tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post288377898492891141..comments2023-11-30T00:11:27.068+00:00Comments on Anak si Hamid: Sekolah Menengah Yusof Ishak - In the Beginninganak si-hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-5152327693427902102014-03-12T07:52:08.198+00:002014-03-12T07:52:08.198+00:00YISS is the school I am in now, it's near buki...YISS is the school I am in now, it's near bukit timah hill. Wow, your life in YISS is so long ago...I think the logo has changed and the principal now have changed << lol of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-14079354312825176702013-10-31T08:59:41.760+00:002013-10-31T08:59:41.760+00:00Thank you Din,
Yes I do like the YISS logo. I...Thank you Din,<br /><br />Yes I do like the YISS logo. I've often wondered - did any diligent bureaucrat in the Ministry of Education notice the keris - and its significance?<br /><br />In the end, that badge will remain the only remnant of Malay language schools in Singapore - hopefully it will survive big brother's scrutiny.<br /><br />What did I teach you in 1976 eh? You and your scallywag mates in JSS were irrepressible rascals. I loved you lot.<br /><br />Kirim salam to your eldest brother Ismail. Now, he's made of different stuff. anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-63093367838985358462013-10-31T08:47:05.482+00:002013-10-31T08:47:05.482+00:00Dear Anon 2.58pm,
Thank you for the comment. What...Dear Anon 2.58pm,<br /><br />Thank you for the comment. What a small world! <br />What if your two brothers-in-law (if they were in the Malay medium) were my former students?<br /><br />YISS will never get into the same league as ACS etc - they come from a very different pedigree and even the name of the first Malay President will not make an iota of difference. <br /> <br />BUT - his name and face is on the currency - that should make millions of difference!<br /><br />Must tell you a little tale, a true tale, about Presidents.<br />Some years ago, this British tourist went for a meal at an Indian restaurant just off Serangoon Road. <br /><br />He observed these two photographs hanging on the wall of the restaurant and he innocently asked,<br />"Is that the restaurant's owner and his wife?"<br /><br />The answer: "No, that is the President and his wife."<br /><br />"So sorry, I'm so sorry. I do apologise." - replied the very embarrassed tourist.<br /><br />The President then was Mr Devan Nair!<br /><br />In the end, we all go the same way - here today, gone tomorrow - no matter how much men and mice try to perpetuate their ego! Amen.<br /><br />Once again, thank you for popping in. anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-3611390670250473032013-10-31T04:40:49.453+00:002013-10-31T04:40:49.453+00:00Anon,
YISS still exists? Wow. Would you know if J...Anon,<br /><br />YISS still exists? Wow. Would you know if Jubilee Primary has been relocated anywhere? Your wife and ipar may remember this line:<br /><br />"Our school has a flag of blue and yellow .."<br /><br />School song. Hehe.<br /><br />I was there from 68 to 73, and our "rumah sewa Apek Buta" was a stone's throw away from Anak si Hamid's house at Jalan Mas Kuning (or was it Merah?). I didn't know her personally then, she only started teaching me in 76 but my two abangs and two kakaks went to YISS and she taught my eldest bro. <br /><br />Miss Hamid, I've always like the YISS logo. Three keris instead of one!<br /><br /> Rockybruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08187242806213153913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-31446208010820523712013-10-30T14:58:09.769+00:002013-10-30T14:58:09.769+00:00YISS is now located at Bukit Batok near Toh Tuck R...YISS is now located at Bukit Batok near Toh Tuck Road. Your former secondary school is still one of the best girl secondary school in S'pore. My wife and her sibling studied in Jubilee Primary just near to YISS. They lived nearby in kampung west coast at that time. Two of her elder brothers studied in YISS in mid 70's. Unfortunately don't know why YISS is not able to become one of best sought after school in S'pore like RI, ACS to name a few. No wonder if you ask young singaporean who was the first president of S'pore they might answer Devan Nair. <br /><br />Thank you for the very nostalgic writing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com