There we were -- with Puan Noriza and Lay Hoon -- last Friday, Sept 26, at the school.
At this point of our meeting, Suet Fun was just about to present the name and logo for the fund-raising project. It's a secret...for now. :-) All will be revealed when the dedicated bank account and website are set up, after Raya, sometime next month.
We signed the agreement for the school-alumni committee, which comprised five representatives each from the school and from alumni. For the school, we have Puan Noriza, Mrs Ng, Lay Hoon, Ms Ng Poh Lay and Pn Azizan bte Shafie. For alumni, we have me, Suet Fun, Chai Lan, Li Yin and Mrs Goh Hoe Seng, who is also a former teacher and has taught us all (and is the Lye Ngoot mentioned in Mrs Lim's letter). Pn Noriza heads the committee as Chairman and Mrs Ng serves as Vice-Chairman.
And so, the ground is laid for the partnership between alumni and school, where alumni will help to raise and administer the funds for the refurbishment of the school. Our agreement includes formulating a list of repair works and accounting of funds received and disbursed. Alumni and the general public will be able to access this information in the soon-to-be-launched website.
This second visit showed up a more alarming picture. The dear old lady is truly buckling with age. The chemistry lab is now operating without electricity, after a wire on the ceiling burst into flames due to water damage (see pix). Aargh! Those monkeys!
I've been asked, "Why are you doing this?" I've thought about it. To me, it is answering to a distress call. Much like the automatic response you'd give to a person on the roadside, injured and needing help. So, to all alumni, please do accept our sincerity in initiating this effort and, more importantly, JOIN US in helping the school.
Our alumni is spread all over the globe. Wherever you are, we hope you will hear this plea for help and respond in generous spirit. A little bit from each of us will be good enough. The school lays her hopes on us.
To all Muslim alumni -- Selamat Hari Raya Aidil-Fitri .. may you and loved ones have a joyous celebration!
2 comments:
Good meeting but really terrible pictures! From the looks of things, you can't "repair" the place - it almost needs to be torn down completely and rebuilt! Come on people - lets all dig in a bit and help the grand old lady pass her birthday with dignity, pride and grace!
Su-See Lim
Salam,
It's been awhile since I last visited this blog.
So sorry to see the condition of TMGS. Now I am spreading words around to '89 girl...slow but hopefully eventually the ball will roll!
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