Sunday, September 23, 2012

Friday 7th September 2012, Reunion of the '78 Saints.




                

                                                Team '78, from L to R :
           Back Row :   Lee Lai Seng, Shoeb Kagda,Yap Tzin Haen,Andrew Lee,
          Front Row :   Paul Ezekiel, Phang Seng Meng,Andrew Paul,ChewPing Nan.
  

                      
                                                          Lee Lai Seng, Myself 

Friday 7th September was the day we will remember for a long time to come 

We started the day early, some of us arrived at the Joan Bowen cafe in St. Andrew's Village as early as 3pm, to setup the sound system, music, Bingo and props. Kudos must go out to the following tireless Saints who gave up their precious time, and some opportunity costs to make this, our 50th year in existence a truly "'Once in a Lifetime"' experience which all who were present would be talking for years to come.

The organisers are :

1. A. Surendran - MC and general Overall in Charge
2. Chew Ping Nan - the man who kept everyone in the Loop 
3. Albert Hong Heng Chow - Treasurer 
4. YapTzin Haen -  Tombola  Man
5. Andrew Lee  -   Sound Man


Thank you guys for an unforgettable night ! , especially Surendran and Ping Nan. 




                                        Phang Seng Meng, Andrew Lee, A. Surendran

You are the Men !




                              
         Our Master of ceremonies for the night, A. Surendran, who handled the evening's 
                                            proceedings with great professionalism 
              
In addition, there were 2 us, Paul Ezekiel and myself who formed a 2 man Band, dubbed "The Secret".  We played the School Hymn as well several songs from the Bee Gees and the Beatles which (OK I am blowing our horns here, and purely my biased opinion ) were appreciated by the Old Boys.

So the itinerary went like this :

4pm - Arrive for football, unfortanately after 15 minutes, Andrew Paul hurt his leg from the astroturf, and hobbled off. Rain stopped play after 20 minutes, and we waited at the changing rooms area till the All Clear was sounded.

5pm - Continued with football, the players numbered around 10 - 12, and they were :

Myself                                       Wong Yoong Ping
Yap Tzin Haen,                        Phang Seng Meng
Chew Ping Nan                       Andrew Paul 
Shoeb Kagda                          Jeffrey Kwan
Albert Hong,                             Paul Ezekiel.

Score was 7 - 5 in our team's favour.

Rain stopped play after about 45 minutes by which time, we were all tired out (we are 50 by the way!) and decided tohead for the early showers.

6.30 pm   Arrival of the Old Boys, there was much back slapping, hugging, "'Ï can't believe its you"' expressions and reminiscing about the Good Old Times.



                                    
              Phang Seng Meng, Aldrin Ow Hing Choy, Chiu Loo Kwong, Jeffrey Kwan


                           

                             Abraham Mathew, Glyn Sim, Yap Tzin Haen, Andrew Lee 



7.30pm  Our old school teahcers arrived, I was so touched to have a good chat with Mr. Victor Wee who is 79 this year, but his mind is still razor sharp. He is retired from teaching and helping out at the orphanage in North East Thailand 4 times each year. Also present were Mrs. Diana Wing, Mrs Susie Fredericks, Ms. Jackie Oehlers, Mr. Tin (hockey coach) and Mr. William Wong (Junior 2 teachers)





                                    Section of the Old Boys with Mrs. Susie Fredericks 



                                      



To all the teachers who made it, and those who couldn't.   THANK YOU and GOD BLESS !!

 There was much merriment, and 'talking cock"  amongst the Old Boys that when Surendran took the mike to address the crowd, he had to resort to the school boyish taunts of "Shut the fxxx up !"' to get us all quiet. Even in the presence of our Minister buddy, we all behaved like we were 15, and why not ? This was a private event and our opinions and our behavior could very well reflect our pure intentions with no agendas except for having a jolly good old time with our Primary 1 to Secondary 4 classmates, best friends and enemies and reminisce.




Yap Tzin Haen and Albert conducting the Bingo session




S. Thedasaidas, Peter Ooi, Andrew Lee

                             

 There was the Bingo, as well as the School Quiz, and 70s Songs and finally the Finale the School Song. There was so much memories, good and bad, that basically the food was secondary to us having a good time and seeing who looked like he was still 15 !! 





  Ping Nan leading the School Hymn with me on Keyboards, Paul Ezekiel on Guitar 
                                       and Andrew Lee with the Sound System



                
                                           Section of the 60 + crowd who turned up


   What an unforgettable and epic meeting of Boys turned Men.      

    UP AND ON !   KEEP THE FLAME BURNING BRIGHTLY EVER ! 


  






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