K B Law in Kuching

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This morning, the boys of Form 5 (1976) had another welcome breakfast for one of their cohort - can you guess who it was? Look at the photo below without reading the names and see if you recognise them..

Standing: Robert Chin, Bob Chew, Jude Jong

Seated: Sim Kee How, Law Kok Beng, Peter Ngiam Tie Fen, Mark Chin

I asked Bob to relate the events that led to this happy reunion. Here is his reply.

"Hi  James,

I  was  wandering  around  the  Boulevard  Shopping  Complex  trying  to buy a pair of jeans when  i  suddenly  bumped  into  surprise,  surprise , Law Kok Beng !  The  last time  I , like  most of us , saw  him  was in Form 5  Science in  1976. That was  35  years  ago.   I remember  him as  the  quiet type,  the   intellectual  sort,  whose  favourite subject was mathematics .  He could  figure out sine/cosine faster than we could say  hi.

I said, "Are you Law Kok Beng?"  He  just stared  at  me . " I  am  Chew  Pok Vun," I  added. He continued  staring  at  me .  After  a  while,  it all  flashed back.   The  short  encounter ended  with me promising to arrange   for a breakfast  meet   which  happened  today  at Fu Yu  kopitiam, Sekama. The  venue is right behind his father's  house.

Kok Beng  looks not much  different  from his  school days  except  with a few  grey hairs on the side.  He  got  baby smooth skin   making  him  look younger  than his age . He is back on holidays visiting  his  91 yr old papa  at Jln William  Tan and who is still an active traveller .

Kok  Beng  now  lives in Melbourne  with his  wife (also from Kch)  and  3  sons  aged  19, 16 and 14. He  has been  there  for  the  past 21 years residing  in the  suburb of Rowville, next to Ferntree Gully.  He works as an IT  consultant  for  an  Australian company.

Our  next  meeting  with Kok Beng will be  lunch  at 1230pm on Wed., 19 Jan  at the  S'wak Club.  Pls  call  Bob 013 8020620 if you  like to  join in.  Kok Beng's  email  is  beng.law@gmail.com  for  those  who  want to touch base  with him."

Thanks Bob. That was a great narrative. Our old English teacher, Bro Adrian would be proud of you :)

Then & Now

We haven't done a "then & now" for a while, so I thought I'd include this to give you a sense of what has changed and what has stayed the same ...

Enjoy and comment !

One more thing ... if you want to see a really, really old photo of Kok Beng and some of these guys, click on THIS.

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