Dear Teddy / From Stewart Chew

Dear Teddy,
I remember your trip to Perth with your sons - they were sail-boarding in the Swan River. How are your boys? They must have grown up and left home, Grandparents yet?
Its great to catch up with news of our old friends especially like Eow Meng. All these years, I thought that he was in Brisbane. I will love to get in touch with him. Do you think, we have time between now and september, to call him to come to this reunion in sept 23rd (sunday) organized by Kok Poh for me. It will fantastic to see you and Eow Meng in september. What is Eow Meng doing in a kebun in Kalimantan???. Yes, I remember Chong Chok Kuan (He was my brother Hock's classmate - lives in Jalan Asaad - we use to play bat and ball in Malay school ground opposite his house). Can';t remember Foong Tuck Cheong though.
A few years ago, Kok Poh showed me to see Lau Tuck Sung (our maths teacher - remember his horrible pinch below the armpit?) who lives a couple of houses away from him. We had a nice chat. Apparently KP told me that he has passed away. Do you know if any of our St.Patricks teachers are still around? I believe Johnny Thoo is in BM.
I have tapped into the Kulim Alumni Website that William has set up. Let's hope that the other ex-Patricians in Malaysia, Singapore and all over the world will respond. We can build to a great St.Patricks Reunion 2009 or 2010 on St. Patricks day in march. I will certainly need your help to prepare all our friends towards this big day in two or three years.
Heard about your bypass op from William. It seems like a serious op, but these days with advanced medical technology, this is quite easy and always successful. Just got to watch your weight and eat healthily and exercise.
You have been in KL all this time. Besides Eow Meng, do you know of any of our ex-classmates or school mates settled in Malaysia or Singapore. I know there is a few in Kulim that I saw many years ago - Arunogari, Sin Nam and Chin Nam. I did not see them during my last trip in 2006. I know that Arunogari (who started the Aru Dispensary in Jalan Raya) has passed on and apparently Sin Nam is not well. Several years ago, on my other trip, I met Rockson Loo (Yoke Cheong). Do you remember him; he's two years our senior and is married to Soon Lye's sister Lucy and lives in ?Prai. I have since written to him. Anyway it was fantastic that Rockson brought me to see a few old friends. We visited Loh Yoon Choy in BM (His brother John Loh lives in Perth). We went to Lunas to visit Cheah (can't remember the rest of his name) who works in his own rubber retail shop. On the way back to Perth, I contacted Kee Soon Lye in JB and we had a great meeting - he's doing well in his cleaning business. Of course, in another trip to KL through another friend in Perth who knows them, I met Tet Shin and Kow Chin Chuan in KL. Its strange that Tet Shin appeared to us in school as a tall and tough guy and now that I have met him, he is quite average - I did not think I was going to be taller than him!! I will try and contact them for this reunion through our common friend.
It's alright that you do not have those old school pictures - but I'll appreciate any pictures of you and your family
With kind thoughts.
Stewart (Huat Guan) Chew.