PETALING JAYA: He was a dashing Indian boy from St George’s Institution in Taiping. She was a beautiful Chinese girl from Convent Taiping.
Their houses bore the same number – but were on different streets – and letters meant for one family often ended up at the other’s home.
They were aware of each other growing up, but were never friends. Not until years later, when both left home to train at the same hospital in Penang – he as a hospital assistant and she as a nurse.