Welcome, 2009!

What a fantastic last day of 2008 it was.

Miss Lim called me about 3pm to say that she and Mrs Ng were at the bank to open the dedicated account for the school-alumni fundraising effort. YAY!

If you have been following the progress, this means that we have obtained the fundraising permit from the Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri. Yay again.

On Dec 10 last year, the school met with the Board of Governors to propose the setting up of the school-alumni committee for the restoration of TMGS under the BOG's auspices. This was approved easily. Mrs Polly Tan, the President, also offered to sit in the committee as a Vice-President and serve as a cheque signatory. Yay yet again.

Following this, the school was then able to submit the application to the JPN for the fundraising permit. So, here we are, on the very first day of 2009, the year our dear old school turns 120, with the way opened.

I later received news that the bank account has to wait till tomorrow at least. In their excitement, Mrs Ng and Miss Lim overlooked the need for the official rubber stamp and signatories' specimen signatures. :-) All in good time.

Suet Fun, Chai Lan, Li Yin and I are meeting afterwards (for a homecooked nasi lemak lunch) to finalize the dedicated website. So, watch this space!