Feeling Nostalgic?

Henry Yew will now bring you back to moments quite sometime ago, at no particular order:

Class of 3A10 Year 2003 (St. Michael's Institution) - I was seated, most right. (Picture courtesy of Nor Nafis Shazwih - captured by Rev. Bro. Matthew Bay)

Class of 1A10 Year 2001 (St. Michael's Institution - picture courtesy of Mr. Peter Khiew)

Class of 5Sc1 Year 2005 Farewell Party (and also a birthday-cum-retirement party for Mr. Louis Rozario Doss) - Hillciti Hotel Ipoh (picture courtesy of Wong Sen Loong)

Class of 5Sc1 Year 2005 Farewell Party - Hillciti Hotel Ipoh (picture courtesy of Wong Sen Loong)

Class of 5Sc1 Year 2005 Farewell Party - Hillciti Hotel Ipoh (picture courtesy of Wong Sen Loong)

Class of 5Sc1 Year 2005 Farewell Party - Hillciti Hotel Ipoh (picture courtesy of Wong Sen Loong)

Teachers for the class of 5Sc1 Year 2005 Farewell Party - Hillciti Hotel Ipoh (picture courtesy of Wong Sen Loong)

Freshie's Talent Nite January 2006 - Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (picture courtesy of Nguyen Thi Minh Anh)

Health, Safety and Environment Public Speaking January 2008 - Amphitheatre of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

Canning Garden Methodist Kindergarten Year 1993

Graduation and Dean's List Award ceremony for Foundation Studies January and July 2006 semesters - Chancellor Hall of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

Rector's Cup Debates Year 2007

National University of Singapore Arts Festival, March 2008

National University of Singapore Arts Festival, March 2008

Class of Primary 2 Hijau of SK St. Michael 2 Year 1996 - Assembly grounds of the old primary school, now demolished

What do you think?

Times have really changed over so many years. We have all grown from something to another, from nobody to somebody. We start to create a niche for our own in this society which initially knew nothing about us. But as we continue living and working with people of various backgrounds, we build our network extensively. We move on from one phase of life into another, and in the process of moving into a new phase of life, people come and people go. Sometimes this process of growing up (and growing old) is a bitter moment for quite a few of us; some would say that it brings them much joy and happiness.

Yet, when we look back into our earlier years, we marvel at how much we have changed over the years, how much our impression of people have changed, how best friends suddenly no longer become so intimate anymore, and how our enemies during our earlier years become friends whom we can call for a drink and talk. In the process of growing up, unfortunately, we have also moved from Ali, Ah Chong and Gopal into just Chong, Tan and Wong; Ali, Abu and Ahmad; Gopal, Muthu and Krishnasamy.

Nevertheless, these are memories well worth keeping.