In the VI Musical Society I was very active as well. It was here we organized the first and many subsequent annual Talentime events. The organizational tasks included putting up an annual show, and promoted, we sold tickets, became stewards of the revenues, etc. Then at the University of Malaya in 1962 I volunteered as a key organizer of “Universarama” a charity variety show. It was during the process of this event that I got a break as a songwriter. I invited a top Singapore group, The Sundowners, to be the top bill for Universarama. I pitched my song That’s The One For Me to them, and it resulted as a EMI/Capitol flip side of their single Malaysia Wonderful. My song became top tune for three weeks instead!

I was a competitive swimmer…I set a 50 m backstroke record in 1960, and it still stands today. Of course today by Olympic standards, I wouldn’t have qualified in the first round! By the way I do not swim any more.

But Mabel and I have been ballroom dancing for over 10 years, and loving it! We do not compete – too much stress.