Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Old Photos





Dear Folks,

I just received by mail from Mr. Ma two printed photoes with uncountable value, one showing all our innocent faces paying absolute attention & concentration during class and the other disclosing our talents & creativity in playing Beatles during the graduation ceremony. How treasurable are these photoes ! I scanned them and attached here for all folks to enjoy.

Mr. Ma , many thanks for your good efforts in keeping these photoes and if possible, please email your scanned photoes to us because the quality must be better than mine. If you have more, we will be keen to receive them. They are all our precious childhood memories !

Nice to learn that you guys had a happy & exciting majong game afterwards. I am tempted to join next time but I must sharpen my skill first or I will be a big fish stomach.

Cheers
Tin Sung

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Thank you Ma Sir. The pictures are so lovely and certainly bring back a lot of good memory to all of us. Better still can someone identify all the folks in the pictures?Once again, Ma Sir thank you very much for being so caring and keeping these pictures in such a good condition.With warmesr regards,

Ka Koo

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Nainai,

May I recall your memory, these pictures were taken before our graduation, one was the singing show which four guys pretended Beatles, the other was taken in the classroom of 6A, can identify of Kan Chun Hung, Kan Pik Ha, Suen Pak Ping, Wong Hoi Ping, Chung So Chau, Au Fun Kai, Li Lung sang, Tse Wai Lai, Lau Kwok Chung??, Lee Ka Cheung, Chan Chung Shun, Lee Man Wan, Poon Fook Hei and Yuen Hong.

Kai Ming

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Dear Tin Sung And All,

I think Tomson had done a great job in producing the 2 scanned pictures. To me they look almost as good as the originals.

The reason I sent Tomson the pictures by post is that I couldn't get them sent out to him by scanning. After many attempts too. This is due to my scanning technique is rusty. A shame.

I managed to dig up another picture at Tomson's request, which I think is closely related to the classroom picture with Cheng Kai Ming (Kwong) and June Kan obviously sitting in front. This picture seems to be able to explain 2 things :

1. Stanley's query - Class 5A or 6A ?
2. Did I teach you maths in English ?

I expect Tomson would be able to receive this picture by post by this Fri. After he put it on the computer, I'll then follow up the elaboration.

The original of these 3 pictures are with me now. They can be scanned and put on the computer by 1 of the following 2 ways :

1. I bring them to Tomson in the next gathering ( sending them over by post is a little risky, as Tomson put it they are precious ); or

2. before that, if Tomson or others drive this way (Sai Kung ) they can pick them up at my home ( ).

Very glad to know you like the pictures. I like them very much too, and the kids that come with the pictures. That's why I still have them after about 10 home moves over these years.

Cheers.

Ma Kai Woon

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Lunch at Sai Kung and Visit to Mr. Ma's House, Oct 28, 2007











Dear TPS folks,

We have had again a wonderful gathering yesterday in Sai Kung and enjoyed a delicious seafood lunch. As usual, our drinkeat expert, Stephen selected the best menu which nobody could challenge. Coupled with three bottles of top class wine brought by him, the meal was indeed a crusine which nobody should miss.
This time, we had the honour of Mr.Ma to join us and he shared most of his valuable impression on each of us dated back 1964. It was most encouraging to learn from him that the operation in his eyes some months ago turned out a big success and most eye-sight recovered; we all feel relieved.
Following the good practice in our last gathering, Woon Yee brought along her graduation memory book to share with us. We all found it so treasurable and memorable; just some simple & innocent words on the book mean a lot of deep friendship. It is amazing that some classmates still keep these memory books and hope to see another volunteer in our next gathering. Stephen promised to scan them and put on our blog.
After the good meal, Mr.Ma invited us to his home and what a big honour for us! Perhaps this was the first time that Mr Ma 's home was intruded by so many guests and Mrs Ma was so kind & nice to welcome us; we deeply appreciated her great hospitality. After the visit to Mr Ma 's apartment and seeing all sorts of great works invented & done by Mr Ma himself on its decoration, we all felt ashamed that our energy & creativity level were by far lower. better catch up folks!

Attached some pictures taken during our lunch and in Mr. Ma 's apartment; please enjoy.

Kind regards
Tin Sung

Monday, September 24, 2007

Pak Suen on 歷史的山路

Dear Mr. Ma and all,

Tang Wing On writes very well and needless to say, it represents the feeling of all of us. However, he did miss one point, that you were also good looking, that may be something that you hadn't teach us then - how to make sincere compliment. You might have been inexperienced but you have the heart, that is most important for the children. I sincerely could not find any bad influence you had in us in those days. You didn't spank those naughty boys even when they were so annoying!

I don't remember you taught us mathematics - the exponential and power? Nai Nai, do you remember that? May be that is why I'm good in mathematics, after all. You did not teach us Chinese, Tang Wang On writes so well in Chinese. You taught us English, we all communicate in English now.

Thanks and Salute.
Pak Suen

尋人

下列同學曾於1960至1964年間就讀香港新界大埔官立小學,如有連絡資料,請電郵﹕tps[at]drinkeat.com

鍾譚芳, 黎碧玉, 古敬華, 方兆麟, 溫玉蘭, 黃開平, 廖浩波, 李長有, 董潔文。譚美梨, Rosita Tam, 黃瑋, Grace Wong, 郭傑華, 簡耀雄, 簡振雄, 張嘉猶, 李萬雲, 陳火貴, 許玉華, 鍾素秋, 鍾隸湘, 連潤妹,蔡梅.

Mr. Ma on 老文件

Stephen,

How nice of you ! Very nostalgic for me too.

The report reminded me that Nai Nai was our top boy at the time. Quite an achievement. I'm quite sure then I had never been cross with him. A belated congradulation, Nai Nai, if you do not remember having heard this from me at the time.

Also the report allowed me to see my old time signature or rather initial of KW Ma , which I keep using until now.

As for the year 1960 shown in your admission card. By then I was studying in the 2nd yr of Northcote Training College. Still a care free young student. Don't know yet that fate would arrange for us to meet and leave heart warming things to talk about till these days.

Thanks.

Ma Kai Woon

Mr. Ma on 歷史的山路

Dear All,

Thank you Stephen Tang, Tomson Chow, Au Wing Yee and Ralph Lam. I'm very much flattered by your kind comments on my performance as a teacher. Those words keep me happy for days.

And your mentioning only the goodies and forgetting the unhappiness that I as a young and inexperienced teacher at the time might have caused you is especially appreciated. I know that I could have done MUCH better.

I count myself as very fortunate to have crossed path with you all, as said by writer Lung Ying Toi in her article which Pak Suen had so kindly circulated on the computer to share with us. And I feel my life richer with you all as friends.

To Stephen Tang : About your complaint of poor maths. Just to let you know that I'm weak in maths too. So unable to study to become an engineer like Nai Nai did. I therefore can assure you that I' hadn't done you injustice in those days. May be, unfortunately, just bad influence.

Ma Kai Woon

老照片



I scanned the photo Ka Lui gave me during the dinner. I think this is Shatin area with Yuen Chau Kok at the cost line and Ma On Shan at the far background. The train was heading for Taipo. Kai Ming should be able to identify the location.


-Stephen



Yes Stephen has pointed out the correct position, except the goods train was proceeded to Kowloon. At that time no one to complain the black smoke problem. Look at the paddy fields have been based for modern buildings with high population. This photo should be taken from the old Shatin hotel which attracted some Stars like Chan Po Chu and Lui Kei to take their tea time. Thank Ka Lui and Stephen to recall our memory.


-Kai Ming

Monday, September 17, 2007

入學試准考證(鄧永安)

Who could have known that this little piece of paper, dated July 26, 1960, would mean so much?
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成績表及畢業證書 (謝懷禮)



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Message from Tomson re 歷史的山路

Dear Ma Sir ,

Wing On 's email mesage reviewed only not his feeling and certainly all of us have the same from the bottom of our hearts. You are indeed a dearest teacher and one of the best friends of ours. No one would deny that it 's been our most treasure to have met you in this life and enjoyed the first part of our life journey under your extreme care & most dedicated nourishment. The strong fundamentals laid down by you in no doubt contribute substantially to our well being in the rest of our life. I blame myself for not being able to type Chinese because Chinese is much more expressive in this regard. Anyway, Wing On has done a great job in expressing our sincere respect & appreciation to you with his high level Chinese. Also thanks Pak Ping for sharing this good piece of article which has motivated our passion.

Have a nice day
Tin Sung

歷史的山路

馬老師

這陣子事情繁忙,未有適時回應你的電郵。鄒天送寄上的謝咭是我們憑紙表心意,而照片就好作留念。

人生的山路上,行人熙來攘往,擦身而過的不知凡幾,能在我們心中留下深刻烙印的又有幾人?無論在小學、中學或大學,芸芸師長中,又有幾位會私下帶領我們到郊外遠足,替我們拍照和安排沖曬?紅梅谷已無處尋找,但黑白照上仍留存著當日情懷。又有那幾位會利用會考後畢業前的空檔,額外教授我們英語拼音,為升中做更好準備?

遠足、照片和拼音只是一些例子﹔你對我們的支持和關懷,會詺記於心。

剛巧孫北平轉過來龍應台的一篇文章,對其中幾句有些感觸:

“我們這一代人,錯錯落落走在歷史的山路上,前後拉得很長。同齡人推推擠擠走在一塊,或相濡以沫,或怒目相視。年長一點的默默走在前頭,或遲疑徘徊,或漠然而果決。前後雖隔數里,聲氣婉轉相通,我們是同一條路上的同代人。”

你和我們前後雖隔十二年,聲氣婉轉相通,能與你 (和各同學)在同一條路上同行,當是我的福份。

祝安康!

又﹕很快天涼好箇秋,假日西貢海鮮午餐?


鄧永安

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Message from Mr. Ma

Dear All,

Got the card and 5 photos on your recent activities from Tin Sung.

I thank Tin Sung, Wing On, See Chun, Kwun Lap, Chau Tan, Wai Lai, Koon Tai, Ka Cheung, Pik Ha, Ka Lui, Woon Yee, and Tan Chi who signed the card and said nice words in the card. And especially to Tin Sung who had to arrange for the card and photos to be sent to me by post.

Also I would like to thank Pik Ha who made a point of mentioning me in her recent mail of 3 Sept sent from Canada to her Hong Kong schoolmates. I must say I'm very glad that I'd taken those black and white schoolday photos to catch the moments of your childhhood days.

Just wish to take this opportunity to thank Wing On who had arranged for me to be included in this mailing list thus enabling me to share your communications and the fun.

It really feels good to be able to maintain contact with you all and talk to you like this after so many years.

In 1964 I was about double your age at 24. Still a young and inexperienced teacher. By now I'm aged 67 and living a simple retirement life.

Ma Kai Woon

Message from Pik Ha

Dear All,

I am just back in Toronto and have gone through the mails and photos. Thanks so much for your hospitality and the joyful evening full of laughters and treasurable memories. Our childhood mischief and fun were never-
ending tales told a hundred times, each time with some fragments added to the big picture.

Thanks to Tomson's sweet remarks on us girls, which are always pleasant to the ears. But I must admit we do have traces of the years on the face. Fortunately we have exchanged youth with lots of life experience and
perhaps a little more wisdom.

I had the chance of talking to Mr Ma on the phone one evening. He sounded great, with clear voice and his usual gentle caring tone. He leads a very healthy life style and swims everyday and walks with Mrs Ma in the
more spacious neighbourhood in Sai Kung. I thanked him for taking the black and white photos for us in TPS.

To Nainai: I went to City Hall, but found out the tickets for all the shows of "For You are with Me 1/4 Centuary" were sold out. Anyway I read the book some years ago. The characters were in our class/year. Also I am happy
to be able to dig out my TPS P6 certificate but regretfully not the memory book like yours which is so valueable after 1/2 a centuary!

Thanks to Ka Liu, Won Yee and Chau Don and others who travelled a long way from NT to TST for the evening. For those I missed this visit, I look forward to seeing you next time. While in HK I was lucky to have many
good days with clear blue sky and bright moon up there over Victoria Habour...


My best wishes
Pik Ha

Monday, August 27, 2007

Dinner at Serenade Resturant on Aug 26, 2007






(Photo 1, Tang Chi, lost and found, left; Pik Ha, guest of the evening, right; Ka Lui and her husband at the centre. Photo 2, Group photo during the dinner. Photo 3, Group photo after the dinner with Victoia Harbour in the background.)

Dear TPS Folks ,

Again, we had an enjoyable evening yesterday at Serenade Resturant, Tsimshatsui and thanks to Stephen's good arrangement plus his excellent wine sponsor.

It's great to see Pik Ha as young as teenage girl and time did not leave any traces on her face; retired life in Canada must have been a wise choice. While we found it a pity that she gave up her doctor profession a bit too early, she has in fact passed on the great mission to her younger daughter who will start studying medical in HKU soon. What an excellent delegation from a management perspective! Another big success this time was the re-union of Tang Chi to our camp and we all gave great credits to the blog which Stephen had created. We are looking forward to recovering the contact to more missing brothers & sisters !

It was also nice to have Won Yee & Chau Dan joining us this time and they all looked pretty & young as before; really no clues that half a century has gone! Ka Lui remained a big supporter to TPS gathering that she brought not only her better-half but also some old books & pictures for sharing. The climax of the evening was from Nainai who circulated his TPS result reports plus the memory book on which all classmates wrote encouraging words before leaving TPS in 1964. It was a wonderful memory on how we did it in those days and it was great to find how creative we were in dreaming up funny words to differentiate from each others; they were all big treasures and should be kept in museum. At the same time, Nainai brought our focus again to the lasting forever poem written by Lin Yun Mui to Koon Tai expressing the parting pains & the lingering passions. All of us regarded the poem a great masterpiece in the 60's! Stephen will put it on the blog to share with you later.

I attached two photoes of the gathering and you will find more pictures on the blog later. By the way, we are organizing a 5 days trip to Huang Shan China mid Oct to achieve another breakthrough re-union in the spectacular high mountains. Hope to see more TPS folks joining the coming big event..

Have a nice day
Tin Sung

尋人

下列同學曾於1960至1964年間就讀香港新界大埔官立小學,如有連絡資料,請電郵﹕tps[at]drinkeat.com

譚美梨, Rosita Tam, 黃瑋, Grace Wong, 郭傑華, 簡耀雄, 簡振雄, 張嘉猶, 李萬雲, 陳火貴, 許玉華, 鍾素秋, 鍾隸湘, 連潤妹, 鍾譚芳, 黎碧玉, 古敬華, 方兆麟, 溫玉蘭, 黃開平, 廖浩波, 李長有, 董潔文。

(Good news: we found Tang Chi and Tang Kwok Wah and this list is shortened by 2 names.)

Friday, August 10, 2007

July 27, 2007 Gathering (Raymond's message with more photos)





























It was an emotional gathering so soon after Lee Lung San's funeral. It's so nice to meet so many friends again,especially the girls (Mak Siu Ling, Yuen Hong (black pearl), Yeung Ka Lui) whom I meet for the very first time in 40 years, also our honourable chairman Kai Ming who took time off from his busy schedule to attend our gathering.

Thanks to Nainai and our drinkeat expert On Chai to make the gathering possible, and the wine provided by On Chai made it a night to remember. ( I think we had a bottle of wine for each dish) My special thanks to everyone attending for contribute for my free dinner, (for those of you living aboard ( Joe take note), you only have to make your way to Hk, there is no need to worry about paying) Thanks also to Ka Koo and Timothy who gave me a lift home that night, (they must be worried that I might got lost)
Some of the photos were taken by two very professional young ladies (Su Wah's beautiful daughters)

regards
Raymond

Thursday, August 02, 2007

July 27, 2007 Gathering (the Grand Finale)


July 27, 2007 Gathering (more photos)

































































July 27, 2007 Gathering

Dear TPS Folks ,

We did have a very good time in our gathering last Saturaday despite the hot summer day. The horrible climate heat could never be the hurdles blocking our desire for re-union. There were a high number of 16 classmates & familiy members joining the event and most rewading of all, we had four pretty ladies sharing the funs & daugthers together.

We started with our tour to TPS and most lucky this time, we were able to get into the school premises. The 6A classroom, headmaster's office, rear gardens, the long corridor & staircase, the " little eat " outlet, the assembly hall where I performed Beatles' song (P.S. I love you) together with Funkai, Timothy & Mak Hong Sing during graduation ceremony day..............all these put us back to our innocent & treasurable childhood; we were all obsessed & drown in sweet memory recall. The much stronger red cotton tree and the not much changed setting in Chun Fai Yuen further added to our nostalgic fantasy.

The summer breeze together with a spectacular view of Pak Sin Ling and Plover Cove during sunset welcomed us to San Mun Tsai seafod resturant where we enjoyed the delicious menu organized by our drinkeat expert Stephen ( On Chai ). The food was wonderful and the wine excellent--- they were sponsored by Stephen as usual. It was great that Connie ( Yuen Hong ) and Mak Siu Ling joined us this time and we gave them an important mission of pushing more female classmates to attend our activities. We have great confidence that they will achieve the mission. Connie, with tons of sweetness at heart, was busy to share with us the wedding photoes of her beloved daugther; what an admirable mother ! The dinner was ended with a special desert, home grown Dragon Eye fruits brought by Ka Lui; they were indeed very very delicious. We all wanted to eat more and she promised to let us to pick them freely at her garden but sorry, next summer. Better wait, folks !


Our gathering was extremely enjoyable and I am sure those who did not join would miss it. No problem, the coming one is on Aug 26 and please mark your diary. Remember, your participation will always make a difference ! Please enjoy the attached pictures of our gathering last Saturaday.

Kind regards
Tomson








Lee Lung San 4

Hi Pak,

Time goes fast and our old machine releases problems till it stops someday sometime? Li and Yeung ka Lui both lived around Nam Hang, Li Man Wan lived at Tai Po Kau, So Li and Yeung may be a good friend at that time, Yuen we called her Black Pearl unfortunately no boys discovered her advantage. No doubt, we did a lot of ridiculous things when we were young and it is a good topic can be talked within thousand years. Wish all of us will be lived happier in the rest of our life! When shall we have a friendly badminton match?

Kai Ming

Lee Lung San 3

The name of the boy is Kwok Kam Hung , Ah Ngo. They both live in Nam Hang, Fung Yuen, we went there to pick all kind of fruit in the summer.

Lung Tsai was caught and detained by OLD FIREWOOD in Taipo Railway Station for shooting Lightbulbs at the KCR lamp post.

Nainai

Lee Lung San 2

Pak Suen

Yes, that was the Lung Tsai you vividly described. He lived in Nam Hang and used to go to school with another classmate whose name I forgot.

What I still remember was the incident in which he was detained by the supervisor of the Tai Po train station. Jumping on and off of the slow-moving train leaving the station was an exciting and fun activity before our tutorial class. He was caught once and was tied to the chair in the station office as a kind of punishment.

He was at Lau Oi Mei’s funeral sitting next to me. He talked quite a lot about his medical treatment and I had the impression that he was recovering well. As you said, our quiet boy Lung Tsai had become talkative.

We will be having dinner with Raymond this Saturday. Pik Har is coming back next month. Do you have any plan of seeing us here?

Stephen Tang

Lee Lung San 1

Dear all,

I was very sorry to hear the sad news.

Lee Lung San was the tall slim boy who sat at the back of classroom, 3A and maybe 4A as well? May be Hark-Ka origin, he had sparkling eyes and dark skin. He lived in some remoted village, Kum Shan Village? He was quiet, I don't recall ever having conversation with him when we were in primary school. I did run into him once in the late 60's or early 70's in Tai Po Market, in the street. We exchanged short update and I knew he worked as policeman or in the related area. He was one of those who still live in Tai Po or New Territory when growing up.

Then, in the recent 10 years, he showed up in the Tai Po Villa BBQ gathering, was not so slim, talked a lot more, his occupation, his family and his pass time. I was thinking the boy outgrew his shyness and we, no longer primary schoolmates, started our casual conversation like the neighbours in the villages. He also showed up in one or two of the our schoolmates dinner gathering. He did not talk as much as the other noise-making boys, he did join the conversation.

He should have conversed well with his family on earth and would know to converse with god in peace.

Suen Pak Ping.

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

紅棉樹


Dear Stephen.

I have visited TPS on the 2nd day of the Chinese New Year, which is just 2 weeks before with my family members, but the cotton tree is not with flowers so beautiful at that time. So maybe, eat have time, sleep have time, and cotton tree blossoms also have time. I suggest anybody can spare the time, should bring his/her family, parents, kids, ..., on a day with some sunshine, and the cotton tree will show to you her beautiness. Time is an essential factor.

When we were small, we knew that it is a nice place. Now, we have grown up, and found that it is really a nice place. It is so quiet, so beautiful, like the Giant's Garden opened for the kids to play in it.

This cotton tree, is more than a cotton tree. It embraces TPS, be the home of the many birds, and also breeds the squirrels. I cannot say you can't find it in other place, but I can say this is a special one.

Ralph

Monday, March 05, 2007

紅棉樹











The pictures are taken today. The cotton tree blossoms. It is Spring Time.
Cotton flowers filled the tree. Squirrels come out to play. Birds (Crested Bulbul高雞冠) with crown on its head flying through the twigs & flowers of the cotton tree. I believe there should be over a hundred birds in the tree. If you could take a very close look into the pictures, maybe you can find it. There are many baby birds.

Ralph
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Hi Ralph,

Thank you for the good pictures with never ending memory, the first time I saw the local squirels was at the MK KCR station, this is the second time I saw it at our monther school, they are busy to consume the honey from the flowers and playing the soldier and thief game. However, the hero tree has watched our school life and still very strong. WIsh all of the TPS folks as strong as this tree.
Cheng Kai Ming