Hello,Dato Laksamana.

**MHS Cadet Gerak Khas 1973***

It was an intresting week.
In between time jiggling,alhamdullilah I managed to handle all,reasonably well.
Obviously,the ooohhhhhhhhhhh..ummmppp..and wahhhhhh...you all in in the same week.

In the middle of smsing and inter-emailing with regards to Siti Aisyah's collection campaign.Out of the blue,I recieved a call from Dato Laksamana Kamarulzaman Badrulzaman.Commander-In-Chief Wilayah 1,basee in Lumut

Approach was friendly,respect is been given.
A few peck of yester wisdom if I may say,to recall who is who.
Well,....Dato Laksamana a pack of good laughter over the phone is wounderful to hear your voice sir.
Let me refresh the memory of all,
Dato Laksamana Kamarulzaman Badrulzaman,was in MHS circa 1972-74.Was at MHS hostel all along till left for RMC.
A bright student I must say.
Left MHS together with Srd.Rosli Md.Tan,Dato Dr.Razak and Dr.Rani (twins),Rtd.Major Jamil Md.Nor,Shari Karim for Royal Military College in 1975 and has been in service since (off course) with galore with TLDM.

Syabas Dato Laksamana.
Jes' a quest Dato?
How does a suBmarine looks like,Dato Laksamana?
I wonder ?????

One of his enquiry,was weather I have collection of any photos of the MHS era.Thus,digging up my attic I found this photo.

Well here you are.
Could you recall whose who in the photo ?

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Updates:

Back: Frm.Right to left.

Razak,?,Halim Yackob,Ariffin Kadir,Jalamuddin Abu Bakar,Nasaruddin,?,?,?,?,?,?,Jamal Nasir,Khalid,Rani (Twins),Zamani Osman,Sallehuddin,

Middle Row: frm Right to Left:

Kharuddin Abu Hassan(Cpt.Hook),Jasni Sulaiman (Skang),Mansor Ridzuan,?,Nasir Md.Jani,Ghazali,?,Willmie,Yazid Alias,Yusof Basir,Minhad,Ibrahim Tamby Chik,Yazid Kassim,Roslan(Stoi),?

2nd.Middle:frm.Right to Left:

Juwara Dollah,Lim Boon Leong,??,Kamarulzaman Badrulzaman,Ghani Minhat,KM Yackob,Ghani Idrus,?,Zailani Alias,?.Shari Karim.

NCO's :?,Ridzuan (Arab),Jani,?,Mr.Patrick Tan,KM Razak,??,Ismail,Abu Ismail.

Semarakkan Panji-Panji Kita.

Terima Kasih sekali lagi Srd.Faud Alimon diatas kesudian saudara mengirim foto diatas.

Yes,we are the discipline lot,aren't we.
Me,I am Mr.Clumsy.
I could recall Srd.Annuar Md.Nor our Sarge Cadet Gerak Khas leading 'Trooping the Colors' at one of the school annual function.
Yes,it was the celebration of 150th.High School Anniversary in 1976.

Yeap... 1826 terdirinya Melaka High School.
Ishak Hj.Kassim now a Prof.Madya with Uitm,Shah Alam is in the first row.I cant recall all names but 2 row from the back is Allahyarham Sani.Stayed in ABC Hostel,Room 2 if I am not mistaken and hails from Alor Gajah.
Yeap,Srd.Faud Alimon 4th.row from the back.
It was a big occassion on the 150th.anniversary of MHS.
The grand open ceremony was carried out in style.
The TYT Allahyarham Tun Aziz officiate the opening ceremony.
I contribute together with Juwara Dollah on 'Pasukan Paluan Kompang'a contribution by the Kelab Bahasa Malaysia.It takes a couple of weeks to practice.Cikgu Abu of Semabok neighbour or Dr.Aminuddin was the leader.

Since I did mention the name TYT Allahyarham Tun Abd.Aziz,his eldest son Prefect Mustapha Kamal Tun Abd.Aziz,a ruggby player was my senior by a year.
Good man Mus,honest, very jovial and easy to get along with the school boys.
All I could recallof Mus is his husky and firm voice......'eh........line up...line up...lineup...'
We were only county school boys. There's no 'aires' about it.

Plain,simple ordinary school boys of MALACCA HIGH SCHOOL.

'You can take a boy out of the country but you cannot take the country out of the country boy'
- Lynnard Skynnard

Track 'All I Could do Is Write on a Song'
Album : Pronounce L Y N N A R D S K Y N N A R D

Settling the Past,Moving Forward

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'The Pro's Sanusi Abd.Jalil and Hj.Halim Hj.Yackob
Isa Majid and KM Mohd.Yackob

Yes, the usual answer,anak-anak aku gitu-gitu aje....
Some sikit-sikit....
some banyak-banyak
ada tu melimpah meruak
dah lah tu jangan naik lemak!

Met Md.Isa Majid at my parents home with KM yes,my patriotic friend.Isa the cool Isa is with IncomeTax Dept,Muar for the past 20 years I think?
Yes,he's not only my saudara sebelah datok I but we are in the same Kg.Isa Majid the 'Lee' and 'Fruit of The Loom'guy finishing with Adidas Pro-team,yet the past thirty years we hardly see each other due to our dailry chores.
Hmmm....there goes the Federal Minor Schlorship to all the Branded Labels

Merafak Sembah,Menjunjung Kasih Tuanku

Thanks Bangka-I,for the motion of Patriotism.
In principle I agreed with the line written.
Well said,after all one man poison is other mans meat.
However, I find another puzzling gig-saw puzzle to be sort out by the Gen-X.
It is really mind boggling situation.Read it and question ourself,are we giving it away?

My concerned is purely acedemic.
More inputs of local brain to fight the cause is needed now and near future.
Berkat pertabalan Sri Paduka Baginda Sultan Mizan,lets say,
'each and every square inche of this Peninsular is protected,care for and cultivated'.

In the mean time Gen-X, 'LEARN FROM HISTORY'

'DAULAT TUANKU'

On being patriotic

I am flattered that I have been invited to contribute to this blog. But don't know why I was invited in the first place: I have never been elected to the position of class monitor - ever! It's a personality thing - any position of responsibility just doesn't mesh well with my personality (or so they say). So, for better or for worse, here I am.

Since the last post was on the subject of patriotism, I guess that is where I'll pick up from.

I'm stumped (even before I've started). So what's new? Anyway, I guess most people will take patriotism to be loyalty one's country. But my question is, at what point in time does one become a patriot? Do you qualify as a patriot if you are someone who feels discomfort at the prospect of misplacing (and subsequently losing) your identity card? Or must you be willing to die a horrible death a the the end of an enemy soldiers' bayonet before you can call yourself one?

My point is, we may all think of ourselves as patriots. But does that qualify us one? I hardly think so. In the same breath, I am also of the opinion that we must not be automatically disqualified just because we don't sing patriotic songs in the shower every morning. Somewhere, there is a line that must be crossed before we can call ourselves a patriot. Just where that line is drawn, is beyond me.

But that raises another question: Does it matter whether or not we have the right to call ourselves patriots? After all, I am sure Hitler and Pol Pot (or T. Blair, or even G. Bush for that matter) saw themselves as patriots. Look at what happened in those cases.

So, where do I stand? As long as I don't feel a need to apologise to any non-Malaysian for my being partial to 'durian' and 'belacan', I guess I'll consider myself a patriot. Not that it matters...

How Patrotic Are We

Habul Al Watan Min Al'Iman.

The love for a nation is part of iman.We were groom from an early age,instilled the discipline via Brass Band,Scouting or in the Cadet Gerak Khas.There was no such programe of National Service then.
The yearly training at camp Sungai Udang was much look forward by all boys.Its a life oppunities to hold a M16,learning to clean up an SLR,pistol,playing with the communication gadgets.
The annual 2 weeks camp was an adventure of a life time for the boys to experience the life of an army camp.To some it was the beginning of an ambition to be selected to the Royal Militery College only with impressive LCE result.A few of my batch did,Sdr.Rosli Md.Tan,Dato'Lt.Commander Badrulzaman Kamarulzaman of TLDM,the twins,Dr.Razak and Dr.Rani,Sdr.Jamil Md.Noor,an avid sportsman.
Me,however was not selected to either of them coz'selection for the annual camp at Sungai Udang were based on platoon.Only one platoon were selected and not mine.How frusrated.As for RMC,I did struggle trying to get a place but nothing near it.

How ever my Mak Teh sponsor me to the Out Bound School in Lumut for a month learning how to survive in pressing time while waiting for my MCE 76 result.It sure do taught me how to survive and taught us the of quality of leadership,team sprite and team work.
Thanks Mak Teh.'Budi mu dikenang'.

I might not be in the uniform but I do hold up to this beloved country.There a link on my seminar paper on such issues delivered IN IIU,Gombak.

Its call,Penal Code 121 - A Restropective Effect and Enforcement on Chin Peng And Malayan Communist Party Members.

Enjoy reading it and question ourself are we patrotic in the true sense of the word?