Gatherings of the Former Classmates of the Sixties

An unexpected phone call from a lady in the late evening of 24.5.08(Saturday) prompted a gathering of former classmates of the sixties to be held on 26.5.08(Monday) followed by another gathering on 28.5.08(Wednesday). This lady was none other than our very outspoken Hng Siew Sim. Through her initiative, and the efforts of Shirley and Thean Seng, a gathering of classmates who have never met one another for almost half a century became a fond memory for those who have attended the gathering. As Thean Seng put it, “If we don't try to meet one another this time, we may not be able to do so the next time around." I do agree with him as time is definitely not on our side as some of our classmates had already transmigrated to the next world.

In the latest gathering, we were glad to have Mr. Ng Huang Leng and Mr. Maniam, our former teachers of the Nibong Tebal Methodist Secondary School, to join us and catch up with the missing link(s) of the past forty years.This was a very memorable evening as it would be an added chapter down our memory lane.


If we considered the gathering as a necklace, then I would say we were the beads with Siew Sim as the string that joined up all the beads to form the necklace. When shall we form another necklace? I would like to pass this question over to our 'string',Siew Sim.