ANOTHER HI-TEA SESSION TO CELEBRATE MY RETIREMENT

Retirement should be something fun as friends continuously celebrated your success leaving school by organizing gatherings which involved eating activities. Today, four people gathered at New York Hotel for the high tea session, finally.

We used to go for coffee or lunch after school before this but as not everyone was teaching in school anymore now, it was quite hard to find time for everybody to attend at the same time. Thank god, more people were free today, and a member of the group could not make it as she had to be with her sick mother.

Even after almost a month retiring, I still had to wear the sash. Luckily there was no crown.

There was another end of year annual lunch for a primary school happening at the same time at one part of the dining hall. Consequently, most of the food finished much earlier. We were actually very full without the food being replenished.

There was an ex-student of SMK Taman Universiti who were there to accompany his wife, attending the aforementioned school function. I felt like a celebrity.

Thanks to Puan Mazzelina Mahmood and husband, Mr. Mohd. Khir, Puan Rumaiah Asan and Puan Ida Amiza for the great get together session. Hopefully after this, we could do this more frequently like we used to do many years ago.

THE VERY LAST SCHOOL GRADUATION EVENT FOR ME

   13th JANUARY 2024    ~ I did not plan to attend the school graduation even after my retirement but someone kept persuading me to come and I had to agree eventually. The venue chosen was once again New York Hotel and it was another grand ceremony for the form five and form six students of SMK Dato' Jaafar.

It was always a pleasure to get to see ex-colleagues and ex-students one more time.

an ex-student of SMK Tmn Universiti
the hotel's chef

Guess this should be my very last formal school event, but most probably I would be seeing my ex-colleagues at some other places and time.

   "Once a Jaafarian, always a Jaafarian."   

THE GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR SPM AND STPM CANDIDATES BATCH 2022

The graduation ceremony for SPM and STPM candidates batch 2022 of SMK Dato' Jaafar was held today at New York Hotel.

The event was making a comeback after the C19 pandemic which had stopped all social activities in school.

The students were extremely excited as this should be something for them to remember once they leave school after the public examination.

As for me, this could be my very last school graduation ceremony - depending when they are going to hold the event for this year's students.