It has never came across my mind that the nostalgic picture of my second grand daughter, Nur Alia riding her bicycle for a noble cause would be splashed across the front page on the Star on Monday 17 January 2011. Alia complete with her riding helmet seemed very confident on her bicycle with her father, Nazim trailing her in pursuing the noble cause in taking part in the Ride 4 Gaza charity cycling event on Sunday 16 January 2011 at Dataran Putra in Precinct 3, Putrajaya.
Apart from beaming with joy and pride that my grand daughter was in the front page of the Star, I am also very proud that my son in law, Nazim has taken the initiative to sow the seed of responsibility towards social works to my grand children at a very tender age. Not only Nur Alia was taking part in the Charity Cycling Event but also her other siblings. Nur Aisyah and Afiq together with their cousin Ashraf has also joined the crowd of 1,000 cyclists.
Congratulation to Jim for his noble deeds and I pray that their good deeds would contribute to the betterment of the Palestinians in Gaza. Insya Allah
2000 Reunion of SAHC Class 0f 63 at Kedah Cafe, Pumpong on 28th. December 2000
Form V B
Form V C
First Coordinating Meeting for 2010 SAHC Class of 63 Reunion on Sunday, 1.8.2010at Hotel Seri Malaysia, Alor Setar .
From left : Haji Rahman Md. Noor (representing Monitor Form V B), Haji Nasir Mustaffa (Monitor Form V C), Haji Mohd. Khorish Arshad (Form V C), Haji Abu Bakar Yaacob (Monitor Form V A) and Haji Syed Zain (Form V B - Chairman).
Special invitation would send to our surviving 1963 teachers while the contents of the invitation letter as agreed upon by the first meeting are as follows:
2010 REUNION OF SAHC CLASS OF 1963
All 1963 Fifth Formers of Sultan Abdul Hamid College are cordially invited to grace the 2010 SAHC Class of 1963 Reunion:
Date:Sunday, 12th. September 2010 (The Sunday after Hari Raya)
Time:3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Venue:La Terrasse Sayang, Hotel SeriMalaysia, Alor Setar
Dress code:Whatever you wish to wear which would appear nice in the group photo
Entrance fee: Just bring in your empty stomach but please extend this invitation to all your class mates
Down Memory Lane:Special exhibition of 1963 photographs reminiscing school days memories. To compliment the exhibition, please sendcopy/copies of your 1963 photograph to the main coordinator or just tag to his facebook.
For logistical purposes, please reaffirm your attendance before 5th September 2010 by SMS or drop a call to your class monitor or to any other contact person of your choice.If you do forget your monitor or any of your classmates, please refresh your memory with the list below.
1.Form V A :Abu Bakar Yaacob :012-4010220
2.Form V B : Hashim Osman: 013-2498233
3.Form V C : Nasir Mustaffa :019-4159697
KL coordinator:Abdul Halim Abdullah : 012-4749888
AS coordinators:Abd. RahmanMd. Noor :012-4824644
Mohd. Khorish Arshad:012- 4237432
Main coordinator: Syed Zain bin Syed Abdullah : 012-4742000/04-7312539 (hse)
Facebook: setaliboy@gmail.com
Address:2446M Taman Tunku Mahmud, Pumpong,
05250 Alor Setar, Kedah.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation
Meeting with a my Form V B Classmate, Mr. Lim Bew Hock at the Kedah State Library on Thursday, 5.8.2010 discussing about the where about of our Chinese classmates
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 pointsupaya 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..
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 6th. June 2010 was a day to be remembered by the classmates of Form V B 1963 at SultanAbdulHamidCollege, 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 wouldbe 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
When Zam told me that Nana wanted a copy of my writings, I started looking for my writings as I did not keep my literary works properly. When my desk top computer was reprogrammed last year, I lost most of my writings that was saved in that computer. Luckily for me, Zam has kept the hard copies of my writings to her brother, sisters and cousins. Based on these hard copies provided by Zam, I have managed to compile this sparkles from the heart or cetusan hati series.The title sparkles from the heart reflects the sudden outbursts of my feelings and the urge to write something for the remembrance to my children and grand children when they are mature enough to read and understand my writings. I am also grateful to all my children and grand children who has given me the courage and inspirations that has influenced me in writing mySparkles of the Heart.
It has never came across my mind that the nostalgic picture of my second grand daughter, Nur Alia riding her bicycle for a noble cause would be splashed across the front page on the Star on Monday 17 January 2011. Alia complete with her riding helmet seemed very confident on her bicycle with her father, Nazim trailing her in pursuing the noble cause in taking part in the Ride 4 Gaza charity cycling event on Sunday 16 January 2011 at Dataran Putra in Precinct 3, Putrajaya.
