Meeting up friends on a June evening without getting wet is pretty fortunate in Hong Kong, despite the thunderstorm warning is up everyday, sometimes ties with yellow heavy rainfall warns. June 4th 2008 was a night with exceptional clear sky, I was about to meet these long time Poly friends, of whom we haven't seen each other for years, I was more than just excited.
Took a cab from Central but jammed at Lockhart and Ma Sze Road, couldn't wait for the traffic, I hopped down at the centre of crossroad, half ran to the Shunde Seafood Restaurant which Gloria strongly recommended and rushed to the very private VIP room on the 3rd floor, the unbelievably long staircase seemed endless.
While heading half way up near the room,
a familiar voice came to my ears,
"Watch your steps, lady, let me..." and was trying to help my steps.
"I AM NOT that OLD!"
It was Dai-ngau, still playing the young and innocent, even at his 45!
Memories of those good old days suddenly filled the gap, laughter of various familiar voices poured from the Very Important Poly-friends room and the unforgettable faces appeared right in front of my very eyes with every step upward, like a 54" LCD high definition TV, so close... so real that I could actually touch them.
That moment was ... hard to describe, just phenomenal.
I wanted to give each and everyone a big big hug. ************************************************************************
- Thomas is very handsome still, changes to trendy tight jeans instead of his classic college old boy's trousers, a lady killer
- Allen is now very talkative, gains weight and looks more & more like a Japanese Kung fu Master, just retired from the paparazzi newspaper
- Corrina is still stunningly beautiful, shows us her lovely sons' pictures, one looks exactly like Joseph
- David the same, 4'24", has 2 boys now, well maintained body despite the mileage - brand new just like his 4WD cars
- Brenda, doesn't change a bit, still the protected youngest sister, in Shangri-la all these years
- Patrick Ah-jing, the only change is probably a slight human flesh layer added on his bony body after 25 years, plus a Master degree in Design
- Lily, same quiet but you know it never means silent, fabulous in her little black dress, pretty
- Gloria, is still busy at her Choice business, energetic as usual, most of the gatherings would not be so successful without her magnetic power
- Rosaline, still the same old look as she first appeared in St Johannes, shows us her son's wedding pictures, but the bride catches all the boys' attentions, sooooo...pretty
- Steven, always the subtle and caring gentleman who stands behind the crowd, handsome as usual
- Herman, still good looking as before, if hair means all the troubles in life, Herman is definitely trouble free, he's so bold...oops I mean so bald
- Accidental attendee Patrick Fong, a 1978 Poly friend whose name was enlisted in our mailing list, Gloria has special interest with those named Patrick..... she's excused given the fact that she's in 'Choice' business
- Peter comes last because of his busy work, same naughty guy though spices with sand and pepper on his head through the years, charming as usual, redirects his career into lighting specialist which leads him into another busy yet fruitful new challenges.
I'd like to thank Gloria for making this gathering possible in such short time, I'm working on the 1983 Japan study tour and 1995 gathering DVDs right now, will probably finish within days.
Thank you Ah-Fan, for your calligraphy master work, will get a nice square frame for it, the hard thing is that I can't read the whole article word by word, need your help later.
I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone, I had a wonderful time that night which sure will shine my gloomy winter Vancouver days, thank you all, luv u.
Hugs.
I've uploaded the pictures I took to the following link, please take some time to enjoy.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jamiechan06/PolyReunion2008
BTW, comments are most welcome!!
