Reunion Update #2

August 20, 2011

Hi ALL,

Hope this note (Reunion Update # 2) reaches you well and fit for we have very exciting news for you.

The committee members have been working very hard to formulate a “KILLER” program for our “THIS IS IT” reunion. We are fully aware that for various reasons some of us may not be able to take full advantage of this exciting Reunion package presented before you. Hence, the key to our program is FLEXIBILTY yet ACTION PACKED.

Our dear friend, Chong Kah Kiat, has made an offer to the committee that simply bowled us over! He has offered to organize the “Chill-out” Reunion session in Sabah following our Main Event in Kuala Lumpur! For those of you who haven’t met Kah Kiat, the link below presents a short biography of him and his achievements since leaving Victoria University of Wellington.
Chong Kah Kiat

There is absolutely NO doubt that as ex-Tourism and Chief Minister of Sabah, Kah Kiat is BEST placed to provide an exciting/action packed visit to Sabah. There will be activities to fulfil everyone’s dream. The activities range from Scuba diving, superb Golfing, lazing on a beach, Bush walking, Seafood sampling,
Trek up the infamous Mt Kinabalu; ….to adopting an Orang Utan and spend the afternoon grooming each other! There are heaps to do in Sabah AND you are welcome to include family members if you feel it will enrich your stay there. Just check out the link below.
Sabah Tourism
You have a choice. Take it full on as “once in a life time dream” by going the whole hog (i.e. KL & Sabah visits) OR just an exciting evening in KL. The choice is yours for the taking. You know best how to spend this exciting reunion with your ole’ mates taking into consideration your other commitments.

Obviously at this stage, we cannot give you the Sabah program in detail other than to say that it will be a 4 days/3 nights organized affair. We need a show of numbers before we can work out the details. Of course you can choose to stay longer or shorter once the programs are confirmed. This is a Golden Opportunity not to miss. The more Sabah attendees we have the more exciting the programs there will be. This, we can promise you.

The Events in KL remain the same. The informal Welcome Party & Main Event will be held there. Exciting entertainments will be provided. This is where the “BIG BANG” will happen.

We ask you to please register your interests early. To be fair to everyone, if it comes to giving preferences, it will be done on the basis of “first come first served”. Hence, the earlier you put your names down, the better for you. Remember, you can always cancel the registration should your circumstance change. So, you have absolutely nothing to lose by registering early.

The 2 choices open to you are,...

1) The FULL Program (i.e. Kuala Lumpur & Sabah) – From 14th to 19th September 2012

2) The Welcome Party & Main Event (Kuala Lumpur only) – 14th & 15th September 2012

Please indicate your choice when registering and also quote the numbers attending. This includes those who have already submitted their names. We will provide costs once we have an indication of the numbers attending.
Regardless, you can bet that it will be an absolute “value for money” Reunion. We will use whatever resources/contacts available to us to negotiate the best deals for you.

If you have any hesitation of attending this Reunion, just read the blog below.
SeniorsAloud
We have also developed a ‘flyer’ to promote this Reunion and the theme is “We’ll ROCK till we DROP!!!” and this is exactly what we intend to do. We’ll ROCK you. Wanna feel of it???



There are no losers in this Reunion, whichever way you cut it you will win as the undisputed Champion. After all, we have (over the years) paid our dues time after time; gone thro’ ups & downs; have made a few mistakes and yet we all survived unscathed!
For that, we owe it to no one and have no guilt to gather and have a GREAT time. How about it Champs??? WE, are the Champions, my friends. Feel it man, ..…just FEEL it.


Don’t forget, please register your interests NOW! ….Help us to organise a memorable Reunion for everyone to enjoy.

If you have any queries, please just ask any committee members. We have extended the committee to include Chong Kah Kiat (Sabah) and Victor Fong (Sarawak) to help in organizing & promoting the event.
Its gotta be the "Ultimate" Reunion. Spread the word..Come one, come ALL!

Check out these links below for latest information.

Our facebook.

Our Wellington Alumni Blog – including previous (June ‘08) Reunion and ALL updates relating to "THIS IS IT" Reunion.

Take care, buddies.

With Regards, Henry Cheong

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Reunion Update

June 7, 2011


You and I must make a pledge, we must bring REUNION back.

Where there is LOVE, I'll be there.....

I reach out my hand to you, I have faith in all of you.

Where there is FUN, I'll be there....

(Michael Jackson/Henry) Peace

Turn up your volume and listen to this hit song which sums up the responses to date (click on link below). Imagine being in the audience. Well, we hope to give you that feeling...a WILD ONE!

Hi Friends,

The response to date has been a resounding......"I'LL BE THERE!!!" Thanks my friends for your positive responses and kind words. The number registered in the first two weeks surpassed the number we had in the 1st six months after we launched the last 2008 Reunion! Absolutely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G....

The main purpose of this "so soon" an update is to inform you that we have created a facebook for us to keep in touch as the preparation for the Reunion moves along.

Feel free to join in if you already have a Facebook account. Add your FB friends to it, if they are interested. It is open to all. If you don't have a FB account, you may want to consider creating one. You can use this FB as a 'tool' to look up old friends, catch up with 'gossips' and interesting postings. Queries can also be posted here. Regular updates of the Reunion will continue via emails.

The committee had a preliminary discussion and had already agreed on the format of this Reunion. I can share that with you.

We believe the Main Event is going to be 'HOT'. In fact, soooo... hot that you will need a 'Chill-out' session at a resort to bring you back to earth. The proposed format, at this stage, is,

1) A Golf session - 'Limber Up'

2) A Welcome Informal Party - 'Lubricate your Throats'

3) The Main Event - 'The Wild One'

4) The 'Chill-Out' Therapy session at a resort - 'Relax and back to Reality'

The above full program will have you occupied for a week in Malaysia...and mind you I haven't included Shopping and Sight-seeing to the list yet! By the way, you are not obliged to attend all 4 events but it is unwise not to if you can make it.

I know you will enjoy this last reunion of ours and live to tell your grandchildren one day, along the line...

"Oh what a night...late September back in 2012. What a very special time for me... as I remember, what a night!" Sounds familiar?...click on the link below, turn UP the volume!!!; listen to this classic hit and get into the groove!!!!



What do you think? Good heh?

Very soon we will begin evaluating venues and resorts for the Reunion. We need to plan early to secure good weekend venues as they are snapped up very quickly.

Don't miss out. Please register your interest promptly.....and start planning your trip! (I have already joined the Air Asia Fan Club...my first step.)

Don't forget to join the facebook.

Take care.

With Warm Regards and ...Winking smile Lotta Luv,
Henry Cheong feeling groovy....

This Is It - Reunion 2012

May 18, 2011




“Many years have passed, since those glorious 3 days

Upon the fields of Ole’ friendship

We forget corporate stress/ill feeling in its ominous form

As we walk in the fields of joy and laughter…

I never made promises lightly

And there have been some that I've broken

But I swear in the days still left

We will party together one last time...”


(Sting/Henry) Peace

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Hi Friends,

Based on feedbacks/requests, we believe it is time for another ‘bash’ and re-acquaint ourselves. The ‘This Is It’ Reunion does connote that it is the last reunion this committee will organize.
For this reason we hope to make it a more memorable one for all. I can assure you that our 'This Is It' reunion will not suffer the same demise as the Michael Jackson concert of the same name!

This reunion (the Main Event) will be held on the Saturday, 15th September 2012 in Malaysia. So, you do have more than a year to plan for it. We will give you regular updates as the year moves towards this big event.


As usual it will be an inclusive rather than exclusive reunion. Meaning, we will make evey effort (within reason) to accommodate everyone who wishes to attend. On the other hand we fully understand that reunion is not for everyone and we always respect that.
Therefore should you wish to be deleted from this distribution list, please let me know. Alternatively, you can choose to remain on the list... just to stay in touch.

Although the organising committee members are all from Victoria University (NZ) in the 60's/70's, the 2012 Wellington Alumni Reunion (like the 2008 reunion) is open to anyone who had studied (in any institution), worked or have friends in Wellington.
That's why it is called..."Wellington Alumni Reunion". Please pass the word on to those who may be interested to attend....forward them this email.

The organising committee members of this event are,

Michael Lim mikelimhk@gmail.com
Teoh Lay Hock teohfam@gmail.com
Zuraidah Omar zuraidahomar@hotmail.com
Benny Tan bennytan@gbaglobal.com
David Chin delidavid@yahoo.com
Freddie Seow fred.seow@gmail.com
Henry Cheong hhcheon@hotmail.com

I do encourage you to join in the fun and I know you will not regret it. I've personally gained heaps from the 2008 reunion. I have re-pledged ole' friendships that have blossomed and enriched my life immensely and I hope it does the same for my friends.
We have stayed in touch; gone on trips together and even organise 'mini' reunions whenever opportunity arises. I have grown to understand and treasure these friendships much more. I strongly subscribe to the belief that in our twilight years, our lives should be more than just looking after grand-children, pottering in the garden or investing our pension.
We should have 'space' for ourselves to venture out of our comfort zone to add that extra 'sparkle' to our lives before we turn to dust.

I hope this video from my cousin's blog, 'seniorsaloud', will set you thinking...

(click on the video ...'what do people live for')

At this stage, we only need you to indicate your interest to attend this reunion. This is not a commitment but merely a show of interest. We will not hold you to anything. You can pull out later should circumstance change and you can no longer attend.
We need to have an indication of the number attending before any meaningful planning can take place. So, please pass your name and number attending to any of the committee members. We would appreciate if you don't leave this decision to the very last minute. We do need your cooperation to organise an event of this scale.

By the way, we will be setting up a facebook for the Wellington Alumni to stay 'connected'. It is not mandatory that you join this Facebook. Join only if you feel comfortable and are interested in knowing what is happening among us and news of common interest.
For those who are not familiar with Facebook (like me), you can set up a restricted FB account which will limit what people can see posted on your Facebook...just ask your grand-children and they will show you.

The following names from the previous distribution are now 'inactive' (received delivery failures). If you know anyone of them please inform them of this reunion and let me have their current email addresses

Alvin Chang
James Masing
Matthew Reweti-Gould
Mohd. Nor
Muhamed Arshad
Robert Clarke
Seng Pin Yoong
Tajuddin
Talib Zulkifli
Tharmarajah Suppiah
Ting Chan


We hope we have given you something to look forward to in 2012...Come on let's have some REAL fun together one last time. Thumbs up

I am definitely not going to sit at home and collect dust...not that you are!

So, add your name to the attendee list now...Winking smile. Oh yes, please do not assume that we know you will be coming. You must give your names and numbers attending for our register.

Take care.

PS: If I have wrongly included you on this distribution list or you don't wish to be on it, please let me know and I will immediately remove you from it. On the other hand if there are any names that should be included on this list, please pass them on to me... Thanks

Warmest Regards, Henry Cheong