Reflections Recollections Poem by Noor Othman

To all my classmates; … class of 76/81
This is for you...

Ma'el asked me to pen down a poem
About us, through my eyes alone
So here is it..of you that I have known
You realized how much you have since grown

I will start with the 4 guys from RMC
Ruslan, May, Ismail and Shukri
Straight back, handsome and forever gallantry
At times serious but most of the time naughty!

These 4 guys are somewhat popular
Especially with girls as they were prim and proper
But they couldn't beat the popularity of Yahya
With Elias, these 2 were with girls forever

There were 2 Kamaruddins and 2 Rahmans
Though differ in character, I believe they were chums
‘Coolest' guys though were Iskandar and Baba
They were never seen in stress or in fluster

Faizul, Ramli, Yassin and Hatta
Zulkifli, Samani, Malek, and Omar
One cool macho boy nick-named Montoya
How he got the name I have no idea!

Raja Lope, Zahri, Che Azlan and Romli
Fadrizal, Che Dolah, Yusof and Isaali
These are the guys I don't know much
They seem serious or may be shy or such

Let's move on to the girls in class
There were, I think eleven of us
Mimah, Rahmah, Thajun and Siti
Hanim, Normal, Yasmin and Azni

We girls were always in ‘demand'
To accompany the boys in wards as chaperons
The upah after that is they will belanja
Who else can 'swindle' them if not Manja!

Two more names came to mind
Rahmah, Zulfiqar are the opposite kind
The former seldom smile, the latter all the time
The girls were my ‘sisters' from beginning to end

I must also write a poem on Yati
The girl whose bushy hair is a definite identity
She loved sports more so than her study
She pretended to be smart but she never was really!

Wind the clock 30 plus years later
Many of us have somewhat grown bigger
Our body and mind have now changed style
The quiet ones before are no longer shy

Many more things I want to describe
No more ideas, not much to scribe
Lets gel together and make a good tribe!
Till end of life, strong friendship we subscribe

Have I missed any name here...?
Have I displeased you in words I utter...?


This poem was written on Wednesday 3rd of June 2014 in anticipation to meet classmates at Sam/Hanim's house on 7th June

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