Alumni Profiles Bicycling Through Asia Reunions Class Notes OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY

MICA (P) 175/11/2007 Vol 1 December 2007 OneO North The Alumni Magazine of the United World College of South East Asia

Alumni profiles Bicycling through Asia Reunions Class notes OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY

Number of registered members on the UWCSEA Alumni website (by country of residence)

Other countries represented: Albania, Argentina, Bahrain , Bermuda, Bolivia, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, East Timor, Egypt, Hungary, Greece, Guyana, Iceland, Kenya, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mongolia, Oman, Panama, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, St. Maarten, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Alumni services

Every student who leaves UWCSEA, re- istered members, post photos and blogs, information to keep you updated and in- gardless of how long they were here, is stay informed about news and events, etc. formed. automatically a member of the UWCSEA alumni community. Some of the services Reunions and get-togethers Career services that we offer alumni include: An annual reunion of the 30 year, 20 year Alumni are welcome to post job open- and 10 year anniversary classes will be ings or your own resumé on the site. One º North held each August, beginning August 2008 The Alumni Magazine of the United World for the classes of 1978, 1988 and 1998. Visits, tours and other requests College of South East Asia is published Alumni from other years are welcome to We are always happy to help in any way twice per year. Please send your contri- register as well. Other class reunions we can. Send your requests to us at butions and/or suggestions to take place in Singapore and elsewhere [email protected]. If you are in [email protected]. throughout the year. Let us help to sup- Singapore and would like to drop in for port and advertise your get-together. a visit or a tour of the campus, we would UWCSEA alumni online community be more than happy to show you around. The UWCSEA password-protected alumni Alumni eBrief website allows you to maintain your own The alumni newsletter is emailed every Please keep in touch! profile, search for and contact other reg- two months, containing brief news and Contents

2 Alumni services 14 Sport at UWCSEA Helping you to stay connected to Sport continues to grow at the UWCSEA and to each other. College.

4 Letter from the Head 15 Class of 2007 graduation Read about UWCSEA's future plans. Photos from this year’s Grade 12 graduation. 5 Note from the Alumni office Welcome to the new alumni 16 Brief history of UWCSEA magazine. A brief description of some College milestones over the decades. 5 Naming of the magazine 18 Travel 5 Values in Practise (ViP) Tim Goulding (Class of 1987) and his partner cycle through Asia. programme An introduction to a new programme. 20 UWCSEA Project Week Project week continues to evolve 6 Profile and grow. An excerpt from the report of a visit to Bosco Boys’ Robert Milton (Class of 1978), Home by Ruchika Tulshyan, business leader. (Class of 2005).

9 The Alumni website 22 Recent class reunions It’s easy to register! A few faces from the reunions of the classes of 1987, 1989 through Global Concerns 1992, 1997 and three UK get- 10 togethers. An update of the ever evolving Global Concerns programme. 24 Class notes 12 Profile Sean Ghazi (Class of 1987), 27 Upcoming reunions international performer.

One º North is published by United World College of South East Asia twice per year for alumni, Editor staff and friends of UWCSEA. Reproduction in any manner is prohibited without written consent. Brenda Whately Send your address change to [email protected] and/or update your profile on the Director of Alumni Relations UWCSEA alumni website. We welcome your feedback. Send your comments to [email protected]. Assistant Editor Prapti Sherchan Please send your articles and/or suggestions for articles, as well as your class notes, for the next Alumni Relations Executive edition to [email protected]. Design/Layout Printed by Interprint Communications Pte Ltd Lenca Yew 4010 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, Tech Place 1, #03-05, Singapore 569626 Communications Executive

Cover photo Tim Goulding not riding his bike in North Yunnan, China! Please send your suggestions for future cover photos to [email protected] L

4 OneºNorth December 2007 etter process hasbeenacomment made by At theback ofourminds throughoutthe posted onthenewCollegewebsite. course, fulldetailsoftheplans willbe refurbished inphase3ofthe plan.Indue were constructedin1964. These willbe former air-conditioning fountain, which original buildingseither side ofthe refurbished inJune 2008)andthetwo by keepingtheMainHall(which willbe the character andhistoryofthe College It isourintentiontoretainsomethingof structed intheirplace. orther refurbished out ofotherbuildingswhilst they areei- space’ sothatwecanmove departments completion thiswillbeusedas‘shuttle face neartotheboardinghouses.On block onthesiteofhardplaying sur- by constructing asubstantialclassroom refurbish others. We willbeginin2009 us asweconstructnewbuildingsand a CollegeMasterPlanwhich willguide College community, wehave drawn up following extensive consultationwiththe a strain onthefacilities. As aresult,and ahead ofschedule, however thishasput this academicyear, somethreeyears government of2,890atthebeginning reached thetargetsetby theSingapore across theagerange K1-G12. We 18 school toonecateringforstudents the expansionofCollegefroman11- We have beenworking toconsolidate I have notencounteredelsewhere. traordinary vibrancy, thelikesofwhich it hasavery particularethosandanex- such astrongaffinityfortheCollegeas ning tounderstandwhy alumnihave ing placetobeworking andIambegin- rewarding ofmy career. Itisafascinat- and personallytheyhave beenthemost three years now andbothprofessionally I have beenatthe Collegeforalmost new buildingscon- from theHeadofCollege The newCollege shouldhave a • The newCollegeshouldbefinancially • The two campus shouldbelegallyand • The newCollegeshouldfurtherthe • the Board: guided by fourprinciplesdrawn upby ning forthisexpansionandhave been We have beenpainstakinginourplan- some 2,500students. cility andgrow intoaK1-G12school of school willmove toapurpose-builtfa- August 2008in Ang MoKio.In2010the K1-G4, for400studentswillopenin demand. A transition PrimarySchool, campus inSingaporetocaterforthis we willestablishasecondUWCSEA Board ofGovernors have determinedthat sequently, aftermuch deliberation, the have studentsregisteredfor2016.Con- istered forentryin August 2008andeven have approximately2,000studentsreg- the momentisquiteextraordinary –we The demandforplacesattheCollege to avoid. social dynamics. This isatrap wewish erected withoutconsiderationforthe ile environments,asgrandbuildingsare often internationalschools becomester- all agegroupsastheyintermingled.So owning thespacewhich was sharedby it hadgrown organically, thestudents feeling ofavillage,by which hemeant upon thefactthatcampushad On visitingtheCollegeheremarked a formerlifewas ahumangeographer. the Headofaschool in Thailand who in quality ofeducation. similar ethosand offerthesame and, viable underforeseeablecircumstances the BoardofGovernors ofUWCSEA), campus willcomeunderthe aegisof financially separate (although thenew movement, Mission oftheUnited World College Julian Whiteley do dropby theCollege. seas. Ifyou arepassingthrough,please we have heldbothinSingaporeandover- so many ofyou atthevarious reunions In closing,ithasbeenapleasure tomeet in SouthEast Asia. organisations Grade 8fromsomeofthemany wish toselectstudentsforentryinto of NationalCommitteestudents,wealso only dowewishtoincreasethenumber extend thescholarship provision. Not dents. Itis,therefore,ourintentionto the educationalexperienceofallourstu- acteristic oftheCollegeandenhances National Committeesisadefiningchar- The presenceofstudentsselectedby the enrich theeducationoflocalpopulace. could spendextendedperiodsworking to members oftheCollegecommunity the region,where teaching staffandother lishing schools inundeveloped areasin programme including,wehope,estab- will beusedtoenhanceouroutreach UWCSEA. Inaddition,someofthefunds have themeanstosendtheirchildren to ships forstudentswhose parentsdonot create anendowment andfundscholar- used todevelop theCollegeamenities, raised throughtheFoundation willbe we achieve financialsecurity. Money a worldwide reputation,itisessentialthat leading educationalestablishmentwith If wearetomaintainourpositionasa ture istheestablishmentofFoundation. A majorpartofourstrategy forthefu- more studentswithaUWCSEAeducation. about theprospectofbeingabletoprovide satisfy allfourcriteriaandareexcited challenges, weareconfidentthatcan Whilst theprojectwon’t bewithoutits with whom wehave links Note from the alumni office

I have been at UWCSEA in my alumni role for just over a year now and I have found it to be an extremely dynamic and rewarding one. I am constantly inspired by the amazing people who the college is proud to claim as its alumni, and glad to see that so many have remained connected to the college and to each other over the years.

The alumni office expanded in July to welcome Prapti Sherchan, an alumna of Waterford Kamhlaba, UWCSA. She and I have been fortunate to meet a few of you during your visits to the college and at the various reunions that have been held in Singapore over the year. We look forward to meeting more of you in the coming year.

There were some interesting alumni gatherings held in Singapore over the past few months. In this issue you can read about Tim Goulding’s account of his trip through Asia to the class of 1987’s reunion, by bicycle! In addition to get-togethers held in Singapore, there are events elsewhere throughout the year that we are happy to keep updated on the alumni site. If you are organising one, or would like to post photos of one you’ve been to, let us know.

The response to the launch of the new alumni website this year has been tremendous. We have just under 3,000 registered members at the time of writing, and the online community continues to grow by 40 to 50 registrations per week. We hope you will continue to use this resource to stay connected to your former classmates and to the college.

This is the first edition of the alumni magazine which will be published twice per year. We have printed it on 100% recycled, environmentally-friendly paper in keeping with the college’s environmental conservation philosophy. We invite your comments as well as your submissions and suggestions for the next issue. Please send them to us at [email protected].

We are always happy to hear from you. Please keep in touch!

Brenda Whately Director of Alumni Relations [email protected]

Values in Practise (ViP) programme Naming of the magazine contest

We are about to introduce, on the alumni website, a Values in Practise (ViP) The winning suggestion for the name of the alumni magazine was submitted by programme, which is meant to commemorate and connect alumni who have member of staff, Dave Shepherd. One º continued to carry out the values and ideals of the UWC movement in their North is a name meant to represent and life since leaving UWCSEA. evoke memories of Singapore. Located approximately If you are running or participating in a global concerns type of programme one degree north or social service work that you would like to share with other alumni, please of the equator, it send us the details and we will be very happy to profile it in the ViP group on is a place where the website. It would no doubt be interesting for alumni to see what kinds all alumni have of volunteer work other alumni are devoting their time to, or allow them lived for varying lengths of time, the opportunity to become involved themselves. Perhaps someone would at least during the like to set up another branch of your project in a different location, help years in which you out in some other way, or simply get information from you about setting they attended up a similar type of project that they have been thinking about. UWCSEA.

We are interested in the ways in which our alumni are making a difference There were many interesting suggestions to the lives of others. We know that a great number of you are involved in put forward and thanks to all who took the time to submit a potential name. work of this type and we’d like to hear about it and let others know about it OneºNorth as well. Dave has chosen Tabitha as the global concern to which we will donate $50 for Please let us know if we can add your 'values in practise' details. Send a note two piglets to be purchased for a family in 2007 December to [email protected]. Cambodia.

Thanks again for all submissions. 5 yearbook, ‘Interscol.’ Robertismarried After contactingRobertthroughhis Air about hislifeandcareersince arriving

6 OneºNorth December 2007 received, in1998,theprestigious‘Top He continuestolive theUWCvalues, 40 under40’award which recognises supporting Dreams Take Flight,which ship qualitieswereevidentduringhis innovation beforeage40.Hisleader- in Singaporeasahighschool student Robert Milton Canada office,Imanagedtomeetup College, andtheyhave two children. high school years when hewas class giving back inmany ways, including president andeditoroftheUWCSEA travelling throughSingapore,andhe those who have achieved significant agreed towritethefollowing article ALUMNI remember at Walt Disney World or levels ofsuccessinleadershipand UWCSEA alumnus,RobertMilton challenged children withaday to physically, mentallyandsocially to anotherformerstudentofthe with himrecentlywhile hewas each year provides hundredsof PROFILE Brenda Whately Brenda in thelate‘70s. Disneyland. UWCSEA 1976-1978 A come, today featuring undergroundpark- Village symbolizes how farSingapore has of thesematerials. Inmy eyes, Holland land Village even featuredshopsmade tic tarpsforwalls. Inthosedays, Hol- tures withcorrugatedironroofs andplas- Kampongs, smallvillagesfeaturing struc- In the‘70’s, Singaporestill featured satisfaction. IrememberSingaporewhen! is astoryofsuccessinwhich Ifindgreat independence, andlookingathertoday enties. Knowing herintheearlyyears of It was alsoaboutSingaporeinthe sev- dation ofourlives. ing intoplaceacornerstoneinthefoun- not have known itatthetime,was lock- our education,which, thoughwemight day remainmy closest.Itwas alsoabout It was aboutfriends,friendswhom to- us, was aspecialplace,attime. UWCSEA, forme,andIsuspectmostof gate each day. tain” aroundwhich wewould congre- HDB acrossDover Road,and“thefoun- storms, theboardinghouses,rotiat of hotdays withafternoonthunder- forms fortheboys,turquoisegirls, thoughts. Recollectionsofbrown uni- UWCSEA, Ionlyrecallpositive s Ilookback onmy timeat Chairman, President andCEOofanationalairline My answer isthatinmy years inbusi- more thanany otherisaboutsuccess. ding MBA’s. The questionIamasked university classes,oftentogroupsofbud- Regularly inrecentyears I’ve spokento an airline. wanted to be apilotandIwanted torun committed tofuturesinaviation. Doug less! Even inthosedays though,wewere of theirlandinglights. We werehope- craft, even atnight,justby thelocation we couldidentifyany approaching air- night. Infact,weweresoobsessedthat ten gazingintotheskieswell whom I’d watch airplanesforhours,of- fellow UWCSEA’er, DougGreen,with airport would involve meetingupwitha many flights.Invariably, thetripto land, andinthosedays, thereweren’t solely towatch airplanestake-offand was awhole 10cents. The missionwas Showing my studentIDcard,thecost the almostonehourridetoairport. SBS busonHollandRoadandsetout ingly frequently, Iwouldhoponthe#95 petite forcommercial aviation. Frighten- those days!), feedingmy insatiableap- time atPaya Lebar Airport (noChangiin Singapore was mostlyaboutspending For me,however, growing upin its approach. growing upinSingaporestillbenefitfrom even ifunknowingly, Iamsurethatthose even longhairwasn’t permitted. Today, sion ofdrugscarryadeathpenalty, but vision. At thetime,notonlydidposses- within theprotectionofLeeKuan Yew’s In retrospect,wewerefortunatetolive city asexistsanywhere. Singapore isasmodernandefficienta ing andStarbuck’s. Thirty years later, Robert atUWCSEA, 1977 ness, I have always found those who are most successful, are the ones who are the most passionate about what they do. All too often, students are drawn into driving towards a career in the arena of the moment, whether it is consulting, computers or banking. In my experience those that never deviate from what they love to do are those that excel and feel most fulfilled. There was no doubt about what Doug or I would be doing. We were going to be around airplanes, whether we were handling bags, checking-in pas- sengers, piloting or running the company.

Without a doubt, UWCSEA put all of us who went there at an advantage when we applied to university. We were different. We had the benefit of a UWCSEA education and the experience of having lived in Singapore, a land far away from the leading universities of Europe and graduation gift to buy a car. You learn a ence seemed just fine. True to form, the North America. This, unquestionably, re- lot as you travel down life’s highway, and bride and groom’s parties, as well as the mains an advantage today. this entrepreneurial endeavour taught me guest list, were over-weighted by former a business lesson that I will never forget, UWCSEA types. My best man was Mario, and that is to never go into business if with Doug and John Shang in support. “ I have always found you aren’t properly capitalized. Mario and I slogged away for five years, and to those who are most suc- our great satisfaction, in 1988, sold off “When one considers the cessful, are the ones who the company’s operations, by then fea- strong response of teenag- turing a fleet of twenty-five aircraft, to ers over thirty years ago, to are the most passionate the regional division of a large U.S. pas- today’s alumni office enlist- about what they do. senger airline. ” ment drive, it speaks vol- I then spent a few years applying what I In my case, I applied to universities hop- had learned doing consulting work for umes about the UWCSEA ing to get into two in particular. One was various small airlines and British Aero- experience.” the University of Chicago, not because space. Milton Friedman had just won the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Georgia Tech, In 1992, I got the opportunity all that For most of us, despite having made not because of its reputation as a solid pent-up energy and enthusiasm for com- plenty of friends in our post UWCSEA engineering school with a history of turn- mercial aviation was waiting for. I was years, how the UWCSEA “gang” seems ing out aerospace industry leaders, but asked to move to Montreal, Canada to to stick together never ceases to amaze because they were located in Chicago consult for a fairly recently privatized, me. Being together in Singapore unques- and Atlanta, which had the world’s two but already in dire financial condition, tionably created a unique bond, and I busiest airports! Happily I got into both, Air Canada. have always been intrigued to hear news but in one of those life altering events, of former UWCSEA’ers through our here- the admissions office at the University At the same time as this great break ma- to-fore informal network, especially the of Chicago sent my letter of acceptance terialized, I also cemented the most spe- news of so many UWCSEA marriages. to Singapore via surface mail. As a re- cial relationship I will ever have with an When one considers the strong response sult, I received it long after I had started ex-UWCSEA’er, when I married Lizanne of teenagers over thirty years ago, to at Georgia Tech, and my life proceeded Lietzan (1982). In the “small world” way today’s alumni office enlistment drive, it down a track dictated in large measure our Singapore lives evolved, Lizanne’s fa- speaks volumes about the UWCSEA ex- by a geographically and postal rate-chal- ther had worked with Mario’s father at a perience. So many of us, despite distance lenged administrator in the University of large insurance company. I met her many and time, have stayed so remarkably

Chicago’s Admissions Office. years after our UWCSEA schooling, close, and so it is fascinating to think OneºNorth OneºNorth when Lizanne and her mom came to visit about how today’s students will stay This track saw me hook up after univer- Mario (and by default, me, in Atlanta). united tomorrow, with the alumni office, Back in our days at UWCSEA, it just the internet and the knowledge that they sity with another ex-UWCSEA’er, Mario 2007 December Rosario, with whom I started a small air- wouldn’t have been cool for a 5th year are part of such a special existence. line which transported cargo, financed guy to be going out with a 1st year girl,

by $15,000 my father had given me as a but by 1992, that four year age differ- So back in 1992, with my new wife, I 7 8 OneºNorth December 2007 have tobecareful,gettingmarriedisway life. Numbertwo isn’t even close.Oops, wonderful thingthatcanhappeninone’s Children areunquestionablythemost was bornin1996,andNicholas in1999. life, thearrival ofourchildren: Emilywho greatest thrillsthathave occurredinmy nothing inmy lifecomparedtothetwo at 39. These werefastmoving times,but President at33,andCEO aircraft scheduling ayear later, a Vice as aconsultant,becomingtheheadof I rosethroughtheranks quickly, starting after another. forward throughonedifficultchallenge many years, Ihelpedpush Air Canada edge” peoplehadlaughedatover so tion “junk”thatfilledmy head,“knowl- gusto. Usingevery ounceofthatavia- embarked onmy Air Canadacareer with ALUMNI Have youregisteredwiththeUWCSEAalumni website? Simply gotohttp://alumni.uwcsea.edu.sg andclick‘Register’ allows youtomaintainyour ownprofilepage,searchforand contact otheralumni,post photosandnotes,stayupdated to becomeamember regarding UWCSEAalumni and collegeevents,etc.Sogo http://alumni.uwcsea.edu.sg PROFILE ahead andregister today! Please sendyourprofilesuggestionsforthenexteditionofOneºNorth, to . Registering withthealumniwebsite coming CEO, weweresubjectedtoa ness standpoint.Just two weeksafterbe- about everything imaginablefromabusi- Looking back, thestoryincludesjust airline industry’s history. been themostturbulentperiodin lines throughwhat hasunquestionably one oftheworld’s largestandgreatair- the “pleasure”ofbeingathelm likely have beenanightmare,having had fulfilled my life’s dream,which may more British Airways. In my case,Ihave also fulfilled hisdreamandisaCaptainfor mine. Today, tomy greatpride,hehas of adreamwas probablybetterthan All theseyears later, IrealizeDoug’s idea the mapby comparison! up there,butnumberthreeisn’t even on forever begrateful. UWCSEA anditsstaff,towhom Iwill opportunity thatwas affordedtomeby ing ourchildren agreateducation,an rey, U.K.,where welookforward togiv- sult, ourfamilyhassetuphomeinSur- related rolesinthecomingyear. As are- nounced thatI’llberetiringfrommy ACE longest servingCEO’s, Ihave recentlyan- Canada andbeingoneoftheindustry’s After eightyears atthehelmof Air what Ihad always wanted to. given andforhaving been abletodo thankful fortheopportunityI’ve been become oftheairplane“nut.” Iamso when peoplewondered what would ever casts meback tothosedays atPaya Lebar Chairman ofIATA, theworld airlinebody, nating in2006when Iwas askedtobe The experienceI’ve had,perhapsculmi- programme. world’s firstpubliclytraded frequentflyer ond largestairline,and Aeroplan, the regional carrierwhich isCanada’s sec- including astrong Air Canada,Jazz, a companies ofwhich IamalsoChairman, owns varying degreesofotherpublic Aviation, aholding company which Today, IamChairmanandCEOof ACE I would nothave traded itforanything. As wildasthejourneyhasbeenthough, 2003, arestructuring. 9/11, andSARSat hit withtheclosureofitsairspaceafter was theworld’s onlyairlinethatwas both over attempt,9/11,SARS (AirCanada at thetime)which resultedfromthetake- Airlines (Canada’s secondlargestcarrier an unplannedmergerwithCanadian American Airlines. Then wedealtwith hostile take-over attemptatthehandsof [email protected]. home), andfinallyin THE ALUMNI WEBSITE

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Class Year Lost Members Non-Members “Class Year” is defined as the year that A subset of the non-member list. We have UWCSEA alumni whom the alumni team has you would have completed the final year no contact information for these alumni. contact information for, but who have not of high school (year 7, grade 12, IB2), If you are in touch with any of the lost yet registered with the website. You may whether you were in UWCSEA at that time members, do send us their contact via the contact us, if you would like us to help or not. This helps us to link alumni who lost member link by clicking on the you reconnect with them. attended classes together, regardless of envelope icon next to when they each arrived and left. the name of the person Registered Members or on the words “Do you UWCSEA alumni who have already Regional Groups have information on registered as members of the UWCSEA Groups UWCSEA alumni according to the “Jane”? , if they appear. alumni website. Members are able to city or country where they are currently search for and send messages to other located. If your city or country is not listed, members. Below is how the search result you are welcome to send us a note. We would appear: will add it to the list!

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December 2007 2007 December 9 10 OneºNorth December 2007 G the GCprojects. This strengthliesin number, scopeandachievements of with anincreaseinthediversity, students tosignificantlyimprove thelives ments andGCisproudthatitenablesour Diversity aloneisnothingwithoutachieve- for Project Week students. have alsobecome themajordestination for orphanages,tonameafew. GCprojects erating projectsand provides employment Kids, which establishessmallincomegen- able organicfarming;andJakarta Street Kids; BaliBarong,which promotessustain- to “smashmoral apathy!”; Bombay Street Catalyst, anawareness groupwhich aims projects have emerged. These include: Lamdon inLadakh,India,excitingnew fare, stillrunby KarenNiedermeyer); and PAWCambodia; (Promoting Animal Wel- Maoist insurgency inNepal); Tabitha, subject toreinventing itselfbecauseofthe in Nepal);Himalayan (formerly ACAP and remain, including:CWIN(Child Workers website. While someofourolderprojects all theprojectsisviewable ontheCollege vironment andEducation/Health. A listof categories: Children,Empowerment, En- GC projectsarenow organisedintofour ments intopractice. and puttheUWCIBmissionstate- students willreacttohelpthoseinneed belief thatwhen empoweredUWCSEA initiative andleadership. This reflectsthe ated astructurewhich encourages student flects thefactthatGChassuccessfullycre- “walking thewalk” -andsecondlyitre- turn theirideasintoaction-what weterm Firstly GCallows UWCSEAstudentsto ing reflectstwo ofthecornerstonesGC. from fourin1994to36atthetimeofwrit- The increaseinthenumberofprojects with teachers actingasstaff coordinators. established, managedandrunby students student ownership oftheprojects. They are GLOBAL CONCERNS to lobal Concerns(GC)continue go fromstrengthto Head ofGlobalConcerns Anthony Skillicorn the From valla GlobalConcerns The • are: Some ofthemajorrecentachievements tively impactthelifechances ofrecipients. considered aidwhich willhelptoposi- of others. This isnotcharity butcarefully GlobalConcernssponsoredthe • The • GlobalConcernshassponsoredthe • GlobalConcernssponsoredthe • school inDarjeeling forayear. nutrition programme for anentire rural Sabah. the buildingofaboardingschool in Global Concernsgrouphassponsored one inSwaziland andonein Aceh. building offourschools: two inNepal, Lamdon SocietyinLadakh,India. wheel drive ambulanceforthe Lamdon GC Lavalla School inCambodia. handicapped pupilstoandfromthe to transport thephysically has purchased afourwheel drive truck PAL La (Promoting Asian Literacy) group’s purchase ofafour group Strength Afterthedevastation ofthetsunamia • GlobalConcernshassponsored • Every year tripsfromUWCSEAgoto • The • The • community centre inIndia. School inBanda Aceh andaclinic/ Lanka, aswellSMP4,aJunior High building ofthreepre-schools inSri UWCSEA initiative sponsoredthe Zealand. Ethiopia, Nepal,SingaporeandNew reforestation projectsinKenya, 200 houses. UWCSEA beganwehave builtover houses peryear. This meansthatsince UWCSEA communitybuildforty On average GlobalConcernsandthe Tabitha, Cambodiatobuildhouses. of over 56,000people. which haspositively impactedthelives a micro-creditscheme inCambodia community inCambodia. new school fora Vietnamese presently sponsoringthebuildingofa Tabitha GC UCOV GlobalConcernsGroupis Grouphassponsored to Strength

• The Bali Barong GC group has spon- the education of 254 orphaned pupils in sored the purchase of land for the Banda Aceh. The progress of each orphan establishment of an organic farm in Bali. is monitored and they have a S$20 per month allowance. • The Jakarta Streetkids GC Group sponsored sustainable income The scope of what Global Concerns generating projects by firstly financing achieves has come full circle. UWCSEA a callshop which generated both now enjoys having UWCSEA scholarship income and employment and later a recipients from areas and organisations we general dealer’s shop which is doing the got to know as GC projects. Narun, from same. the Centre for Children’s Happiness in Phnom Penh was a ragpicker from a gar- • Emergency Aid: Global Concerns has bage dump who showed great potential collected, packed and sent containers and was given a three year scholarship. of goods to East Timor, Sri Lanka, Rossa and Lydia, also on three year schol- Swaziland and Aceh to help arships, are from Aceh, Indonesia and se- communities there. cured the scholarships through the gener- osity of firms who supported our Tsunami Global Concerns ensures that UWCSEA re- Relief Appeal. Father Jo from the Human cycles all the computers it replaces during Development Foundation, Bangkok, sent Global Concerns has come a long way. It upgrading by distributing them to needy us Ged who was able to spend four years has developed and become more sophis- OneºNorth groups in Aceh, Batam and Singapore. at the College. To build on this UWCSEA ticated, but it has never lost the essence of is putting four to five scholarships in place its appeal which is its ability to allow In March 2005 UWCSEA staff cycled to for students who come from GC projects UWCSEA students to turn their ideals into 2007 December Phuket to raise funds to establish The Tsu- or similar circumstances in developing action.

nami Education Fund which now supports countries. 11 12 OneºNorth December 2007 I wenttothebestschoolinworld.” if itweren’tforUWCSEA.Ireallybelieve certainly notbedoingwhatIamtoday academically andevenasanathlete.I’d and discovermyselfartistically, or betteryet,encouraged,toexplore refreshing andliberatingtobeallowed, the freedomtobemyself.Itwas where Ifinallyfeltthatwasallowed remembers themas“fivegreatyears theatrical productionpossible.He school yearshebecameinvolvedinevery graduating in1987. Throughout hishigh from Grade8through12, passion atUWCSEAwhereheboarded commercial! Hisinterestgrewintoa spotted andhiredtodoaVicks Vaporub the ageoffivewhenhewastalent Sean’s interestinperforming beganat Ghazi Semalam recently releasedhisdebutalbum, numerous artisticawardsandhas End, Europeand Asia. Hehasreceived S ALUMNI PROFILE to thecollegejoin some In July 2007Seanreturned and friendsathis20 year of hisformerclassmates stage andtelevision,inLondon’s West ean Ghazihasperformedonfilm, class reunion. . Sean Sean determination and someseriousplanning. the West Enddowntoamixtureof fate, a part.Heputshissuccessin gettinginto in London’s West Enduntilhewasoffered holiday visafortheUKand auditioned After leavingLaine,Seangot aworking gruelling hours. home batteredandbruisedafter14 with theparticipantspracticallycrawling with singingandacting,eachdayending including allformsofdance,supported It involvedintensivephysicaltraining training asnotunlikebeinginthearmy! at Laine Theatre Arts. Heremembers his acting andthentrainedfurtherinLondon time atEmersonCollegeinBostonfor After leavingUWCSEA,Seanspentsome world classinstandard.” producing workthatcouldpossiblybe me realisethatwewerecapableof says, “Working alongsideHiromimade to buysomeofherpiecesbackthen!He wishes hehadthepresenceofmind their IBartclasses.Henotesthathe says hadneverceasedtoamazehimin reunion wasHiromiHa,anartistwhohe One ofthosehereconnectedwithatthe and friendsathis20yearclassreunion. to joinsomeofhisformerclassmates In July2007SeanreturnedtotheCollege epic Malaymusical. recently playedtheleadingroleinan released hisfirstMalayalbumandhas how rightshewas,asSeanhasjust use theMalaylanguageinhiscareer, and foresight toinsistthathewouldneed both! Susi Teo, Malayteacher, hadthe Sean says,aproudmomentforthem Miss SaigonintheWest End. This was, to seehimperformaprincipalrolein is stillincontactwith,cametoLondon Ray Thomas, adramateacherwhoSean theatre. KathleenWatson wasanother. encouraged hisinvolvementinthe and unofficiallifecoachaswell,who only hisgymnasticscoach,butamentor was SteveKaywhoSeansaysnot his extraordinarypotential.Oneofthese by manyofhisteacherswhorecognised He wasencouragedtopursuethearts UWCSEA 1982 - 1987 - 1982 UWCSEA ACTOR/SINGER/DANCER Ghazi King lover, Balat,inthemovie In 1999Seanplayedtheroleofyoung Malaysia. I London including further musicalsonstageinEuropeand returned tohisactingcareer, performing the contractthatcamewithwin,and shows whichcamelater. Heturneddown The Fame Awards televised competitioninSingaporecalled he enteredandwonanationally how hewouldgetthroughtothefinals, In 1995,withawellthought-outplanof three differentlanguages. theatre, music,filmandtelevisionin stage andscreen.Hewentontoperform feature inrolesonboththeinternational Sean becamethefirstMalaysianto stint thereinthemusical In 1992hebeganatwoandhalfyear . Healsoperformedontelevisionin alongsideJodieFosterandChow Yun Rent and , similartothe Anna andthe The Kingand Miss Saigon Idol . The body of work that he is currently amassing at home he says is just as important to him as his international credits. Sean’s album cover

Fat. When he went to Hollywood for the home he says is just as important to him Sean in collaboration with Izlyn Ramli, premiere of the movie, he was coached as his international credits. and means Yesterday. In the album on the do’s and don’ts of the red carpet booklet Sean says that “by looking back by a good friend from his UWCSEA days, The productions that Sean has most we find the way forward.” The album Kevin Stea. Kevin, another UWCSEA enjoyed being involved in have tended was released to critical acclaim and led alumnus, is now a successful actor who to be the most multicultural – a legacy the AIM (Anugerah Industri Muzik - has performed in a number of Hollywood of the UWCSEA environment, he feels. Malaysian Music Industry) awards with films. The ones involving the most diverse eight nominations in five categories. It group of nationalities are the ones which won two awards including Best New Artiste Following his success in the film, Sean end up being the projects with the most 2007. was offered the same role, named Lun depth to them, he says, and the best in Tha, on stage at the London Palladium, terms of quality and standard. Sean has recently finished a two week in the sumptuous 2000 revival of The King run of the epic production P. Ramlee – and I, starring Elaine Paige and Sean has taken part in a number of The Musical in which he plays the title Hollywood actor Jason Scott Lee – an charity performances, trying to do at role. The musical was performed at experience that brought him to the world least one per year. He sang on the 4th of Malaysia’s National Theatre, Istana famous Abbey Road Studios for the November this year, at Voices for Budaya, to sold-out audiences. recording of the cast album. Hospices 2007, an event to raise funds for palliative services in Malaysia. Other When he is not performing Sean is a At the end of the contract, Sean came major charity fundraisers that he has regular guy who likes to spend time with back to Malaysia in July 2001, for a been involved in have included tsunami his family, with whom he remains very break. The terrorist attacks of relief in Malaysia, support for a home close. They include his parents, two September 11, 2001 coming shortly for abused young girls and the building brothers and a new niece named Sophia. thereafter had a major impact on the of an orphanage. He attributes his desire He also likes to exercise, read and watch theatre with bookings down and shows to help the less fortunate to the early movies, and he’d like to participate in cancelled. Sean felt that it was the right introduction to this sort of experience more outdoor activities like the water time to stay in Kuala Lumpur for a while at UWCSEA where he spent time with the skiing, diving and rock climbing he has to be with his family, and although he aged at St Joseph’s home and taught toyed with in the past but has never had

didn’t plan on it being for an extended music and arts to a group of mentally enough time to commit to! Perhaps he OneºNorth period of time, he is still there. He is challenged children in the community. will be able to pursue some of these now enjoying the bold and different work that his schedule has lightened up a

being done in the arts scene in Asia and In November of 2006 Sean released his little, and before it becomes intensely 2007 December the important work that he is doing with debut album called Sean Ghazi busy once again. his own cultural heritage. The body of Semalam, recorded in Sydney, Australia. work that he is currently amassing at The title song Semalam, was written by Brenda Whately

Please send your profile suggestions for the next edition of OneºNorth, to [email protected]. 13 14 OneºNorth December 2007 introduced last year. last introduced new sports conference, ACSIS was ACSIS conference, sports new SEASAC is still going strong and a and strong going still is SEASAC Singapore, and 11 events overseas. events 11 and Singapore, tournaments and leagues within leagues and tournaments participated in 70 sports 70 in participated fixtures per week. The teams The week. per fixtures fixtures with, on occasion, over 50 over occasion, on with, fixtures over 100 teams participate in 930 in participate teams 100 over grow over the years. Last year saw year Last years. the over grow Sport at UWCSEA has continued to continued has UWCSEA at Sport Head, Gavin Dinsdale SPORT Sport Conferences,OldandNew Physical Education AT UWCSEA SEASAC Conference- Activities South East Asian Student contact [email protected]. For theSEASACsportingcalendarplease success thisyear. conference, wearehopingforfurther years sinceitsintroductionintothe winning thistournamentforthepastthree held between1-3February2008. After Touch tournamentthisyearwhichwillbe The Collegewillbehostingtheannual All Star Awards alongtheway. sporting seasonwithmanystudentswinning three, provingtobeaverysuccessful competitions andfinishedrunnersupin was noexception. The Collegewoneight tournaments overtheyearsand2006-2007 UWCSEA hashadmuchsuccessatSEASAC create aneleventeamsportsconference. along withHongKong CanadianSchool,to International SchoolfromKuala Lumpur International SchoolandGarden and asaresulthaswelcomed Alice Smith years toincreasethelevelofcompetition conference hasexpandedoverthepasttwo memories ofthesetournaments. The that manystudentswillhavefond in sportwithinSouthEast Asia. Iamsure present, withopportunitiestoparticipate provided manyofourstudents,pastand SEASAC wasestablishedin1995andhas contact [email protected]. For the ACSIS sportingcalendarplease bright for ACSIS. of ourstudentsandthefuturelooksvery with oursportsprogrammesforthebenefit working closelytogethertodeveloplinks The fiveconferenceschoolshavebeen Under 14agegroup. 2007-2008 withtheintroductionof our agegroupsandtheexpansionbeganin is tointroducethecompetitionintoallof for ourSEASACevents. The five-yearplan events provedtobeexcellentpreparation competition forourseniorteamsandthe The inauguralyearprovidedverygood new conference. Australian InternationalSchoolformthis School, OverseasFamilySchooland Singapore School, TanglinAmerican Trust United World CollegeofSouthEast Asia, sporting opportunitiesforourstudents. conference withtheaimofcreatingquality the goalsandobjectivesfornew success ofSEASAC.Fiveschoolsdeveloped Singapore hadbeengrowing,followingthe developing asportsconferencein International Schools. The needfor Athletics ConferenceofSingapore 2006-2007 wastheinauguralyearfor Schools – ACSIS Singapore International Athletics Conferenceof Class of

Graduation On 25 May 2007 we were very proud to have almost 300 students graduate from 2007 the college. Our graduates came from over 50 nationalities but shared many more similarities and common experiences than differences. The Chair of the College Board, Professor Kishore Mahbubani, addressed the graduates, speaking of the uniqueness and significance of the education that students receive at UWCSEA.

The graduation ceremony was followed by a short reception in the tent plaza, which was decorated with the flags of the countries represented by our graduates, and a graduation dinner at the Shangri La Hotel.

Congratulations to all our graduates and we wish you all success in your future

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December 2007 2007 December 15 16 OneºNorth December 2007 themselves in1988. forms weredesignedby thestudents building was openedin1984.Newuni- closed mid-decadeandthenewscience outdoor educationcentre,Beluntu,was niversary oftheFestival ofthe Arts. The calaureate (IB).1981saw thetenthan- 1980, replacedby theInternationalBac- The last A-level examswerewrittenin was completed. and thehumanitiesbuildingoncampus in Malaysia was openedinthemid-70s Beluntu, theoutdooreducationfacility Asia. to United World CollegeofSouthEast movement andthenamewas changed it becameafullmemberoftheUWC and buildingsofStJohn’s School. In1975 ternational School. Ittookover thesite lege movement namedtheSingaporeIn- ciate memberoftheUnited World Col- The collegeopened in1971asanasso- 1980s 1970s UWCSEA 1980s1980s1980s1980s 1970s1970s1970s1970s HISTORY PAGE

through UWCSEA

1990s1990s1990s The news sports hall and performing arts studios were opened in 1992. In the mid- 90s the air-con fountain pool was drained and raised and by 1997 the new tent roof had been completed over what is now called the ‘Tent Plaza.’ The Col- lege expanded in 1997 and 1998 to include the full range of years from K1 to IB. The new elementary and administration block, the Roy Bennett Theatre and the new senior house boarding facility were opened in 1998 and Mahindra House , the junior boarding facility, was opened the following year. the years

2000s2000s2000s The gap year programme was begun in 2004. Also that year a new olympic-sized pool with covered viewing stands re- placed the existing pool in the same location. The old boarding houses along the main drive were taken down. Around the same time the new Andrew Bennett The- atre, exam hall and music department were opened under the astroturf just past the small hall. As of 2007 the UWC movement has 12 Colleges and UWCSEA has announced the opening of a second

campus in the East end of Singapore. OneºNorth OneºNorth

We would be interested in receiving information and/or copies of old photos

about college events and the campus. Please send us the details and help us 2007 December

build our history! 17 Bicycling 18 OneºNorth December 2007 and Stephwants toslowmedown. luggage because Iamthefasterrider handlebar bags. I carrymostofthe consists offourwaterproofbags andtwo and Ihaveamountainbike. Our luggage Steph hasalittle18inch wheel bike, a hugemealand day’ are alsochallenging,andafterahard sights andconnect allow youtotravelslowly, taking inthe Bikes can gowhere,andwhenyouwant. They aregreatfortravelingbecauseyou cheap andeasyontheenvironment. Steph andIbothlovebikes.Bikesare the kids?We don’thaveany! pay usbigbuckswhenwegotback! And would quitourjobs.Somebody UWCSEA reunionthehalfwaypoint.We cycling adventurethrough Asia, withthe discussion andplannedouroneyear about. That nightwehadaquick Stephanie, andIhadbeendreaming put offthelongtripmypartner, There wasnolongeranyreasonto box. TRAVEL T email arrivedinmy(Australian)in- he 2007UWCSEA20yearreunion s ridingthereisnothingbetterthan a deepsleep. ing withpeople. They we willrideoutofChina,throughLaos, Yunnan, China.ItisnowOctoberand and thenaplanefromSingaporeto a trainintoSingaporeforthereunion, Vietnam, CambodiaandMalaysia, with We haveriddenthrough Thailand, Laos, Tim Goulding

13,000 kilometres. pedaling, theodometershouldreadover reunion, andbythetimewestop 8,000 kilometrestomaketheUWCSEA December flighthome.Ittookusover and backinto Thailand tocatchour 20 year reunionemail been dreamingabout. Stephanie, andIhad longer any reasonto The 2007UWCSEA • Classof1987 put offthelongtrip

box. Therewas no (Australian) in- arrived inmy my partner, t through Asia

The trip has been very simple but very Riding from Laos into Vietnam was like rewarding. Steph loved it and has said waking from a relaxed dream to discover “It took us over that every day in Asia she sees the ten you are at an all-night dance party. We 8,000 kilometres to most amazing things she has ever seen. saw some beautiful beaches, but the roads were busy and drivers’ air horns make the UWCSEA Thailand was a gentle introduction to annoying. Cambodia is beautiful, though bike touring in Asia. Rural Thai roads we were startled by the poverty and reunion, and by the were quiet and the drivers courteous, number of people with physical though we had a few run-ins with snakes disabilities. The roads were passable, time we stop crawling out of rice fields! Laos was but basic rules like driving on the correct brilliant. There were so few vehicles side of the road seemed optional. pedaling, the that sometimes we felt like we had private bike roads. The only Malaysia was like coming home: the odometer should disconcerting matter was the number of British colonial influence was very men with machine guns appearing on the familiar and we met quite a few local read over 13,000 sides of quiet roads. bike riders. We were nearly ex-cyclists as we rode down the west coast but kilometres.” when we turned inland it was much “Bikes allow you to calmer. We are now in Yunnan, China and can’t travel slowly, taking We caught a train down from Malaysia believe we are in a land of 1.3 billion into Singapore to make it in time for people because it is so peaceful. I love

in the sights and the reunion. It was a wonderful event, the mountains and wild rivers. OneºNorth but also very ‘surreal’ (the adjective connecting with most used by attendees). I was honoured Steph and I are discussing a tandem for

to be presented an engraved water our next trip. There is talk of a 2012 re- 2007 December people.” bottle to celebrate our bike ride: union in Mexico, so by then we might be ‘8000km to 20 years’. ready for an Alaska to Mexico jaunt. Anyone want to join us?

Please send your travel article suggestions for the next edition of OneºNorth, to [email protected]. 19 20 OneºNorth December 2007 Project Week Sabah, S.Korea, SriLankaand Taiwan. laysia, Mongolia,Nepal, thePhilippines, Hong Kong, India,Indonesia,Laos,Ma- in Australia, Bangladesh,Burma, China, ited anincredibleselection ofprojects ing thelasttenyears studentshave vis- popular optionforthe2007 cohort. Dur- tination ofchoice and Vietnam was the courses; in2006Cambodiawas the des- many elephantmahoutandkickboxing For example in2005itwas Thailand with the mostpopulardestinationchanges. place outsideSingaporeandeach year The vast majorityoftripshave taken range ofdifferentreasons. yond thecompulsoryfourdays fora many studentsthenchoosing tostay be- citing, worthwhile CAS projectswith sought afteropportunitytocompleteex- holiday buthasincreasinglybecomethe perceived by sometobeanextended different cultures.Project Week hasbeen travel experiencesandinteractions with home countryexpandingtheirhorizons, are encouraged totravel beyond their three tofive forsafetyreasons.Students days andtheymusttravel ingroupsof action andservicegoalsover fourfull focus onachieving specificIBcreative, evolved. Today studentsareexpectedto Footprints over pasteditionsofMengembaraand they cangaininspiration. Lookingback history ofsuccessfulprojectsfromwhich from InternationalSOSaswellalong hour medicalandtravel supportservices the benefitofFirst Aid training and24 80’s and90’s. Grade 11studentshave will bebetterpreparedthanthoseofthe tainly theProject Week 2008students Is Project Week betterthanever? Cer- whilst meetingUWCideals. themselves outoftheircomfortzone the idealopportunityforstudentstotake and terroristattacks anditstillprovides such asBirdFlu,SARS,politicalunrest tinued torunannuallydespitechallenges lege. Amazingly Project Week hascon- of thehighlightstheirtimeatCol- years. Many alumniwillagreeitwas one Project Week program formorethan20 UWCSEA hasbeenrunningitsunique PROJECT Kate Lewis it’s clearthatProject Week has WEEK better –

ence. Longmay itcontinue! highlights, itisatrulyvaluable experi- as alumniandthefollowing quote gestions madeby currentstudentsaswell Project Week hasevolved thankstosug- Asia. in citiesandtowns throughoutSouthEast physically andmentallydisabledpeople lepers, orphans,streetkidsaswell trails inMalaysia. They’ve takencareof Great Wall ofChinaand followed jungle peaks inSouthEast Asia, walked the Sumatra. They’ve climbedthehighest pandas inChinaandorangutans in projects working withtigersinIndia, helped withinvaluable conservation cleaned, nursedandtrained. They’ve painted andplayed; built,cooked, The studentshave taught,trekked, than ever? recognition ofourmaturityand advantage overourpeerswhen independently providesuswith experience thatwillbewithus many oflife’s essentiallessons “ we advancetouniversityand Project Week isunique. The beyond. The abilitytoplan, foreign countryaboveallis tenuous attimeswhileina The opportunityprovidedto students atUWCSEAduring Nalin, Ben,Girish&Faisel,2007 relationships, thatcanbe trust inourabilitytoact which putsusatagreat tremendous funandan budget andmaintain for alifetime. ” BOSCO Boys’ Home An excerpt from Ruchika Tulshyan’s Project Week article, Footprints, 2005.

I never expected my life to change in such a significant way when I boarded the flight from Singapore to Bangalore, India. At that time the trip was more about personal independence and a way to relieve the stress that had built up over the term. Before I left, whenever people had told me about the importance of Project Week in their lives, I dismissed it. Now I truly understand that Project Week is an experience that completely transforms your perception of people and places, confronting you with challenges that you have never encountered before.

We walked into BOSCO Boys’ Home, astonished to see the extreme poverty on the streets outside the home, a far cry from the chic shopping and fine restau- Ruchika - centre. rants of Bangalore. Receiving a very warm welcome from the coordinator, my group found at least one person that Every day we visited BOSCO we were Father Varghese, we were escorted to the they returned to visit each day. For me it more reluctant to leave than the day be- railway where a volunteer made her daily was Rajesh, a fourteen year old boy with fore, even though we had a minor role – rounds to talk to the children who had shining, brown eyes and unlimited con- to just talk and play with the children. run away from home to seek shelter by cern. He never failed to ask me if I had Seeing the delight on their faces was the side of the railway tracks. We met eaten, whether I was comfortable or if enough to draw us back day after day. the different, colourful people who make he could bring me anything. To me this up this scene: coolies, prostitutes, drink boy represented the hero of this particu- In retrospect, going to BOSCO was one sellers, fruit vendors. What never ceases lar world. He had run away from home, of the most joyous yet painful moments to amaze me is how each and every per- lived on the streets and realised how fu- in my life. Over time I have come to son we met greeted us with a smile. Liv- tile life there would be for someone of realise that without this wonderful ex- ing a life that had robbed them of their his potential. After staying at BOSCO, he perience in Project Week I would never childhood, they felt no malice towards became aware of how important educa- have known the joy of spending time someone like me, walking around with tion and training were. He made it out with these intelligent, funny and beauti- an expensive camera and backpack. of the harsh streets while many of his ful children. friends were going through the daily The next day we visited the different cen- struggle of living on the roadside or by Ruchika’s thoughts, 2007: tres of BOSCO. Each of the members in the railway. Over two years have passed since my week in Bangalore, yet the memories remain as fresh as ever. Project Week holds infinite life lessons for those who are willing to learn; lessons about appre- ciating what we have and learning that there is a world much larger than UWCSEA where not everyone is as fortunate as us. Looking back, this one week gave me the opportunity to self-evaluate in a way that can only be compared to my last two years at university. It is one thing to spend time with like-minded in-

dividuals as I do whilst studying in Lon- OneºNorth OneºNorth don, but real growth often comes from learning from those who are literally a

world apart. If I close my eyes and re- 2007 December flect long enough, I can almost be transported back to BOSCO, immersing my- self in the daily activities of survival that

these children so courageously undertake. 21 22 OneºNorth December 2007 Register now! taking placeagaininFebruary2008. 200 alumniinattendance.Itwillbe Assistant Head,withapproximately a visittherebytheHeadand London inFebruary, coincidingwith An alumniget-togetherwasheldin The Classof culminating inaluncheonbarbecueoncampus. Some cameearlierintheweekbutallspentapackedweekendtogether, by FrancescaKirkham Taylor andattendedbyover 55alumnifromallover. RECENT REUNIONS

1987 heldtheir20yearreunioninSingaporeJuly, organised ^ wish tojointhenextone. be happytohearfromyouif August. Anyone iswelcomeandhe’d mini-reunion inLondonattheendof grads of Philip Bampfylde’s group,mainly ’86-’88 , gottogetherfora ^ contingent oftheclass March, intheUK,forEuropean Sue Grosseyorganisedamini-reunionin for newsoffuturegatherings. chicken riceand Tiger beer. Staytuned Singaporean feastwasservedincluding 1984 . A ^ The class of 1997 held a weekend gathering in Singapore in October to celebrate their 10 year reunion. It was organised by Debbie Wong Grignani and Nena Ganesan, and included dinners on campus as well as Sentosa.

The classes of 1989 to 1992 held a reunion in Singapore in August, organised by Melissa Evans

Brown, which included dinner at an Orchard area hotel and a luncheon barbecue on campus. OneºNorth OneºNorth A get-together was held in Melbourne in November, but no photos were available at

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Photos by dav rue Marketing 23 24 OneºNorth December 2007 Sidwell, SimonHookerandJenny (Ferrie). February 2007andmetupwithColin tended thealumnireceptioninLondon or Milanfromtimetotime.Shealsoat- Royal, meetingupinLondon, Amsterdam (Higgin), Nathalie(Watson) andMartine with Karen(Faber), SoniaProfeta,Pam baby was born!!! Wai Wai keepsintouch her husbandsince1994when thefirst she hasbeena‘lady ofleisure’courtesy two young sons,13and11. Wai Wai says living inDerby, UKsince1988.Shehas Wai Wai (ThanThan-Shannon quent “research” tripstoSriLanka. to translating Buddhisttextsandtakingfre- one day beabletodevote allherwork time in theSupremeCourtLibrary buthopesto they donothave towearshoes!Sallyworks sons areclosetoherparentsandsister Australia, where shesays thatsheandher England now lives inbeautifulBrisbane, Sally Cutler 1974 grams forprimary school children withthe schoolers, andsherunsintensive shortpro- safe programs forthreemontholdstopre- swim schools. Onespecializesinwater Melbourne andU.Know works fortwo working forapharmaceuticalcompany in (Holden) Sue Thompson 1976 Dean andKellieinIreland dent andCEOofFloridaPress Association. in Tallahassee, Florida.DeanisthePresi- Dean Ridings 1975 Wai Wai withher2boys CLASS Please sendus yournews for thenext edition ofOneºNorth, to NOTES

(Mellick) andhiswifeKellie now live , after20years in after15years ) hasbeen derful boys Alex, 10 andChris,8. other school. Sueisamumtotwo won- finally learninghow toplay thepiano! she walks towork, plays (bad)golfandis easy goinglifestyleinPerth. Lynette says have what shedescribesasatremendously Perth andtheywere married in1999. They met herhusbandChristopherLyons in manager intheoilandgasindustry. Lynette works asaHealthSafetyandEnvironment of RiskManagementrolesandcurrently Theory. Lynette hasworked inanumber ning todoaMastersinOrganisation ies inHRandBusinessLaw andisplan- 1992. Shecompletedpostgraduate stud- tralia where shehasmostlybeensince Lynette Meyer isnow living inPerth, Aus- 1977 Last year the familyspenthissabbaticalin and asapostdocatHarvard (1999-2000). at theUniversity ofMauritius(1993-99), in Kuala Lumpur(1991-92),asalecturer Pennsylvania) afterstintsasabusinessman did allhisdegreesattheUniversity of Shawkat moved back totheUS(where he Mews, oneoftheCornellresidencehalls. they arefaculty-family-in-residenceat nes/faculty/toorawa.html). Startingthisyear University (http://www.arts.cornell.edu/ Professor of Arabic LiteratureatCornell Ithaca, New York, where heis Associate Shawkat Toorawa 1981 cats andherloving husband,David Fain. resides inPasadena, Californiawiththree fully convicted ofmurder. Sheilacurrently “Truth HasFallen”, aboutpeoplewrong- hour documentary, working onaone- She iscurrently and documentary. brid ofanimation films which areahy- pendent animated completed sixinde- fornia. Sheilahas sity ofSouthernCali- Univer-ematic Arts, Animation andDigital Art, School ofCin- Professor intheJohn C.Hench Division of Sheila M.Sofian 1980 three girlsatUWCSEA. Hospital (NUH).Heismarriedandhas Singapore (NUS)andNationalUniversity cialist attheNationalUniversity of Dale Fisher 1978 isaninfectiousdiseasespe- [email protected]. isatenured Associate andhisfamilylive in folk, UK. age children andiscurrentlyliving inSuf- teaches creative writing.Shehastwo teen- ing company, CaboodlePublishing,and Ruby Ormerod (Huizen) Agra Morning. Maryam, ShawkatonahazyFebruary Clockwise fromright: Asiya, Parvine, him into). horses (asport thathesays hiskidsforced plays rugby once inawhile, andalso rides Madeline, 12,andSabrina, 10. Hestill married for18years andhastwo girls, focus inLatin America. Enriquehasbeen ing intheinvestment bankingindustrywith York Citywhere hehasbeensince,work- getting marriedin1989,hemoved toNew tended university inMexicoCity. After UWCSEA, returnedtoMexicoandat- Enrique Bustamante tain gorillainRwanda. a filmfortheBBCandPBSaboutmoun- Thomas, 1.5.Lindaiscurrentlyproducing mum oftwo lovely children, Emily, 4and Productions inLondon,therestbeinga week asawildlife TV producerfor Tigress Linda Bell(Waddell) in thenextfewyears. Big Apple. They hopetoreturntheUK alumni who may beinthevicinityof look forward tomeetingupwithany UWC they getback toevery coupleofyears. They Europe andsomeaspectsof Asia which They thoroughlyenjoy America butmiss children, Maeve, 11,Liam,9andRory, 6. years withhiswife, Clodaghandtheirthree Darien, Connecticut,USAforthepastfive Cutts William Andrew living intheUSsince 1982. at theUniversity ofMichigan; Hehasbeen Hartmut Rastalsky isaGermanLecturer 1982 to studentsofallages. wife, Parvine, teaches crafts andcooking in herlastyear ofelementary school. His tering highschool nextyear, and Asiya, 10, clude Maryam, 13,amiddle-schooler, en- New DelhiandOxford.Hischildren in- works two daysa hasbeenliving in , afterleaving owns apublish- CLASS NOTES Kok Cheong Hong graduated as a chemi- Susan Grossey is now living in Cambridge, 1994 cal engineer from the University of Notre England with her husband Paul whom she Sarah-Jane Roper (Scott) was married to Dame, Indiana. KC is the managing direc- met on her first day at university! Sue runs Michael Roper on Saturday 26 May, 2007 tor, ASEAN, of Genesys Telecommunica- her own small business providing anti- in Saddleworth near tions Laboratories Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore. money laundering training and advice to Manchester, UK. Sa- He is currently based in Singapore and fre- professional firms. She loves running her rah-Jane and Michael quently travels to most of the ASEAN coun- own business where she is the one to make met in 1995 whilst tries. KC is married with three sons and is all the decisions and all the mistakes, and they were studying for finds it very satisfying when she manages their degrees in man- to win some work, complete it and get agement and chemical paid, all by herself! sciences at the Univer- sity of Manchester (then UMIST) and be- gan dating in early 1997. Since leaving university, Sarah-Jane has qualified as a chartered accountant and now works in internal audit.

Tara Cooke (Moody) is a lawyer turned currently living in Klang. His hobbies are pilates instructor. She is currently based in golf and reading. Singapore, and she owns and manages Sue Grossey and AJ in Heathrow UPLIFT which offers bespoke Pilates 1983 programmes for individuals and duets. Her Chandra Widjaja is currently managing 1985 website is www.upliftpilates.com and her Club 21 Jakarta, the regional office for a Maria Tyrrell lives in contact details are +65 90225520, high end fashion retailer from Singapore. Auckland, New [email protected] She has two children, Emilio, 14 and Jes- Zealand and is a di- sica, 12. rector of a market re- Sebastien Brack has recently been ap- search company. She pointed communication co-ordinator of got married in Febru- the International Committee of the Red ary 2007 and had her Cross' regional delegation for West Africa, first son, Heath, in and is based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. May. Maria and her family enjoy all 1995

things Kiwi includ- Mia Davidson now lives in Melbourne

ing going to the Australia. She studied law and psychology

beach, swimming, boating, camping and at university and is now working as a

generally having a relaxing life. project coordinator at a nationwide char-

ity that works for a better life for people

1987 affected by mental illness. Lewis Marks has spent the past 20 years Akihiko Hoshide is an astronaut with JAXA, Mia married since university in the oil industry, travel- (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and her partner of ing around the world. He has recently a member of the shuttle mission crew four years, started his own company. He lives with his scheduled to fly to the International Space Fergus, on 3 partner Laura and their recently adopted Station in April 2008. November daughter Leila. They all love to travel and 2007. Mia and Fergus live with their two eat spicy Asian food! 1993 small dogs. Tristan Henderson and his wife recently Melanie Dempster (Jaques) after return- moved back to the UK after spending four 1997 ing home to Melbourne, Australia, headed years in New Hampshire, USA. He is a lec- off in 1982 to New Zealand, and now 25 turer in computer science at the Univer- Birgit Holland (Buhrfeindt) studied nurs- years later she is still there and loving it! sity of St Andrews in Scotland. Any UWC ing and worked as a staff nurse in New Melanie has been married to Andrew for friends who are passing through Scotland Zealand and Singapore. She is now finish- 19 years and they have three children, two are welcome to get in touch with Tristan. ing her MSc in Public Health and Health girls and one boy– Nicole 17, Kelly, 13 His website is http://www.cs.st- Promotion and looking for work in that and James 9. Andrew and Melanie own andrews.ac.uk/~tristan/ field. Birgit married Richard Holland in

an electrical contracting business. February 2004 and they currently live in OneºNorth OneºNorth Caroline Raivio (Harrison) and Jani Raivio the UK. She has recently taken up gardening. 1984 were married on 11 June 2005 and are Richard Holland is married to Birgit, cur- Naresh Daryanani graduated with a B.Sc currently living in London. Their son Lucas 2007 December rently lives in the UK and has kept up his in Business Administration. He lives in St. was born February 2007. singing. Richard has been the elected Maarten, Netherlands Antilles and runs an alumni representative on the UWCSEA office supply business.

Board of Governors since 2005. 25 Please send us your news for the next edition of OneºNorth, to [email protected]. 26 OneºNorth December 2007 Please sendus yournews for thenext edition ofOneºNorth, to things. and internationaltrade, amongother sumers’ rightslitigation,personalinjury, migration law, medicalmalpractice, con- PA. It’s asmalllaw firmthathandlesim- J. Ellenberg& Associates inPhiladelphia, Ramona hasacceptedapositionatStanley cate ofConcentration inInternationalLaw. and received herJuris DoctorwithCertifi- School ofLaw. Ramonarecentlygraduated In 2004sheattendedPace University non-profit organisationsandvolunteering. She spentthenexttwo years working for International RelationsandPsychology. Science, andEconomics)minoredin elor of Arts inPPE(Philosophy, Political USA. Shegraduated in2002withaBach- versity ofPennsylvania inPhiladelphia, Ramona Walewangko 1998 including someUWCSEAfriends. Birgit andRichardHolland’s wedding to doamasters’ degreeininternational went ontotheUniversity ofNottingham civilisation at Warwick University. Shethen after leaving UWCSEAtostudy classical Larissa Carter Bernardo andothers Louise’s weddingphotowith Eeva been granted agreencard! living inSanFrancisco. Louisehasjust ried toan American andisnow currently Singapore tobeatthewedding!Sheismar- Tara Hirebet(1999),flewalltheway from Bernardo (1999)andherotherbestfriend home town. Hermaidofhonourwas Eeva Scotland, just10milesaway fromher on 11 April 2007at Drumtochty Castlein Louise Logan(McClements) 1999 CLASS NOTES wentback totheUKin1999 attendedtheUni- gotmarried collective called The Reluctants! ing, shehelpstopromoteanurbanmusic she isnotbusywithwork orbellydanc- belly dancetroupe. When Larissa danceswithLayali Money. Inhersparetime, Aegis, Richemont andGE clients such asExxonMobil, on anumberofprojectsfor London asaCSRconsultant rently living andworking in management. Larissaiscur- school inBoston. past summerNajadataughtina Course 2006inKotor, Montenegro. This being themainfacilitatorofUWCShort ous internationalorganisationsaswell been involved instudentgovernment, vari- During heryears atMacalestershehas Village andCambodia, (PhnomPenh). third year optionprojectinKenya, (Kigama from UWCSEA,Najadaledthepioneer and cultureprogramme. After graduating doing asemesterabroadwithbusiness lege. At themomentsheisinBarcelona and politicalscienceatMacalesterCol- Najada Kumbuli 2004 Sciences. of Economics,ManagementandCultural Germany. ShehascompletedherDiploma Carina Bayerdoerffer don. 17 August 2008.SheisnowbasedinLon- currently planningtheirweddingday for property portfolio.Sheandherfiancéare erty marketandisslowly increasing her Donna isalsovery involved intheprop- live onaBritishcabletelevisionshow. vided herwithanopportunitytopresent full timeglamourmodelingwhich pro- versity in2005andimmediatelywentinto Donna Duke 2002 Thai-Burma border. governmental organisationbasedonthe human rightspolicy advocate inanon- refugees fromBurmaandworking asa Momoko Nomura 2000 Michelle getsabeautifulviewof the sea at theendof this school year. Everyday, for herdoublemajorinenglish literature in humangeography andwillbeapplying of BritishColumbia.Michelle ismajoring Bachelor of Arts degree attheUniversity Michelle Cheongiscurrentlypursuinga 2006 [email protected]. graduated fromLeedsUni- isstudying economics iscurrentlyliving with isliving inRösrath, by Scotland. second inthechampionship bestedonly Korea inJuly 2007.Singaporeemerged Schools DebatingChampionshipheldin that representedSingaporeinthe World Dana Miller 2007 would love tohearfromthem! pus. Ifanyone isever nearby, Michelle the University leaguesinandaroundcam- cer, American footballandbasketballin She isstillkeepingactive by playing soc- one sideandnatural forestontheother. and isalsosurroundedby mountainson contacts. and yearbooktryingtofind first EMPHASISmagazineof1971 parrot, Cocolookingatthevery Paul andJenniferwithJennifer’s visiting theUKwithhismotorcycle. England inSeptemberwhen hewas up atJennifer’s homein Washington, UWCSEA alumnisiteandtheymet by Paul Stoker(1975)throughthe Jennifer Ferrie (1976)was contacted Alumni connection was amemberoftheteam UPCOMING REUNIONS First Annual Reunion of the 30 year, 20 year and 10 year anniversary classes

Please plan to join your former classmates and friends in Singapore in August 2008 to revisit and reconnect. Second annual London alumni get together February 2008 The classes of 1978, 1988 and 1998 are invited to celebrate their 30 year, 20 year and 10 year reunions respectively in Singapore on the Join UWCSEA Head and Assistant Head at weekend of 22- 24 August 2008. the Oriental Club in London on 14 February 2008 and take this opportunity to meet up Any other alumni who wish to join the reunion are welcome as well. and mingle with other alumni and former staff. Check the alumni website and contact the alumni office or the individual class organisers for more details.

Class of 1983- 25 year Reunion July 2008

The Class of 1983 will be celebrating their 25th anniversary in London, 25-27 July 2008.

Class of 1993/1994 Reunion August 2008

Reunite with your old classmates from the Classes of 1993 and 1994 in Singapore, 22-

24 August 2008. OneºNorth OneºNorth To sign up for any of the above events, please register online at

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