Kong Ho

I bumped into Kong Ho and his better half today 17 May by chance @ Sri Petaling.I could not resist asking for a photo op!

Dinner @ Bangsar 15 April 2009

Bangsar 饮饮杀杀（食食）

Two Puffin' Billies

讲故事的时候了！


One for the memory

Boon Chee seems to say " Smile, you're on candid camera"?
Does Shen look like a certain religious person?

Sam Tet Old Hecks With The FAB 3?

我们的诗人李江湖

我们的诗人与家人

李江湖得却是能“缘”能咏能饮

（Ａｓ for a lot of us we do not expect ourselves to hold such a high standard of Chinese!)


Yok Seng,

well......夕阳无限好........只是近黄昏
50 years is approaching.............55 years old is a an official time for retirement.....but definately i can't cos still alot of commitments.................. What i can do now is for every challenges encoutered...think positive.....feel optimistic.....be courageous.....act proactive....山重水复疑无路，柳暗花明又一村...

Fook Kheong told me he had practiced this 30 years ago..........

KH


This time our "Chan Seng" has not come to my rescue, so i have to turn to
the "net" for SOS.......

◎ 干戈 gāngē

[weapons of war;] 干与戈,古代常用兵器。比喻战争

能执干戈以卫社稷。——《礼记·檀弓》

辛苦遭逢起一经,干戈寥落四周星。——宋· 文天祥《过零丁洋》

化干戈为玉帛。

邦分崩离析而不能守也,而谋动干戈于邦内,吾恐季孙之忧,不在 颛臾,而在萧墙之内也。

KH


Kai Chee,

I remember it is the other way round!!!

Anyway, 沧海一声笑 Ha......ha.........ha.........一笑泯恩仇.........

KH



Kin Fong,
any prize for the 1st to response upon your request?

Regards.

Kong Ho

琵琶行 白居易

潯陽江頭夜送客 楓葉荻花秋瑟瑟 主人下馬客在船 舉酒欲飲無管弦

醉不成歡慘將別 別時茫茫江浸月 忽聞水上琵琶聲 主人忘歸客不發

尋聲暗問彈者誰 琵琶聲停欲語遲 移船相近邀相見 添酒回燈重開宴

千呼萬喚始出來 猶抱琵琶半遮面 轉軸撥弦三兩聲 未成曲調先有情

弦弦掩抑聲聲思 似訴生平不得志 低眉信手續續彈 說盡心中無限事

輕攏慢撚抹復挑 初為霓裳後六么 大弦嘈嘈如急雨 小弦切切如私語

嘈嘈切切錯雜彈 大珠小珠落玉盤 閒關鶯語花底滑 幽咽流景水下灘

水泉冷澀弦凝絕 凝絕不通聲漸歇 別有幽愁暗恨生 此時無聲勝有聲

銀瓶乍破水漿迸 鐵騎突出刀鎗鳴 曲終收撥當心畫 四弦一聲如裂帛

東船西舫悄無言 惟見江心秋月白 沈吟放撥插弦中 整頓衣裳起斂容

自言本是京城女 家在蝦蟆陵下住 十三學得琵琶成 名屬教坊第一部

曲罷常教善才服 妝成每被秋娘妒 五陵年少爭纏頭 一曲紅綃不知數

鈿頭銀篦擊節碎 血色羅裙翻酒污 今年歡笑復明年 秋月春風等閒度

弟走從軍阿姨死 暮去朝來顏色故 門前冷落車馬稀 老大嫁作商人婦

商人重利輕別離 前月浮梁買茶去 去來江口守空船 繞船明月江水寒

夜深忽夢少年事 夢啼妝淚紅闌干 我聞琵琶已歎息 又聞此語重唧唧

同是天涯淪落人 相逢何必曾相識 我從去年辭帝京 謫居臥病潯陽城

潯陽地僻無音樂 終歲不聞絲竹聲 往近湓城地底濕 黃蘆苦竹繞宅生

其間日暮聞何物 杜鵑啼血猿哀鳴 春江花朝秋月夜 往往取酒還獨傾

豈無山歌與村笛 嘔啞嘲晰難為聽 今夜聞君琵琶語 如聽仙樂耳暫明

莫辭更坐彈一曲 為君翻作琵琶行 感我此言良久立 卻坐促弦弦轉急

淒淒不似向前聲 滿座重聞皆掩泣 座中泣下誰最多 江州司馬青衫濕


Yok Seng,

Copy & Paste again in response to your query.......

令狐冲..吃....清蒸金凤 + 四大天王 + 咖哩山猪肉 + 清蒸lala ...喝 GUINESS STOUT 后高歌...笑傲江...那些都不是我的大作.....我只会投机取巧....cut & paste....

KH

And Another Reunion Meeting @ Crocodile Farm Restaurant Subang Jaya .....

This time in Subang Jaya on 6 Feb 2009.....

Boon Chee, Kong Ho, Fook Kheong and SP

In the evening of Friday Feb 6 I met up with Boon Chee, Kong Ho and Fook Kheong @ Crocodile Farm Restaurant in Subang Jaya for a "KL Sam Tet reunion dinner". I put this in inverted commas because it was hardly a well-attended dinner. Nonetheless it was a reunion dinner all right. It has been 30 years since I last met these former classmates and it was sure good to meet over cold beers and a sumptuous meal. These guys were great because they especially set up the reunion knowing I was in KL. Thanks Boon Chee, Kong Ho and Fook Kheong. We also made tentative arrangements to meet more fellow classmates on the 2oth Feb.

P/S: I did not say it at the time, but these guys can drink!

Reunion Dinner Ipoh Friday Night 20 Feb 2009

Venue of the dinner : Oversea Restaurant 海外天 Ipoh

Tonight we met as a group for our 2009 Ipoh Reunion and some R&R. Some had more R&R than others! I will leave it to you to make the interpretations! Suffice to say many of us had not met for the past 30 years and so the scenes at the Reunion were a bit emotionally charged at times.

Ng Tuck Weng, Au Chee Keong, Yok Seng, Jeffrey Ong, Kong Jai (Yee Hong)

" Hey Big Tauke Ong, what important point are you making and gesturing? "

Teoh Seng Kian, Seong Pin, Weng Wah, Hock Choong, Tuck Weng, Chee Keong

" Yeah, yeah. yeah; we get your point Tauke Ong "

Seong Pin, Kong Ho 江胡，Tong Leong, Seng Kian
" We meant Peace To Tong Leong "

Yok Seng was the organiser of the 2009 Reunion event, and he did a splendid job. We awarded him THE BEST ORGANISER OF THE YEAR award because we did not have any other yardstick to base our judgment on. Albeit, we were "generally" happy that he was competent and I would say no one would object if we re-nominated him for the organising committee chairman's job for 2010! I think in coming days YS would send some suggestions to the Group as to the 2010 venue and perhaps even associated activities.....

Sneak previews for the 2010 Reunion:

Date: Before 16 Feb 2010 （年初二）

Venue: Pangkor Island

Psst! I didn't tell you this secret!

Pre-dinner drinks (beer only) were available at the Excelsior Hotel's Karaoke Fun Pub (the live band only started strumming and singing at 8pm, by which time we were trooping out to the restaurant for our dinner) for early birds. Dinner started at 8pm at the Oversea Restaurant opposite the hotel. We were seated in 2 tables, and were offered sumptuous food. Many were more impressed with the array of whiskey available (12 years, 15 years, black, green blue etc)than the food and promptly dived for the booze than the food! The whiskey lubricated those present and it was not necessary at all for those present to have to break the ice. Such was the power of the liquid.

It was note worthy to state that all present were merry and unpretentious. There was no barrier, we did not have our guards up and enjoyed each others' company and were happy to renew friendships. We were transported back in spirit to when we were boys in school uniforms once more that night ....

Tuck Weng, Chee Keong, Yok Seng, Jeffrey Ong, Kong Jai, Kong Jai's you-know-who, Siew Fook Kheong, Seong Pin

" Hey Tauke Ong, how many times do we have to hear from you? "

Tuck Weng, Chee Keong, Yok Seng, Kong Jai, Kong Jai's you-know-who, Fook Kheong, Yee Wah, Tuck Ming, Boon Chee

" Yok Seng: What the @#$%^?

Fook Kheong: There we go again ... "

Tuck Ming: I am putting my foot down! Oops I can't see my feet! "

At some point the dinner party reached its crescendo and I felt my ear drums were doing their maximum workload trying to cope with the din and voices (read noise). It was truly difficult to want to make a conversation, let alone be heard in this boisterous crowd! Such was the dBA (Noise level) and gaiety that was present at this reunion. I cannot begin to imagine if we put these 17 people in a board room meeting and ask them to express themselves, can you?

I can say on behalf of those present that were were happy to be in each others' company that night. It was quite touching and out-of-this-world. Are all reunions dinners like The One we just had?

After dinner we adjourned for karaoke at a nearby joint. Tuck Ming left after the dinner (his wife rang, apparently; or was I mistaken?). The guys who came from KL for this occasion (Seng Kian, Boon Chee, Kong Ho, Fook Kheong, Au Chee Keong, Kong Jai & partner, Weng Wah) gladly submitted themselves to this activity and we marched to this KOK. I mean we did not want to be seen as anti social or "weak" did we?! (In retrospect, Tuck Ming's wife probably did him a great favour ..... )

Mummy 7 was promptly summoned by you-know-who to his presence and pretty young things from one neighbouring super power country (some 6 hours away) were paraded in front of eager customers. Not all were weak-kneed but some were happy that the girls were there to provide some help with their singing or just for their company. Singing and chatting continued until just past mid night. We parted company and bid farewell. Some of us went for tauge chicken, chicken feet and hor fun at Oon Kee. Kee Mun and I left at 1.00am and hoped that the rest of you got home safe and sound with some fond memories created and stirred, ready for the big one next year.

Best regards, SP

P/S This is my brief summary of our reunion dinner for 2009. E&EO. I cannot guarantee clarity and correctness of information presented here as I might still be trying to recover from the said activities the night before! I welcome you to add your comments and new posts to this brief. If you are busy like some of us believed you were (but you read this blog as you do other Google group mails) then I hope you can at least get your secretary to send in some comments or posts on your behalf; after dictating to her your view of course! Cheers and many thanks for your company and friendship!