Although I did my form five and thus my School Certificate in FMC (now RMC ) but I still got invited to the above reunion because most of those who attended it last year were my classmates in Form Three in King George V School in 1960.
Thus when David Lim Kim Kee reminded me of the gathering on Sunday 25 August at a hotel in Seremban for high tea between 12 noon and 4.30 p.m., I messaged back saying God willing, I would attend. Hence I found my way to the place by 12.15 p.m. and found David was busy distributing the flyers to a group of attendees just outside the restaurant. Victor Lee Wee Kah who made his annual sojourn back to his hometown from Australia came and greeted me. Last year, he distributed my write-up on the forthcoming reunion which I could not attend due to an earlier commitment.
Upon paying for the buffet at the counter just before entering the restaurant, we headed straight for the table and began our conversation. But earlier we had a friendly banter when we were assembling at the area near the entrance of the restaurant, and I met my best friend Muthukumar whom I had never met since leaving KGV in 1960. He is now a surgoen at Tong Shin Hospital in Kuala Lumpur and he too was happy to meet me. Jeyasingham S, who was in the PWD also attended the reunion this time and I told him that I did meet him somewhere during his tenure of service, but I could not recall where and I told him that I was serving in the Ministry of Works from 1988 till 1992.
At my table during the high tea apart from Victor Lee Wee Kah were Siti Saroja, Muslamah Asli, Rohani Yusof, Shaari and Mohd. Ariff Latiff. We had a lot to talk about of the school days and the different paths that we had taken in our careers. Lee Wee Kah gave some useful tips on the health side, as at our age, it is the most important asset to look after seriously. I am very thankful to him for sharing his knowledge. I told him that I had informed another classmate Malek Yasin about this reunion when I met him at Harith Takiman's house on the evening before. Harith is indisposed and could not attend. Later on Razali Yaacob and Juhari Samidi joined us. I hope to post the pictures that we had taken this reunion once they are uploaded on the facebook. I left them for home by 2.30 p.m. and thank Allah Almighty for this rare opportunity of meeting old friends after 53 years.
2 comments:
Dear Hal.
Feels great to see old friends again. I know how you feel!
Hank
I suppose you must have met your former classmates from VI too and that wonderful feeling of reminiscing the schooldays.
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