22 June 2008

Heh.. bukan la tarikh keramat ke apa ke.. Just thought of using it as a title to this blog. I went to RMC that day, for the annual OP-PP games. For those who have not known an Old Putera before, OP is what we former students of RMC are known as. While in RMC, it's Putera and once graduated, Old Putera. The OP-PP games are held annually and at the alma mater. On some occasions, we would have airshows and some other times, there'd be celebrities but normally, it'll just be merry OPs with their families, batchmates and some would be daring enough to bring their future housemates.

Don't get me wrong. It's alright to have girls over there, even if it's an all-boys 'school'. The College administration has never restricted access to the gentler species so long as they don't end up in the boys' dorms. It's just that OPs, being OPs are more keen on catching up with each other and reminisce the good times that they tend (more often than not) to not remember that they're with someone else. On that Sunday, I observed a group of young OPs having a good chat while a girl walks on her own, occasionally stealing a look at that group. When the YOPs relocated to a gazebo, the girl followed, only to stop short because there weren't enough seats. The last I saw, the girl was walking along the pavement bordering the slope that leads to the golf course. And a boy was walking briskly towards her.

A mother of 5 who married an OP remarked, "I dah give up dah dengan all these OP events. When these people meet, it's as if they're by themselves, kita wives ni kena make ourselves comfortable,"

Heh.. :)

Anyhow, going there, I took the opportunity to snap some pictures with my darling P750 (yes, it's a phone :D) and the Z610i. Somehow in the excitement of having lunch, I forgot to take pictures of the scenery. Kalau jadi bookie, siap boleh teropong tengok kuda mana yang menang minggu tu.

We left early that day. I sprained my back from basketball and my brother had something else to do. It'd normally be a dawn-to-dusk event but with other commitments and to aid my back, we left at 4. The OP won basketball and takraw and most probably some other games as well. You'd have to be one to know.

Pictures!

Okay.. Lets start with this one. In RMC, we do not have houses. We have companies. A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 75-200 soldiers. Most companies are formed of three to five platoons although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure. Several companies are grouped to form a battalion or regiment, the latter of which is sometimes formed by several battalions. (source: Wikipedia)

I was from Echo Company. The company flag used to be just coloured cloth with the company letter at the top but they have now included the crest on the flag. There are eight companies in RMC, letters from A to H although I have a friend who insists that he's the supreme leader of I Company..

These guns were salvaged from a navy vessel and placed in front of Pintu Munip. On the other side of Pintu Munip is Pintu Osman (taken from General Tunku Osman)

The building was formerly occupied by army cadets and faces the parade square and administrative office. Since the cadets returned to PD, the building, parade square and administrative offices are now under the jurisdiction of RMC.






















This is the Dewan Tun Templar. Our RSM/DSM fondly calls it Dewan DTT, like double dewans. It was where I took my SPM exams and here's also where the co-op is. The actual name for the co-op escapes my memory for now. The co-op is better known as TKR or Tabung Kebajikan Rejimen. This co-op is run and managed by the non-commissioned officers' cooperative where proceeds go to their funds for future use. That black car, I lyyyyyke :D

The pyramid outside Dewan DTT. The camera missed the number "50" above the globe to signify 50 years of RMC.








































































This picture is taken with (not in frame) the Dewan Tun Templar on my right and the administrative building on my left. In this frame is the (formerly) computer lab and makmal kimia building (top of the hill, fore), science labs and form 4 & 5 classes (top of the hill, back) and the library and IT Lab (left of the roundabout).

This is also a new addition. The roundabout used to be barren with only grass. Unknown to many, at the base of this roundabout is a time capsule planted by Tun Ling Liong Sik in 2007. The capsule is due to be unearthed in 50 years time @ 2057.

- to be continued. Kerja banyak sangat kat opis.. haha..

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