Vol 7 No. 1 January - June 2008 - Faculty of Law - National ...

[ Class Reunion ]
It all started with a friendly remark: “It has been twenty
years! Shall we have a Law School Reunion”
We were not short of members for a committee and as the plans
went into action, the support we received from classmates,
two decades old, was tremendous. Tracking the ones who had
ventured beyond our fair shore did not prove as challenging
as reaching out to those with Singapore secretaries trained
only to permit business calls. But we were on the roll and the
number of “yes attendees” grew. Almost 90 people came, an
impressive turnout and the Arts House could not contain us.
Groups spilled out and you could hear their laughter, feel the
nostalgia. Recalling our days in the faculty, the lecture halls,
the study benches, we worked quickly to piece those many
years that had separated us after graduation.
Familiar faces went on stage that evening. The Dean of the
NUS Law Faculty, Cheng Han, our classmate, welcomed all of
us. Some had made the long journey from the United States,
China, Australia and Europe. A few, with the wind still in their
hair, drove in from up country Penang and Kuala Lumpur. It
was indeed a nice home coming.
Our classmates, Sheng Kwai and Victor Chew sang slow
renditions, a sign of OUR time, OUR kind of music. Our very
own “Getai Girls” (May See, Monica and Woon Chui) were
a hoot, performing an old Chinese tune in their silky black
dresses and feather boas.
The camera man was everywhere and we posed boldly. No
one thought of double chins, receding hairlines and pot bellies.
Our smiles were spontaneous. We were familiar faces and our
eyes twinkled with the memory of the evening.
“Five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes.
How do you measure a year in the life” How do you measure
20 years As the song goes, the story never ends. We celebrate.
We remember a year in our life in the company of friends.
Contributed by Ambrose Chua ’87
LawLink: The Class of ’87 raised almost $30,000 to establish
‘The Class of 1987 Bursary’ for needy students.
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