Going back to St. Michael’s Institution after what felt like a mental hundred years in waiting was awesome when I finally found myself in actual attendance for the school’s one-hundredth-year celebration on 29 September 2012! For years I have been looking forward to this centennial event to the point of near-obsession for some reason I can’t even comprehend. Sometimes I even have some minor anxiety about what if I couldn’t make it due to some circumstances. Now, I am glad that have become a part of that historic milestone along with three thousand plus other fellow alumni, current to former staff and students.
I could still remember the terrifying moment on the first day of school like it was just yesterday. I was desperately clinging to my mother’s hand and then panicked with separation anxiety the next day after Mom had to leave me behind. It felt like Mom had abandoned me indefinitely. Admittedly during those years, going to school wasn’t exactly something that I looked forward to! I was the subject of name-calling and was bullied by certain teachers both mentally and physically. Somehow I managed to survive with the good years in-between where kind and dedicated teachers balanced out the not-so-good years. Also my gratitude to the schoolmates who chose to remain friends with me until this very day do make the whole experience an incredibly worthwhile part of my life. The school also boasts of the most majestically beautiful architecture which is a rarity in this country from that era.
The welcome banner.
With my two other old fellow Michaelians touring the school grounds. It was so hot and humid that our shirts were soaked!
The venue for the evening’s dinner.
With my Form 1 (year 7) teacher, Mr. Timothy Chee.
The evening of the celebrations.
There are some 3000+ Michaelians here!
Thank you for the memories, St. Michael’s! Here’s to another 100! Hope I can make that 🤭
My last visit to the now demolished old primary section. This was my first classroom at St. Michael’s institution. These 2 images were shot in 1993.
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