Presenting… Jeffri, the no nonsense guy. For your information, he still is.

I tried asking him to furnish additional information about himself and as usual, I would ask a series of Qs as pointers but ended up with…

Q: your current location (where u live)
A: London!
Q: your current job (briefly whjat you do - spot bugs, etc)
A: Write software (or you can say, produce bugs!) I sort of specialise of web applications using Java.
Q: your son (name, age, etc - sorry la… i’m still having problems even keeping track of my own cousins!)
A: Raymond. 2 (already) by 15th of this month.
Q: your wife (how you met, where is she from, etc)
A: At uni. She’s from Guangxi.

Well, for those who know Jeffri, that’s him alright… And for those who can’t really recall who is Jeffri, see the family photo below!

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As usual, leave your message for him in the comments section.

<updated: 28th March 2006: Swapped the wedding photo with another photo also taken during the wedding>
<updated: 20th March 2006: Gigi requested to change photo… Swapped the Melaka one with this new one showing most of the people from Jupiter!>

Gigi, or better known as Kit Yieng, is currently residing in New York along with her husband. She has been in New York since 1998 and is currently working as a Computer Support Specialist. Gigi is also a part-time Financial Planner.

She got married in 2004. Both Gigi and husband, Jonathan TAN, are vegetarians.

Attached are a few photos Gigi would like to share with the rest of the gang. If you are keen to get in touch with her, feel free to leave your messages in the comments section. DO CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO VIEW THE ACTUAL HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES.

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”

Ever wondered what ever happened to the cute girl who sat next to you back in Standard 1? Or the jerk who used to pull your hair every recess? It has been that many years since we left primary school… Or secondary school for that matter.

Every now and then… I still wonder whatever happened to people I know like LAM Yoke Yen (if I remember correctly, she moved to Taiwan back in 1986), Mark CHONG, Ezral, HO Ching Lit, LEE Mun Fei, Manimaran and many more…?

This is also what made me start this blog… With the hope it will help connect one friend to another. After all, we are SEAPORTIANS. We are one of the few lucky ones to be able to call ourselves Seaportians (since the school is now called Sri Permata).

If you are like me and do wonder whatever happened to someone, just leave the name of the person, a brief description of the person (if you can still remember) and perhaps leave a contact so that the person you are looking for may contact you.

And if you happen to be the person or knows the person we are looking for, do ask them to drop by and leave a message in the comments…

LIM Li Ping would like to get in touch with the rest of the gang. She has asked to put up this message as she wants to get in touch with everyone after ‘dropping out of the scene’ for quite sometime.

Li Ping has now started her own law firm somewhere in Mutiara Damansara. Yes, she is a lawyer, for those who did not realise.

Anyway, if you want to seek her service or just simply ask her out for yumcha (she is the boss, so she can yumcha anytime la), Li Ping can be contacted 012 3396690.

You can also drop your messages for her in the comments section.

Received the email below today though I am not sure why it was dated 20th January 2006. Here’s the COPY & PASTE:

20 January 2006

Updates from the Alumni‘s Desk

Greetings and a Happy New Year to you. The Alumni which was formed by a dedicated and determined group of people on 4th of March 2005 has begun its journey, albeit late, to grow and we are currently seeking for former students of Sekolah Menengah Sri Permata or Sekolah Menengah Seaport who are keen to be members of this association. If you know anyone who is interested to join us, please do not hesitate to contact our membership committee member, Natalie Ambrose at 012-2848542 or any of the other committee members. Interested former students can also download the Membership Registration Form from our web site.

The committee has put up a simple web site for the Alumni under our very own domain address. At the moment the web site is still under development but for now you can still access to view notices and download documents such as the Membership Registration Forms, Membership & Contact Update Forms and the constitution. Please visit us at www.spalumni.com.

The Alumni will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Sekolah Menengah Sri Permata, Jalan SS3/98, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor on Saturday, 11 March 2006 at 2.00 p.m. Notice and details of the AGM is in the annual report attached. We hope that you are able to join us at the meeting. If you have not already confirmed your attendance please fill in the reply slip attached and fax it to 03-7803 6014 by 24 February 2006. Come along for the meeting and invite your former schoolmates who are not yet a member to join us.

As a member of the Alumni, you will be able to keep in touch with your friends and former classmate while expanding your network. We urge youto renew your membership for the next year by completing the Membership & Contact Update Form attached and fax it to 03-7803 6014. The renewal fee is only RM25 a year and you can pay the fee during the AGM.

As a member of the Alumni, you are entitled to a proxy to represent yourself should you not be able to make it for this meeting. Please advice your proxy to us by completing the proxy form attached in the annual report. Fax your proxy form to 03-7803 6014 at least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting.

The Alumni has only just begun its endless journey to bring more thanjust networking to its members. We as former students of the school should be proud of ourselves and the people who have put in the efforts to form this organization just to ensure we stay connected. On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank you for your patience and continuous support for this organization. I am confident that this Alumni will play an even greater role in the future under the leadership of the new committee.

Thank you.

Yours truly,
On behalf of the committee,

Chow Yew Cheong
Interim President

Reply Slip
Name: ________________________________________
I.C. No. : ______________________________________
Will you be able to attend the Annual General Meeting?

? Yes, I will be able to attend the AGM.
? Yes, but I would like to nominate a proxy to attend the AGM.Please find my proxy form attached.
? No, I will not be able to attend the AGM.

Note:

Please remember to bring RM 25 when attending the AGM for yourmembership renewal.
Please fax this reply slip with your attached forms (if any) to 03-7803 6014. Thank you

And greeting you at the current Alumni site is this photo…

OK, the above picture was edited by yours truly
What are you guys and girls waiting for?

You can also download the membership forms here. Click here for NEW membership application and here for membership UPDATE form.

This is the alumni logo…

Hi all,

This post is to make it easy for everyone to update the rest about your plans, etc for the coming Chinese New Year (CNY). Please feel free to leave CNY RELATED replies in the comments…

Anyway, wishing everyone a Gong Xi Fa Cai and may the new year bring lots of good health, wealth and fortune!

Adrian TAI will be in town (Petaling Jaya). Tentatively NO plans for the CNY yet. A few of us are planning to meet up and collect lots of angpows on the 1st Feb 2006 (Wednesday).

Vijiandran is currently working in Teluk Intan, Perak (according to Viji, it is at the lower Perak region and can be reached from Bidor or Sabak Bernam). He also added that the old name for Teluk Intan is Telok Anson (who says we didn’t learn anything useful in Seaport?).

Viji is currently attached to United Plantations Berhad as a Research Officer dealing with the oil palm and coconut R&D activities. His office is located at Jendarata Estate.

His word… “Physically no longer thin as I have put on a lot of weight or shall I say… Spare tyres… Trying to reduce”. You be the judge…

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Baby Mia HOW Kai Xinh is born in Singapore back in year 2003. She is the daughter of our classmate LAU Yee Ling who is now back in Malaysia and doing her PhD in a local Universiti Malaya. According to her mum, Mia likes sing, dance, watch movie and also create trouble (adrian: though I think otherwise because when I met Mia a few months back, she doesn’t look like one who would cause trouble).

For those who are trying to matchmake their son with Mia, please note that Mia loves ice-creams, chocolates and cakes. Maybe you can make it a three-in-one: chocolate ice-cream cake!

Anyway, here is baby Mia…

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Isn’t she lovely…? :)

For those who were wondering… We decided to call off the karaoke session due to several unforeseen circumstances.

Anyway, hope you all have a wonderful year ahead…!