I was a La Sallian from Standard 1 till i finished school in form 5, that was 10 years of being a La Sallian! Labour Omnia Vinci!
I still remember those days, when our brother, Bro Paul Ho ( Last La-Salle Brother in Malaysia ), took over the SXI ( ST XAVIER INSTITUTION ), everything changed to be well disciplined and with system. This is not an easy task to take over a school furthermore this is a christianity school with more than 1000 pupils.
Bro Paul is not just a person in-charge of the school but he willing to give up his time to help those unfortunate students. He knew that they would have trouble getting job from the results of their academic, so he plan to open up a bakery course and guide them, lead the students for a better living. Not to mention, his cookies were awesome and in affordable price! I miss that ” YUMMY ” moment.
I heard that Bro Paul trying hard to get the funds and support from private sectors to get his students hired. This is the scene that you missed. Bro Paul is not a person whom ask for returns from his students. His kindness and passion makes him the greatest Brother of all.
Now, our local govt is going to take over our La-Salle school. Our last remaining brother, Bro Paul will leave the school soon. I was so sad about this issue. This is heritage and legacy of SXI. We came out from this school , being guided and each of us had our successful career. This is all because we had our tender care and love while showered with precious educational programme by SXI principal and teachers. Because of SXI, this is what we are today. We would be stranded somewhere and lost in direction without them. We must learn to appreciate and gratitude.
On 20th June 2009 ( last night ) , SXI had the 50 tables of farewell dinner with Bro Paul Ho at Traders Hotel, Penang. I’ve volunteer to cover some shots for my school. It’s only RM100 per ticket and you get to see your old buddies and teachers. I’m so happy to hug and shake hands with some of the pioneer teachers whom patiently guided me when I was superb noob! Ok, I admit I’m damn noob when I was ” YAIP ” ( Young And Innocent Period )
So happy to see them back. Unbelievable to see some nasty pupils coming back to the farewell dinner. I guess they are not that nasty after all. It was a surprise to see YB. Karpal Singh (A DAP mp bukit gelugor) during the dinner event. Just realized he was an ex xaverian too! ” XAVIERIAN RULES ” !
After dinner session, here comes my favourite part, ” LUCKY DRAW SESSION “. My friend, Mr. Eugene got his 2nd prize from stage. Congratulation!
After announcing the 2nd prize, here comes the 1st….tada tada…
Eventually, they read out my lucky number! Woooooooooohooo! Holy Cowboy!
1st prize = a 32″ PANASONIC LCD HDMI TV! Ok it’s worth 1k+ But that’s my first time ever got the 1st prize from a dinner. Our table was the last table of all ( ok thanks to Eugene again for getting all this for us ) but its worth after all.
Million thanks to Kennard Khoo for reminding me the dinner , I thought it was July 20 OMFG! Thanks to Mr Liang Kok Seng and Eugene for getting the ticket and inviting me to the dinner. Nice to meet you Edwin Lee and your pretty sister!
All right, without wasting time, I will present some slideshows for the dinner that night. So guys and girls, stay tune!
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