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Cheung Chuk Shan College alumni overseas link UPDATES
Update # 52. February 16, 2003 | |||
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  Little Vicky and brother Paul First things first. These good tidings were sent to me as early as December (or November?) but sorry I was too busy to give the news the publicity it deserves. Let us congratulate Fung Pik Yeuk Rebecca [ F7 1984 ] and her family for the welcome addition of new member, a baby girl Victoria. Rebecca and family reside in San Francisco Bay Area. She wrote: Praise the Lord! 
This picture of Miss Winnie Wong in the snow was taken on Christmas Day, 2002 outside
her brother's home in Nashua, New Hampshire. She spent 11 days there for a family reunuion. She said, "Fortunately, the fall of snow was not continuous and only a little inconvenience was caused. I must confess, I HATE SNOW!!!!!"
Back in Hong Kong this is Miss Wong's first New Year after retirement, and obviously she is enjoying it immensely. "I really feel wonderful that the work pressure is lifted," she said. This year she can afford even more time preparing the flowers for the New Year, and send us pictures of them as in last year. "I have to wait for the flowers to bloom or the pictures don't have much to show. I have got three types of flowers for the New Year. I have learnt a lesson this year. The peach blossom branch is not too good because the flowers are small. Fortunately, I have the gladioli which look vibrant and cheerful, and the narcissus which bloom in profusion, filling the whole flat with a pure scent and refreshing fragrance. I really take great pride in producing my own narcissus." 
Thank you so much, Winnie. The Chinese Peach Blossom is always my favorite flower too. But for quite some time I could not find it in San Francisco area (didn't know where to look, maybe). Then lately I saw two trees of Flowering Plum in a nursery (Prunus x bleiriana). The flowers are very close to the peach blossom (but with a lighter shade of pink). They are so beautiful that I snatched them immediately, and put them in the front yard for the time being. Later I will move them to backyard. At this time the trees are tall (almost 8-10 feet), but small. Hope they will grow into big trees. (And, only yesterday I found the real Chinese Peach Blossom in San Jose, about 6 ft tall but with dark pink flowers. I am happy.) ---FELIX  Flowering Plum trees on my front yard  Many thanks are due to Mr K K Lai of the Chemistry Lab for sending me a lot of photos he took of the school events, including this year's School Picnic and Speech Day. Recently he has sent picture of a BBQ Party at his home. You can see faces of some of the teachers there and Mr Lai's new home.
 Lau Mei Ying Rainbow has gained entry to the California Bar and can now practice as a lawyer. Chan Yau Kit Tony had spent months in China as a volunteer for the Catholic Church and the people there. Ng Man Ho Eric [ F5 1991 ] who graduated from UC Berkeley in Computer Science and then had been working in the Bay Area at managerial level, has decided to go back to Graduate School to earn an MBA degree. He got married a year ago in Vancouver. Cheng Sau Ting Aileer [ F5 1994 ] now doing fine as a postgraduate student in Cambridge University, UK, writes:
Li Hiu Fai Hilda [ F5 1991 ], of Hong Kong, is planning her trip again, this time to South America, mainly for 3 countries, Chile, Peru, Argentina. Probably she will pass by US first for transit to Satinago of Chile in May 2003. We hope to meet her around here. We hope she will send us some photos of her trip, as she had done in the past. Mail from Tin Shun Kam Raymond [ F4 1989 ], who went back to HK after finishing university in San Francisco: Dear all,I would like to thank all of you who sent me Christmas and Chinese New Year greetings, electronic and on paper. Happy New Year to you all. [ Appended March 6, 2003 ] It is exciting to hear from Kwok Ching Han Rosanna [ F5 1973 ] who is now living in Concord, California with her husband Tony Lau, and two sons, Andrew and Jonathan. She writes:
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