Chieh Lipp Kee back in Kuching

Another mini-reunion of guys from Form 5 (1976), this time in Kuching, to welcome old friend Lipp Kee back to town. I believe the delicious dinner was held at best King's Curry.

A Mini-Reunion in PJ

A few of the boys from Form 5 (1976) were in Petaling Jaya recently and had a catch-up at FRIDAYS at The Curve.

Can you recognise the six handsome individuals?

Mini-Reunion in Kuching for Class of 1976

A few boys from Form 5 (1976) who normally reside outside Kuching were back in Cat Town tonight.

In particular our buddies John Lee (based in Huddersfield, UK) and Kevin Chin (based in Perth, Australia) were home. Leong Kueh Fook (normally in KL) also happened to be around.

The following photos and short video reflect the happy get-together ...

Fig 1: A little rounder, a little greyer ... but still handsome lah

Fig 2: Smile for the camera ...

Fig 3: Sons of St Joseph ...

See whether you can recognise everybody.

Here's a little video taken by Ben ...

A Very Happy New Year to all ...

Boys in Blue

A happy mini-reunion in Kuala Lumpur ... All three are from the Class of 76.

And no reunion is complete without good foooood .....

JK, JY & PC

And KL is certainly a foodie paradise ... 

Yummy Sarawak fare in KL

Hmmm ... how did Kuo get to be so tall?

Tu Kar and Glass Noodles

Ahhhhhhhh .... BURP !

Class of 78 Get-Together in Kota Kinabalu

Fifteen chaps from the Class of 78 were in Kota Kinabalu between 12th to 15th August 2011. KK being a lovely coastal city, I had assumed they were there mainly for the sun, sand and sea. Leo reports that they were also there for the comradeship, cuisine and chi .....ahem ....  chinese reflexology.


Those who made the trip were .... From 5Sc1, there was Soh Soon Chai, Dominique Ng Kim Ho, Pierce Chow Kar Ho, Ng Yaw Hwa, Kho Ping, Chi Ted Fatt, Si Poh Liang, Henry Kung and Alan Poh.  From 5Sc2, there was Vincent Leong, Voon Kian Peng, Richard Wong Seng Kong, Ngu Chin Ho and Leonard Sia. From 5Arts1 was David Teo.

Dinner for the first two nights was at the same place, and in true Josephian record-beating style, some 10 kgs of crabs was consumed. 
 
Those who arrived on 12th morning visited the islands kind courtesy of David Teo (5Arts1) who is running a business in KK. He made most of the arrangements there including deciding where to eat and where to get the rubs and more. Definitely made the trip more enjoyable.
 

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Fig 6: Relaxing at tobby of Sutera Harbour hotel

Fig 7: Montage A

Fig 8: Montage B

Fig 9: At a lounge. Where are the drinks?

On Sunday night, onlyeight stayed on. More eating, more catchups, more chatting, more reflexo ...

Next year, the Class of 78 is considering another reunion ... probably in Phuket or Bandung.  Anyone interested, please contact one of them.

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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Mini-Reunion in London

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Four old buddies from Form 5Sc (1976) had a little reunion in London. I was on my way home from a business trip in Europe, and stopped by London. Met up with James Kuo, Ho Boon Chiang and Philip Chin. Kuo is resident in Devon, Boon Chiang is in Cambridge, while Philip came back to UK for a short visit.

The photos below reflects our own version of the recent movie "EAT . PRAY . LOVE" (starring Julia Roberts) except our few hours together in London can more appropriately be captured as "EAT . PLAY . ROVE"

EAT

We had long chats about old times while enjoying various cuisine ...

First, it was dim sum  ...

... followed later by the famous Roast Duck at Four Seasons restaurant in Chinatown. Yummm ...



PLAY

We also re-lived our schoolboy cycling days back at St Joe ...

ROVE

We spent time roving around central London, visiting places familiar and new ...

... starting with the festive atmosphere of Carnaby Street ...

... and then to Gerrard Street, better known as London Chinatown ...

... to the slightly chilly as fresco coffee-drinking in Covent Garden ...

and finally to the shopping areas around Oxford Street.

We had a great time. I for one had not met Boon Chiang for 34 years.

Great to see all happy and healthy.
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