8 of us were classmates from pre-u days and have kept in contact ever since.
Di, Flo, Glo, Jes, Lin, Sel, Tra and myself, we called ourselves '8 Fairies'. We have 16 children among us, 8 boys and 8 girls. What a coincidence!
16 Aug, Saturday, the girls arranged to pay me a visit. I hadn't been anywhere except the hospital and my mum's place in a long while and I was itching to go somewhere.
The girls brought me to Seletar Country Club. What a beautiful place! And what fresh air! It was quite a distance away from the main road and the drive in brought back memories of old Singapore, so different from the concrete jungle that we are so used to now. It really brought back feelings of nostalgia.
We spent some happy hours doing 'girl talk', and spent some time in the jackpot room too. One surprised us by being quite a real pro at the machines and not surprisingly, she walked out with winnings. Two others tried their hands and lost. You win some, you lose some. Better luck next time.
Other than my 7 fairies, I have another set of classmates all the way back from primary school. All from the same class in primary six, and some have been classmates since primary one. And we also have among us, our class form teacher. Yessir! How about that!
Most of us are still recognizable to one another. We aged gracefully.
We were supposed to have celebrated our big 5-0 (that's right - half a century old) last year, unfortunately, our organiser was too committed. No problem, we will probably try again somehow.
Whenever we have a gathering, we always have so much fun talking about the old times. But of course, other than our ex-teacher's wife who didn't seem to mind our sometimes wild talk, we left all our spouses and children at home so that when we let our hair down we don't get disapproving looks.
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