Report on Decade Reunion 2001

The Decade Reunion dinner for the year 2001 was held together with the Alumni AGM on 7 July 2001 at the Champagnat Hall of SFXC. This time, old boys with graduation year ending with "1" were the hosts of the event while all other old boys were welcome to join as guests. We had a happy gathering with nearly 100 participants. Over 20 teachers and brothers joined and enjoyed it.

The atmosphere was warm and harmonious as many old boys had not met for a long time since graduation. They quickly grouped together in small circles. This is natural for long-lost friends. In years to come, we hope these circles could go beyond the boundary of year and people, and there could be even more interactions among old boys of different years and teachers, making this family event as memorable and meaningful as can be.

Many alumni were particularly interested in the photo exhibition which presented both SFX schools' premises development in the past decades. Some of the alumni's own old photos in school time were displayed too. Many old boys were able to find their young faces. The photos did arouse numerous rounds of "guess-who-and-when" and brought the reminiscences of all the participants to the good old days.

Some old boys thought that the event would be much greater if there was a larger number of participants. This could be, in fact, partly due to the relatively short time of preparation, and partly due to inadequate liaison officers. The organization committee is formed every year by a handful of alumni. They share the workload of both organizing the event and contacting people. Should some people dedicate their time doing the liaison while some others dedicate in the event preparation only, the message could be more widespread.

Likewise, the number of participating teachers could be increased if more old boys could take the initiate to invite their former teachers and put in effort to give the teachers kind of "home" feeling. After all, it is personal touch that our beloved teachers and Brothers treasure most. May we hope that future decade reunions will attract even more teachers and alumni!