A great get-together yesterday with friends from the Class of 71/73. They were one year my junior at Penang Free School. I was in Form Five in 1970; these fellas were in Form Five in 1971. However, we could be all of the same age. I’m not too sure about Boon Thai, Eng Hong or Hong Pun, but I do know Charn Hong and I were both born in 1954. In fact, we were even in the same Standard One class at Westlands School—until we went our separate ways a year later. Reconnecting much later in our adult lives had been a real source of satisfaction for me.
Eng Hong and I used to live on Seang Tek Road—on opposite sides, but practically diagonally across from each other. Strangely enough, we only got to know each other properly when we joined Ban Hin Lee Bank in the late 1970s. He was working as an internal auditor then. As for Boon Thai, I only got to know him last year, and Hong Pun just this year.
We had lunch together at the OFA Restaurant, and then went upstairs to the Library for some discussions on an upcoming project. All in all, a very meaningful afternoon—with friends bound by time, school and now, a shared journey ahead.
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