Nisi Dominus Frustra

So, it came to be that we celebrated the coming of Chinese New Year with a karaoke session. It was held in one of those karaoke joints, Redbox, or something in Pavilion near Jalan Bukit Bintang.

It was my first time there, in Pavilion. It was new, shiny and humongous. A grey and silver building as though a leviathan have stranded on land. Pavilion joins many other 'world class' mall that will sure take your breath away.

I was struck by how different it was that area, nearly 7 years ago. For those who knowns, it was used to be a site for a all girl school, Bukit Bintang Girls School, fondly known as BBGS. The school was founded more than 100 years ago. It was one of the oldest school in KL, with a venerable stature greater even than VI and Maxwell School.

I remembered when the government announced that the site will be sold to the private sector for 'development' purposes. There was a lot of objections towards the move. Some of the biggest name came up to defend the school. But alas, all is in vain. And how aptly the motto of BBGS came to mirror it's situation.

Nisi Dominus Frustra - "Without God, all is in vain"