Koh Boon Chai

Tan Too Ngee (Steven) was my neighbour in Tan Tun Dr Ismail and his contact number should be 03-21015173 or 75 (Arab-Malaysian Securities). I only have his old name card so guess he is still there! Chong Lee Fatt will know him?

Lau Bee Har, Janet

Hi Fred, I was wrecking my brains trying to fathom who is who with all these abbreviated email addresses. I am not going incognito as Janet but over here, to ask them to pronounce Chinese names was a big chore when we arrive 18+ years ago. Yes it has been that long ago. Now with many added lines to the forehead, greying hair and receding hairlines, and kids in tow, we are all finally trying to catch up.... thanks to email and obviously, we need one enthusiastic person to get the ball rolling.

Chong Chen Fah, Fred

Yo, ChungAik, Swee Chong still your "good friend"? Care to get him to join this list? You still play table tennis? for those not in the know, CA's a tt "terror" those days) Ah, well, I suppose motorbiking's a lot more exciting than pingpong, ya? In contact with the rest of the old tt/pp kaki? We're waiting for Yeu Siang (another great tt player) to check-in here. Where's Too Ngee? Wonder if his must-be-very-old-by-now tt table's still around...

HSM Yahoogroup

Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the hsm7476 group:

Are you coming for the CNY 2007 gathering of Young@Heart 50-year olds? Eligibility : Any one (but if you were formerly from High School Muar, that would be a bonus)
Date : 1st evening of CNY 2007 (18th Feb, Sunday, 8.30 pm onwards)
Place : Some where in Muar
Who to bring : wives and husbands (one each please)
What to bring : big smile, spare change $$$ (mandarin oranges for good luck)
What to wear : sexy school shorts (no tie please)

o YES, I AM COMING!
o Yes, but I need to visit the gym first
o Yes, because my old flame will be there
o Yes, because Leng Chan got me drunk last year
o Yes, because I also a datuk now like Datuk Teng CP
o Yes, because I want to tell some dirty jokes
o Yes, my wife/husband wants to meet the rascals I keep telling him/her about
o Yes, because the bully will not be there
o Yes, I miss my friends
o errr ... see lah!

To vote, please visit the following web page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hsm7476/surveys?id=2429091

Koh Boon Chai

I am sure many more will attend, so e-mail and Yahoo group networking may not be working very well unfortunately...........better trust the old way of calling them up, or using smoke signal? I am sure people like Chan Guan, Meng Hui, Simon Tay, Edward (or Yeo Eng, another one from Negeri Cina like yours truly!!) etc etc etc (remember Yul Bryner??) will be showing up. We sure need some diversity here (I mean gender) so would request Teck Lee to help (he has his way to persuade the ladies !!) or it may well be a boring night, and that will make my trip all the way from Shanghai a big disappointment!!

Eng Nam Heng

Hi Chung Aik, We were in the same class.I am the tall but quiet guy who come from 'Suan Teng' by motor bike. I was quiet then because I could not speak in English. Actaully I was very good in Hokkien but not allowed to speak in school. I have missed the last gathering and trying to make it this time. Any recommendation which hotel should I stay?

Thomas Koh

Its great reading all the e mails thats coming in.In case you guys have forgotten me I'm the guy in photo IMG 0014 from last years reunion. I am afraid that I cant attend this years reunion as I have to be in KL. where I have been residing for the last 25 years. If ever you guys are in town please look me up. Big thanks to Teck Lee, Wai Lim and Lik Meng who are the 3 main organisers of this annual gathering. BTW anyone remember my class in Form 5?

Willcan Loh

Chung Aik, Great to hear from you. Sorry for replying this manner as I need to take care when using my office e mail. Saw your photo and hey you are still recognisable In other words you still look good. Memories of the old days....true...lucky to be alive and how competetive we could get turning friends into headons...just because we try to beat each other by 1 mph. I gave up biking when I fell down infront of my office with my missus who just recovered from a broken ankle....that was it and it turned into a kitchen cabinet...good turnover to a new leaf!!Anyway whatever past is still a good memory and it is really great to hear from you. Now we appreciate one another..after a long long miss and think how those times of our friendship were "wasted" then. Thanks for your invite

Quay Leng Neo

Lik Meng, I think you must be mistaken or i was not aware of, ha,ha. I am no more a Miss Quay but a Mdm Quay, my daughter is already 25 years old this year. I am the one staying in Jaln Sulaiman , short distance from the temple, the house with a big compound. I think i quite remember you, a small size boy, a prefect right?

Chong Cheng Fah, Fred

Great to hear from you, Willcan! Yes, it's been a real long time, no? Yes, I remember teh-chang-kong. Taught us Physics (or was it Maths?) in 5G. He used to make me run round the school (caught me dozing off, lah - what else?) and I'd go gallivanting and take a long time coming back... He later changed his strategy (gave up?) and would tell me: "You, ah, always either sleeping or making ahellofa noise. I rather you sleep, lah!"

Willcan Loh

Been a loooong while since hearing from you lot. Not anybody's fault I suppose, just getting old and sinister lah..as usual. Looking at the photos...hmm, many have taken a beating. I can only recognise a few remnants. Maybe we all need a facelift and a tummy tucker, a good hairdo will also do, before we meet again so as to regain our "former glory" and not surprise each other so much....

Anyway, since the vivid memories of our past days have been aroused, wonder where is our niceteee maths teacher "teh chiang kong" ie if you had belonged to our infamous class Form 4b. Hope he's ok since the last I met & knew, that he was selling photostat machines..ie apart from sending our dear monitor to dancing class on saturdays...for always combing his hair and once, locking all the doors!!

Matthew Foo

Good to "hear" from one and all. Looks like the CNY festive is gathering speed. I am still alive and kicking though I did had a close shave a few years back. Won't be able to make it to the CNY gathering as I am in Melbourne (Australia) unless there is a rich kind soul out there who is willing to sponsor my airfare. CNY over here is a low key event though it is starting to pick up with more chinese families here. Met Lik Meng and Boon Hock in early 2001 when I was visiting Penang. I think I did see Kok Hua, Mike Chiang and Sonny then too.

Chan Swee Hong

Hi, Not too sure what's happening here but as directed, I hereby submit the fact that I am very much alive & kicking. Hey, it's kind of nice to read those mails that came by for the last few days on the CNY gathering. Just imagine we were all abt 19 when we left HSM and now at 50, we are still going at each other like the good old days.

Many thanks to Teck Lee & Swee Hock. I salute you guys for taking the initiatives to start "something" which by now had "rekindled" so many good old memories.......... It would have been better if someone could garner more participation from the ladies of Form Six years. We certainly do not wish for each year's gathering to be something of an "Old Boys Gathering" with a few ladies present, do we? How could we try to get more interest from the ladies. Sorry, couldn't help much in this area as I have lost contacts with the few ladies I once knew in what was known as "Bio-Maths classes???"

Huh, CCF, I do remember this chap. I doubt if he could figure out who I am....but one thing for sure, he is much taller than I am and invariably it should apply to Lik Meng!!!

Lee Lik Meng

Dear Fred Chong, My humble and profuse apologies. Yah, those MIW (Men In White) do look really intimidating .. I again humbly apologise on behalf of all the MIW for all those gangster-like behaviour - not that I was intimating at all given my skinny built and short stature - ask the ladies!.

Hi, Miss Quay - are you the cute one which all the boys in double-maths had a crush on? Ah, I do remember you, vivid as if it was yesterday. Sorry, Fred ... my brains seems to have better recall for visuals of the ladies. And that includes Ann Swee too - another one of those who broke quite a few hearts.

Koh Boon Chai

Thanks Fred, I will be there on 18th evening and thanks for arranging nasi lemak and roti canai (at least the thought is there, never mind the food as I should be watching the bulge!) Fred, can you send your best looking pic to Lik Meng? Remember a picture paints a thousand words, and despite the fine description by Teck Lee, I don't think it was helpful to Lik Meng!! See you all in Muar!!

Chong Chen Fah, Fred

Well done, Sonny! You had always had a perceptive eye and great wisdom - even from more than 32 years ago! And you're right, of course. The real bullies (check out my accompanying photo) are those who guard the gate and make us push our bicycles (motocycles for the richer ones). Used to shiver when the likes of Lik Meng, Boon Chai, Yeu Siang, Mathew Foo, etc, came to Form 4G/5G on their rounds to secure business for the specially appointed school barber for the day! ;-) [Thankfully, there's Wah Kiow(Dave?) our class monitor - when we see he's had a haircut, chances are the bullies (oops, pengawas) are coming...]

Oh, and LikMeng would have probably gotten better protection from the girls of LSAB(75) - remember all the male school teachers couldn't beat them at tug-of-war during orientation week?

Chong Chen Fah

Okay, folks, looks like our get-together is on! Sunday, 18 Feb 2007 (first day of CNY) from 8.30pm onwards. Venue to be confirmed by SweeHock

To facilitate arrangements, may I (on behalf of the organisers) request each of you on this list to kindly indicate if you'll be able to attend. Soonest, please?
Also, if you have the email/phone contacts of other hsmers(74/76), please add them to this list and invite them to join the get-together.

I understand BoonChai's prepared to fly in all the way from Shanghai to join us. And I was prepared to "tar-pow" for him the best nasi lemak and roti canai in town to secure his presence... But alas, my first-day-of-CNY's traditionally spent with in-laws in Singapore - so I can't be in Muar, lor! :-( Erhh, can someone (YongHuat? TeckLee?) promise to pay BC his "appearance fee"?? ;-)

Oops, sorrylah, LikMeng (your mail just came in), if it sounded like an order, which it's not - I said please, mah! Haiyoh... I'm no "orderer" lah, just the orderly. Not the tallest handsomest guy, the "Kepala" around here, you know the one with the "(Head)" behind his name?

Ng Teck Lee

Dear Professor Lee, You are only half right....yes Fred was the ladies' man alright, probably only Boon Chai had that Charisma those day. On the other hand that uncle Teck Lee was already behaving like uncle during his teens.....though I was tall but not handsome ...no lady threw a second look....

Fred was not small size....he was kind of very looking guy that impressed many ladies.....I was impressed by his eloquent debating skill and command of English.....as a China Apek....I was embarrassed...

Choo Wai Lim

Sorry Lik Meng, Chen Fah's far taller than you. He was born with good bony structure, good body weight (don't know now), posseses pleasant character and with his gift of the gap, i guess the ladies were rather attracted to him.

Yap, Chen Fah was pushy; accosted the smaller size ones such as me; Btw, Lik Meng the prefect was rather a bully too; the one standing at the entrance and taking down names of those late comers. Yah, we saw your activities from the 1st floor classroom; and you were standing next to Liew Na Na and Gan Kim Mei for added protection!!

To all, please note that your responses/messages to this yahoogroup will be archived into our HSM Blog. Do visit http://highschoolmuar.blogspot.com for photos, messages and coming events.

Lee Lik Meng

Dear Chong, I am trying reach deep into the recesses of my dead (or retired) grey cells to stimulate a visual image of this character who goes by the name of CCF and claims to be a ladies-man back in '76.

The visual is greyish and much faded but all I seems to be able to see is a bully ordering smaller people (that includes me) to do this and that ... like park your bicycle here, don't stay in the class during recess, and REPLY TO THIS EMAIL NOW. If there was anyone who had ladies following them around it was probably UNCLE Teck Lee and UNCLE Chan Guan ... the tallest handsomest guys around, right? You are the short skinny guy (like me), right?

As for the CNY gathering, I think Swee Hong's idea is good. Why not just make it a drinks and snacks only type of gathering instead of dinner and make it 9.00 pm so that we can all have dinner with the extended family and come in to chit-chat (and find out who has grown shorter, more handsome, or still alive)?

The photos which I took last CNY were all transported to Wai Lim via Pos Laju last year.

Oh, I AM still alive!

Ng Teck Lee

Fred Chong,you obviously are still young....young at heart at least, see the kind of cyber language you used. Those younger days you used strong English But now you use cyber languages that I have to read twice before getting the real meaning...u r great!! Anyway, thank you for having volunteered to update the contact list via Yahoo which I am still trying to familiarize.

Ng Teck Lee

After discussing with Swee Hock ,we decided to adopt what Goh suggested. There would be no dinner, just drinks. All are requested to chip in whatever amount they feel comfortable. Swee Hock would arrange for a comfortable place, maybe Tanjong Club or any lounge where we can meet and chat. That simple...all welcome...all races.. as states by C.Lim. Will keep you updated who are coming as we go along....

Chong Chen Fah, Fred

I've taken the liberty of "harvesting" all email addresses from the messages you all forwarded me, and from the HSM blog. And have come up with a list of 45, as per attached. Will shortly set up a private mailing list, courtesy of yahoogroups. It's a free service -- erhh, not exactly free since we'll have to put up with an ad here and there, but I doubt we'd mind? Thereafter, we'll need to send email to a single yahoogroups addie, and every subscribed member will get a copy. Details to follow. Watch this space....

Chong Chen Fah, Fred

Note: If you have a similar photo but with higher resolution, pls contact me

Chong Chen Fah, Fred

Wow, Yong Huat, what a way to introduce me to the group ;-) Erhh, I think more than a few guys must have been a bit envious those days -- I leading a bevy of 13 beauties all over the school, looking for an empty classroom (or lab or whatever) for English! Ahh, those were the days, And you and WaiLim deserted me, leh!

Goh Yong Huat

To Mike Chang; Alan Choy; Pls liaise with Daniel Lau Peng Nam and see if he can make it as well. Had not seen him for quite sometime. I was told by Alan Choy that the Head Mistress of High School Muar is keen to have some details of the Old Boys of the school, so Alan, the ball is at your feet. To those who have contacts of other "long lost friends" of ours, pls contact and inform them as well. "Lost Friends would include who I can recall : Tan Ng Kwang, Tan Jun Kwang, Chong Cheng Fah, Wilcan Loh, Onn Chin Tin, Low Ah Hock, Low Lian Hock, Poh Boon Teng, Eng Nam Heng, Ng Ing Ling, Chua Wei Kei, Tee Tong Leng & Tee Ah Tee

Chan Swee Hong

Yong Huat's idea is brilliant. Will be kind of easy for guys who are hardly back in Muar, to spend more time with their loved ones but could still pop by any time after 8.30pm to meet up with old friends. Speaking for myself, perhaps!!! But I will be there. Best Wishes for the New Year. p.s. Hi Boon Chai, have copied you in since I didn't see your name in the list. Wonder why they have conveniently left you out

Goh Yong Huat

Well, Guess Teck Lee was right ! The FLOOD must have dampened the spirit, but the BOAR should fatten us up, with all the "sui" pouring down ...plenty of water. Anyway, we can have it on a smaller scale, less work for the organisers. Proposed we allocate a gathering time, say 1st day of CNY, 8.30pm onwards, at the lounge at Pelangi Hotel, as it is centrally located, and easy for all the "outstation" guests to find. Count me in! "Gong Xi Fa Cai @ Kong Hee Huat Chai"

Ng Teck Lee

Time to Gong Xi Fa Cai again.....are you still there. Swee Hock and Yong Huat called me few days ago and ask whether we should have a get together this year.Well, maybe the excitement is not the same as last year......but I hope the Johor flood has not dampen the spirit. Please reply so that I can measure the "spirit" before we decide whether to have a get together. FYI, there is still some small balance left with Swee Hock ....whatever it is hope to see you during CNY

Footnote from blog controller: Teck Lee and Swee Hock organised the first ever gathering of exHSM students of 1974 to 1976. It was held in Muar on 29 Jan 2006 and close to 60 fellows attended. Out of the whole lot, only two were ladies