Impromptu Get Together.

It started when Dato Malik Ahmad called me to join him for breakfast on 01 June 2015 somewhere in Shah Alam as Kasim Hamid from Johore Baharu was in town. I suggested that we should invite Dato Syed Jaafar along as I have not met Syed since 1963.

I drove to Dato Malek’s residence and I jumped into his car. Kasim Hamid came with Lutfi Tajuddin, Dato Syed Jaafar drove all the way from Taman Tun Ismail KL and the meeting point was UMNO Building Shah Alam. We adjourned to Azira Restaurant Section 10.

The Get Together.

Later, Desa Hamid, arrived from Cheras KL. In the midst of the get together, I remembered YM Raja Malik and I called him to join us. He consented and I was very glad to see him since December 1961. He is currently staying in Section 2 Shah Alam.

YM Raja Malik (light purple shirt).

Desa Hamid (the bald head) talking to YM Raja Malik.

The two Datuks......Datuk Syed Jaafar and Datuk Malik Ahmad.

Alhamdullillah…….five (5) decades later, we were able to see each other faces again, up and about. We chatted about the good old Hostel days. Even the binjai tree at the Hostel perimeter fence was remembered. We recollected some faces and inquire their where about and wellbeing. Comrades that had gone back to the Kingdom of Allah were also remembered. 

Some had their bypass and some with stent installed. I personally survived a mild stroke in 2003. Dato Syed Jaafar was in Saudi Arabia for eight (8) years on His Majesty’s Service, performed Haj five (5) times and entered the Holy Kaabah twice. Only Allah forsaken human beings have that opportunity. Kasim Hamid is retired and currently a Pro at Royal Johore Golf Course and jokingly his fees is only RM 50 per session, unlimited hours.

It was a very nice and memorable impromptu get together and surely glad meeting the good old buddies. I hope we have several get together of this nature and am looking forward that Amran Din of Bukit Beruntung is going to organize one on 11 June 2015, just before Ramadan. It is very interesting meeting someone whom you have not met for ages.