Cik Hajjah Nazipah

Today is a very special day for us, not just everyone at MGS/GEGS/RPK OGA but the school as well. We are so glad that we celebrated Cik Hajjah Nazipah bt Mohd Najmi's birthday. What a co-incidence ya... that it falls on the same day as our event ;) I said that because we didn't realize it at the first place, until our secretary Fadhilah told us about it during our committee meeting at Wan Pah's house about two weeks ago. Cik Nazipah was unable to attend that time, thus that make it more easy for us to plan for something special for her.

Cik Hajjah Nazipah was my former discipline teacher. She also taught me but I can't seems to remember ler plak... of what was the subject *glurp* And now... she's the Headmistress of our school since end of 2006.

You have been my mentor and guide
You have taught me right from wrong
And shown me the way all along
On your birthday— Dear Cikgu
I want to search out to you with
My warmest regards & best wishes sincere

Happy Birthday

4 days & counting—

...to the big day!

This is actually will be my first event with our OGA. I didn't even know about those few events organized before this, that's why I didn't show up. I was in fact working in KL then for sooooo many years!

And now ever since I attended the AGM for the first time early this year, I have been selected to join the committee member’s team. Well it’s all because Puteri brought back an invitation letter from our OGA. It seems that her class teacher asked the girls to raise their hands to those mothers who studied in our school. So that’s basically of how Puteri got the invitation letter for me :P

Anyhow that's not a big deal as I love my school very much! Tell me who doesn't right. My school life was rich and interesting. The teachers were very kind; the students were lovely and friendly. We really had great fun and memories there. I am very sure that all of my school friends agreed with me. I know you are reading this. Please do not be shy to leave any comments, suggestions or whatever you feel like to share with us in the comment box link below each blog post or the shout box provided on the side bar.

To those who are coming to the event this Saturday, you shall register yourself upon arrival with Mrs. Silva. I know my mother and my auntie’ and their friends called her Emily. She used to teach me English when I was in the primary school at SK Datin Khadijah. I will be in charge of the membership application.

Attention: SKDK' Old Students! I have something to discuss with you. Do expect my mail anytime soon. Thank you :)

Alright then... I'll see you around soon ya? Take care everyone and have a great week ahead!

Meeting Pn Aishah

I met Pn Aishah quite often, no doubt because she is teaching my daughter Puteri in Form 2 in our school. How nice, huh?!! Once when I was with her at a school's function, she told another teacher that, "dulu saya mengajar anak, dan sekarang mengajar cucu plak"; while referring to me hehee...

So earlier today I bumped in to her at my father's god son Aidi's wedding in Kampung Lubuk Chapin. Together in the pic were Aidi's mother Auntie Aishah (far right), who used to be teaching in SK Datin Khadijah when Puteri was in Standard 2 there; and two of Auntie Aishah's daughter and her grand daughter. Take note that they are all Old Girls too except for the little girl of course lol...

After Pn Aishah left as soon as we took the pic, I had a quick chat with Auntie Aishah's daughter. I told her about the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri & Deepavali Hi-tea on this coming Saturday. "Ha ah tau... ada baca blog", she told me. I just smiled. O ok. Alamak malunya...

So how did you find out about this blog girl. Its good to know that you are one of the readers here too. Let's interact! Please join us on Facebook if you haven't to reconnect with more of our school friends. By the way please tag yourself in the above pic on Facebook ya? ;)

Membership Application Form

Finally... I am so happy to find Scribd after several thoughts of how to upload the membership application form for online version, specially for this blog.

“Scribd is a San Francisco startup company changing the way people share documents online. You can think of Scribd as a big online library where everyone can publish original content, including you!

Since Scribd launched in March 2007, it has become one of the top 300 websites on the Internet, receiving over 20 million monthly visitors. It has also accumulated over 17 billion words in its library, making it five times the size of Wikipedia.”

Please upload the said document here. You can do it in whichever format you prefer i.e. Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Microsoft Words (.doc) or Plain Text (.txt) . Once its completed, kindly forward it to my email together with the proof of payment.

Do not feel hesitate to contact me for further queries or clarifications. I would be much glad to help you as far as I could... God willing...

REMARKS:
I will update this page with our OGA' bank account number soon. We are in the mid of changing it to another bank account. At the meantime, you can TT the payment to my bank account. Please email me to get the number. I will then forward the monies to our Treasurer.

It has been announced on Hot.fm!

Yes, I am not kidding. Anyone listened to Hot FM this morning? Not me.

My grand auntie Mariam Hassan (whose an OG too) in Bandar Seri Damansara called me, to let me know that she called Hot FM. She requested them to announce about our Hari Raya & Deepavali Hi-tea on 25 October 2008. So that means the news had been spread out through out the country.

Thank you so much to all involved especially Pahani (the name I called my grand auntie, dunno why... other relatives called her Cik Ni), DJ Faizal and Hot FM.

An email from Josie

The damn CPU got blown off, thus I was not be able to go online over the weekend. That means there are quite a number stories to be told in my next blog post. So make sure you watch out this space for more post soon ya... I was lucky enough that they can fix the CPU by today itself. I guess if not because I called them first this morning, I don’t know whether they shall take their own sweet time again like before. At the meantime, I was kind of surprised when I saw an email titled “Mrs. N C Partridge”, as soon as I open my inbox. I quickly clicked that one first before any other. Josie, Mrs. Partridge’s daughter who’s living in Australia was kind enough to write to me. She thanked me for the thoughts I wrote about her late mother. I ought that she found this blog while browsing online. Thank you so much Josie for your feedback. I really didn’t expect that you would read it—

Mrs N C Partridge‏

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I was quite touched to read what you had written about the news of my mother. Both my parents were dedicated teachers, and my mother always made sure she delivered, as headmistress, the very best for the girls to receive an all rounded education in Kuala Kangsar. Her greatest joy was when she met old girls, and as you described, she would bump into them almost anywhere in Malaysia and even overseas.

My mother would then love to share her latest interests, and as you mentioned, the test for a gemstone works all the time. Water will normally run off coloured glass. I am not so sure about the relief for migraine though – the tip we know is to press firmly the fleshy area between the thumb and index finger.

My parents were not selected by parents of newborn to be godparents, within a baptism ceremony. But later on, parents of single adults in particular would affectionately ask. Kuppamah however was special in that my mother saw a need to provide a home for her, and that is exactly what happened. Kuppamah stayed with us until she left our home to train as a nurse in KL. She eventually graduated with a group of her GEGS friends. There was no doubt that she could secure a job as a registered nurse, and she went on to raise her own family - all of whom are successful in their own career paths, and she is now a grandmother herself.

It was sad and difficult for us to have to face this part of my mother’s journey in life, particularly as we are a small family. However, it was a long life filled with great accomplishments and undeniable love not only for family but also for relatives, friends, colleagues…. and her schoolgirls. In each and every growing girl, she saw an educated woman using her talents in a unique way and finding joy and happiness in life.

I thank you for your thoughts put to words, and wish you well.

Regards
Josie

p/s So Josie, would you like to join us on Facebook? ;)

Salam Aidil Fitri...

On behalf of the rest of the committee members, I would like to wish all my blog readers, my friends, especially MGS/GEGS/RPK' Old Girls; and the muslimin and muslimah all around the world, “Eid ul-Fitr” and may our ibadah during the Holy month of Ramadhan will be accepted by Him.

“Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin”

p/s: I am here in my hometown as usual. SO for all of you out there, drive carefully.