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Saturday, February 20, 2010

One Special Note

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Assalamualaikum and Greetings To One and All

As I Was Browsing Through . . .

A special note to Mr M Sockalingam (MS), former Managing Director of Oxford University Press/Penerbit Fajar Bakti Sdn Bhd... The content of this blog is dedicated to you.

When the four of us (MS, GKI, JI, AMB) met at Subang National Golf Club a couple of weeks ago, we talked about the good old days (of our involvement) with OUP/PFB. Though we were aware that GKI is a very new hand at Oxford Fajar (what OUP/PFB is now known as) we just kept on asking and answering questions at will. We wanted to know what each of us is doing now. We also talked about what we were doing earlier before coming into PFB/OUP. We had a good hour or so to go in depth regarding those matters. We never really had that kind of an opportunity to do so those days. Perhaps we were just too busy to be able to behave in this manner when we worked then! Whatever maybe the reason I thought that meeting was a very meaningful one.

Actually that was not just the reason why I am 'blogging' this special note to you MS. A few days ago I was trying to relocate some near forgotten records. While doing some 'tidying up' of my collection of books and magazines I came across a number of old Ministry of Education publications (Educational Journal). Browsing through the pages an article carrying your name caught my attention. It was entitled, "The Problems of Textbook Evaluation". It must have been written when you were the Pengarah of Biro Buku Teks. Do you remember that one? Or, perhaps you have written one too many to remember. Anyway I am publishing it down here . . . to refresh some fond memories (my own) as well . . . yours sincerely was in charge of the Translation Department for the MoE Educational Journal at that time.

{MoE Educational Journal}

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And, MS are you aware of the following? Have a look . . . and later . . . at bottom of blog* . . . see whether you can recall this . . .

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[L->R: AMB, MAB,MS]
{1983 Ming Court Beach Hotel, Port Dickson}

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[L --> R: MS, AFY, AMB, CHK, MBS, MBB, AAR, Edes]
{1985 Merlin Inn, Fraser's Hill}

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[L-> R: AFY, AM, MS, RA, Edes, AMB, YKH,MBB,CHK]

{1988 Merlin Inn Desaru, Johore}

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[L -> R: AFY, MS, AMB]

{1991 Malacca Village Resort}

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[L-> R: AMB, AFY,MS]
{1993 Malacca Village Resort}

*The above photocopied piece of writing was given to me by one cousin of mine . . . Lt Colonel (Rtd) Basri Omar, an alumnus of STAR Ipoh. He never had the opportunity to be a student of yours but knew you from other earlier seniors. The article about you was written by one Abdul Hamid bin Mohd Nor, a STARIAN 1957-63 (he was your student) and presently a Company Secretary. This is a testimony of what your former students think of you.

Though I was never a STARIAN but a VICTORIAN . . . I am just as proud as they are . . . (but at a slightly different level) . . . ie of having been able to associate myself with a Managing Director of your calibre . . .at OUP/PFB.

Kudos MS.

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Onyang Maimunah

Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera

Yang Ditunggu Dah Tiba

Dialog Ahmad Iman Iskandar dengan satu-satu Moyangnya yang masih ada. Moyang AII ini datang dari Bukit Sebang, Alor Gajah, Melaka. Ikutilah:

AII: Assalamualaikum . . . nama saya Ahmad Iman Iskandar bin Mohd Rashidi aka AII. Emak saya Mazlyn Hanim. Ini siapa ya ... belum pernah jumpa ah?

OM: Alaikumsalam. Tak kona ko? Ini moyang kau lah. Sombong lak ... anak dak Maslin ni ...

AII: Maaflah Onyang . . . Bukan nak sombong . . . tapi Ahmad tak nampak Onyang pun . . . orang lain adalah ...

OM: Alah ... moyang ni ha ... memang Nah dah nak datang hari tu lagi ... badan lak tak sihat. Mato ni pun ha sakik bapo hari tu ha . . . nak poi mano pun tak dapek . Ni ha dah sihat sikit ni . . . Nah datang lah.

AII: Sekarang Onyang macam mana? Sihat ke?

OM: Adolah kurang eh.

AII: Alhamdulillah. Ok lah Onyang. . . Oh ya . . . nama Onyang apa?

OM: Nah . . . orang panggil Nana jo.

AII: Bukan tu ... nama penuh Onyang lah . . .

OM: Oh . . . Maimunah bt Mahat.

AII: Onyang ada berapa adik beradik?

OM: Onyang ado satu abang, duo kakak dan sorang adik perempuan. Onyang nombor ompek dalam adik beradik Onyang . . .

AII: Apa nama mereka Onyang?

OM: Yang Abang Nah tu . . . namo Kassim bin Mahat. Kakak Nah dua orang tu namo masing-masing Indon bt Mahat dan Imbok bt Mahat. Adik perempuan Onyang lak namo eh Jeriah bt Mahat.

AII: Mana mereka Onyang?

OM: Sumo dah takdo ha . . . tingga moyang kau yang ni jo. Ini pun syukurlah . . . sapo namo kau tadi . . . AII?

AII: Oh itu nama ringkas saya Onyang. Atuk Majid gunakan untuk saya aje. Glamour tak Onyang?

OM: (Berkata dalam hati . . . Eh budak ni . . . baru nak hidup ... dah tanyo Nah ... glamor ko apako. Itulah Nah dah kato dulu ... agaknyo si Maslin ni asyik poi nyanyi keroke kek klab apo ko namo eh . . . kek rumah dak Padey* tu lah hai ...)

*{spot karaoke Meghat's di Bukit Antara Bangsa le tu}

OM: Suko kaulah cicit ooi.

AII: Onyang . . . mailah kito minum. Saya minum susu ibu jo ... ado gak diselang dengan susu kambing. Nak ubek sakik kuning ni ha.

OM: Eh pandai lak dak ni ngajuk cakap Nah ha. . .

AII: Maaf Onyang . . . main-main saja. Jangan marah ya. Marilah Onyang kita ambil gambar sekarang.

OM: Yolah.

Demikian lebih kurang dialog julung-julung kali AII dengan orang yang ditunggu-tunggunya. Moyang Maimunah bt Mahat sudah pun tiba . . .

Selamat datang Onyang Maimunah dan terima kasih kerana sudi mengunjungi d'SUARANG untuk melihat saya . . . (in person lah!)

Khamis 18 Februari 2010 bersamaan 4 Rabiulawal 1431H

{Moyang Maimunah dengan Ahmad Iman Iskandar}

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{Hai . . . Mak Uda Maz (Mazlyna Hanum) pun enter frame nampak ...}

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Onyang Maimunah (OM) kini berusia 83 tahun. OM masih sihat dan mampu bergerak seperti biasa. Daya fikir OM juga masih baik. Alhamdulillah AII masih dapat bertemu dengannya. Moyang lelaki (Tuan Hj Yasin bin Ahmad) iaitu suami kepada OM telah meninggal dunia pada tahun 2000. AII sedekahkan Al Fatihah kepada roh beliau . . .

Oh ya ... AII nak beri tahu ni . . . OM tu ialah ibu Opah Alimah . . . Opah saya le tu. OM saya ni ada 8 orang anak. Tok Along Sulaiman (Johari), Opah Alimah, Tok Alang Aziz, Tok Uda Zolkeplay, Wan Teh Kamariah (Ani), Nena Foziah, Wan Mami (?) Sapiah dan Lola Fadelah. Cukup le dulu publicity untuk OM.

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