ 16. Wei Lee was the first person whom I got to know when I was in class 1/8. I can still remember the 'jian mian li' she gave me - a girl figuring. Till today, she still pampers me with her wonderful gifts and cards. She used to visit me at my place and even tasted the food that my great granny cooked.
Sock Ling is another treasure. We went through thick and thin and are as close as sisters. Can still remember her 13th birthday party, so girlish kind of things which I think girls during our time did. Still remember our form teacher Mr Azman, that fatty, specky, Malay sir? Remember our geography lessons conducted by Mr Phua (that super fierce teacher who smoked cigar / smoke pipe and bang boys against the wall when they misbehaved ?), literature lesson on English poems and the book 'Charlotte's Web' and most memorable of all - our Chinese lesson conducted by Fang de lao.
Now both ladies are / were : respectful teacher, ex-teacher (or domestic manager)
Think our Sec 1 classs was the most notorious in the school. Amazingly, we were in the quitest class when we were in Sec 2 and taken care by our form teacher - ET.
Brainy Kah Chin, Sharp as razor blade Siang Chuan, Fluent Kheng Siang and other 'animals' were the life of the class. Science, mathematics, chinese lessons were memorable. Being a super KS student, I remember reading the chinese dictionary and chinese cheng yu dian in order to perform well in the subject. So nerd!!
Can you still remember our bio teacher - Miss Foo ?? our chemistry teacher - Mrs ?? Remember the numerous BBQs at East Coast park ? Oh yes, there was even a trip made to Pulau Ubin, remember ?? Hey and there were so many more. The memories just keep flashing & flooding into my mind and I wish I can have them mentioned one by one in this blog (haha, think this topic will be endless)
Now, these 3 people whom I have mentioned are top banker, Professional IT specialist and successful businessman. Don't play play ok.
How I wish we can meet up with the rest of the PEOPLE like Penny Low, Chan Mun Kit, Kopi chai, Pei Ji Xiong, Rabbit, Eu Seng, Derek Chan, Yap Lee Hong, Slyvia, Chua Ling Ling, Goh Kwee Hoon & many more !!
All the caterpillars have turned into beautiful butterflies.
Pals, may I wish you success in life and I hope this friendship continues till our golden years.
Cheers !!
Ryan has a little friend by the name of Xermus who is 6 years old and he stays at our estate. The boys also attend the same abacus class on every Saturday evening. Both boys simply love each other's presence and Xermus has even made arrangement with Ryan's 'manager' to meet up at the playground during the weekends. He says that IF we couldn't locate him at the playground, we should go home instead. We should not waste time looking for him. Such eloquence for a 6-year-old is rare. He really has his unique style. Look at him in the photos, always ready to give me his best post.
