teacher's day golf tourney

@ allamanda, palm resort

i have been involved in the teacher's day golf competition organised by and for ourselves at palm resort in johor for the past six years.. this year, my involvement was a bit different; instead of helping with the logistics and prize presentation, i became involved as a participant. and as a lucky first-timer, i collected a (lucky draw) prize.

my friend nai ah, vice-principal of chai chee secondary, came to pick me at 5.45 a.m. from bukit panjang, he drove to yu mei to pick cheryl, another friend of his. cheryl, who works in ntu, has been a regular participant in our tournament. we had breakfast at a coffeeshop in senai before making our way to the golf course.

this year's tournament was organised by low aye, fomer principal of first toa payoh secondary, assisted by his friends shamugam and thurai from fuchun secondary. the number of participants this year was a record high. we had a shotgun or siren start, with flights starting simultaneously at all the 18 holes.

the siren was sounded at around 8.00 a.m. i teed off at hole 4 with tien choy and his former colleagues, kwan and cheong. we managed to complete our game before 12.30 p.m. the weather was very kind of us.

after lunch and the prize presentation, we left the place. as we were heading for home, it started to pour.