Nostalgic Reunion.

A Reunion of GESS Tapah Hostelites.

Amran Din mooted the idea of having a reunion among the 1960 – 1965 Hostelites and the date was unanimously agreed on 11 June 2015 (Thursday) at Sukho Thai Restaurant at Bukit Beruntung starting at 1000hrs. Amran Din played host and he made all the arrangement with the Restaurant.

Messages and words went around among the Hostelites of that era, hoping to round up as many as possible but only seventeen (17) managed to make themselves presence. They came as far as Ipoh and Port Klang. For a start it was not bad after all, as precedence had been set and photographs to witness how a buddy of the 60s looks like now. Some went bald and some with zinc roofing. It was a nostalgic rendezvous after about half a century ago. 

The attendees were: Amran Din (Host), Mustapa Hamid, Malik Ahmad, Daud Ariffin, Awang Shariff, Aziz Osman, Manan Buyung, Hatim Tai, Rahman Surur, Shaari, Desa Hamid, Jefrul Tariqh, Syed Jaafar, Kamaruddin Shaari, Fuad, Roslan Hashim and Rahman Jalaluddin.

(All Datukship, Royal title conferred and Military rank were left at the Bukit Beruntung toll gate and we were all reverting to the 60s).

The program for the day was brunch, eat and drink while chatting. Food came second; old time story rewind and laughter broke. Manan Buyung and Desa Hamid sang the same old bathroom song. Karaoke set would come handy at the next reunion.

Old friends that had returned to the Kingdom of Allah were not the least forgotten. Amran Din, who hosted the Reunion and stayed at the Hostel from 1959 – 1964, was given the privilege reading out the list of our fallen heroes. It was twenty three (23) of them as per list compiled by Mustapa Hamid. Malik Ahmad was given the honor to lead the Alfateehah and the Doa Tahlil.

Host....AMRAN DIN.

The Doa Tahlil.

For the sake of those who failed to attend, following were our comrade that had left us:

Mohamad Abdullah, Sulaiman Sahab, Hamzah De Souza, Fadzli Tajuddin, Jamaluddin Tajuddin, Zahari Yahya, Suhaimi Hj Osman, Ngah Abdul Wahab, Salam Sarijo, Syed Tajul Ariffin, Baniamin Jalaluddin, Fahami Yahya, Tamrin Yahya, Zulkifli Taib, Yaakub Abdul Rahman, Shaharuddin Basir, Haranai Mohd Nor, Shamsuddin Basrah, Muhamad @ Mokmek, Manap, Hashim Hawari Mustafa, Syed Zainal, Baharuddin Hj Rahim.

Alfateehah…….may their soul be group among the almukminin.

After the short doa tahlil, a group photograph to commemorate the Nostalgic Reunion.

The Attendees.

(Daud Ariffin, was MIA, left earlier as he had an important appointment at the Golf Course).

Here are some photographs taken during the Reunion.

 THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

At 1245 hrs Malik and I had to excuse ourselves as we had an appointment in Sungkai.

The Reunion broke up at 1430 hrs and Manan Buyung has in mind organizing similar at his Dusun Durian during the next fall. Insyaalah. Care to join us.

Footnote:

Among us, there was Brigadier General, CEO, Senior Government/Police/Military Officers, Contractors, Chef, Politicians and above all Toh Muda Orang Kaya Besar Maharaja DiRaja but we were just like during the good old Hostel days. Almost all had retired except the Contractors and the Politician.