Saint Michaels Institution: Recent Topics

Saint Michaels Institution: Recent Topics http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Saint Michaels Institution: Recent Topics en Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:14:59 +0000 Robert de Silva on "Smile and live longer" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/smile-and-live-longer#post-44 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:09:43 +0000 Robert de Silva 44@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Something to take our minds away from the daily mundane.... so smile and live a little longer Wife's diary vs Husband's diary WIFE's DIARY Sunday night - I thought he was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a cafe to have some coffee. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment. Conversation wasn't flowing so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk, he agreed but his mind was far away. I asked him what was wrong - he said, "Nothing." I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said it had nothing to do with me and not to worry. On the way home I told him that I loved him, he simply smiled and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior; I don't know why he didn't say, "I love u, too." When we got home I felt as if I had lost him, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there and watched TV; he seemed distant and absent. Finally I decided to go to bed. About 10 minutes later he came to bed. I decided that I could not take it anymore, so I decided to confront him with the situation but he had fallen asleep. I started crying and cried until I too fell asleep. I don't know what to do. I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster. HUSBAND's DIARY Today Manchester United lost again. Niamah. Robert de Silva on "Lost and Found" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/lost-and-found#post-115 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:35:01 +0000 Robert de Silva 115@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ November 07, 2008 Andrew Chen Chee Kong is here. Message: 1 Hi Robert, Great initiative with loads of work put in. I am not with the class photo you put up but certainly we we were classmates a year earlier. Sure remember the cheeky ones like Jeffery, Moo Chee & the likes. And of course Mr. Andrew Chin. Lost touch with a bunch of you guys. Good to see some old faces. Sad that some has left the building with Elvis. Will be back like Arnie use to say. And I wish all ye ole boys the best of health for the time being. Keep up your pood work Cheers, Chee Kong (or the one the used to call Bamboo) Message: 2 Sorry, I mean 'Good Work' And hope that more of the guys can be back for a dinner bash & end up with some heavy rapping of IPOH MALI at SMI padang ( the very spot where some unlucky ones got public canning) some time next year. So let's keep in touch. Live well Message: 3 BTW, Robert, do you have the email addresses of Lam Beng, Moo Chee, Jeffery or Frankie Chan? Actually I was back in Ipoh recently. It is quiet without the old boys : ( Good that you keep the rest of us in the loop.! Cheers Chen Chee Kong For Chee Kong's email address, please contact the webmaster or me. We prefer not to post any email addresses or links here to avoid Spam. Cheers! God Bless. Robert de Silva on "2008 OMA Reunion in Ipoh. September 27, 2008" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/2008-oma-reunion-in-ipoh-september-27-2008#post-114 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:16:12 +0000 Robert de Silva 114@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/OMAreunion2008aa.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/OMAreunion2008a.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/OMAreunion2008d.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/OMAreunion2008e.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/OMAreunion2008f.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/OMAreunion2008g.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/OMAreunion2008h.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/OMAreunion2008i.jpg" /> <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/OMAreunion2008j.jpg" /> Robert de Silva on "Rekindling memories" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/rekindling-memories#post-13 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:49:08 +0000 Robert de Silva 13@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Michael Ong we can use this topic to "introduce " ourselves. Maybe like you mentioned we can write about ourselves, physical description( not too detailed though), how naughty we were, why we were known as "Marlat" , "Gianto" " Sengget" "Barber" "School Runner" etc etc. This would certainly "strike up" memories. I certainly wish the rest of the brothers would jump in the wagon and lets' have fun. Cheers! Michael Ong on "Pictures and Video Clip" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/pictures-and-video-clip#post-10 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:48:58 +0000 Michael Ong 10@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ How do we post our pictures and video clip here? Anonymous on "Up and Running" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/up-and-running#post- Thu, 01 Jan 1970 05:59:59 +0000 Anonymous @http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Robert de Silva on "Fond Memories" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/fond-memories#post-72 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:35:09 +0000 Robert de Silva 72@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ November 26th , 2007 <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/BroUltanPaul.jpg" > The Late Brother Ultan Paul. Brother Director, Brother Visitor , Scholar and Friend Reverend Brother Ultan Paul was the Brother Director of St. Michael's from 1961 to 1971 and from 1986 to 1988 Picture ..Courtesy of Mr. Peter Khiew will write about Brother Paul soon Robert de Silva on "Welcome, my brothers of 5A3 ." http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/welcome-my-brothers-of-5a3-#post-6 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:57:38 +0000 Robert de Silva 6@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Welcome ,my brothers of 5A3 and all our other brothers , we are MICHAELIANS. We have lost touch with each other for a long time , some recently some as long as 40 years. There is no reason we should stay out of touch. This website is dedicated to all of us ,here we shall try to locate as many if not all of our schoolmates. Some of us have been together in the same class from Std. One right up to Form Five. We knew each others' family ,we were like a big extended family. My late Mum and my sister Katherine knew most of you from 5A3 and you all know them too. This makes it so unigue. We were truly a big family. Those of us who had lost touch but now are in touch ,please stay in touch. I had done some work in an original web site which I did not post as I was not happy with the end work. Had all the pictures of 1967 and present .Posted them as then and now . Showing how handsome we were then and how matured and still handsome we are now. My son, Andrew is now developing this site for us. Did a lot of work and the site crashed. Sadly we did not have a back up copy. He has to start all over. We lost many postings. Hope You shall repost your comments and suggestions. If you have not registered ,please do so. Thank you, Robert Robert de Silva on "New Topic" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/new-topic#post-101 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:28:16 +0000 Robert de Silva 101@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ April 07, 2008 I have met many fellow Malaysians here in the US and we almost always agreed that we should have some kind of place where we can "meet". Since our website is not being utilised much I thought why not put this to more use. It was fun meeting fellow Malaysians . as always we are so fired up talking about home and the things that we missed. Malaysians are always friendly. I am extending this to Singaporeans too who are living here in the US . If you happen to stumble upon this website please do register yourself and tell us about yourselves. Please do feel welcome. We are trying to keep this website free of politics. thank you. I am Robert de Silva You can contact me at silver_bert ( at symbol) yahoo.com Robert de Silva on "February 10, 2008 Announcement" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/february-10-2008-announcement#post-90 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:12:05 +0000 Robert de Silva 90@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Thomas Amir is planning to organise a Dinner Gathering for all the guys in the mailing list. anyone interested please contact Thomas at his email address and you may send your messages tru here. This gathering is to celebrate Life, Friendship and The Chinese New Year. Sarath Jayatilaka's Mum, who is also my late Dad's eldest sister had passed on in early February 2008. Teddy,Thomas, Anthony Kim and Philip Low were there to represent us at the funeral. All those of us who know or even dont know this family ,please remember her in your prayers. She is Florence Adeline Jayatilaka nee de Silva. Thank you God Bless you guys. Remember we all here for each other. Robert de Silva on "Something to make us live longer- smile, laugh aloud" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/something-light-so-smile#post-43 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:47:29 +0000 Robert de Silva 43@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Something to take our minds away from the daily mundane.... so smile and live a little longer Wife's diary vs Husband's diary WIFE's DIARY Sunday night - I thought he was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a cafe to have some coffee. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment. Conversation wasn't flowing so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk, he agreed but his mind was far away. I asked him what was wrong - he said, "Nothing." I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said it had nothing to do with me and not to worry. On the way home I told him that I loved him, he simply smiled and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior; I don't know why he didn't say, "I love u, too." When we got home I felt as if I had lost him, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there and watched TV; he seemed distant and absent. Finally I decided to go to bed. About 10 minutes later he came to bed. I decided that I could not take it anymore, so I decided to confront him with the situation but he had fallen asleep. I started crying and cried until I too fell asleep. I don't know what to do. I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster. HUSBAND's DIARY Today Manchester United lost again. Niamah. Robert de Silva on "Now and Then" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/now-and-then#post-53 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:54:56 +0000 Robert de Silva 53@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/FormFourA31966.gif" /> This is the Class of 4 A3 1966. Mr. Chan Hon Yew was the class Teacher. He was also lovingly known ( unknown to him? nah, we think he knows) as the Barber. He carrys his signature leather bag whenever he attends school. Robert de Silva on "Malaysian Food in Washington DC" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/malaysian-food-in-washington-dc#post-75 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:31:18 +0000 Robert de Silva 75@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ November 18, 2007 Hi, Food! Ok if you are in Washington DC , remember home cooking is just round the corner. The Malaysia Kopitiam is one of the few Malaysian Restaurants in DC. and is certainly the best. The ingredients are all imported from Malaysia if it is not available locally . You shall be surprised to see how many Malaysian ingredients are available here in the Asian Marts and in some Chain Stores. Kopitiam is located at 1827 M Street NW, Washington DC, 20036. It is actually between 18th and 19th Sreet. on M. here one can find Roti Cani , Mamak Mee Goreng, Char Koay Teow, Mee Siam, Asam Laksa, Curry Laksa, Yong Tau Foo, and many more noodle based entrees. Then there are the Chicken Rendang, Beef rendang, Chicken Curry and Lamb Curry. Appertisers... Satay, Popiah, Ceee Cheong Fun, Otak2, Lo Bak. Other entrees ..Nasi Lemak, Ikan Bakar, Hainanese Chicken Rice,Malaysian Fired Rice Fried Ikan Kembong and so much more . I need more time to pen down all the items. Oh yeah , there is Curry Puffs and Ice Kacang You will be pleasantly surprised to find how authentic the meals are. Yummy, Yummy Good for your Tummy ( This is the slogan for a Chinese fast food outlet here.) The web site for Malaysia Kopitiam is <a href="http://www.malaysiakopitiam.com" rel="nofollow">www.malaysiakopitiam.com</a> the owners are Leslie and Penny Phoon of Ipoh. Penny is also the Head Chef. If you are in DC make sure you visit this place. As for me, missing out on Malaysian food, Nah!! The food at Kopitiam serves my purpose in life... I live to eat and I imported my own cook , my dear wife. Robert de Silva on "Links to St. Michael's Institution, Ipoh, Perak" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/links-to-st-michaels-institution-ipoh-perak#post-71 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:57:56 +0000 Robert de Silva 71@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ here are some links to our Alma Mater, St. Michael's Institution, Ipoh peterkhiew.blogspot.com Michael Ong on "Online Survey" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/online-survey#post-68 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:33:30 +0000 Michael Ong 68@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ I have come across this banner ad that offer money for doing simple work like answering questions. They called it Online Survey. Do you believe them when they say, they pay you $150.00 per hour for taking simple online surveys. $5 - $75 for each online survey, up to $120 for phone surverys, and $4 - $25 per hour to review movies. There is no harm in checking this banner, if it is true you benefit, if it is not true, you only wasted 20 minutes of your time. EDITED : REMOVED LINK ( REASON : SPAM ) OK, if you don't need this money for answering questions, perhaps, your friends need extra money to settle some of their debts, or pay up their car or housing loans, or they need a holiday. They do not mind answering questions to earn money. Please forward this link to all your friends who need money, or a second job working at home that pay more than his/her day job. EDITED BY : ANTI-SPAM-BOT Robert de Silva on "How we started" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/how-we-started#post-7 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:17:32 +0000 Robert de Silva 7@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ We met up for dinner in PJ somewhere in the late 1990s. There were about 6 of us and then 3 months later we had another and the group grew bigger. We had not seen each other like for more than 30 years. we met quite regularly after that . It was Thomas, Anthony,Francis, Justin, Gilbert, Michael Lee and Rohini at our first meet. I may have forgotten someone. Then, Philip, Teoh , John Raj who came back from UK, Michael Ong was with us. I had to leave for the US to company my son and daughter who were coming to school here. Today ,thanks to the good work of Anthony , Thomas and Justin we grew. Andrew Taveira was also busy in Australia, locating the contact numbers of those in Aussie Land. Take care and be Good. Robert de Silva on "Memorial" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/memorial#post-42 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:05:09 +0000 Robert de Silva 42@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ I would like to take this opportunity to post the names of those Brothers of ours who had passed on to be with with our Lord. Lest we forget. The names are not appearing in the order of the day they had passed on. If anyone has any dates of names of someone we had left out please do contact me. 1) Ronald Colin Jackson ( passed on somehwere in the 1980s?) Jackson as we lovingly addressed him was married to Sarath Jayatilaka's sister, which made him my cousin brother in law. 2) Khoo Chin Seong ( somewhere in the1990s) He was in 5A1, a school prefect in 1966 and 1967. 3)Foo Khoon Tzoon ( somewhere in the 1990s) I believe his Christian name is Richard. 4. Chan Choe Keong ( somewhere in 2000s?) Choe Keong was a King Scout while in school. 5)Hew Thiam Shin (date unknown) he was lovingly known as Bull Dog 6) Gabriel Ponniah (date unkown) 7 )Joachim Manikam ( somewhere in the 1990s) I believe he was a school athlete . 8) Wijesinghe Oswald Francis ( in 2007 ,in the USA) We lovingly address him as Oswald . 9) Yeoh Lam Cheng May the Good Lord bless their souls. and may we always remember them as the good friends we had. Remember them in our prayers. Robert de Silva on "Kenneth Yoong's Homecoming" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/kenneth-yoongs-homecoming#post-59 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:56:34 +0000 Robert de Silva 59@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Andrew Taveira and Kenneth Yoong's Homecoming 2005 <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/KennethAndrew2005033.jpg" /> Sitting L to R : Adrian, Kenneth, Teddy Ignatius, Andrew. Standing L to R : Gilbert, Bernard Yong, Michael Ong, Anthony Kim, Thomas, Justin Anthony Kim on "OMA Dinner in Ipoh on 29th Sept. 2007" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/oma-dinner-in-ipoh-on-29th-sept-2007#post-18 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:30:30 +0000 Anthony Kim 18@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Kindly go to peterkhiew.blogspot.com for the latest on the above dinner. Robert de Silva on "Kenneth Yoong's Reunion gathering in Ipoh" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/kenneth-yoongs-reunion-gathering-in-ipoh#post-56 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:24:14 +0000 Robert de Silva 56@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ TALENT TIME AT THE YMCA IPOH, 1966/67. KATHERINE WITH THE 5A3 PROFESSIONAL BAND <img src="http://smi.robertdesilva.com/images/TalentimeRobert'smates.jpg" /> Andrew de Silva on "How to post Image" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/how-to-post-image#post-37 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:40:02 +0000 Andrew de Silva 37@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ For the time being in order to post photos you will need to host it at another website, ie Flickr.com or picasa.google.com then you can link the image to the forum by doing so <code><img src="http://the_name_of_website/name_of_the_file.jpg" /></code> Make sure you observe the spaces between the tags Accepted formats on the forums are jpeg , png and gif. Andrew de Silva on "Comments Disabled on Main Page" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/comments-disabled-on-main-page#post-25 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:50:27 +0000 Andrew de Silva 25@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Folks, I have disabled the comment features on the blog. It's much more easier for me to just maintain the forums instead of maintaining both. I want to ultimately have everything running smoothly enough that I can just relieve myself of any maintenance work on this site. I'm also the webmaster for 3 other sites .I'm starting on another website by the end of the year. I don't really think I'll be able to find much time to juggle between all the site I maintain and work. I work as programmer for Penn Schoen and Berland and web development is my part time gig. If there's anything I can help feel free to post on the forums and I'll try to write a tutorial on how to do it so everyone can benefit from it. Thanks , Andrew Andrew de Silva on "How does this works ?" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/how-does-this-works-#post-38 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:42:44 +0000 Andrew de Silva 38@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ I'll post FAQ's on this part of the forum from now onwards and I'll 'sticky' it , meaning it will be on the top of the forums and after awhile I'll bring it back to the FAQ forum. So if you have any questions feel free to ask if the FAQ or HOW-TO isn't clear. Andrew Andrew de Silva on "Database Crash" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/database-crash#post-2 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:00:34 +0000 Andrew de Silva 2@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Many of you would be surprised when you log into the site and forum today and realize the huge change in the main site and also the forum. Sadly while trying to fix a bug on the forum , I�ve crashed the database for the forum. I was unable to retrieve the database and I�ve to re-write most of the things on the site from scratch. For those of you that I�ve registered for the forums, I�m afraid that you have to re-register and also repost everything from scratch. I�ll make more updates over the week but everything will be backed up before any major changes. The new forum is much more friendlier and less complicated than the one we previously used. It�s 4am now and I think I�m going to hit the sack and make more changes at some point tommorrow Thanks, Andrew de Silva Webmaster Andrew de Silva on "Andrew de Silva" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/andrew-de-silva#post-3 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:01:52 +0000 Andrew de Silva 3@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Hi guys, I'm Andrew de Silva and I'm your webmaster. Per my dad's request I've started this website for him. Any comments or suggestion feel free to contact me using the contact us page on the main page Thanks, Andrew Andrew de Silva on "Up and Running" http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/topic/up-and-running#post-4 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:51:31 +0000 Andrew de Silva 4@http://smi.robertdesilva.com/forum/ Finally, I've got the site back up and running. Noticed that some of you have registered. Got the website design all in and now for some cosmetic work and everything will be good to go.... Keep your fingers cross. Andrew de Silva