Pangkor Meet
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This year the Class of 69 of MSS-NT had organised the Pangkor Meet to commemorate its Golden Jubilee.

As the CEO of the event, Bro. Khor Hoe Soon has shown us the untiring effort and the missionary spirit of the Jesus to get our classmates to involve in the event.
In the end, Hoe Soon managed to persuade his two neighbours together with three spouses of our members  to make up the lucky number of 21.
We thank Hoe Soon from the bottom of our hearts for the success of the event. If not for him, nobody would care or dare to take up this challenge.
Admittedly, as our age advances, we have changed dramatically physically and mentally.
Our health is deteriorating day by day and our movement can hardly be switched to 'higher gears'. As the result, our activities are very much impeded by age factor. The most obvious one this time around at the Pangkor Island was, we weren't able to gather enough quorum for sea activities. We had to replace it with 'round the island trip'.
Nevertheless, we all enjoyed the trip, especially the fellowship of the members. The happy moments of the members were well documented with hundreds of beautiful and enchanting photographs captured by our professional photographer,  Chan Kim Beng.

In the evening, a few of us gathered round the table trying to relate stories of our school days. Many interesting tales surfaced through the mouths of Guan Peng, Stanley Khor and Gopal.

But, the most frustrating part was that each of them tried to skip the climax till next gathering to make sure the listeners would remain regular and faithful participants of the future gathering.

To my mind, the gist of any gathering is for the participants to have fun and jokes together. I believe the Pangkor Meet has done its part.

小学同学

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少小分离老大聚
感情依旧胜当年
年幼情谊很单纯
回味如舔陈年酒

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在启裕同学为他长郎授室时我再度和文声同学重逢。

这是我们自小学毕业离校后，过了五十三载，才再次会面。

我和文声从二年级开始同窗共读到六年级毕业为止。

在他的严父慈母的监督下，他的读书生涯很有自侓。

每天下课后 他有两个时段做功课和复习课本。中间休息时间文声可以去校友会广场和我一起玩。

四年级那个年头，我就是借用文声的脚车学会踏脚车。

文声的父亲为了儿子的休闲活动，他自己特地动手做了一张乒乓桌给文声打乒乓。我们周末会集聚在文声屋后等待他休息时间和我们一起打乒乓。

文声也不辜负父母对他的期望。他在五年级那年加入乒乓校队拿下槟州小学乒乓队冠军。第二年本校又再度弾联此宝座。

在学业方面，文声也年年名列榜首。

文声对我也照顾有加。从小学二年级开始，他是班上极少数的男生有能力定阅儿童画册（儿童乐园、南洋儿童）。每次他看过后，会让我阅读。

可以说文声是我在小学的智育成长中的一股助缘。

 潇洒走一回

日前在医院听闻一则新闻。

有位马来人跌倒伤脑进院治疗，花了百多千，还是回天乏术，与世常辞。

大多数的人都不惜一切代價要挽回自已宝贵的生命，在医院接受种种治疗的方法，一直到死方休。

瑜伽大師Sadhguru在他的讲演中问道：“有谁看过蛇死在路旁的？”

我仔细去想，好像是没有。

大師告訴我们他的经历。

他在山林里修行期間，发现一隻眼镜蛇攀居树上不吃不喝。他将它带下来给它喂食。可是眼镜蛇拒绝进食。它过后还是自已回到树上绝食十数天一直到死为止。

蛇对死也能看得透，懂得迈向死亡潇洒走一回。反而自命是万物之灵的人却看不破它，还千方百计想去求生存。

Football

足球
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At times I felt embarrassed while being asked the number of workplaces that I had gone through.
有时候当人们问起我此生换过几次的职场，我会觉得很尴尬，因为这毕竟不是很光彩的事件。

This is because the number would reflect how unwelcome I was to the bosses of my workplace.

员工多次的更换职场只能反映他不受他的上司爱戴和看重。

I could only murmured to those who asked me this question: " Seven."
对于这类敏感的问题我只能细声的回答：“七次。”

I would liken myself as a football being kicked around by 22 players in a soccer match. All the players have the same objective of kicking me into the net of their opposing team, little had they felt the agony sustained by me as a football; the pain of being kicked around and the feeling of being discarded as a child.

The fate of an employee is just like a football. The employer is like a player who would push his subordinate to the extreme to achieve the goal or objective of the organisation.

我喜欢将我自己比喻为一粒足球在一场球赛中任由二十二位敌我双方的球员踢来踢去，千方百计要将我踢进对方的球门。球员们根本不会感受到一粒球被他们用力踢的痛楚。更不会体会到一粒球被人踢来踢去那种被遺弃的感觉。员工是足球；上司是球员。正如球员不惜付出一切代价要将球送入对方的球门；上司为了公司的业绩着想，对员工的工作要求也絲毫不松歇。

A ball can be a jolly one if it has changed its mindset or a shift of paradigm. It could rejoice with the team scoring a goal by not taking side, by forgetting the pain he had to endure when it's being kicked hard into a net.

一粒足球被人踢来踢去是很痛苦的。可是如果它换另一个想法就不同了。譬如当它被某队球员踢入网中时，它可以随喜和分享进球的那份喜悦，而忘却被踢的伤痛。

Happiness is a choice of any individual if he knows how to look at things from the brighter side.

快乐是个人的选择。乐观的人会在痛苦寻找快乐的立足点。