IT'S TOFFEE'S TURN: RIP Benard Khoo aka Zorro Unmasked

Saturday, April 5, 2014

RIP Benard Khoo aka Zorro Unmasked

REQUIESCAT IN PACE

BERNARD KHOO aka
BROTHER ARNOLD

Líbera me, Dómine, de morte ætérna

The author of the blog " Zorro Unmasked," Bernard Khoo passed away yesterday.

Bernard began his career as a Christian Brother with the de La Salle Brothers , he taught at the La Salle School in Klang in the late sixties, he was then known as Brother Arnold, he left the brotherhood later.

In the mid seventies he joined Texas Instruments as a member of the Human Resource team then know as the Personnel Department as Personnel Manager, and later moved to Goodyear tires to head the Training department there.

Bernard would later join the man who took him into Human Resources Latif Sheer Mohammed in his consultancy SMPD Consultants where he remained till he retired.

An active blogger Bernard always encouraged me to continue writing.

To his wife and Children my deepest condolences.

Those who wish to pay their last respects to the late Bernard Khoo may do so at PaRlour 1 of St.Ignatius Church, Petaling Jaya on the 5th and 6th of April.

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Hi I am Toffee

Long long ago (that's how stories began then), an issue of The Sunday Times carried an article titled;
"Have you seen this, 'Boy Toffee' ".
Yes! that boy is this old man today, the same Toffee, a name I carried with me since infancy, and today to my wife Ju I still am Toffee, to my two children- daddy, to my grandchildren Grandpa Toffee, to many young children, my nephews and nieces "Uncle Toffee" and my friends still Toffee, and oh, how I love that name.
As fate would have it I landed up becoming a "Toffee Maker" and I dare say- a very good "Toffee Maker" having set up a plant that would manufacture fudge, caramel, nougat, fondant peanut butter, all to be encased with chocolate - Chocolate enrobed candy bars - are what they are called.
I moved into chocolate enrobed candy bars because of my eleven years experience in candy manufacturing and during those years had the opportunity to experiment on various types of toffee, real hands on experience.
To the surprise of many of my suppliers and even customers who had known me during these days I quit in 1992.

I made a career change, switching career, from Manufacturing to Human Resource Management where I remain to this day albeit since 2011 on my own.

I had the privilege of living the history of my since 1957, I was sin the town padang with my cub (young scout) uniform where I proudly participated in the Parade on 31st August 1957. The Scout District Commissioners were there too and I still the names, Jolly Goh and Goh Thian Hin.

So please avoid telling me post Merdeka History I lived in the thick of it since. In fact I learned to sing the Negara-ku even before Independence and sand it on the day we became Independent.

As For Toffees - I may add a real Toffee recipe or two for all of you who follow my blog, one that would enable you to make Toffee at home.

After all these years out here in this wonderful world I feel it is time for me to share my thoughts, experiences, cares and even frustrations and I have decided to use this blog to do so.

"It's Toffee's Turn" is not something new.
It all began during my days in primary school.
Whenever we sat at table a family of two girls, six boys and there was Mum and Dad there was a lot to talk about.
Being the fourth I always had to fight to have my say, and once I got to it there was no stopping, so most of the time my dad would remind me to keep quiet and give others a chance. I would then have to shut my mouth and wait till mum would intrude and say, "OK, It's Toffee 's Turn."

So now, "It's Toffee's Turn"
To those of you who are new to this space welcome.