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After last week’s update, I had a couple of emails from our buddies who were quite certain that on 11th Nov 1976, they were "travelling around the states of Malaysia” or “making steady progress with their special someone” or sadly in one case “getting an early start by reading the Form 6 text books”. In any case, thanks for those reflections.
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Today is 18th November 1976, as the New Straits Times frontpage shows …
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Some interesting headlines, don't you think?
Three items to share with you on what to expect on the big night …
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(1) The Minister of Fashion has informed me that the dress code for the night will be blue jeans/pants and white shirt.
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(2) We will feature a video show on “Walking Down Memory Lane”. In trying to develop a good show, we urge you to send in any relevant old photos you can find. Email them to Website Jaga at jslyong@hotmail.com. If you are technologically challenged and don’t have the foggiest how to scan them in, don’t worry - just pass the photos to Ben or Robert, and they'll do the rest. Please submit before the end of November.
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(3) There will be a number of novelty awards with real prizes given for such impressive achievements as:
- The Shiniest Head
- The Biggest Waistline
- The One bringing the Most Interesting Item from the 1970s
and many more …
We also welcome more sponsors of prizes for our lucky draw. In appreciation for their contribution to the event, all sponsors will have a banner ad on this blog until the end of Mar 2010.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA THIS IS AMAZING!!!!! aw, this sounds so cool. I hope I'll be able to follow suit when I turn fifty. Although i don't really want to think about that right now....
ReplyDeletewhy not dark green pants?
ReplyDeleteCan I turn up in my bell bottom pants? .....
ReplyDeletebtw, early notice appreciated .... need to do something about the waistline
How about just smart casual? It will look boring with all of us in white and blue. We no more in school, lah. Some might want to look groovy - LOL.
ReplyDeletePlease lah, if all in white shirt, MCA thinks this is another of there unwanted EGM.... Hahaha!
ReplyDeleteIt's good to have a theme...even a dress code...though not too rigid..with some flexibility.
ReplyDeleteWhite with dark-coloured pants/jeans should be ok....after all, we are coming together for a ReUnion.....other things are secondary, though some improvisions here and there would spice up the evening.
In the company of great buddies, even plain water tastes like wine...
Since the organisers have put in so much effort and thought into the evening's programme, a little "inconvenience" like sourcing for blue/dark jeans/pants and white shirts should not be an issue.
Regards.
Edmund
hehehehe...you guys are good!
ReplyDeleteWhite shirt can be casual long or short sleeve....white polo T-shirt also can do.
ReplyDeleteIvory white and cream also can....no big fuss .....brothers.
We are 50+ or - I think we will all look younger in Jeans or blue casual slacks with white shirts.
You dont want the young people to call u .... hello UNCLE or Ah Pek..... mah!!! 50 we still want to look like.......21 years old.
The background and special lighting effect will give u a fantastic look that night with white shirts.....heheheh.....surprise!!!!
Aiyah.....Ah Peh, Ah Kong, Ah Ku or Ah Mah
ReplyDeleteCome to the reunion as you please, lah. Whatever you dress on the day will reflect to your well being, status and your conscience. Dress how you feel - 70s gear or whatever. Don't tell me that you will be refused entry if you come in a bright coloured clothes or shiny sequin top!!! So guys, no pressure and no theme, and no dress code. However, do consider that you may be the subject of small talk if you come in as Elvis or Ah Kua....lol. If you want a theme, lets have a fancy dress party next time and all are invited including the gals from across the bridge.
Important thing is to turn up, have a good time, see old friends, exchange contact numbers and addresses and keep in touch. Arrange to meet again, this time with their partners and families.
We only want white shirts. For those with whiteness that extends upwards to the head, please go dye your hair before you attend. For those not sure what colour their hair is now (i.e bald lah!) .... help, organisers ... what to do?
ReplyDeleteHi..guys..I am back..after having missed the Grand Reunion progress..about the dress code..it's no big deal..be yourself, dress decently as we are all going to a reunion not a convention..
ReplyDeleteIf you all want to feel 17 again, may I suggest that you all turn up dressed in 1970's fashion. Big bell bottoms, platform shoes, long hairs (still time to grow them although must admit some will have more difficulties than others) and of course don't forget a spray of brut perfume (WJ's favourite). Ops, giving my identity away.
ReplyDeleteMet Kueh Meng Hock just now at the supermarket this evening and he agreed to join us after persuasive arm twisting..... Hip hip hurrah!! No.....66 confirmed coming......
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Just to distract a bit...
ReplyDeleteSomeone once remarked....The only thing consistent is CHANGE...it happens regardless of the situation, place and time we are in.
Even newspapers undergo a whirlwind of change...what made front-page news in 1976 may only occupy back-page columns in 2016 newspapers.
The NST edition of 18/11/1976 ( above )made interesting reading - deaths,deaths, deaths...appearing all over the page with a carpenter, Police Constable, 33 Blacks, 133 Javanese Flood victims and even "an Opium King" making up the "statistics."
People must be making a bee-line for the nearest Life Insurance Company in view of the many deaths reported,not to mention the undertakers. Life seemed quite fragile in those days....
Fortunately, today's NST reporters prefer to focus their news on the living, without losing respect for the "non-living."
Nevertheless, it does take a creative journalist/reporter to capture the reader's attention and help sell the paper.
Take this example: A mentally-disturbed man raped a washer-woman and then ran away into hiding.
The next day, this headline appeared in the newspaper...."Nut screws washer and bolts"
However, it would be equally embarassing if the editor's command of English falls short, as he edits a draft advertisement by a lady offering her car for sale...
The final print appears in the paper as...."CAR FOR SALE - Lady Owner. Body still in great condition. Hardly used.Come with full accessories.Testing can be arranged. For Sale to best offer. Price negotiable."
I'm pretty sure the owner, rather than the car got "sold."
Cheers !!!
Edmund
Hiya guys... no girls going to see or admire "ching chai" dress ok liau..
ReplyDeleteWhite tops may not be good for photos, its reflective..suggest Hawaiian theme shirt lah..or better still come as angels lah...
Edmund (ELAS), u can be editor for nst anytime u want. Start with classifieds section.
ReplyDeleteTony,
ReplyDeleteThanks but no thanks. With you at the helm, NST is already in good hands.
You are the NEWS.....the Headlines...and speading like wild-fire.
And thanks for adding your valued comments on the blogg..despite your hectic schedule...
Cheers !!!
Edmund
Lucky it's white shirt and blue pants and not black pants or else we all look like lawyers, right GL? No ties meh? What about shoes, what sort, 'stone shoes'? Sandals? Sport shoes can kah?
ReplyDeleteRaymond Goh Boon Phin told me he will see whether he can make it or not after coming back from his travelling. Already given him our blogspot and the rest is up to him.
ReplyDeleteNorbert, RGBP is class of '77, but great if you can convince him to be there on 23rd.
ReplyDeleteAh yoh, people, Whats the big fuss? If the organizer says white shirts and blue slacks or jeans, so be it. Thats why they are called the "Organizers". why hawaiian shirts? green pant? etc. If no white shirts and blue jeans, come in your birthday suit please....ha,ha
ReplyDeleteGents, it's white shirts and blue pants, NOT blue shirts and white pants. if u come in the latter, u may look like John Travolta in Saturday Nite Fever. come to think of it, that might look nice too. hehehe
ReplyDeleteAnon 10.46AM, 20 Nov. Yeap, I know RGBP is '77, he told me so, repeat form 3 mah, if not he is also '76. Anyway, don't think he's very interested in coming la.
ReplyDeletei like the novelty awards. don't forget to have one for "whitest butt" and "most interesting tatoo or piercing"
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