SUMMER HOLIDAYS 1987

Personal note in 1987

Fri26Jun87

A great Friday for me. I passed my first year examination. Alhamdullilah, So another 2 years to go.

Sat27Jun87 

The summer holidays started. it was my first summer holidays in UK. Unlike other friends who had extra    

money, they spent their vacation back home. 

We started the holiday to Southern part of UK. Brother Zul  and Razak drove the car. We started the journey around 4 am after Subuh Prayer to Great Yarmouth. 

7 am.We arrived and spent the day there. 

Sat27Jun1987:Pleasure Beach,Great Yarmouth,UK.

Model Village, Great Yarmouth,UK.

3.30pm.We left the town and went to Margate where we have to spend a night day by camping at the   located site. 

8.30pm.We arrived Margate.The camping area known as Birchington. It was a green area where you meet all type of people going for holidays.We prepared 2 tents for 5 of us. 

Sun28Jun87

6.30 am. Time for shower and prayer. Suddenly, out of blue, we heard a small plane landed nearby our camping site. It was shocked to know that the camping site is located next to a runway of a small airport.

10 am.We left the place for the last destination, Brighton.

1pm.Arrived Brighton and relaxed ourselves at the beach. It was a sunny day despite we felt cold once in a while. This was the first beach i been in UK.

6.30pm.We left for a memorable trip. The first of few series for Summer Holidays. It only cost GBP20 per person (5 of us) for hiring the car, the fuel, tent's area and food throughout the journey.

11pm - We arrived home safely. What a weekend. Another 2 months to go before attending the second year term.

BRUSSELS DAN AMSTERDAM

SUN08DEC12-
 My family trip to end 2012 was a good one even with a small budget.
This time around we invaded only 2 countries in Europe namely Belgium and Netherlands.

11.59pm - the B777-200 aircraft left Kuala Lumpur International Airport for Amsterdam. This was the third time  I visited Amsterdam after 1989- during my studies in UK and 1993 - when Manaf was there. It was totally a different journey.Four of us.
we landed safely at the Schipol airport,Amsterdam around 6.30am on Mon09Dec12. My new friend, Wilfred was late to welcome us at the airport.

Decision made subsequently upon arrival to purchase  return train tickets to Brussels. We took the new train managed by a new company known as Fyra.We purchased the 7.55am tickets. It was unfortunate that the train was delayed for almost an hour. The journey had 5 stops passed two countries ie Netherlands and Belgium and the best part that the passengers doesnot require to stop for Immigration clearance upon arriving Belgium. We got confused on which road to walk upon reaching the capital city of Belgium, Brussels. Our tiredness is gone upon reaching the hotel and saw the turkish kebab restaurant nearby.

 

WED19JUN13-WHAT U KNOW ABOUT YOUR FATHER?

WED19JUN13
THE 3RD NRM/FINANCE TOASTMASTER MEETING AT SUBANG.

Shihaj (R) presented a token of appreciation to the GE of the day,Shirley Bak.

Attended by only 13 people.The confirmation of the attendees were 14 initially (only 1 no-show for the event). The much fun awaited of the 3rd meeting for NRM/Finance Toastmasters meeting held at our office, Network and Revenue Management meeting room, 1st Floor, Admin 3A Building, Complex B, SZB.

The SAA called the meeting to order at 5.59pm. This time was Sharifah Azlina who volunteered to be the SAA.

KB(right) awarded the best table topic speaker .

To lead the meeting, myself again led to be the TMD (toastmaster of the day). It was honoured to have the Division C Governor for 2012/2013 (under the district 51) to attend this meeting. Another guest was Hisham
from GE Aviation who intended to form a new club in Subang by seeing how the meeting was conducted.

The theme of the day was "The Father's Day" and hence, the TTM (Table Topic Master) arranged the session with the subjects related to Father's Day. Participated by 10 people and evaluated by  my best friend in TM, Brother Zolkifly (among the pioneer of MAS Anggerik members in 2005-2007).

10 people with 10 different stories from how my father looks like, my favorite father, expectation of a father to a nice story about a father colded his son who spoilt the cake (which ended up the son has to eat half of the 4kg cake- amazing - guess who's story is this?).

The 2 prepared speeches by Noraini (PASSION on her 2nd speech) and Jamila (THE BLACK CROW) who concluded her 10th speech for the basic manual of CC fulfilled the objectives of the day.

Jamila (L) was congratulated by Shihaj on her achievement.

The first half of the meeting was ended up with the refreshment provided by the club.

The second session continued with the evaluation session. Headed by Sirley Bak to be the general evaluator of the day, she was assisted by the 1st timer of the role players:-

Nurhema -with countless unacceptable words like Ah, um,ok, so , you know etc. (THE AH COUNTER)

KB - The English teacher of the day.Remember to differentiate between memorise and remember!!
         Word of the day -PLAN were used 6 times only.PLAN PLAN PLAN PLAN PLAN PLAN

Emil - Representative from ROLEX on our timing for each speaker/role players. Superb!!

The meeting concluded at 7.30pm. It was an enjoyable evening.Thank you to Shihaj on the inspiring closing speech. He shared on the kids of two different worlds in Asia and western countries with different philosophy of life on failure and success.Above all, we need confidence in life to survive!!

SUBANG
THU20JUN13

p/s Special thanks to Azu for the photos.

Karachi-Kuala Lumpur : 3-in-1

Dinner in Kuala Lumpur

Jun2011..The business trip planned by Sunshine Aviation Services was concluded by the dinner at a restaurant nearby KLCC. The meeting wished by them is like a courtesy visit upon my only visit to Karachi in 2010 (when MAS is still in operation into pakistan). The few meetings arranged in the morning as well as in the afternoon of Monday 04Jun12 was a memorable one for them. In between, somehow, i managed to bring them to meet their former boss (our first Area manager of Pakistan back in late 1980s), Tuan Hj. Haron at his retiree office in Subang. It was a surprise for him. The last manager, Shah also attended the dinner.

Good Morning Vietnam

Destinasi seterusnya...Ho Chin Minh atau lebih dikenali sebagai Saigon.
Sekadar jalan-jalan ditengah minggu, dengan pesawat B738, cuaca hujan yang agak lebat sewaktu mendarat di SGN (kod 3 huruf untuk destinasi ini)- ianya suatu pengalaman baru buat saya dan isteri.

Dengan tanpa tujuan untuk membeli-belah, hanya sekadar melawat tempat baru dan menziarahi sahabat lama yang bertugas disana.

2nd term 1988/1989- 1st week

Dedicate this note to my sons,nieces and nephews who had to go through the struggle,"pain",.....(u name it) to complete their studies ....All the best!!!


09Jan1989 - Some how i missed the morning lecture on the first lecture of the day for the 2nd term study for the year 1988/1989.Not much exciting news for the day except a jet crash on M1 (British called it motorway instead of highway as defined by Malaysian).The motorway was located in the East Midland of Great Britain. Very unfortunate- 44 people died. What a tragic incident!!!

10Jan1989- Had the chance to play volleyball in th evening after the 2hours lecture on Computer Studies.

11Jan1989-After attending college for the subject known as 360 for an hour, i went to Tottenham Court Road - a bookshop known as Dillon Bookshop. We had the Islamic Society discussion at college too. As part of the committee members for the Club under my campus, West Ham, it was our duty to ensure various activities are held for the members as well as exposing the information much on Islam to the non-muslim, especially the students who are young and very keen to know about our religion and some of them are searching for the truth about life.

12Jan1989- Had 2 lectures on the day ie Statistics and Computing studies.

13Jan1989- It was well remembered. Friday the 13th!!! We had a lecture by a new lecturer came from the main campus, Barking precinct - Mr. Ken Gowers. In the evening, i played squash with Ross at Barking Sports Centre. Went to Ross's house after the game and at the same had the chance to understand a programming language from him - APL! (i donot think i remember the language by now)

14Jan1989 -As usual, we went to market to buy groceries for the week.Tried to complete the coursework for Mr.Saebi (one of my Iraqis' lecturers). Stayed a night at Wak's house.

15Jan1989 - Even it was a Sunday, i had no choice but to do revision. My final year for the course. Also managed to rewrite the essay for the final year thesis. My study partner and only nearest coursemate around my housing area, Miss Sangeeta came to house for a discussuion on Statistics. Very proud of her, despite had to sit for another year of examination after failed in the previous year, she was determined to work hard. As a good gesture, i became her study partner. After all, her house was not far away from my house in East Ham.

Over the week (on the first week of 2nd term 1988/1989), i recorded that i had completed of 12 hours (not much really!!) of own study (4 subjects) in the evening as  part of my preparation for the final examination in Jun1989.

My last Summer Holidays :1989

It was summer holidays-my last Summer holiday before i leave the country,Britain.

19 June1989.
It was the second week of  Summer Holidays after my final exam.Woke up late on monday morning. Went to bank to buy the travellers cheque valued GBP50. I couldnot recall why i wanted the travellers cheque.It was a surprise that i received an application form for the part-time job that  i applied earlier. the job was related to the coming event which took place in the city of London. It was the tall ship events in conjuction with the 800th anniversary (1189-1989)City of London:Lord Mayor.

20June1989
I played table-tennis in Barking followed by the real tennis (the cement court) in the afternoon at East Ham. My coursemate, Samin called and asked about my activities. Actually, we intended to go Europe in the next few weeks.

21June1989
It was like a crash course for me to learn tennis. This time, i had the chance to play tennis with Samin.It was a bad Wednesday for Londoners as London Transports was on strike again. i could not recall how many times  the strike occurred on Wednesdays in the year 1989. It was about the money that they wanted like salary increment, additional perks for the staff. But the best part is that the strike was made known to public in advance for them (especially the workers) be ready to find alternative mode of transport to work or make a day off.

22June1989
Went to Haniff's house, my malaysian friend who studied at LSE.He was preparing to move to another new house.

24June1989
Received a letter.I got the part time job which i wanted badly to earn some money for my Summer Holidays. Have to report to work in the following week for 2 weeks. Shon came to my house and as usual without fail, i continued my "tennis lesson" with him- that time. FKA called me to inform about her plan to travel Europe in the following week.

25June1989
It was a beautiful and sunny Sunday. My house mates,Mahfiz and i went to Kew Gardens for a picnic. Not forgetting, someone brought the radio (even not allowed in the public park for listening loudly). We brought sandwiches and cookies too. Kew Gardens was known for its green. A very big and huge garden where we can find the tropical plants like coconut tree, banana tree in their special Summer Garden. In the museum, you can find the rubber tree which was introduced in Malaya in early days of  British occupation. Remember: Who brought the rubber tree to Malaya (must open History book).