Forgot to say...

We are waiting for end of this month.

That's because we need to talk with someone to go ahead with the plan and this person would only be back from overseas then. Just one week or so to go, and we should be able to update everyone in early December.

Thank you to alumni who have been checking up on progress and who have been passing the appeal around. Today, I heard from Ng Lan Shing, Class of '98, who knows Hwei Chin (remember the Gang of Three?). Lan Shing has pledged to help in any way she can. A group of present students have been helping to scan old copies of The Quest. And, another present student, Esther Hor, has offered to help us do some research on the school buildings and furniture. What lovely spirit!

In the meantime, my old gang of TMGS girls are hoping to go karaoke-ing this week. Ha ha ha, gals just wanna have fun. We've known each other since Standard One and we've kept together through these 38 years. We've been busy with our careers and families and have not seen each other much these last 10 years. But, we do meet at least once a year. And, we always say, of all the new friends that we make, this is the group we are most gila with.

This time, we want to meet because one member is back from Atlanta and another is migrating in January. So, it will be a kind of reunion+homecoming+farewell.

I hope the karaoke session happens. I hope I will have a breakthrough. You see, I've never been able to sing out loud with a mike in hand. Somehow, my voice has always deserted me in the face of a mike, no matter how much I visualize myself drawing out my favourite ballad or belting out a hot number.

I am hoping, with this bunch of crusty and comfy mates from school, it will finally happen. Wish me luck. Till the next post, here's a moment to share --- one of many that bind me and my gang.

Pay attention in class, awrrgiht? That's what I imagine Mr Sum would say should he see this picture. Ha ha ha, we were so caught up with having something to prop up the BBQ stove that we forgot plastic melts when heated up!!! A moment from some 27 years ago....



:-D Live worthily!

aaahhhh....

It's been two weeks since the last update, and Deepavali has come and passed.

The school has been busy checking up on the legalities of the fund-raising project and committee. Not as easy as it seems, eh? I am learning patience and keep telling myself the upside is that, when all details are resolved, we will be properly launched and that's good. Can't wait to get the project off and running; hope you feel the same too.

Would you like to do something to help in the meanwhile? Here's what each of us can do:

1. Collect email addresses (active ones, please) of TMGS alumni.
2. Every time, you have 5 or more in hand, forward those addresses to me at sweebin@gmail.com.
3. We will enter these into the TMGS alumni database, which we are building.
4. When the TMGS fund-raising website is launched, all in the database will be informed. This will greatly help the launch. Your help will be much appreciated.
   

:-) Remember to include those Old Girls who are actually men. Yes, they are "Old Girls" because they attended the Treacher Methodist kindy. Tun Ling Liong Sik is one of them -- anybody got his email? A friend met her male cousin recently and they got talking about our school fund-raising, and he proudly identified himself as an "Old Girl." She's getting his email contact.

So, everyone, let's all go a-hunting for now?

There's another thing we can do to make the waiting pleasanter -- share stories!!! Just email me your anecdote plus a picture and we'll put it on the blog. No offensive material, of course.

I'd like to start the ball rolling.

The past week, I was busy doing a Powerpoint presentation to commemorate my mom's 80th birthday. Looked through a whole lot of photos. And, came across this one taken maybe 5 years ago that made me think of the school's presence not only in my life but also my family and my clan's. Lim Kongsi, ha ha ha -- the alumni here spans quite a few years and not all are in this picture.

Treacher Methodist Girls School, hail to thee!

Front row (L-R): Lim Swee Cheng, cousin, class of 1978; Lim Swee Gim, cousin, 1975; Lim Swee Beet, cousin, 1976; Lim Swee Choo, cousin, 1969; Lim Swee Heoh, cousin, 1975; Lim Swee Ean, cousin, 1974; Lim Swee Liew, sister, 1975.

Back row: me (yellow tee); Lim Swee Chin (black tee), sister, 1979; Lim Swee Siang (peach tee), twin sister, 1980.

:-) Hope you enjoy that. Now, a-hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go, hey ho, the merry girls, a-hunting we will go...