It was a memorable two days for me and Endy, the new lecturers of UMS.Yesterday we witnessed the departure of our VC Prof Datuk Dr. Mohd Noh Dalimin. It was a sad event, with both him and his wife Prof Maryati being emotional and teary ; and to be honest I felt sad too. Although I have only been here for a few months, I believe much has been done by him for our university.
I managed to catch up with some old friends I have not seen in a while. While Endy was busy talking to his friends Din the new Associate Prof and Abg Shah the new Deputy Dean, I decided to see Prof Noh right to the end when he gets into his car to go with everybody bidding adieu to him. After that was done, I walked by myself up back to the Chancellory foyer .Lost in my thoughts I was suddenly jolted by someone saying " Eh Jid..Sazmal mana?" it was Prof Amran , our dear good friend since 1999 when Endy joined UMS (but a bit scared to be so goodlah now that he is UMS TNC) We then had a chat and I requested that he come join us for karaoke this 21st. He said he knows about it but he will be in Kuching and will try to make it.
We then chatted a bit then suddenly he said that he thinks the best karaoke session we had was when Sidi, Endy, myself,him ,Murnizam and Din went to karaoke the time we were supposed to go to Gunung Emas but due to a landslide went to tengok wayang then karaoke instead. It was then that he said it was the best as he did not know how we managed to turn a siti nurhaliza song into a rock song. It was then I realized that like Prof,we all really miss Sidi, and hope he is doing well.
This morning we left home early to welcome our new VC Lt. Kol.Prof Datuk Dr. Kamaruzzaman Ampon, the first Sabahan to be a VC. I am so pleased for him and Prof Ann, and hope they will both bring UMS to greater heights. Having Prof Ann as my boss has been good, and I hope it will get better,Amin.
Forgot to say that this coming 23rd July I will be claiming my advanced birthday present from Endy in the form of a ticket to see Anuar Zain perform at the Magellan Sutera . I will ask him for the best seat hehe..hope I get it..
I am so excited!!!
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