22: Thomson Sec Sch Alumni celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival

The alumni of Thomson Sec School celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival at a unique location: 500 Thomson Road, the original venue of Thomson Govt Chinese Middle School and Thomson Sec School before the move to Sengkang.
Here are some pictures to highlight the event held on Sat 10 Sep 2011.

21: Return match of 2 TGCMS colleagues

They met again for chess, this time at Woo's place in Island Garden Walk.

20: Two old TGCMS colleagues met for chess

As a follow-up of Posting 18 below, and a chance meeting @ Shunfu Mart one Saturday morning in June, Woo and Ong met for a game of chess on 23 Jun 2011. They played a friendly 3-game match for lunch. Venue: Ong's home @ Jalan Isnin.

19: Met an old Chinese Literature Teacher

Recently, I met an old colleague of Thomson Govt Ch Mid School at Thomson Plaza. She was then (1964) the highest qualified teacher at TGCMS with her MA in Chinese Language. Here's how she looks now, 46 years later.

Here's how she (Mdm Kok Poh Lee) looked in the 1960s:

18: Latest Contact with TGCMS Colleague

The latest contact on-line came from a MyFanBox info email:

And so I looked up the PhoneBook for his telephone number and rang him.
"Hi, Lam Sang. What's this that you are sending me from MyFanBox?" I asked, and we chatted to update our contact channels after so many years.
And here's the class that we taught in Thomson Govt Chinese Middle School:

And here's another:

17: VCD Surfaces an Old TGCMS Colleague

Reflecting on the past, I viewed a VCD of events of 2005, the year when I was involved in RC and CC functions in the Thomson Constituency.And it surfaced a dinner photo at a Grandparents Nite Celebration of Thomson Community Club.

The couple on the left are Mr & Mrs Lim Jit Lit, and that's my wife and me on the right. I almost couldn't remember his name after more than 3 decades, but Jit Lit introduced himself. Then I remembered: he was the Maths Specialist teaching in the Pre-U classes at Thomson Govt Chinese Middle School.
It turned out that his wife was a Line Dancing expert. Yes, we were also learning this recreational skill at the Thomson-Shunfu RC at that time. What a happy coincidence, and a chance to rekindle old ties and friendship.

16: Three Retired Principals

Yes, three retired government school principals met again at a GYM (Glowing Years Ministry) gathering at PMC on 25 Aug 2010. The one in the centre, Bee Young, was a colleague from Thomson Government Chinese Middle School. He also taught English at that time.