* The Singapore Ragin Cajun had a small get together last nite at t.s & michelle's residence.
Attendees were Utah Phang, Sia and Gan, Yen Fong, Boon Lai and Lee San, Yeo, Chiu & KaiPeng and virtual guests Miss Han & Phang from Dallas.
Menu of the nite: Guacamole & Chip, Vietnamese Vermicelli, Redbean & Rice, Chocolate Cake
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 read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you.
The Organizer: Mohamed Zahari Zain of Class90. Inset picture was the smaller version of him taken from 85/86’s L’Acadien!!!
Some old friend recently brought back some fresh Cajun supplies while visiting us from the States. Jambalaya mix; Gumbo mix; Dirty rice and Cajun mixed nuts, yumyum! FYI, you may get frozen crawfish from Ikea food section. Those who crazy about Cajuns’ Popeye Fried Chickens (Crawfish Popcorn and Redbean & Rice not in the menu), you can get it at Terminal One of Changi airport.
jstan@technip.com wrote:
Front: Sec Posypathy Jay Paspupathy; VP Sia Daniel Ling; Pres Tan Hock Soon; Trea Ling Hua Kher;
International Students queueing up at the Campus Church for free turkey lunch on Thanksgiving day.
Another “TaiKo”/ring leader, Yap Siong Choon ( syap@dot.ca.gov ) who used to work as dormitory "jaga" that come with free food and free stay. He was involved in one of the longest marathon courting love affair at USL and had eventually succeeded and married Bee Eng. They have 2 teenage children and currently residing in L.A.
International Student Council - 1984 elected officials from Malaysia are:
Thru’ introduction from the Donut Man Alan Pang (now CPA residing in L.A.) a group of Malaysians started working at the Acadian Bakery on Johnston Street during the Summer of 1983. The pioneer Cajun Pie crew a.k.a “Pie Loh” consists of few local black “kids” and a few Malaysians mostly on either “FaMo” or Solo scholarship. The initial days were fun and I recalled Mok’s one-hand egg cracking skill and dough rolling technique thru his training at home(family was in the “Pao” business in Sugai Buloh) were a jaw dropping eyes opener for the locals and the boss.
We did such an efficient job during the initial months that the owner Bill decided to fire the locals and let us “sub” the whole pie making job. His utilities bill was probably halved since we usually finished the work in half the time taken previously by the locals.
The pie crew’s roles & responsibilities were:
- The mixer: prepare the dough from flour, grease and shortening etc.
- The dough roller: prepare the dough for the pie maker
- The pie maker: making the pie from coconut, fig, apple or pineapple, etc. filling
- The forker: poking holes on the pies so that the pies could breathe in the oven to prevent them from exploding.
- The "general worker" - side kicker with no specific role
The first generation(Ver 1.0) “Pie Loh” :
1. Gan Kim Teck - MIA?
2. Lee Soo On - MIA in NJ or NY?
3. T.S. (Affandi) hantiewsiew@gmail.com - hunting "heads" for a living and 50% goofing off in cyberspace currently residing in the “little red dot” under the "foreign talent scheme". Aspire to be a casino croupier in his next career move.
4. “Forker” Jiunn Tan jstan@technip.com - successful oil and gas engineer residing in a posh mansion in Klang but no where as compare to Istana “Z”
5. Mok KamTsui wun_mok@hotmail.com - software consultant and part time fisherman(leisure) residing in Dallas
6. Small Tham wctham@elken.com.my – graduated with some “laude” pangkat, now CIO residing in KL
7. Big Tham thamkomsan@maybank.com.my - banker in Ipoh
8. Freddie (Chooi Fatt Fook) fchooi@gmail.com – private financier residing in KL
9. "Speedy & longhair" Tiong from Sitiawan - MIA
10… anybody else???
Second Generation(please add on....)
The Oven team?....
This blog dedicated to fellow alumni who once work at the Domino Pizza Chain.
Have you ever try to "recycle" your quarters? It doesn't take us long to figure out which laundromat in town allow us to pull out the inserted quarters(using scotch tape) after the washing started. So is the coke machine....
Halloween party 84
