School holidays and creating right attitude...

Before, school holidays meant, still come to school to have our extra classes, sports training, scouting, remember Job Week? Walkaton? Maybe once in a while some of our friends went out of Miri!

And school holidays nows, relates to touring, money spent here and there. You questioned your children they will say,.."that was my era then"..now things changed.

Maybe it is the school management itself! Whilst some schools excels with good students others still lagged. Creativity and making sure the "products" that they are developing are robust like what we have went through before in the 60s and 70s! Maybe then, we have few distractions unlike now.

However, we can play our parts to mend the unfilled spaces in our children with our wisdom. Some of us might have forgotten our maths or science, but that is not so important, because that can be learned, what matters is the creating of a robust attitude towards education. If they have the right attitude, to learn, to walk the world, to live, then I beileve they can stand up on they on!

Question: Who will you prefer if you were the interviewer in your organization! The one who have the right skills with attitude problem or the one will less skill but with the good attitude?

Aku Palau...

Lately "aku palau"..I am drunk. Drunk because of the non-stop assignments! To the North, South now East! Well, not so bad tomorrow, I am taking flight because need to be back the same day for the day after scheduled discussion. That's how hectic life is over here, so "aku palau"..what to do...!

So friends sorry, James, sometimes I overlook our blog because of some priorities...

Our Cikgu, Ms Regina S replies.....

Dear Johari,

I was really glad to bump into James at the post office the other day, and to receive the Teachers' Day message from you on behalf of Class of 1976.

This is actually my second email, as an earlier one, quite a lengthy one,
just went blank due to a problem with our Ministry server.

Time flies indeed. By the end of this year I'd have been in Brunei for 25 years, working the last 10 years at the Ministry of Education as an English Language Officer. I will "retire" in September this year to look after my mother in Miri, while my husband hopes to continue for another year. My children are overseas. My daughter is in Houton with her husband, while my son is working in Sydney. I'm not a grandmother yet, though

I remember reading postings from various SCS ex-students on a website, but can't rememer how I got on to it. I certainly enjoyed reading how busy you all are, and how well you are doing. Let me know if and when there is a gathering planned. I'd be most happy to join. My other email address is r_szetu@yahoo.co.uk which I will use after I get back to Miri.

Regards to all ex-SCS students whom I've "taught".

Regina Szetu

Our playground...get connected!

They are our seniors. They are our junors. They came through comments and my email, maybe through your emails too! They stumbled on our blog. Not so many yet lah. But, yes, you are most welcome here. You are free to comments and chat. Far away, doen't meant far at heart! We found ourselves here. Almost our playground when you are connected! Musa Musbah, Cecilia Tay thank you.

Terima Kasih Cikgu!

To our teachers and also our classmates who carry the profession, like, Dayang Hajijah Abang Naruddin, Fraulein Angking, Abdul Aziz Taie, Suhaimi Sarbini and Rosemini Joji. There must be more teachers..Selamat Hari Guru from all of us!

Without You...........

The Knowledge.....

You shared with us.....

Taught us how to deal with life....

Without you....

We would not have made it Big!

Without you...

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY!

From all of us around the globe!

Connie's cut and paste postings!! Also can lah!

Hello all

Hope all of you are keeping well and it is so good to read all the emails and scssmiri blogspot. With wonderful email, copy & paste we have no excuse but enjoy this new technology to keep in touch. If I have missed anyone on the email circuit, please pass my email on.

My email address copy & paste is limited, with some display name, the properties are hidden - big job for you, Johari! and big Thank you for scssmiri.

The photographs bring so many lovely memories, laughter in the air!!!! What a bunch of great school days that went.

The photos - white bell-bottom trousers, history and fashion!!! Dayang Hadijah, old as I am I still love compliments. Cat walk, my head is so big after reading your comments that I have rebalance my head from feeling good. 6 boys!!! wow - your very own body guards.

Nooralhuda, yes I remember you. How could I forget your sweet smile and discussions of Indonesian film stars - Lenny Marina, Tanti Josphefa - not sure of the spellings but the faces stay close in my mind, Saturday afternoons at the movies!!!

Lily, good to hear that you are going on holiday to Bali, must be wonderful - white sands and blue skies, think of me when you eat all that delicious seafood, eh.

Johari, I guess you may have noticed I have not been on skype for the last 3-4 weeks, Steve is back for home holidays so I don't switch on my skype. I have been on skype text to See Chou couple of months ago. With 8-12 hours time difference, it is difficult to slot the right time. So email saja and I like to share this photo (see below)with all of you, my silver head laki and me last year Sept, in Scotland - makin tua makin romantic, eh!!! heheheheee. My eldest, Joshua is 24 already, Nalini is 22 and youngest Jareth is 18. Grey hair and wrinkles are my good friends so I have jars of cream, dye sachets to keep them in control.

Kiew Heng, it must be great to meet up with Miss Regina Szetu, how did it go. Hope she and family are well and please convey my best wishes to her.

All my dear friends, I look forward to little MEETings in KL, Kuching, Miri - hope to get a holiday to Malaysia next year. 20 years in UK but with the word home, Miri/Kuching crops to my mind fast. When it is winter, all I think of is ESCAPE to hot sunny days - Malaysia. Good thing we have beautiful spring and summer to compensate the bitter cold long months and here when it rains - it pours buckets lots!!! Lily, Joseph, sure you know what the winter is like, smart enough to escape!!!

It has been sunny and dry all week and I am going to relax and enjoy the weekend with revisits to scccmiri, housework, all the do it yourself jobs and tukan kebut - ME so enjoy these spring photos. (What you meant is tukang kebun - gardener! Sorry just checking your rusty BM)

Take care

love, Connie xposted on behalf of Connie....

Kabuloh farm

As mentioned earlier, on the Kabuloh trip in 1975 (F4) I only have this pix of myself. During that time we visited this agrictulural farm and saw lots of cattles and horses. Anyone who have pix on this trip, pls post up.

PIX

BUSY MAN !!!

Rohaya knew now about this....

Thanks to Kasuma. I was informed by Mis, on this. Guess the girls are faster than the men here! Like always, the norms is true when it comes to productivity! Girls are always on top of any tasks! About Datin Rohaya, she is now on the move globally. And we hope that she can share with us more. I hope she send will me here email address soon. However, she sent her regards to all of us here....

HAPPY MAMMIE'S DAY

TO ALL OUR LADY CLASSMATES , AND ALL OUR MALE CLASSMATE'S WIFE.....

WISHING YOU ALL... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
MAY 11, 2008

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

WISHING OUR CLASSMATES GIRLS , A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TODAY


See chou

Emails "hugging" each other....

I was amazed by the emails criss-crossing here and there between friends. It was a sign of how "kepo" you all are during your younger days! But nevertheless, looking ahead, there will be more to join us here. In the pipeline we have Rosmini and I think our lady champion her, Mis is trying to get to her. We have her contact number, thanks to Kesuma! She (Suma) got the number from Hipni (Bojeng)~ Ros's brother and our senior.

By the way Musa Musbah, our senior is also keeping close watch here. Hi Bro! I know you are watching! Nice nostalgia pictures available at his blog. I have given the link....check it out!

Have a nice weekend! Rgds. joQ

Blown Up! - Class Photo with RS

This is the biiger versions for our old eyes! Enjoy.

Pictures posting

Hi and good day to all. I have a suggestion here regarding picture postings. Suggest that when one clicks on the pix, the pix can enlarge for better viewing. When scanning old pix, put to 1.5 x magnify and when do posting, put it to "large image size" No doubt it takes it bigger space, but its really nice to view a bigger image, rite? For all the pictures posted by me, just double click on it and a bigger image will appear.

Regards

More on Interact Club

See if anyone can still recall who are who in this 1975 Interschool Interact Club meeting at SCS.

Class photo with Form teacher ~ Regina Szetu

Misnah, thank you for this contribution! The year was 1975 (Form 4)! This picture is just too good, let the picture speaks for itself..!
(note1: Text was ammended with updates from pic. owner Misnah)
(note2: Ammended for the second time by members after much discussions!)
posted on behalf of Misnah...

Right from the dusty album;- from Mis...

Hi, girls! Didn't know before that you have a private party! Mis sent this photo to me over email and obviously names this pics as 'Those were the days ~1973" as the inscriptions on the picture. So petite you all are in those days, sure you ladies should meet up these days!

posted on behalf of Mis.....

Interact club gathering

Special Welcome for Schoolmates and Old Friends...

Each new day,brought news to our blogs, thanks to James, Lydia and Misnah who have been trying hard getting friends to gather virtually here. Who have been here?

..and been noticed....
James Wong Kiew Hen
Dyg Hajijah Abg Naruddin
Lily Leong
Liew See Chow
Lo Foh Kheng
Misnah Lamat
Rediah Amran
Bahiki Tepoli
Lydia Mason
Fraulein Angking
our senoir (1971)..Musa Musbah

.and not being noticed..
Connie Jolly
Noorulhuda Mokhtar
Lau Yaw Teck
our junior (1977).. Luke Chong

..or not yet but knew about this....
Yaw Chee Ming
Joseph Lee
Janice Shim
Winnie Liao
Abdul Aziz Taie
Suhaimi Sarbini (Cikgu Aziz was supposed to inform him)
Azizah Abdullah
Kasuma Amin
Pelly Lee

...and others still under lost category (according to Misnah)

Some stats for you.. This week's blogs performance......

....and by months....not so bad as compared to previously...

I may have missed some names, my apologies, please inform me, if I did that... rgds , Johari

Memories

Just a few of us !!!!

It was the focus then ~ Sports!

Think again, we play hard, we excelled in sports we did our exams well. Thanks to our teachers, Mr. Peter Fam, Mr. Loh who have trained us well. We played hard, and we excelled in sports and did well in our exams. Not forgetting our Miss LK Armour, the school principal then, more developing in school plays, we took part in almost everything, the Scout Movement, one of our best! Football, hockey, basketball, softball, badminton, I just wonder how I can manage to take up during my schooldays. Now, we gave up everything! Most of us gave up everything! No games now! At the school sport, I ran in relays, and all the jumps. Look at the picture,many years ago, I have my own fans taking me in actions!

Well, all those years, and the pride we have for the school during sport especially is priceless, ....we were a great team guys! Remember that!

Our Sportman then ~ Abdul Hadie

If you sees him in Miri..Say hai...Long time no see. He is doing well there, I heard.

I saw these 2 faces in old photos..

..and made fullblown-out of them for easier James' eyes. Haha..you always the kapitan lah..you still remembers people..One is Affendi, the other one I forget, sound like "Kiew Tiam", I think. Now others can help us in remembering names, I still have more photos to be shared..Mis, you promised some photos...and I am still waiting..

Here is our strongest man - Bahiki

He has left SPR in 1991 and now almost 17 yrs in PETRONAS. He is heading the Learning Section, more to enhancing my staff’s capability and competency.

Some of the classmates that came acrossed his mind are:

Abdul Rahman Shebli (Sarawak Shell Bhd)
Abdul Razak Nawawi (Nippon Oil Intl)
Green Mason (donno his whereabout)

The School's Speakers

The team from the primary school. Mr. Alan Ku, Mr. Peter Howell, David Reggie, Chang Kok Boon, me, Rosmini Joji, Fatimah Wan Zain, Lau Khee Ngo, Habsah & Mr. Zainal Dawood. Wah, me so slim! Don't where the others are...Kok Boon is doing own contracting works based in Miri.

My nieces are there now...

For those in Miri, this is a normal sight. But our friends far and beyond can see how the school looks today.

rgds jo@

Hi all! Remember me?

It's Mis here!

Philip Heyward, where are you?

When we were young then, we use to write authographs, for friends and some of us, may have that tucked somewhere, don't know where. Among the most common poems;

I have a pen
My pen is blue
I have a friend
My friend is you
Phillip, attached is the photo you, you gave me during our younger days. I never have any contact with you after you left, maybe a letter or two. Perhaps, others can help us locate you. Your last city was Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Header Change

Dear All,

Thank you for your contribution. Some has asked me what SCSS 1976 stood for? I just tell them St. Columba's Secondary School of 1976. The question get me thinking. I think I have made too many of us wonders. Okaylah..so ..I think the current header should be acceptable, unless otherwise, some members have others suggestions. Your comments please.

Thanks. Rgds joQ

The girls that rocked Form 3 of 1974!

Here's another pic i would like 2 share with u all. It's taken during the inter-school sports day held @Miri District Council field (now known as PadangMajlis Bandaraya Miri-MBM). I guess both of us have grown 'vertically' or rather sideways! Thats what fraulein have phrased it when she sms me this morning. Anyway..its great having able to get in touch with old frens again.

Regards,Dyg Hajijah (Jijot)

Notes form joQ
Those Kuching girls rocked the class of Form 3, 1974. Fraulein, Lydia and Dyg Hajijah! Peweeet! Those Miri guys..hmmm.. shame lah..James, where are you! And Joseph too, our most outstanding football player...Those days these girls were the participants..now..either spectators or eating kuaci only.....soorry girls..just joking!

The glamourous club then ~ Interact Club

Hello all,

Hope u all still remember this foto...taken during ourInteract Club Annual Meeting and were the newly electedCommittee members.(pls help me to refresh)Law Yew Teck - President, Dyg Hajijah - Secretary, Yaw Chee Ming - Treasurer ; Connie Jolly, Margaret Leong , Azizah Abdullah were members. Dyg n Connie so slim...hehehe. Can't believe that's melike Pink Panther mehh..hahahaaa..

Dyg..

Relax Moment in 1975~ 2nd Miri Scout

From left;- Raji, me (joQ), Goh Soon Cheng and Bohari Morshidi. This was 1975 photo taken at the Tanjong Lobang beach. We have our weekend spent camping leading other junior members for their badges. Goh was my senior and I was then the Quartermaster. A lot of activities, and lots of fun, it help to built the person I am now.

Have not heard from any of them.

Pelly it's your birthday!

Dyg Hajijah..has reminded me that tomorrow will be your birthday..so from the whole team..HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Bahiki and Fraulein today sent me messages..

Hi everyone, just to inform you all that, today I received the following messages for friends..

From: Bahiki b. Tepoli, Petronas on my gmail.com

Hi Joe,

How’s life? Saw your blog & I must say it’s a good set up. Jijot introduced the website tome so here I am. Wow, after all these yrs, there’s a lot of catching up to do. Good to see some of the old classmates.

Cheers

Bahiki

From: Fraulein Angking via sms on my mobile

Hi, appreciate the website you have set up for our class. Than you. Will join in later because I am always away and without internet access.

Regards to all when you get on the site.

Fraulein

The Play I cannot remember..

Can someone recall the play? But this classic 1973 photo of joe lee, james chabu, abg affendi and myself was found in one of the old albums that I kept in Miri. More nostalgic school days photos to come!

The meeting at Ipoh Town kopitiam, Miri.

I received an SMS from Dyg Hajijah around noon. My mobile battery yang almost kaput for the day. I have it charged then return her SMS. She is calling a meet friends over coffee at Ipoh Town kopitiam, Miri. James came over too, and Yaw Teck was not able to make it, he told us mobile. Anyway short but well exchanged of infomation on where is who and who is what, but, Hajijah got everything well written in her own Cikgu's style..

Following that meeting, I am very sure I can get Misnah and Kasuma in next.. let's see, can't promise and Bahiki should not be a problem...

Rgds joQ

Greetings from Dyg Hajijah,,,,

Assalamualaikum n Hello 2 all my dearest good friends,

Guess what? I'm so happy and thanks to our dearest Johari for making this great effort to get us back together again..oh my dear...I just can't believe I can meet u all here again..n thanks too to our advanced techs that enables us to communicate with each other eventho we're thousands of miles away from each other.

OHhh...my...I just couldn't believe what I've seen n read in this blog....

Connie...u look just s u were 32yrs ago...:P still the SEXY Catwalk Connie..:)

Lydia..is that really u?? hahahaaaaa...i thought I was the only one who blew up like a balloon...opsss...sorry..but that's what Kiew Heng used to call me, yunno.

Lily..same as b4 the last time i met u.

Foh Kheng, See Chou..its just like a dream seeing u all again.

Sorry guys...4get to tell u all abt myself huhh...well..I'm now a Senior Assistant at Lutong Primary School, I have 6 young men to be my bodyguards. (Sorry cant attach my family foto cos not available yet). The one I had in my thumb drive got corrupted, can't open the file. My eldest is 25 now n the youngest is in Form 2 studying at our beloved SCSS too. Guess what, 5 of my boys all study at SCSS..:) Now only left the youngest coz my 5th son now joins the Technical school known as SM Teknik here in Form 5.

Ohh yaaa...know what..i just got back in touch with Bahiki after losing touch with him 4 over 32 yrs. He's now attach with Petronas in Kerteh, Trengganu but family staying in Kl. He's a 'weekend husband'...hahahahaa.I've given him our blog's add n
hope he will join us here soon.

Anyone remembered Abd Aziz Taiee? Seems that his name is not in ur list aarr kiew heng.. how come u 4get a good friend right under ur nose in miri haa? Aziz is now Headmaster at SK Riam Batu 2, Miri.

Abd Hadi Arbi, our best school runner b4? He's our successful entrepeneur in Miri.. doing well in hisfamily biz..

Rohayah Junaidi..now known as Datin Rohayah.

Dyg Normala is now a Puan Sri...... married to ex-mayor and in KL.

Dr Saadiah Abd Samad..having a doctorate in philosophy now attach with DBKU in Kuching.

Misnah Lamat, Rediah Imran, Evelyn, Linja..ermmm...can't trace them yet.

Heyyy...where's Joseph Lee? Not joining us yet? Jo, do ur job ehh...:)Ooo..Ooo..sorryy..now the teacher starts to blabla already...hehehe a teacher will always b a teacher rite...can never stop talking one...hahahahaaaa oklahh...hope i dun bored u all in made u sleep aaarrr

Connie Jolly..miss u my dear.

Attach is my foto..see how i blew up lydia...hehehee

rgds Dyg Hajijah

Flying off to Miri tomorrow morning..

Hi friends, will be in Miri by 10am tomorrow and will stay there until Saturday. Depart for KL around 9pm. I will be free on Saturday morning, I think, for now. Resons of being in Miri, I need to settle some family matter as eldest in my family. So hope to hear from you all there.

Rgds joQ

Check this out!

Hello All,

Check this out St. Columba's Alumini Association.

rgds

joQ

Guess Who?

Picture from Luke Chong's blog

Getting Slim

Hi Lydia

It's been a long time ....... that we last met or maybe even last communicated thru email.

If you are trying to get slim, I suggest you try edible Phyto Fiber.
1 Box of phytofiber containing 15 sachets cost RM68.00 in Penisular Malaysia.
Try that product. You will love it.
Jo had tried that product before which I gave to him when we last met about 2-3 years back in KL.

Or if you need more info, you can visit the website at http://www.phhp.com.my. There is a branch office located in Puchong.
If you join in as a member, enrol sponsor number is: my0000190604.
If you need my hp number, contact Johari.

Regards
James Wong

Yesterday once more

Can anyone recall who and who are in these pictures?

As these are old black and white pictures, some faded.

Luckily I wrote the names of all of us in the Primary 6 picture. It's kind of ugly, but I do hope no one complains. :)

Regards to all columbians

James Wong

Respond to Lydia's comments.......

James is our master for slimming down program! I am sure he will share with us some of his current programme. I can conqure that and validate that James Wong is much healthier than me. James tell us something.

Have you heard the proverbs " ..the kettle saying the pot is black..!" or the malay version"seperti ketam mengajar anaknya berjalan lurus"!...

Lydia, I am an obesse! Hahahahaha!

Late 2004, I managed to get myself to a record 76Kg from 90Kg; that is using clinic program, just before my haj. But, you cannot have the progamme on for the rest of your days, thus, the habits returned and now 88kg! Even lately I not allowed to donate my blood.

Ok..not a promise but I am going to tell you again my weight in a month time...remind me then!

Ready stocks! Any takers?

Anywhere you are in Malaysia, if you are interested, I have someone contact you soon.
Just helping out freinds.

Rgds

joQ

Silence at the Front

"Just before the storm there will be a calm atmosphere". I hope it will be a reality. During wars, silence at the front, means "nothing is spectacular is going on". Let bring that term to now, the present, "No happenings"!

Guess everyone are doing something and hope you are still here. Understand that, compare to me, I have my notebook almost at all time in office, during discussions, meetings and in bed! It has become my best past time activity. Now even during my commuting on the ERL I have just started a blog, using my mobile phone.

Check it out, click here On the Move

Last week I managed to SMS apart from Pelly, Dyg Hajijah. Like Pelly she is also connected with sport. Pelly with archery and Dayang with golf. Maybe not as main player but sponsor or team manager level.

Rgds joQ

The F1 is back for its 10th year!

Today, tomorrow, my town which is bordering Sepang will be again like always, bustling with F1 fans from all over the world. Big bikes, motorcars and crazy jams on the roads towards the Sepang Circuit will be the normal sights, For locals we have already knew how to avoid those jams. Stay Home! Better to see them on TV. Sometime I can hear the roar of the engines in the distance and if the wind is right. But anyway, today will be the qualifying rounds and tomorrow will be the actual race day..just sit tight and hope BMW Sauber wins!

TTOM 4: Mike Lo Foh Kheng

Hello my friends,

Easter will be a busy time for my family with lots of contruction activity in the house. We bought a new place recently with a view of the Rockies and we are in the process of finishing the lower level so that See Chou can have his private suite when he visits me very soon.

Connie - everytime I read your wonderful emails, you make me feel hungry. I think I will drive 12 hours to Vancouver this coming July just to taste some good Malaysian food there.

Ah Kheng

TTOM 3: Connie

Hello all my dear classmates

It is great to see this email going.The weather is lovely now, still cold but after winter I won't complain. Yes, still missing the food, I will make up for it when I visit Malaysia. What fun!!!

Lily, I guess you will be in Miri and maybe get to see Yeu Teck and Joe. Oil palm and tea plantation reminds me of visit to the green tea plantation/factory few hours outside Shanghai. I can never remember the Chinese name but the translation is so sweet 'where Heaven is on Earth' and on the boat ride on West Lake, it felt so apt. Been drinking green tea, yes I am trying to keep young, too. Yes, my 'anak2' all getting older, grandchildren??? Lately, the thought is quite sweet. I won't be rushed to wash the dishes when reading bedtime fairy tales. You know what I mean. Maybe I will be a dotting grandma!! I want to enjoy my life, too - heeheehee, visiting all of you and makan together.

Foh Kheng, since you mentioned Nasi Lemak, I have been thinking of nasi lemak, have to make my own version, shortcuts. Bye for now.

Connie x

Angkasawan Dr. Faiz and Lydia..

Lydia on CLEO?

Just spoken with Pelly...

She is in Miri, now her children have grown-up, here and there, flying all over. Her eldest the daughter, is an engineer in Australia, 2nd, the son, in Singapore and 3rd , can't remember though maybe with her in Miri. Pelly's voice...well you know..have you heard DAP Lim Kit Siang at his campaign run..almost like him..the Dark Vedar sound..hahaha..but anyway glad to have talk to her, if you need the number just sms me.
Rgds
joQ

James Wong

When Johari mentioned S.W.A.L.K , I thought of kiew heng somehow!!! I remembered him better with that name rather than James.....The chicken suppliers for the whole of Miri then!!! Remembered ordering some chickens for the festive season.Hey, with the kind of headstart, he should have been a millionnaire by now!!! Everyone almost eat chickens everyday and the population is growing at 1.9% and by now there are 27 Million people in Malaysia .......Ha..ha....
He was the romantic one in the class ,tagging with wei Ming everywhere almost ????
Now after medical/dental school I understand the works of hormones at puberty!!! Ha..ha...
Remembered the graveyard across the school backgate. Read some names on the graves stones....Its somewhere between Gymcana club and the school I think!
What about the Machinda club, is it still there? Remembered the chicken chops and all the nice dishes served there.Of course,our weekly run for house points....at the field!!!

Hey everyone...Please wake up!!!

Dental connections

Am rather sad that:
1.Khir Toyo is no longer MB Selangor.(One dentist down).Otherwise there is somewhere to put our grouse too.
2.Datu Seri Jamaluddin Jarjis.....?? His wife was my senior...We were at MOSTI family day last year and was treated very well....Am gonna miss that as well
3.Rafidah ....Our Iron lady .Strong support ..BUT was dropped off the list...Rather unfair!!! She responded to my sisters letter while she was just 14yrs.Invited her to her house and maintain the friendship till today.....Another sad move for me.She was after all the brains behind the ASN,ASB .....She is among those who worked hard and not play the fool when on on negotiation trips international...(according to friends from INTAN .Perhaps she is pro mahathir!! ..despite rift!!!!
4. This is the first time the tradition is broken when the MCA chief is not appointed Minister of Health.... The other day I met Datuk Ong Kah Ting at the putrajaya canteen.told him that fruits should be made cheap and easily available. ..The actions was as quick as a fox...The next day jambu price dropped from RM8/kg to RM 5/Kg.Today there is ample fruits in the canteen.

5.Not enough lady minister!!! With more than 3:1 ratio of female to male in the universities, surely we could make do with the ladies brain for the country!!!

6.Glad that Mohd Yaccob is still finance minister.He is a genious and the one behind the recovery during the economic downturn!!!

Hey everyone !!!! Say something!!! your voice is important!!! My regards to all.

Knock! Knock! Oh..still sleeping!!!

Enough! The signal got through loud and clear here after GE12. Nepotism is OUT! Family in power appointing family members is also NOT accepted unless you thought you win when in fact you lost if not got 3 rounds of counts in Reembauu..(spelling mistake for a purpose). But for my homestate..is there no one elses kah to be the AM of Cuti-Cuti Dept? We have others who have been and serve the rakyaat for many terms.. so terang sangatlah .. If none, appoint caliber people from the state who have serve the party well over the years to become senator..there you got the AM you can be proud of. I can imagine what are in the minds of other team's mate!! GERAM....tapi, say nothing, do nothing, you will be save...guaranted by Cari Makan Saja...

TTOM 2: S. Liew See Chou

Dear all

Have a Happy Easter Bunny Holidays, as here, is a long weekend in Sydney!!

See Chou

Election results!!!

Dear all,
The election results clearly indicated a need for change in our mindset and the way we do things from now on!!!Although a government could be formed, the representations at the parliment would be interesting.None of the members of parliment could afford to miss the session or sleep during the sessions....he...he..After being elected to office ,the worst would be to just sleep ....and be viewed nationwide...!!!
Ha...ha...I wonder why is it that none of our class go into politics? We definitely got a good mix of talents BUT why not politics??? Perhaps Lily should try and stand vs Dr.Geoge Chan??
Saw the photos you all took at some of the gatherings..Was jealous that I was not in the pictures...!!!
You all look good....and your wives too.Good choice!!!Lily look really glamourous these days !!! Bravo to all our friends!!!.
Keep the mail coming everyone. Regards.Wishing everyone Blue skies and everything nice.
P/S Still remember the coca cola show with patrich teoh??

Lydia

SCSS 1976's performance so far..

Hi, everyone, the above is the stats taken as of this afternoon at 4pm. Not good to look at but "ok" for a start because only some did contribute a line or two to get some other members attention. Well it does not matter, the stats, some might find it interesting to share stories and others might just want to laugh and smile along. All the same we are almost at some "junctions" in our life. We just need top have friends. We may want to listen to friends of the yester years. The stats cannot show that. Lydia, James, Stephen well surely there are things that you can write about!!! James..what about the fighting during our marble games? Hahahaha!

Talk talk over mail 1 (TTOM 1) : Lily

Dear Lydia,
Is that youngest girl of yours whom I met last time or long time ago when she was still drink mama's milk?

These are David, Soon Siek , Soon Kan and Soon Cheng's kids.They all have 3 kids each. Have Teck given any mail? I will be in Miri on the 20th to 23rd March. I am very sure that I will meet Teck and will ask him why no reply. Do you come to Kuching? If so, please do contact me. Fraulein knows my no. We only talk on the phone as she is so busy with her work and travelling too.

See Chou,
I am not sure about you but i think keeping young is very important to enjoy life.

Connie,
I do keep myself very busy. But i am enjoying it. I might be slow to reply mail but will reply one day. ....like now. I just got back from the oil palm and tea estates in Serian. I took 40 of my staff to visit the tea estate (Mayang Tea) . Now with the high oil palm prices, we are expected to travel to the estate more to assist the planters in the field to ensure that all the fruits are harvested and evacuated to the processing mills.

Looking at all the pictures, I wonder besides Johari, who else will be a grand pa or grand ma soon?????? hehehehe

Regards

Lily

The school symbol..

Hi everyone,
Now they they made from printed or sewed on clothes. Cheaper maybe, but sure will not leave any hole marks on you shirt! Those days we have metal badges and some of us became more creative by sandpapered the metal bagde so that it look all metallics without the colours. Who have any of them now? I cannot remember now where I left my treasure box after all these years. it looks different with the white background. The dove have grown fatter! So still the metal badge is much better.
Rgds, joQ

Classic reentry of the past..

James, you really have crystallised "those days" and that come to my mind back teachers like Tan Chong Beng, Alan Ku, Idris Matani (my uncle, by marriage and deceased) and the school clerk then George Chong and my favorite school dentist , Miss Kaur. Our credits to all of them..

Mr Tan Chong Beng, remember him well becuase he rode on his bicycle to school, white shirt black pants and soft-spoken. Mr Alan Ku, (when I think about it now) was a more business oriented teacher. He maybe at that time, being the headmaster, was thinking of looking for more funds for some school's projects so, he organised Fun Fairs many times, some of us were volunteers and even a dancing party! We volunteered as waiters!!!Hahaha..it was fun. The late Idris Matani, never thought then, would be my uncle because he married my aunty, I remembered him well because he was our Geo teacher, he asked question like "What are the exports of Brazil?" Football and cocoa. Yes, he loved football, he was a sportman and a football referee then. And for the cocoa, I remember well he said he love milo covered with milk on bread. And make experiments out of it at home! Hmm..good but now..less on this..less on that....

Our teachers also organised "movie-going classes" haha...when good movies (non X rated, of course) like Sound of Musics, To Sir with Love and S.W.A.L.K (Sealed with a loving kiss), can you still remember we walked in line to either Miri Theather or Cathay Theather! Can't quite recall the years.

Those are the primary school story.....secondary later or some us can recall and share..

rgds

Looking back all these years...

Looking back at some of our gatherings!!!

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Hi Johari

Think of the tiltle on the class SCSS 1976 seems to limit to just a mere 40+ people or maybe less. Memories fade. Age is catching up and is more than 31 years ago.

The long namelist of old classmates actually links back to the very first day when we met while in Primary One. I presume some of us who joined the wagon on the way may not know some cutie names. Let's just refesh a little since the day we started to learn.. A for Apple, B for Boy, C for Cup, ...... Z for Zebra.. while 1 + 1 = 2, 1 x 1 = 1 and while we sing... tommy thumb, tommy thumb where are you, here I am, here I am, how do you do.... How I wish I can still play "goli" now ... hahaha.

Primary One started for some of us way back in 1966, housed in the small wooden hut split to Primary 1A & 1Z. The old wooden hut had long been pulled down for new classroom blocks. If one can recall, it was the woodworking workshop near to the Principal's house. Well, it's a long long story. Let me just summarise the years of our studies, and the names of the RULING teachers in those years. For those in question marks, I really forgot or was not a student in that class.

1966 Primary 1A - Form Teacher - Ms Tan ....??
Primary 1Z - Form Teacher - Ms Mary Chong?

1967 Primary 2A - Form Teacher - ????

Primary 2Z - Form Teacher - Mrs Dawood

1968 Primary 3A - Form Teacher - Mrs Tan ??

Primary 3Z - Form Teacher - Ms Chong (Chong Yen Choo ?)

1969 Primary 4A - Form Teacher - ????

Primary 4Z - Form Teacher - Mr Zainal Dawood

1970 Primary 5A - Form Teacher - ????

Primary 5Z - Form Teacher - Ms Grace Chen

*** Just can't recall, was Mr Peter Howell (now a political sectary to Sarawak CM) one of our

Form Teacher in primary school ??? ***

1971 Primary 6A - Form Teacher - ????

Primary 6Z - Form Teacher - Ms Annette Wong

1972 Form 1A - Form Teacher - Mr Loh

Form 1B - Form Teacher - Ms Joan Teoh / Mrs Hanifah????

1973 Form 2A - Form Teacher -

Form 2B - Form Teacher - Mr. Lawrence Calvert????

1974 Form 3A - Form Teacher - Mr. Philip Kueh?????

Form 3B - Form Teacher - Ms Hilda Lim ????

1975 Form 4 - Form Teacher - Ms Liew?????

1976 Form 5 - Form Teacher - Ms Regina Szetu

Some of us from the SCS Primary 6A & Z mergered in Form 1A and 1B. Lots of new strangers (faces) at that time, pretties like Rokiah, Rohaya Junaidi, Saadiah Samat, Kasuma and handsome like Kaderi Ali, (these from Anchi School??) , Yeu Teck and Chee Ming. That's where the fun begins.

Then by the end of 1974, Form 3, some drop out and newbies joined. That's why it shrinked to a mere 40+ of us by the end of 1976 ...........

Regards to all

from:

James K. H. Wong

More names from our Bro James Wong Kiew Hen

Some updates for everyone...

1. Teo Siew Yet (Miri)
2. Rokiah
3. Rohaya Junaidi (Kuching)
4. Tiang Ting Ing (Qatar)
5. Lee Chung Yaw
6. Hasnah Hassan
7. Tham Chee Fong (Miri)
8. Abg Othman Abg ........
9. Tang Wei Ming
10. Chan Chok Lim

Someone help us to remember the name...

Lydia's Family turn to show.....

Dear Lily,

Thank you for the photos. Can't make out which one is Soon Sek? Whose children are those? You sure have so many nieces and nephews. Like Connie say they all look so cute. No wonder you dot on them....What a wonderful aunty you make!!! Majority of my nieces and nephews are grown up. 3 in Medical school. 2 in Dublin, Ireland and 1 in UM,KL. My eldest niece is a lawyer with Japanese firm in Tokyo, 4 in Australia, one of them engineer with petroleum co in Australia . The rests are still in school.

I have 3 children ,the eldest will be sweet 16 this year. Enclose within the pictures of some recent pictures of my family.

Regards,

Lydia

emailed by Lydia, Pj, Selangor

Lim House

Dear all,
Went through our blog. Not a bad job everyone. We need to activate more of our members to participate actively.

Where is Alex Lam? He needs to put in the menus of his cafe (Forever Cafe) ....so that we can be on the look out for his STAR product!! Or even get the telivision host Jalan -jalan cari makan to sample the food and advertise.

Well done Alex.... Am more familiar with your chinese name...Everyone seemed to have "Nama Glamour" these days hah!!! I still remember the day when you were hit by the "discuss" (not sure the right spelling)...its was traumatizing for all of us...!!! Glad that you are alive and kicking now...Ha...ha...

Drop a line and send some pictures of you, your family and restaurants. Oh ya, I will be presenting a paper in Bangkok sometime in May..do you have any restaurant in Bangkok?

By the way Jo, My house is LIM house. Not Danson.(Danson is Normala's house) Wonder where is she now?T rack everyone down....EVERYONE!!!

Connie and Lily, Thanks for recognizing my smile!!

Take care .
Regards, Lydia

Connie's Responded to Lily's pic

Hello Lily
Thank you for the photo, I can recognise you and your dad. It is a lovely photograph. Is it Elizabeth in the purple top and is your youngest sister in the photo, too. Your nieces and nephews are so cute!!!

My nieces and nephews have children - what a promotion for me. I want to forget the getting old bit but the cold winter, it gets right to joints - what a reminder?!
Lydia, I can recognise you, same sweet smile from St Columbas School days.
Hope to see more photographs soon.
Bye for now.
Connie

emailed by Connie, UK

class list

Dear johari
Just to mention one more name HO YUN CHAN miri?

Friends are coming. Here is Lily Leong..

Sorry for the silent. Not that I am busy with the election but with my nieces, nephews who are here in Kuching for their school hol. Not I have sent them to the shopping mall and thus hav time to catch up with my mails. So nice for all of you to keep up with the mail. Johari in the past my mail to you was send back as unsent. Glad to know that you are semi retiring. I hope not admitting getting old.

Lydia,
Just saw your picture and must say your looks is still there. Anyway I enclosed mine here taken over the last Xmas with my father, sis, nieces, nephews . I am sure you know which one is me.

Regards
Lily

Alex Lam our ever enterprising friend...

The last I have seen Alex Lam, was when he at his one of his handphones kiosk in Wisma Seberkas, Kuching. This morning he called me, he has a cafe outlet now "Forever Cafe", at Tabuan Road, Kuching, check it out. He is also doing trading business selling his toiletries products from his factory in Johor and heard that he will be flying over to the Phillipines soon. Thailand, Singapore and the Phillipines are his frequents. Want to contact him? Try this Alex Lam Kong Yoke

All the Best to you Alex!

Rgds

More Names....

1. Ahmad Jeffrey Raffaie (Kuching) Referred by Alex Lam
2. James Chabu (Miri)
3. Timothy Lee (?)
4. Aminah Abdul Ghani (?)
5. Affendi Yunus (Miri)
6. Osman Mohamad (Miri)
7. Earl Domsbowsky (?)
8. Latip Osman (Miri) Referred by Alex Lam
9. Zainoren Alek (Kuching)
10. Mastura (Deceased?) (Confirmed)
11. Azizah Abdullah (Kuching) (Now not in good health - Cancer)
12. Phillip Gandi (RTM, Kuching)
13. Habsah Ibrahim (?)
14. George Arthur (Miri)
15. Kaderi Ali (Miri) Referred by Alex Lam
16. Ho Yun Chan (Miri) Referred by S.Liew
17. Dyg Normala Awg Tambi (KL, now a Datin and golf player)Referred by Alex Lam
18. Sa'adiah Samat (Japan?) Referred by James Wong Kiew Hen
19. Misnah Lamat (MLNG, Bintulu) Referred by James Wong Kiew Hen
20 Rose Song
21. Kasuma Amin (Shell, Miri) Referred by James Wong Kiew Hen

Recalling Names.....

Now I am recalling names as far as 1966. Some of you might not know these names but I am sure some will. So just cross check the names for me. Don't forget, the list show grow. Someone will know how to find someone. The bracket denotes last place they are heard off . These names are listed until they reponse to us then we just color them red.

1. James Wong Kiew Hen (Miri) Responded 11th March 2008
2. Bahiki Tepoli (Kuching)
3. Baiduri Nahar (Kuching)
4. Janice Shim Siew Yin (Kuching)
5. Agnes Sim Lai Lee
6. Chong Swee Nan (?)
7. Ramdan (Kuching)
8. Hamsawi (?)
9. Sabtibi Arbi (Kuching)
10. Abdul Hadie Arbi (Miri)
11. Lee Tze Phin (?)
12. Ting Chiew King (?)
13. Chan Onn Min(Brunei)
14. Chang Kok Boon (Miri)
15. Pelly Lee (Miri)
16. Dyg Hajijah Abg Naruddin (Miri)
17. Winnie Liao (Kuching)
18. Margeret Leong
19. Lily Leong. Responded on 11th March 2008
20. Peter Heyward (Tasmania, Australia)
21. Jimmy Teng Peng Chai (Canada)
22. Aziz Taha
23. Wan Fatimah Wan Zain (Sibu)
24. Marvis Janang
25. Rosmini Joji (Johor)
26. Micheal Lom @ Sofian (Kuching)
27. Lam Kong Yoke (Kuching). Responded 11th March 2008
28. Joseph B. Lee (Miri). Responded 11th March 2008
29. Fraulien Angking (Kuching)
30. Lau Khee Ngo (?)
31. Stephen Liew Siew Chow (Sydney, Australia). Responded 8th March 2008
32. Mike Lo Foh Kheng (Canada). Responded 8th March 2008
33. Yaw Chee Ming (Miri)
34. Lawrence Law Yew Teck (Miri)
35. Lydia Mason, (KL). Responded 7th March 2008
36 Connie F. Jolly, (UK). Responded 7th March 2008)
37. More....more....more...

Stephen Liew called from Sydney..and moving forward suggestion

Today at about 7.30 pm received a called from Sydney, Australia. Stephen Liew on the other side. That's is an achievement! He has mentioned Alex Lam Kong Yoke and I am trying to track him down and tell him where to "meet". Appreciate if you can pass some info on where's about our other friends are. Maybe we can track about 60% by end of 2008!

For a start kindly just tell and share me information on whom you can remember through this blog or e-mail them to me. I will placed this "Missing Persons" list on our blog so we can cross check among each other.

Oh, by the way, Lydia, Stephen asked me which one is you on the previous posting! Hahahaha!

Rgds

Connie's Responded to Lydia's pic

I miss the jalan2 chari makan, thank you for the photo, Lydia.
Miss all the local makan, First year in UK, I had cravings of food, food - I dreamt of dinners and woke up just as the dishes were set on the table - what a torture! So I learnt to make chicken rice, mee goreng, fried rice and bring back the Sarawak laksa 'rempah' from Kuching.

Lydia & Jo, next time I am KL, we jalan chari makan - maybe 2009.
Miri-ians - will just have to go for a big seafood dinner.
Will be so nice to meet up again and this email chatting is great, thanks for the creating the Blog, Jo.
Lily, elections over, time to relax a little, catch on the sleep x.

emailed by Connie, UK

Lydia ..eh..and Jalan Jalan Cari Makan host - Maria tengku Sabri

Here's my recent photo with.....Jalan jalan cari makan...Sometimes last year,2007.hope you can still recognize me.

Regards,

Lydia

It's almost 6.15 am! I have not slept the whole day of 8 March 2008!

I am still up and eager waiting for the election results, live broadcast on TV. The wind of change have come to Malaysian politics. Just to sum up to until now with interesting facts and observations;

- BN unable to get 2/3 majority in Parliment but just a simple majority.
- The oppositions captured the State Legislative Council (DUN)of Penang, Selangor, Kedah, Perak and like always Kelantan.
- This also means the appointment of the chief ministers will be a headache if the oppositions are not ready on this collectively.
- Many parties presidents and also incumbent cabinet ministers lost their seats
- Johor, a strong hold of BN has now oppositions in their yards.
- Family politics (father and son or mother and daughter) very obvious this time around.
- Parties conventions from now on will be very heaty!
- Voices in Parliment, obviously will be louder!
- The amount of coverage through medias and campaign posters is no longer a measure to determine a win.
- The emergence of different set of voters are now here. The deafening silence is now is loud and clear.
- BN won the war but lost the battle. Nothing to be proud of if they are to match the benchmark they have created.
- Democracy in Malaysia is alive and kicking!

The people speaks! The signal has been sent, loud and clear. It is a tsunami election.

You can read more from other medias..

Johari & Family

Don't be surprise. I have 5 grandchildren now! That's something that you all have to quickly catch up with. Can you? I have our family photo but on the other family blogs. Anyway the link is just below and just a click away. By the way, my 5th grandchild was born on 31 Dec 2007. So you can just have a little adventure to go my Dec 2007 's posting.

Click here Johari's Family Photos

Can you still recall which tribe are you are loyal to?

I am always Chong (once I remember I was sent to McD!). Those days it was Chong or Desion which come first. If I can recall, Lydia was Desion. Connie was a McD! Others...Oh..come on..you guys remember well which tribe you belong to. Just for the records, just comfirm which are you via comment button.

Let see if you remembers!!! Hahaha! Tough job..you old guys!

Thank you for being our moderator

Dear Johari,

Thanks for putting all the photos in the blog. At least I can keep track on how everyone look like now. Keep blogging!

Regards,

Lydia

Greetings

Hi JO & ALL

Happy to see you "towkay" of TM and lets wish more of SCSS share the joy of our youth!!!

Sliew

Today Malaysia Decide.

Another 8 hours, polling stations nationwide will open and 10 million plus, eligible voters will cast their vote for the next government. I am sure by now the allowable time for parties campaign is well over and done. Everyone has said their piece of mind and it is time to decide and to reconcile.

First results expected at 7.30 pm (Malaysia).

Be wise, be brave.

Hi Friends

Dear all,

Lydia here, wishing everyone selamat mengundi. Please choose the right candidate.
Regards,
Lydia

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