Friday, April 10, 2009

Salam Pak Tam, Oamaru NZ






It was kind of ad hoc plan yesterday, when I was at Kak Julie's place.

Being Easter weekend, she is free, and she hasnt visited Pak Tam (Ani) and Makcik Ramlah in Oamaru for sometimes. So we drove this morning in my Odyssey with Kak Rozie (Kak Julie's younger sister).

We started at about 9.30am and arrived in Oamaru around 2pm.
After a bit of snack, we walked down to a house by the beach, where Ramu, Devi and their 2 kids lives. Ramu is an electrician from Kuala Terlah, Cameron Highland and has lived in Oamaru for the past 6 years. They are settling down comfortably in Oamaru.

Later on, Zaidi (Pak Tam's grown up son) took me on a tour of the blue penguin colony and drove to the beach at Kakanui.

Back at the house Pak Tam reminiscence about the old days when he first arrived in Oamaru to work as halal slaughterman in 1986.
He was asking about Naim Mohamad, Mahmud Hishamuddin, Mahzan Mahbob, Sazaly Shuib, Suhaimi Salleh and Taufik Ibrahim among others.
I informed him that I just met Naim and Mahmud in KL last January, and they are doing well. Yes I can pass his salam to Mahzan Mahbob through facebook, hopefully Mahzan still remember Pak Tam. As for Sazaly Shuib and Taufik Ibrahim, I havent been in contact or met them for years. And I told him that Suhaimi Salleh passed away years ago back in the 90's.
He asked me which part of Malaysia am I from, and I said Tanjong Karang.
"Ah, thats where Pak Deris came from." he said.
"Yes, I knew Pak Deris, one of his daughter was my classmate at school." I said.
Pak Deris died back in 1988 in Gisborne, NZ.

Pak Tam is still healthy, goes to work as halal slaughterman at a local freezing work, and goes out fishing at weekend.

We had trout for dinner. Its taste like salmon, meat is pinkish but you cannot buy trout at your local fish shop.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Assalamualaikum bro,saya anuar (canterbury u 86-89)...saya ingat2 lupa kt pak tam,maybe ada jumpa..fyi sazali ada di btg berjuntai,sama tempat saya kerja skrg...salam pd sapa2 yg kenal saya di nz tu..salam

nooryahaya said...

waalaikumsalam, aku pulak tak ingat ko ni yg mana satu. boleh hang join nzalumni@yahoogroup.com? tolong bagitau sazali the same. kawan kita zaman tu yg masih ada kat sini nadzri dan mat kedah. sazaly mesti ingat.

Anonymous said...

saya mmg dh join..IA kalau jumpa sazaly aku bagi tau,kirim salam ngan nadzri & mat kedah.

salam
anuar sudin

Anonymous said...

Kenal baik dengan Pak Tam & Mak Tam, Zaidi, Syahril and anak perempuan (tak ingat nama). Salam untuk sekeluarga di sana. Lama dulu di Dunedin 95/96, geng cikgu-cikgu.

Ahmad.

zikri said...

Kalau tak silap PakTam ni org Kedah kan.. masa ayah mak saya ziarah diorang, depa pakai kete Mini & Mitsubishi Lancer (around 91-93.. x brapa ingat sgt). If betul la PakTam ni, minta no contact pakTam bule, coz we are going there in Nov nanti.

Thanks.

ZIKRI FUAD

nooryahaya said...

Tuan Zikri,
Ya Pak Tam orang Kedah.

zikri said...

alhamdulillah.

ada contact no dia x? if ada, appreciate it.

nooryahaya said...

ada...tak bolehlah nak bagi, website ni public. nanti dia dapat tipon dari rusia, india, colombia pulak. ko email aku, nanti aku bagi.

Anonymous said...

salam nooryahaya..mcm mana nk contact paktam? bole email contact no.dia.
nak tnya pasal kerja halal butcher kat new zealand.