FRANKFURT...A WEEKEND TRIP IN MARCH 2015..PART 1

13MAR15-KUALA LUMPUR.       It was Friday evening that the flight took off to another destination in Europe.Frankfurt, one of the cities in Germany. It was my second destination after Berlin in Germany.It was a weekend trip for my family. The flight was packed with almost seats taken for the 11 hours journey.Arrived safely around 7 am at Frankfurt Airport. Weather is around 4 degree celcius.Very cold. We were welcome by our colleague Marvin who based in Frankfurt. We took train to the city (main railway station ) to place our baggages at the hotel nearby.

My wife and I at the Frankfurt main railway station that connect to the airport

SATURDAY 14MARCH 2015- FRANKFURT

The first day trip. We took the coach to the first destination, the Wertheim Village. It took about 1hours and 10 minutes to reach the factory outlet. It was green scenery all the way with little sunshine to cheer the day.

The bus to the Wertheim Village

Adi and Adam at the old town of frankfurt- the main attraction for tourist.

SUNDAY15MAR15

It was total closure for the shopping complex in Frankfurt for Sunday. We spent exploring the city by the hop-on hop-off bus to see all interesting places in Frankfurt.

Museums, Old town of Frankfurt, the financial center and the tall buidings and also nice bridges around the city.Being the early bird and catched the first bus in front of the main railway station, we were treated special as we were the only four passengers on board. The friendly driver was very helpful in telling us the way we should treat our Sunday bus trip. Started with the full 40 minutes to cover all places in the city, we later decided to get off at the old city of Frankfurt to buy souveniers.

To be continued.....

MALAYSIAN CULTURAL NITE: 18MAR1987 -PART 2

MALAYSIAN CULTURAL NITE: 18MAR1987 -PART 2
(Dedicate this story to all ex-NELP/PEL/UEL Malaysian students)

The Boria presentation.

with my colleague,Mustapha

students from Bsc Science,West Ham Precint joined the dinner

KG.PASIR,TAMPOI,JOHOR BAHRU

Kenang-kenangan buat bonda tercinta,Habibah@Zainon, Ayahanda Mohd Zain dan Mohd Noordin dan semua ahli keluarga Hj.Abdullah Bin Jaafar.

Inilah kediaman ninda kami Hj.Abdullah dan Fatimah di Kampung Pasir, Tampoi, Johor Bahru (Jalan Dato' Mohd Said ) sekitar tahun 1960. Gambar ini diambil bersempena dengan perkahwinan ibu kami.

Disinilah, ninda kami menghabiskan waktu persaraannya sebelum pulang ke Perak pada penghujung tahun 1980an.

RAHMAT HJ.ABDULLAH: DALAM KENANGAN

Sekadar ingatan (buat anak-anakku, semua yang mengenali Uncle Rahmat)

Dari Kiri: Opah Fatimah,Mak Lang Faridah,Adi Najmi dan Uncle Rahmat;
Belakang Wati dan Nani-
Lokasi:Taman sri Gombak

Kematian ayahnda Rahmat Hj.Abdullah pada tanggal 13Oktober yang lalu masih lagi dalam ingatanku (sehari sebelum aku menyambut ulangtahun kelahiran ku). Beliau menghembuskan nafas terakhir di Semenyih, di kediaman anaknya Mariana aka Nani.

AN EVENING IN BERLIN

JUNE2014-BERLIN


It took about 17 hours flying time from Kuala Lumpur to Berlin via London Heathrow.
Had the first experience of taking A380 (new fleet from Airbus) to London Heathrow.
Followed by A320 of British Airways to Tegel Airport, Berlin.

It was like an unwelcomed trip for me to Germany for the first time when the requested driver from the hotel donot turn up at the airport in the middle of the night on Tue03Jun14. Fortunately, the taxi queueing was very good than my worst imagination. My only concern is the language barrier as i cannot speak German except one word Gesundheit. My taxi driver is a Turkish gentleman who can speak German, Turkish and Arabic.
With only little English words for him to understand , i told him to send me to Hotel Berlin.

Checked in around 12 midnight. The main thing was  to get a good sleep prior to the meeting next day.

04JUNE14:With Nicholas from Chile (LATAM) at Berlin

BANDAR SRI BEGAWAN - KUCHING FLIGHT

It was our first trip on MASWings flights from Bandar Sri Begawan to Kuching. It was a hot afternoon, walking through the tarmac to catch the small plane, ATR-600.  It took about 2 hours flying and we were served by two lovely stewardess over a lunch time. Each passenger was served a chicken sandwich, fruit juice and an apple. Indeed a healthy lunch. The flight went smoothly for us to catch the next flight from Kuching to Kuala Lumpur.

1987 Malaysian Nite

MALAYSIAN CULTURAL NITE: 18MAR1987
(Dedicate this story to all ex-NELP/PEL/UEL Malaysian students)

11Mar1987 We had discussion and rehearsal on Malaysian Nite. The function was organised by Malaysia Students Association of our college. Being the VP of the association, i had a big task to ensure the function goes very well.

Mon16Mar1987 - Our final rehearsal.

Wed18Mar1987 - The night every Malaysian students at my college will remember. Our first cultural night at Barking Precinct. The dinner prepared by one of the Malaysian caterers in London. If i am not mistaken, we appointed Abang Din to prepare the dinner - Malaysian style.

The audience had the chance to witness Boria (from Penang - presentation of a theme story on walks of life followed by the singing together by group of people