Oh, the carrot-walnut cupcakes topped with creamed cheese and choc chips were good!
Li Yin had made them the night before our meeting at Suet Fun's place two weeks ago. Ever the good cook and foodie, she wanted to bring something special to commemorate the get-together. The cup-cakes sure did. We had them with green tea - got to have something healthy alongside - and a mooncake from Ipoh.
Is that all I am remembering? The food?
Well, laughter abounded that night, especially when we remembered the teachers -- Mr Sum, Ms Ho, Mr Chuah, Mr Mak, Ms Satwant and Ms Surjeit among others. Li Yin and I were classmates from Year '80 while Suet Fun and Chai Lan were classmates from Year '77. So, we were close enough in years to know the same teachers. Li Yin and I couldn't help feeling awed by our two seniors' memory - these girls sure know their year-mates, seniors and juniors. In fact, after Chai Lan introduced us, Suet Fun took a good look at Li Yin and said, "You look familiar. You have an elder sister, right?" And, went on to name the sister. Golly.
Food and laughter aside, I am happy to inform you that the fund-raising initiative is moving up some notches. We are in the midst of setting up a school-alumni committee to raise as well as adminster the funds. Puan Noriza and team are excited. We are excited too.
Status at the moment - the agreement is being finalized and we should be driving to Taiping soon to formalize the committee. We do believe that alumni will give from their hearts once their minds are assured. We totally respect the concern on proper management of funds. Hence, in addition to the committee, we will have a website to keep donors updated -- with all relevant figures and even pictures or videos of refurbishment work.
It's thrilling to see things come to this stage. My special thanks to Li Yin (with spectacles), Chai Lan (in WWF tee) and Suet Fun (in red tee) for doing this with me. Here we were, night of Aug 21, before we acted on the cupcakes...
Would you like to join us in the committee? All alumni are invited. If you'd like to join our current gang of four, just drop me a line at sweebin@gmail.com. We'll find you something to do. Should be loads of fun!
TO EVERYONE: DO WATCH THIS SPACE. MORE NEWS EXPECTED IN THE COMING MONTH! AND, PLEASE DO KEEPING PASSING OUT THIS APPEAL FOR THE SCHOOL.
Do you remember Mrs Lim Chin Hun @ Ooi Kwee Kim? She is a former student and teacher of TMGS. She is 85 and living in Australia. When she heard of the appeal for funds via the Internet, she asked her daughter-in-law, Penny, to email me about making a donation. She has since forwarded her contribution to the school - many, many thanks, Mrs Lim! This is in fact Mrs Lim's second contribution; she first donated RM300 in 1941 to the school's building fund and her name can be seen on the donors plaque in the foyer. I hope to interview Mrs Lim on her days with our alma mater.
3 comments:
Good pix SB,bravo on attempt. Suet Fun beautiful as ever, doesnt look a day older than those late 70s TMGS days. The cup cakes sure look yummy as well.
We should probably thank our Home Science teachers for all those cooking lessons! The cupcakes look great - and so do the 4 of you! Keep up the good work guys!
I sent a cheque but it never got to you guys - Lay Hoon confirmed it. Should I now send a fresh one to the address on our site?
Yes, I spoke to Mrs. Lim about our fund appeal and how the old Alma Mater was really looking very shabby. She may be 86 but boy! she has all the great and vivid memories of the school, the teachers and some of the girls too!
Su See
Thanks, Akmar and Su See. So, it was you, Su See, who alerted Mrs Lim -- thanks too for that.
Lay Hoon told me about your MIA cheque. All's well, however. The school-alumni committee will open a dedicated bank account and also set up a website. It's lovely to know there's one cheque waiting to go into the freshly opened account! So, Su See, we'll let you know. Should be soon.
In the meantime, thanks, everyone, for keeping up the spirit of Live Worthily.
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