Farihan – My three legged partner! How can I forget!

Farihan, The miniscule bright eyed girl whom a lot regarded as Mimi’s twin sister! How are you and it is really nice to hear from you again after so many many years. As you have probably heard from Granny, I am well and healthy. … Errr Granny! have you made the announcement yet ? Naik pangkat mesti la announce! Granny Mimi la I mean!

Anyway , are you still in Sungei Siput or somewhere around in KL, Jakarta?, Oslo? Bahrain? Beijing or remotely in Mumbai? Let us know, I am sure a lot would like to catch up with you .. You can also use this blogsite to look for your good partners in your childhood days.

I am sure Ariff would be excited about this . ….

Keep posted and be well.

Barry 0r rather Ti

 

FREE LUNCH AT PUNCAK ALAM

Take note there will be a free lunch at the following address THIS SATURDAY 29th May, 2010. 11.00 am to 3.00pm
at : 64, Lorong Az-Zaharah 10/4B,
Seksyen 10, 42300, PUNCAK ALAM, Shah Alam. Selangor. Call this number if you get lost : 013 225 2436 .
Ask for Shamsinah : Your friend from the good old days of Methodist Sungei Siput only 33 years ago.

Hello friends… did you get the message ?
Shamsinah eldest daughter is getting married this saturday .Make your way to the place and meet up with your friends and host. If you cannot find the way please google it or see if you can see this attached map ….
See you guys and gals there ,

Meanwhile to Shamsinah… Congratulations on the grand occasion.

 

Guys and girls sign up!

Hello , there is a flurry of interest inthe get together , please sign up and let us know your intent , if you are interested please let us know

 

How about another gathering >?

Many of you out there have been relishing the fact that the past ten months have seen many old bonds reconnected.Many memories rekindled, most of all many happy moments relived! There are still many of our friends out there that missed the reunion that later caught up with us at different functions like my good friend. ..Yang Arrif!!! How is this friend of mine doing .. heardhe is right next door in KL ? Huh ? all these years ?
Well, a spark just lit off from Rose lunch with a few of the good friends, How about another get together ?
How about an outthing for two days?

So guys and gals.. those in favour please let us know if you are keen to make to this get together … those otherwise keep otherwise in silence! That is what the teacher sadi always or was it simply said…. shut up!

Place : Cameron Highlands or Awana Genting ( I wonder why Ganaesan suggested this place? )
Time : In the next two months over a weekend.
Activities.. Good food , Good company , Good views… Great company , Great Fun , Great memories.

How about it > Please drop in your comments and let see if we cna drum this up .. No collection this time ,,Just check in and get this going …

Pssst ! No teachers are around …. You can do anything you want !

 

Dinner get together – 21st Nov 2009

It was a very good night with the group of friends at The Olive. We had Amy Yew, Khor Lee Cheng,Jit Fu,Soo Har, Man Fu, Teck Thian,Sea Ping, Chok Thin, Foo Sang, Poh Lin, Rose,myself and of course Yoke Yun. Later we were joined by Brenda and Kay Keng. We had the whole of the the top floor to ourselves and had a hearty meal besides lots of laughter and pictures taking . I have up loaded some pictures for those keen to have a peek in to facebook .
So much we chat about during the good old school days , and obviously it did not go without the normal arguments which class we were in standard three .. was it A or G ? Looks as if we did not have sufficient time in English classes to distinguish between A to H ? But it was all taken in good stead.

We look forward to find these excuse to meet up and share our good times together. SO let us know what is cooking and we will join in ..

Mean while . I wish all to take care always..

Barry

 

Dinner menu for Saturday .

The Dinner details is as follows.
Place : The Olive
Plaza Damaz, Sri hartamas
Time : 7.00 pm 21st November 2009
Directions : 1) If you are coming from Eastin side . head towards to Sri hartamas which you will have to take the side road of the ramp leading to Mont Kiara. .turning left will lead you to Sri Hartamas proper BUT instead of that TAKE a right turn AT the traffic lights and you will need to take a LEFT at the next traffic light. Head up straight and Plaza Damaz is 200 m up on your left hand side. . The Olive is opposite of TGIF outside.
2) If you are comming from KL head to the NS expressway exit via Jalan Duta Toll. before you hit the toll you will notice a turn off at your right to damansara and LDP . Take That and keep left. You will meet the traffic lights where you Take a LEFT turn and then another LEFT turn . After that the same 200 m ahead on your left .
3) Take a cab and tell them PLAZA DAMAZ .or call me 019 663 1808.

Attendees so far : Yoke Yun . Amy, Lee Cheng, Rose, Pauline,Soo Har,Jit Foo,Man Foo, Chok Thin, Sea Ping, Fooi yoon, Barry,
Hoping more will join .

What is on the dinner plate ?
Starters ; 1) Antipasto the olive – seafood grill and vegetables
2) Funghi Carozza – deep fried mushroom
3) Bruschetta al salmone affumicato – grill bread topped with salmon and tomato salsa.

Zuppa : 1) Mushroom soup in cup .
2) Mare E terra – Seafood in tomato soup .

Main dish . sharing of

1) Risotto al funghi E pollo – chicken mushroom and sun dried tomato.
2) Pizza alla The Olive – all the delicacies of the seas.
3) Spaghetti Gamberetti. – grilled prawns, asparagus, garlic chillies and herbs.
4) Ravioli alla piacentina – home made chicken raviolli mushroom and cream sauce.

Dessert : Surprise!

Drinks .: we are allowed two bottles of free corkage. i will bring one over from my collection. anyone wants to volunteer the other one. please do so at your will .

hope this provides enough information for the event . Those who now wants to join in has until friday to let me know either via the bolg or call me .

See ya all..

Regards
Barry

 

Dinner this Saturday to meet up the class monitor of 4 Sci 2

Who can that be other than Teh Yoke Yun , As mysteriously as how she vanished years ago she is back into Malaysia this week end in KL and the next in SS/Ipoh .
For those who has no idea , you may remember her as a tanned Brooke Shields with two braids ( pony tails ) and have thick rims ( not in her sports bicycle ) spectacles. Some what of a cry baby some remembers her as. BUt all in all a fine lady . as most recalled her to be .
Could she be another surprise candidate that we will all not recognise or are we actually the surprise for her as she cannot recognise all of us ! Ha find out this puzzle for yourself. Be at the party for her this Saturday ..
tentatively the dinner will be at Souled- Out at Sri hartamas at 7 pm . However , Please call be latest by friday morning to confirm your attendance . Reservations for saturday dinners are extremely full . PLEASE CALL ME – 019 663 1808 if you are intending to attend, i do not want to disappoint anyone but I DO NOT OWN this restaurant or any for that matter .
For the time being we have Khor Lee Cheng, Teh Teck Thian , Rose, ManFu, Barry, Yeap Foo sang( Maybe) , Amy Yew ( will try ) , SEa Ping and Chok Thin( two or nothing ) Yew Leong ( See first ) . I must say we have very decisive people in the group or very busy ones! anyway . Please GD call me when YOU have decided. We may change venue …BUt still will be near by I will firm up the venue by Wednesday.

Well , like I say this before take life as it comes along .. .dont wait for it to pass you by and start lamenting your woes.. Procrastinate and you will only live to regret it … not now but one day not too far away .. ( Manfu if you need translation as Rose to help! )

See you all then .

For the SS episode sorry I cannot help la… Tasan can take over from here..
For the benefit of those who forgot our dear lass Yoke Yun , she is seated in the front row( or else where do you expect the class monitor to seat ??? ) And she does not LOOK like Lam shee Hung …

See you soon .

Barry

 

Loo Ching Swee condition – 11/11/009

Dear all,

After a visit to a dear old friend , Chin Swee, I have the following to share ..

1) Chin Swee admitted into Selayang Hospital after coughing blood on Monday . This is the third time he is in and out of Selanyang Hospital ( One of the best reputed hospital for liver cancer treatments ) . It was serious enough to have the doctor put him into ICU as he has not been able to extricate the toxics out of his body for two days ( neither urine nor the other ) .
2) Could not consume anything as it would throw out whatever was devoured . Water consumption were very low ( as low as 50 ml a day!) as he woudl in the same way throw out large amount of water . So he is on drips and on tubes.
3) After been in the hospital for treatment two days he finally manage to pass out sufficient toxics to be concious. He could recognise me when I visited him this morning and could manage more intake of prune water . The wife is taking care of him in the most meticulous way .
4) Body temperature was on the low side ( 35.8C) but BP looks okay . at 119/90. The good news is that this cocky fella is fighting and is able to recover from this bout.
5) Now he is in the recuperating ward and needs lots of rest . I have conveyed that a lot of our friends cared for him but I think he would need all teh rest and peace of mind to fight this battle himself. We can be on the side lines to pray and hope he will be well and strong again . Now that the cancer has infected the kidney the process may be a bit disruptive and it is not expected to be an easy battle for him . I can see the pain . but I can also see the will to fight in him .

Like all of you out there I pray for him and his well being .. For the time being , I can only do that. the other thing that these matters constantly reminds me off is the importance of life and its upkeep. which then showers down to the importance of the bonds you have in this earthly place . AT times like this does material matter ? Is the mind clicking away like a cash register? or will the streams of blissful moments take center stage — the sour , sweet , bitter and the spicy ones( literally translated from mandarin meaning the life experiences. ) .

It is with my most sincere bit that I wish all my friends, relatives, enemies and all worldly beings the BEST OF HEALTH AND WELL BEING !
MAY ALL BE WELL AND HAPPY!

Best regards always..

Barry Lim

 

Oli Teh Yoke Yun !

Dear all,

Yoke Yun will be back in Malaysia and will plan to meet up at Amy’s place on the week end of 21/22 November .

Those who have not seen this gal for 32 years now can grab this chance to catch up and PATT PATT about the times ..

Anyone who can make it should find thier way to Tropicana Petaling Jaya, at AMY’s house.. Call her for the full address. She will fill in the details soon. It is best to drop in a line to say if you are able to attend the chattaway ..

Amy is away for some personal business .. Hope all is well with her and family .. God bless..

There is a foursome now for Golf on thursday .. Ganesan, Omar, Adam and Barry are now in this clique . Anyone who would like to join in pleas eby all means do so .. Great to have agame .. we have not started do it big time yet but we are having fun….. Last week , Omar and me paired to give Ganesan and Adam a fight to the last hole..at KGSAAS .. Good fun ..
next week we are playing at the Saujana.. anyone wants to join in do so by all means.. we are all shooting between 85 to 115. A lot of room to improve..

See you guys..

 

Lunch during the MSS anniversary

It has been indeed a long long haitus on my part and I do apologize for it . . I guess this is what maketh a short distance runner when compared to the marathoners.
Well I am back with some interesting news..

The MSS Anniversary held at the school was indeed a very fun and rewarding afternoon . Going back to the school and seeing your name on the register books dating back to 1972 is beyond words. Seeing your names there neatly lined up with your friends names is simply breathless. Cool ya. Remembering the times you just step into Methodist Secondary school .. We could find all the names there together with a lucky number next to it .. I think Sea Ping struck first prize that night .. That is why he disappear after the anniversary . When you see a sudden ambiguous donation for RM 500,000 for the new building fund you will know where it came from .. Lim Sea Ping lucky number 2366.
Tasan , now you have to have a speed dial for SP number . You can drop mine for now.
There was also the stacks of LCE and MCE(missing after Tasan found out his results were there to be shown publicly). It was a rewarding trip meeting up with the other classes., knowing what the other groups did for the school was very encouraging … Class of 1972 donated 400 tables and chairs ( quality ones) and RM 25k or more. Class of 1975 donated RM 35k , Class of 1977 donated RM 11k + personal donations from LeeCheng, YenKeong, Amy, Tasan and myself totalled RM 33k+ ) Well all these have found thier rightfull deeds that benefited our school and the teachers and students. It is our wish that all these will trigger more cluster groups to start working with thier friend collegues and to reach out to the helping hands to do thier bit for education of the school you came from. Break out of the box . draw no borders that you have to be a MSS boy and girl in order to help the school. Break the paradigm that it is for your school … BUT IT IS FOR EDUCATION of a Truly ONE MALAYSIA School .
To build the school for 2 million ( 3 storey building ) is not a task too difficult to achieve. I concur with tasan that this is a small feat but it is a starting point to show that what the school did for us , we can do in return to bring up better students into the society . We need to step up . SO I hope my dear friends allof you will start cranking and do your bit . .. I assure you yoru deeds will not go unnoticed and you shall be beaming proud that you did more than your share .

In the coming mails we shall share how we can all work together to help this magnimous task . And i certainly hope all of you will share your thoughts ( And a confined amount of jokes ) to make this matter a group effort .

After the walk about , we adjourned to a sumptious lunch which our host MR LOW YEN KEONG paid for .. .. Very good food . value for money food .. nothing likethis you can get in KL. only SS mali punya got this type la… Thanks YK for the treat.. The next time you come to KL we will show you our generousity as host and bring you to Jalan Alor. ( For the food only la ) . Tasan also invited together ..
I have some pictures at the dinner only . Sea Ping and Yoke Keong have tons taken. they should have posted it into the facebook.
Then after that is all hear say …

There was a durian party held at Yen keong’s house. Durians were compliments of YK . Then there was search for the cuttle fish and kangkong .. ( Rose,, the store is next to Lock Koong …Ask Poh Lin , she knows it best because the owner is her nephew.! ) But no discount la.. pricey stuff but that is special for you KL folks .. if not expensive enough will not taste good..
I also understand failingto locate the slimy stuff they decided to drop by at Kanthan for Hor Fun ? First time I know about this .. I am sure hopeful Rose will bring me there one day . she seem to know all the lobang lobang for food in SS. I guess it is all that cycling around when she was young and surely with those dark round spectacles no one could recognise her no matter how many plates she ate…

It was indeed a herat day for all. met up with Sharipah .. she asked of her good friends like Kay Keng and Poh Lin … Poh Lin mentioned after that She missed Sharipah mum’s kueh mueh… Suppose to be best in malaysia some say even better than Singapour… huh Dont play pplay ..

GUYS and GIRLS .. so lets gather up and get this going again ..

For your information .. We just got word that Teh Yoke Yun is going to be back in Singapore, KL and SS mid November till early Dec.. So we may try to catch up with her in a gathering . a smaller one .. so that can keh po keh po a bit .. any one interested please drop a line ..

Any more news please drop in ….a few words..

Meanwhile take care and be well.