25 years of NOMIS

Eng Soon and Lilian, Ted, myself and Saw See, Jeffrey

It was never intended to be a Silver Jubilee luncheon at Hai Nan Town Restaurant today but as Teoh Eng Soon and Ted Targosz pointed out, it has been 25 years since we all got to know one another as the Northern Malaysia Internet User Group or formed the Northern Malaysia Internet Society (NOMIS).  We were among the pioneers in using the Internet 25 years ago. (Read about our challenges and how we first got together in 1994 here.)

Two weeks back, I had called Eng Soon, Ted and Jeffrey Chew to arms at this get-together luncheon since the last time that we had come together was 10 years ago at my retirement from JobStreet.com. So we arranged to meet up at the Hai Nan Town. Bumped into the boss of this joint who was incidentally a former colleague from my Ban Hin Lee Bank days.

And we spent the next hour-and-a-half jawing away about the good old days, and promising to meet again whenever we can. There'll also be a whatsapp group to keep the original NOMIS members connected, as soon as we can track more of them down!

The four of us in 2009

The four of us in 2019