Sit and watch the days go by....

FLEETING DAYS ARE RUSHING BY.....
All of us think of time as an inexhaustible commodity. But it is running us by. Just today (a public holiday in Malaysia) I sat at my table and wondered how time has flown by. Then I thought of the memories of days gone by. 52 Mount Kinabalu climbs with so many people - many of whom I have forgotten but who now with the wonderful advancement of the Internet I can get in touch with again.

GREAT MEMORIES THAT MAKES US STRONGThen I thought of the thousands who passed through my life in different places and at different times. Looking back to what we did before and looking back at great memories is what makes us strong. I am also reminded of the song that goes:

A SONG THAT REMINDS US OF DAYS GONE BY....."Once upon a time there was a tavern
where we used to place a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And think of all the great things we would do

Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We sing and dance forever and a day
We live the life we choose
We fight and never lose
For we were young & sure to have our way

Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance you pass again the tavern
We'd look at one another, then we'd say (Those were....)

SO MANY FRIENDS - SOME LIKE PASSING SHIPS ON THE OCEAN
Most of us would have so many friends. For many of us, it would take a long while to recollect all those friends. Do you know today that you can get in touch with all of them so long as they have an email account. What a great way to now rekindle old friendships!

TRY HARD ENOUGH & YOU WILL GET THROUGH TO THEM
If you sat down hard enough, you will recollect thousands of them. Let me give you an example of what I can recollect:

Primary school teachers (Cator Avenue school)
Primary school classmates
Primary school schoolmates
Neighbors in the area of Fair Park where I grew up
Neighbors in Canning Gardens where my God mother's house was
Wolf cub friends (Cator Avenue)
Secondary school teachers (Anderson School)
Secondary school classmates
Secondary school schoolmates
Scout friends of the 8th Ipoh troop where I was Instructor(Anderson school)
Girl guide friends of the 1st Ipoh Company where I was Instructor (Methodist Girls School)
Girl Guide friends of the 8th Ipoh Company where I was Instructor (Ave Maria Convent)
Friends & Teachers from the Methodist Girls school, Ipoh
Friends from the Elim Gospel Hall, Ipoh
Tuition students of mine when I was teaching in Ipoh
Sporting friends from Ipoh (Football, Basketball, Hockey, Badminton, Table-tennis, Athletics, Volleyball, Softball, etc)
Friends from Sitaiwan where I grew up part of the years
Church friends from Penang where I grew up part of the years
Church friends from Taiping where I grew up part of the years
Butterfly collecting friends from Ipoh
Family members from Ipoh
Family members from Penang
Family members from Kuala Lumpur
Family members from Singapore
Univerity coursemates from Universiti Malaya
Billiards partners from Universiti Malaya
Association members from Economics Society, Student Union, etc
Lecturers from Universiti Malaya
Sporting friends from Universiti Malaya
Church friends from Life Chapel, Petaling Jaya
Church friends from Bungsar Gospel Hall, Kuala Lumpur
Hongkong Bank colleagues from all over Malaysian branches

THE LIST WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEXT POSTING AND I WILL SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN FURTHER EXPAND ON IT.....