Due to hectic routine, I have not been able to write in the past two weeks. However, I really wanted to follow-up on our last Tuesday’s conversation with Zahir Bhai and Danny bhai. Time just flies… so fast that it sometimes becomes very difficult to bring the shaded memories of past into the light of present. Gone are the days when we had the whole day at leisure to muck around with friends. Work has taken its toll on our lives, and is becoming more demanding, challenging, and complex day by day. To sweat off my stress, I usually read the interesting posts of the “Fan- members” on the website I am extremely happy to see the members flocking in from all around. The site has in fact brought back the long-gone sense of brotherhood among all of us, and has become a common platform for us to share the sweetest memories of our childhood. To tell you the truth, I have once again stumbled upon the best years of my childhood – the time that we spent together at PPPS as students. The photos on the website also flash the care-free days of our lives, when all that really mattered to us was true “friendship.” I feel as if someone has broken the corroded chain on the gate to the unsurpassed pleasure. I am also amazed to see how much this website has accomplished in such a short time. The way this site has congregated us all, deserves a big applaud! Every time I see a new member on the site, it boosts my energy and opens up a new era of memories, some of which have now become a little hazy. I am also very impressed to see the incredibly amount of energy the members are bringing into the group. Let’s keep it up! Oh yeah, I was also thinking about the weekend when all members would get together at the Fanling mosque, thanks to Munir Bhai, who is organizing this get together. I’m anxiously looking forward to the day when we all will get together again. Zia’s E-mail was very interesting. He mentioned different games we used to play. I now recall all of them. The one that I miss the most is “Dabba/Teelo Express” we used to play at the helipad. Alas, the golden moments of our lives are gone. Would that we get a chance to play those games again with all the police vehicles and ambulances available to hide, and play sirens late at night. At that time, hockey and soccer were the most popular games among us, and at times, we played Netball with Madam and Sir. I can also recall the time when “Madam stopped the game because her hair-piece fell on the ground during the match.” She used to call us Oooeeeee……. and should I also mention “the wooden stick of our Sir”. He had a long philosophy about his stick, which I don’t think any student could ever understand. Luen Wo Hui used to be the most popular place for grocery, shopping, cinema, and renting bicycles. Remember “Aaee Chai” tailor and “Lal Naak Wala” old Chinese guy from whom we used to buy the lottery tickets? Every time the poor guy bent down to pick up the dinkies, we used to pull extra lottery tickets “for free.” We were so quick in doing that! Coming back to PMQs…. Do you remember the two famous characters, “Tall Sergeant” and “Fat Sergeant?” We always kept those poor guys busy in handling complaints regarding throwing water from windows, breaking glasses, bricks, doors, etc. And remember Aling? The Chinese guy, who used to live in the building at the lower-level, across us. May I also remind you what we used to ask him? You guys can probably fill in the blanks, “Alingggg, Ik Ma_ _ De Ga.” Remember how daring we used to be …….when we used to ride our bicycles down-hill with hands in air at such high speeds, and without applying brakes until we reached the end of the slope and the narrow turn? And flying “dragon flies” and “fire flies” with thread, catching grass hoppers, playing Bantay. I remember Sajid Butt and Farhat used to win tons of Bantay from others and I always called them “Bantay Masters.” No matter what we do, where we go, Asad Shafi was always seen busy flying kites. Climbing up the trees for Lychees and there were few trees (Shahtoot kae tree). How yummy those were. O guys! I can’t stop telling you more…….Playing supermen cards, smoking in bushes, barbecue potatoes etc…. School tours were very sweet. Visiting Ocean Park, Fanling garden and Castle peak road beach. Wow wow!!! how great those moments were! Ummm…... we get together in school parties, stuff our mouths with food, socialize and then open some presents……. that’s really cool. Among our interesting TV programs were “Six million dollar man”, “Bionic woman”, “Chips”, “Siu Lo Pao”, “Siu Chee cha” (were very interesting characters). Also we loved watching Cheew Yen (Japanese super men No. 1,2,3,4…) and English TV program character names were Moe, Larry, Curly. Wow!!! Uncle Manzoor playing Indian movies on big projector screen. Naeem Butt playing good strokes for English cricket team………so much fun my friends! We used to learn Koran from Cha Cha Molvi Aslam at his canteen. May Allah Bless him and reward him for all his hard work in “Islamic teachings”. Thank you for reading my long mail Truly, Azhar Anwar Chaudhry (Hong Kong) |
