Another Mini-Reunion in Perth

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I received a brief note and some photos from the roving ambassador of Form 5Sc (1976), Alfred Wong. Thanks buddy ... keep 'em coming..

Dear WJ,

I returned to Perth this week to attend my daughter's convocation at UWA and took the opportunity to meet up with our former classmates (Kevin Chin and Paul Tang - Form 5 1976) and also one form mate (David Chong - Form 3 1974). I am not sure if anyone of our former form-mates remembered David who was studying in St Joe from Form 1 to Form 3 and infact was in the same class with Philip Tang for 3 years! (Form 1B to 3B)

I didn't recognize David as one of our form-mate back in 2000 when I first met up with him after leaving Form 5 in 1976. We were both involved in the construction of the new ILP turnkey project in Samarahan. David was the Consultant Architect and I was the building contractor for the project. David eventually sold his Architectural practice to my Architect brother when he migrated to Perth in 2003. Currently David is doing project management work for several retirement village projects outskirt of Perth. Coincidently, David's son and my son was also former form-mates back at Lodge School in Kuching and both kids are currently pursuing Engineering degrees at the same university, UWA.

It's also nice to catch up with Kevin and Paul together with their wives, Pearl and Christine again. We had a nice Thai food dinner, courtesy of Paul (Dinner on me next trip, guys). Great also to know that both of them are doing well and looking young!

I have uploaded a few photos of our reunion and would be interesting to see if anyone can still remember David, especially.

Bye

Alfred Wong - Form 5 Science 1976

Here are the photos ...

Pic 1: David Chong (left) & Alfred Wong

Pic 2: Name the ladies ?

Pic 3: Who's that on the left?

Pic 4: With the other half

Well, hope you were able to recognise some of your old friends. 

Josephians of the Seventies, any other re-union writeups, news and photos you might have are always welcome. Just send them to me at jslyong@hotmail.com .

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Combrades in Construction

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I received this email from former classmate, Alfred Wong (Form 5Sc, 1976) ...


Dear WJ, 

Do you still recognize this old form-mate of us? He is George Sim who left for further studies around Form 4 in 1975. I used to visit George in Brighton in the late 70's when he was staying with our fellow classmates, Dr Sim Pheng Siew and Eric Tan Kung Miang. 

Well, George and I were recently 'reunited' when he was appointed Project Manager of the Project Management Consultant Team overseeing the construction of the New UITM Campus Extension Project in Kuching , for which I was one of the Contractors undertaking the construction works.  

I met up with George for a courtesy visit at the Site Office today as I have not seen him for a while. George is a UK trained Civil Engineer and has vast working experience in the field of building and civil engineering works throughout Sarawak.

There is another team member on the same project who is also a former Josephian. Patrick Tan is from the Form Five Class of 1975 and is a registered Architect.

I am so excited to be part of the construction team with two former Josephians. 

I attach a photo taken with George with the site backdrop to jog back your memory of this former form-mate. 

Alfred Wong

It's great to see old schoolmates reunited, and even working together.

Thanks Alfred for sharing this happy occasion.

George, I'll be candid. I won't have been able to recognise you if we had met elsewhere. It has been such a long time. But it's good to see you again.

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