A YEAR HAS GONE BY...

What is living without life...what is life without living...yes, while there's still sweet breath to inhale in this beautiful God created world, let's make the most of it, let live be live....

Looking back, a year has gone since we successfully got together in the forming of the Sikit2 Untong with its members, mainly yes, the mighty eleven, comprising majority of retirees that adamantly refuses to retire their still ever strong willing bodies but to strive for many many more miles ahead as to reach out and sweat it out be it in mind or in physical strength.

Life comes but once and while it lasts there are so many things to do, to see, to share, to give, to be thankful, good or bad, out of what God has laid-out for us in this great piece of world. Grab the opportunity and make the most of it before your time is up of which by then will only be filled by nothing other than tears and parting words with no U Turn or don't even think of making a round-about pusing. Its a single one way ticket flight mate.

This is exactly what we members of Sikit2Untong have in mind - we are all YB, not Yang Berhormat but Yang Bersara that are still positively very much being active in body and soul. After all these years, we find life is so precious and so much more to be explored into and to be part of it. To venture and to maximize these opportunities, we need to do it together, as a one strong happy team and certainly with a true spirit of a single identity of a Malaysian - not as a Malay, Chinese, Indian or whatever but as Malaysians. Is this something too difficult to ask? No, I don't think so, but I believe the politicians somehow make it difficult to swallow for some reasons or other.

These basic and positive needs of to live, being active, to play golf as such were simply the ascent that kept us all the togetherness and so much so coming to a stage whereby anyone of us just by missing a session of the Sikit2 Untong golf outing would certainly felt that he has definitely and miserably lost something big that particular week. As though something precious suddenly being taken away from their norm and sudah tentu not going to be to their liking. This to show how much Sikit2 Untong meant to all of us.

Under the leadership of our President, Kelvin Kong, what more with the strong support by all its staunch members, from day one of its forming, through weeks followed by months and eventually a year creeps by, we somehow managed to keep things lively by introducing and capatilised various activities. To mention few of the guys such as Gary Chang the Chairman, Charlie Cheong the mighty Treasurer and then Mike Mustafa the Golf Competition Chairman. These guys really relentlessly put their nose into ensuring things get done to their best ability. Such as different golf venues, hill resorts, overseas trip, types of tournaments, lunches, dinners, family get-together, makan hide-outs, festive seasons gatherings, etc.

As said, a year has gone. We seemed to be happy of what we have achieved so far. With what we had in pocket, is it good enough for us to proceed many more miles ahead? Can we improve our standing with more creativity inputs? Say, do we need to expand our memberships? Who do we pick and invite to join? At the same time, or are we running-out of ideas?

Yes, do come forward, we need positively thinking sort of ideas. Think about it simply for the betterment of the none other then Sikit2 Untong. We need that extra mileage to explore further, much much further - as far as Perth down under? or would you believe Mission Hill in the far north?

Wow-yes, we certainly are Sikit2 Untong but at the very same time we do THINK BIG for the betterment of all. Good luck and God Bless to all of us. Pen-off for now.

Andy Kamal