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My Life History Repeats

Whether it is coincidence or otherwise, I am living the life of a retired civil servant with some sweet memories to be inscribed into my historical annal.

On my birthday the beginning of the life of a retired person, I celebrated at the house I bought when I was in service. Then on the same day I went to meet my mother and father.

Today (23 Dec 2010) I had an opportunity to go back to the place where I started my career life as a school teacher at SMK Kota Marudu, Sabah. I borrowed rented a Perodua Viva from one of the participant at just RM 50.00 for the trip because going by public transport will be too time consuming and I won’t have the time for that return trip since i have a plane to catch in the afternoon. For that odd 120 km drive I filled up RM 10.00 at Bakut Petronas Station and again another RM 10.00 at Shell Petrol Station (no choice) in Kota Marudu.

Even though just barely two hours at the town, it was a nostalgic memory and what more I went back to the now abandoned government quarters where I stayed and my eldest son and first daughter was born.  This happens in the first week of my new life. Not everybody can experience these nostalgic moment. What more for me I am staying in Kuala Lumpur and my career starts in a district in Sabah when going back will incur high cost on transportation. I consider myself lucky to achieve all these as if its a repeat of life.

This picture on the left is the government quarters that I stayed, get married and where my first two children's born.  

The opportunity to recall memories happens (on Allah’s will) when I came back to Kota Kinabalu to lecture on a topic under Sports Management and this is my first lecture after retiring. It is teaching and I start my career 34 years ago is also teaching. Being given this opportunity to lecture in Kota Kinabalu is, I consider a godsend opportunity. As Muslim I deeply believe that I can just plan but Allah permits. This lecture was at first scheduled a week before, that is the last week of my career life. Then it was postponed and it falls in the first week of my retirement. Its as if Allah want all this as a repeat of my experiences on different life, adult life and golden years life. Well, of course coming on assignment all my expanses are paid for and can consider a free trip. All the same as when I first on Sabah soil in 1974, was paid for by the government.

It was a worthy trip for me since I can recall my memories.

17th December 2010 - The Final Day

Everything tat starts will come to an end. I started work in January 1976 as a sxhool teacher in a school in Kota Marudu, Sabah and served for 5 years before completing my five year term contract with the government of Sabah. I returned and served as a teacher too at a Chinese Type Secondary school in Alor Setar before being transfered to Jitra. Then I was transfered again to another school in the same district and served until April 1995 as a school teacher and Track and Field coach. I and some friends who were transfered to the school to coach the Tunas Cemerlang athletes, a National Sports Council development program, build up the school from unknown in sports to one of the sports powerhouse in Kedah. 

Beginning 1st April 1995 I migrated and work at the present organisation and today 17th December 2010 is my last day in office because I will be on compulsory retirement from the service. Beginning 19th December I will be a YB. Nope! Not Yang Berhormat but a Yang Bersara. 

I don't know what will life be when I wake up next Monday 20th Dec and find that I am already jobless. It has been 34 years I wake up on every working weekdays and get ready to go to work but now I wake up and just sit there doing nothing. Its quite difficult to adapt to a new life after been doing something that has become a routine in your life. 

Just hours away and I will put my last thumbprint out and I will leave the government service after being satisfied with what I have done for the nation. I have been performing without fail all my duties and I thank Allah for giving me the health to enable me to carry out my duty single handedly throughout the country. With the backup of my efficient clerk of course. 

Thanks to all who have helped me in one way or another in fulfilling my duties to the nation. I have disseminated my knowledge and to those who had been involved, please share the knowledge with others. 

Malaysian jokes Just To brighten your day.

JOKE NUMBER 1 Najib, Pak Lah, and Old man Mahathir were patrolling in a helicopter.  Old Man Mahathir: "If I drop a piece of RM1000 note from here, the person that picks it up must be very happy." Pak Lah: "If I throw two pieces of RM500notes down, it will make 2 persons happy." Najib: "If I drop TEN pieces of RM100notes, there will be 10 happy people." The pilot murmuring to himself: "Why don't all of you just jump down from here, that will make 25 million people happy." JOKE NUMBER 2 Samy V wished to enhance his reputation by publishing a series of stamps with his portraits. 1 month after the launch, Samy surveys its sales.  Post Office Chief: "Not bad... but we got quite a number of complaints that the glue is not strong enough." Samy:  : "Really...?" He spits at the back of the stamp and sticks the stamp on an envelope:  "The glue seems ok." Post Office Chief::  "Yes, but every one spits on the front of the stamp ...." JOKE NUMBER 3 One Midnight, Najib went for supper and bumped into a robber. Robber: "Give me all your money!!" Najib was very angry: "I am the honorable Prime Minister!" Robber: "Well, then ... return all my money."

 JOKE NUMBER 4

One fine day, Najib, Muyahiddin and parliament members were on the way to a meeting where they all crashed in an accident and was rushed to the hospital.

The reporters were at the hospital, the  doctor shook his head "We have done our best to rescue the PM but ..."                   

Reporters:"How about Muyahiddin?"

Doctor:"We were unable to rescue him either ..."

Reporters:"Who have you saved?"

The doctor was excited:" Malaysia  is now saved!"
 JOKE NUMBER 5

Samy V visited the psychiatric hospital. All the patients hurray for him but there is one patient who ignored Samy.

Samy: "Why does he not welcome me?"

Doc: "He is normal today (not insane)."
JOKE NUMBER 6
Election campaign time -- car load of politicians were involved in a car accident.

A farmer saw and rushed to the scene but all the passengers were dead.
He buried all the passengers.
Few days later, the police in charge found the farmer and asked where all
the politicians were and was told that they had all been buried.

Police: "Did they all die?"
Farmer: "Hmmm, Samy was screaming that he is still alive when I buried him"

Police: "Then why you bury him anyway?"

Farmer: "Because Samy never tells the truth."

Happy Maal Hijrah

Today is the 1st Muharram 1432 marking the first day of the the year in the Muslim calendar. The year starts after sunset when the Maghrib call for prayer fills the air. When we hear the azan its the change from one year to another. Thanks Allah that we are still spared our lives to sail the New Year with full of new  resolution/s.
This new year I will begin a new chapter in life as a pensioner and from today I have another 12 days to serve the country since start my career in 1976.
To all my readers Muslim or not, I wish all of you

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT MAAL HIJRAH 1432

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