Happenings in Ipoh - Five generations home for reunion - Star

IPOH: Oct 3, 2008

Five generations of the late Dukut Maharajo gathered to celebrate Hari Raya at their family home in Kampung Seri Kepayang in Fair Park here.

At least 700 family members, some from Sudan, England, Australia, Brunei and Indonesia, converged for the reunion on Wednesday at the house Dukut once lived in.

The oldest living descendent of Dukut is Mailan Abdul Manas Ahmad Dukut, who at 97 is bed-ridden and cannot talk.

Dukut’s grandson Zaira Tak said the family had been organising the gathering since 1992.

One for the album: The family of Dukut Mahar ajo taking a group picture during their biennal gathering at the family home in Kampung Seri Kepayang in Fair Park, Ipoh.

“As it takes a lot of planning, we can only do so bi-annually,” he said, adding that the planning started since Ramadan with e-mails and other messages being sent out.

Asked whether it was a logistical nightmare to get all family members to come, Zaira said: “If not for technological advancement, it would be.”

Dukut migrated from his hometown in Sumatra to Chemor, Ipoh, as an 18-year-old in the late 1880s.

He married Halijah Imam Awang, the daughter of a religious leader from Kelantan.

Dukut died in the late 1940s but the extended family has never forgotten him.

Celebrating Raya with my family

Oct 1, 2008 Posted by Richard Ng

It's kind of a routine to visit my family members who were muslim on the first raya. We all gathered at my eldest brother's house, Sya Rizal (a.k.a Albert). Such occasion provides us an opportunity to catch up with what we were doing especially my niece and nephews who are now grown up.

We were served with lemang, bee hoon goreng, rendang ayam and biscuits. We were told that except for the rendang ayam, the rest are all bought. Too busy to make. Missing this time is the kuih bahulu dan the fruit cake that my niece Ena used to make. But we all have enjoyed eating and chatting after all we only meet occasionally.

Next, we will meet in my youngest brother's house, Zaidi (a.k.a Robert) where we are sure to have kuih bahulu!

Sitting from left, Udi, Rizal (my brother), me, my son Jansen. Standing from left, Tina (my wife), Ena (my niece), Joe (my nephew), and my mum.

Look at the little space that all of us occupied

I was expecting the kuih bahulu but was disappointed this time as all the bahulu were sold out according to my Sister-In-Law. Anyway, we were served with spaghetti for a change along with mee curry and nasi himpit.

My expertise in troubleshooting PC were put to test as well on this Raya as one of my anak buah Hidaya who was a first year student at UTM got stuck with her new Acer 4710 laptop. It was pretty bad and hang. The DVD drive was also stuck. The laptop doesn't start at all. This could easily cost her RM350 for repair and parts. So I took back home to troubleshoot as I have the troubleshooting software at home.

That night I called Hidaya to inform her about the fate of her laptop. I have managed to improve the start up speed and revived the DVD drive. But the harddisk looks bad. I told her to sent the laptop to a computer shop. We were supposed to meet at OUM at 2.30pm to collect the laptop today (Oct 3).

I spent some time doing some research on the Internet and found a solution to her problem. It was the setting in the CMOS for SATA type of harddisk which needs to disable AHCI. I tried and it works. So the RM350 problem is solved not forgetting the amount of data loss if a replacement is required. Phew ... It was a satisfying moment for me. Thanks to the information on the Internet posted by some good samaritans. Knowledge should be shared for mankind.

This is my niece Nana

My brother Zaidi (a.k.a Robert in red t'shirt) and all my anak buah

Lailatul’s kuih bahulu going like hot cakes - Star

Oct 1, 2008 Posted by Richard Ng

To all muslim friends, staffs, tutors, and students a warm greeting and "Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri". As usual, first day of raya will be busy visiting relatives, friends and students. My family and I too were busy visiting my two brothers who were muslims.

Here is a piece of news I took from the Star paper today. It is about the traditional Kuih Bahulu baked by my Sister-In-Law Laili. Read on.

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IPOH: Oct 1, 2008 BY CHAN LI LEEN

Housewife Lailatul Mohd Noor’s kuih bahulu is in such great demand that she has been forced to stop accepting orders for Hari Raya.

Since last Sunday, she has been churning out 3,000 pieces of the Raya favourite daily — an astounding feat for one person. She uses 300 eggs, and 10kg each of flour and sugar in a day.

“I start at 4am and finish at around midnight each day, resting only during buka puasa times, all for the sake of making some extra money for Raya.

“Sometimes, my son and daughter help me with the packing,” she said while removing trays of freshly baked kuih bahulu from a modest-looking oven in her home in Jelapang here.

Hot demand: Lailatul packing the freshly baked kuih bahulu at her home in Jelapang yesterday

Lailatul’s customers come from as far as Kuala Kangsar and Kuala Lumpur.

“They are mostly regulars who have been buying from me the seven years I’ve been baking at home,” said Lailatul, 42, who had been making the cake since she was a teenager.

Sold as Laili World Bahulu, her kuih bahulu are also available at selected shops in the city on normal days.

Asked what was so special about her kuih bahulu, Lailatul said:

“I’ve been told by customers that my kuih bahulu is more traditional compared with others and that they like it because I do not use any baking powder.”

Lailatul can be contacted at 019-3759449.

Ucapan Selamat Hari Raya dari Staf dan Pelajar OUM Perak

Kami warga OUM Perak mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri Maaf Zahir dan Batin.


Sila lihat video ucapan dari staf dan pelajar OUM perak:

Video Ucapan Raya dari Staf OUM Perak:
Duduk dari kiri - Puan Murni, Sharizal, Puan Ilah. Berdiri dari kiri - Hamid, Fahmi, Kamaruddin

Video Ucapan Raya dari Para Pelajar OUM Perak:
Pelajar Semester 1 ambilan September 2008

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri

Staf OUM Perak mengucapkan "Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin" kepada semua warga OUM tak kira di mana kome berada. Kalau ada kelapangan tu moh le ke Ipoh.

Salam Aidil Fitri dari PP Perak. Yang tak kelihatan dalam gambar ialah Sdra Hamid Noh dan Sdra Wan Kamaruddin

Ini kad raya dari PP Perak

Kad raya dari PP Kelantan

Kad raya dari PP Lembah Kelang

Kad raya dari PP Johor

Kad raya dari PP Pahang

Ini kad raya dari Alumni OUM yang dikirim oleh Sdri Fairolniza

Kad raya dari Unit Marketing OUM

Bagi yang nak berkaraoke tu, terimalah 3 buah lagu dari M. Nasir, Allahyarham Sudirman dan Siti Norhaliza berduet dengan Saiful Apek:

Lagu M. Nasir - Satu Hari Di Hari Raya

Lagu Sudirman - Balik Kampung

Lagu Siti Norhaliza dan Saiful Apek - Seloka Hari Raya

Adult Learners Survey by Prof Karl @ OUM Perak

Sept 20, 2008

OUM Perak has got a surprise visitor this morning. Prof. Dr. Karl Wagner from OUM KL came to OUM Perak today to conduct an Adult Learner Survey. He was met on arrival by Richard Ng, Director of OUM Perak at 9.00am.

Prof. Karl was seen here briefing students in one of the classes before administering the survey.

The objective of the survey is to find how adult learners learn and how tutors handle adult learners in class. An 20-item instrument based on Knowles' andragogy was used in the survey and learners are asked to provided feedback on how the perceived learning was conducted at OUM by our tutors.
Prof. Karl was talking to one of the tutors, Mr. Shamsul

Prof. Karl also conducted interviews on selected learners and tutors to understand how learning and tutoring was carried out.

Prof. Karl was briefing adult learners from one of the classes held in the morning

The survey was conducted over a 2-day period. The first day was carried out at OUM Perak (Jln Lim Bo Seng) where learners are mainly teachers undergoing various Education programs. On the second day, the survey was carried out at Greentown Learning Center where learners are from the Open Market undergoing various Business and IT programs.

Prof. Karl was having discussion with Richard on some of the mobile learning projects

Prof. Karl was briefing learners from one of the classes at the Greentown Learning Center

Prof. Karl was observing learners and tutors of one of the tutorials going on at the Greentown Learnin Center

Look, who's birthday @ OUM Perak

Sept 17, 2008

Staf-staf OUM Perak bersama keluarga telah berkumpul pada tanggal 17 September bagi satu Majlis Berbuka Puasa yang cukup istimewa di OUM Perak, Jln Lim Bo Seng.

Beginilah suasana majlis berbuka puasa malam tadi

Istimewa kerana hari ini semua staf serta keluarga telah berpakat untuk meraikan hari lahir Pengarah PP Perak, Sdra Richard Ng (16 Sept) serta Sdri Irnawati atau Erna (17 Sept) yang ke ...? Rahsia? Tengoklah pada kek nanti.

Hah baru nampak gambar Aina yang pemalu selepas lama dipujuk untuk bergambar. Aina (adalah anak kepada Puan Murni) bersama ayahnya.

Paaaaaling istimewa sekali, kami dihidangkan dengan berbagai juadah dan masakan yang disediakan sendiri oleh Sdri Erna. Semua masakan yang disediakan memang sedap sehingga menjilat jari. Nak tahu apa yang kami makan? Ikan siakap sweet and sour, ayam panggang, udang goreng tepung, sambal tumis sotong dan kailan. Kuih muih juga tak kurang banyaknya seperti seri muka, karipap, dan murtabak.

Sdra Richard dan Sdri Erna sedang memotong kek hari lahir. Nampak ke hari lahir ke berapa?

Selepas makan, Sdra Richard dan Sdri Erna telah dijemput untuk memotong kek "2 in 1". Apa tu? Tengok gambar kek tu lah baru tahu. Kek yang disediakan oleh staf OUM Perak adalah cheese cake seberat 3kg.

Gambar semua staf yang hadir malam tadi (dari kiri) Kamaruddin, Fahmi, Pn Ilah, Richard, Shah, Erna, Pn Ros dan Pn Murni

Sdra Richard mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua staf serta keluarga yang telah hadir sama khasnya kepada Sdri Erna yang telah bersusah payah mengambil inisiatif menyediakan makanan yang sedap-sedap tu. Tidak ketinggalan juga staf-staf lain ang turut sama membantu dalam majlis ini.

Hah, inilah rupa kek yang dihadiahkan staf OUM Perak.

Sdra Richard juga merakamkan rasa terharunya dengan semangat gotong royong yang ditunjukkan oleh semua staf dalam majlis ini. Beliau juga memberitahu bahawa pada sebelah petang tadi sebelum majlis berbuka puasa ini, Tan Sri Presiden OUM telah menelefon beliau dan menyampaikan ucapan "Selamat Hari Lahir" bagi pihak OUM dan menyuruh Sdra Richard menyampaikan salam pada semua staf pada majlis nanti dan berharap semua staf serta keluarga berada dalam keadaan sihat selalu.

Video Majlis Berbuka Puasa @ OUM Perak

Sebelum majlis besurai, Pengarah PP Perak memberitahu semua staf bahawa beliau akan mengadakan satu majlis keraian selepas Raya nanti. Beliau mencadangkan untuk diadakan majlis makan dan karaoke. Tarikhnya akan ditetapkan dalam mesyuarat bulanan akan datang.