On 5 May 2012, Saturday, 9 of us met at Kranji MRT station at 9am, before heading off to the causeway and then to Mr Kanda's house in Johor Bahru. Thanks to Bala and Leong Keong who had offered to drive. And of course not forgetting Janet who initiated and organised the whole trip. Thanks to her for the smooth and efficient organising.
Since it was also Vesak Day, and crowd was anticipated, we were stuck in the jam for about 1 and half hours. When we reached JB, we made a short stopover at the Holiday Inn Plaza, near Mr Kanda's house, to pen our messages in a scrapbook of photos made for him and to sign a birthday card for him. We reached his house at about 12pm and were warmly welcomed by Mr Kanda, his wife, Saro and son, Uresh
While waiting for Bon, who had to play golf in the morning in JB, to join us, we chit chatted with Mr Kanda, who related to us interesting recollections of the days in BPES. What fantastic memory he had, for one who was 2 days away from his 78th birthday.
We ended the visit with a hearty meal at an Indian Restaurant near his house. See pictures below. It was a day well spent. The weather was fine, not scorching hot like the other days during that week. Most importantly we had a good time catching up with old teacher and friends. Some have suggested making it a yearly affair and we hope to have more of our friends joining us next time when we meet again.
