( posted 24/04/2008 )
Hi, attached are the pictures of a recent get-together of the CJC '76 hockey team which won the National Championship.
Hi, attached are the pictures of a recent get-together of the CJC '76 hockey
team which won the National Championship.
This is the first gathering of the
team members after 32 years. It was a memorable night, we talked and joked
about the good old times how we did not even have an appointed coach and
werevery fortunate to have Keith Kleiman(who also joined us in this
gathering), an ex-national hockey player, to volunteer his services as our
coach. Inspite of being underdogs, we won the Championship in 1976 against
all odds, something which we are all proud of even after 33 years. It was an
eventful gathering, memorabilia like newspaper cuttings, trophies and
old pictures of our great CJC hockey team were the highlights of the
evening. We all felt young again, time stood still. We have to thank CJC for
giving us such memorable moments.
Rama
( posted 17/02/2008 )
by Joyce Gan
from The Catholic News
SINGAPORE – It started with one person’s hope to
meet up with some old friends from Catholic Junior College (CJC) on her
next return from New Zealand to Singapore. This led to a class reunion
for 160 students from the pioneer batch of CJC 1975-1976 on Jan 15 at
the college’s Performing Arts Centre.
These former students returned from Hong Kong,
Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the U.S. Most had
not met since leaving college 31 years ago. Among the guests were:
Kenneth Tan (Senior Counsel), President of the 1st Student Council;
Braema Mathi, journalist and former Nominated Member of Parliament;
Brother Nicholas Seet; and 23 Councillors from the 1st Student Council.
Current CJC Principal, Brother Paul Rogers, fsc,
spoke of the recent developments in the college and asked the former
students for their support now that they are established in their
careers. A sum of $51,000 was raised for the CJC Needy Students Fund.
CJC Alumni will celebrate another reunion for the Class of 1984-88 on
Jan 26 with Archbishop Nicholas Chia, Patron of the College. CJC
treasures members that will make up the school’s alumni because as
Brother Paul often says, “No good school can survive without an active
and supportive alumni. They are the bearers of the college spirit and
ensure that it is passed on from one generation to the next.”
( posted 13/02/2008 )
Story taken from Jan 31st 2008 The New Paper by Swan Tan.
THE hairlines were a little higher and the bottoms a little wider.
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John Lee (top right) and Dr Priscilla Lim (third from top right) met at
CJC, got married, and now have eight children together. Ex-NMP Braema
Mathi (bottom right) is also part of the their batch. |
But for the 160 energetic schoolmates who turned up at Catholic
Junior College's (CJC) Performing Arts Centre at 7pm on 15 Jan, it was
back to school. The pioneer batch of students, who graduated in 1976, gathered to celebrate their 50th birthdays.
Most had not seen each other for 30 years despite a CJC 30th
anniversary gathering in November 2005, which combined three batches
for a reunion. Ms Pauline Goh, an organiser, recalls that she
had many requests from her former schoolmates asking her to pre-print
sticker name tags, in case they could not recognise each other. 'You know, less at the top and more portly at the bottom,' Ms Goh joked good-naturedly. However, those fears were unfounded. The majority of them immediately recognised each other and hit it off right away. SMALL GATHERING
The idea was hatched last October when an alumnus visiting from New
Zealand, Ms Moira Lee, contacted Ms Goh and Mr Leong Kok Fann. They had originally intended to plan a small gathering.
However, the e-mails sent out ended up being forwarded to over 200
former batch-mates. The overwhelming response then prompted the pair to
organise the combined birthday party. Fifteen alumni even travelled from their homes in the US and UK just to attend the memorable event. 'There was a lot of hugging and slapping of backs,' Ms Goh recalled fondly. She added: 'I even had difficulty piping down the excitedly chattering batch to listen to the performances.'
The resourceful pair had engaged performances by fellow alumni,
Theodore Chan and Joseph Wong, from the band Tjammers, and acapella
group Budak Pantai, respectively. A Thai buffet was also catered for by alumnus Anthony Wong of Createries.
The attendees paid $45 to cover costs but raised an additional $51,000
for CJC's needy students' fund. The generous donor of $10,000 chose to
remain anonymous. She explained that the pioneer batch shared unique experiences that blessed them with a closer bond. Many facilities were still under construction when the batch was sent to CJC from different holding schools around March 1975. Ms Goh reminisced: 'Since the canteen was not ready, we all had to sit together and eat bah pau (pork buns) every day.'
One lasting relationship was that of medical doctors John Lee and
Priscilla Lim, who first met in CJC and eventually married each other.
The couple have eight children aged 9 to 22. Their son, Gabriel, 17, is
currently studying in CJC while their daughter, Desiree, 16, aspires to
go there too. 'We do talk to our kids about CJC with fondness. It's where we grew up,' Dr Lee said. Brother Paul Rogers, the current principal of CJC, was an invited guest. Impressed, he e-mailed Ms Goh after the event.
She quoted from his email: 'There was joy on everyone's faces as they
raced around to meet up with everyone they could. That atmosphere?
Money cannot buy.'
More photos from the event here.
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