Impeach?

Saw these in our May Bulletine.





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Thank you MCOBA Trengganu

Especially to MCOBA Trengganu,
This is a follow up and belated Thank You from Class 60, with photographs.
Specifically to,
Dr. Kamil(the Vice President), Tun Baharum ( Secretaary) and Datuk Ismail (Treasurer)

Manap Rahim

Nik Yusof

Ariffin Osman


Just to name a few. Anyone we have not mentioned, we wish to appologise but we thank you all the same.

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Kuala Trengganu

That was a pleasant trip to Kuala Trengganu . 25 of us went, by bus from Kuala Lumpur, leaving Kuala Lumpur at mid-morning, and it took 10 hours to go and 10 hours to come back. It was light and easy journey. Here is a photo of us ‘old kids’.

Looked like everyone enjoyed themselves. And to keep the journey and the trip interesting there was a bit of a debate about ‘what makes a good home front’.

It’s a subject with no real answer, since the time when God created Adam and Eve.

We had an un-comparable host in Kuala Trengganu, without he and his wife, we would not have enjoyed our stay as much as we did. We thank you Mr & Mrs Mat Zain Sulaiman.

And all those whom we were the guests of.

And of course the women folks enjoyed their shopping, as usual.







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my book

I have just published a book, to be found at,

http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=754559

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"Cukur Jambul"

On Sunday 25th March 2007, Patikan (class of 60) was invited to join Sdr Nik Zainal (one of the Patikans) & wife on their ‘cukur jambul’ ceremony for their 4th Grand child. It was a grand occasion, and Patikan really took time to enjoy themselves at the ceremony.

What is cukur jambul.? Its explained here, http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cukur_jambul

And someone wrote this about the ceremony,

” Adat Cukur Jambul

A Traditional Malay Ceremony celebrated for the new born baby.

This occasion is celebrated by Malay Community whereby a newly born baby born will celebrate on the 7th. day of birth with a "Kendury" of "Aqiqah" . In this celebration if the baby is a boy, 2 goats will be cut while only one goat for a baby girl. In that ceremony the parents of the baby will invite all neighbors from the village depending on the status of the family for Custom recital and sumptuous feast.

The peak of the celebration is whereby the baby will be pass from one person to another in their arm cradled cutely in the big circle and the baby will be sprinkled with holy water with "bunga rampai" , a certain portion of the baby's hair will be cut (cukur Jambul) and the baby's mouth with be sprinkled with holy water and sweet / sour / salty food as symbol of knowing and experiencing the new life.

While the above occasion is taking place, there will be a singing of " Marhaban" (Custom recitals).

After that, all invited guests will be invited for brunch or high tea and these guests will be given "Bunga Telur "as a gift while leaving the occasion.”

Quite close.

It was almost like that at Sdr Nik’s house. But no "bunga telor", as far as I could see.

And of the Patikan, they had late breakfast earlier, the joined in the ‘doa selamat’, a sort of prayer similar to thanksgiving of the past and for the future, read verses from the Quraan, and joined the host and the guests for lunch after that.



And the Patikan even had a meeting at site for planning of their future activities.



It was a satisfying day, thank you Sdr Nik Zianal & Sdri Daisy.


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A day at FRIM

Reference.

http://www.frim.gov.my/

http://www.frim.gov.my/facilities_canopy.htm

http://www.virtualmalaysia.com/destination/forest%20research%20institute%20of%20malaysia%20(frim).html

The gang decided to have the monthly breakfast gathering from the normal ‘tame’ environment in town, mostly in urban restaurants (Indian mostly) or in hotels (air conditioning and all) to a ‘wild’ site. Breakfast gathering to be held in a forested area. But of course it’s a forest in an urban vicinity, but still a forest with all the characters of a forest, a tropical forest. It was FRIM where we all decided to go to. Planned for a jungle walk, and probably a visit to a tree top canopy walk. It was an ambitious plan indeed.

Come Sunday morning 25th Feb. 2007, we all gathered at FRIM, gathered is a misnomer really, many found their way to FRIM, but most lost their way in FRIM, searching for the Biz Café’ where we were all supposed to gather for breakfast before going on our adventure. Most made it by 10.00 o’clock,





but one of our members just lost his way in KL, and did not even make it to the gathering. He ended up having lunch at IKEA, almost 120 deg away on the opposite side of the KL City centre.

By about 10.30 am, the walk started, adults and children, all eager to explore the jungle. guided by a FRIM staff.



Started of with seeing the Big Fish, a South American species …. cannot remember what its called now. Then the walk into the jungle. Not really a jungle but into the area where trees and plants were especially planted but never harvested for the last 50 years or so. The path were quite clear really, unlike a real tropical jungle, and one can see many families and foreign tourist walking about leisurely, especially it was a Sunday morning then. It was more of a day outing, walking about in the ‘tame’ tropical jungle, among the valuable logs of the tropic.



Valuable because if loggers can get their hands to these logs they would be so happy, and probably can make their first million overnight. Many such eager people are in Malaysia today.

Wild or not, the gang learnt a thing or two. Now we saw what a Kapor tree looks like and how Jelutong tree can be of value. And the other timber trees, there were too many to be remembered especially by those who have no inclination towards forestry or the timber industry. The famous ‘tongkat ali’ tree was shown but it was just a small plant. Unlike the small tree that I have the picture of here. http://www.tongkatali.org/





I must confess that it was quite a dull walk, no wild animal sighted, no small crawling animals like jungle lizard, saw a few big ants and a few hungry land leeches (these are smaller than the fresh water leeches, they tend to wave their heads about and they move about by curving the bodies, but they do suck blood like other leeches in n the family). I must say that except for the female children, the male children were quite brave or even looked forward to finding these small leeches. Unfortunately one or two of the female children had leeches finding them, not enough to worry about anyway, and an adult never even realise he caught a leech until he saw blood at his trousers leg.

Most of the old folks return early after the walk in the ‘jungle’,



but many of the youngsters went on to climb the hill to the tree-top canopy walk and returned about 1 hours later to the gathering point at Biz Café. They all looked very pleased, they must have enjoyed themselves at the canopy walk. One old folks tried to climb to hill with these youngsters but did not go very far up when he realised that he could not make the climb. The FRIM guide had to guide him back.

As usual, after the lunch there was a Birthday celebration of all those members of the gang whose birthday falls during the month, in this case Feb. A combination of grandfather, grand mother and grandchildren born in Feb gathered to blow the candle and to cut the birthday cake.



The party broke up at about 2.00 pm, having enjoyed the company of all the members of the gang and their family, a pleasant and productive day trip, gathered new experience in a different mode, a non-city mode. Until the next breakfast gathering.



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Tertawa & Menanggis (Laugh & Cry)

Ini satu tajuk FOOD FOR THOUGHT, satu sumbangan dari Sdr Mohd Noor Tahir. Dipetik dari satu Kuliah. (Lihat catitan Sdr Mohd Noor Tahir sendiri)










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Thank you, Sam.

We really appreciate your invitation Sam. That was a nice party you and your family gave.
And we also wish to thank Dr Sabri and his lovely wife for their time and their effort at entertaining the patikans present.

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Thank you, patikan

Thank you patikan for all your support during my son's wedding reception a fortnight ago. I really appreciate what you guys (and gals) have contributed.








From Md Lias & Family.



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MCKK contribution

I picked this up from MCOBA-MALAYSIA forum. I am blogging it here so that the article does not get lost to oblivion.

Lias


On 2/11/07, Nadge Ariffin < nadge@tm.net. my> wrote:
Salam all,

While working on a Merdeka TV series recently, I was appalled to hear
a professional Malay ask basically; "apa pentingnya atau sumbangan
MCKK untuk kemerdekaan?". While I have given that person a lesson in
MCKK history and contributions, I don't want others to have that kind
of ignorance. Itu Melayu, apa lagi yang bukan-Melayu. ..

I have written a short article below, to be published as widely as
possible for a Malay-readership (later on I will translate it into
English). Note that it shouldn't be long as surveys show Malays have
a short reading attention span, especially for history or anything
that doesn't have to do with novel cinta, gosip hiburan & politik.

If anyone could please read through and give constructive input to
correct or perfect the article, I would be most grateful. Tkasih!
-nadge-

Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Perak ¡V Sekolah Pembenih Merdeka

Tidak syak lagi yang Malay College Kuala Kangsar ¡V yang termasuk
pelopor, tenaga pengajar dan para lepasannya - telah memain peranan
penting ke arah kemerdekaan Malaysia. Malangnya ramai yang tidak tahu
bagaimana, siapa dan butir-butir sumbangan sekolah gemilang Malaysia
ini. Sinopsis ini memberikan gambaran ringkas sumbangan MCKK untuk
kemerdekaan dan pembinaan negara.

Walaupun sekolah ini dari segi sejarahnya dibuka oleh British pada
tahun 1905, namun tidak patut dilupakan bahawa pendesak kepada
British untuk membuka sekolah khas bagi orang Melayu itu tak lain tak
bukan seorang Raja Melayu sendiri, iaitu Sultan Idris Murshidul 'Azam
Shah, Perak. Baginda disokong oleh kekanda Raja-Raja Melayu lain pada
masa itu, iaitu Sultan Sulaiman (Selangor), Sultan Ahmad (Pahang) dan
Tuanku Muhammad Shah (Negeri Sembilan).

Walaupun pada mulanya MCKK ditubuhkan untuk secara lahirnya mendidik
anak-anak bangsawan Melayu menjadi pentadbir yang lebih cekap dalam
kerajaan penjajah, namun terbukti kemudiannya murid-murid itu keluar
menjadi nasionalis pula. Mereka menjadi penggerak dalam perjuangan ke
arah merdeka, secara langsung maupun tak langsung.

MCKK menjadi tempat di mana kesedaran kebangsaan terbenih, dan
pendidikan menyeluruh yang diterima oleh murid-muridnya menjadi
penyuluh yang menyemarakkan semangat mereka. Malah di antara guru-
guru MCKK itu ada yang terkenal sebagai tokoh cendekiawan nasionalis,
seperti Zainal Abidin Bin Ahmad (Za'ba) yang mengajar dari 1921-1923.

Za'ba dan guru-guru lain menerapkan kebanggaan dalam anak-anak buah
mereka dan menyemai benih nasionalisme. Sebelum beliau berhenti
mengajar, Za'ba membimbing murid MCKK menerbit majalah dalam tulisan
Jawi, "Semaian", yakni majalah pertama di sebuah sekolah yang
bertumpukan isu-isu semasa dan Melayu.

Di antara bekas pelajar pula, tersangat ramai yang walau besar atau
kecil peranannya, menerjahkan kemerdekaan. Antara yang paling
terkenal ialah Dato' Onn Ja'afar, pengasas UMNO sendiri dan pelawan
Malayan Union British yang dibantu oleh ramai teman-teman MCKKnya
yang terpelajar seperti Dato' Zainal Abidin Abas, Dato' Nik Ahmad
Kamil, Raja Ayob Raja Bot dan Dato' Hamzah Abdullah.. Malah Bapa
Kemerdekaan kita Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra sendiri pernah menjadi
murid di MCKK, walaupun sebentar saja.

Tunku dibantu dalam perjuangannya oleh tak lain tak bukan Tun Abdul
Razak, bekas Head Boy MCKK, yang bertanggungjawab menguruskan segala
butir-butir rundingan Merdeka dan menjadi salah-satu anggota
delegasi, yang termasuk juga bekas murid MCKK Tan Sri Nik Ahmad Kamil
mewakili Raja-Raja Melayu dengan mandat di-Raja mendesak untuk
kemerdekaan.

Sebelum negosiasi Merdeka itu sendiri, benih-benihnya telah disemai
pada tahun 1920an oleh contohnya bekas pelajar MCKK, Sultan Iskandar
dari Perak yang pergi sendiri ke Britain untuk menolak polisi
sentralisasi British yang melemahkan kuasa Raja-Raja Melayu.

Apabila Federal Council ditubuhkan pada tahun 1927 pula, dua
anggotanya termasuk bekas murid MCKK, Dato Abdullah dari Rembau, dan
Raja Chulan Pengerusi Malay College Board of Governors mendesak
British untuk memberi lebih perhatian kepada isu-isu hak dan
pendidikan bagi rakyat.

Usaha di tahun 1930an diteruskan oleh bekas murid MCKK lain,
contohnya nasionalis terkemuka Ishak Haji Muhammad yang lebih
terkenal sebagai Pak Sako, penulis dengan karya dan makalahnya yang
mengkritik British, termasuk novel klasiknya "Putera Gunung Tahan"
yang menekan kepada pemerintahan anak bumi. Antara lagi pada tahun
30an ialah Tengku Ismail bin Tengku Mohd Yasin, peguam yang
mengasaskan Persatuan Melayu Selangor yang juga mendesak untuk
kemerdekaan.

Tidak hairan juga yang MCKK menjadi pusat lahirnya kebanyakan
pentadbir-pentadbir kerajaan dalam Malay Administrative Service
(MAS), yang menjadi komponen Malayan Civil Service (MCS). Akhirnya
kesemua mereka memain peranan sokongan ke arah Merdeka dengan cara
bantuan pentadbiran, penganjuran dan lain-lain cara seperti menjadi
ahli UMNO. Mereka termasuklah Raja Ayoub Raja Bot, Laksamana Razali
Ali Wasi, Raja Tun Uda, Dato Bahaman Shamsuddin dan ramai lain, tak
diketepikan Tun Abdul Razak sendiri yang kemudian menjadi PM kedua.

Harus diingati peranan penting Raja-Raja Melayu dan Menteri-Menteri
Besar Melayu yang pada tahun 1940an hampir kesemuanya bekas murid
MCKK. Mereka semua memberikan sokongan lebih dari moral yakni
perencanaan, tempat dan kemudahan perjumpaan dan propaganda di negeri
masing-masing yang membantu gerakan Merdeka. Patut juga disebut
Menteri Besar bekas palajar MCKK itu satu-persatu iaitu Dato' Hamzah
Abdullah (Selangor), Dato' Abdul Malek Yusuf (Negeri Sembilan), Dato'
Sir Mahmud Mat (Pahang), Dato' Kamaruddin Idris (Terengganu) , Raja
Haji Ahmad (Perlis), Dato' Nik Ahmad Kamil (Kelantan), Tengku Mohamed
bin Sultan Ahmad Tengku Panglima Perang (Terengganu) dan tak
dilupakan, Dato' Onn Ja'afar (Johor).

Yang Dipertuan Agong kita yang pertama, Tuanku Abdul Rahman dari
Negeri Sembilan juga merupakan bekas murid MCKK, yang turut
memberikan sokongan tak berbelah bagi bersama semua Raja-Raja Melayu
sepanjang perjuangan kemerdekaan. Istana-istana Raja-lah yang menjadi
tempat pertemuan para pejuang kemerdekaan untuk berbincang tanpa
dapat dikacau oleh pihak British, dan pada masa itu semua Raja-Raja
Melayu pernah belajar dan berkongsi nasionalisme di MCKK.

Di dalam dunia korporat juga, walau hanya sedikit orang Melayu dapat
menembusi bidang perniagaan secara besar pada masa itu, beberapa
bekas pelajar MCKK dapat menaiki tangga korporat dan memberi
rangsangan yang membantu dalam kemerdekaan; mereka termasuk Dato'
Sheikh Ahmad, Raja Khalid dan Maarof Zakaria.

Malahan sehingga dan setelah masuk ambang Merdeka, ramai lagi bekas
murid MCKK yang menjadi pembina negara dengan memain pelbagai peranan
samada dikenali ramai atau tidak, dari Menteri-menteri hinggalah
pendidik penyemangat bangsa atau pentadbir dan professional yang
menjalankan tugas dengan jauh lebih dari dedikasi biasa untuk
memantapkan negara.

Begitulah sedikit ringkasan peranan yang telah dimain oleh MCKK ke
arah kemerdekaan dan pembinaan negara kita Malaysia.


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A tragedy

This blog was created from original messages and from write up and in various e-mails (italicised) and discussion e-Groups. So the language is a mixed of Malay and English.
- Blog owner.

Terima mesej ini melalui e-mail dari sahabat saya (exLLN) Sdr Ismail Omar pada pagi Selasa 23hb Jan 2007:

I thought you may want to know if you have not heard already,
Dato Yeop Adlan's son Bakti passed away in Australia in a car accident.

Innaa-lillaah ………………………. Al-Faatihah.

Takziah kita kepada Sdr Yeop Adlan dan isteri beliau Mimi serta keluarga.

Majlis tahlil telah diadakan di Mesjid TUDM Shah Alam untuk beberapa hari.





Telah diberi tahu bahawa jenazah telah tiba di Kuala Lumpur pada petang 30hb Jan. 2007, dan selepas disembahyangkan di Mesjid TUDM Shah Alam, telah di semadi kan di Tanah Pekuburan Section 21, Shah Alam* pada kira2 selepas pukul 10.30 malam.

*Disitu jugalah semadinya kawan2 kita Arwah Mohyee Wardi, Arwah Yunus Mizan, Arwah Azmir Che Wan dan Arwah Jaafar Manaf.

Allahyarham Bakti Adlan bin Yeop Adlan was the only son of Yeop Adlan. He was a young 25 year-old promising single handicapper golfer and had gone to Brisbane to pursue a golf management course when tragedy struck.

Last night ramai MCOBs kat masjid, mainly Yeop's batch. Everything was punctual and jenazah left for burial at about 10.30pm. Alhamdullilah.

Many reasons, Haji, why the process takes a long time. My explanation below assumes that all documentation and legal procedures are fine - I am sure I have missed out some steps.

At the foreign country, first is to wait for completion of the post-mortem. If no problems (e.g. body not needed by coroner), then formally claim the body and complete the paperwork thereon. Then the preparation of the body by Muslim undertaker untuk dimandi & dikapankan, etc and sealing in a casket and transported to the cargo terminal. Then more paperwork for clearance as a cargo item on an aircraft. Then to book space on an airline and be given one after all the paperwork is completed and shown to the cargo and airline companies. Finally, loading of the casket on the aircraft and flight time.

In Malaysia, after touchdown the cargo is taken to the cargo centre at KLIA after all passengers have left the aircraft. Then you have to undergo normal clearance procedures for the cargo (boleh dicepatkan on compassionate grounds). Then to the mosque for prayers and finally burial.




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Welcome back.

Sdr Razak Embung is back. Alhamdulillah.

We are very pleased to welcome him and his family into the fold.


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For future Hari Raya.




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Hari Raya Haji 31 Dec 2006

Some of us had a day at Nik's place at Janda Baik (1/2 hour drive east from KL) on the Eid ul-Adha occassion. The handsome couple and their children & spouses and grandchildren played hosts to all the visitors. Local treat breakfast and home cooked Malaysian lunch were served.

And for the kampong folks, Nik & family (and friends) slaughtered 8 cows and distributed these to them.

A very fruitful day spent.

Thank you Nik & Daisy, may Allah bless you both.










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