Even I was far far away, I could tell from LJ’s voice that he was in very low spirit, in despair, completely different from the LJ that I had known for so many years.
When we talked about the DVD, he said it was something that we were not able to help you.
Even though at that time his sudden decision had the KH7883 world talking, he only defended his decision in ONE word. There were no finger pointing and point scoring.
When I put down the phone, tears welled in my eyes.
As low spirit and as despair as he was, he was still thinking of helping you.
Though I was not LJ, I could feel those words hurt, but he just suffered in silence.
SH,i know how u feel. I felt the same too.I can feel LJ's passion and pain at the same time. I really dont know how best or what i can do as a small individual to help, but one thing i know for sure is that i am trying my very very best to keep the passion going, striving not to let the flame die off, even there's little spark, i believe it will still warm all our hearts.I felt "lonely" & "stupid" sometime and kept asking "why are we doing this? why must i go thru this?" It's the spirit of KH7883 that make me stay alive till now. Visit this home more often and chat more with your old and new found friends. Regards.
SH, Really nice to see you dropping by, hope you would keep coming back. Whatever happened on that unforgettable tuesday morning was history, it was an old episode closed in bitter-sweet memory. What LJ had done in the past was truly hard to emulate, we (3 butlers) are not going to do what LJ had done to the blog, because it is not possible to handle it alone liked what LJ did. We practically just try to keep it alive, the spirit of KH7883 is not only a mouth-talk but it has to be realised and flourished. But then this blog doesn't belong to 3 butlers, it has to be fed by all members, its survival is on all KH7883 members' hands, not ours. Honestly, we have no ideas how long this blog could survive, afterall as mentioned by someone, "after reunion then what?" To me, this blog once established, it is not only meant for the reunion, it has become the public asset for all the members, so it is the responsiblities of all members to treasure it and not to abandon it. Reunion was definitely not the end, it is just a beginning!
I have finished watching the 1st half of the 2 hr DVD, since 12.05am till now, my tears has never stopped.....my husband said I xiao liao, he thought i was crying over Korea drama, he will never be able to understand. That's the 2nd time i cried in a week. I cried when i was watching a movie entitled " bucket list" on my way from HK last Sun. It was about 2 dying men met at hospital, planning of things to do before they kicked their bucket.Simple things like just: laugh until u cry, kiss the most beautiful girl, go to places they never been....It's not the glamour things they do but it's the little little simple things that we take for granted yet never try to do, till when we realise, may be it's a bit too late. If i know I won't live long, i will start doing my bucket list now. I don't know when is my last day, but one thing i know it's 珍 惜 眼 箭 人.......
Thanks CS, aiya, 1st time learning type in Chinese. I am still strugling.
I have send out 30 sms on 5th July dinner & premiere show, so far only 5 has replied with good reasons that they couldn't come. Don't know the other 20 over, are they all coming(sience is consent?)/don't know how to reply sms/haven't pay phone bill yet/still doing rain check on 5th/or still haven't found good reason to come or NOT to come yet.....
From the English comments here, I gather something happened 2make LJ feel what he felt.. And, frankly, I really do NOT know what it was... :(
As regards the kh7883 Reunion, I can say for sure (and ALL teachers who were present can vouch for that, too!) that it was a truly ambitious, gigantic & noble project by all involved...which finally turned out 2b the MOST SUCCESSFUL event ever organised by any group of former SMKH students!! And any such formidable undertaking can only be achieved by very capable leadership! NO doubt abt that!
So, pls do NEVER lose heart or spirit just becoz of an incident or two...cos it's the majority & the FULL picture that matters!
So, LJ, if you do read this, do keep yr spirits up & hv faith cos what kh7883 Reunion had achieved is a great invaluable chapter in the history of SMKH students & their achievements!!
KUDOS 2each & every1 who had played, even the smallest part, in bringing abt the success of the event..& esp so to those w/o whose leadership kh7883 would never have been brought to life!
Thanks Mr TL Tan & SH,i have been trying my best and will do my very very best to keep KH7883 alive. At time i also feel like quiting, ppl dont respond to my sms, some don't even wanna take my call,some are sceptical on my motive when i call just to say HI,some are accusing me of taking this opportunity to show off & gain popularity & benefiting my own financial interest,....... I believe LJ has gone thru all these, and even more.... I guess i am still here and still struggle to do it, just becoz i may have "thicker skin" than others, but dont forget, i am also just a normal human like u guys,underneath the thick skin i also have a heart, and it hearts..........
Just feel so touched to see how supportive you are. As far as this blog is concerned, I take great joy to manage it on behalf of the members, but then again, we need input from the members to keep this blog kicking and alive, as you can see that it is even more difficult to maintain this blog now after the completion of the reunion. But to me, it has become more important than ever to maintain this blog, this is the reason why we insisted on reviving it although it had been terminated by LJ. The bottom line is we need members' collective support, without it this blog won't be able to go a long way.
Dear Sabrina & Chye Seng (& all others who do pop in & happen 2read this...),
You guys are doing a very noble task, believe me! The only (& I feel, the best) reward is yr own personal satisfaction, achievement & happy feeling! In providing a place for all kh7883 & other former SMKH ppl to go2 4info & a little friendship...friendship that resulted from the years yu all spent together as school/classmates.
Just take a moment to think...if not for all the efforts & sacrifices that so many of you (organisers & participants alike) had put in, kh7883 Reunion would NEVER had taken place!! All of you would NEVER had the opportunity 2meet & spend some time together at all! That time you all spent together would forever be etched into yr memory for life! Such an occasion would most probably NEVER ever happen again...
So, what you guys hv done and are still doing, IS INVALUABLE!! It cannot be measured in any way...
So, NEVER lose heart, ok?
Sincerely, TL Tan
ps. I will continue 2drop in regularly...reading "whatever I can read"...hehe...
Mr TL Tan,Thanks for your encouragement. I am ok, i guess i just have to learn when to attach, how to detach...u are right, it's a no thank u job thus i just have to keep reminding myself to be selfless and do it full heartedly and unconditionally. I can't please everybody and samething i should also don't expect anybody to please me. Even my heart is hurt sometimes, but don't worry, i am not losing heart yet, my heart is still here.Always.
Dear Jimmy,i really appreciate SH Ooi encouregement. To me,that's already a big contribution. Contribution may not have to come from hard labour work, simple things like drop a few lines on comment is indeed a big booster for all of us .I don't expect everybody to be a great writer, but at least let us feel your presence here is of great support, to me and to the team. Thanks & welcome for more frequent chat. Cheers.
I was swimming very hard in the deep sea in order not to sink.
Who are you Jimmy? Do you have a Chinese name? Are you a member of KH7883? If not, are you a junior or a senior? What is your given name(s)? What is your surname?
SH Ooi, Is it matter who I am? I don't know who you are also. I am Jimmy Chu from Biru, I didn't join the reunion because I didn't qualify to form 4. I left Keat Hwa after SRP. Jimmy
To Jimmy & SH Ooi...& all kh7883 & other SMKH ppl...
At this stage in my life, I've been able 2C many things that happen in LIFE so much more clearer...a bit too late in certain aspects... :(
But for you guys, it's NOT too late...I sincerely hope so...
For one, academic qualification is NOT a measurement of one's success in Life. I hv met former students who, similarly like Jimmy, left after F3. They hv been successful in their own ways...made a life for themselves. Many hv become successful biznes ppl & NONE that I've met or heard abt, hv done badly in whatever they finally found a calling. Thank God 4what we hv rather than not what we cannot hv. Let's not look back but move forward...we cannot change the past but we can make our future a better & happier one, right?
Life is like a rollercoaster ride. There will always be UPs & DOWNs. No one's life is perfect wan. (Mine included.) If we look around us & look hard enough, we will see that we are NO different from others. Enjoy the happy moments cos they will give us the energy & push to overcome any bad moments till the next happy moment comes along...
Good & happy moments shared will mean Happiness shared is Happiness multiplied! And sad moments or problems shared will make them so much lighter & easier to bear & overcome.
Do take a step backwards and look at ourselves in the mirror...Look deep & we will find that it's really NOT worth being angry at anything or anybody. And the faster we get over those feelings, the faster we will get to enjoy the really SHORT life we have on this Earth...in this world!!
May God bless & keep you all safe & happy...
Sincerely, TL Tan
ps. My mother used to tell me, "My son, lang lang chiuk tua nia tua ti chit leh seh kai..." (in Hokkien) Literal translation : "We only borrow to stay in this world..."
Agreed? Frankly we do not know when we came into this world and we will not know when we leave it, too!!
32 comments:
来了! 陪惜梅姐姐从香港'坐'飞机回来的片段来到我们的家了!不敢怠慢,马上搬出来'秀'给大家感动一番.
~俊之
爲什麽我只看到一片空白?
this short video clip is realy excelent, i m so touching especially now i m alone in thailand.
this short video clip is realy excelent, i m so touching especially now i m alone in thailand.
Jack,
Well, at least whenever you are on a job outside Malaysia, KH7883 members & the blog will be there to accompany you.
POH
谢谢立人的苦心, 谢谢锦历的用心, 没有你们就没有这个影片.
财盛
KL,
Three days after LJ closed the blog I rang him.
Even I was far far away, I could tell from LJ’s voice that he was in very low spirit, in despair, completely different from the LJ that I had known for so many years.
When we talked about the DVD, he said it was something that we were not able to help you.
Even though at that time his sudden decision had the KH7883 world talking, he only defended his decision in ONE word. There were no finger pointing and point scoring.
When I put down the phone, tears welled in my eyes.
As low spirit and as despair as he was, he was still thinking of helping you.
Though I was not LJ, I could feel those words hurt, but he just suffered in silence.
SH Ooi
SH,i know how u feel. I felt the same too.I can feel LJ's passion and pain at the same time. I really dont know how best or what i can do as a small individual to help, but one thing i know for sure is that i am trying my very very best to keep the passion going, striving not to let the flame die off, even there's little spark, i believe it will still warm all our hearts.I felt "lonely" & "stupid" sometime and kept asking "why are we doing this? why must i go thru this?" It's the spirit of KH7883 that make me stay alive till now.
Visit this home more often and chat more with your old and new found friends.
Regards.
Sabrina
Jack, u are not alone. We are with you.
Sabrina
SH,
Really nice to see you dropping by, hope you would keep coming back.
Whatever happened on that unforgettable tuesday morning was history, it was an old episode closed in bitter-sweet memory.
What LJ had done in the past was truly hard to emulate, we (3 butlers) are not going to do what LJ had done to the blog, because it is not possible to handle it alone liked what LJ did.
We practically just try to keep it alive, the spirit of KH7883 is not only a mouth-talk but it has to be realised and flourished.
But then this blog doesn't belong to 3 butlers, it has to be fed by all members, its survival is on all KH7883 members' hands, not ours.
Honestly, we have no ideas how long this blog could survive, afterall as mentioned by someone, "after reunion then what?"
To me, this blog once established, it is not only meant for the reunion, it has become the public asset for all the members, so it is the responsiblities of all members to treasure it and not to abandon it.
Reunion was definitely not the end, it is just a beginning!
Chye Seng
I have finished watching the 1st half of the 2 hr DVD, since 12.05am till now, my tears has never stopped.....my husband said I xiao liao, he thought i was crying over Korea drama, he will never be able to understand. That's the 2nd time i cried in a week. I cried when i was watching a movie entitled " bucket list" on my way from HK last Sun. It was about 2 dying men met at hospital, planning of things to do before they kicked their bucket.Simple things like just: laugh until u cry, kiss the most beautiful girl, go to places they never been....It's not the glamour things they do but it's the little little simple things that we take for granted yet never try to do, till when we realise, may be it's a bit too late.
If i know I won't live long, i will start doing my bucket list now. I don't know when is my last day, but one thing i know it's 珍 惜 眼 箭 人.......
Sabrina
Sab,
是“眼前人”不是“眼箭人”。
anyway, most of us won't treasure what they have until they lose it.
maybe we have to play "missing game" again for this blog!?
chye seng
Thanks CS, aiya, 1st time learning type in Chinese. I am still strugling.
I have send out 30 sms on 5th July dinner & premiere show, so far only 5 has replied with good reasons that they couldn't come. Don't know the other 20 over, are they all coming(sience is consent?)/don't know how to reply sms/haven't pay phone bill yet/still doing rain check on 5th/or still haven't found good reason to come or NOT to come yet.....
Sabrina
SH,
LJ is one of the toughest man I've ever seen.
KL
Hi...
From the English comments here, I gather something happened 2make LJ feel what he felt.. And, frankly, I really do NOT know what it was... :(
As regards the kh7883 Reunion, I can say for sure (and ALL teachers who were present can vouch for that, too!) that it was a truly ambitious, gigantic & noble project by all involved...which finally turned out 2b the MOST SUCCESSFUL event ever organised by any group of former SMKH students!! And any such formidable undertaking can only be achieved by very capable leadership! NO doubt abt that!
So, pls do NEVER lose heart or spirit just becoz of an incident or two...cos it's the majority & the FULL picture that matters!
So, LJ, if you do read this, do keep yr spirits up & hv faith cos what kh7883 Reunion had achieved is a great invaluable chapter in the history of SMKH students & their achievements!!
KUDOS 2each & every1 who had played, even the smallest part, in bringing abt the success of the event..& esp so to those w/o whose leadership kh7883 would never have been brought to life!
Stay UNITED...as Friends in LIFE...
Sincerely,
TL Tan
Sabrina,
I saw what you have done for KH7883. Thank you very much.
SH Ooi
Sabrina,
Keep the spirit and passion going, for KH7883!
SH Ooi
Thanks Mr TL Tan & SH,i have been trying my best and will do my very very best to keep KH7883 alive. At time i also feel like quiting, ppl dont respond to my sms, some don't even wanna take my call,some are sceptical on my motive when i call just to say HI,some are accusing me of taking this opportunity to show off & gain popularity & benefiting my own financial interest,....... I believe LJ has gone thru all these, and even more....
I guess i am still here and still struggle to do it, just becoz i may have "thicker skin" than others, but dont forget, i am also just a normal human like u guys,underneath the thick skin i also have a heart, and it hearts..........
Sabrina
Dear Teacher TL Tan:
Just feel so touched to see how supportive you are. As far as this blog is concerned, I take great joy to manage it on behalf of the members, but then again, we need input from the members to keep this blog kicking and alive, as you can see that it is even more difficult to maintain this blog now after the completion of the reunion. But to me, it has become more important than ever to maintain this blog, this is the reason why we insisted on reviving it although it had been terminated by LJ.
The bottom line is we need members' collective support, without it this blog won't be able to go a long way.
chye seng
Dear Sabrina & Chye Seng (& all others who do pop in & happen 2read this...),
You guys are doing a very noble task, believe me! The only (& I feel, the best) reward is yr own personal satisfaction, achievement & happy feeling! In providing a place for all kh7883 & other former SMKH ppl to go2 4info & a little friendship...friendship that resulted from the years yu all spent together as school/classmates.
Just take a moment to think...if not for all the efforts & sacrifices that so many of you (organisers & participants alike) had put in, kh7883 Reunion would NEVER had taken place!! All of you would NEVER had the opportunity 2meet & spend some time together at all! That time you all spent together would forever be etched into yr memory for life! Such an occasion would most probably NEVER ever happen again...
So, what you guys hv done and are still doing, IS INVALUABLE!! It cannot be measured in any way...
So, NEVER lose heart, ok?
Sincerely,
TL Tan
ps. I will continue 2drop in regularly...reading "whatever I can read"...hehe...
Sabrina,
I feel yours and LJ's pain. Emotions play a big part in our wellbeing.
SH Ooi
SH Ooi,
whoever you are, don't just talk! where are you when everybody was working very hard to make the reunion and this blog successed?
jimmy
Mr TL Tan,Thanks for your encouragement. I am ok, i guess i just have to learn when to attach, how to detach...u are right, it's a no thank u job thus i just have to keep reminding myself to be selfless and do it full heartedly and unconditionally. I can't please everybody and samething i should also don't expect anybody to please me. Even my heart is hurt sometimes, but don't worry, i am not losing heart yet, my heart is still here.Always.
Sabrina
Dear Jimmy,i really appreciate SH Ooi encouregement. To me,that's already a big contribution. Contribution may not have to come from hard labour work, simple things like drop a few lines on comment is indeed a big booster for all of us .I don't expect everybody to be a great writer, but at least let us feel your presence here is of great support, to me and to the team. Thanks & welcome for more frequent chat.
Cheers.
Sabrina
Jimmy,
I was swimming very hard in the deep sea in order not to sink.
Who are you Jimmy? Do you have a Chinese name? Are you a member of KH7883? If not, are you a junior or a senior? What is your given name(s)? What is your surname?
SH Ooi
SH Ooi,
Is it matter who I am? I don't know who you are also. I am Jimmy Chu from Biru, I didn't join the reunion because I didn't qualify to form 4. I left Keat Hwa after SRP.
Jimmy
dear Jimmy:
you are actually qualified to attend the reunion as you stayed in SMKH until Form 3. anyway, wish that you would support this blog as a KH7883 member!
dear SH Ooi:
we appreciate your moral support all this while to visit the "home" and greets us frequently, it makes all of us feel the effort worthwhile!
chye seng
To Jimmy & SH Ooi...& all kh7883 & other SMKH ppl...
At this stage in my life, I've been able 2C many things that happen in LIFE so much more clearer...a bit too late in certain aspects... :(
But for you guys, it's NOT too late...I sincerely hope so...
For one, academic qualification is NOT a measurement of one's success in Life. I hv met former students who, similarly like Jimmy, left after F3. They hv been successful in their own ways...made a life for themselves. Many hv become successful biznes ppl & NONE that I've met or heard abt, hv done badly in whatever they finally found a calling. Thank God 4what we hv rather than not what we cannot hv. Let's not look back but move forward...we cannot change the past but we can make our future a better & happier one, right?
Life is like a rollercoaster ride. There will always be UPs & DOWNs. No one's life is perfect wan. (Mine included.) If we look around us & look hard enough, we will see that we are NO different from others. Enjoy the happy moments cos they will give us the energy & push to overcome any bad moments till the next happy moment comes along...
Good & happy moments shared will mean Happiness shared is Happiness multiplied! And sad moments or problems shared will make them so much lighter & easier to bear & overcome.
Do take a step backwards and look at ourselves in the mirror...Look deep & we will find that it's really NOT worth being angry at anything or anybody. And the faster we get over those feelings, the faster we will get to enjoy the really SHORT life we have on this Earth...in this world!!
May God bless & keep you all safe & happy...
Sincerely,
TL Tan
ps. My mother used to tell me, "My son, lang lang chiuk tua nia tua ti chit leh seh kai..." (in Hokkien)
Literal translation : "We only borrow to stay in this world..."
Agreed? Frankly we do not know when we came into this world and we will not know when we leave it, too!!
Dear Teacher TL Tan:
Thank for your wise words, we truly appreciate your expression of wisdom.
Thank again.
chye seng
Dear Teacher TL Tan,
Thanks for your words of wisdom.
Jimmy,
Relax. Take a deep breath.
Always keep Teacher TL Tan’s words in mind.
SH Ooi
Dear Mr. TL Tan,
You are always my teacher, both in school and life. I am doing fine in my life, a contractor with wife and two lovely kids. Thanks.
SH Ooi,
Nice to meet you here.
Jimmy
Jimmy,
Nice to meet you too.
SH Ooi
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