The tempest is here

Here we are again at the peak of the horizons

Debating where to go

Where the tides led us and our bloods brought us

Here, at a vantage point we were excited and calm

We tried hard to listen and listened very hard.

I heard generations of sadness, struggles, those of hopes.

At least, those were the sighs I heard…

A tempest may be coming soon.

Interestingly, no one was there to pacify the brewing wind.

It was all but questions and unseen questions.

Avocado Faces

Fr. Chalerm, Thailand -- he is the oldest.  He didn't stay at Avocado.  He was in Singapore House.

This rosary-wielding guy helped us a lot.  He made sure we got into the proper buses and places...

Ching at the blue mansion

Bee and Hawnan, Thailand.  They stayed at Avocado in different generations...

inter-generational catching up

with Aloy, the man of the week

Jim, Aki-Japan, Teresa

Bee

Vangie (avocado friend) Ching - HK

chaplains

Ann and Ching

I was an Avocado baby.  I was the third occupant of #20 Avocado Road.  It was Sanjay who showed me the ropes and tips in surviving such a 'far-flung' place.

Three years from now, Avocado  will celebrate 20 years of  student movement vibrancy.  It witnessed interlocking smiles, sighs, cries and shouts.  But for me, it witnessed decades-old growing and learning...

In fact, in June 23rd, the grandest Avocado reunion was held in Penang, Malaysia to coincide with the presbyteral ordination of Fr. Tan Yih Soo.

Ruki - IYCS, Teresa -IMCS with Rory, local IMCS of Penang

with Msgr. Stephen Liew, VG of Penang Diocese, a long-time friend of Avocado

Myra, IMCS staff admin - a room mate

Helena, Avocado friend