11 December 2016

Ride to Tasik Raban

This is considered as an unofficial Old Frees ride. The ride consists of my fellow PFS batch of 1990. The ride was an idea of my friend, Abu Bakar Marican a.k.a. Ba.

After a simple plan, we managed to get 6 person with 4 motorcycles:
1. Ba on a SYM VTS200.
2. Anas Blue and his son on a Yamaha 135LC.
3. Fadzil Kanji and his wife on a Yamaha Y15ZR.
4. Myself on a Yamaha 135LC.

Initially it was raining in the morning. We decided to wait for a little while until the rain subsided.

10:50am
Our rendezvous point is at Sungai Bakap R&R. Upon reaching the RV point, Ba was the only person who had arrived, then Kanji came with his wife & followed by Blue with his son.

I just arrived.

Kanji & Wife arrived.


We had breakfast of nasi kandar bought by Ba from the famous Deen Jelutong.


Nasi kandar sebantal :D

Ba, Blue & son.


11:45am
We began our ride south through the North-South Expressway until Kuala Kangsar exit.

Blue & Ba


Kanji & Wife. Lovely couple. How I envy them. hehehe


The breathtaking view somewhere in Kuala Kangsar.






Toilet break. LOL

The photos taken from the phone-cam did not do justice. The real life view is more beautiful from the naked eyes.


1:40pm
We stopped for Zuhr prayer at Masjid At-Taufiqiah, Kampung Chuar Hulu Kati, Kuala Kangsar.

The cat was facing Qiblah all the time,

The kuih pau here is nice.

Blue's cheeks look like pau.



2:18pm
We reached Tasik Raban and took some photos.










Overlooking is the bridge on the main road.








2:30pm
Had lunch at Restoran Tasik Raban. Lots of dishes until I had no idea what to put on my plate. hehehe

Fresh water grilled fish @ ikan bakar (ikan air tawar).







3:30pm
Reached a junction at Lenggong & took some photos.




 4:00pm
Took photos at Sumpitan waterfall in Lenggong








Caution: Wildlife Crossing

We rode on through Selama.

4:30pm
Refuel at a small gas station somewhere in Selama.



The toilet is clean with nice wall tiles :)



5:00pm
Reached Sungai Siputeh, Lata Rambong. Took a dip in the water. Awesome!
Felt like a kid again. hahaha!















6:00pm
We called it a day & rode back through Kulim.

7:00pm
Reached Kulim Hi-Tech Park and we rode back via Butterworth - Kulim Expressway to Seberang Jaya.

Thank you Ba and all my Frees brothers for making it happen, I really enjoyed it.

Till the next ride, challoo bettey!

21 October 2016

Penang Free School Bicentenary Dinner 2016


Penang Free School was founded on 21st October 1816. Yes, 200 years ago. It was the oldest English school in Southeast Asia.

Today marks the 200th celebration of The Grand Old Lady. Our Alma Mater.

The bicentenary dinner was held on the PFS field with 500 tables and 5,000 Old Frees attendance.

It was great to be able to reunite with all Old Frees from my batch, my juniors and the seniors who came back from all over the globe just to be back with their Band of Brothers. Among them was my best friend, Mahadev "Dave" Singh and his Scottish wife. They had flown all the way from Glasgow, Scotland just to be here.

I won't write much as the joy I had during the event was quite hard to express in writing. Just enjoy the photos below.

FORTIS ATQUE FIDELIS


I bought this badge from the current School Captain as a souvenir.


Dawn, Dave and I


My uncle from batch '79.

Hui Cheng and I. Perfect mate ...oops! Prefects mate. LOL

Yes, I was a prefect back then.

Iskandarrul Fithry, an airline chief crew.

In the Prefects' Room


The school hall.

Seelan & Bobo. Kids, do not try this at school. LOL

With His Royal Highness The Raja of Perlis.


His Royal Highness The Raja of Perlis

Mr Loo our ex-Penolong Kanan


Farouk Canteen, Me, Pegawai Waran 1 Salimuhar, Dave Singh & Kamaruzzaman






Those queuing to hug Mr Loo are the ones who got caned by Mr Loo last time.





We might be naughty during schooldays but we valued our teachers. 


Dr Geoffrey Harvey & Rajidin Sabar came all the way from Sabah. 

SIA Captain Andrew Lim (centre) flown back from Singapore.


Anas Zubedy (centre), author, blogger & consultant.





Heykal Hanifa (2nd from right), director & producer. On the right
is Nazri a.k.a. Bahagia, orang kuat TM.

With Adrian Ming.

Hamdan, Azly Ali, Murali and I. Hamdan and Murali are the key
persons in ThinkCity Penang, a subsidiary of Khazanah
Nasional Bhd.



After the dinner, we continued our 1990 batch gathering at KFC Jalan Masjid Negeri until 3am.




Bobo is giving his speech.