It was about a month ago, after parking my car I stepped wearily into Zam Zam Cafe & Satay Club, Bandar Utama ... Here I was with my round neck T Shirt, faded jeans and my ever loyal worn out "selipar jepun merah"!!! Weary due to the word "Club" and its location in Damansara Utama. To be frank, I always consider that part of the town is sophisticated and urbane ... My being just an ordinary mortal in the street always weary of the urbane environment .....
As I stepped in, I saw Nan with his guitar and his three pieces band. He waved at me with his natural generous smile from inside an air conditioned section of the Cafe ... Apparently, our reunion - the batch of 79/80 of Sekolah Teknik, Persiaran Brash, Ipoh had been booked just for us. I noticed quite a few had arrived and gathered having a lively chat with each other ....
Haaa ... there they were Jamil Padukang, Azhar @ Barry, Shaharuddin, Roslina @ Maria ( I guess), Shima, Hilmi, Harith (I last met him when we were sending our kids to MRSM Langkawi years ago) & his wife Zaiton, Faizah (the 1/3 or is it 1/4 of the other Faezah @ Pes, Zihan & Julita), Zihan, Zaim, Nazri Tapi (through to his "Tapi" dia datang Tapi sekejap jerrr), Salleh, Hj Yusri, Duan, Mat Arif, Amin YB, Ali Pek, Lokman, Ismail and few other whom I could not recall their names and of course Raja Abdul Rahman....
We had a good time remembering good old time ... At that function, I became aware of Harith is happily married to Zaiton!!! Another interesting twist apart from my ex class mate Nizam who married to Harifah .. I think this is not the case of " asam di darat ikan di laut bertemu dalam belanga"!!!! Harith as ussual was always in his cool and "serene" state of mind ...
I noticed that Duan had become a bit "wise" and "sobre" ... he he may be age is catching up but not Hj Yusri who was still at his best with his wits and all "ridiculing" YB Amin which happily reciprocated towards him ... I am glad and happy to note that each and everyone of my batch is successful in his/her own life ...
Who would have guess Amin who is a bit stutter ( sorry YB!!!) is an ADUN in Perak ... I came to know about this when Hj Yusri posted about him contesting in Perak DUN (Ulu Kinta) in the FB and when my sister & brother in law mentioned about "this young chap who is very hard working and well liked by the local folks, them included, I proudly declared Amin was my batch at TI Ipoh!!!
Dear Friends, I have to apologise as I could not recall all of you as I only spent barely few hours during those 2 years at TI busying myself with playing truants especially the "high end" Commerce Class ladies!!! Zihan Ibrahim ... hmmm quite a surprise to see the transformation of the old days "cubby" Zihan ... I have not been seeing her since after SPM in 1980 ...
All in all, it was a good reunion ... I noticed the close knit among this batch and I have to give credit to their high sense of togetherness and closeness to eaach other. I wish to put on record my tribute to each and everyone of them and a very special tribute to Raja Abdul Rahman who had been tirelessly organising this reunion so as the past reunions .... To Nan keep on jamming and I really enjoyed the song played during the reunion especially the "haunted" M Nasir's "Cinta Listrik mu"...
To all my friends ... nice meeting you and hopefully in the next round there would be the rest such as Halim Mondok @ Ritchie Blackmore, Shahri Sujak, Badli (really miss him so much), Mohd Noor, Nizam, Harifah and Razif ....
Epilouge:
Seeing Faizah & Zihan that day remind me of Faezah @ Pes who passed away sometime early this year ... She was my class mate (so as Faizah & Julita) and was a very nice and couteous girl next door ... To Fes, regret did not manage to seeing you and may Allah bless your soul ... Al Fatihah....
Till we meet again!!!
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Saturday, July 5, 2014
29th Year Wedding Anniversary - A Special Post For A Special Aishah
Today, 5 July is our 29 year wedding anniversary ... Yup 29 years of wonderful life together and blessed with three wonderful kids ...
29 years ago at 2.30 PM I took Aishah's hand and took the vow to be by her side for life and we are still going through this wonderful life together. I for my part have my own shortcomings and blessed with Aihah's patience for accepting me for what I am ...
Aishah, I might not be too expressive in pouring out my feeling and emotions but I am very sure you know that I love you as my wife and my soul mate. 29 years' is a long but beautiful journey and let's go beyond together.....
We have gone through the ups and down together ... When I was still studying at UM an you had already had a job at AG's Chamber - how we patiently wade through the hardship together renting a small room in PJ. Then, I became a weekend husband traveling over the weekends to Mentakab where you did your practice. Well, Mentakab is a nice little town and almost every body knows everybody and the people there known us whenever we went for a night walk at the town. The best part was when we went for a movie there - actually there were only two "panggung wayang ' in Mentakab - but the worse part was both the "panggung" screening a same movies.
Remember the days we "makan" the very "sedap" roti canai at Restoran Ali? I wonder whether it is still there and not to mention the sandwich at the restaurant near your office at the town centre. I think we should go there once again and look for our nice neighbour at Taman Pasir, Mentakab. The best part was when we walked together by the riverside - it's a big wide Sungai Pahang - and when we went to the Pasar Malam at Temerloh ....
Those were the days and I am blessed especially when the kids were born which tightened our bond together ...... As a parting note -
" Aishah, happy 29 year anniversary ... I love you so much , I really do and thank you for being with me all these years and insyaallah in the years to come... Love you!!!"
P/S - Today for sahur I will masak nasi goreng for all ... he he ....
29 years ago at 2.30 PM I took Aishah's hand and took the vow to be by her side for life and we are still going through this wonderful life together. I for my part have my own shortcomings and blessed with Aihah's patience for accepting me for what I am ...
Aishah, I might not be too expressive in pouring out my feeling and emotions but I am very sure you know that I love you as my wife and my soul mate. 29 years' is a long but beautiful journey and let's go beyond together.....
We have gone through the ups and down together ... When I was still studying at UM an you had already had a job at AG's Chamber - how we patiently wade through the hardship together renting a small room in PJ. Then, I became a weekend husband traveling over the weekends to Mentakab where you did your practice. Well, Mentakab is a nice little town and almost every body knows everybody and the people there known us whenever we went for a night walk at the town. The best part was when we went for a movie there - actually there were only two "panggung wayang ' in Mentakab - but the worse part was both the "panggung" screening a same movies.
Remember the days we "makan" the very "sedap" roti canai at Restoran Ali? I wonder whether it is still there and not to mention the sandwich at the restaurant near your office at the town centre. I think we should go there once again and look for our nice neighbour at Taman Pasir, Mentakab. The best part was when we walked together by the riverside - it's a big wide Sungai Pahang - and when we went to the Pasar Malam at Temerloh ....
Those were the days and I am blessed especially when the kids were born which tightened our bond together ...... As a parting note -
" Aishah, happy 29 year anniversary ... I love you so much , I really do and thank you for being with me all these years and insyaallah in the years to come... Love you!!!"
P/S - Today for sahur I will masak nasi goreng for all ... he he ....
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
To Sir With Love
This posting is specially dedicated to a special person who changed my looking at history from the normal conservative angle. He is Professor Datuk Dr. Mohammad Redzuan Othman, who was removed from helming the UM's Centre For Democracy and Election (UMcedel) apart from his contract as the Dean of UM Faculty of Arts and Social Science. His controversial sacking was made even ironic when the PM in his Facebook Account commented on the newly introduced PT3 assessment system and said a "holistic education must be a top priority if Malaysia aspires to achieve a developed nation status" ...
In the wake of this controversial episode Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah relinquished his position as a fellow at UM a sign of protest whilst KJ came up with a statement saying that "Putrajaya tidak tergugat dengan kajian UMcedel" in an obvious reference to the Centre's not so favourable reports/survey on the public perceptions towards the government of the day.
I am not going to delve on the sacking of the ex Don but to share my personal "close encounter" with Prof Redzuan ... I first met him when I was a private student at Premier College in Ipoh in the early 80s. I was taking up my STPM examination as a private student and he was teaching history there. Apparently, he took this initiative whenever he was on his semester leave and obviously due to him wanting to share his "ilmu" with youngsters like me. His method of teaching history is not of conventional approach but was very critical as he went out of his way photostating history journals or articles which you could not find in the text books.
Then, I became intrigue with the Professor who was so down to earth - he always came to the class wearing a "reformed" front buttoned baju melayu with black pants and capal!!! Upon queries, I came to know that Prof Redzuan was also instrumental in the setting up of a well known private institution in Ipoh i.e. Institut Sofar. This institute was set up by a group og young graduates and undergraduates of our local varsities to give opportunities to private students to pursue to dream to be enrolled in the local varsities. They also became the teachers/tutors at the said Institute. All these were done during their semester breaks ...
I am very sure that scores of students had benefited from these kind hearted people and Prof Redzuan is one of them. As for me, learning history is never the same anymore and I managed to get distinctions for both my STPM history papers .....
To Prof. Redzuan, history will judge you and your ex students, me included owe so much to you for nurturing us in what we are today. My pray to you and your family, Sir .....
I just wonder whether this is one of the reasons why none of our varsity is being listed in the top 100 varsities in the world ......
In the wake of this controversial episode Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah relinquished his position as a fellow at UM a sign of protest whilst KJ came up with a statement saying that "Putrajaya tidak tergugat dengan kajian UMcedel" in an obvious reference to the Centre's not so favourable reports/survey on the public perceptions towards the government of the day.
I am not going to delve on the sacking of the ex Don but to share my personal "close encounter" with Prof Redzuan ... I first met him when I was a private student at Premier College in Ipoh in the early 80s. I was taking up my STPM examination as a private student and he was teaching history there. Apparently, he took this initiative whenever he was on his semester leave and obviously due to him wanting to share his "ilmu" with youngsters like me. His method of teaching history is not of conventional approach but was very critical as he went out of his way photostating history journals or articles which you could not find in the text books.
Then, I became intrigue with the Professor who was so down to earth - he always came to the class wearing a "reformed" front buttoned baju melayu with black pants and capal!!! Upon queries, I came to know that Prof Redzuan was also instrumental in the setting up of a well known private institution in Ipoh i.e. Institut Sofar. This institute was set up by a group og young graduates and undergraduates of our local varsities to give opportunities to private students to pursue to dream to be enrolled in the local varsities. They also became the teachers/tutors at the said Institute. All these were done during their semester breaks ...
I am very sure that scores of students had benefited from these kind hearted people and Prof Redzuan is one of them. As for me, learning history is never the same anymore and I managed to get distinctions for both my STPM history papers .....
To Prof. Redzuan, history will judge you and your ex students, me included owe so much to you for nurturing us in what we are today. My pray to you and your family, Sir .....
I just wonder whether this is one of the reasons why none of our varsity is being listed in the top 100 varsities in the world ......
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