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This year's gathering somewhat had a
different light to it. Our great Organizer OCH was not around to wave
his magic wand to get everyone together. Somehow, the diehards would
not miss this annual event and gate crashed into Khai Choon's family
gathering at the Nyonya Restaurant in Aboo Sittee Lane. Thanks Khai
Choon!
Well somehow, the night was still young
when the food was finished and 4 guys with a young lady took off
to the hills into Eng Khuan's hide away. 61 and going strong, one
should marvel the way how he manuever his Land Rover up the winding
stretch up Penang Hill at 9.30 pm and down again later at midnight. An
F-1 class driver performing 360 degrees turns and and hair pins
corners. Some stretches, if you look down from the window, it is a few
hundred feet drop. Our reward - durians up the hill. Maybe next year,
we should hike up to his bungalow (not run as we did in 1959) spend a
day and come down in the evening. Of course to answer your question,
there is always another option, use the train.
Think about it!!
Photos & Text by cw
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Oct 14 - Tay
Lee Kheng
arrived in Penang, this time with his wife Marissa from US via
Davao met by Eng
Keat & Khing at the airport. Lee Kheng met up with old
friends like Fook Seng where we had Hainanese Lunch (on Khing who
quietly went into the kitchen to settle the dues). The
following day was sea food (on Eng Keat) where he met up with Hon Yin,
and also with Poh Seng who incidentally also back to Penang from the
US. What were they talking about - hockey lah... and of course
those good old days over & over again. The night dinner was Thai
(on Eng Khuan).
Before he left for Cameron Highlands
for a get-away up the hills, and then to meet Harris & OCH in
KL, he insisted on donating RM50 for the website which he said
had enabled him to link with all his classmates again.
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At the Hainanese
lunch.
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Seafood lunch at
Ocean Green.
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Thai food with Eng
Khuan
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After 3 days in Cameron Highlands and
high on boh tea, Lee Kheng managed to meet Harris in KL with oral
instructions from Harris and a print out map from Googles provided by
Cheng Woh. .As usual our meetings end up around the dining table. Here
are some pics with Teng Sun, Lily Wah, Chong Hye, Harris,
Tat Seng, Tajuiddin, Kok Seng, and a senior Kok Beng whom they
bumped into at the same restaurant.
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After having gone round half the globe,
Lee Kheng is now back in the States and most probably casting his vote
for the next president. However as promised he sent back 3 photos
of his visit to KL & Singapore. Here he is seen with Harris &
Teng San.
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Look like OCH has accompanyied him down
to Singapore to meet Khoon Hin & Sek Hong. Being away from home too
long, and too much restaurant food, he is later hosted to home
cook
food - Singaporean-style.by SH but with Penang touch.
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It was not co
incidental to tind Gan KC
in Penang in December . A few of us had lunch at May Garden with him.
Amongst us was Xaverian Desmond . This time the topic turned to
sports between SXI and PFS and of course the good old days. Then after
the second course, Sok Chzeng popped in and the topic switched to one
of
interest to all - heritage and the Nyonya Baba. EK Ong also claimed
himself as a baba too.
Then we found out that Gan was here for a nyonya baba wedding too -
that of his niece. Read this extract from the
Star Online or you can check out the pdf printout.
After
lunch
we were taken on a tour of Sok''s newly restored house in Muntri
Street.
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The
Stroll along Muntri Street. before going to Sok's house which
is on the opposite row of this lot.
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Taking
a look at Sok's roots in the retored heritage house in Muntri
Street and then to a tour of the house.
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