Tafsir Bismillah Enam :-

-Dengan nama Allah yang maha mendengar lagi maha melihat tiada yang seumpama dengannya dan maha mengetahui pada setiap sesuatu,
-Dengan nama Allah yang berkuasa menjadikan lagi maha mengetahui tiada yang seumpama dengannya yang maha pembuka lagi amat mengetahui,
-Dengan nama Allah yang tiada seumpama dengannya yang maha mengetahui lagi mengetahui perkara yang tersembunyi,
-Dengan nama Allah yang tiada seumpama dengannya yang maha mengetahui lagi berkuasa,
-Dengan nama Allah yang gagah perkasa lagi pemurah tiada yang seumpama dengannya yang maha gagah perkasa lagi maha pemurah,
-Dengan nama Allah yang maha pengampun lagi maha penyayang tiada yang seumpama dengannya yang maha pengampun lagi maha penyayang,Allah jualah sebaik-baik penjaga dan dialah maha penyayang diantara para penyayang.

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Antara manfaat Bismillah Enam :-

1) Mengubati segala penyakit terkena bisa termasuk bisa kerana sengat binatang seperti ikan, lebah, ular dan lain-lain.

2) Mengubati segala jenis racun yang diperbuat dari bahan-bahan yang mendatangkan bisa seperti racun ulat bulu mati beragan, racun hempedu katak bisa, racun miang rebung, racun kaca bal lampu.

3) Segala jenis santau.

4) Menjadi selusuh kepada perempuan beranak.

5) Mengkabulkan segala cita-cita dan hajat.

6) Terpelihara daripada segala merbahaya seteru dan musuh.

7) Dibaca untuk menang berperang.

8) Untuk menghalau jin dan syaitan.

9) Memelihara tanaman daripada binatang.

10) Mengubat orang gila.

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Cara berubat menggunakan Bismillah Enam :-

1. Letakkan tangan ditempat sakit, tahan nafas dan baca Al-Fatihah dan Bismillah 6 sekali.

2. Tiup ditempat sakit dan secawan air mineral dan urut-urut sedikit tempat yang sakit tu.

3. Air tadi dibuat minum dimulai dengan membaca Bismillah dan Selawat 1x.

4. Angin akan keluar dari badan pesakit dan diikuti muntah, insyaAllah.


Panah Makrifat Untuk Menundukkan Musuh:-

1. Untuk menghadapi orang terutama sekali orang berpangkat atau garang.

2. Duduk dirumah dahulu sebelum melangkah keluar.

3. Hadirkan wajah orang yang akan dijumpai dihadapan kita.

4. Baca Bismillah 6 (3x) dan hembuskan kepada wajah orang yang kita hadirkan tadi.

5. Kemudian barulah melangkah keluar rumah.

STARBatch73: A Tribute to My Batchmate73

STARBatch73: A Tribute to My Batchmate73: "Sorry guys on the quality of photographs. Nonetherless, do enjoy the video... cheers to us, Batch 73."

Batch 73 ReUnion ....

Very interesting comments on the cancellation of the proposed re-Union. I take it positively and truly support the idea as proposed by Bone. Whoever is being entrusted with the responsibility of organizing the event surely needs the fullest support from us all.

If I may, I would like to propose Bone to lead the organizing committee. Of course we have to wait for him to come back from performing the Haj.

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Assalamualikum w,w

I just received a message from Jabbar that the Reunion is cancelled
definitely due to lukewarm response from members. Moreover, many members
are going to Mecca. What a pity because the pro tem committee members have
been planning for a number of months. They work tirelessly and selflessly
just to make the Reunion a reality.

I congratulate my dear friends who are in the committee such as
Ridzuan,Aziz Harun, Dato' Razali, Jabbar, Ismal Ibrahim, Dato' Azlan, Hj
Lan Chik, Hj Ali Othman, Syed Hamzah, Ir. Hj. Wan Husin Embong, Omar
Suhaimi, Mohd Yunos, Ir. Dr. Hj. A. Halim Sham and other members who have
met, planned and decided for the programme.

However, as the saying goes, "Alang-alang menyelok pekasam biarlah sampai
ke pangkal lengan" so please do not ever give up your prophetic struggle
to make the Reunion a success. Only Allah knows who among us in days to
come will be called by Allah to depart from this world without meeting our
classmates, form mates and hostel mates whom they miss one another since
the last 37 years or less.

So I would like to suggest another date for the Reunion Batch 73, that is
Christmas holiday that falls on Saturday. Those from Kelantan,Terengganu
and Kedah would be able to go too and/or they could take another day off
on Sunday 26 December 2010. Moreover, members' children are still enjoying
their long school holidays and members could also apply for their end of
year leaves as well.
Nevertheless, members please plan your holidays, availability,
accessibility, trips and other commitments so that the date is reserved
for the Reunion. If we fail to plan we fail the Reunion. However, we can
not expect 100% attendance.

Please ponder on the date and give feedback so that we could meet in the
Reunion.

Abdul Rahim Ibrahim

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Saudara Rahim,

Terima kasih atas tunjuk minat sebentar tadi. Pihak Pengelola mengalu-alukan kehadiran saudara bersama Ahmad dan Yusof. Majlis akan bermula selepas solat isyak, sekitar 8:30 malam dan waktu berakhir agak sukar untuk ditetapkan, memandangkan ramai di kalangan kita yang tak berjumpa hampir 37 tahun, mungkin ada yang nak lepak-lepak sembang panjang sambil menghirup teh tarik kurang manis di kedai mamak.

Ada juga yang kata hotel pun dah pandai buat teh tarik sekarang, kalau gitu tak perlu beredar ke mana-mana, terus saja menikmati teh tarik kurang manis di tempat yang sama.

Dengan lain perkataan, titik akhirnya sukar ditentukan, ia mengikut keadaan semasa.
Lagi sekali terima kasih dan kita jumpa nanti, insyaAllah.

Ridzuan bin Jusoh

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Dear Sdra Abd Rahim @"C/P",

What a refreshing thought. That's the spirit. All is not lost. I do hope that it will happen within this year as the idea of holding this reunion (mooted by Jabbar when we traveled to Ipoh in March to attend STAR sports day) is to celebrate our reaching 55 years of age. We still have about 9-10 weeks before X-mas/new year holidays. I hope many among us will echo Rahim's call and say yes to this event.

Some have not met each other for 37 years. It is a good enough reason why we should go ahead with this event. There will also the possibility of touching base with Miss Pearly Visvanathan, Miss Foong, Miss Chiam, Miss Naranjan Kaur, Miss Manoharan Paul, Pak Lau, TTL, Sarjit Singh, Jerome Andrew David, Camillo Michael Gomes, Ustaz Md Yusoff, etc.. etc..

Can u imagine the Crossroad band with Lan Chik on drums, Kamarsah guitar, yours truly bass and YB Yeh sings "Man of Many Faces" or Band Ansor with Ansor on lead and Zainuddin Orgi singing. What about Lan Chik playing school song on piano and Jabbar strumming & singing Anak Nya Lima. Of course Mat Salleh with tambourines in hand singing Smoke on the Water? Well, if we all can say yes... a lot of things can happen.

TQ,
Omar Suhaimi

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Assalamualaikum wr wb Saudara Omar Suhaimi, Saudara Rahim et al,

I read your postings with enthusiasm. Indeed that was the high hope we had all along when we were planning the aborted event. We really wanted it to be a meaningful gathering of as many of us as we could possibly get. Of course we could have had all those acts as suggested by Omar !! It would have been the greatest gathering we've ever had. It would have been utopia !!! But as we all know too well at our age, utopia is as elusive as a rainbow. We can go on chasing it but we'll never get there. The pot of gold remains in our dreams. And we go on dreaming.

Please forgive me, I am not trying to dampen your spirit. But let me put to you a simple question. What difference would it make if the event is planned for 5th November 2010 or 25th December 2010 or as Y Bhg Dato' Razali put it, early next year, IF our attitude REMAINS?

We can adjust the date to be at a most "suitable" time for most, i.e. during end of year holiday period, after our friends have returned from Makkah, or a calmer period (again, quoting Y Bhg Dato' Razali ....).

As I see it, the Organisers (excluding me this time....) will go through the same stumbling blocks and end up frustrated as what we have just gone through.

What I would suggest is a paradigm shift. Please, for our old time sake, let's BE COMMITTED, for once in our lifetime. Is that too much to ask for?

Once again I'm sorry for having expressed my opinion in the foregoing, but at the same time I wish the "Organisers" of the about-to-be-held event all the best in their endeavour. I assure you all that I'll give you my fullest support.

Bangunlah wahai teman-temanku.......still remember the lyrics?

Wassalam.

Che Wan, your friend forever.

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Asasalamualaikum Sdr. Ridzuan; Thanks for your effort. I am always looking forward to meeting old friends again. STAR did provide opportunity for me to transform my life. Please continue with the project, and you will always get my support.

Salam.
Hassan

(Professor Dato' Dr Hassan Said)

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Dear 55 year olds and some younger ones,

We have gone for a very long time, more than 35 years, without meeting some of us. We are already into the group where our days are more or less numbered. The reunion is certainly required/welcomed, if not by all, at least by most of us. The recent proposed event did not come through due to a number of factors.

1) Shifting of dates have made organising difficult and pressed for time.

2) Due to new dates and short notices, and the fact that most of us are busy with our own engagements have resulted in the money supposed to be creditted did not come in at the sort of speed expected.

The organisers are thus put in a dilemma.

a) Not enough money for the reunion with less than 1 month to the reunion date.

b) The impression given to the organisers that not many are interested in the reunion.

The learning point here is that this event involves many people scattered all over the country, who are not easily contactable, not in regular contact. it is very difficult to organise at short notice.

We started OK but when we start changing the dates and venue, the notice started to become very short.

What I would like to suggest is that we redo the whole thing with some modification.

1) We do not go on the basis of pay to come. We go on the basis of contribution to the event. Anybody who can afford can contribute more. There is no fixed contribution amount. Everybody is invited but must confirm attendance so that we do not waste. InsyaAllah, I am sure most of us can afford and are generous enough to contribute to make this event a reality.

2) We collect the contributions early / upfront. Contributions can be made from now until the event itself.

3) The nature of the event, venue and the date can be decided later but sufficient notice should be given so that people can plan. I would suggest a minimum notice period of 2 months.

4) There should not be any postphonement. The event must go on irregardless of the number attending. If we do not have enough number to make it grand, we invite the current teachers, students or even anak yatim.

5) If after collection, event tak jadi-jadi jugak, just contribute the proceed to anak2 yatim. All contributors must be aware and made aware of this potential eventuality.

Hope the organisers will give another chance for this event / reunion to come to fruition.

Thank you.


Syed Hamzah

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I agreed with Syed Hamzah’s proposal.

Nari Ansari

EMPAT TUNTUTAN DIBULAN RAMADAN

Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, telah wajib ke atas kamu berpuasa sebagaimana telah diwajibkan ke atas umat-umat sebelum kamu, semoga kamu menjadi orang yang bertakwa." - Surah Al Baqarah: 183

Ramadhan adalah bulan yang amat bermakna bagi mereka yang tahu menilai dan menghargai kelebihannya. Ramadhan merupakan masa untuk menguji tahap kesabaran, waktu menunjukkan simpati kepada yang memerlukan ihsan, juga bulan mulia untuk menambah ibadat dan amalan.

Rasulullah SAW telah menggariskan empat amalan utama yang digalakkan dalam bulan ini iaitu;

1. Melazimkan bacaan kalimah taiyibah;
2. Beristighfar;
3. Memohon memasuki jannah dan
4. Berlindung dengan-Nya daripada neraka jahannam.

Rasulullah SAW telah menggesa para sahabat untuk menjadikan keempat-empat perkara ini sebagai suatu amalan. Abu Saeed Khudri r.a meriwayatkan bahawa:

"Suatu ketika Nabi Musa AS memohon kepada Allah SWT agar diberikan satu kalimat khas yang mana Baginda dapat mengingati Allah SWT dan dapat memohon sesuatu melaluinya. Lantas Allah SWT menyuruhnya menyebut kalimah tersebut. Nabi Musa AS berkata: "Wahai Allah, kalimah ini dibaca oleh semua hamba-Mu, aku mengkehendaki yang khusus." Lalu Allah SWT menjawab, "Wahai Musa, jika ketujuh-tujuh langit dan bumi dan semua yang terkandung di dalamnya kecuali Aku diletakkan ke atas sebelah dacing dan kalimah ini pada sebelah yang lain, kalimah ini lebih berat lagi daripada segala sesuatu."

Di dalam hadis yang lain pula dinyatakan bahawa jika seseorang menyebut kalimah taiyibah ini, iaitu "laa ilaha illallah" dengan seikhlas hati, maka pintu syurga akan segera terbuka untuknya.

Kita juga digalakkan untuk memperbanyakkan istighfar kerana Allah SWT telah berjanji akan memberi kita jalan keluar daripada segala kesukaran dan membebaskan kita daripada segala kesedihan. Malahan sesiapa yang memperbanyakkan istighfar akan memperolehi rezeki daripada sumber yang tidak pernah disangkakan. Kalimah istighfar yang mudah disebut adalah seperti "astaghfirullah". Tidak ada batasan dalam mengulang sebutan istighfar ini. Semakin kerap ia diulang, semakin banyaklah pahala yang dikumpul.

Di samping itu, kita turut dituntut agar sentiasa berdoa supaya ditempatkan di dalam syurga sambil meminta kepada Yang Maha Esa menjauhkan kita daripada ancaman api neraka. Doa yang boleh diamalkan untuk memohon agar ditempatkan di dalam syurga ialah seperti berikut:

"Allahhumma as'alukal jannata wa a'uzubika minannar."

Dengan memperbanyakkan amalan di atas, maka akan bertambah banyaklah amal ibadah yang kita lakukan untuk memenuhi bulan Ramadhan ini. Ramadhanlah masanya yang paling sesuai untuk memperbanyakkan ibadah lantaran tiadanya gangguan godaan daripada iblis dan syaitan.

Justeru, sebagai umat yang sentiasa mendambakan kasih sayang-Nya, perhatian dan ganjaran-ganjaran yang telah dijanjikan-Nya, maka layaklah kita sebagai hamba-Nya merebut peluang ini yang datang hanya sekali dalam setahun. Jika kita sanggup berhabis wang ringgit semata-mata untuk tujuan kecantikan dan hiburan, maka Allah SWT memberi peluang untuk kita berkunjung ke syurga-Nya secara percuma. Tidak perlukan bayaran, hanya sedikit masa dan keikhlasan. Masih enggankah lagi kita menerima tawaran ini? Fikirkan.

TaPau .., One for the Road!

This is a satire of how some Malaysian politicians circa 2008 may have reacted to the question.., 'Why did the chicken crossed the road?!'
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Pak Lah - I did not chase the chicken, I wasssszzzzzzzzzzzz....

Najib - I swear that I have never MET that chicken.

Hishamuddin - but I only own a keris, not axe, how to sembelih the chicken man!

Dr.M - Apa nama .... this ayam .., it crossed the road because I don't like the idea of Pak Lah crossing the road with the chicken sleeping under his arm

Chua Soi Lek - Yes it was the chicken.

VKL – Korek, korek, korek.., It could be the chicken, it might have been the chicken but I don't think it’s my chicken!

DSAI – The chicken DID NOT do it, and I am not giving any DNA samples for you to plant on the road railing just to proof that the chicken crossed the road!

K Toyo - the new state government should just shift the road and not waste time asking why did the chicken cross the road.

Mat Said - Mu tahu? the chicken afraid that I might chopped it because chicken is more expensive to maintain than the bridge!

S Cheek - I challenge you to a debate on chicken crossing the road!!

Sam V – the chicken crossed the road because Dandruff members were using the chicken as a meeting point.

A Rustam - We have cross bred the chicken for 5 months and we will rear them for another 5 years, we do not need KFC, McD, 1901, BK and the rest of the chicken in the world.

Son of Yatim - you must see the bigger picture, Ahmad said chicken shack is expensive to maintain, Ali Rustam said that it is against our national identity and I needed to test my new camera, so you see- it’s a WIN-WIN situation all around.

S Samad – The chicken cross the road because we could no longer afford to subsidize it.

Karpal Singh - The bigfoot chicken did it.

Bung Mokhtar - The mother chicken did it.

Speaker Dewan - There is nothing in the standing orders against chicken crossing the road., Kinabatangan duduk, Bukit Gelugor duduk.., sit down!.

KJ - I did not do it, neither did the chicken! By the way, what's a chicken leg?

LK Siang - In response to Khairy – chicken leg also you don't know, you are an insult to Oxford .

Nazri - Racist, racist, racist, when the cat crossed the road nobody made a fuss.

http://stuffsfromnet.blogspot.com/2008/08/chopping-cherry-tree.html

OMG!!

I had been waiting for the moment to come. Anxiously and praying hard that come 17 July, I would be 'free' of my work commitment, thus have the time to drive up to Ipoh to be with my fellow brothers for the OBW! And this year's event was supposed to be my second OBW! In fact I had even planned to bring my family, first time ever, to go and witness my STAROBA OBW.But I guessed, kita hanya merancang dan Allah menetukan dan perancanganNya mengatasi segalanya. The 'budget examination' for RMKe10 projects and programmes took longer than I anticipated. It was almost maghrib that we adjourned the exmination and to be continued on Monday. It was a dissappointment - Ipoh trip had to be called-off.

I was full of envy to guys like Mat Saleh, Omar Dollah, Omar Suhaimi, Lan Chik, Rostam, even Aziz Ha, Che Wan and Rahim Ahmadi, who were already in Tiger Lane to celebrate the OBW. DAMNED! of all the days, work commitment has robbed me of attending this function.

But the news that I got from Rahim Ahmadi when I called him was something that really got me dumbfounded. Rostam, Mat Saleh and Omar did not stay for the 'Annual Grand Dinner' and Rahim told me that they had already gone home! OMG! Hard as I try to visualize what had transpired at the 'school hall' during the EGM, I just could not believe that the so called 'annual event' could have gone and turned 'upside-down'. What a joke the theme for this year OBW has turned to be ... BROTHERHOOD!

It was after breakfast just now when I managed to speak to Mat Saleh. Apart from wanting to wish him safe journey back home to Johor Bharu, I took the opportunity to listen to his side of the story and what had gone 'wrong' OR 'not according to the script or plan' in Ipoh yesterday. Mat was very angry, upset and clearly a disappointed guy. This year's OBW had turned out not the way he had wanted it to be! I can understand his disappoinment, after all he has traveled all the way from Johor Bharu just to be in Ipoh and to see and spend his time with fellow STARians. Mat Saleh has his side of the story and so does everyone else. I am not taking side, for I just want STAROBA to move forward and as a former STARians we would like the spirit of BROTHERHOOD' to remain intact and last forever.

When I tried to access to STAROBA website for more detail information, came another shocked! I guessed the 'sponsor' has decided not to continue sponsoring the site. Alahai! I fell sad and down and kecewa. Frankly, I feel dejected. I had my own reason why I had been shying away from STAROBA activities before (the reasons though are not the same as Yahya Daud!) and had been trying to contribute, in my own ways, at my own capacity, to the betterment of our beloved school and STAROBA, but now, I felt as if I had been robbed of the opportunity!

Whatever was decided yesterday in Tiger Lane, I hope we, as STARians will see a better and stronger STAROBA.. for the sake of our beloved alma mater. The beginning of a new STAROBA?

Cobratasha! Sinar sinar STAR!

Amen!

Take 5 - Prelude to OBW

What is the difference between girls and woman aged 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58 and 68?

At 8 — You take her to bed and tell her a story.
At 18 — You tell her a story and take her to bed.
At 28 — You don’t need to tell her a story to take her to bed.
At 38 — She tells you a story and takes you to bed
At 48 — She tells you a story to avoid going to bed.
At 58 — You stay in bed to avoid her story.
At 68 — If you take her to bed, that’ll be a story!

No Wonder They Booed You, Rooney!

LOSING THE FAITH ... Roo looks to the skies

DRAB, dreary, depressing, disjointed, at times desperate and, overall, dull as ditchwater.

Thanks, England.

No wonder you were booed off the pitch by your own fans last night.

And now we have to beat Slovenia in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday to ensure we do not return home as the sick joke of international football.

So much for the glory of the Premier League 'product' and the squillions of pounds sloshing around in it.

So much for the Big Four Champions League heavyweights. And to think that after this crop of players, the cupboard is almost bare.

And we had thought the World Cup had come to life.

Well, you always know who you can rely on to bring things crashing back down to earth.

Steven Gerrard had said it was time to join the party. So England promptly blew out the candles.

On Fabio Capello's 64th birthday.

When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now, will you still be sending me a valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine?

Probably not.

Yes, they cranked it up for a while in the second half when the Algerians tired but, in the end, they had neither the guile nor ingenuity to get the one goal that would have got them off the hook.

And they wouldn't have deserved it, either.

And to think the day had started so well with the defeat of the Germans.

By the end of it, England were staring down a barrel after a performance that had Capello and everyone else connected with the national team tearing their hair out.

And what has happened to Wayne Rooney?

This was the bloke who was supposed to take the World Cup by the scruff of its neck. Instead, he - like England - is hanging on to its shirt-tails.

A few months ago, Rooney was setting the Premier League ablaze.

Now the fire is out.

It was incredible to watch a player of such talent make so many elementary errors.

And he compounded it all at the end by saying sarcastically to TV as he came off: "It's nice to see your home fans booing you."

Well, what did he expect after another World Cup failure that took us back to 2006 where we stank the place out?

What did he expect from fans who had paid good money to come out to South Africa to follow their team?

Only to be rewarded with this rubbish.

Yet the men around him were not much better. And still no sight of Joe Cole.

Instead, when Aaron Lennon was replaced, we had Shaun Wright-Phillips again.

And when Emile Heskey went, we got Jermain Defoe.

And then Peter Crouch for Gareth Barry.

Cole must have done something seriously wrong we don't know about to upset Capello.

And what gets into Frank Lampard in games like this?

A colossus for Chelsea, he seems to shrink when he puts on an England shirt. And all this against an Algerian side rated a modest 30th in the world.

An Algeria playing their first World Cup since 1986 courtesy of beating Egypt in a play-off.

An Algeria who had gone into the game on the back of a disastrous run in which they had lost five of their six warm-up matches.

An Algeria who, in this spell, had conceded 12 goals and scored just one - a penalty in their only victory, a 1-0 win over UAE.

An Algeria who boasted 'household' names like Rangers' Madjid Bougherra, once of Crewe, and relegated Portsmouth's Nadir Belhadj and Hassan Yebda.

And others from Slavia Sofia, Nacional Madeira, Sochaux, Bochum and Valenciennes.

And an Algeria who shamed the so-called cream of the Premier League.

What are the England fans to make of it all?

They had been warming up all day down at the cafes and bars with vast expectations of what England might do later in the evening.

They had congregated in their thousands round Mitchell's Waterfront Tavern where a huge screen relayed Germany's match with Serbia.

When the Serbians scored, the roar could almost have been heard back in Blighty.

So the 30,000 or so supporters were in full and magnificent voice as they belted out the national anthem.

Throw in the locals who were supporting the Mother Country and no nation has had more fans behind them - twice as many as had made it up north to Rustenburg.

We could have been at Wembley.

Now we just needed the performance to go with it. But it was desperately poor from the outset.

Rooney and Lampard needlessly gave the ball away, David James struggled under a high cross and Glen Johnson miskicked his clearance in the box.

Then Lampard fluffed an attempted through ball to Heskey while a shot from Gerrard (left) spiralled some 15ft over the bar.

It was actually getting worse. And this from a team that are known for strong starts to either half.

As for James, every time the ball went anywhere near him there were anxious intakes of breath.

Algeria were now running large chunks of the game and looking more likely to score.

With nothing coming from the England midfield, Rooney was forcedto come deeper and deeper so further diminishing what little threat there was in front of goal.

The close-ups of the faces of the England fans in the 64,000 crowd told its own story.

It was already looking like being a long night - especially whenever classy Karim Ziani got on the ball.

So we came to half-time with only a 12-yard Lampard shot pounced on by Rais M'Bolhi to briefly raise hopes.

And 55 per cent possession to Algeria.

Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.

And it didn't get all that much better after the break.

So now we are left to reflect on the sign on the wall of the Green Point Stadium entrance.

Go strong or go home.

England have one last chance.

STEVEN HOWARD - Chief sports writer

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk

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It was well and honestly written by Howard and I am sure those football fans who supported England must be wondering what has happened to their footballing heroes. Are we seeing Fab Flops..? dear of dear!

Amanat Bill Gates

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. Here goes:

Rule 1: Life is not fair- get used to it!

Rule 2: The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: you will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until your earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest form the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winner and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING n real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

The 'Future is in your hand, hold it gently'

A budding poet trying his best...

Here I lie in stinky vapor, Because some idiot stole the toilet paper,
Shall I lie, or shall I linger, Or shall I be forced to use my finger.

Before he graduated to be a poet, he wrote this...

Here I sit, Broken hearted
Tried to shit, But only farted

Someone who had a different experience wrote,

You're lucky, You had your chance,
I tried to fart, And shit my pants!

Perhaps it's true that people find inspiration in toilets.

I came here, To shit and stink,
But all I do, Is sit and think.

There are also people who come in for a different purpose...

Some come here to sit and think, Some come here to shit and stink,
But I comehere to scratch my balls, And read the bullshit on the walls....

Toilets walls also double as job advertisement space...written high upon the wall)

If you can piss above this line, the Singapore Fire Department wants you.

Ministry of Environment advertisement.

We aim to please! You aim too! Please

On the inside of a toilet door:

Patrons are requested to remain seated throughout the entire performance.

And finally, this should teach some a lesson...Sign seen at a restaurant:

The hands that clean these toilets also make your food...please aim properly!

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from Free Malaysia Today

Tokonang Den (13)

BEHOLD. Come June 11, it is the time again for all football fanatics throughout the world to enjoy and cherish - a month full of top class football matches. All eyes will surely focus on South Africa where the greatest show on earth is about to begin - where those with the footballing skills will unleash their talents in search of glory...and of course fame and wealth! Never mind the fact that this World Cup tournament will be without Ferdinand or Ballack or Ruben or Drogba? guys who will not make it to Johannesburg.

World Cup tournament though brings back this memory of my yesteryears in Tiger Lane. The one that I shall not forget.

The year was 1974 and West Germany was the host nation of the 10th. World Cup. England already out of the contention and didnot qualify for West Germany.... and that already killed off my interest of the World Cup. But the article that I read in the paper over the weekend, rekindled and ignited whatever little interest that I have on the World Cup. It was an article on Holland and their so called 'total football' - and of course.., their superstar.. Johan Cruyff. Of course there were other 'stars' of WC 74 - such as the likes of Franz Beckenbauer, Johann Nesken, Gerd Muller and Paul Breitner. But my interest was more on Cruyff and Holland 's total football!

What prompted me that night was something beyond explanation. But then I had already made up my mind and I stood by my plan. So that nite after prep, quietly I sneaked to the servant quarters to watch Holland playing Sweden. Without prior arrangement, without any hint nor signal and little concern whether I might be disturbing him, I knocked on Hassan's house - aah.! . thank God, reluctantly, he let me in. But I was lucky then for Hassan also wanted to watch the game! We did not talk much though and were totally glued to the box (could it be other reasond as well? I hope not!). The game was okay and ended in a scoreless draw. But, as reported and predicted, Cruyff was having a great game, really outstanding., the real maestro .. the Dutch master!

It was way past midnight when the game ended and after thanking Hassan, as I made my way back to the hostel, out of nowhere, came this car. It was none other than the one driven by the Principal himself - Pak Ya (Yahya Shafie). I was stunned but didnot panick though. When he asked me, I answered him in my stammering voice, that I just came back from the servant quarters watching football i.e the world cup. I expected him to get out from the car and gave me his famous 'penyepak'. But, thank God no he did not. I guessed he must be up to something extra, a bigger agenda than mine and more important perhaps for he simply instructed and shoved me to see him first thing tomorrow morning.

I could not sleep well that night. Worry about my fate and the agony of having to bear the shame of being slept by Pak Ya.., would he be calling a special assembly to punish me? could he ..., aaah! What musibah have I landed to, I was cursing myself to sleep. How I wish then that tomorrow never came or I was away in a faraway land! Solemnly though I promised myself then that should I escaped from getting Pak Ya's famous 'treatment', I will recite the surah yassin thrice!

Friday morning and without telling anyone, I headed for the Principal's room. Pak Lau was already there outside Pak Ya's room. I thought he was there because of my case. So I was quite shocked and surprised when he asked me as to why I was there! Pak Lau went in when he was summoned by Pak Ya and when he came out, he told me that I was to be sent to the Detention Class for 2 days beginning Saturday. I could not believed my luck and could have jumped for joy and peluk Pak Lau! But luckily I didnot!! Simply a big thank 'you Sir.' to Pak Lau.

That weekend was the first time ever I spent my Saturday and Sunday in a detention class! But a well worth punishment I should say!

Learning math in schools

Little Johnny was busy doing his homework. As his mother approached she heard:

“One and one, the son-of-a-bitch is two.”
“Two and two, the son-of-a-bitch is four.”
“Three and three… ”

His mother interrupted, asking where he had learned this way of doing math. Little Johnny remarked that his teacher Ms. Margo taught him.
His mother was rather upset and told him to stop the homework.

The next day she stormed into Little Johnny’s classroom and confronted Ms. Margo. Little Johnny’s mother told Ms. Margo about Little Johnny’s different way of doing math, and his claims that Ms. Margo taught it that way to the class.

The teacher was flabbergasted. She said that she couldn’t understand why Little Johnny had said what he did. Then suddenly, Ms Margo exclaimed, “Oh, I know, here in school we say, one and one, the sum-of-which is two.”

From: Funnyflux.com

'Tahniah STAR' Dinner

I was in Ipoh last night. Together with Azlan and Yahya Daud alias Wahab and Fathil Sharif, playing host on behalf of STAROBA to a group of athletes from the school who had done us, STAROBAns, STAR and parents, proud. In the recent concluded athletics meet in stadium Perak for the Zone Kinta Utara, they were declared the champion in the boys team event. Dinner was held in Hotel Impiana (the old Casuarina).

We assembled at Fathil's place and left for Ipoh around 440 pm, having assured ourselves that we would be in Ipoh by maghrib. InsyaAllah!. Apart from the slight jammed in Subang Jaya, journey was 'smooth and relax' and easy. Being the co-pilot, Azlan has no choice but to play DJ through out the journey. Azlan performed remarkably well! With his many repertoire of jokes, yeah.., who cares about HotFM or Era Radio or Radio Sinar! And the three of us, we were keen listeners! Lan., you rock! We arrived in Ipoh at 730 pm as scheduled.

Dinner however, started slightly late - at almost 930. There was this unforseen things happening that has to be resolved first. Biasa lah! There were about 30 of them excluding teachers.You could tell then that the boys were really starving! Azlan in his opening address expressed his appreciation and conveyed STAROBA's gratitude on the achievement and acknowledged the effort put up by everyone involved in sports. Yahya during his speech, expressed out his burning desire (together and with the help of the school) to unleash and groom STAR hidden talents, in the quest to bring back the glory days of STAR in athletics!. It was almost 1130 pm when dinner was finally over.

We dropped Yahya at Bukit Beruntung toll station on the way down and three of us safely arrived in KL around 245 am.

As I drove home from USJ Subang Jaya, I could not help but admiring the effort, and energy that Yahya had put up to lift the standard of athletics in STAR. Having to spend one's time, almost daily for 2 1/2 hours, travelling all the way from Telok Intan, starting at 450 pm and arrived home at 9 pm, is one hell of an effort!. What a sacrifice! What a commitment! He did it simply for the love of the sports and his beloved alma mater. As Yahya said it in his dinner speech, ..'at the age of 57, I should have been spending more time praying at home! but...' I wonder how things would have been if Yahya had been the school principal , not in Perlis but in Ipoh.

Anyway, well done boys. Well done STAR. Keep up the good work. As Azlan said it .., Tahniah STAR, teruskan usaha! Of course they can. Yes, we can!

Batch '73 - Reunion

Dear All STARians Batch 73 (Form5),

During our most recent weekend trip to Ipoh to attend STAR Annual Sports Day (those who went from our batch were Jabbar Abdullah, Mohammed Salleh, Omar Abdullah, Rostam Wahidin, Wan Husin and myself), there was a suggestion that we arrange our 73 Batch reunion (or even a family gathering like we had in Melaka in Dec 2008) coinciding with the STAR Old Boys Weekend (OBW) which is planned in July 2010. The proposal is for our batch (to decide with or without our respective family members) to put up somewhere in or very close to Ipoh. We hope to hear from you on your proposed place. The programme can be finalized in due course. The idea is fior us (and our family members) to be housed in the chosen place by Friday. We have our Batch programme the Friday evening. On Saturday we can attend the OBW programme at STAR and attended the OBW dinner (most likely at STAR compound/padang). On Sunday we continue with our Batch's programme till afternoon.

Your idea, comments & suggestions are required.

Note that recently an ex-Exxon-Mobil guy gave me the contact numbers for MUSADEK MUSALI: Office 03-20532109 mobile: 0193242262, but I have not managed to get his return call yet.

By the way, I may have to relinquished my '73 Batch Coordinator's role very soon as I will most probably be accepting a job offer with one of the foreign Oil Companies based in Miri Sarawak on a one-year contract as GM of Admin & Services. The appointment starts 1st April 2010. I will update all once this is finalized & confirmed.


--
Omar Suhaimi Abu Hassan
012-5570621

Annual School Sports Meet 2010

Getting ready ..

Saleh Yusof .. the Green Mentor!

Yahya Daud and Omar Suhaimi., motivating the boys.

Day 1 (Friday): Omar Suhaimi fetched me from Putrajaya and we left around 615pm, and yes we were heading for Ipoh – attending the school 54th. Annual Sports Day. Journey was pleasant and Omar took his time and was careful on the road eventhough he had an appointment to be met. We had a brief stop at Tapah RnR for a bite of pau and arrived just on time for the Mentor-Mentee programme and the official handing ceremony of the sports day vest shirts at the school hall. The guys were already there – Mohamad Sale and Omar Abdullah (yes, all the way from JB!!), Rostam, Azlan Abdullah, Saleh Yusof (Batch 72 – Green House, but didn’t recognize him, he changed a lot!), Fathil Sharif , Tarmunif Mokhtar and of course Yahya Daud as well as other ‘old boys’ (couldn’t remember their names).

Session was conducted by Tarmunif. Of course everybody was upset and in total disbelieved (especially people like me who have not been in contact with the school), when we heard of the school performances especially in sports. Lost 3 – 0 to Izzuddin Shah in volleyball!!? Are we in Alice Wonderland or something? Never heard or dreamt of those days. Izzuddin guys might have felt like they were dreaming then! Un’percaya’ble, but it was a reality. Yahya who was seated next to me, was so ‘sedih” and was seen wiping his eyes hearing the news. Other games were not that encouraging as well. It was for the reason I guessed, among others, the ‘push’ on this mentor-mentee agenda. And of late, the exclusion from the top 20 schools as released by MOE, is the final straw! And the grievances echoed by the students, made everyone upset and sad. We need a transformation agenda and an action plan – very fast!

We headed for the infamous Ah Seng’s lien chee kang and popiah after the ceremony. Sheer addiction! And with Azlan around, his story telling, jokes and antics, we did not realize the time! It was almost midnight when we reached the resting place for the night - Heritage Hotel, of course after a brief of ‘tawaf’ along the ‘memory lane’ of Ipoh!

Day 2 (Saturday): We were early. We were already downstairs at 7am for breakfast. By the time we reached the school compound, the place was already bustling with activities – last minute preparation by the students to decorate the respective ‘house tents’. Carnival-like atmosphere!

Nasir Ahmad from Batch 72 (Dato, CEO of PUNB) was the guest of honour. Met others such as Yuzer Yusof, Azizan Maarof, Wan Husin, Malek Zakaria and Ahmad Hamdan of legal firm Hisham Sobri and Kadir (junior and the present president of STAR PIBG). The opening ceremony was splendid. Seeing the school brass band leading the parade was a déjà vu! Well at least to me. When I was with the school cadet band then, we were not as privilege as them now – we were without the ‘proper attire’ as entitled for a marching band, as the band was just been formed. Nevertheless we were the pioneer then! The crowd was there – though not big but it was understandable. Green House was leading the points, all the way, only to be piped at the last minute by White, who retained the championship for the fourth year. Was Omar Dolah and Rostam involved in this victory? Could not tell but they were seen to be talking to the White House contingent after the event. Mail Don would have been proud as well.

Highlight of the day was, of course, the tug-of-war, between Old Boys (STAROBA) against the school present teachers and staff. The opposite team might have thought that victory was theirs – probably seeing old boys like Mohamad Saleh in the STAROBA team, but we had the last laugh! STAROBA prove them wrong! With the right strategy of putting Azlan and Sokhini as ‘tukang’ cheer in-charge, STAROBA deservedly won 2 – 0! Could not imagine if the match had gone to the rubber!

As suggested by Azlan, we went to Ramli Mee Rebus at Tasek for lunch. Manage to get Fadzil Hasan to join for lunch. He has been very busy of late, especially with the arrival of the 12th members of his family. Had a baby boy on January 1, 2010! Others who were there included Dato Nasir Ahmad, Azlan Abdullah, Yuzer Yusof, Saleh Yusof, Fathil Sharif, Azizan Maarof and Yahya Daud. We departed for KL around 3.30 and stopped at Ulu Bernam RnR for the usual break.

The school 54th Annual Sports Day is over. It has been a meaningful and joyful trip and weekend for me. I just could not describe the feeling. The gratitude, joy, happiness and sadness … of being a STARian. I knew then that this was what I have missed and have been missing over the years! No wonder Omar Dolah and Mohamad Saleh travelled all the way from JB to Tiger Lane, no matter what! How I envy them. And already, I am very much looking forward for the STAROBA Weeknend this coming July.

Kenduri Kahwin

Dear All.,

Che Chop Bakar invite kita semua ke Majlis Perkahwinan anak lelakinya di Seksyen 24 Shah Alam. Jom pi ramai- ramai! Mana tahu kok-kok jumpa Bustamam Mahmud ke, Mail Don ke, Kamarshah ke, Zabidi Mohamed ke., Ajoi ke..!

Jumpa di sana!!

Learn Chinese in 5 minutes

That's not right! Sum Ting Wong

Are you harbouring a fugitive? Hu Yu Hai Ding

See me ASAP! Kum Hia Nao

Stupid Man. Dum Fuk

Did you go to the beach? Wai Yu So Tan

I bumped into a coffee table! Ai Bang Mai Fu Kin Ni

I think you need a face lift! Chin Tu Fat

It's very dark in here! Wai So Dim

I thought you were on a diet! Wai Yu Mun Ching

This is a tow away zone! No Pah King

Our meeting is scheduled for next week! Wai Yu Kum Nao

Staying out of sight. Lei Ying Lo

Your body odour is offensive. Yu Stin Ki Pu

Great game! Fa Kin Su Pa

A surprise meeting!

Spent the afternoon with my wife and daughter in Shah Alam yesterday, and guessed what? Met Yusof Mohamed (Che Chop) at SAC Mall. Lama tak jumpa Che Chop. The last time was in 1973 - to be exact!. Che Chop is already a 'Datuk'! Category 'C' Datuk - the one that is blessed with a Cucu! Lucky him, three of his children already married and he was blessed with 3 cucus! Che Chop is currently residing in Shah Alam, in Section 9. For you guys, here's a picture of Che Chop......

Tokonang Den (12) - Warkah 1

Abah,

Terlebih dahulu anakanda mohon maaf kerana lambat mengirim berita. Semoga abah dan emak dan keluarga di Seremban sentiasa berada dalam keadaan sehat walafiat hendaknya. Baru empat hari berada di sini anakanda sudah rasakan bagai setahun. Janganlah abah dan mak bimbang. Anakanda sihat di sini, InsyaAllah berkat doa abah dan mak.

Anakanda dan anak Chikgu Siraj seronok sangat kerana dapat berjumpa dengan rakan lama yang pernah belajar sama di Sekolah Kebangsaan Rahang. Namanya Omar Abdullah. Dia pun belajar di Sekolah Rahang tapi setakat darjah 3 saja sebelum berpindah ke Mantin. Ayah Omar adalah saorang anggota polis. Masuk Omar, maknanya ada 3 oranglah bekas murid Chikgu Bidin yang dapat masuk keasrama penuh!. Tentu Chikgu Bidin suka kalau dia tahu!. Anakanda, Omar dan dan anak cikgu Siraj tinggal satu dorm, dorm 4. Belum berapa kenal dengan rakan satu dorm lain. Yang duduk didepan katil anakanda budak dari Perlis. Nama dia Ridzuan Jusuh. Katanya dari Mata Ayak!. Kecil je orangnya tapi nampak sirius dan garang. Yang sebelahnya dari Bukit Ibam, Pahang. Anakanda anggok je tapi entah mana anakanda tak tahu. Namanya Bustamam bin Mahmud. Yang lain anakanda belum lagi kenal, belum berani nak tegur. Perlahan-lahan lah kot, lama lagi akan berada disini. Alah, baru hari keempat!

Anakanda dan anak cikgu Siraj dimasukkan kedalam kelas Remove B. Omar masuk kelas Remove A. Kelas kami tidaklah jauh sangat daripada asrama. Alah, dah biasa! Di Seremban lagi jauh berjalan kaki kesekolah berbanding disini. Anakanda kesekolah berlenggang Mak Limah je!. Buku-buku semuanya simpan dikelas dan tak perlu dibawa balik! Anakanda cuak lah abah. Takut. Budak-budak lain nampak pandai-pandai belaka. Walau bagaimanapun kelas belum lagi bermula. Minggu depan kot!

Semalam, anakanda tidak berapa dapat tidor. Salah satu sebab kerana teringatkan abah, emak dan keluarga di Seremban. Dan sebab lagi satu kerana ada sorang budak yang satu dorm dengan anakanda, asyik menangis hendak balik kerumah. Puas prefek dan budak-budak dalam dorm memujuk. Anakanda belum berapa kenal dengan budak tu tapi ikut kata Omar budak tu dari Perlis. Jauh tu kalau nak dihantar balik! Tentu banyak pakai duit! Tentu mahal tambang teksinyakan bah!. Mana jauh, Ipoh ke Seremban ke atau Ipoh ke Perlis?. Anakanda agak mesti dia ni anak bongsu! manja betul!. Puas kita orang pujuk.

Kalau abah perasan, disekolah ni, semua pakai loceng!. Hendak ke kelas dibunyikan loceng. Nak makan dibunyikan loceng, nak masuk dewan makan pun pakai loceng. Makan disini tak best. Kami dimestikan bawa dan pakai sudu dan garpu di dewan makan. Setiap kali menyuap makanan, anakanda akan teringatkan emak. Teringatkan masakan lemak cili api, sambal tumis petai dan gulai tempoyak. Lebih-lebih lagi anakanda teringatkan set sudu garpu tembaga emak yang dah kurang sepasang. Anakanda paham bila emak keberatan untuk membeli set sudu garpu. yang baru. Buat apa membazir! Cuma kena ingat pesanan emak supaya rajin 'polish' sudu tembaga ni sebab sudu tembaga cepat karat!.

Entah apa yang tukang masak ini masak anakanda tak tahu. Daging rendangnya entah apa rasa! Warnanya pun semacam., warna unggu. Tak selera nak makan. Ikan yang dihidang pun entah dari jenis apa! tak pernah tengok sebelum ini. Budak-budak sini memanggilnya anaconda. Tapi nasi lemak dan nasi gorengnya boleh tahan.

Seperti yang abah nasihatkan, anakanda akan jimat berbelanja. Rasanya duit $15 tak banyak dipakai kerana semua dibekalkan, kecuali pen dan pensil. Yang anakanda bawak dari rumah dah ada, tak payah beli lain. Rasanya cukup kerana anakanda hanya pakai buat belanja rehat sebanyak 20 sen sehari. Kunci almari tu nanti anakanda akan usaha dapatkan.

Anakanda terpaksa berhenti sekarang. Waktu prep dah nak habis. Anakanda akan menulis lagi, sekerap mungkin. Hingga dilain lembaran, salam rindu dari anakanda buat emak dan keluarga di Seremban.

Salam dari anakanda yang jauh.

p.s.

Beritahu ayai supaya jaga raket badminton tu baik-baik. Jangan gesek kat lantai.