Volume 7 Summer 2006 The Alumni Magazine of HKIS - Hong Kong ...

Margot Hamel
Sheila Baker Gujrae(sheilamcneila@hotmail.com)
The class of 1982 is gearing up for our 25th reunion next year! While I
know there is a big bash in Hong Kong for HKIS’s 40th anniversary, I
did an informal survey while at the all-class reunion in San Francisco in
2004 and most people were in favor of having a class reunion stateside
in 2007 in addition to the Hong Kong reunion. If you are a member of
the class of 82 (or a “might-as-well-be-the-class-of-82,” as I do have
some other folks on my e-mail list), please shoot me an e-mail at
sheilamcneila@hotmail.com so I can keep you apprised of our plans. As
for Hass news, Kari Black lives in Westchester County, New York, and
has two daughters, Addison (11) and Morgan (9). She recently received
her master’s degree in childhood education and is working at the Graduate
School of the College of New Rochelle. She says she met alum Todd
Wong ‘81 on a chairlift at Stratton Mountain (VT) a few years ago and
got reconnected with the HKIS network through him. Thanks, Todd!
I found Bruce Casler ‘84. He is living in Hawaii after going to the
University of Michigan, then living in Oregon and Washington for about
15 years. He also lived in a few other western states for a spell, after
which he moved to Midway Atoll for 3 years. He now lives on the North
Shore of Oahu.
Michael O’Keefe found him Bruce Ciu Via the website for Bruce’s
martial arts academy, Arnis International (http://arnisinternational.
com/_wsn/page2.html). As of press time, I do not have Bruce’s update
to share with you, but I will have something for you next time. Thanks
for finding him, Michael.
I found Kyle Edlund via Kelvin Limm’79 ’s Dragon’s Lair website
(http://leadcommander.com/cgi-bin/YaBB_HKIS/YaBB.pl). Kyle is living
in southern California. He has been married for ten years now to
Cari and is running an Asian subsidiary company in the U.S. Thanks for
maintaining that site, Kelvin. I was very psyched to find Kyle there.
Shaival Kapadia is living in Richmond, VA. His kids are now 7 and 5.
He enjoys reading the HKIS Alumni magazine whenever he gets it. He
says he “cannot imagine it has been that long since we were there.” No
kidding.
Anna Martinson writes: “Wow, I spent a very memorable four months at
HKIS in the fall of 1980 (Junior year). Unbelievably, I’m still in school,
currently as a doctoral candidate (i.e., ABD) at Indiana University, although
I’m living in St. Paul, Minnesota where I’m a visiting scholar
with the Internet Studies Center through the Rhetoric Department at
the University of Minnesota. More info available at my very old school
webpage: and another infrequently
updated blog: .”
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Stacy Mock Walker with husband Mark, son Reed, and daughter Alex
Stacy Mock Walker writes (walkers@friscoisd.org) :“After living in
Houston, and San Antonio, my family moved to Frisco, Texas in April
of 2000. We have an 11 year old daughter, Alex, and a 9 year old son,
Reed. My husband, Mark and I, are celebrating our 15th wedding
anniversary this year.
“I got my alternate teaching certificate in 2001, and have been teaching
middle school ever since then in Frisco. I also earned my Master’s
Degree in High Education in Summer 2004.
“Our most exciting news is that we are going to Hong Kong this
summer and the kids and I are staying there for two whole months!
My parents moved back to Hong Kong in March of 2005, so we’ll
have the chance to stay and visit with them. Mark, however, will only
be able to join us for a couple of weeks. Please contact me if any of
you will be there this summer. I would love to catch up on old times.
Michael O’Keefe is living in Washington,
D.C. He attended HKIS for fourth,
fifth, and sixth grades (six out of his nine
siblings went to HKIS). After sixth
grade, Michael and his family left Hong
Kong and moved to Connecticut. Michael
is married to Susan and they have
three children.
Maeve, Dylan,
and Quinn O’Keefe