Tokonang Den ( 3 )

I have not seen these guys - Yyuri, Tomo, Ajoi, Sakaf, Shukri and Azman (Ngokngek) - ever since we left Tiger Lane. Well, almost but not really!. I've met Sakaf once in 2003 during STAROBA celebration in honour of Awe and Yeh winning the the 2003 election at Dewan MBSA, Shah Alam . I almost did not recognise him (of course, silly me.., most of us did not recognise one another 'that well' now, having got the extra 'aged and worried looks' and big 'fat tummy' to carry with!). Anyway, Sakaf still has that ‘cheeky’ and 'boyish' smile! - He is in the Navy and I think Sakaf is the only one – sole representative from Batch 73 - that has done so.

Ajoi and I studied together in Primary school in Seremban i.e. Sekolah Kebangsaan Rahang, Seremban. We were together from Standard 2 until Standard 6. But sad to say, despite the fact that we came from the same town and stayed in the same neighbourhood, it has been such a long time since I last saw Ajoi. Recently I met Ajoi’s brother and was told that Ajoi is currently working and living in Port Dickson. Apart from Ajoi, I was fortunate enough to have two more guys - Omar Dollah (White) and Zainal Shah Yaakop (Yellow House) - as my primary school classmates also at Sekolah Kebangsaan Rahang. Omar stayed in SK Rahang until Standard 3 and left when his father ( a policeman) was transfered to Broga. Zainal Shah stayed until Standard 6. But Zainal Shah only joined STAR only in 1972 i.e form 4 . I met Omar in JB during Mohamad Saleh's reception three month's ago. He is working in JB but residing in Singapore. Thus he commutes daily from Singapore to JB. I have not heard any news about Zainal Shah since then.

End of Part 3 (To be continued)