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Friday, January 29, 2010

Irene: [ACSians] Here's to Reunion 2030

A group of 40-year-old buddies discuss and discuss where they should meet for dinner.

Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Gausthof zum Lowen
because the waitresses wear low-cut blouses and have nice breasts..

10 years later, at 50, they meet again and once again discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Gausthof zum Lowen because the food there is very good and so is the wine selection.

10 years later, at 60 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss where to have dinner. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Gausthof zum Lowen because they can eat in peace and quiet and the place is smoke free.

10 years later, at 70 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Gausthof zum Lowen because the restaurant is wheelchair-accessible and even has an elevator.

10 years later, at 80 years of age, the group meets again and once again discuss where they should meet. Finally, they decide upon the Gausthof zum Lowen because they have never been there before.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Min RE: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences

 
Well said Andrew. It’s a beautiful song  & beautifully sung by the schmoos.

Thanks for the memories & warmest(you need them where you are) regards,
Min

Monday, January 11, 2010

Mark Kan Re: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences - reply

 

for the lost youth...
this was hope !
alluring, enticing, soothing - the solver of ALL problems of life...
San Francisco is THE Mecca of :
love, free love, mind expanding drugs...
this together with Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...
blew me away in our times...
the days of the Cold War...where either side had the power to blow up the world !
many times over !
the days of the "domino theory" !
IF Vietnam falls to communism than the rest of SE Asia is doomed...
hahaha !
and look what happened ?
the Almighty US of A - LOST !
the world still stands as is !
communism imploded on it's own !
think of the loss of lives, the sufferings of Indochina for decades !
still remember the image of the naked, shrieking girl - napalmed ?
OMG ! WOT A LIE it has all turned out to be !


i was invisible then...
juz a seeming hood from Ah Hood Rd...
altho i view me-self a slightly deeper thinker...
when Low Siew Tien, God bless his soul ( is he dead yet ? )
asked me to "get out of his class "...
i went to the front corner of the class to collect my crash helment...
might as well go down to Keok Rd for my favourite wanton mee lah !
the dry version "kon loh" one !  THE BEST in S'pore then !
and a couple of smokes after lah !
nothing much has changed !
hahaha !


incidentally, Scott Mckenzie also wrote one of me all time fav song :
" So what's the difference "
i am tryin to attach here - if i can find it !
i've failed...


so pardon my impaired memory...here's some glimpses of it :


" hey friend wake up ! i'm throwin rocks at your window pane...
  get out of bed, i got something to say...
  so what the difference if we don't go now...
  nobody'll know us in a year or so...
  nobody'll know us for the things we've been thinking...
  so wot's the diffrence if we STAY ? "


so i became a " quitter " in poor Goh Chok Tong's lingo...
his is damned rich no doubt - financially - aren't they ALL now
but poor that he was seat-warming AND
puppeteered from behind by the almighty Lee dynasty !
which is juz my guess...ok ?
no need to go the the ISD for dat !
i have connections there too - of my own !

hahahaha !

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Rex Hu RE: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences

Hi folks, 

There's another less flattering but more flatulent version that comes to mind.....
How many beans are there in the jar 
How many beans can you see
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Noor Quek Re: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences

 
Hehe indeed words did not mean a thing then and perhaps not even now except for Dont Worry be Happy. What's impt was and still is the song and sometimes the singer/singers. Remember the Shmoos?

Love

NQ

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Andy Liew Re: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences

 
Hi Rose,
Stop apologising!
Wat's important is that Blowing is a beautiful song, relevant then, relevant now, and relevant always.
Warmest regards from the what must be the coldest place in China (Tang-minus 16 degrees- shan)


Rose VAITHINATHAN Re: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences

 
er... and words, even if we didnt fully comprehend them...


Rose Vaithinathan Re: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences

ya but then again i think i may have sounded rather pretentious
and prob got my dates a bit upside down, not being a history student and all...
i spose I couldnt resist some reminiscing too...

cant be as comprehensive and correct as LInda

hey Linda , forgot to say well done !

Dr Rose Vaithinathan

Noor Quek Re: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences

 
Was certainly nice to be so innocent then and sing because we loved the mood , company and tunes.

Noor

Sent from my iphone
Noor Quek


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William Meyer Re: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences

 
So true Rose!!
 
I remember listening to Dylan for the 1st time at Letty's house - I've been a fan ever since, although his more recent stuff doesn't grab me as much.  Listening to 'Chimes of Freedom' prompted my first REAL understanding of the word 'underdog' 
 
Have you ever heard Edie Brickell's version of Hard Rain?
 
 
Pity about the album cover!!
 
Peace for ALL in 2010,
 
William Meyer

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Rose VAITHINATHAN Re: [ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences

 

re  "Blowing in the Wind " I think it's not correct to say that " ...we didnt realise (it) was anti-Vietnam war".
 
It was impossible, almost, to be unaware at that time.  '67- '68 was probably the height of the  war , which was in the news all the time with recurrent reports about draft dodging, flag burning, the antiwar movement in the US, Martin Luther King's and others' views, the offensives and Spore's (evolving) position on the war. We had US soldiers' R&Rs in Spore (Serene Centre  near Eugene's house where we used to practice was involved ) and other daily reminders. We knew that hundreds of 'protest' songs (besides B in the W ) were spawned from that war and Joan Baez and other singers were arrested for their protests .

But the lyrics of B in the W (and other 'protest' songs) were also true to what we and most (idealistic) young people could identify with - ie anti-war in general , and pro-peace, freedom and feeling a fellow man's suffering . So the songs became universal, and, may I say, a wonderful privilege to sing .

Rose VAITHINATHAN

Friday, January 1, 2010

[ACSians] Happy New Year, and Reminiscences [1 Attachment]

Dear ACS Friends,

Thank you for all the greetings and news throughout the year. I haven't been active sending messages or on the blog, so decided I would make up for it by sending you the attached, which are my personal reminiscences of my short time in ACS (not intended to be representative, probably full of errors, and no obligation to read).

The period between Christmas and New Year is the only time in the year that I have any "downtime" and it is a luxury for me to write for fun rather than work. 2009 was unusual in that I saw many of you, in many different places, and it's also the year that I was asked to write something (much shorter) for a Singapore volume on the 800th anniversary of Cambridge, one of my other alma maters, so got reflective and nostaglic. I'd written something (much longer) on my MGS days about five years ago, so decided it was time to write something on ACS.

Having the old school magazines and a new scanner to play with also helped, but in the end I had to minimize inclusion of the photoscans in order to keep the document manageable in terms of bytes. Apologies if it clogs up your mailbox anyway, and feel free to delete!

Happy New Year to everyone!

Best,
Linda

[ACSians] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

 
All the best in 2010!!!!
Jennifer

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from Jennifer Ng