Hello everyone,
I have been invited to blog which is something new to me. Anyway I want to give it a go and I will begin with the
DeepaRaya Hi-tea I attended on the 25th of October in GEGS. I belong to the 1974 batch of MCE students and I was really hoping to meet many if not all my classmates.
Azian, Khor Hooi Leng, Teh Kheng Ean, Sathiavany and Ms. Rani Muthiah;
more pics can be viewed here.I think about 200 or so old students turned up. I was lucky this time around as the get-together was close to Deepavali and I always make it a point to celebrate Deepavali with my parents in Kuala Kangsar. Luck did not end there as two of my very close friends from KL, Teh Kheng Ean and Khor Hooi Leng also made it a point to come and meet up. Then we managed to contact Azian Kamaruddin from MCKK and
Faridah Rashidi from Ipoh—both very dear friends. It was great coming together after all these years. The last I saw Faridah was in Form 6—about 30 years ago! She is as vibrant as ever! All of us had a lot of catching up to do.
Coming back to the high-tea which made all of us hiGH— It was well-organized-registration, buying of the book—Down Memory Lane (on the first principal,
Mrs. N.C.Partridge), a few short speeches followed by a performance by students and
cutting a birthday cake—then plenty of mouth-watering food (Perak food is the BEST!). The current principal and the president of the OGA were very hospitable. I met Ms. Leong whom I met many years ago in Kuala Pilah when I was expecting my third child. The surprising thing was she remembered me. She gave me free milk powder then! We also met Ms. Rani Muthiah—our Bio teacher in Forms 4 and 5. She is one person who no one will miss nor forget. She has changed-giggling with us and not frowning at us anymore... just joking Ms. Muthiah. We were also entertained with songs by our MC of the day and guess who—Faridah! She sang with such confidence and poise that I am confident she can stand up to Mawi anytime!
After all the prizes for winners of lucky draws were given out and there was no more space for food in our tummies, the event slowly came to an end. A number of us were still feeling nostalgic over our school days and decided to take a tour around the school. My! My! The changes are astounding—new blocks of classrooms and hostel blocks; form six classes etc. The hall where we had the function is also new. However—what we were really thankful for is that the original building where
Sir Hugh Low, the British resident is supposed to have been housed and the additional buildings where the library is; the SRT rooms and other extensions of the past have been preserved. The pathway up the hill on which we walked up and the hugh rain trees are still there. The cannon has been moved but it is still in the school. The classrooms where we sat and studied look the same except for the position of the white boards which have been changed. We also walked up the staircase to the tower.
Kausheilia and
Ambigai as well as a few others joined us. The rooms we passed, the pictures and the ambience are the same. At the top, we stood in awe at the picturesque views from all angles. After several snapshots, we had to drag ourselves down as it is really great to be there at 6 in the evening.
We walked on reminiscing about the old days—where we used to have our assemblies and Girl Guide meetings, how we used to have fierce arguments, places where we parked our bicycles and even spots where we lost control of our bicycles and fell.
By the time we could bring ourselves to leave, it was seven in the evening. Reluctantly we left. Where are you my friends? Let us get in touch with one another so that we can meet again at the next gathering. Bye for now.
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