Forest Dweller: ABOUT ME

ABOUT MYSELF

Assalamualaikum w.b.h. and greetings to all my viewers. I was born in 2nd August 1975 at Maternity Hospital Kuala Lumpur. I was raised by my lated granma HJH. RADEN ADJENG RUHIWARSIH BINTI HJ. RADEN SANUSI at Kg. Bharu, Kuala Lumpur. Under her tender loving cared blended with the love from my mother, SITI MARIAM BINTI HJ. ABU SAMAH and dad, ZARAL GAFFAR BIN HJ. HARMAN SHAH, my childhood has taking cared of. I'm the first son and bestowed offspring of my family. I only have the one and only sister named ARIYATI BINTI ZARAL GAFFAR. She is now working at a telecomunication company in Kuala Lumpur.

My first educational experience was in 1981 when I had been enroled by my dad for Taman Didikan Kanak-kanak or TADIKA (Now TABIKA) Hulu Yam Bharu. This TADIKA is located inside Sekolah Kebangsaan Ulu Yam Bharu area.

A new era has just begun. I advanced into primary school in 1982 at Sekolah Kebangsaan Ulu Yam Bharu. My cherish moment during my primaryhood level was Me and my buddy Mohd. Farid bin Hj. Abd. Rahman being announced as the best students for Penilaian Darjah 5. I scored 4A 1B. At that time Penilaian Darjah 5 is a major examination that conducted by government as a ticket to advance for secondary level. In case you didn't notice, our government has substituted Penilaian Darjah 5 with Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR).

<front from left> Mr. Yahya, Mr. Ahmad@Amiruddin, Mr. Abd. Manaf (Headmaster), Mr. Anuar@Tarmizi and Mr. Abas.

Then, I advanced my study in secondary level at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kuala Kubu Bharu, Hulu Selangor, Selangor. During my study, I stayed in Asrama Harian SMKKKB until my age of 17. What a colorful moments I get there. And, one more thing...I missed all the momento and the school anthem. You wanna hear my school anthem? Here we are:

SMK KKB...

Itulah sekolah kami,

Yang amat kami semua ingati sentiasa,

Membimbing kehadapan ke arah kemajuan,

Semoga tercapai cita-cita kita.

What a nostalgia. I sat for my first major examination which is Sijil Rendah Pelajaran (SRP) and now Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR), in 1990 and I get 18 in aggregate. I continued my Form four at the same school. Two years of hell in SMKKKB, I only managed to get 2nd grade for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in 1992. What a shame. Anyway, life must goes on. I put aside all my past life's sorrow, enough is enough. I must think straight ahead. Whatever getting in my way, I will stand. Unfortunately, my enthusiasm has blown up due to all my applications for further study have failed.

Like Spartans always say, "no retreat no surrender", I forced myself to enrol for Form 6 class even I know that Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) is going to be a great barrier for me. But, as old folks say, where there is a will, there is a hope. My suffer not last forever and my pray has been heared by Allah.

Alhamdulillah, all praise to Allah. At last, a new hope just came to me where I was offered by ITM (Now UiTM) Shah Alam to enrol for Diploma In Wood Technology (AS17) in 1994. Thanks god, I made myself proud. I feel like a newborn again. All shadows that always tailing me before have perished. Now, I'm ready for a new chapter in my life. So be it. In 1994 I officially became a proud student of Institut Teknologi MARA or gallantly known as ITM. I will share all my experiences during my study in ITM later. I completed my diploma level for four years.

I stepped into a new world by enroled for Degree In Furniture Technology at the same varsity with new appearance and name, Universiti Teknologi MARA. A million appreciation I dedicated to our beloved Tun Mahathir Mohamad for the UiTM's officiated. Frankly speaking, Tun Mahathir is my idol, he is a man with ethics and principals. To be honest, I'm very proud to be UiTM's student. Why? One things that I deeply admited that UiTM has cultivated its student with guts and survival skills. One more things, I have no hesitate to repeatly chanting this phrase...ITM NEVER TEACHES US DOING STUPID THINGS!!!

My pride of joy!

And I'm so patriotic every time I heared this anthem,

At present, I'm working at Polytechnic Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah as a lecturer. My contact address and number are as follows:

Wood-based Technology Program,

Department of Civil Engineering,

Polytechnic Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah,

Persiaran Usahawan, Seksyen U1,

40150 Shah Alam, Selangor,

MALAYSIA.

Contact No.: (M) 013-2572406 (O) 603-51634000 (Fax) 603-55691903.

MY FAMILY

In this section, I would like to introduced all viewers to my family. I was married with my beloved wife, AZMAH BINTI MOHAMAD in 9th August 2001 at Pontian, Johor. My wife is a Johorian. She once lived at Kg. Melayu Raya, Pekan Nenas, Pontian, Johor. I met my wife in cyber world (chit-chatting) if you wanna know. I would like to present, my beloved wife: