The F1 Outing

Somehow this year edition of Malaysian F1 was better than what we experienced last year. Five of us Ayu and Zam, Rin and Onie and I made up the group. We beat the traffic snarl by coming early to rv at the KLIA police station. We got to the police Sub-Tac Hq by 1230 hrs and our great host treated us to sweets and nasi lemak lunch. After Zam and I had our solat zohor, we were shuttled to our appointed gallery. This time seemed a better seating at the tower to get a good view of the track. Alas! Zam forgot to take along the ear plug bought the previous night. I was in luck using my iPod ear plug as substitute. My particular interest waned once Michael Schumacher was out of the race after 10 laps. Took some pictures of the race. We were out of the SIC by 1800hrs after I paid a call to Pak Zahedi and thanks him for all that he's done for us.

The Passing of a Police Officer

Oh not another fatal accident and my interest on that became more after reading the name of the victim. The name Mohd Hazam a senior cop rang a bell. My fear that the victim is someone I know was confirmed after I went through a special list of contact person. Yes Mohd Hazam was my student at the Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College in 2004. We met last at a wedding reception of Colonel Abd Latiff at Sungei Besi. I had this photo taken then.
Bernama
Friday, February 5th, 2010 11:43:00
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department Principal Assistant Director SAC II Mohd Hazam Abd Halim was killed in accident at Km 419.7 of the North-South Expressway in Hulu Selangor last night.
In the incident at midnight, the Proton Perdana car driven by his driver Lance Corporal Asminton Salimin, skidded and hit the rear of a trailer which stopped at the emergency lane due to a breakdown.
Mohd Hazam, 50, was on his way to the national capital from Ipoh, Perak, after attending a meeting of the Perak commercial crime division.
Hulu Selangor OCPD Supt Norel Azmi Affandi Yahya said Mohd Hazam, who was seated in the front seat, died on the spot.
"The driver, who is seriously injured, has been sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital and admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit," he said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commercial Crime Department Director Datuk Nooryah Md Anvar, when contacted, said Mohd Hazam's remains would be taken to his home at No 1, Jalan TTJS 3/1C Taman Tunku Jaafar, Seremban and would be buried at the Makam Haji Said, Taman Tunku Jaafar after the Friday prayers.
Mohd Hazam had previously served as the Petaling Jaya OCPD and Terengganu CID chief.
http://www.mmail.com.my/content/26813-senior-cop-killed-accident

Bung Oh Bung

This is just for the record. After seeing DBMR's photograph and Zizie togather in the Star today I thought that he deserved mentioned here. Know DBMR when he was my student at UKM during the 2005/06 academic year.
MP 'knot' tied to actress..!!!
Posted by RAKYAT MARHAEN Rabu, 2009 Disember 16

Honeymah Dylyani
KUALA LUMPUR - News portals are buzzing with news that firebrand MP Bung Mokhtar Radin and sizzling actress have married!Several of his Dewan Rakyat colleagues have purportedly received invitations to a wedding reception at a leading hotel here but the Kinabatangan rep has laughed off the hot news."I am not handsome enough for her," he told Malay news portal mStar, which reportedly said the akad nikah (solemnisation of marriage) ceremony for the two was held last week at a closed-door event.

When a reporter SMSed him to confirm whether a wedding would take place, he replied: "No kahwin, hahaha."The Sabah politician, 50, however, did not reply when asked if he had proposed to the 31-year-old actress, currently one of the hottest and most lucrative names in local TV dr amas.

Zizie's mother, Khaty Fauziah, has also refused to be drawn into any answers regarding her daughter's rumoured marriage to the MP."They're just starting to know each other," she told the portal, adding that Zizie was currently busy on set.

Actress considering proposal

The actress had reportedly admitted to Malay daily Utusan Malaysia that a certain MP had proposed to her and that she was ready to be his wife.In another interview, she told Malay tabloid Kosmo! that there is an MP that was special to her and that she needed time to consider whether or not to accept his marriage proposal.She reportedly said that since the proposal is from a married man, she has to think seriously about the matter "because I don’t want to hurt another woman’s feelings."Bung Mokhtar is already married, with four children.

A new hairdo

The reports fuelled rumours around Parliament House on Wednesday that the the two had indeed tied the knot. The stories were spiced with the side issue that the Kinabatangan MP had taken on a youthful hairstyle and dyed hair.Fellow MP Mohamed Aziz (Sri Gading), who is also known to be outspoken and controversial, was silent on this issue. No comments, he told the media.Another parliamentarian and close friend, Ismail Kassim (Arau) also sidestepped the issue. "It's a personal thing. I do not know anything." - Malaysian Mirror

Too Late For Recrimination- Revisited

I wrote on 16 Dec, 2008 about our compressor being stolen and early today Ayu called to informed us that her abode in Bukit Jelutong was broken into and a significant loss was incurred. She sounded distraught and we told her to be calm and that we are coming . At least I don't feel too bad 'cause now Ayu has a new shoulder to lean on since her hubby, Zam was there to support her. Two police cars were at her abode when we arrived and we were told that they were just responding to the emergency call and since no emergency action were needed they left after scouting around and leaving it to the investigating officer to take action. Zam took us on a "tour of the intruder's entry,collection effort and escapade" route. Look like a young punk's doing based on his liking for electronic games gadgets taken. Also cash, jewellery and expensive items of Ayu's collection. The investigating officer, Sargent Fauzi and his photographer arrived at about 1000hrs and spent about 90 minutes doing their CSI chores. Before leaving Sargent Fauzi told Ayu to make the official report at Shah Alam Police HQ. After making the report, they were told that the result will be made available in 1 month. YES ONLY IN HOLLYWOOD MOVIE THE RESULT IS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY!!!!!! All told the loss is in the region of 50k.
Too Late For Recrimination too here. Obviously the break in happened between 1400hrs to 1900hrs on Saturday. Ayu sent the cleaning lady at 1300hrs. In her haste Ayu has forgotten to switch on the alarm and also the CCTV. This costly oversight gave the intruder a free ride or else his escapade would've been recorded. Human can only proposes but Allah disposes. This should teach us to be more meticulous in our dealing and never act in a hurry.

The Fourth Highpoint in my Worldly Journey

Yes, today before dawn I just got up to the realisation that 5th December, 2009 is another highpoint in my life. My eldest daughter Rahayu Ezrani or Ayu is to be betrothed to Nik Zamrood

The Passing of my Dear Niece

Got the news as we we were preparing to leave for KL. 0640hrs was the recorded time of Wati's passing away due to lung cancer. Her situation worsen the last 48 hours after M and I visited her 48 hours before on Sunday 22nd November 2009. We visited Hashim and togather went to the JB Specialist Centre that Sunday and Wati was already under sedation and breathing through the tubes. I intimited to Hashim to make the necessary arrangement and and help out Man for the burial and I shall agree to any decision taken. Alfatihah. Amen.

The Passing of my Dear Brother

The Passing of of Mohd Lazim, the fourth of the Adam siblings at Putra Jaya Hospital at 1910 hrs was witness by his family members, friends and wellwishers. He went with a smile according to Jun. Alfatihah!!

Mother's Day

Sunday 10th May, received sms from my youngest brother Muhammad in Malacca to call mak to wish her happy mothers day. Mak had been in Mohd new house about a forthnight. I just let the sms be and thought of calling later after I've gone through my sunday ritual of doing the word puzzle. Suddenly I just hollared to M who's busy cooking lunch to ask her to pack everything and be ready to dash to Mohd's house in Malacca. I called Mohd number and Rasmiza answered. I made her promised not to tell that we are coming. Its to be a surprise. I was also told that Khadijah was also on the way there. So Mak will have three children celebrating mothers day. Everybody happy with potluck lunch and cakes to boot as part of this impromptu celebrations. The cucu and the 3 cicits had a hell of a good times with their grandmother/great grandmother.

Yahoo!!Balik Kampong

This time the balik kampong trip is another result of one of those on the spur of the moment decision. After solat this morning I mentioned to M that we can make our trip back to Endau and JB on Friday. Why wait till Friday she responded and suggest that we leave as soon as we got packed. M also intimated that we should make our trip back to KL on Monday since Sunday she argued could be jammed with holiday makers coming back after the school holidays. Its ok I said and started packing for a 5 day trip home.
We were on the road by 0900 hrs after filling up a full tank and the road traffic was relatively ok. Stopped by UKM to check my email and then continued our journey home. Exited at Air Hitam and had our pit stop. I talked to a group of prison officers from Malacca who was on their way to Mersing. They were having problem with the car water tanks and was waiting for a relief vehicle to continue with their journey. We took the Air Hitam/Kluang road. I thought of calling Mej (Rtd) Chan in Kluang for a quick RV. But decided against it. No reason just malas.
This time around though, we took care that we did not make the wrong turn at the final traffic light because the signage indicate straight but on the ground if you follow the arrow its really directing us to go right and could ended up at Gunong Belumut. No problem though this time. After the traffic light we have to negotiate a bridge which was under repair since we started using this route to get to Mersing more than 2 years ago. We noted, not to our surprise though, that there was NO PROGRESS at all since. The culprit is Hishamuddin Hussein lah siapa lagi Yang TakBerkhidmat lansung as far as that bridge dalam kawasan Sembrong tu is concerned.
We approached Kahang about 1300 hrs and decided to look at a place to have lunch. We found one along a row of shop houses. A few people were already there enjoying their lunch. We decided on simple dishes a bowl of soup daging and plain rice for me while M tried their mee soup and rojak. Nothing to shout about on the quality of the dishes we had but we enjoy it without much complains. After about 45 minutes we continued to move and decided to do our solat at Mersing Mosque. We arrived at Mersing about 1500 hrs. After one missed turning we finally made it to the enchanted mosque that’s grandly perched on top of a hill. The mosque which was completed in August 1956 was and still is the pride of Mersing folks. I remember climbing up the hill slope whilst the mosque was being built. I was in standard six at that time and going and scaling up the hill was a great adventure then.

What a Revealition!

This is one Friday that put several dots on the "i"s and crosses on the "t"s on a closed confidante's missions that was never make known to me. It was a devine intervention of sort as the revealition came after my solat Juma'at today at Tabung Haji Mosque. Devine intervention because I normally do not waste time after my sunat ba'adiyah. But my rather relexed action including going to the loo has this unforseen function that rendered me into a stunt reflection on my late friend's sometime unexplained trips to Germany. At least now I know. Mashaallah!!!!

This rejoinder/addendum is posted 1st October, 2009: Got a call from Daw last night seeking to meet today. Agreed to meet at KDE @ 1200hrs. What transpires after some small talk is something which is related to what was posted 6 months earlier. The power that be was convinced that KAR is to be let into the loop, after two trips by DZA and Daw to Germany. The road map was laid out. I told Daw that I'll be glad to be involved.

3 Gen Outing

A weekend soujron at Ayu's place at Bukit Jelutong. Ayu doing the annual spring cleaning. Syam applying his expertise ti sercice the a/c . Wehad dinner at Sunway Pyramid at the Roma American cuisine. Had the ribs was ggod but the helping is too much tapau one final piece togather with the fries and chicken delicies. Catch up with my reading. I picked up one novel and started reading. After a couple of pages realised that I've read the book before. The 1st generation was slumped in the confort of the ground floot reading room while the 3rd generation got stuck in their vedio games upstairs being watched by the 2nd generation.
This morning we settled for my long awaited visit to the resturant in TTDI Jaya that offered really aunthetic nasi dishes especially the nasi dagang. Bought the normal 4 newspaper for Sunday reading. Balik ke rumah aqnd waited for the pool guy to come to discuss tte repair of Ayu's dirty and damaged pool. Slept a few winks and continue reading the novel. Performed my solat Zohor then warmed up the taupau food and snack onit with 3rd generation Sophia. Left for Ampang at 1515 hrs and arrived atAmpang abode in atorent of downpour.

A Day Out Gallivanting

We decided to accompany Onie doing her last minute shopping before going back to Phnom Penh tomorrow. I hitched on because I wanted to see what the clearance sale next to the Wisma Sime Darby had to offer.

Hani's Birthday

Celebrated Hani Shafera's birthday today. A week late so that her aunt from Phnom Penh can joined the bash. The little twitty was so happy getting all the attentions from the uncles and aunties as well as the grandies. Mika recite the doa before his sister cut the birthday cake. Happy birthday Hani Bunny!!!

Ita' Wedding

Ita's Wedding took place on 9 January, 2009. But the adat bertunang was done in the morning and the akad nikah was to follow in the afternoon on 21 December 2008.

Too Late For Recrimination

It has to happen. Our ten year old compressor was stolen yesterday. I was out sending my mechanic back to his workshop when it happened. It was Maghrib time and M was performing her Maghrib solat and Rin my daughter saw something amiss outside and locks the door and saw a shadowy figure climbing over the locked front gate.

I was a little angry at the incident but after sleeping over it, as the cliché' goes, I submits to Almighty Allah after my fajar prayer that Allah forgive the two perpetrators and open up their heart to repent and mend their sinful ways.

If you accused me of having a misplaced magnanimity in this instance, I would like to differ because I was also "a conduit" if you will, in this unfortunate incident.

The two perpetrators were seen earlier in the afternoon peeking over the wall and M went to the front window to see what's going on. By the way they were behaving they appeared intent on entering our compound perhaps picking something. One of them tries to push the gate sort of testing whether it’s unlock. I had joined M by then and saw them hesitating and I think that they must have suspected that their antics were being watched by us. This was quiet evident when one of them casually pickup the balls outside the gate and gesticulated as if saying “we know you are watching” and ride off on their bike.

I had the feeling they were after my compressor and had the gut feeling that they will make a comeback. My feeling make me decide to at least latched the compressor and also make my presence felt by shooing them off with my shotgun. But my failing to hide or at least latched the “attractive items that seemed an easy pick up” was the incentive for them to come back and stole it. So I gave them the opportunity and therefore, I am not totally blameless.

Allahhuakbar

Q’s Wedding

My involvement in Q’s wedding began when Uda Melah, Q (Or Mamat as we know him) mother, intimated to me that she need me to lead the Merisik or Tekul as I came to be informed later of her anak bongsu wedding. I tried to get out of it saying that Shukor should shoulder the responsibility. But the she said she wanted me to do the honour.
I had to rsearch on Sarawak wedding adat cause I certainly do not want to look foolish in the whole process. So began getting some advice from Sarawakian contacts Prof June from UKM introduce me to Dr Kamil and throug him I managed to fortressed myself with the needed fire power for the task at hand. This effort dmanded that I cannot slip up because my dear cousin Q got himself a bride the daughter of a Dato and a Sarawak YB to booth.

Wedding Anak Ajis

Majlis persandingan pada hari Sabtu 30 November 2008. So we went to the wedding enroute to JB. Hashim asked to sampaikan salam mungkin tak dapat datang. Its good that I decided to attend the reception 'cause M and I and Mika were the only Adam family member to attend. I was quiet a do for a kampung wedding. Met most of my cousin anak2 arwah Pak Teh. Salleh was there and he was first to greet me followed by Ajis the hoast. The food was very good and we enjoy the fare served including the bubur pulut hitam which was very nice that M had it "splashed on her baju"

We saiy thank you for the extra goodies presented and bid good bye and made our way to JB. We stop for a while at the beach to give Mika the feeling of the sea breeze off Mersing. I talk to two boys one of whom stayed at Kg Air Merah where I used to stay 50 years ago!

Spring Cleaning Rumah Endau

The need to do it was long overdue. When Hashim indicated that he is willing to do the physical cleaning, I behest my other siblings to help out wiith the financing. Hashim did a splandid job by the look of it when we decided to make the trip back to Endau M and Mika came along also to coincide with Ajis's son wedding at Felcera Blok 9 Endau. We left Saturday morning and stop over at Mohd's place in Malacca. Makan laksam and Mohd donated RM200/- for the Endau project ( Lazim and I had initially gave Hashim RM500/-) Mohd appears to be his old self and we are greatful to Allah for the blessings.
We took the Muar road well it took us longer than anticipated. Probably because we took the wrong route. Anyway we get to Kluang and took the Nitar route to Mersing. Reached Endau about 5 pm. Hashim was about finish for the day. Brief me on the project the progress and the associated problems we discussed it and try to find ways to resolve.
No cooking possible at home so we went out for dinner across to the other side of the river. I had suo gearbox noce soup cost us about RM39/- for 4 of us including drinks

Reflection Eid’ Fitri Saywal 1429

As per previous eid fitri we scramble back to JB a few days before raya. No exception this year. But we do felt that déjà vu as Ayah Nor was not around. This was particularly demonstrated when we went for our yearly homage to Mak Ani’s raya feast where our favourite daging kambing masak merah was not served. Ayah Nor normally sponsored this delightful dish.
We also went back to Endau on 2nd hari raya. The normal round to Normah’s place to enjoy her tapai. Then back to Limah’s place for more makan and catching up on family matters. Also to Triang at Sarah’s place together with Hafsah’s family. Lazim and family seemed to give it a miss. Still not reconciled with the personal episode presumeably.

The Passing of a Friend

Lt Col (Rtd) Mohd Nor passed away between 1600 and 1900hrs on Friday 6 June 2008, in Frankfurt, Germany. (local time) We got the news at about 1800hrs on Saturday, 7 June after we arrived from Endau. We decided to go pay our commiseration to the widow, Mahani and the children, after Maghrib prayer.
Then began the drama to get the Jenazah home for burial. I tried to call Wan Aminuddin to inform him about the death. I could'nt get to talk to him but instead received his SMS, " Can't talk now, am on a flight home. will talk to you when arrive KLIA @ 6.30. Takziah". Only then it dawned that Wan was with Nor in Germany.
After 3 days of drama, Nor was flown home disembahayangkan dimesjid Al-Mujahiddin Damansara Utama and then buried at the Bukit Kiara Cemetary at 2200hrs on 11 June, 2008. Alfatihah!
Terimakaseh kepada semua yang telah membantu in this hour of need.