Guillotine
Three men stood on the platform waiting their turn to be beheaded by guillotine: a priest, a lawyer and an engineer.
The priest was taken to the block first and when asked if he wanted to face up or down, he said he wanted to face up to see God when the blade struck. He was placed on the block with his face up as requested and the huge blade was dropped, but the blade stopped an inch above his neck! The crowd gasped. It was considered a sign of his innocence and he was freed.
The lawyer was then led to the block and asked the same question. He said he wanted to face down to see where he was going when the blade struck. He was placed on the block with his face down and the huge blade was dropped, but again it stopped an inch above his neck! The crowd gasped! As before, this was considered a sign of his innocence and he was freed.
When the engineer was led to the block and asked which way he wanted to face, he said he wanted to face up, so he was placed on the block with his face up looking at the blade and scaffolding holding it. Seconds before the blade dropped, he turned his head toward the executioner and said, "STOP! I think I see what the problem is."
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
From STAROBA.org.
Omar Suhaimi: Trailblazing Across Continents
Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:20
Omar Suhaimi, one of the first PETRONAS men to manage an overseas operation, tells HELEN ANN PETERS what it was like belonging to the elite group who formed the vanguard of the national oil corporation's push for recognition and fame beyond national boundaries.
"We succeeded because of the belief and trust the management of PETRONAS had in us, coupled with our willingness to learn and blaze a trail" - Omar Suhaimi Abu Hassan
..MORE http://http://www.staroba.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage
Omar Suhaimi: Trailblazing Across Continents
Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:20
Omar Suhaimi, one of the first PETRONAS men to manage an overseas operation, tells HELEN ANN PETERS what it was like belonging to the elite group who formed the vanguard of the national oil corporation's push for recognition and fame beyond national boundaries.
"We succeeded because of the belief and trust the management of PETRONAS had in us, coupled with our willingness to learn and blaze a trail" - Omar Suhaimi Abu Hassan
..MORE http://http://www.staroba.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage
It's football time!
Early tomorrow morning, football fans throughout the world (almost), will be watching the much awaited Champion's League Final between Manchester United and Barcelona. Who will win this prestigous trophy, has yet to be known. pundits already throwing their money on United. Was it bcos of Ronaldo? or was it Rooney? Is Messi or Niesta going the steal the show from Rooney and Ronaldo? We'll see. It could be the night of the unsung heroes. Carrick or even Park J Sung could turn the magic for United. But I.m sure we gonna enjoyed the game. One thing for sure I'll be watching the game at home with my two sons. Too late (or too early) to go and watch the final at the 'Mamak's al-Maju' restaurant.
Talking about football, reminded me of the footballing years in Tiger Lane. We were crazy about football then. There were no Ronaldos or Rooneys or Giggs or Messis then. But the little plot of graas field between Green House and the school building (opposite the bathroom/toilets) was the place where we showed our talent. We produced some good footballers mind you. Sakaf Manaf was very good in dribbling and ball controll. He did wonders even within the tiny 'playing field!. i even wonder, until now, how come he never played for the school team. Even Shoib and Awe Adek learnt their football traits here. But sad to say, Green house never won the inter-house football game!.
When we were in Form Two, a game was organised by 'crazy and fanatic English football fans'. It was between 'Chelsea' and 'Leeds. The craze was because in 1970, Chelsea came out as F.A. Cup winners in Wembley beating Leeds 2-1 in a pulsating final (as was reported by the papers). We tried to emulate that scenario in Tiger Lane and organised the game. Among the 'Leeds' players were Arwah Kutik, Yunus, Mohd Nor Hassan, Lan Chik. For 'Chelsea' we had Awe Adek (he fantasized himself as Charlie Cook!) and Arwah Radhi Majid and Mutalib just to name a few. We imagines ourselves to the likes of Peter Osgood, Peter Lorimer, Peter Bonetti, Billy Bremner, Allan Clarke etc. There were no Drogba nor Lampard nor Ballack nor John Terry at that time!!
One player I admired most was Arwah Kutik. He was such a fantastic sportsman that he almost excelled in whatever game he played. He was the school and Perak under 18 goalkeeper, when most of us were struggling in the lower grades, i.e playing for the school under 16! Fancy that!. He even played rugby for the senior side after palying for a while with the under 16. But I had 2 wonderful memories on scoring goals against Kutik. Mind you he was 'the goalie' at the time! Both goals were more or less scored at the same spot and using the same techniques. Kutik must have thought at the time that I for sure would crossed the ball, since he had covered the angle, but instead lobbed the ball over him and scored the goals. He 'kena' twice, one during a game proper and one was a game during PE class. I was rather astonished when Rashid told me that he recalled the 'incidence' - of me scoring against Kutik during PE class. It was indeed a compliment when he said that.
Batch 73 did produce football players for the school, be it under 16 or under 18. We had Arwah Kutik, Arwah Radhi Majid, Wan Manshol, Mutalib, Yunus, Mohd Nor Hassan, Mohamad Saleh, Lan Chik, Ramlan Malek and Mail Gebang. We enjoyed the game and what mattered most was the comradeship, the thrive for winning and spirit of sportmanship.
For Arwah Kutik and Arwah Radhi Majid... al-Fatihah.
Talking about football, reminded me of the footballing years in Tiger Lane. We were crazy about football then. There were no Ronaldos or Rooneys or Giggs or Messis then. But the little plot of graas field between Green House and the school building (opposite the bathroom/toilets) was the place where we showed our talent. We produced some good footballers mind you. Sakaf Manaf was very good in dribbling and ball controll. He did wonders even within the tiny 'playing field!. i even wonder, until now, how come he never played for the school team. Even Shoib and Awe Adek learnt their football traits here. But sad to say, Green house never won the inter-house football game!.
When we were in Form Two, a game was organised by 'crazy and fanatic English football fans'. It was between 'Chelsea' and 'Leeds. The craze was because in 1970, Chelsea came out as F.A. Cup winners in Wembley beating Leeds 2-1 in a pulsating final (as was reported by the papers). We tried to emulate that scenario in Tiger Lane and organised the game. Among the 'Leeds' players were Arwah Kutik, Yunus, Mohd Nor Hassan, Lan Chik. For 'Chelsea' we had Awe Adek (he fantasized himself as Charlie Cook!) and Arwah Radhi Majid and Mutalib just to name a few. We imagines ourselves to the likes of Peter Osgood, Peter Lorimer, Peter Bonetti, Billy Bremner, Allan Clarke etc. There were no Drogba nor Lampard nor Ballack nor John Terry at that time!!
One player I admired most was Arwah Kutik. He was such a fantastic sportsman that he almost excelled in whatever game he played. He was the school and Perak under 18 goalkeeper, when most of us were struggling in the lower grades, i.e playing for the school under 16! Fancy that!. He even played rugby for the senior side after palying for a while with the under 16. But I had 2 wonderful memories on scoring goals against Kutik. Mind you he was 'the goalie' at the time! Both goals were more or less scored at the same spot and using the same techniques. Kutik must have thought at the time that I for sure would crossed the ball, since he had covered the angle, but instead lobbed the ball over him and scored the goals. He 'kena' twice, one during a game proper and one was a game during PE class. I was rather astonished when Rashid told me that he recalled the 'incidence' - of me scoring against Kutik during PE class. It was indeed a compliment when he said that.
Batch 73 did produce football players for the school, be it under 16 or under 18. We had Arwah Kutik, Arwah Radhi Majid, Wan Manshol, Mutalib, Yunus, Mohd Nor Hassan, Mohamad Saleh, Lan Chik, Ramlan Malek and Mail Gebang. We enjoyed the game and what mattered most was the comradeship, the thrive for winning and spirit of sportmanship.
For Arwah Kutik and Arwah Radhi Majid... al-Fatihah.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Memories
This photograph was taken in Johore Bahru in conjunction with the wedding reception in Pasir Gudang Complex hosted by Mohamad Saleh sometime in Mac this year. All four of us - Che Wan, Rashid, Rahim and myself - drove down to JB specially for the occassion. Rustam, Wan Husin and Omar Suhaimi were already there when we arrived. Syukur Alhamdullilah, it was a pleasure indeed to be given the opportunity to see Tumiran and Syed Hamid Bashah again. It was a gratifying, satisfying and emotional moment for me, personally, to be able to meet Mohamad Saleh, Omar Abdullah, Tumiran and Syed Hamid after 'hibernating' for 36 years!! Others in the picture included Hassan Ahmad (Batch 69) and Yusof Osman (Batch 72)as well as Juniors such as Ghani and Akbar. Saleh Jais (Batch 73, Arts Class) was also there, but unfortunately was not in the picture. We waited for Wak Khairuddin but we had to leave for KL without seeing Wak. But we did manage to see Wak at Halim Daud's reception at Selayang Baru though.
Mistaken identity?
When I browsed thru the group photo taken at the Ipoh Railway station, I came to realise perhaps the guy I pointed out to be Che Chop Bakar is not really him. Che Chop couldn't be that tall as compared to Yunus. Could the person be Che Chop Muhammad? Or could it be Nik Aziz? (who joined us after Form 4? Arts class). I hope someone can help me with this.
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