Who would've thought?

Who would've thought that I'll be able to meet not one but two of my former teachers back in Secondary school both at the same time and place.

It happened tonight where I was visiting an uncle for Raya open house, who happens to be working in the same department with both of them. Yes, the interesting thing is that they are both still working together as well. One was my Form teacher who really knew how misbehaved we were back in the good ole days ;-) The other is the school Principal during the time.

It was really good seeing them again after all these years. We even took a photo opportunity and it was during this time that my form teacher reminded us that this was reminiscent of a photo that we took when we (the students) interviewed the former Minister of Education back in 1992. At that time, we had an interview session with the Minister for our school magazine. Both our form teacher and the Principal were the ones who supervised us during this memorable trip. If I have the time (and the courage! haha), I'll try to look for that picture and post it as well.

I would like to wish them both Happy Teachers' Day.

Back on winning ways

Image from CNNSI.com

It's great to see The Fed winning titles again. This time, it's his hometown tourney in Basel.

After the '08 breakthrough in the US Open, the confidence is high again. Will he capture the year-end Masters Cup which will feature only the top 8 players in the world? We shall find out in November.

Reports also suggest that he will be cutting back on his exhibition appearances next year to concentrate on the Slams and Masters Series. This will only be good for him as he chases that golden record of surpassing Pete Sampras of 14 Grand Slams. He needs 1 to tie and 2 to break.

Let's hope he does it.

A priceless momento

Last night, I've received a priceless momento that I'm honoured to safekeep.

It was a post-card written by my late grandfather sent to my father and uncle, during his journey to the Holy city of Makkah to perform his first pilgrimage.

The year was 1963.

During those days, we were told that all the pilgrims travelled for days by ship with many stop-overs. A vast difference than what we can do today.

Here is the cover of that post-card. The name of the ship was called Kapal Haji Malaya. It was also great to see his own handwriting, which was a first for me.

The post card cover

His signature

PS - Happy birthday sis!

Eid Mubarak

Would like to wish all the readers of nine-o-five,

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Mohon Maaf Zahir & Batin

To friends and family members abroad, hope you guys enjoy ur Hari Raya celebrations with the gang over there. It ain't so bad celebrating raya abroad. Heheh.

To those who are at home, try to control the food intake :-p

I hope everyone has a safe and blessed Hari Raya. Amin.