Welcome 2010.
I am going to usher new year in Penang this time. Left KL yesterday for my parent home in Taiping. On the way did something different. With the completion of North South Highway PLUS, I seldom ventured out of the expressway. If I did make a stop, it was just at one of the R&R.
I made two stop diversion yesterday. First one to visit my wife niece at Batu Gajah. I exited at Gopeng exit, after the toll plaza turn right at the first traffic light. Passing through Gopeng Town. Oh! the prewar shop house still there and the famous water pipe, two gigantic rusty looking pipes across the main road. After all these years they still remain as landmark of Gopeng. Then the simpang tiga where I turned left toward Batu Gajah. The road go all the way to Lumut passing through Sri Iskandar. Before that very famous landmark on the left called Kellie's Castle. I shall write about the place later.
Actually my destination was the KTM complex which is situated away from the town. It housed few thousand staff by the look of it. After having tea at her apartment I continue my journey to Gunung Rapat, Ipoh, to visit one of my former classmate, Dr. Salleh. My association with him went way back from our primary school days in Kuala Kangsar. He showed me some of the old school report of our primary school days at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Idris II. What a nostalgic revisit. Now that we a retired, it make interesting conversation piece. After another hearty meal I proceeded to my final destination, my parent home in Taiping.

Toll, toil and trouble.
Today headline in one of the newspaper. After 10 death in the 26th. Dec 2009 road accident the paper start to spin stories on the causes. It suggested low salary of the bus driver could be one of them as it could forced them to work overtime in order to make end meet. One guy even blamed the strong divider. In the Kota Baru shopping mall incident somebody put the blame on weaker wall.
Even if you pay these bus diver the like of pilot salary, there is no guarantee that there will not be accident. So please do not speculate but go to the root cause if we want to reduce bus accident. People sleep on the job because they do not have enough sleep in the first place. There could be 1001 reasons what rob them from their precious sleep. We should not be interested in that. The driver must be discipline enough to have enough rest before taking on the road. No regulation or enforcement can ensure this except the driver himself.

Aina with TDM and TSH

Mansoor,Azmi,CheDin,Najid,Rashid,Termizi,Yogarajan,Shah,Yaacob,Akhir,Shuib,Mokhtar,Wan Zaid.

Yogarajan,Rashid,Yaacob,Shah,Mokhtar,Wan zaid,Najid,Akhir,Shuib.



Fivers 71 at table 8.

With former Head Master (Pengetua) Tuan Syed.

Najid Ramli and Mrs.

SDARA Dinner 2009.

This is an annual affair for the alumni of Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak. The event was held at Dewan Puspanitapuri, Precint 10, Putrajaya. The guest of honour was Tun Dr. Mahathir and Tun Siti Hasmah. What was more special to me was the presence of my former teacher Mr. Wee Mr. Nathan and Tuan Syed Jaafar (former Pengetua).
Mr.Wee was my former PE teacher and Mr. Nathan was the science teacher. Mr. Nathan was as black as ever and was even dressed with black shirt and pant. During one of his science class he asked one student for the definition of carbon. The guy simply answer 'anything black' which Mr.Nathan was not amused.

My batch fivers71 occupied table no.8 and 9. The function was very well organised this time. My family stayed until the last performance. That speak a lot. Normally they would be looking at their watch but do not have the heart to tell me that they are bored since daddy was having good time.

Those days in 1971

Class of 1966.

Many of us has retired. Of course those business man friends never retired, kerja sampai mati lah. So we meet again after more than four decades. Some came as far as Kedah and Trengganu
just to gloat over old times. Oh yes one guy came from Boston, USA. he happened to be here on holidays.It was fun once we met and start reminiscing those days in Tanjung Malim. The spirit never want to grow old.

Thank again to IT age with out those SMS we may never be able to communicate just to let old friends know about the meeting.