SUNGAI CHOH (5) : Once Upon A Time | To Share The Fun Is A Gift

Once Upon A Time

 (The More We Get Together)

SK Sungai Choh

Standard 6

Memory 1962

Nearby Main Road

Formerly Sekolah Umum

What a joy to see my grandchildren smiling in their best attire. Anyway they are lucky because everything is affordable for the parents. Whereas their Atuk, who came from a simple family, wore anything. Just to cover the thin body. Of course the short pants was quite big and loose. Only tightened by "tali rafia" as a belt.  So was the light blue short-sleeved shirt, quite big to suit the body. Sometimes like a clown in a loose-fitting suit, walking a bit weird.  Anyway I couldn’t care less. After all, I was not fashion-minded to get girls’ attention. Even so, I was too naive to be Casanova or Romeo or whatever. Might be, it's typical of me.

Fraser Hill

Wooden Shop

Wedding Ceremony

Panoramic View

SK Sungai Choh

Actually the light blue colour came from indigo dye or "nila". Well, in the first round of the days,  Atuk’s uniform was quite hard and rigid due to the starch or “kanji”. During that time “kanji” was quite popular substances for stiffening the fabric. That's why most of the pupils were walking like robots. However we were not really bother about our uniform whatever. School uniform was not a priority back then. We only went to school because we could get together with friends and then played together. By then, I somehow believed the secret of togetherness. That belief still stands today. So trust me, my friends. We are just a drop of water if we are alone but we are an ocean if we get together. So  the wind wave will be our strength and as well as the ocean depth  will be our mind. 

Shared The Joy

ARAM Siblings

Sungai Buaya

Main Gate

From Jalan Mawar

Back then,  we were nonetheless a little vague  about the purpose of going to school. Might be basically  able to read, write and count.  Nothing more than the needs and abilities of primary school pupils. In fact, we didn't have any ambition at all. We were just playful village boys. Even playing was  fun and was an exciting daily activity, although we had to study religion in the afternoon. However we still had good-time opportunity to play together. Surprisingly, happiness had made the body feel less tired. Instead, we always promised to play again the next day. Thus having many friends to share the  fun was a gift unlike any other. In other words, being alone was a dream but together was a reality which we shared together.

The more we get together

Together, together

The happier we’ll be

'Cause your friends are my friends

And my friends are your friends

The more we get together

The happier we'll be

(Nursery Rhyme)