soo lin's birthday celebration in school on 8 aug & send off on 12 aug 2006







for the first time i did not take any picture at the departure hall of the airport. i was there to see soo lin off to the united states of america. she was taking the same sia flight that took diana, veni, bim and norhana to newark on 29 july.

i did not use my digital camera mainly because i was the only colleague there. mdm lim had been there earlier and had left. i was not aware that she was at the airport. actually i was there around the same time but i was looking for soo lin at another part of the departure hall. when she did not respond to my phone call, i thought that she had boarded the plane. but then i reasoned it was most likely. she was going to a faraway place and for quite a period of time, surely she would want to spend as much time with her family and friends as possible before going into the departure lounge.

finally found her near counter 4. she was surrounded by her family members and her former classmates. met soo lin's father for the first time. was introduced to her other brothers. could see that the niece and nephews were very close to her.

on 8 aug, we had celebrated soo lin's birthday with a birthday cake in school. she was in school at around 1.00 p.m. ms chui had sent an email to all exco members informing them of the occasion.