The Formal Dinners

We use to have formal dinners, which were normally held at the end of the school terms (there were 3 school terms a year, with each consisting 15 weeks).

Some of the dinners were just a slightly elaborated dinners as compared to the ordinary dinners that we used to have, but others could be quite grand whereby all the teachers were invited, and the PIBG (PTA) committee members were there too.

To most students, to see their (daytime) teachers having dinner with them was quite a night.

This picture was taken during the final formal dinner in 1978, where a few teachers received some recognition from the school. Here I was with a fellow friend, Che Nasirah (who now teaches in Kelantan), listening to one of the speeches given out during the function.


And here's the picture of some of the girl prefects with two of the teachers who were given awards for their outstanding services for the year.

From left: Roselina Yusoff, Husnayati, Rosilah, Mr Toh Ah Huat, Mr Lye Kim Yong, me, Nik Rozana and Ruslina Hussein

Both the teachers, Mr Toh and Mr Lye have since retired. I am actually a fan of both teachers, as both of them once taught my class (Integrated Science), and have left an impact on me. Mr Toh taught us briefly in Form 1 before he was assigned to teach the upper secondary classes, and Mr Lye actually taught us all throughout our lower secondary years.

The following year (1979), Mr Toh asked for a transfer back to his home state Perak, and went to the Malay College, Kuala Kangsar. Later I found out that Mr Toh retired a couple of years ago as the principal of Sek Men Anderson,or was it Sek Men Sam Tet, Ipoh. Mr Lye too got a transfer back to his homestate, Melaka, and retired last year (or was it 2005), also as the headmaster of one of the primary schools there (thanks to Google).