I finally found some of my old photo albums that have those school days photos! Soon I will get them scanned and place them here and in those sites where friends can see. Who knows, those who have not been contacted yet might stumble into these photos and talks that we've had with the ones we found online, then later onwe can keep the circle expanding!
Looking at those photos remind me about how it was during the school days.. Certain part of town when I pass through now looks totally different than it was 20 years ago.. well, season's change...things change and everything changes....only that we hope the circle of friendship will still remain unchange..
Looking back at thos old photos also made me think. Wondering where were the rest of the friends that we couldn't trace at this time. Are they around in the country? Out of the country?
same thing that I found were the photos of all my pen friends. Those days there were no internet connection, only relied on the snail mail and aerogrammes when going international to save the postage cost. There were telex for emergency notes as those days phones are scarce and for outstation calls use to be cut off somewhere in the middle!
Ok, back to what I was mentioning about i.e the pen friends. Pen pals that we found those days were interesting. We talked about things of our different countries and exchanging a lot of stuff from photos to bookmarks etc. Now when I look back at those old memories through the photos that I found again, I wonder how those penpals are doing now.
Well....I suppose internet will help in some ways to get at least some of them contacted and got in touch with. Some with kids, some without, some married some singles. Almost everybody has their own path from school to the career life now.
Let's see how many additionals can we get soon! :)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The sudden surge of findings
Now that a friend is so very active getting friends' contacts, now my list of friends have accumulated to be around 20s. I suppose I will put on here the names of who they are, and will add more next time. Just for an update for those who know this blog and reading it when you have the time.
However, before I do that just to say I am glad that some surprises that I get is to find more friends that I thought I won't be able to find, some that not even cross my mind that I would see online. Today I found another person that I am very sure is also a friend of ours in the MGS days. So just waiting for the response to know if it is true when I feel I am 99% right :)
As for teachers...since some of you were asking about it, I will gather the information that I can get and I will put on here for your reading. At this time, when my schedule is full and some have filled up for even December, I will just try my best to slot in whatever I can.
Ok, I suppose I will just put here the names of friends from our batch that I have found so far :
1. Noorfaizah Haron (Faiz) - one of the first few people I met! She saw me first, we were in the same flight to Cairo, Egypt and the same flight back to Malaysia :) cool eh?
2. Intan Safina Abd Jalil - found me on Yahoo Friends! That was the first surprise I got since I came back to Malaysia that time.
3. Haslinda Ibrahim - occasional meet ups over the years too. Ok, I won't elaborate about anything but start putting just names ok? hehe..
4. Marianne Chuah / Marlene Chuah
5. Cherylene Lee
6. Siti Salabiah Buang
7. Siti Khadijah
8. Absah Mamat
9. Adilah Abu Hassan
10. Shafinaz Sehat
11. Low Yian Joo
12. Sabrina Lee
13. Huang Lu Yit
14. Amiliah Mohamed Yasin
15. Cynthia Koe
16. Audrey Chan
17. Liew Ai Lin
18. Chong Pei Pei
19. Norizah Abdullah (Noreen)
20. Jessica Chee Yoke Peng
21. Tan Bee Ti
22. Tan Seok Meng (Sherone)
23. Rohani Bujang
Ok...I think there is Lee Geok Siew but don't know if she remembers me, as well as Naniwati Md Jani. I suppose later when I know for sure, will add on Foo Pau Lin and Foo May Lin? Vashta and also Chua Swee Teen? Not to mention Annabel Tan, Wan Joon Lian, Angelina Ang, Nazariah Sabtu as well. Probably later on when can get hold of Normy Harlizah? I think last I knew Jacqueline Tan Lian Neo was in Singapore when I was still in the University days.. Now, I don't know.....Hmm...and still searching for the rest..
However, before I do that just to say I am glad that some surprises that I get is to find more friends that I thought I won't be able to find, some that not even cross my mind that I would see online. Today I found another person that I am very sure is also a friend of ours in the MGS days. So just waiting for the response to know if it is true when I feel I am 99% right :)
As for teachers...since some of you were asking about it, I will gather the information that I can get and I will put on here for your reading. At this time, when my schedule is full and some have filled up for even December, I will just try my best to slot in whatever I can.
Ok, I suppose I will just put here the names of friends from our batch that I have found so far :
1. Noorfaizah Haron (Faiz) - one of the first few people I met! She saw me first, we were in the same flight to Cairo, Egypt and the same flight back to Malaysia :) cool eh?
2. Intan Safina Abd Jalil - found me on Yahoo Friends! That was the first surprise I got since I came back to Malaysia that time.
3. Haslinda Ibrahim - occasional meet ups over the years too. Ok, I won't elaborate about anything but start putting just names ok? hehe..
4. Marianne Chuah / Marlene Chuah
5. Cherylene Lee
6. Siti Salabiah Buang
7. Siti Khadijah
8. Absah Mamat
9. Adilah Abu Hassan
10. Shafinaz Sehat
11. Low Yian Joo
12. Sabrina Lee
13. Huang Lu Yit
14. Amiliah Mohamed Yasin
15. Cynthia Koe
16. Audrey Chan
17. Liew Ai Lin
18. Chong Pei Pei
19. Norizah Abdullah (Noreen)
20. Jessica Chee Yoke Peng
21. Tan Bee Ti
22. Tan Seok Meng (Sherone)
23. Rohani Bujang
Ok...I think there is Lee Geok Siew but don't know if she remembers me, as well as Naniwati Md Jani. I suppose later when I know for sure, will add on Foo Pau Lin and Foo May Lin? Vashta and also Chua Swee Teen? Not to mention Annabel Tan, Wan Joon Lian, Angelina Ang, Nazariah Sabtu as well. Probably later on when can get hold of Normy Harlizah? I think last I knew Jacqueline Tan Lian Neo was in Singapore when I was still in the University days.. Now, I don't know.....Hmm...and still searching for the rest..
Saturday, November 22, 2008
New found old friend
Interesting enough that recently another friend has been added on to the list of old friends from MGPS and MGSS Melaka. So a friend who was known from Standard One and now is a teacher just not far from my hometown is even much more interesting to know.
Anyway, though facebook is a site that I really don't like the messy appearance, somehow many friends have been found through it. Interesting to see some old pictures of friends that are there and we have been talking about it on everybody's whereabouts.
I wonder where are the rest of them in those photos...are some of them around online that we just can't track them? Wherever you all are, I do hope that you all will come forward and contact me here, send email or even look up on the facebook for the girls from 1978 Standard One in MGPS Melaka to Form 5 MGSS in 1988. That will be our batch that we are tracking for.
Other friends of different years in the same school, feel free to also drop me a line if you remember me, or any of the other friends in my batch because we are looking for everyone to keep the friendship going.
Here is the picture taken in 1985, the Form 2B of MGSS Melaka. So whoever you are in the photo, you'll know and hey, please do keep in touch and let me know. The rest of us are really looking forward to see you all that have not been on our list yet :)
As you all know, friendship is something can be very interesting when it is being kept for a long long time....
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Jumble Sale
I was at the warehouse sale in PJ recently, taking my mum along as this is what she would love to do but often not having a chance, and so when we came back home, looking at the things that we have bought, made me remember another thing. The Jumble Sale at school.
I wonder if there is such thing in all missionary schools in Malaysia nowadays? At that time when I was at school, there will be the time when this Jumble sale was on. I never appreciated it at that time actually, because I don't see anything that I thought I would need. Furthermore, my pocket money was always something I didn't want to spend until end of the week, where I'll buy some nice food for myself as a treat!
Anyway, talking about this Jumble Sale, though at that time it may not be really useful to me, but it was meaningful for some others. I knew my mum was one of them when she was in the convent school. She told me about it. I would say it may be so meaningful to many people that I was not realising then. Now, of course I do understand it.
Ok, talking back about the Jumble sale, it was really interesting. There were lots of clothes in the boxes that they put in our school hall. So many kinds, colourful and of course mostly are used clothes. The price range was starting from 50sen!!! Think you can find that price for clothes these days? No....
I wonder if anyone who bought in the school Jumble sale ever kept anything from it now? Hmm....well, that was in the late 70s...don't know if anyone do have anything from the Jumble Sale that was held those days when we were at school.
Anyway, just thought I'd tell about it here as some might forget what was happening at school when we were in the primary days.. Still, I know it was fun to do the window shopping at the Jumble Sale, but only for a reason that it was a different activity than the routine going to canteen during recess time!! If I am not mistaken, there was the time allocated for each class, so that every class had a chance to go through the Jumble sale. I think the time was adjusted accordingly for it so as not to disturb the usual class hour.
Well..that was the fun time on Jumble Sale!!! :)
I wonder if there is such thing in all missionary schools in Malaysia nowadays? At that time when I was at school, there will be the time when this Jumble sale was on. I never appreciated it at that time actually, because I don't see anything that I thought I would need. Furthermore, my pocket money was always something I didn't want to spend until end of the week, where I'll buy some nice food for myself as a treat!
Anyway, talking about this Jumble Sale, though at that time it may not be really useful to me, but it was meaningful for some others. I knew my mum was one of them when she was in the convent school. She told me about it. I would say it may be so meaningful to many people that I was not realising then. Now, of course I do understand it.
Ok, talking back about the Jumble sale, it was really interesting. There were lots of clothes in the boxes that they put in our school hall. So many kinds, colourful and of course mostly are used clothes. The price range was starting from 50sen!!! Think you can find that price for clothes these days? No....
I wonder if anyone who bought in the school Jumble sale ever kept anything from it now? Hmm....well, that was in the late 70s...don't know if anyone do have anything from the Jumble Sale that was held those days when we were at school.
Anyway, just thought I'd tell about it here as some might forget what was happening at school when we were in the primary days.. Still, I know it was fun to do the window shopping at the Jumble Sale, but only for a reason that it was a different activity than the routine going to canteen during recess time!! If I am not mistaken, there was the time allocated for each class, so that every class had a chance to go through the Jumble sale. I think the time was adjusted accordingly for it so as not to disturb the usual class hour.
Well..that was the fun time on Jumble Sale!!! :)
Saturday, August 9, 2008
putting in pics..
Hmm....soon I am going to put in some pictures of the old days just in case some who forgets how things were want to recall some.. however, I have misplaced some albums that I have to find the time to actually dig everything out and get those pics to put on here.
Anyway, recently at a dinner I had with one classmate that said she needs to see pictures to recall who is who.
Ok, I only have one here for now, and that is of Jessica Chee Yoke Peng and that is her wedding picture that she sent me when I was still in the Uni. I still keep the photo and so here I am gonig to share with you. I hope Jess don't mind me putting in the pic here for viewing. It's ok right? Probably next time when she has a family photo with her husband and children she wants to send me, I will put on here also. That goes for the rest of friends who send me theirs as well. hehehe... well, this is for all of us to see if you want to see. Otherwise, it is just they way it is, for my own viewing when it comes to going online :)
More pics will come in here next time. I hope I have the time to do so!! Excuse me for the "unprofessional" layout of this one though because I am also doing this in a rush, don't have time to do editing. hehehehe.... however, now you can view one pic.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
On friends and teachers...
I happen to stumble upon another friend from the primary school days who lives halfway round the globe from where I am. Still it is a good thing to know and it is also wonderful to know that we are in touch again. By doing so, I get a lot more news that I thought I would.
It makes me think again about those years in the childhood days, when there were no worries of anything, just fun and being in school. I wonder if being in school now is getting the same enjoyments as we once had??
Talking to a friend that I have not met in years like this and we talked about the past, making me remember again a lot more about the teachers that we had. One that we were so scared about, with her fierce ways, and shouted at us and hey, my friend mentioned about the poetry in class we had with the title "Mr. Postman" with that same teacher and how she wanted us to really pronouce and recite the way she did. hehehehe...Our class teacher Mrs. Rajah. hehehe.. that was also the same year I was going to England to meet my dad, which was in October and I was scared to be away from school thinking that my teacher will scold me for not attending school !
Anyhow, will tell more about the teacher and other teachers in my next entry. What I wanted to say here is about our dear Ustazah Maimon. I came to know that she has passed away last April due to cancer. A nice lady and a reasonable one that I still remember her face and when she came to our classroom, standing at the door telling that she was going for hajj and asked for our forgiveness if she had any wrongdoings to us. Well..she was a nice dear teacher as far as I can remember. I hope she will rest in peace and may God bless her always. However, I'd say thank you Ustazah Maimon for all the things that you have taught us.
It makes me think again about those years in the childhood days, when there were no worries of anything, just fun and being in school. I wonder if being in school now is getting the same enjoyments as we once had??
Talking to a friend that I have not met in years like this and we talked about the past, making me remember again a lot more about the teachers that we had. One that we were so scared about, with her fierce ways, and shouted at us and hey, my friend mentioned about the poetry in class we had with the title "Mr. Postman" with that same teacher and how she wanted us to really pronouce and recite the way she did. hehehehe...Our class teacher Mrs. Rajah. hehehe.. that was also the same year I was going to England to meet my dad, which was in October and I was scared to be away from school thinking that my teacher will scold me for not attending school !
Anyhow, will tell more about the teacher and other teachers in my next entry. What I wanted to say here is about our dear Ustazah Maimon. I came to know that she has passed away last April due to cancer. A nice lady and a reasonable one that I still remember her face and when she came to our classroom, standing at the door telling that she was going for hajj and asked for our forgiveness if she had any wrongdoings to us. Well..she was a nice dear teacher as far as I can remember. I hope she will rest in peace and may God bless her always. However, I'd say thank you Ustazah Maimon for all the things that you have taught us.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Back again down the memory lane..
As I was cleaning up and tidying up my wooden cabinet brought in from africa 3 years ago, I arranged the books and files and looked back to this tiny little thing i have kept for years. It was my autograph from 1983!! That was the Standard Six days....
What I wanted to say is that.... I was browsing through the pages and saw this page from the one and only male teacher in my school at that time.. it was Mr. Chue. I wonder just what happen to him now? Is he still around in Melaka?
Don't think he remembers me anyway but the point is that, he was always being funny to my classmates. It was always laughter in the class and he made the class more interesting. I remembered he had taught us during physical education class, our Geography class and art class. I remember one of the shirts that he used to wear often.. the red shirt with white stripes.. hehehe..... well, not really red, it was more like pinkish red but not striking colour types... more like the dark pink guava coloured shirt. hehehe
Anyway, all the teachers have their unique way of doing things at school and all that become such sweet memories. Hm...today I am saying about Mr. Chue...soon I'll go into other teachers as well. :)
What I wanted to say is that.... I was browsing through the pages and saw this page from the one and only male teacher in my school at that time.. it was Mr. Chue. I wonder just what happen to him now? Is he still around in Melaka?
Don't think he remembers me anyway but the point is that, he was always being funny to my classmates. It was always laughter in the class and he made the class more interesting. I remembered he had taught us during physical education class, our Geography class and art class. I remember one of the shirts that he used to wear often.. the red shirt with white stripes.. hehehe..... well, not really red, it was more like pinkish red but not striking colour types... more like the dark pink guava coloured shirt. hehehe
Anyway, all the teachers have their unique way of doing things at school and all that become such sweet memories. Hm...today I am saying about Mr. Chue...soon I'll go into other teachers as well. :)
Friday, June 20, 2008
Vitagen at school
I have wanted to post this since I talked about the milk programme but I was outstation a lot of time since then. Now I'm having the chance of telling something from the old school days...
I wonder if friends from school ever remember about Vitagen at school?? As I was talking about the milk programme...then later on while I was driving from work to home, my thoughts were back to about the milk programme when one of my friends was telling me that she didn't remember about the milk programme. Aaah....you don't remember because you were not the one who was included in the programme. hehehehe... I wasn't too but only because in Standard Two, the class was next to teachers' room and so the milk programme was done just at the side of the door...then later on in Standard Five when I was the prefect, one of my duties was to be in charge of the milk programme... which was one of my favourite duties.. hahaha... because of the reasons I have mentioned in that post. My share of undrinkable of milk. :)
Anyway, back to the Vitagen story.. so because of the milk programme, I began to remember about Vitagen ! Those days there will be a few times in a year which I can't remember how long was the interval was for the Vitagen day..
There will be one day when the teacher will tell, who wants to order Vitagen please write down in the forms as the Vitagen will be delivered on whatever day.... so it was an order to be placed and the Vitagen will come I think some weeks after that. It was like 2 weeks or a month..something likethat. So some students ordered 10 bottles, while some ordered one.. I usually ordered 2 bottles only.
It was like a happy luxurious drink for me at that time, something that I feel like a treat for myself. However, because I was not living with my parents during school days, I can't tell them I want some Vitagen. So, with the 30 sen a day pocket money I receive from my grandfather or grandmother, I usually keep aside some if not all of the money so that I can prepare some money for the Vitagen.
Waiting for my parents to come visit my brothers and me will be like every few weeks once when they were so far away (well, no PLUS highway those days...) will probably made my Vitagen day passed by. The only way to do it will be to save my own pocket money for it. Hmm... probably I could have asked my grandfather some money for it but I didn't... Life is hard.. hahaha
Anyway, as I said I usually ordered only 2 bottles..and that will be the money that I can saved for. Usually the favourite flavour that was ordered by most students as I recalled was grape. That includes me!! Well, when come to think about it, the flavours that was available those days were original, grape and orange only during the first few years Vitagen was introduced to us at school. So usually schoolmates mostly I saw ordered for grape. I think during the later years in primary school then I saw another flavour was introduced...the peach flavour.
Well...those were the days....and now when I looked at Vitagen with so many flavours...it made me think about those days when it was only original, grape and orange flavour. Hmm... Vitagen has really gone so far and still around today....mmm...and seeing my little nephew of 4 years old loving to drink Vitagen, always have Vitagen in the fridge for him of all the different flavours that he likes, (apparently he seems to like the original flavour the best!!) made me remembered the days when I was at school with my "luxurious" treat of Vitagen :)
Hey....and that Vitagen's unique shape bottle become "multi-purpose" at school as well... art class, it became student's glass for filling water to wet the brushes or wash away some of the water colours on the brushes, while at other times, it was made as the body of puppets and many many other things!!!
Till this day, Vitagen is also in my fridge and my favourite is the white colour original flavour and...the Vitagen bottle that is so unique in shape...I hope it stays the way it is, just as how it is for the many many years it has been.......
I wonder if friends from school ever remember about Vitagen at school?? As I was talking about the milk programme...then later on while I was driving from work to home, my thoughts were back to about the milk programme when one of my friends was telling me that she didn't remember about the milk programme. Aaah....you don't remember because you were not the one who was included in the programme. hehehehe... I wasn't too but only because in Standard Two, the class was next to teachers' room and so the milk programme was done just at the side of the door...then later on in Standard Five when I was the prefect, one of my duties was to be in charge of the milk programme... which was one of my favourite duties.. hahaha... because of the reasons I have mentioned in that post. My share of undrinkable of milk. :)
Anyway, back to the Vitagen story.. so because of the milk programme, I began to remember about Vitagen ! Those days there will be a few times in a year which I can't remember how long was the interval was for the Vitagen day..
There will be one day when the teacher will tell, who wants to order Vitagen please write down in the forms as the Vitagen will be delivered on whatever day.... so it was an order to be placed and the Vitagen will come I think some weeks after that. It was like 2 weeks or a month..something likethat. So some students ordered 10 bottles, while some ordered one.. I usually ordered 2 bottles only.
It was like a happy luxurious drink for me at that time, something that I feel like a treat for myself. However, because I was not living with my parents during school days, I can't tell them I want some Vitagen. So, with the 30 sen a day pocket money I receive from my grandfather or grandmother, I usually keep aside some if not all of the money so that I can prepare some money for the Vitagen.
Waiting for my parents to come visit my brothers and me will be like every few weeks once when they were so far away (well, no PLUS highway those days...) will probably made my Vitagen day passed by. The only way to do it will be to save my own pocket money for it. Hmm... probably I could have asked my grandfather some money for it but I didn't... Life is hard.. hahaha
Anyway, as I said I usually ordered only 2 bottles..and that will be the money that I can saved for. Usually the favourite flavour that was ordered by most students as I recalled was grape. That includes me!! Well, when come to think about it, the flavours that was available those days were original, grape and orange only during the first few years Vitagen was introduced to us at school. So usually schoolmates mostly I saw ordered for grape. I think during the later years in primary school then I saw another flavour was introduced...the peach flavour.
Well...those were the days....and now when I looked at Vitagen with so many flavours...it made me think about those days when it was only original, grape and orange flavour. Hmm... Vitagen has really gone so far and still around today....mmm...and seeing my little nephew of 4 years old loving to drink Vitagen, always have Vitagen in the fridge for him of all the different flavours that he likes, (apparently he seems to like the original flavour the best!!) made me remembered the days when I was at school with my "luxurious" treat of Vitagen :)
Hey....and that Vitagen's unique shape bottle become "multi-purpose" at school as well... art class, it became student's glass for filling water to wet the brushes or wash away some of the water colours on the brushes, while at other times, it was made as the body of puppets and many many other things!!!
Till this day, Vitagen is also in my fridge and my favourite is the white colour original flavour and...the Vitagen bottle that is so unique in shape...I hope it stays the way it is, just as how it is for the many many years it has been.......
Monday, June 2, 2008
The Milk Programme
I was reading the newspapers today, there were things about politics, about organ donors, history, malay manuscripts and something about school. The Milk Programme..
I wonder if many of you remember the time in the primary school when there was the Milk programme??
Well...I do. I remember it from the start of my Standard Two class because it was held every Tuesday and Friday in front of my class, Standard 2A. Hmm....or was it actually everyday after that?? Now I am not really sure. However, I even remember more when I became a prefect and there were the times it was my duty to be in charge of the Milk Programme.
Thinking about the programme, it was interesting and I actually liked it when I had to be in charge of the programme. Why? Because I love to drink milk and towards the end of our recess time, there will always still be a few more glasses of milk that some students didn't come to get and so I ended up drinking a glass or two to finish them! Teehee..... The teacher allowed it so I loved it!! There will be some cookies provided as well. So everytime on Milk Programme day, there will always be a glass of milk and a pack of cookies or crackers for each of the students who were listed in the Milk Programme. I really liked it when it was the squared shape Jacobs cracker with sprinkled sugar on top that was given. Well, not really Jacobs because the crackers were in the large square tin of 10kg types. Know what I mean? Like the tins at the old cookies shop or like the ones we sometimes see even at Giant hypermarket ones. Well, I'm sure you know what I am talking about ( ^__ ^ )
Whatever it is, the thing is that I was wondering if that Milk Programme is still there in MGPS (1) Tengkera or not... and I assume that rural schools will surely have a programme like that, but do we have that in the town school too?? I understand that the programme is there at government aided schools as what I read in the newspapers today. Hmm... well, for those friends who are mothers now, I wonder if you all are aware of this programme or not?
What I can say is this programme is good for the less previlege students who probably don't have enough money to buy their lunch at the school canteen. Hmm..and speaking of canteen, our school canteen those days we also call it a tuck shop! :)
As I said, thinking about the programme, I hope the programme stays in the schools where the priorities given to the poor students. It is a good thing that the Milk Programme is being practiced as it actually provides the nutritions for the children which is essential for their growing up, and secondly, it is also to fill their stomach that they won't be hungry and that will make them study better, which also benefits their purpose of coming to school in the first place.
For one thing for sure is that, we should be lucky enough to be in a country where we can get all these easily as compared to places that even water is scarce!!
Be thankful to be where you are with all the previlege you have for there are many other less fortunate people in the modern day world still.....
I wonder if many of you remember the time in the primary school when there was the Milk programme??
Well...I do. I remember it from the start of my Standard Two class because it was held every Tuesday and Friday in front of my class, Standard 2A. Hmm....or was it actually everyday after that?? Now I am not really sure. However, I even remember more when I became a prefect and there were the times it was my duty to be in charge of the Milk Programme.
Thinking about the programme, it was interesting and I actually liked it when I had to be in charge of the programme. Why? Because I love to drink milk and towards the end of our recess time, there will always still be a few more glasses of milk that some students didn't come to get and so I ended up drinking a glass or two to finish them! Teehee..... The teacher allowed it so I loved it!! There will be some cookies provided as well. So everytime on Milk Programme day, there will always be a glass of milk and a pack of cookies or crackers for each of the students who were listed in the Milk Programme. I really liked it when it was the squared shape Jacobs cracker with sprinkled sugar on top that was given. Well, not really Jacobs because the crackers were in the large square tin of 10kg types. Know what I mean? Like the tins at the old cookies shop or like the ones we sometimes see even at Giant hypermarket ones. Well, I'm sure you know what I am talking about ( ^__ ^ )
Whatever it is, the thing is that I was wondering if that Milk Programme is still there in MGPS (1) Tengkera or not... and I assume that rural schools will surely have a programme like that, but do we have that in the town school too?? I understand that the programme is there at government aided schools as what I read in the newspapers today. Hmm... well, for those friends who are mothers now, I wonder if you all are aware of this programme or not?
What I can say is this programme is good for the less previlege students who probably don't have enough money to buy their lunch at the school canteen. Hmm..and speaking of canteen, our school canteen those days we also call it a tuck shop! :)
As I said, thinking about the programme, I hope the programme stays in the schools where the priorities given to the poor students. It is a good thing that the Milk Programme is being practiced as it actually provides the nutritions for the children which is essential for their growing up, and secondly, it is also to fill their stomach that they won't be hungry and that will make them study better, which also benefits their purpose of coming to school in the first place.
For one thing for sure is that, we should be lucky enough to be in a country where we can get all these easily as compared to places that even water is scarce!!
Be thankful to be where you are with all the previlege you have for there are many other less fortunate people in the modern day world still.....
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Photos and memories
Was talking to another new found long lost friend, and I have been thinking...... there was at one time I don't remember anything from my childhood days, and was probably just wanted to forget about it when after awhile I realised that i actually remembered a lot about it.
Catching up with friends from childhood days is really sweet. I didn't expect that I would somehow find them and I did. Either they found me or I found them. No matter, it is still a good thing.
Now I am wondering, should I mention the names of friends that I have met or contacted recently? Or should I just leave it as it is now without mentioning names? Just let you read and just know who you are...??? Well friends who read, what is your opinion in this? Should I mention names here or just keep it this way like what I am doing now?
Ok, when my cousin who was my classmate all the way since Standard One to Form Three suggested that we do a school reunion, I was thinking that it is close to impossible at this stage since I only have contacts of a handful of friends. I didn't expect that somehow slowly the numbers grow. Slowly but somehow it is adding...
I was in contact with one, on and off, the one that I went out for dinner with last week. Next week going to meet another classmate from primary school. Interesting how can things get. Hopefully I don't have anything sudden come up, so that I can go meet up my friend that I have not seen since the mid of 80s!!!
And the friend from last week will pass on some photos of those days. So I suppose I will get some of the old collections soon and post it here so whoever you are and know who you are, you'll get to see them and remember things of the past and start sending me your contacts so that we can get together and meet everyone again!! Isn't that nice???
Well....I'll just try..Don't know when this can be materialise..I wonder if it will ever happen also. haha...
Anyone of you, if you have the photos in the MGPS and the MGSS days, do send some copies to me so I can post it here. Meanwhile, I am still searching where is my photo album??? I know I have one specialy for school photos and now, I can't find where it is!!!!!
Catching up with friends from childhood days is really sweet. I didn't expect that I would somehow find them and I did. Either they found me or I found them. No matter, it is still a good thing.
Now I am wondering, should I mention the names of friends that I have met or contacted recently? Or should I just leave it as it is now without mentioning names? Just let you read and just know who you are...??? Well friends who read, what is your opinion in this? Should I mention names here or just keep it this way like what I am doing now?
Ok, when my cousin who was my classmate all the way since Standard One to Form Three suggested that we do a school reunion, I was thinking that it is close to impossible at this stage since I only have contacts of a handful of friends. I didn't expect that somehow slowly the numbers grow. Slowly but somehow it is adding...
I was in contact with one, on and off, the one that I went out for dinner with last week. Next week going to meet another classmate from primary school. Interesting how can things get. Hopefully I don't have anything sudden come up, so that I can go meet up my friend that I have not seen since the mid of 80s!!!
And the friend from last week will pass on some photos of those days. So I suppose I will get some of the old collections soon and post it here so whoever you are and know who you are, you'll get to see them and remember things of the past and start sending me your contacts so that we can get together and meet everyone again!! Isn't that nice???
Well....I'll just try..Don't know when this can be materialise..I wonder if it will ever happen also. haha...
Anyone of you, if you have the photos in the MGPS and the MGSS days, do send some copies to me so I can post it here. Meanwhile, I am still searching where is my photo album??? I know I have one specialy for school photos and now, I can't find where it is!!!!!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
A dinner day out
It is amazing what communications can do. Unexpectedly, just after a Mother's day wish to friends who I know are already mothers, I received a reply from a good friend of mine that I have not been in contact for some time. She thought I was in KL for the day, not knowing that I am in KL for all the weekdays!
Anyway, since it was a Monday that I received her reply, and after messaging for awhile, somehow we got into a meet up for dinner that very same day. So met her, had dinner with her and to catch up with stories, definitely not enough for just that one night!!! We had soooo much to talk about. hahaha
It was a nice evening we had spent, and at least we know now that there will be more meet ups in future knowing the schedule of each other. Hmm..and another friend who came to know about it said...she is jealous for that opportunity that I had to spend time with a friend!
Yes, that is what friendship from schooldays is all about. We know we grew up together for a period of time, and after a gap of losing touch and catching up with time is rather a pleasant thing and interesting. That's really meanigful when we keep to have a good relation or friendship with every person we know. Friendship is just something that is very hard to maintain in the present day, but somehow we do have it that we can always try to keep.
We have our own lives, but there is nothing wrong in keeping something from the past to the present. It grows with time and it is still good.
Communication is all it takes for a good interaction between people and it will go a long way in life.... Nothing can be happier than be happy with your life....
Anyway, since it was a Monday that I received her reply, and after messaging for awhile, somehow we got into a meet up for dinner that very same day. So met her, had dinner with her and to catch up with stories, definitely not enough for just that one night!!! We had soooo much to talk about. hahaha
It was a nice evening we had spent, and at least we know now that there will be more meet ups in future knowing the schedule of each other. Hmm..and another friend who came to know about it said...she is jealous for that opportunity that I had to spend time with a friend!
Yes, that is what friendship from schooldays is all about. We know we grew up together for a period of time, and after a gap of losing touch and catching up with time is rather a pleasant thing and interesting. That's really meanigful when we keep to have a good relation or friendship with every person we know. Friendship is just something that is very hard to maintain in the present day, but somehow we do have it that we can always try to keep.
We have our own lives, but there is nothing wrong in keeping something from the past to the present. It grows with time and it is still good.
Communication is all it takes for a good interaction between people and it will go a long way in life.... Nothing can be happier than be happy with your life....
Friday, May 2, 2008
Another new found ex-classmate
When thinking again....it is amazing to see what internet can do. Well, moreso when you have the emails, friendster and facebook around. You never know what you find from these...of course there is also the chances of another setback....the virus will say hello to you too!!
Anyway, thinking about schoolchildren these days, they have their own different ways of things as compared to us during our good ol' days. Time passed, and many things changed, people change. However, it will be a very nice thing when you get to know that how life has change and yet there are many pretty good things of the past remains... and having said that, it is also a very great thing when you get to know that the friends that you use to know are still your friend when you bumped into them after so many years!
Ok, what I can say today is that...I found another ex-classmate that has the similar name as mine that some people do get confused with at first encounter. Interesting to say that tomorrow is her birthday, when a month ago it was mine.
Hope to catch up more with her, and I hope the friends from the school from the good ol' days will somehow gets bigger everytime. It is nice to keep the friendship intact all these while and keep it that way till the end of time..
Anyone of you in MGPS (1) or MGSS Melaka, please do drop a line. I'm trying to get the list of all of you as some friends are really waiting to have a reunion in future! :)
Anyway, thinking about schoolchildren these days, they have their own different ways of things as compared to us during our good ol' days. Time passed, and many things changed, people change. However, it will be a very nice thing when you get to know that how life has change and yet there are many pretty good things of the past remains... and having said that, it is also a very great thing when you get to know that the friends that you use to know are still your friend when you bumped into them after so many years!
Ok, what I can say today is that...I found another ex-classmate that has the similar name as mine that some people do get confused with at first encounter. Interesting to say that tomorrow is her birthday, when a month ago it was mine.
Hope to catch up more with her, and I hope the friends from the school from the good ol' days will somehow gets bigger everytime. It is nice to keep the friendship intact all these while and keep it that way till the end of time..
Anyone of you in MGPS (1) or MGSS Melaka, please do drop a line. I'm trying to get the list of all of you as some friends are really waiting to have a reunion in future! :)
Monday, April 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Teachers and the path I've walked....
I was at one of the hospitals in Klang Valley waiting for a friend having a check-up, and that was a few years ago...and I thought I saw somebody that was rather familiar to me. Only later I recalled that it was my Vice-Principal back in the primary school days. Mrs. Chandy. She was there sitting waiting for the doctor with her daughter Anne Marie, who was one time our head prefect. Hmm... I would have called out to say hello to them though they may not remember me, but I only remembered about saying hello when I left the department. Stupid of me.. However, I was with another sick guest at that time, would be difficult to run over to even say a quick Hi.. (sounds like an excuse? hehe..-no).
Anyway, what I can say is that, there are a lot of people who forget the names of their teachers, but there are also a lot who remembers. If not their names, their faces. Talking about that, my mind is still with the pictures of my teachers during my time at school. I can't imagine how they will look like now, long after I have left school. It would be very interesting to see and find out how they are now.
A lot of interesting things might have happen in the good old days but when I think again, I know it was a happy time but I can't recall anything very significant. Be it on my primary school days or the secondary school time. Still I know that my school days were happy and should be a memorable one. Hmm...probably I didn't think much about it before, that I tend to forget a lot of things??
I know my first class teacher when I started school was Mrs. Ee. Nice lady for my Standard One as what we called those days as Darjah Satu Hijau :) Mmm...and now I am thinking... those days from Standard One to Standard Two, I never even know when was the exams. I don't know what I did, I only know that I love to write on the papers with questions already written, and I only need to fill in the blanks!! I prefer that than writing in my exercise books where the questions I have to write myself, and fill in the answers I have to do myself too. The actual thing was, I actually didn't know that the papers that I have to write and fill in the blanks were actually exam papers!!!! :) I only know I love to write on it :) Hmm... I suppose because of no pressure and no thoughts about exams, I did well by getting 2nd or 3rd in class all the time! Until I know what is exam, it gets a little bit of a pressure already to try sit down and actually read the book! Haha!
Anyway, back to what I was actually wanted to say, teachers those days seem to be different than how it is now. Well, as the time evolves, everything else changes... However, it still gets back to me to think....where are all my teachers now? What do they do? Some may have passed away, I wouldn't know...
There was the house not far from my school where I know my headmistress was living at. Mrs. Chong Yap Lin who replaces Miss Koh Puay Neo. Aah...surprisingly I still remembers their names!! Hmm..not sure if i spell their names correctly or not though. haha. Few years back I passed by Tengkera and passed by that house, and I wonder if Mrs. Chong still lives there??
I remember my Standard 3 teacher that I was actually afraid of. She was fierce. Mrs. Rajah.. I remembered one day she did knock my head for forgetting to bring my book. Sigh.... and I never forget about that. :) Standard 4 with Puan Zainon was ok, I remember she has beautiful handwriting! Another fierce teacher after that was Standard 5 with Puan Habibah. Wah...this one is more scary! However, I think she was really stressed up one day and she screamed at the corridor until her nice bun on her head was a mess. I don't know what went wrong that day when she screamed...and I never knew till now. Maybe "adult problem" that time. Standard 6 was weird. Sorry Miss Choy....that was what we little girls thought! :) Miss Choy was always in the 60s dressing, cotton little floral dress she was wearing everyday, with her 60s sunglasses. Well, we were already in the 70s that time, and we little girls find it weird. Soft spoken lady with 60s hairstyle too!!! Hm...now that made me recalls the movie Hairspray!!!!
Hmm...I suppose primary school days were more relaxed that I tend to remember the teachers in Methodist Girls Primary School (1) more than the ones in Secondary School. I remember friends from both primary and secondary. What does that tells you? Probably it is because of the time of growing up and how your inner self develops, that things around you that you remember is just relating to that inner self you have....
Anyway, what I can say is that, there are a lot of people who forget the names of their teachers, but there are also a lot who remembers. If not their names, their faces. Talking about that, my mind is still with the pictures of my teachers during my time at school. I can't imagine how they will look like now, long after I have left school. It would be very interesting to see and find out how they are now.
A lot of interesting things might have happen in the good old days but when I think again, I know it was a happy time but I can't recall anything very significant. Be it on my primary school days or the secondary school time. Still I know that my school days were happy and should be a memorable one. Hmm...probably I didn't think much about it before, that I tend to forget a lot of things??
I know my first class teacher when I started school was Mrs. Ee. Nice lady for my Standard One as what we called those days as Darjah Satu Hijau :) Mmm...and now I am thinking... those days from Standard One to Standard Two, I never even know when was the exams. I don't know what I did, I only know that I love to write on the papers with questions already written, and I only need to fill in the blanks!! I prefer that than writing in my exercise books where the questions I have to write myself, and fill in the answers I have to do myself too. The actual thing was, I actually didn't know that the papers that I have to write and fill in the blanks were actually exam papers!!!! :) I only know I love to write on it :) Hmm... I suppose because of no pressure and no thoughts about exams, I did well by getting 2nd or 3rd in class all the time! Until I know what is exam, it gets a little bit of a pressure already to try sit down and actually read the book! Haha!
Anyway, back to what I was actually wanted to say, teachers those days seem to be different than how it is now. Well, as the time evolves, everything else changes... However, it still gets back to me to think....where are all my teachers now? What do they do? Some may have passed away, I wouldn't know...
There was the house not far from my school where I know my headmistress was living at. Mrs. Chong Yap Lin who replaces Miss Koh Puay Neo. Aah...surprisingly I still remembers their names!! Hmm..not sure if i spell their names correctly or not though. haha. Few years back I passed by Tengkera and passed by that house, and I wonder if Mrs. Chong still lives there??
I remember my Standard 3 teacher that I was actually afraid of. She was fierce. Mrs. Rajah.. I remembered one day she did knock my head for forgetting to bring my book. Sigh.... and I never forget about that. :) Standard 4 with Puan Zainon was ok, I remember she has beautiful handwriting! Another fierce teacher after that was Standard 5 with Puan Habibah. Wah...this one is more scary! However, I think she was really stressed up one day and she screamed at the corridor until her nice bun on her head was a mess. I don't know what went wrong that day when she screamed...and I never knew till now. Maybe "adult problem" that time. Standard 6 was weird. Sorry Miss Choy....that was what we little girls thought! :) Miss Choy was always in the 60s dressing, cotton little floral dress she was wearing everyday, with her 60s sunglasses. Well, we were already in the 70s that time, and we little girls find it weird. Soft spoken lady with 60s hairstyle too!!! Hm...now that made me recalls the movie Hairspray!!!!
Hmm...I suppose primary school days were more relaxed that I tend to remember the teachers in Methodist Girls Primary School (1) more than the ones in Secondary School. I remember friends from both primary and secondary. What does that tells you? Probably it is because of the time of growing up and how your inner self develops, that things around you that you remember is just relating to that inner self you have....
Saturday, April 19, 2008
The School
Ok, I noticed that Methodist Girls School whether it is primary or secondary in Tengkera Melaka has no website and I assume that there is also no association as far as I can remember that ever existed.
Tonight I went to my father's function and it was the Malacca High School Old Boys Association Annual Dinner. It was actually not really an "annual" dinner as they had their last annual dinner 14 years ago!! However, it was amazing that tonight's annual dinner was a successful one and I am proud to see that the 2nd oldest school in the country actually had this done with the some old batches of students do manage to come!! There was a 90 year old man who was from the 1930 batch and another from a 1935 batch and 1940s!! Amazing as it was, there was Toh Puan Zaiton who has 4 children sent to MHS and her grandfather and granduncle who actually went to Malacca High School in 19th century...I think she was mentioning it was 1878? Still...that is truly amazing for a school that has been existed since 1826.
So that made me thinking... what happen to my school?? The Methodist Girls School, whether it is MGPS (1) or MGSS in Tengkera Melaka.
Funny thing is that just a few months back my cousin (who was my classmate all the way from Standard One till Form 2) suggested to me that we do a reunion. I was telling her that it can be done if we have the contacts.. I only have a handful, and so...I am not sure if there is any possibility that I can actually collect the contacts for the alumni of my school.
Anyway, apart from looking for those old friends that I can only remember them as schoolmates, I am also hoping that such a gathering for alumnis just like how Malacca High School had done will get to be materialise somewhere in the future.
I am not sure if I can actually have that happen or I can actually make it happen.
Anyway, if any of you are from MGPS or MGSS Tengkera, please do drop me a line here. It is nice to know how everybody is doing and for those who I have known a long time, that I do hope that I'll get to meet them and see how things go. Some might be successful people, some might not, but whatever it is... the best is to have the circle of friends widen.
Isn't that a great thing to have?
Tonight I went to my father's function and it was the Malacca High School Old Boys Association Annual Dinner. It was actually not really an "annual" dinner as they had their last annual dinner 14 years ago!! However, it was amazing that tonight's annual dinner was a successful one and I am proud to see that the 2nd oldest school in the country actually had this done with the some old batches of students do manage to come!! There was a 90 year old man who was from the 1930 batch and another from a 1935 batch and 1940s!! Amazing as it was, there was Toh Puan Zaiton who has 4 children sent to MHS and her grandfather and granduncle who actually went to Malacca High School in 19th century...I think she was mentioning it was 1878? Still...that is truly amazing for a school that has been existed since 1826.
So that made me thinking... what happen to my school?? The Methodist Girls School, whether it is MGPS (1) or MGSS in Tengkera Melaka.
Funny thing is that just a few months back my cousin (who was my classmate all the way from Standard One till Form 2) suggested to me that we do a reunion. I was telling her that it can be done if we have the contacts.. I only have a handful, and so...I am not sure if there is any possibility that I can actually collect the contacts for the alumni of my school.
Anyway, apart from looking for those old friends that I can only remember them as schoolmates, I am also hoping that such a gathering for alumnis just like how Malacca High School had done will get to be materialise somewhere in the future.
I am not sure if I can actually have that happen or I can actually make it happen.
Anyway, if any of you are from MGPS or MGSS Tengkera, please do drop me a line here. It is nice to know how everybody is doing and for those who I have known a long time, that I do hope that I'll get to meet them and see how things go. Some might be successful people, some might not, but whatever it is... the best is to have the circle of friends widen.
Isn't that a great thing to have?
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