REMEMBRANCE 75 - TOKOH SUNGAI PETANI

Memohon kemaafan YAB Menteri Besar kerana tidak dapat menghadiri Majlis Perasmian

YAB Menteri Besar yang juga seorang pengidap gouts turut memhulur simpati terhadap kesakitan yang perlu ditanggung saya.

Dari kiri: Rahman Haji Salleh, Pengurus Besar (Korporat) PKNK, Syed Zain, Ridzuan Setiausaha MPSPK, YAB Menteri Besar, YB Dr. Haji Hamdan Mohd. Khalib EXCO dan Puan Rozaina Yang Dipertua MPSPK.

Ahli Panel Sesi 1
Dari kiri: Dato' (Dr.) Haji Wan Shamsuddin, Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd. Isa Othman, Dr' Zahidi : Pengerusi Panel dan Syed Zain bersama tongkat setia.

Saya hanya merenung jauh kerana ketiadaan dokumen yang hendak disemak

Dari kiri: Encik Abd Rahim Man PKNK dan YB Dato' Johari Abdul, MP Sungai Petani

Kedudukan saya dengan operator LCD

Penyampaian sagu hati yang dapat menampung kos penginapan saya di hotel

Sempena Perayaan Ulang Tahun Majlis Perbandaran Sungai Petani ke 16, suatu seminar bertajuk ‘Sejarah Perkembangan dan Pembangunan Bandar ungai Petani’ telah diadakan pada hari Khamis, 29.7.2010 bertempat di Hotel Park Evevnue, Sungai Petani. Seminar tersebut telah dirasmikan oleh YAB Menteri Besar Kedah, Dato’ Seri Ustaz Azizan Abdul Razak.

Sebagai Pengerusi Koleksi Kedah, Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Kedah, saya telah dipertanggungjawabkan untuk menyampaikan kertas kerja bertajuk ‘Tokoh Sungai Petani’ di dalam Sesi 1. Sesi pertama telah dipengerusikan oleh Dr. Zahidi Dato’ Zainol Rashid, Pengarah Perpustakaan Awam Kedah.

Dua ahli panel yang lain di dalam Sesi 1 ialah Dato’ (Dr.) Haji Wan Shamsuddin Mohd. Yusof, Pengerusi Persatuan Sejarah Cawangan Kedah dan Timbalannya Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd. Isa Othman , Pensyarah Sejarah Universiti Sains Malaysia.; Dato’ (Dr.) Wan Shamsuddin telah menyampaikan kertas kerja bertajuk ‘Sejarah Bandar Sungai Petani’ dan Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd. Isa pula menyampaikan kertas kerja bertajuk ‘Bangunan-bangunan Bersejarah’

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Oleh kerana saya telah diserang gouts sebelum sempat menyediakan kertas kerja yang lengkap, saya hanya mampu menyediakan kertas kerja dalam bentuk slides power point. Pada petang 28.7.2010, saya telah meminta bantuan anak saya, Ezwar untuk menemani saya menginap di Hotel Park Evenue. Setelah memakan ubat tahan bengkak dan tahan sakit, saya telah rehat sepanjang malam dan meminta Ezwar untuk memperlengkapkan slide power point supaya kelihatan lebih professional.

Oleh kerana gangguan serangan gouts, saya turut terlupa membawa telefon bimbit saya bersama dimana ianya telah mengekang perhubungan saya dengan pihak Perpustakaan mahu pun MPSPK. Justru itu, saya tidaklah dapat meminta bantuan mereka untuk mencetakkan persembahan power point saya dalam bentuk handouts.

Tanpa bantuan handouts, persembahan saya hanyalah bergantung semata-mata kepada keberkesanan komunikasi saya dengan petugas projector LCD yang terletak di bawah pentas. Alhamdullillah saya telah dapat menyampaikan kertas kerja dengan sempurna disebabkan kecekapan petugas LCD di bawah pentas yang dapat membaca arahan jari saya dengan berkesan..

SIBLINGS 68: SIME DARBY

NEW STRAITS TIMES
THURSDAY MAY 20, 2010

SAHOCA 28: OBITUARY

FORM VB 1963, SULTAN ABDUL HAMID COLLEGE, ALOR SETAR

Seated from left: Mr. Khalid Halim, Form Teacher (No. 5), Mr. N.A. Ogle, Headmaster (No. 6) and Hashim Osman, Class Monitor. (No. 7 wearing shorts because his late father, Pak Man Gigi would not permit Hashim to wear trousers as he still considered Hashim as a mere school boy and not as a grown up school boy)

Second row standing from left: the late Mohamed Zainul Abidin (No. 6)

Monday 6^th. June 2010 was a day to be remembered by the classmates of Form V B 1963 at Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Setar. At 2.00 pm, I received a call from Abdul Halim Abdullah informing me that he has successfully undergone his fourth angioplasty procedure at Institut Jantung Negara. He has experienced the narrowing down of his arteries and he has been strengthened with additional stends to improve the rate of his blood flowing to his heart. I hope after the fourth angioplasty procedure he would be prudent on his diet as we do really need him to continue his endeavour in fostering the communication gap between the classmates of 1963.

However my happiness did not last the evening for I did received two more calls from Abdul Rahman Md. Noor and Syed Sheh informing me that another classmate of ours, Mohamed Zainol Abidin has passed away peacefully at 5.00 pm. on the same day. Let us pray for the blessing of Allah that the late Mohamed would be placed among the faithfulls. Insya Allah

REMEMBRANCE 74: SWEET BERIS GRAPES

SIBLINGS 67: WARISAN PAK SU

Zamri bin Yahaya, the proud proprietor of Warisan Pulut Udang.
He is the son of the late Pak Su's office mate Pak Ya who was also the XRay Film Developer at Hospital Besar Alor Setar

Siti Meriam, Zamri's wife who is the descendant of a Thai/Indian parentage

Siti Meriam preparing the grilled pulut udang


Very tempting delicious Warisan pulut udang

SAHOCA 27: ISMAIL IBRAHIM'S WEDDING FEAST

Haji Ismail Ibrahim who has a pace maker embodied on him, diligently receiving his guests while sitting down . The mutton kurma that Mat Ka has brought for Bakaq savoury.

From left: Ismail Ibrahim, Ad Tot and Hashim Murad.

From left: Hashim Murad, Ismail Ibrahim, Pak Ya Kalut, Ad Tot and Bakaq Aloq Belat

Bakaq Aloq Belat enjoying his popularity at Hotel Seri Malaysia


Bakaq's personlised coffee mug at Hotel Seri Malaysia

In conforming to our mutual agreement made on the 1^st May 2010, the classmates of SMOne 1956 converged on Haji Ismail Ibrahim’s house at Lorong Sepakat, Jalan Datuk Kumbar on Saturday, 5^th. June 2010 at 2.00 pm. After Halim’s Dollah’s departure back to Kuala Lumpur on the Thursday night (03.06.2010), I took over the role of fetching Bakaq Aloq Belat at his home in Bakar Bata.

Bakaq was at ease at the feast because he could converse in his mother’s tongue with his associate Mat Ka, Ismail Ibrahim’s son in law. Although Bakaq was close to Mat Ka, but he did know that Mat Ka is the son in law of Haji Ismail Ibrahim until he attended the wedding feast.

At Ismail Ibrahim’s house, Harun Ali and Shariff Puteh were already there to receive us. Later on, Pak Ya Kalut, Hashim Murad and Ad Tot joined us at the table. We were quite sad because the prime mover of our SMOne 56 third reunion, Halim Dollah could not attend the wedding feast. However, Ismail Ibrahim consoled us by telling us that he has another four weddings to go.

Hashim Murad could not attend our third reunion on the 1^st May 2010 for reasons only best known to him although he did received our invitation. I failed to contact Hashim Murad by phone because he has changed his phone number. For our convenience, Hashim Murad furnished me with his latest mobile phone number. The irony of the episode was that I came to know that Hashim Murad is related to Bakaq only at the wedding feast. Otherwise I should have asked for assistance from Bakaq who could then effortlessly has contacted Hashim Murad. Whatever it was, our intention of having informal gatherings among the classmates of SMOne 56 has a very favourable beginning.

After the wedding, I have another surprise from Bakaq when he invited me for a cup of coffee tarik at Hotel Seri Malaysia. Since 1956, Bakaq has shown his natural flair in his public relation skills and at Hotel Seri Malaysia Bakaq did not fail to impress me.with his PR skills. He could even removed the No Parking sign at the hotel lobby for my convenience in parking my car. Even the very satisfying coffee tarik of Hotel Seri Malaysia Alor Setar was derived from Bakaq’s home brewed coffee. Adding to my astonishment, Bakaq even has his own personalised coffee mug stamped with his name ‘Dato’ Abu Bakar’.

Kudos to Abu Bakar Yaacob who hails from Kampung Alor Belat which only has the facility of KTM Railway Halt back in 1956 for the main means of transport to the outside world. While disembarking from the train during our university days, Bakaq used to jump from the train first when the train has slowed down for a very brief stop at Aloq Belat while we then threw his baggage down after him. Those were the days.

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SAHOCA 26: TEACHERS' DAY

KHAS UNTUK PAK CHOY, GURU BERSARA

Kepada guru yang telah banyak berjasa,

Yang telah mendidik anak bangsa,

Menjadi khazanah nusa dan bangsa,

Kini sibuk mendidik anak cucu pula,

Bukanlah mudah nak mendidik manusia,

Lebih mudah lagi mendidik anak rusa,

Sekarang barulah Pak Choy rasa,

Kena buli dek cucu setiap masa,

Pak Choy hanya boleh bersara fizikal sahaja,

Janganlah pula bersara di minda,

Nanti rosak binasa ditelan masa,

Buat Haji Yaacob gelak ketawa,

Janganlah marah, hanya melawak saja,

Di Hari Guru, hari yang mulia,

Khas untuk Pak Choy, Guru bersara.

16.05.2010