Written by I am delighted to share this signature document to all who visit the CTSS Alumni blog. The page was signed by the teachers and students as a gift to our principal Dr. Irene Cheng for her retirement in summer of 1967. It was forwarded to me after my visit to the new 
campus at Tai Po, NT in 1998. As I read every name, image of young faces gleamed with childhood innocence comes to life. What happened to our classmates after 1967, 1968 and beyond? It recaptures the moment of our youth and reminds me the lyrics of a song by the Carpenters in the early 70’s Yesterday Once More: … Those were such happy times, And not so long ago, How I wondered where they’d gone …
We drifted apart after graduation took paths of our choice, embarked on journeys that brought us where we are today. Whatever we have done, wherever we have gone, we have lived our life in our own way, a life that makes us happy and satisfied. A full circle back after some 45 years, I realize now that we have more in common than ever before. Our careers are coming to an end (or have ended) with the next generation taking over. We all belong to the group called senior citizens, entitled to Medicare, pension and senior discounts. We thought the stress level will ease off upon retirement not knowing that acquiring skills to navigate the digital world of iPhone, iPad, iCloud becomes our new challenge. The more we try to compare, measure up to our classmates, the more we found we all will ultimately arrive at the same destination. So if you feel the emotion and/or the burden of mid-life crisis or old age helplessness, you are not alone.
With utmost admiration to our teachers who had the passion and patience in educating young minds, with gratitude to my classmates who supported, antagonized, competed, embarrassed and challenged me in the past; may this document bring back the comfort, rekindle our love and friendship, laughter and fond memories of the times we were together. Let’s savor the experience and re-connect.
I would like to also remember our dear classmate Lanying Lau (1968) who passed away on 24 August 2013. As much as we grieve, we must value every moment of our lives.
Let me end with this quote: Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. Be of good cheer.
楊杏霖 (Teresa Kuan)(Year of 68)
kuan.teresa@gmail.com
1967 Teacher & Student Signature Document
Teresa’s sharing resonates in my heart. Though we haven never met face to face before, I feel so close to her. True, we have come to age when we don’t have to bother what we have done to prove values. I’m reading a book, Immortal Diamond, in which the writer, Richard Rohr, makes an inspiring point, we are human beings, not ‘human doings’. So what we are concerned is not what we should do to live up to the expectations of people around but be what we are because we are ‘immortal diamonds’.
I do remember Lau Lan Ying as an energetic student running around the school with smiles, though we didn’t have personal contacts. It is sadly true that ‘Time and tide wait for no man’. ‘Seize the day’!
I was in the very first batch of graduates from Confucian Tai Shing in
1965, two years after the establishment of the school.
陈荣平of Aurora Club 1965
Hi 陳榮平 ！My name is 張連康，前旭社司庫。It has been over half a century, 大家印象可能己糢糊，but lucky enough, I can still manage to get hold of one old classmate from 大成中學 facebook !
Do you have any connection with other classmates ? How about calling for a reunion at least via email /whatsapp ?
I moved to Canada 28 years ago, am living in Toronto now, I am visiting HK every year around October.
Hoping that this message can be read by you and looking forward to your response !
A Happy 2017 to start with !
感謝楊杏霖校友分享1967年的簽名書.
1967香港大暴動, 何校長退休.
67-70年, 香港社會問題多, 能在一個好的環境, 如大成上中學幾年, 是福份.
大成始終沒有預科班, 是唯一的美中不足.
一直以為大成中學關了, 44年後看到一些當年認識的老師与同學名字, 对本网网主致敬.
(1970年中五畢業生)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about dr irene cheng.
Regards