KSAH 100 TAHUN

Sempat pulang semalam ke Alor Setar untuk menyertai Perayaan 100 Tahun Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid. Jam 11.00 pagi aku melangkah masuk megah melihat bangunan utama KSAH tersergam indah membawa seribu kenangan yang masih segar di ingatan. Memang mengharap dapat berjumpa kawan-kawan lama terutama kawan sekelas dulu.

Tempat pertama yang dituju ialah bilik ketiga bangunan yang menghala ke padang. Itulah bilik semasa aku di tingkatan 5C pada tahun 1969.

The famous class labelled as 'The dirtiest and the noisiest class in school' back then . Tiga minggu berturut kami menyandang gelaran tersebut sehinggalah mendapat teguran daripada Mr Boonlert Somchit, guru PE kami. He threw us a challenge. Change for the better.

Monitor Kua Sin Tian membuat keputusan. Enough is enough. Semua sepakat kelas perlu berubah. Dengan segala usaha dan muafakat, bilik kelas bertukar wajah. Lantai bersih, meja teratur dan gambar-gambar tersusun indah di billboard di belakang kelas. Everybody was on the best behaviour. No more talking, no more playing even when there wasn't any teacher in the class. In no time we were declared as the cleanest and the best decorated class in the school. We proved that we could change. For three successive weeks, we were the champion.

Well, I guessed boys are boys. We got tired of being champion week in and week out, so decided to go back to our old ways.

Mrs Rosie Subramaniam was our form teacher then. She also taught us English. Being quite a small kid, I was given the desk right in front of her table. She was a good, caring and dedicated teacher. Yes, she was indeed.

Wajah-wajah guru seperti Mr Ch'ng chin Eong, Ustaz Minhad, Cikgu Nordin Dahaman, Apek dan Mr Goh Ah Kow masih segar di ingatan.

Dari kelas menuju ke Dewan. Kelihatan Tuanku Sultan Abdul Halim, Tuanku Raja Muda dan Tun Mahathir serta Tun Dr Hasmah diluar Dewan. Majlis pagi selesai sudah. Lagu 'Allah Selamatkan Sultan' berkumandang menandakan keberangkatan balik Tuanku Sultan dan Sultanah.

Sempat bersalaman dengan Tun Mahathir semasa beliau merasmikan Galeri Seni selepas keberangkatan balik Tuanku Sultan.

KSAH sentiasa bertakhta di hati ini walau pun sudah berpuluh tahun ditinggalkan.

Sayang tidak kelihatan walau pun seorang rakan sekelas semasa perayaan walau pun manusia berpusu-pusu membanjiri hadir.