Reunion of SMSJ (Johor Science School) batch SPM 1987 in Melaka

These are pictures I took at a recent reunion cum family day of my old school mates from the Johor Science School in Keluang, better known as Sekolah Menengah Sains Johor or SMSJ. We first entered the school in 1982 but are generally known as the batch SPM 1987 students because that was the year we took the all-important SPM examinations for secondary school students which would determined our course later in life, at least as to what universities would we qualify for. Although I was kicked out of the school in 1986 for discplinary problems, I still took the exam in another school in 1987. In 1987, I made a brief visit to SMSJ and that was the last time I saw almost all of my schoolmates ( a few would later study at the same college, a few I met later while studying in England).

Whatever, in general it's been 22 years since I last saw the lot of them. The recent reunion held on Friday 1st of May at a resort in Melaka was an eye-opener. It was my first reunion with them since leaving school and the second mass reunion for the whole group since they conducted one back at the school in 2004 or 2005 or so. I must say a lot of thoughts and memories raced through my mind during the reunion lasting well into the night and on to the next day and beyond. One can't help being nostalgic upon the memories of growing up together starting at the tender age of 12 in a boarding school were we got ragged, beaten up by seniors and such but yet still cerish everything as the bitter-sweet trails and tribulations that make us tick. Good night! :]