I think the ultimate school reunion would be if you got together with people in the same class as you during Primary / Standard I. A second best would be revisiting the place where you spent your earliest years at school.

I went to primary school at SRK Rangalau Baru (established 1959) which is in Tuaran district and nearer to Tamparuli than Kiulu. During those days I walked about 2 miles daily to and from school. The world seemed so big then: Kg Malangang Baru, a mere few kilometres away, where we had our annual inter-school sports meet felt a world apart.

I left the school at the end of 1981.

During the afternoon of 7th November 2009 I managed to spend about 20 minutes visiting it. It was eerily quiet – it was just me and the school. This was not my first visit in 28 years, but it truly felt like it.

The building where I went to for Primary I classes was still there:

So was the other building where I had my primary 3 (or was it 4?) to 6 education. The corridor’s view as I came out of the primary 6 classroom was still very much the same:

This is the playground where we had our assemblies and marching drills:

And this is where I had my earliest memories of school: Primary I class, 33 years ago: it is now a computer room:

Goodness, memories truly came flooding back as I gazed inside.

This is a teacher’s quarters, where we had our lunches and planted vegetables outside:

Years ago the road up went straight through the satellite dish and that building behind the dish was not there yet. I still remember bitten by a black dog almost 30 years ago as I walked up that hill:

This dirt field was our stadium – where we had our football matches and track and field events:

Probably this is one reason why I’m still here while so many of my peers have gone for greener pastures elsewhere, even going for San Bruno real estate.

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