Never waste time regretting or expecting too much in life.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is
a gift - and that is why it is called the PRESENT
Francis and Ron ( on the right) with two other Guests
The present
The early fifties
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8 years ago
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
THE EVERGREENS OF 1958 ( YESTERDAY AND TODAY)
INTRODUCTION
*Narrator*
In 1958, when these ‘evergreens’ sat under the tree, they talked about football, girls, girls, badminton, motor bikes, and girls....
Today in 2010, these same ‘evergreens’ under that very same tree, talk about insulin, Glucophage, Lipetor and the Viagra....
Having said all this, ladies and gentlemen please put your hands together for these young evergreens with their presentation called ‘You don’t stop till you get enough’
Music Starts (softly)
(Narrator speaking over music playing softly in the background)
*Narrator*
You and I must make a pact. We must try and bring salvation back.
For ............. where there is Love, there is Peace.
But the Power of Love is the WOW factor – that, that makes it all happen and the World go around.
Love asks no questions. They get closer and don’t stop till they get enough.
1st DANCE (DON’T STOP)-Song 2
(Dancers must be ready before music starts)
*Narrator*
I know when I go home, there is going to be a fight. My parents don’t understand me. Perhaps, they don’t love me anymore.
It’s always the same questions: “Why are you late coming home? Where have you been? etc. etc”.
I don’t care for them anymore or anyone else for that matter’
I’d rather just Beat It.
2nd DANCE (BEAT IT)-Song 3
*Narrator*
Well I did. Who needs them anyway?
Then, I met her. She was like a beauty queen, but dangerous.
It was supposed to be a one-night affair, A one-night affair. Man proposes and God disposes. My world came tumbling down when Billie Jean said she was having my baby.
3rd DANCE (BILLIE JEAN) – Song 4
*Narrator*
Well, she had him anyway – swearing that the kid is mine. But I am not sure.
He grew up to be just like me – no goals, no dreams. Nothing to look forward to!
Living a dangerous life - women, sex, drugs, being the order of the day. And constantly looking back over his shoulder.
You better watch it boy!
4th DANCE (SMOOTH CRIMINAL) - Song 5
*Narrator*
You know what! I swear that kid is mine now.
Look at him. Trapped like a caged animal; and nowhere to go. Wandering and wondering what and where it went wrong.
Love and compassion certainly has no meaning for him. You now pay the price for your previous deeds.
Will death be the final calling and salvation????
5th DANCE (THRILLER) – song 6
*Narrator*
Stop! I still have hope for me, for him and for all of you out there. Yes, we can still Save Our Souls. How???
Just look at the man in the mirror and make the change!
6th DANCE (MAN IN THE MIRROR) – song 7
*Narrator*
What is it within us that causes pain in the world?
The source of all joy and peace actually lies within us.
Let us find the key within ourselves and unleash the ocean of DIVINE BLISS in our lives.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams.
So come one, come all. Let us hold hands and make that connection to start healing ourselves.
MUSIC SONG (WE ARE THE THE WORLD)
CONCLUSION
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Another round of applause for the ‘evergreens’.
These marvellous people have put all they have got for their dance because they don’t stop till they get enough!
Thunderous applause!!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
What is worth thinking about
TED is a small nonprofit organisation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TEDx program and the annual TED Prize.
The annual conferences in Long Beach/Palm Springs and Oxford bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). On TED.com, we make the best talks and performances from TED and partners available to the world, for free. More than 700 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. All of the talks feature closed captions in English, and many feature subtitles in various languages. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.
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Our mission: Spreading ideas. We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other. This site, launched April 2007, is an ever-evolving work in progress, and you're an important part of it. Have an idea? We want to hear from you.
The TED Conference, held annually in Long Beach, is still the heart of TED. More than a thousand people now attend -- indeed, the event sells out a year in advance -- and the content has expanded to include science, business, the arts and the global issues facing our world. Over four days, 50 speakers each take an 18-minute slot, and there are many shorter pieces of content, including music, performance and comedy. There are no breakout groups. Everyone shares the same experience. It shouldn't work, but it does. It works because all of knowledge is connected. Every so often it makes sense to emerge from the trenches we dig for a living, and ascend to a 30,000-foot view, where we see, to our astonishment, an intricately interconnected whole.
TEDGlobal is TED's twin conference. It was held in Oxford, UK, in 2005, and then in Arusha, Tanzania, in 2007. TEDGlobal is now held annually in Oxford each summer. The themes of the global conference are slightly more international in nature, but the full TED format is maintained.
TEDActive features a live simulcast of the Long Beach conference, in fabulous Palm Springs, with an emphasis on connection, conversation and creation.
TEDIndia was held in November 2009 in Mysore, India, celebrating and exploring the beckoning future of South Asia.
The TED Prize is designed to leverage the TED Community's exceptional array of talent and resources. It is awarded annually to an exceptional individual who receives $100,000 and, much more important, the granting of "One Wish to Change the World." After several months of preparation, the wish is unveiled at an award ceremony held during the TED Conference. Over the life of the prize, wishes have led to collaborative initiatives with far-reaching impact.
TEDTalks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at TED with the world. Under the moniker "ideas worth spreading," talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the millions. Indeed, the reaction was so enthusiastic that the entire TED website has been reengineered around TEDTalks, with the goal of giving everyone on-demand access to the world's most inspiring voices.
The TED Open Translation Project brings TEDTalks beyond the English-speaking world by offering subtitles, interactive transcripts and the ability for any talk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. We launched the project with more than 250 translations, 50 languages and 100 volunteer translators; one year on, there are more than 7,000 completed translations from our thousands-strong community. It's an ambitious project that radically enhances the accessibility of the talks -- for the hearing-impaired, for whose who speak English as a second language, for search engines (which can now index the full transcript of a talk), and of course for the vast audience of non-English speakers worldwide.
Today, TED is therefore best thought of as a global community. It's a community welcoming people from every discipline and culture who have just two things in common: they seek a deeper understanding of the world, and they hope to turn that understanding into a better future for us all
The annual conferences in Long Beach/Palm Springs and Oxford bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). On TED.com, we make the best talks and performances from TED and partners available to the world, for free. More than 700 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. All of the talks feature closed captions in English, and many feature subtitles in various languages. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.
Click here to subscribe to TEDTalks video:
Our mission: Spreading ideas. We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other. This site, launched April 2007, is an ever-evolving work in progress, and you're an important part of it. Have an idea? We want to hear from you.
The TED Conference, held annually in Long Beach, is still the heart of TED. More than a thousand people now attend -- indeed, the event sells out a year in advance -- and the content has expanded to include science, business, the arts and the global issues facing our world. Over four days, 50 speakers each take an 18-minute slot, and there are many shorter pieces of content, including music, performance and comedy. There are no breakout groups. Everyone shares the same experience. It shouldn't work, but it does. It works because all of knowledge is connected. Every so often it makes sense to emerge from the trenches we dig for a living, and ascend to a 30,000-foot view, where we see, to our astonishment, an intricately interconnected whole.
TEDGlobal is TED's twin conference. It was held in Oxford, UK, in 2005, and then in Arusha, Tanzania, in 2007. TEDGlobal is now held annually in Oxford each summer. The themes of the global conference are slightly more international in nature, but the full TED format is maintained.
TEDActive features a live simulcast of the Long Beach conference, in fabulous Palm Springs, with an emphasis on connection, conversation and creation.
TEDIndia was held in November 2009 in Mysore, India, celebrating and exploring the beckoning future of South Asia.
The TED Prize is designed to leverage the TED Community's exceptional array of talent and resources. It is awarded annually to an exceptional individual who receives $100,000 and, much more important, the granting of "One Wish to Change the World." After several months of preparation, the wish is unveiled at an award ceremony held during the TED Conference. Over the life of the prize, wishes have led to collaborative initiatives with far-reaching impact.
TEDTalks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at TED with the world. Under the moniker "ideas worth spreading," talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the millions. Indeed, the reaction was so enthusiastic that the entire TED website has been reengineered around TEDTalks, with the goal of giving everyone on-demand access to the world's most inspiring voices.
The TED Open Translation Project brings TEDTalks beyond the English-speaking world by offering subtitles, interactive transcripts and the ability for any talk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. We launched the project with more than 250 translations, 50 languages and 100 volunteer translators; one year on, there are more than 7,000 completed translations from our thousands-strong community. It's an ambitious project that radically enhances the accessibility of the talks -- for the hearing-impaired, for whose who speak English as a second language, for search engines (which can now index the full transcript of a talk), and of course for the vast audience of non-English speakers worldwide.
Today, TED is therefore best thought of as a global community. It's a community welcoming people from every discipline and culture who have just two things in common: they seek a deeper understanding of the world, and they hope to turn that understanding into a better future for us all
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Ronnie Koh - from Down Under
Dear Teddy & David,
Thanks for your email with regard to the Registration Form and the 50% scanned/emailed Attendees Info Form. I have also sent in by Air Mail the two hand written forms to you and Dave Li. Teddy , I am happy with the T shirt in “S” size / blue.
Dear Bill & Peggy, try and make it to this THE treeRU Reunion as we have not seen you for years. Would one of you be kind enough to get V.S. Paul from Kota Kinnabalu to join us & may I have his email address?
Could Cheah Kok Poh get in touch with S.I. Malakar Mob: 016 409 6545; H.M Malakar M 04-4901532 and Ng Chew Wah to join us at the Reunion. I met them in Kulim a few years ago for my 7th Uncle’s 90th B’day and we were on our way to Egypt & Turkey.
It was 8C this morning when I went for my golf. I have my Thursday off. After Penang I will drop in at Kulim to pay homage to my 12th Uncle and also visit my sister in Sungei Patani, then down to Ipoh on 6th Oct for my nephew’s wedding.
More next time.
Regards.
Ronnie Koh
P/S: I can only do simple straight forward email. No Face Book, Picasa etc., YET !!
As I decide to send, my email will not accept w.mokhtar’lee@daveli !!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Some photos of Adelaide, South Australia
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Dear Stewart,
Thank you for the email photos of John, Kok Poh & Paul. I will catch up with
Paul later on. This Sat I have been rostered on from 0900 - 1300 hrs and I
normally play 9 holes of golf when I worked. However,I did not play this
afternoon as I have to do some packing and off on Tues 08/06/10 to Hong
Kong, Macau,Zhuhai, Shengzhen,Guangzhou, Ipoh on 16/06/10 to celebrate my
wife's b'day. Alice's brother has already booked the restaurant in Ipoh. We
will be back in Adelaide on Sun 20/06/10. Alice has been cooking for the
past week as we are having 32 friends for her pre b'day party. She loves to
cook and entertain. When our three children had their 21 b'day celebration
she could cook for 40 over guests. We will also have a Karaoke night. I have
a plasma screen with the surround sound and thousands of karaoke DVDs and
also a Karaoke microphone from S. Korea. I wish all of you are here. I still
love the down memory lane like -" Rose, Rose, I love you " I use to organize
the singing on the bus with the medical group when we travel overseas.
Incidentally, I sang at my daughter's wedding ( " Take good care of my baby
" & "The wonder of you" and also at my 2nd sons'wedding ( " The Wedding song
- Ave Maria" and also played the Hohner's Chromatic Harmonica.Hardly anyone
play the harmonica these days.I will be singing " Around the World in search
for you", tomorrow night for Alice and my niece from Ipoh who is doing her
first yr. Pharmacy will accompany me on the piano.We will have a late night
with lots of red & white wine.
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DSCN3055 - with my wife's new BMW 320i with the GPS
DSCN3106 - our home on the hill of " Fox Field" overlooking the Spencer
Gulf. I bought the block of land in 1977 & had our architect friend, Peter
Koh to design it. The house is getting too big now as the children are at
Toorak Gdns, St Georges & Rosslyn Park. They live near by. We have 5 bed
rooms , a big family room & a large dining hall.
DSCN2915 - At Arkaba Medical Centre with Kylie & Hugh , our receptionist.
The surgery has 15 computers running. All our progress notes, X Rays, ECG,
Spirometry , specialists' letters, Blood Tests etc are downloaded into the
computers.No more bad hand doctor's hand writing We have 12 part time
receptionists & 3 part time R/Ns who do all the immunizations & dressings,
Gribbles' Pathology on site. It is a very busy practice.
DSCN2960 - Alice & I . Getting older & hopefully wiser!
DSCN2983 - Front of the home. My Mercedes Benz 200C Kompressor Elegance with
lowered sports suspension, broader low profile tyres & a supercharged engine
( faster than the BMW)
More when I get back
Regards to All of you.
Ronnie Koh
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Football - the round type
This is one story you will find hard to believe: that in Australia, the land down under, the people play football _the round type, sounds almost unbelievable. This is because the Aussies have always been playing football for younks but the shape of the balls has always been that of an olive (kana in chinese, zaitun in Malay) (oval, eggshaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, elliptical, whichever word you want to choose)
You and I in Kulim and elsewhere in Malaysia, indeed the old world over have been kicking the round ball on the padang or any open spaces adjacent to the schools or our homes since we could run. All we needed was some shoes or school bags, or poles to mark the goal posts and we would run chasing the ball all over the space until someone intercepts it. This goes on all the time, morning, noon or evening like crazy.
The confusion is that the games they play in Down Under have always been called football whether it be rugger, rugby league or Aussie rules. Incidentally, Aussie rules, as far as I and many new comers are concerned, is stupid because it is rough and does not appear to have any rules. My friends will dispute that but to say the least the game looks chaotic.
So, to avoid confusion, the Aussies insist on calling the new game that they have adopted as soccer , or football - the round type. Hence the derivative socceroos.
The game, football of the round type will dominate the scene in the near future indeed it already has a very large following .
The Aussies are madly in love with sports, indeed sports of any type except badminton because they are not good at it. Their body mass prevents them from being agile.
The Aussies are sport mad
You and I in Kulim and elsewhere in Malaysia, indeed the old world over have been kicking the round ball on the padang or any open spaces adjacent to the schools or our homes since we could run. All we needed was some shoes or school bags, or poles to mark the goal posts and we would run chasing the ball all over the space until someone intercepts it. This goes on all the time, morning, noon or evening like crazy.
The confusion is that the games they play in Down Under have always been called football whether it be rugger, rugby league or Aussie rules. Incidentally, Aussie rules, as far as I and many new comers are concerned, is stupid because it is rough and does not appear to have any rules. My friends will dispute that but to say the least the game looks chaotic.
So, to avoid confusion, the Aussies insist on calling the new game that they have adopted as soccer , or football - the round type. Hence the derivative socceroos.
The game, football of the round type will dominate the scene in the near future indeed it already has a very large following .
The Aussies are madly in love with sports, indeed sports of any type except badminton because they are not good at it. Their body mass prevents them from being agile.
The Aussies are sport mad
From Ronnie Koh, in South Australia
Dear Dave ,
I am glad that I have now made a new friend, a younger member of the old boys of our Alma Mater, St. Patrick’s School. Thank you for the perusal of the “ A letter from Dave to the teens of Kulim ( “ beloved Kulim” ) 1957 – 1965.” I commend you for initiating “Thetree RU Project” . Keep up the great work and the Tree will flourish. Unfortunately, the old boys of Bukit Mertajam High School have completely lost touch with one another – what a shame!
Dear Bill,
I giggle at your “ Friday Funny “ email & I showed it to my wife, Alice & she blushed & burst out laughing. I have a lot of geriatrics in my Practice & in a subtle way I relate to them the email. I reiterated that as the women get older the breasts hit the South Pole and hence the picture in the email! Incidentally, Adelaide has a nudist beach at Moana. Most of us are low on serum level of Vit D as we are have Sun Block 30 + and covered up from the UV radiation.I play three days of 18 holes of golf weekly, I drink my milk and I still have to take 1000 iu of Ostelin Vit D ! How about the nudist beach at Batu Ferringhi ? ! No takers.
(Comment by Bill- Ronnie, U R joking. Ronnie was a bit tired when he wrote about "Funny Friday " I don't know where he got that from.
Dear Stewart,
Many thanks for your very exhaustive email . You have an amazing recollection of the names. I am sorry that we lost Dr Choong Tet Min who also did his internship in Penang. He was to take over my Medical Post with the 3rd Royal Malay Regiment when I returned to be the Medical Officer I/C of Batu Gajah Dist. Hosp. I hardly return to Kulim these days due to some misunderstanding with some relatives in Kulim. .
I caught up with Kok Poh, Ng Chew Wah, H.M & SI Malakar in Kulim on our way to South America x 3 weeks a couple of years ago. Haven’t seen them for years.
We have more face to wash & less hair to comb these days.
I had a big b’day party on 14th March. The Surgery gave me a surprise and my children invited my contemporaries to Imperial Peking Resturant.
As Australia is short of GPs I keep on working. I still enjoy my work. I am a member of Grange Golf Club which boasts of 18 holes West Course – lots of deep bunkers and 18 holes East Course – narrow & lots of water & wet land. I have my Thursdays off and 0900 – 1300hrs on alt. Sat. as the younger GPs will not work.
We migrated here in 1977 and I bought over my building at St Morris & practiced there for 28 yrs & when I turned 65 in 2005 I decided to join a big Practice so that I could slow down, play golf and lots of Overseas’ travelling. I practiced in Menglembu, Perak from 1967 – 1976 as my wife was from Ipoh. I met her when she did her Nursing in Penang. We have 8 grandchildren – 2 sets of twins!. Mu daughter, Cheryl is the youngest, She is a Dentist. She has twin boys – 3 yrs old.
My second son, Jarrod is a Consultant Accident/Emergency Specialist at Royal Adelaide Hospital & now at a Private Hosp – Wakefield Hosp. His wife Browyn Gordon (Aussie) is in Psychiatrist training . They have a twin – boy & a girl and also a daughter , Maddie – 4 yrs old and a latest son – 7 months old. My eldest son, Steve is in a big Primary Care Medical Practice and his wife, Anita (ABC – Australian born Chinese ) – a boy, Elliot – 6yrs & Phoebe – 3 yrs old and Anita is a Ph D Consultant Rheumatologist at Royal Adelaide Hosp & Private Practice at Wakefield Hosp. The grandchildren keep the grandma busy.
More next time, as I have to work tomorrow.
Regards & Best Wishes to All of You. Some photos next time
Ronnie
(Comment: Ronnie, keep writing . U R fantastic. U write very well)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Teddy's reply to Ronnie Koh
Dear Ronnie,
Wow!!! those photos are real treasure and could I reproduce them, enlarged them to put up at the Hospitality Suite at the reunion as it can help bring back the memories.
I can recognize Scully, Chin and Auyong Teik Yoon. As for you I cannot recognize when you were that young but the last time I saw you was before 1970 in your clinic
Menglingbu, Ipoh. After that I was transferred to KL but I did hear that you left for Australia. One of the faces there is Cheah Kok Poh, in the scout uniform and he is going
to be at THEtreeRU, in fact as the MC. Cheah Kok Poh, still lives in Kulim but comes down to KL once in a while and I will pass him your photo so that he could round up
more of those in your class or time. Choong Tet Min met with an accident in Kedah and is not around but his younger brother Choong Tet Shin is joining us at the reunion.
Attached are some details of the THEtreeRU and we hope you will join us.
I hear that John Loh, who is now in Perth, may be joining us but is yet to be confirmed.
Regards,
Teddy
Wow!!! those photos are real treasure and could I reproduce them, enlarged them to put up at the Hospitality Suite at the reunion as it can help bring back the memories.
I can recognize Scully, Chin and Auyong Teik Yoon. As for you I cannot recognize when you were that young but the last time I saw you was before 1970 in your clinic
Menglingbu, Ipoh. After that I was transferred to KL but I did hear that you left for Australia. One of the faces there is Cheah Kok Poh, in the scout uniform and he is going
to be at THEtreeRU, in fact as the MC. Cheah Kok Poh, still lives in Kulim but comes down to KL once in a while and I will pass him your photo so that he could round up
more of those in your class or time. Choong Tet Min met with an accident in Kedah and is not around but his younger brother Choong Tet Shin is joining us at the reunion.
Attached are some details of the THEtreeRU and we hope you will join us.
I hear that John Loh, who is now in Perth, may be joining us but is yet to be confirmed.
Regards,
Teddy
From your long lost friend
Dear Swee Nam,
What great pictures!! They must be the earliest photos I have seen taken at St Patricks and how appropriate - at a time when we are all planning
to meet in at the THEtreeRU in Penang in October! Thanks to Teddy for forwarding it to me. I think I can recognize a few extra people:-
Picture showing Headmaster Auyong Teik Yoon in the middle:
* Mr. Scully on his left
* Mr. Chin second person on his right
* Its not Choong Tet Min at the back of Lim Thew but Choong Tet Chuen! Tet Min is also in the picture and seated next to Pak Seng..
(I know the brothers well as they lived across the street from me. Sadly, as Teddy mentioned, Tet Min died in a traffic accident after
practicing in Alor Star for only a few years. Tet Chuen, who ran the Kulim Printing Press very much on his own after his father died
in the early 60s, has also passed on a few years ago).
* Is that or teacher Mr. Clifford between Mr. Scully and Pak Seng?
* I cannot remember the name of the teacher on the right of Mr. Auyong except recall that he was my Science teacher and he also
heads Cornelius House - the sports house I belong to in school.
Picture showing Brother Bernard.
* That's of course Br. Bernard seated at the extreme right.
* Ooi Tin (of Kulim Club) one down on the left of Pak Seng.
* Tet Chuen is one down on the right of Pak Seng.
* Mr. Scully seated on the extreme left.
I recalled that Mr. Scully was always red-faced (?boozing) and quite a volatile character who rode a big BSA motor bike around. Mr.Chin
was a handsome looking guy and a very good swimmer but he died when he was quite young of ?TB. I also recalled writing to the two
brothers Lim Thew and Lim Poh who studied in Sydney in 1962 regarding my interest to come and study in Australia. Are they living
in Australia? Do you remember VS Paul who is a contemporary of Cheah Kok Poh and the late Chan Kum Lau (who has a 2nd Dan
and ran a Tae Kwan Do school in Butterworth). I am in contact with Datuk Victor S Paul who is Managing Director of Perkasa Construction
Sdn Bhd in KK in Sabah. Paul is doing extremely well and highly respected in KK - he would love to hear from you.
(amankk@tm.net.my OR secretary: kerrylo33@gmail.com).
Just in case you are still wondering who is this chappie Stewart Chew, well I am a few years younger than you. We were a big family
in 9 Jalan Raya. I was fairly involved with the Scouting movement at St. Patricks and my seniors were Cheah Kok Poh (my Patrol
Leader), VS Paul, ?Kee Liang (of Thye Joo) etc.
I remember you and Pak Seng quite well. Your parents owned Weng Thye Foundry in Jalan Kelang Lama, not far from the Kulim Police Station.
Your neighbour was Bee Tatt Clothes Merchant right? Do you remember your Bee Tatt neighbour Kok Soo Fen (Steven Kok) who studied
in Chung Ling High School. He was my contemporary at UWA in Perth and I became quite good friends with him (knowing that he hailed from Kulim!).
Well, Steve lives in Sydney (email: soofen2712@yahoo.com.au).
After finishing Form 5 in Badlishah in 1960 (we had to leave St. Patricks after passing form 3 because there were not enough students to have
a form 4) I worked a temporary teacher at Junjong for a couple of years. In 1963, planned to come to Perth with classmate Arunogary to further
our studies. Aru changed his mind and decided to head north to India to do medicine. He graduated and returned to Kulim and started Aru
Clinic in Jalan Raya. I believed Arunogary passed away several years ago.
I graduated from University of WA with an MSc (Medical Technology). Returned to Malaysia in 1970 and worked in the Pathology Dept. at the Universiti
Hospital in PJ. Recalled several pathologists in Histopath that I worked for such a Prof. Lau Kum Seng (he migrated to ?Melbourne), Dr. Murugasu
(currently in Adelaide?) and Dr.Chong (runs a specialist centre in Brisbane). Of course there was the very conspicuous Dr Anthony.Leong (a 6 footer)
who is quite a prominent neuropathologist currently with the ?Hawksbury Group.
I have retired two years ago as a Senior Lecturer in Medical Science (Histopathology) at Curtin University in Perth - after 31 years of service!! Have
been traveling quite a bit since my retirement and am enjoying the things that I always said I wish I had more time for, in the past. Yes, John Loh
and wife Agatha also lives in Perth and we are in close contact (John's younger brother Loh Yoon Choy was my classmate), Hope you like the
picture enclosed of us during Kok Poh's recent Perth visit.
What a great idea that we can all meet together for a very confusing "who's who?" session in the THEtreeRU meet in Penang in October - thanks
to the initiative and hardwork of Teddy and his team.
With Kind Regards
Stewart Chew
(Addendum: Chin Kong Gooi was the one who died of typhoid (Not TB). He was a product of Kirkby (first batch)The Eursasia chap next to Scully is Clifford De Sousa. Between Mr Chin and Auyong Teik Yoon is Loo Ah Lek ---- W. Dielenberg)
What great pictures!! They must be the earliest photos I have seen taken at St Patricks and how appropriate - at a time when we are all planning
to meet in at the THEtreeRU in Penang in October! Thanks to Teddy for forwarding it to me. I think I can recognize a few extra people:-
Picture showing Headmaster Auyong Teik Yoon in the middle:
* Mr. Scully on his left
* Mr. Chin second person on his right
* Its not Choong Tet Min at the back of Lim Thew but Choong Tet Chuen! Tet Min is also in the picture and seated next to Pak Seng..
(I know the brothers well as they lived across the street from me. Sadly, as Teddy mentioned, Tet Min died in a traffic accident after
practicing in Alor Star for only a few years. Tet Chuen, who ran the Kulim Printing Press very much on his own after his father died
in the early 60s, has also passed on a few years ago).
* Is that or teacher Mr. Clifford between Mr. Scully and Pak Seng?
* I cannot remember the name of the teacher on the right of Mr. Auyong except recall that he was my Science teacher and he also
heads Cornelius House - the sports house I belong to in school.
Picture showing Brother Bernard.
* That's of course Br. Bernard seated at the extreme right.
* Ooi Tin (of Kulim Club) one down on the left of Pak Seng.
* Tet Chuen is one down on the right of Pak Seng.
* Mr. Scully seated on the extreme left.
I recalled that Mr. Scully was always red-faced (?boozing) and quite a volatile character who rode a big BSA motor bike around. Mr.Chin
was a handsome looking guy and a very good swimmer but he died when he was quite young of ?TB. I also recalled writing to the two
brothers Lim Thew and Lim Poh who studied in Sydney in 1962 regarding my interest to come and study in Australia. Are they living
in Australia? Do you remember VS Paul who is a contemporary of Cheah Kok Poh and the late Chan Kum Lau (who has a 2nd Dan
and ran a Tae Kwan Do school in Butterworth). I am in contact with Datuk Victor S Paul who is Managing Director of Perkasa Construction
Sdn Bhd in KK in Sabah. Paul is doing extremely well and highly respected in KK - he would love to hear from you.
(amankk@tm.net.my OR secretary: kerrylo33@gmail.com).
Just in case you are still wondering who is this chappie Stewart Chew, well I am a few years younger than you. We were a big family
in 9 Jalan Raya. I was fairly involved with the Scouting movement at St. Patricks and my seniors were Cheah Kok Poh (my Patrol
Leader), VS Paul, ?Kee Liang (of Thye Joo) etc.
I remember you and Pak Seng quite well. Your parents owned Weng Thye Foundry in Jalan Kelang Lama, not far from the Kulim Police Station.
Your neighbour was Bee Tatt Clothes Merchant right? Do you remember your Bee Tatt neighbour Kok Soo Fen (Steven Kok) who studied
in Chung Ling High School. He was my contemporary at UWA in Perth and I became quite good friends with him (knowing that he hailed from Kulim!).
Well, Steve lives in Sydney (email: soofen2712@yahoo.com.au).
After finishing Form 5 in Badlishah in 1960 (we had to leave St. Patricks after passing form 3 because there were not enough students to have
a form 4) I worked a temporary teacher at Junjong for a couple of years. In 1963, planned to come to Perth with classmate Arunogary to further
our studies. Aru changed his mind and decided to head north to India to do medicine. He graduated and returned to Kulim and started Aru
Clinic in Jalan Raya. I believed Arunogary passed away several years ago.
I graduated from University of WA with an MSc (Medical Technology). Returned to Malaysia in 1970 and worked in the Pathology Dept. at the Universiti
Hospital in PJ. Recalled several pathologists in Histopath that I worked for such a Prof. Lau Kum Seng (he migrated to ?Melbourne), Dr. Murugasu
(currently in Adelaide?) and Dr.Chong (runs a specialist centre in Brisbane). Of course there was the very conspicuous Dr Anthony.Leong (a 6 footer)
who is quite a prominent neuropathologist currently with the ?Hawksbury Group.
I have retired two years ago as a Senior Lecturer in Medical Science (Histopathology) at Curtin University in Perth - after 31 years of service!! Have
been traveling quite a bit since my retirement and am enjoying the things that I always said I wish I had more time for, in the past. Yes, John Loh
and wife Agatha also lives in Perth and we are in close contact (John's younger brother Loh Yoon Choy was my classmate), Hope you like the
picture enclosed of us during Kok Poh's recent Perth visit.
What a great idea that we can all meet together for a very confusing "who's who?" session in the THEtreeRU meet in Penang in October - thanks
to the initiative and hardwork of Teddy and his team.
With Kind Regards
Stewart Chew
(Addendum: Chin Kong Gooi was the one who died of typhoid (Not TB). He was a product of Kirkby (first batch)The Eursasia chap next to Scully is Clifford De Sousa. Between Mr Chin and Auyong Teik Yoon is Loo Ah Lek ---- W. Dielenberg)
Registration Form
REGISTRATION FORM - THEtreeRU
TO Teddy Dielenberg , Suite 18, Ixora Residence, Jalan Jenjarum, Petaling Jaya, 47400 Selangor, MALAYSIA
Fax + (603) 8023 2082 – Email:
_______________________________________________________________________________
NAMES ………………………………………………………………….. No of persons…………..
Spouse’s name / attending ………………………………................ ……………….……… ………
Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..………
Contacts : Tel / Mobile ………………………….. E-mail ……….…………………………………
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION required / not required - Dates - IN…………OUT………………
REUNION DINNER – 1-10-10 - NUMBER OF PERSONS ………………………………….
T-Shirt for Self - Size : XXL / XL / L / M / S Colours preferred : Grey / Blue / Orange
T-Shirt for spouse Size : XXL / XL / L / M / S Colours preferred : Grey / Blue / Orange
T-Shirt one free to attendee, if extra pieces required RM20.00 No Pcs … Sizes….Colour preferred
GIFTS EXCHANGE : Each one to bring a gift for exchange. The value not to exceed RM30.00
Please wrap up your gift and it will be exchanged with others, whatever you pick and this is all fun
But if you don’t bring a gift then you are not in the position to exchange.
DOCUMENTS OF MEMORIES, a book will be produced – Please complete the attached Form and please include the necessary photographs. Some of us have not met for 52 years and this book will help many to put things together, Names and Faces. Please send what is required as early as possible as we have a material deadline to produce it. The producer of this DOM is Dave Mokhtar Ramlee and please send the required details and photos directly to him whereas the Registration Forms directly to
Teddy Dielenberg
PLEASE HELP : Register early as we want to make sure all goes well and that we all can have a good
and a fun time at this THEtreeRU . Look, there is no guarantee that we are going to meet at the next Reunion or if there is going to be another one.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
For Hotel Accommodations , Reunion Dinner, Programs, Details in Documents of Memories & General
Teddy Dielenberg – Tel (H) 603-7880 1489 Mobile 6019-330 5418 – Email :
Dave Mokhtar Ramlee – (H) 604-731 5882 Mobile 6012-495 3484 – Email:
Agnes Teh – Mobile 6012-466 4046 Email :
TO Teddy Dielenberg , Suite 18, Ixora Residence, Jalan Jenjarum, Petaling Jaya, 47400 Selangor, MALAYSIA
Fax + (603) 8023 2082 – Email:
_______________________________________________________________________________
NAMES ………………………………………………………………….. No of persons…………..
Spouse’s name / attending ………………………………................ ……………….……… ………
Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..………
Contacts : Tel / Mobile ………………………….. E-mail ……….…………………………………
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION required / not required - Dates - IN…………OUT………………
REUNION DINNER – 1-10-10 - NUMBER OF PERSONS ………………………………….
T-Shirt for Self - Size : XXL / XL / L / M / S Colours preferred : Grey / Blue / Orange
T-Shirt for spouse Size : XXL / XL / L / M / S Colours preferred : Grey / Blue / Orange
T-Shirt one free to attendee, if extra pieces required RM20.00 No Pcs … Sizes….Colour preferred
GIFTS EXCHANGE : Each one to bring a gift for exchange. The value not to exceed RM30.00
Please wrap up your gift and it will be exchanged with others, whatever you pick and this is all fun
But if you don’t bring a gift then you are not in the position to exchange.
DOCUMENTS OF MEMORIES, a book will be produced – Please complete the attached Form and please include the necessary photographs. Some of us have not met for 52 years and this book will help many to put things together, Names and Faces. Please send what is required as early as possible as we have a material deadline to produce it. The producer of this DOM is Dave Mokhtar Ramlee and please send the required details and photos directly to him whereas the Registration Forms directly to
Teddy Dielenberg
PLEASE HELP : Register early as we want to make sure all goes well and that we all can have a good
and a fun time at this THEtreeRU . Look, there is no guarantee that we are going to meet at the next Reunion or if there is going to be another one.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
For Hotel Accommodations , Reunion Dinner, Programs, Details in Documents of Memories & General
Teddy Dielenberg – Tel (H) 603-7880 1489 Mobile 6019-330 5418 – Email :
Dave Mokhtar Ramlee – (H) 604-731 5882 Mobile 6012-495 3484 – Email:
Agnes Teh – Mobile 6012-466 4046 Email :
Saturday, May 29, 2010
The Tree
The TREE (an angsana)located at the far side of the Kulim Padang has come to symbolize the comradeship of the students of St Patrick's School of the early 60s. Make sure you take a good look at it when you next visit the Southern capital and industrial town of South Kedah.
How to justify an early retirement?
And they ask---Why I Like Retirement...
Question: How many days in a week?
Answer: 7 (6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday)
Question:
When is a retiree's bedtime?
Answer: Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch.
Question: How many retirees to change a light bulb?
Answer: Only one, but it might take all day.
Question: What's the biggest gripe of retirees?
Answer: There is not enough time to get everything done.
Question: Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?
Answer: The term comes with a 10% percent discount.
Question: Among retirees what is considered formal attire?
Answer: Tied shoes.
Question: Why do retirees count pennies?
Answer: They are the only ones who have the time.
Question: What is the common term for someone who continues to work and
refuses to retire?
Answer: NUTS!
Question: Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?
Answer: They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want
to store stuff there.
Question: What do retirees call a long lunch?
Answer: Normal
Question: What is the best way to describe retirement?
Answer: The never ending Coffee Break or a permanent vacation.
Question: What's the biggest advantage of going back to school as a
retiree?
Answer : If you miss classes, no one can call your parents.
Question: Why does a retiree often say he doesn't miss work, but misses
the people he used to work with ?
Answer: He is too polite to tell the whole truth.
Question: What do you do all week?
Answer: Monday to Friday; Nothing, Saturday & Sunday I rest.
Author unknown
From Ronnie Koh, Adelaide
Greetings to Ted, Bill & John,
I manage to get the email address of Ted & Bill from Richard Tan when I had
a chit chat with him this morning. Recently, Richard became my patient when
he consulted me at the Family Practice - Arkaba Medical Centre, Parkside,
South Australia. We have 20 GPs - half of them are female GPs who work part
time.
Richard email me the Flyer with regard to the reunion of the old boys of St.
Patrick's School on 01/10/2010 in Penang. Richard reiterated that John has
accepted the invitation. My wife and I will love to catch up with all of
you, especially with John whom I haven't seen since 1954. John, Harcharan
Singh & I were a couple of years ahead of Ted. I have a vague recollection
of Bill. I was at B.M. High School from 1955 - 1956 & I left for India to do
my Medicine & returned in 1964 to complete my Internship training at General
Hospital, Penang. In 1966, 12 Medical Officers were conscripted into the
Armed Forces when we fought the war against Indonesia during the infamous
Confrontasi. I was the Regimental RMO with the 3rd Royal Malay Regiment x 1
yr and I was posted to Bau, Kuching, Sarawak. I write tell you more in my
next email
Please fill me in with the details as my wife & I would be attending the
reunion. I hardly visit Malaysia these days.
Ted, thanks for "THE tree RU" and the stpatskulimblogspot.com . It's very
enlightening.
Regards.
Ronnie Koh Swee Nam.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Let's meet on 01/10/10
R U Ready
In the morning for those interested meet up at the poolside at 6.00 am for Tai Chi
exercises or those who want to go for the morning walk be out side of the hotel by 6.30 am
and we will walk along Gurney Drive (can assure you it is interesting) or those that want
the gym just go there, bet you are not alone, those that want a swim the pool is yours.
As for breakfast meet at 7.30 am at THEtreeRU corner, it is specially reserved for us and
you can take all the time, the whole morning for breakfast. But for those who want to have
their breakfast outside the hotel there are a variety and walking distance and they are
good and tasty but you need to take a walk to Pulau Tikus, you can have Penang curry mee,
prawn mee, ‘Chay Koay Teow’, ‘Koay Chup’, ‘Ah Pong’, and many other Penang specials.
The morning is free and easy or meet at the hospitality suite and catch up on the lost times
A collection of photos of those days on picnics, excursions, cycling trips, dance parties
hiking up BM hill and Kedah Peak are all up on the walls. Check it out and see if you can recall
those days and who were there and can you recognize all those in the photos. I can assure
you it is great fun. We also have a huge map of Kulim and stick a tape on where you used to
lived. As for lunch we highly recommend that you go to the Berjaya Hotel for the Malaysian
Buffet and they have a special discount for senior citizens, all of us LAH!! it is real cheap at
RM 17.00 per head. You could of course take your own sweet time to have lunch and spend a
good 2 hours there. As for those who prefer the Penang hawker food or the Nonya food in
Pulau Tikus or you may go else where like Sri Bahari Rd, some nice restaurants there.
The afternoon is free and easy and could take a short walk to the Sleeping Buddha or the
recently opened ‘Kuan Yin’ in Ayer Itam may be worth visiting.
At 6.30 pm we meet at the foyer to the dinning hall where we will have a cocktail, and this
where we will exchange gifts as we were suppose to bring a gift of less than RM30 and
exchange it so we are going to have an interesting time, some surprises and may be some
disappointments but remember it is all for the fun of it. At one corner of the foyer we will
have some selected videos from You Tube and the songs have been specially selected as it
has certain messages and may touch you, drop a tear or two and enjoy it.
Dinner will start at 8.00 pm and it is a buffet dinner you are free to start at what ever time
you want and as long as you want. Of course in between we have music of the 60’s and some
great entertainment, you will laugh or cry but they have been specially put up for you, there
are some good singers, if they are no good throw them out. Dance if you want or can but at
the end of it is the Auld Lang Syne, we all sing this together at 12.00 midnight and till we
meet again.
FRIENDSHIP 4EVER …………………………………………………………………….. ………………………Teddy Dielenberg
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Profiles of past students of St Patricks, Kulim
Those of you who have been peeking into this blog might want to identify yourself by posting your profiles under the following headings:
Name.
Age
Year you started school at St Pats,
Year you finished.
Subsequent studies undertaken
Profession
Members of your family
Your impression of your old school
Achievement
Hopes for the future.
etc.
Please send the info to me as part of an email and I will do my best to publish it in the blog.
Photos are most welcome.
Hopefully this will keep us in touch.
Name.
Age
Year you started school at St Pats,
Year you finished.
Subsequent studies undertaken
Profession
Members of your family
Your impression of your old school
Achievement
Hopes for the future.
etc.
Please send the info to me as part of an email and I will do my best to publish it in the blog.
Photos are most welcome.
Hopefully this will keep us in touch.
Friday, January 29, 2010
An idea of what schools can do
My interest in education takes me through some of the schools to find what the children are learning. This is one example of what is taking place in one of the schools in Sydney. I am not suggesting that we imitate whatever is done in schools in other places but it is good to see what imagination can do. We have to be more imaginative and explore the wider world for our own good. Learning need not be confined to just the three Rs.What we need most are leaders with imagination in the field of education to make the country bloom.
'WHEN you are already learning Sanskrit, Latin, Spanish and putting on a Shakespearean production each year, the national literacy and numeracy tests might seem like a cinch to children at John Colet School.
Gilbert Mane, the headmaster of the independent school in Belrose, which came sixth overall in a ranking of NSW primary schools based on results from NAPLAN tests, said the students also studied philosophy and meditation.'
Extract from the Sydney Morning Herald
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