On our way back from KL, we dropped by to see an ex-classmate of mine who was back earlier from Perth, sadly for his father's funeral. His trip was delayed because of red tape over his medical condition which required a doctor's certification before he could board the flight.
Besides being an old boy, he used to be a teacher in his alma mater and has quite a number of ex-students who still keep in touch with him. One of them informed him about the OBA Golden Jubilee Dinner on October 30 and asked if his name could be used as a Book Prize! I was surprised at the table prices: Rm800, Rm3,000 and Rm5,000! It seems his ex-students of year 1974 have booked 5 tables. His ex-students include Tan Sri Leong Hoy Kum of Mah Sing group.
I am not sure if he was serious when he said he won't be attending! The timing was right for him to meet his former school mates, his former students as well as former colleagues.
I was told the forthcoming event was posted in Facebook and mentioned in the Malay Mail too:
MBS Sentul OBA is on Facebook
Malay Mail: Golden Jubilee of Sentul MBS' old boys
Just added to this post:
Old Boy, Tan Sri Azman Hashim's contribution:
In case there are those really uninformed, he is synonymous to Arab Malaysian Bank, a bank he founded and for a short while, sole owner until it was properly re-structured. Please correct me if I am wrong.MBS OBA Website:
It would be nice to have names of all the school captains since 1948. At the moment, there are no details in the website. Unavailable from its own or school records? A list of Presidents of OBA and school principals would be appreciated too.
As in other associations, there is a tendency towards highlighting highly successful ex-students, which would infer or reflect unfavourably on the lesser known ones (though no less successful but could be publicity shy by choice, or successful in other ways if only based on different criteria). What comes to mind is when we compliment a lady among others, it would make them uncomfortable, wouldn't it?
To give a chance to others who are not so successful in terms of material wealth, positions or fame, it would be nice to encourage ex-students to write about their memorable times in school; about any principal, teacher or schoolmate who made a deep impression on them; about their present career, business or just about anything.
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