Another Reconnection in Sibu ...

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Received this note from Ben today  ...

"Hi James
First meeting with Simon first time after Form 5 '76 in Sugarbun Sibu on Friday afternoon. I made an effort to call and meet him.Had a good chat with him and talk about our good old days and how time flies.Without your website we will not be able to connect so many long lost class and schoolmates of class of form5 '76...tks to you again Tuan Website Jaga Mr. James Yong"


Well, I'm just happy to see more reconnectons among old friends ...
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Rojak Rendezvous on the Rejang

Yesterday afternoon in Sibu, Ben Wong met up with Gerard Harry over some local ROJAK. Yummy !

The plate of rojak so small ... where got enough???

Will the two please fill us in on this micro-reunion ... thanks.!
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Norbert and family in Singapore

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Our buddy Norbert Liew and family were in Singapore last week. Unfortunately I was tied up with work much of the week but we finally managed to catch-up for lunch at Yum Cha dim sum restaurant in Chinatown on Saturday. It was good to catch up and meet him and his lovely family (including sis-in-law and niece).

Here are some photos we happened to take ...

Photo (1) : Food glorious food ...

Photo (2) : My father also joined us for dim sum

Photo (3) : Smile, ladies ...

Photo (4) : Norbert, his sis-in-law, 2 daughters and young niece

Hope you all had a nice time in Singapore, Norbert and family ...

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George and Gerard Get-together

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This photo was sent to me a few days ago. (You need a new phone camera, Georgie Boy ... the resolution just ain't good enough.  We have high standards on this blog! LOL).

Anyway, it looks like a great meeting of old chums in Kuching ... I reckon the two haven't met since way back in 1971 when Gerard left St Joe after Primary 6 and took up a scholarship to continue his education in Peninsula Malaysia. That's almost 40 years!!!

I'll leave GL & GH to comment further on the where and when and how ....

Three Amigos in Perth

I received an update on this happy micro-reunion in Perth which happened just a few hours ago.

"We had a rather small but fabulous reunion of Kevin Chin, Christopher Sim Kay Guan and myself in Perth City today. Kevin kindly organised the meeting and to top it all, graciously invited all to his home to have dinner. Kevin's wife put together a scrumptous meal. The picture is of all three at Kevin's house after dinner. As one can see, the smiles say it all." - Philip Tang


At this reunion were KC & Pearl, Chris, Ping & son Alvin and Philip & Christina, among many other guests of KC.

Looking good, guys !

More photos from PT

Some not very clear (probably taken with a camera phone?)

A Micro-Reunion in Cambridge, UK

Just received news from James Kuo about a micro-reunion they had in the UK last week. I'll let JK describe the event in his own words ...
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"On the morning of the 18th April 09, we set off on a long 5 hours drive to Cambridge to pay a visit to the 'Brain' of Form 5 1976 (Mr Ho Boon Chiang).

For those of you who may be suffering from early onset dementia, Mr HBC is the guy who owned a crappy old bike and whose official residence was at The Library, St Joseph's School. He held on stubbornly/greedily to the No 1 position in the Class year after year. While he remained 100% focused on his work, most of the others (ha ha, me excluded) would be focusing on the beauties across the road. Now who is missing out then? Well boys, he has finally met his match. He was discussing statistics with his better half (IN) and it was obvious who the winner was. Mr BC, let me remind you of the 2 golden rules. No 1: never argue with a Cambridge Professor, No 2: even if you are right, admit defeat to keep the peace at home, right???

The long journey was well worth it as we were treated to a feast of local Malaysian food: Sarawak Laksa, Belacan Bee Hoon, home made kaya etc. Yum yum. Compliments to the Chef esp the daughter, EH, who prepared the delicious belacan bee hoon. Thank you.

Most of the conversations were centered on our 'old' classmates back at the Kampung. It was a great evening overall and we set off back home at 9.30pm and arriving back home the following day at 7 pm (OK, that was with a stopover in Birmingham). "


Now for the photos ...

Left to right: Khim (Mrs Kuo), James, Boon Chiang, SH, Irene (Mrs Ho), EH

Wow! We managed to get BC to smile!

Thanks for the update. From the looks of it, a wonderful feast and reunion. The first of many such gatherings I'm sure ... next time, make sure we are invited too, ok? :-)

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