{"id":8238,"date":"2011-06-11T14:18:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T14:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8105\/?p=8238"},"modified":"2021-12-31T04:41:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T04:41:37","slug":"blast-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.shahada.abubakar.net\/?p=8238","title":{"rendered":"Blast From The Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>My parents wedding (back in 1970) made it into the local papers and also the company newsletter &#8230; I found these in the house and decided to scan them for posterity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>BOAC News, 4\/6-71 &#8220;Doing it in (Malay) style &#8230;&#8221;<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Little did Said Abubakar, Station officer Kuala Lumpur, realise when he visited London four years ago on a training course that our picture on the left would be a direct result.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>For it was then that he met Patricia Manuel, a native of Burma, who was working in Vending and Shops. She now changes her name to become Suraya Abubakar.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Both her parents flew from London to the Malay-style wedding, which also included a &#8220;solidarity&#8221; dinner attended by various communities from Pontian (Said&#8217;s district), a dance and even a pop group to play during the ceremony.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.shahada.abubakar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/out.png\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: gotham, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Berita Harian, Rabu, 21 April, 1971 (25 Safar 1391) &#8211; &#8220;Bertemu di London berkahwin di-Malaysia&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Pontian, Selasa. &#8212; Sarjan Mejar 7522 Abu Bakar bin Hassan, Balai Polis Pontian, telah mengadakan Majlis Perkahwinan ana laki2-nya Enche&#8217; Md. Said bin Abu Bakar (29 tahun) dengan Suraya (21 tahun) di-kawasan Balai Polis Pontian dengan meriah-nya baru2 ini.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Enche Md. Sa&#8217;id ia-lah pekerja sharikat BOAC, Kuala Lumpur dan Puan Suaraya ia-lah Pekerja BOAC London. Puan Suraya ia-lah Bangsa Burma nama asalnya Patricia, telah memileh nama Islam-nya SURAYA dan menikah di-Kelang, Selangor baru2 ini.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Enche Md. Sa&#8217;id telah bertemu Suraya dan jatoh chinta sa-waktu beliau menjalani kursus sa-lama dua tahun di London dalam tahun 1967 dulu hingga membawa ka-jenjang pelamin.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Sa-masa perkahwinan mereka dilangsongkan, ka-dua ibu bapa-nya serta keluarga-nya dari London turut hadhir bersama2 dan mentatakan kagum dengan istiadat Melayu.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Di-sabelah malam di-adakan jamuan &#8220;Muhibbah&#8221; berbagai2 kaum serta majlis tari menari.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Kugiran &#8220;Nirmala Combo&#8221; yang di-ketuai oleh Enche Idris Muhamad dari Serkat turut menyerikan Majlis tersebut.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.shahada.abubakar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/localpaper.png\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.shahada.abubakar.net\/?tag=blastfromthepast\">#BlastFromThePast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Originally created with EverNote at 20110611T141842Z<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My parents wedding (back in 1970) made it into the local papers and also the company newsletter &#8230; I found these in the house and decided to scan them for posterity. 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