Reconnected with Ken’s Family

For my Singapore International Foundation (SIF) 96 Asean Fellows, they know with whom I spent the time most while studying in Singapore. It’s Ken Rinehart V. Sur. A Filipino fellow, who somehow bond a special relationship with me there. We had many fun and silly times together between our classes. Had fight with camera store…

2 SIF Reunion in 1 Day

It’s always been a ritual for us, SIF Fellows Alumni to meet each other, whenever we’re visiting any fellow’s city of residence. We made time to meet up with Patiwat Panurach (Soong) our Thai fellow, who moved in to NY recently with his family. Meanwhile, Nurkholisoh Ibnu Aman, another SIF fellow from different batch, is…

SIF 1996 Silver Anniversary Gala Reunion

One of the fellows’ comments from last night’s reunion was “Thanks for this unique and beautiful friendship” When I think about it, it is indeed unique and beautiful. 34 of us, who were students from 5 Asean countries, were selected and offered a scholarship for a semester study in two prestigious Singapore’s university: National University…

Hugs for ASEAN Children Charity Bike and Run

Celebrating Singapore International Foundation (SIF) 30th Anniversary, a group of SIF Alumni Indonesia hold a fund raising campaign to help ASEAN children impacted by COVID-19. The fund raising was actually initiated for our SIF Batch 1996 Alumni. But for Indonesia, later the theme was adopted to incorporate other batches. It is named “Hugs for ASEAN…

SIF 96 25th Anniversary Virtual Reunion

What does quarter of century do? You become older. Your kids no longer stay with you. Change of order in government. A movie became classic. Internet revolutionized everything. So it’s relatively long time. And that’s how long we’ve been connected to each other. Back in 1996, Singapore International Foundation offered competitive scholarships for young talents…