by atai @ 23:17 | Filed under: gatherings
This is what greets you when you walk into the school:
My first thought was “Has the students from this school gotten that bad?”. Then I realised that the message could be meant for the teachers…
Anyway, somethings never change… Which is sometimes good… The canteen remains the way I remembered it…
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Food has gotten better, I guess, from the menu that was posted…
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Anyway, back to the AGM… In case you never realised, the Alumni’s registered name is actually - THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SEKOLAH MENENGAH SRI PERMATA PETALING JAYA SELANGOR. *phew*
Good news is we’ve adopted a shorter name during the AGM - SP Alumni.
The turnout was rather bad, in my opinion considering that the school’s been around for more than 20 years and less than 30 people attended the AGM. Oh well, things can only get better.
We have a new committee and they seem very, very serious about getting the Alumni up and running. So I sincerely hope everyone here will give their full support as well. Like any society or organisation, they need our support - be it financially or morally. So do register as a member, ok?
Honestly, there’s not much to say about the AGM. The minutes should be up on the Alumni website in a week or two. It will probably be Zaifuddin’s first task anyway… Yes, Zaifuddin (or Dean) has been elected Honorary Secretary.
I guess that’s all for now…
Seen here are two ex-students saying to each other “Syabas kerana anda hadir ke sekolah”
Canteen looks much much better since 1993 . Floors are tiled, tables and stools r…soldered together (used to be those wooden benches) And food seems to look tasty…gosh RM1.80 for Asam LAksa!When was the last time I had a bowl for that kind of price? I missed skool days. sigh. Apart from the canteen, the rest of the place looks kinda…gloomy. *shrugs*
Comment by Happy4ever — Monday, 13 March, 2006 @ 11:57
Going back to Seaport is like journeying through a time capsule. The journey back has been both a nostalgic and sweet reminder of good and bad events.
It was like the feeling that Captain Picard had in Star Trek First Contact when he touched the Phoenix Warp Ship, the very first warp ship to be built. To him, it was both a nostalgic and present reality but all that was in the past. What is it like to meet the man who built the first Warp Ship, shake his hand and touch the ship. Although primitive in his many standards but nevertheless it was the first of a NEW ERA and the marking of a NEW REVELEATION. And he just touch that revelation with his hands. That must be A GREAT FEELING. And he had the opportunity to experience what he read in booksm the life of the late 21st century. The ordinary life of the 20th century. And despite his highly advance Enterprise - E, the inspiration it brought, the meaning, the idea it carried within the shells of her hull was NOTHING compared to the Phoenix warp ship.
For me Seaport was like that. It was the place when I developed many of the techniques which I still used today, although now more advance but that was where they started. I first learnt about flow graphs from physics and it is now highly adopted in my work as a NORM. But that is where it all began. Corporate politics, gossips, defamation and all the stuffs you see in your work today began there too for me.
When I steped into Seaport, I felt a surge of reminders that tells me that everything I knew today has its roots in the primitive, worn down brick walls. It was a nostalgic experience. So many has changed there but to me, it will be always the Seaport in 1993. Amen . . . . . :)
Comment by Yan — Monday, 13 March, 2006 @ 12:00
okla… have to ‘rephrase’. canteen looks the same meaning the stalls are still there.
i guess it looks better now compared to the (as SWEET puts it)… “yucky table with bench chairs”
Comment by adriantai — Monday, 13 March, 2006 @ 13:36
SYABAS to those whom made it back to this alumni..atai, happy, and most of all to Dean for being secretary.
How come Atai didn’t get any post?
Keep up the good work guys!
Comment by munsan — Monday, 13 March, 2006 @ 19:33
Well the pics had definitely brought back some good old memories of seaport…..syabas atai kerana mengambil gambar. The pic of thambi loong and sherman looks more like somekind of ‘lovers’ anyway just joking. Keep in contact and good work guy!
Comment by Vijiandran — Tuesday, 14 March, 2006 @ 8:53
viji… that is NOT thambi loong la… that’s our new secretary, Zaifuddin.
man, dean is going to be so disappointed u actually mistaken him for thambi loong… bwahahaha…
Comment by adriantai — Tuesday, 14 March, 2006 @ 9:26
Viji…thambi loong? that was Dean in the pic la.. hehehe… your eyes..erm..use too much Reno izzit?
As for atai, he got lots of…XXX stuff in his otak (if any)..so, he cant take up any post lor..(nobody nominated him anyway) poor thing. :P
just kidding ya.
Comment by Happy4ever — Tuesday, 14 March, 2006 @ 9:27
Atai & Sherman,
Thanks for the correction, guess something is wrong with my eyes ….got to check (maybe seeing too much of the Oil Palm trees already). Anyway at first glance it looked like Thambi loong alright until I looked at the larger resolution. Budin looks really different, it been really a long time since I met him
Comment by Vijiandran — Wednesday, 15 March, 2006 @ 11:43
Viji,
Palm Oil is bad for you man. Come back to KL. Lots of Oleo Plants u can work in. I also missed ur company, missed those days when we can just cycle around and play with ur Panasonic 4.4 PDS. Come back here man. Come back to good health and the joy of yester years and the cherish of nostalgia fun.
Comment by Yan — Friday, 17 March, 2006 @ 12:43
Viji,
You are not the only wrong who mistook the person in the photo. I too initially thought that it was Thambi Loong. Oops :)
The canteen looks so much nicer with the nice tables and chairs. I remember the chairs were lousy rotting wooden ones, and there was always no place to sit. Mee back then was 50 sen (IINM) and used to always stand where ever there is standing space to eat :)
Great stuff Atai. Keep this up!
P/s : BTW, does anyone know what happened to all those Jogathon money that we’ve collected? Buy the plastic table and chairs?
Comment by kimleong — Monday, 20 March, 2006 @ 0:21
Wah …Canteen is the most place we miss .Still remember everyday start class and waiting for restime “Nasi Lemak” and some even buy food and eat in the room .Then a voice from front will shout “Is you again ar Ying Kit” …
Ha ha …
Comment by Missing — Tuesday, 21 March, 2006 @ 13:41
Wah…. Tai… Now I know how your SeaPort canteen look like… I thought the person with Sherman was Tambi too…..
Comment by MH — Wednesday, 22 March, 2006 @ 16:58
Well based on the messages, I guess my eyes are alright. Perhaps we should post a message and photo about our thambi, many of us are thinking about him. Any chance Atai?
Comment by Vijiandran — Thursday, 23 March, 2006 @ 8:40
Vijandran,
I missed you man :) U and Nicholas :(
Comment by Yan — Thursday, 23 March, 2006 @ 12:52
Dear Yan,
Well have a good news or you. Nicholas had indicated to come down this month so perhaps could meet up then.
Comment by Vijiandran — Friday, 24 March, 2006 @ 7:53
Who is Thambi Loong ah? And where is Nicholas now??
Comment by kit yieng — Friday, 24 March, 2006 @ 13:48
Dear Kit yieng,
Thambi loong is no other than our Tham Wei Loong, 5 Mars and Nicholas is in the US, a doctor there together with his wife where he also lectures in the university. Yes Nicholas is married. I am not sure which state in the US he is in but if I am right it should be at Minnessota.
Comment by Vijiandran — Monday, 27 March, 2006 @ 9:42
Oh Minnesota.. I’ve been there. Been to Minneapolis/St.Paul, the twin city in that state. Do you have his email?
Comment by kit yieng — Monday, 27 March, 2006 @ 22:50
Hmm… everyone mistook that fat-ass guy as Thambi Loong… It’s me larr, yours truly. Will post my pics soon!
Comment by Dean — Tuesday, 28 March, 2006 @ 18:40
ahhhh the FAT ASS GUY HAS SPOKEN.
Comment by Yan — Wednesday, 29 March, 2006 @ 7:04