Meeting 3 "old" friends in 1 Trip

After a fairly long spell away from Thailand, the relatively packed 3-day programme from 20-22 Jan 10 had not only fulfilled the job requirements but also provided the opportunity to meet up with 3 "old" friends. Started on the evening of my arrival. Met up with Lada Phumas. First met Lada at Kuala Lumpur for an anti-piracy meeting in the early 80s together with the MINDEF delegation. Remained in touch through email and facebook when she was posted to Geneva. Managed to meet up again about a year again in Singapore when the Thai MFA Team transitted for a night. Had a good dinner at Cafe Chilli catching up on lost gaps. Next was VADM Yuttana. We first met when we were both LTAs/Gunnery Officers during Ex SingSiam in 1979. Our path crossed several times when he was stationed in Singapore as DA (Thailand) and during piracy conferences. The official call on him with ED-ISC was a welcome opportunity to meet up with him again. Managed to catch up briefly after the official call.

The last surprise meet-up was Chan Huang Seng who now runs some Canadian Pizza outlets at Bangkok. We were primary/secondary schoolmates from St Gabriel's Pri/Sec School. Thanks to Facebook, this was our first meeting after some 30 odd years. Had a good catch-up prior to my departure over some local Thai food in some back alley. The food was yummy and the complimentary Thai massage at Health Land (courtesy of Huang Seng) was the package of catching -up with old friends.