Life and Dots of Daniel

St Paul Primary School – Class 6 Green – 2010 Reunion

This post, like it or not, has to be up before it goes non topical. I wonder if I have ever talked about my school, but heck, told or not told, it's good to give a recap - for the sake of history keeping when I look back at my old posts again when I am old one day.

Back in the 90s, parents would send their kids to one of the few primary schools in Kuching where one can get a good learn of the Mandarin language. The schools are SRB Chung Hua No.4, SRB St Paul, SRB Chung Hua No.2, just to name a few hot-schools. Here, I was in SRB St Paul.

You may ask, "What's SRB"? The fact that schools in Sarawak use the designation SRK/SRB (Sekolah Rendah Kerajaan/Bantuan) and SMK/SMB (Sekolah Menengah Kerajaan/Bantuan) instead of labelling them "Cina" or "Tamil", as most schools in Peninsula Malaysia do, is a portray of education is for all notwithstanding skin colour or what one's mother tounge is. We Sarawakians knew that when we were young.

Fourteen years, after leaving school in 1996, here we are again. Only twelve of us made it out of the fourty plus we know. The rest are either working overseas, migrated, or away for a trip. It was a great moment in Starbucks, The Spring. We did a lot of catch up on everyone's where about, gossiping about others who weren't there.

Seated (from left): Chia Chin, Chia Yen, Mee Mee, Ting Ting, Eileen, Su Khim.
Standing (from left): Jin Leong, Benjamin, Daniel, Nyuk Fong, Ai Min, Yin Fang.

It was just too crowded at Starbucks, we decided to take our gathering to another level where we can have a good chat. Su Kim, a mum of two girls, offered her semi-detached house. I tell you, HER HOUSE IS REALLY HUGE. Damn admiring and envious I am for a house like that.

I must say that most of my classmates look pretty (should have courted them back then). Haha.

Here's another for remembrance. All these wonderful moment was of course captured by Jin Leong. Without him, there won't be this post at all. Just for your reference, he's a free lance photographer - taking wedding reception shots or liaising with part time models. (Can contact me for more information)

Before I conclude, I only knew that quite a lot of us are working in KL. Should make more such gatherings. If, by chance, you stumbled upon my blog and happens to be from Class 6 Green of SRB St Paul in 1996, please feel free to drop me a buzz. We need to keep the ball rolling.

PS: I've decided to break away from my previous layout of the Thesis theme (forged version, I just knew that). I'll stick with this one until I can make USD 87 to buy the original theme.