Sunday, December 11, 2011

NOSTALGIA - Picture Without Permission!!

nos·tal·gia, noun - a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life...

Going through some of my "junk" recently, found a box of old black and white post-card size prints taken during my schooling years in Melbourne; Australia.

Ahh... those were some of the best days of my life :) And like the famous Kodak Eastman slogan, "We (pictures) capture your memories forever!"

This photo for instant...

A single shot taken with a film camera hidden inside a plastic lunch box, while I was attending our biology class in Oakleigh High School in Victoria, Australia; FORTY FIVE YEARS ago!

 Confession is in order, as a student in 1968; I always admired how stunning our biology teacher, Mrs Dawson look!  I would love to take some pictures of her but was too chicken to ask ;)

This picture was taken without her permission but without any other motive, I am very sorry I did that; Mrs Dawson. 45 years on, you are still as good looking as ever :)

They say- "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away..." this was one of the moment :)

Among the pictures is a shot of me in the Oakleigh High School's class room, snapped by my classmate with my Pentax SV SLR camera.


Famous Last Words...
  
Every memory is precious. Whether it is a bad one or a good one, they overall shape us for who we are today. So don't let any of them go.

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3 comments:

heather said...

Ha ha! A good story. It would be good if you could find the lady.That would be a really good story.I wonder where she is today.

cy.leow said...

Comments via FaceBook

Vincent Yeoh-
Handsome young guy!! where is Oakleigh High School located?
Yesterday at 18:41

Cy Leow-
Everyone look good when young ;) Oakleigh High is in Oakleigh, a suburb in Victoria, Australia. Oakleigh is next to Huntingdale, do you know Melbourne, Vincent?
Yesterday at 22:09

Vincent Yeoh-
Been to Melbourne a couple of times but do not know it too well.
14 hours ago

AK Chan-
CY, What does Le General has to say about this?
7 hours ago

Cy Leow-
?? You think this was a crush on my teacher? Ha ha ha... Wrong... as a young photographer I appreciate beautiful woman ;)
3 hours ago

Saiwan Wong-
Hello as an old photographer u STILL appreciate beautiful women!
2 hours ago

Cy Leow-
All right Mr Wong, as MEN; WE (like u & I) appreciate beautiful women ;)
2 hours ago

Saiwan Wong-
Yes I truly agree Mr Leow!! Eyes to appreciate!
2 hours ago

Vincent Yeoh-
CY, there is nothing wrong in having a crush on the teacher as I remember while in fifth form, some of the graduate teacher were so young and beautiful and did not look like a teacher,haha...
about an hour ago

Cy Leow-
Remember one of our CLHS teacher was Miss Malaysia and air hostess, can't recall her name; Margaret...? I think the whole class fall head over heel. ha ha ha...
29 minutes ago

cy.leow said...

Charles Chan- via FB
CY, I bet you were always ready to help carry her books.
The women teachers in my school in Taiping were really plain compared to your Mrs Dawson.