Year of '79 Get Together

Greetings, fellow Nutties of the Seventies

The day is finally arriving for us--classmates, teachers and our families-- to re-connect, renew ties, reminisce the past, and reach out to the future.

Information on the Event - refer to the right of blog.


"An idea with the right motivations can move mountains, while an idea with no motivations is wishful thinking", I believe someone wise once said. I am glad that we had the right combination of IDEAS and MOTIVATIONS in Joseph Mathew (aka M..... C..), Arun, Jin Tam, Tong Sang (William), Poh Hong, Kamal, Mohd Ibrahim, Seo Mea (Florence), and Amir to move mountains!

Bt Batok McDonald's was (and still is) the meeting place where over ketchup coated fries, sundaes, and colas we compared notes and mostly laughed about our hair (shades of grey, receding, etc), mid-riff or lack of it, and children, etc. We also took time to "cook up" the grand plan of contact tracing (like during the time of SARS), and nailing down the date of the gathering (taking into account Ramadan, school exams, etc). In between all these, we met with Chiew Lay, Ahmad Taridi, and Hock Hin.


Progress on Contact Tracing

At the start of contact tracing, we managed a credible number in the 20s but hit a stonewall as we exhausted our leads. Enter Pardiv : one fine Saturday morning some 3 weeks ago, Pardiv called me at home and we spoke. Pardiv, as we all should know by now is settled in Toronto with 2 kids. The floodgates opened with new contacts...how Pardiv managed with ALL the new contacts is amazing and we are simply thankful and grateful to him. 3 cheers to the man!!! Further connected breakthroughs came from Ah Soi (Linda) who had been in contact with Loo Eng, Siew Ling, Mui Gek (Maggie) and Siew Lian. As of last evening, we have a credible 34 names on the list. I have attached the list for your reference.

It is still not too late to grow the list so do your part : if you are in contact with someone who is not on the list, please either put them into the contact list or pass it on to me (and I will do the necessary).

Let's keep the dialogue going

I hope to polish up my skills in blogging (this is my FIRST time attempting to set-up a blog) and update it as frequently as possible. On your part, please give advise, post your thoughts, and send in special photos of yourselves during school time and now....its going to be FUN!

You can also pass the photos to myself and I will find a way to get it loaded into the blog.


Organising the School Gathering : What you can do to help

As we need to put a bit more structure around the organising of the school gathering, we are proposing the set-up of working teams (like sub-committees). We promise that the teams will not be overly burdened and should meet for no more than twice before the event (to plan and execute). Let's move mountains...we need volunteers.

The teams would be for :

Food & Beverages : Amir Ahmad and Arun Kottayi
Welcoming Day : Decorating the place, invitations, reception area, etc
Media and Publication : Taking photos, posting into web-sites, maintaining Blog,etc.
Entertainment : 70s, 80s music, etc
Finance : Keeping in check the $$$ for the event


Until then...keep on smiling
Joachim



2 comments were received on this posting as follows: Joachim Quah said...
Got feedback that the cost of the evening is steep at $30 per pax. Any opinion and suggestion? The bulk expenditure should go to food and beverages.

September 3, 2007 7:18 PM
Linda Liaw AS said...
S$30 per pax could be steep for those who wants to bring to spouse/partner.
How about discount for those attending with spouse/partner?? Maybe $50.00
For your planning purposes, I will be attending this function without my family.