UL@Lafayette Alumni Reunion - Impiana Hotel, KL

I can’t believe that life has passed us by so fast. How can it be that we left ULL aka USL more than two decades ago? Meeting one another up at this reunion tells us one thing - time flashes by very quickly.

We all have indeed changed and grown (shapes & sizes too!) not to mention that some of us have grey hair, and of course there are some who left with little hair. I speak for the ladies - Thank God, we have hair coloring.

Through this gathering, we sensed a feeling of being connected with one another as we shared a common past where our paths once crossed. We forged new relationship with our university friends whom we have lost touch decades ago.

This reunion provides us an excellent opportunity to network with one another as many of us have branched out working in diversified industries. We are proud of the Raging Cajun spirit in our ULL alumni where many of them are also movers and shakers in their professional fields. We are happy for our alumni’s accomplishments and achievements.

We were evoked with memories we shared during our university days. We reminisced the good old days of studying, cramming for exams, partying, tight budget travels, funny dormitory/apartment tales, part time jobs, project papers, etc, etc. Who can forget the 24-hour Doughnut Shop, which provided us with tasty doughnuts and aromatic coffee to keep us up for the last minute all-night-marathon study? Or can anyone recall the frying salted fish episode in the dormitory and the comments received from other dormitory residents? Umm… quite a tale!

We also noted that there were many ULL alumni couples at the reunion party. Yes, we found our life partners while studying really hard. We exchanged notes about the welfare of our families and that there are quite a number of our kids attending college now.

And to remind us that we have truly Grown Up - no more “play play as in ULL days” - here are the 15 signs (copied & adapted from the internet):

• You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
• 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
• You hear your favorite song on an elevator.
• You watch the Weather Channel.
• You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
• Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up.
• "You're the one calling the police because those damn kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
• You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonalds leftovers.
• Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
• You no longer take naps from noon to 6 PM.
• Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
• A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff.
• "You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
• 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work(betul?).

You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you.

In short, we had so much fun and laughter at this reunion that we want to organize the next reunion soon. Please share your ideas with us so that we can look forward to another reunion party to be remembered for.

So, please spread the word around, member-get-member, start your recruitment process NOW!

by Tsui Ling