Datuk Lim Chow Beng

Congratulations, Lim Chow Beng! Our former school mate has been awarded the prestigious "Datuk" title on the occasion of the Melaka Governor's birthday (8th Oct 2011).

Chow Beng is the Pengarah for the Melaka State Tourism Dept. He is seen here in the Melaka Botanical Garden with a tourist - photo taken from Net.

Those were the days when this large boy was seen zooming around on his small Suzuki cub, sometimes with the big Chanthiran on pillion. Those Suzuki's in those days were built tough to take this kind of punishment!

MHS 185th Anniversary - Teja and Mahinder Singh

Teja Singh (2nd left), our ex-History teacher in Form One to Three, no longer remembers me but recalls Rajendra (extreme right) as the son of lawyer Devadason. On Teja's left is Mahinder Singh, who I was told was the tennis teacher during our time.

See the difference between the top photo and the bottom one? The bottom one is taken with a HTC phone, the top with a Blackberry phone. HTC wins hands down! But HTC Windows 7 phone features sucks big time! Yeah, I know, it's my phone ...

MHS 185th Anniversary - Renganathan (Bahasa Malaysia)

Mr Renganathan, our former Bahasa Malaysia teacher in Form 4 and 5, is very much a smaller man these days. Rajendra kept telling him to eat more. "Renga", as we fondly calls him, is still very active giving BM tuition. He was also part of the organizing committee for the MHS 185th Anniversary. Many do not know that he was an ex-MHS student as well.

See the difference between the top photo and the bottom one? They were both taken by my HTC Windows 7 phone. But the photo at the top sucks big time because it was not taken by me. Morale of the story: If you want a good photo, take it yourself! Other people may mean well by helping to take photos of you, but they will surely screw up your photo! :P

MHS 185th Anniversary - Ms Teo (Add Maths)

Ms Teo still looks the same 30 years after we left Form 5. She was our Add Maths teacher, and retired in 2009. Ms Teo, pictured here with Chanthiran, is now very much into Chinese calligraphy. She was talking to us about right and left brain balancing, and she seems to have it right with Maths (left brain) and art (right brain). Thanks to you, Ms Teo, for helping me get a Pass 7 in Add Maths. Nearly flunked as couldn't understand all the gobbledeegook!

MHS 185th Anniversary - Mrs Ho (Biology Form 5)

Still remember her? Us boys had the hots for her when our hormones were still raging. Mrs Ho, who taught us Biology in Form 5, is still a striking lady. Rajendra Devadason told her openly that us boys all had a crush on her back then. To which she blushed ...

Mrs Ho is pictured here with Chanthiran, at the MHS 185th Anniversary at Equatorial Hotel Melaka, Sept 25th 2011. If you look closely at Chanthiran's right shoulder, you will see Teja Singh in the background

And that's me with Mrs Ho. In the background on Mrs Ho's right is Ms Teo, our Add Maths teacher.

The other lady teacher who I was hoping to meet was Mrs Gan, our Chemistry teacher. But alas, she was nowhere to be found on that night. Anybody know what happened to her?

MHS 185th Anniversary - Mr Kumaradas

He may look smaller and nicer, but the memories of Mr Kumaradas while we were in school brought back fearful feelings. Close to our 50's, we still had to go to the toilet before meeting him, just to avoid pissing in our pants! Mr Kumaradas, our former disciplinary teacher, has mellowed over the years, and was nice enough to invite us to visit him when we are next in Melaka.