{"id":761,"date":"2016-02-13T15:13:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T15:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/?p=761"},"modified":"2016-02-13T15:23:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T15:23:43","slug":"%e3%80%8aon-this-day-50-years-ago-%e3%80%8b__leo-chu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/2016\/02\/13\/%e3%80%8aon-this-day-50-years-ago-%e3%80%8b__leo-chu\/","title":{"rendered":"\u300aOn this day, 50 years ago&#8230;\u300b__Leo Chu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-762\" src=\"http:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/files\/2016\/02\/Leo_50yearsAgo-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"Leo_50yearsAgo\" width=\"200\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/files\/2016\/02\/Leo_50yearsAgo-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/files\/2016\/02\/Leo_50yearsAgo.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-763\" src=\"http:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/files\/2016\/02\/SeniorScout-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"SeniorScout\" width=\"294\" height=\"224\" \/><\/div>\n<div>This piece of green &amp; gold taught me to stay focused, to look beyond the bends what possibilities may exist, reminded me time and again the resilience I can muster, and fortified me for the many ups and downs over the 50 year journey.<br \/>\nI remembered and kept the first promise I ever made on my honour, and stayed the course. Now in the autumn of my years, I came to realize what a profound influence it did cast, and what it is amongst a brotherhood I am privileged to be counted.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And by now I think I have earned the right to write my own epitaph :<br \/>\n&#8220;Dared to be different, independent, self-reliant, alone&#8221;<br \/>\nMy dear friends, go forth, I hope you have as rewarding a journey in the years ahead.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>[Reposted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/545163638863288\/1006419092737738\/\">Fellows of 11th Kowloon Group<\/a>]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This piece of green &amp; gold taught me to stay focused, to look beyond the bends what possibilities may exist, reminded me time and again the resilience I can muster, and fortified me for the many ups and downs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/2016\/02\/13\/%e3%80%8aon-this-day-50-years-ago-%e3%80%8b__leo-chu\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memory","tag-leo-chu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.wykontario.org\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}