well done, fellow-organizers..

di perkiraan terakhir saya & hasmadi, seramai 46 kawan-kawan lama kami memberi persetujuan untuk datang kepertemuan tahun 2008 ini, tetapi ada juga dari mereka ini yang akhirnya tak dapat hadir, dan pada masa yang sama mereka yang tidak termasuk dalam senarai-46 ini tiba-tiba muncul memeriah dan meramaikan suasana malam serba-hitam kami.. tetapi bila sampai masa untuk mengambil gambar-kumpulan pada lebihkurang pukul 12 tengah malam hari krismas, hampir setengah (?) dari kami sudah meninggalkan restoran terapung di putra-brasmana-hotel, kuala perlis, hence only 23 of us 'gagak-gagak-hitam' featured here in this group-photo..

hasmadi-ibrahim sebagai the organizer/executor and abdul-manaf-jusoh sebagai bendahari tentulah lebih arif tentang siapa dan berapa yang akhirnya dapat muncul malam itu, petang esoknya disekolah dan juga dimalam BBQ @hasmadi's house.. but regardless of the final number, it was very encouraging to see 22 'new-faces' among us reunion-regulars..

and to be able to touch-base again in perlis, with our orang-orang-kuat-perlis after a lapse of 7-8 years was definitely another milestone and a big achievement.. hoping now that this loosely-formed alumni-group will grow stronger in years to come as we ourselves grow older, wiser and grey-er, ooppss... ;)

bangunan asrama puteri, dilihat dari asrama putera, blok B tingkat 3, dari bilik air..

asrama putera's courtyard.. yes sirs/madams.. we. girls were let loose to roam freely in both blocks A&B and took this photo ourselves.. but surprisingly the boys were not so enthusiastic in checking out the asrama puteri's dormitories.. pasal dah pernah curi pergi agaknya? mmm... ;)

terserempak dengan mr. tan kim tang, our add. maths teacher who just retired 3 years earlier..

badrul-hisham-sulaiman ditengah-tengah dan diapit oleh yang berhormat our very own singing-lawyer sabri-pin dan yang berusaha hasmadi, affectionately known as wak or wak-budu..

both yang berhormat dan yang berusaha did a darn good job in making sure that we, the orang-dari-KL&sekitar, were fully-fed and entertained before our journey home..

ahh yes.. and they sang for us too!! but with the endless jokes, teases and banters going around for 2 consecutive nights led by our very own hero-tua, eh leading-actor zulkhairi-ibrahim @hairi-kanta in blue-shirt.. i'm very sure that they themselves were entertained and had some jolly wonderful times too..!!

credits must also go to mantalib, pakman, komeng and those not mentioned and highlighted here in my blog-postings..

well done, my fellow organizers..!!!

girl-power..??

i'm seated next to my 5-year old son who is 'secretly' watching/enjoying powerpuff-girls and totally-spice cartoons, back to back.. hence the title of this post.. ;)

but i'm actually also thinking of how hard it has been for me, the madam organizer for some number of years, to get the participation and attendance of my fellow girl-friends..

in all the gatherings that we've had over the years, the number of male participants was always 3x than the girls.. therefore everytime another gathering was being planned, i've always made the extra effort to attract more and more girls.. eventhough i knew at the back of my mind that the original number of us, girls back in school was always only approximately one-third of the total number of students for our year/batch.. hence, those guys would forever outnumber us girls 3x over in our gatherings, no matter what..

but this time around, in dec-2008 3days-2nites reunion in perlis.. i've 'discovered' and 'secretly' formed some (hopefully) powerful girlish-powers & alliances.. ;))

with faizah-ibrahim, dr-dahlina-daut and husna-nor-habibi 'secretly' becoming my regular all-girls-travelling-buddies for future outstation gatherings/events, i've also 'secretly' appointed dr-rostah-nayan, rohaiza-mohamad, fazilah-othman, roslina-mokhtar, norsiah-laden and azarishah-ahmad to become our future perlis-girls-representatives, no matter where we gather next..

sorry girls.. the 'secret' appointments are now official and public knowledge.. ;)))

and from here onwards, we will together search for those still-missing and still-uncontactable lost-girls, mmm.. ;)

face-to-face with the budak-budak nakal..

i was among the budak-budak senyap dan baik-baik back in school.. and they were among the most notorious lads of our times.. but here we are 27-years later working together towards realizing our simple goals & visions of reuniting old friends, rekindling old memories and nurturing new ones..

vik-chan and i were never on speaking-terms back in school.. nor have i ever talked to zubair-hassan.. and asmuni-johari was always scaring me away with his blunt & loud remarks..

these 3-lads and a handful of others including our main-organisor hasmadi-ibrahim were the budak-budak nakal during our teenage years in school.. at one time or another, these guys had gained fame, glamour & notorieties through their public cannings, school-expulsions and other (petty) offences..

i'm amused that through the years and through some other not-so-baik and not-so-nakal friends in-between us to keep us connected over the past 3-decades.. these former misbehaving teenagers are now less notorious and infact are actively involved in our current alumni activities..

besides hasmadi being our main-man for perlis&sekitar members for many years already.. zubair was my assistant-photographer that night.. vik was the multi-media expert.. and asmuni was exchanging family-tips with us, girls..

vik and i sat face-to-face, eyes-to-eyes on this same table during BBQ-night at hasmadi's house, briefly exchanging views and ideas about our more professional-looking future website that he's going to create and link to my blog and to our school-alumni.. and i came away all warm & fuzzy..

yeah, there's definitely still hope in our troubled children.. ;))

and we definitely look forward to this new website that vik chan is going to create, hopefully before our next gathering, which we'd try to organize on a yearly basis from now onwards, yes..?? some potential/preferred locations for another 3days&2nites' event that were mentioned are bukit tinggi and ipoh's lost world..?? towards the end of 2009..??

mmm..

and rosmah the budak senyap and the budak baik is now the, what..?? chairperson..??

mmm.... ;))

thank you for travelling all the way..

this 3days-2nites perlis-reunion wouldn't have been able to attract the interest of perlis&sekitar members if some KL&sekitar members didn't take the time, effort and trouble to travel all the way.. ada yang sejauh dari kuantan dan ada yang dah bersiap-sedia memulakan perjalanan seawal 7 pagi untuk sampai keperlis sebelum dinner-time, 25dec..

hamdan-salleh, najmi-ahmad, badrulhisham-sulaiman, norazlan-ghazali dan husna-nor-habibi membawa keluarga masing-masing.. sementara hasnuden-hashim, zuradi-othman, nordin-rahim, dahlina-daut, faizah-ibrahim dan saya berlenggang solo..

saya diberitahu, jalani-abdullah sekeluarga rupa-rupanya datang juga all the way from putrajaya, tetapi datang 2-hari lebih awal..?? dan hamdan & azlan sekeluarga cuma sempat menghadirkan diri sekejap semasa all-black-dinner, dan kemudian bergegas pulang malam itu juga kerana ada urusan-urusan kerja..

whilst attending reunions with family members strengthened the family ties and would always be promoted in our future events, travelling and sharing rooms together with old school friends provided a different bonding experiences altogether..

3 full days and 2 full nites gossiping and exchanging old/new stories in the car, room and every where we went during that period was a lot of fun and pure enjoyment which went beyond my expectations.. some old mysteries and old secrets were uncovered, and some new mysteries and new secrets were developed.. here i am hoping that my travelling/room mates, faizah and dahlina and also husna, would be discreet enough not to reveal whatever we've accidentally shared and spilled out during our joking-sessions and friendly-banters to others outside our newly-formed foursome-alliance.. ;))

thank you ladies & gentlemen, for travelling all the way..

20+1 new faces in our digi-views..

mohd noor effendi bin abdul karim @mnebak without his head-gear..

asmuni johari the leader of the notorious pack..?

wan zainol fikree @wan-kaji..

ahmad jeffri..

idrus sabu..

zubair hassan..

nordin rahim..

ismail nayan..

azman jusoh..

mat shupi daud..

azarishah ahmad..

abdul manaf jusoh..

fazilah othman..

yusaiman yusof..

norsiah laden..

zuradi amin othman..

husna nor habibi..

khairul anuar hussein..

rohaiza mohamad..

idrus mat..

roslina mokhtar..

mohd radzi maskur, tak sempat bergambar..

view the rest of our photos of 3days-2nights in putra brasmana kuala perlis 25-27dec2008, here..

ajk-UNITED 2008

we're organising our 2nd big reunion in perlis on 25-27dec 2008..

apart from adinar-shah, shuhaizi-othman, rosmah-yaakub and saburi-pin featured here in this photo..

orang-orang kuat kami yang lain pada kali ini adalah..hasmadi-ibrahim, zulkhairi-ibrahim, ridzuan-hashim, ku-amir, azman-bakar, rostah-nayan..

kepada nama-nama lain yang tak tersebut disini..

seribu ampun dan maaf..

hujung tahun bang/kak, otak sedikit berserabut.. ;)

details of this 3days 2nights reunion have been emailed & sms-ed to most of you in our contact-list..

maybe i will post/publish them here again later..??

teka siapa ini..??