83000 batu pahat, johor

Today’s post is courtesy of Tigersden. The video is the Merdeka Eve Fireworks in Batu Pahat. Enjoy!

If you want to see more photos, Tigersden has also posted it in the Forum.

Wishing all a very Happy National Day!
Merdeka!

I wonder if people staying in Kampung Merdeka is especially happy!

Selamat Hari Kebangsaan!

Wishing all in Batu Pahat, and visitors to Batu Pahat a very Happy National Day! Not forgetting the Batu Pahat people those overseas too.

TheStar newspaper has this page about 50 Things Malaysian.

What about a 50 things Batu Pahat? Let me start the list with a few…. (with the help of my dear friend Edder who is chatting with me while I am typing this)
- The Summit, formerly known as Summit Parade.
- Very very old tree at the roundabout.
- Mohd Shah Briyani
- Power Gam Briyani
- High School Batu Pahat
- Turtle Soup at Chiak Pa Sat
- Kway Chap at Mar Chor keng
- Perahu Restoran
- Temenggung Ibrahim Girls School – TIGS
- Convent Batu Pahat

Need your contribution. Tell us what you think is distinctly Batu Pahat.

For picture visit http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/20070826073828/Article

– FROM NST, 26 August –

JOHOR BARU: Medical student and part-time model Eloise Law was crowned Miss Malaysia Cultural Princess 2007 at the Grand Blue Wave Hotel here, beating 14 other aspirants.
Law, 23, from Kulai, was also crowned Miss Beautiful Smile and Miss Make-Up personality.

The first runners-up were 21-year-old Aster Siaw from Kuala Lumpur and Agnes Wang, 21, from Malacca.

The third and fourth runners-up were Joycelyn Kah, 18, from Batu Pahat, and Katelyn Lee, 22, a beauty consultant from Negri Sembilan.

All five finalists will represent Malaysia in Shanghai in December to compete for the Miss World Cultural Princess 2007 title.

When I read the email a few days ago from Mr John Chan, I realise that the students from the 50s and 60s really made good use of their time and skills. The class of Form 4A actually produced their own class magazine!

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Here’s part of the email from John.

In the old days of HSBP (1950s -60s), the class of Form 4A produced a class magazine called ‘The Young Pioneers’. It was only circulated in the school and some copies were sold to TIGS / Convent. It was a class magazine and not to be mistaken for ‘The Pilot’ which was the school annual magazine. Every year, the class of Form 4A will produce this magazine, but unfortunately, this tradition was discontinued in the seventies.

Standing back row from left to right :
Gopal krishnan, C. Selvasingam, Dr. Lee Choo Choon, Prof. Kua Ee Heok, Dr. Lee Meng Kuan, Ang Ghim Soon, Chew Yang Hua, Chris Chong Beng Chye, Lim Hua Son, Kok Ping Liak, Ramanathan, Koh Leng Siong, Tan Kok Chee, Yusof Badul, Tan Bee Kok, Koh Tee Kia.

Standing in the middle row from left to right :
Dr.Jimmy Kua, Kek Boon Hua, Peter Lim Say Peng, Quek Peng Boon, Dr. Chua Soi Lek, Dr.Jeff Tee Kun Beng, Chua Hong Hee, Lee Mang Kiew, James Lau Huat Seng, Rohiat Saim, Md. Shah, Sahar.

Seated front row from left to right :
Yuen Ah Tong, Dr.Ng Soon Lim, Dr.Ng Boo Hock, Lau Hock Seng, Rev.Tan Piah, Mr. Lim Yong Siew (Form Teacher), Augustine Lee Kong Yeng, Alexander Joseph, Dr.Frank Lee Eng Chor, Ong Hock Seng, Salleh Rahman, John Chan Kok Kee, Dr.Lim Yew Cheng.

Here’s the original picture sent to me.

It’s only today that I realise that this blog has been selected as the Top 20 blogs for the AllMalaysian Blogger Project.

It’s really a pleasant surprise isn’t it? Hopefully more people will get to know about Batu Pahat. It’s through your participation that makes this blog as it is, I think that’s why it got selected as Top 20.

I am sure as Malaysians, all of you read The Star online, and have a The Star ID. Log in, and choose the Top 5 blogs. You might win yourself a prize too!

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