MY FRIEND, CAPTAIN MANSOR

Back in the early '80s, I was posted to Stampin Secondary School . Most of the staff came from Peninsular Malaysia as the school is one of the first to use Bahasa Malaysia as a medium of instruction.I made a lot of friends frm Peninsular Malaysia.

One of the programmes during that time was the exchange of students from Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah to Sarawak sponsored by Sarawak Foundation.During school holidays, thoses student that came from Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia did not go back to their homes as the the cost of transport would be quite expensive . Sarawak Foundation would only provide them with air tickets back to their home towns once a year i.e. during the year end holiday.During mid term holidays I used to 'adopt' those students. They stayed in my home for two weeks. One of them that I could recall is Farizol, son of army captain by the name Mansor.

In 1982 , his father was transferred to Kuching. Its so nice to meet Farizul's family. Captain Mansor and I became good friends. Durin Eid Fitri 0s 1983, He brought his family along to visit me and my family. From then on we have started a beautiful relation between the two families.

Few years after that, Captain Mansor and his family were transferred back to Peninsular Malaysia. We have lost contact since then. I really hope to be able to meet this beatiful family again in the near future.