It was a very happy reunion indeed. It was marvellous to meet so many friends from yesteryears under the same roof, friends whom I would not otherwise meet on our occasional trips to Hong Kong. Just as well that we wore our name tags, as most of us had changed one way or another with age.

Thanks to Cheuk Fun for keeping the momentum rolling for more than a year and the organising committee for all the hard work. Now back in Sydney, I had an enjoyable time reading the bulletin during my lunch break. I am glad that some of the photos I scanned last year were put to good use. I am surprised that the effect was quite good, considering the size I saved each photo in.

Thanks to Hester for being so gullible to take on the history of the Team as part of her MA program. Now I understand the development of the Team more after reading her summary in the bulletin. I felt very privileged to be part of the student movement and be able to establish bonding with many in the Team through work and play. Hester, you had demonstrated incredible courage as well as excellent attitude in working with all of us. I am glad that you still stay on with us after finishing your project. Probably you find that we are just normal people, not a bunch of nerds after all. I just wonder if you were born years earlier, whether you will join us in our various endeavours. I wish you all the best for your career.

Si Mi, I have said this to you in private, but I want to say it in public again. I felt very moved by the presence of Ho Yin in our reunion night. I remembered him as the young lad who obligingly performed kung fu arts for us more than 15 years ago. How time flies and he has grown into a very mature young man. I hope that he will approve of the company his parents were associated with!!!!! Now with the reunion over and done with, what other project do you have in mind?

Siu Kin came to the reunion night very prepared. I am surprised that you kept the flag that we signed years ago and brought it with you to the gathering. Pity that we didn’t realise that you still remember us, otherwise we should have gone to LA to visit you when we went to San Francisco last year. Do you remember the slide of myself, Kwong Yin and Ha Siu Pang in Hang Hau Camp? I pondered for years whether it is you, or Tam She Gun or Chan Yiu Hung who placed the chopsticks behind me. Well, Gun wrote a funny caption on the photo in my possession, but all three of you were the cheeky ones in my time.

Man Keung, thanks for coming over to sing with me. Sorry about my voice though. After such a lot of talking, singing and may be jeering, I found that I lost my voice on the boat trip back. However, I had a memorable time for the 2 days. I remembered when I joined Sau Shan on stage singing with you, I saw the faces of other senior members of the team singing MY songs. It was a very wonderful feeling indeed. Many of them were the people I haven’t met before, the names of whom I remembered from the communication list years ago, but here we were, singing the songs in unison. You got the feeling that we were actually one. Now that I am in the mood, I find myself still singing all those songs subconsciously, (by myself of course, as Kwong Yin does not have a single music cell in his body), when I am cleaning the house or cooking.

My biggest surprise of the reunion night was when Ng Yuet Yin came over and introduced herself and identified me as her classmate from primary school. Yuet Yin, you must have joined the Team when you were very young. I joined at 19 and I haven’t met you there all those years. Next time you come to Sydney, please give me a tingle. I would love to catch up with you again.

Siu Pang must be feeling very relieved that no rotten eggs or tomatoes came his way that night. I loved the historic moment when Lim Ding joined him on stage and posed with him. Wonder whether Lim Ding regretted that pose now after learning about Siu Pang’s hidden talent.

Wai Mun, I am sure you can recognise the three girls I showed in one of my slides. I think they were a bit wary of my political interest since the Bu O Camp. I wonder where you had been all these years. Would you have known us better then, would you join us again in other camps?

Now, Lim Ding, I have to settle some scores with you.
1. You had downsized the contingency of the Woo (Kam Sang) / Wu (Sau Shan & Sau Wan) clan. You had left out Kwong Yin, my husband, who was also a member of the Team. All five of us were committee members at various times. Also, my eldest sister and her husband dropped in on a day, probably at the Bu O Camp, (may be out of curiosity or to check that I am still alright, that being my first long work camp where I stayed almost for the whole period). I challenge on behalf of my siblings whether any other family can beat that record.
2. Kwong Yin and I settled in Sydney more than 10 years before Ho Wing On’s family immigrated. So, it is they who followed us, not the other way round. I am sorry that you have to rewrite those parts of your story.

I wish that there will be another reunion some other time again. Hope that we don’t have to wait for another 40 years!