"A REUNION 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING"

"A REUNION 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING"

It have been 20 years , it has been since some of them last met and go their separate ways. But then, through Facebook, they were able to find each other and reconnect after all these years. And finally, on 19^th December 2014, SMB St. Thomas’s Class of 1994 gathered for a reunion at the Garden Heritage Steamboat and barbeque.

 

“The reunion initiatives, actually started few years back, when we started to find each other through Facebook, but it never happen,” said Ishkander Mohammad, one of the reunion organizing committee.

“We setup a Whatsapp group and after that, ideas pouring in, and finally here we are,” Iskhander added.

These SMB St. Thomas’s students, or Thomian as they fondly known, consisted of students born in the year 1977 and also 1976 from four different classes of Form 5 Science, 5 Arts 1, 5 Arts 2 and 5 Arts 3.

Gathering old friends can be very challenging as it involves time as well as geographical issues. “Some of us is either working outside Kuching, the peninsular, Sabah or even as far as Europe, thus achieving full attendance is an impossible task.” Said Sdr.Andre Ong, who is also one of the organizing committee..

“But the organizing team has agreed, whatever the numbers, the reunion must go on, hopefully it will kick start interest for future activities,” Andre added.

During the gathering, apart from games, karaoke sessions and lucky draw, an official committee was setup consist of Thomian Class of 1994 students. The formation of this committee also means that the group will be able to organize more activities for its members and families or even look into the welfare aspects if needed.

“I hope those who are not able to attend today, can join us in future activities, and we are also planning to register this committee into a registered entity,” said Sdr. Iskhander, the first  elected Chairman of the Thomian 94 Alumni Club.

The Thomian 94 Alumni Club is open for SMB St. Thomas’s students who were born in 1977, or those who attended Form Five in 1994. For further details, please go to Geng Sekolah St. Thomas 1994 Facebook page or Email to them at their email address, alumnithomian94@gmail.com , for further info.