It is only a week now from our BIG day. Unfortunately, this year, due to A H1N1, some celebration events has been postponed.
Apparently, our beloved Ruler is more concern with the well being of its subjects…
Menjunjung kasih Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik…
I went around BSB last week for three days to shot ‘remembrance’ photo/s of workers erecting arches which we only normally start to appreciate when it is all light up. We tend to forget ‘those’ people who are responsible to make the celebration beautiful…
It was raining when I took this picture/s, but, they continued with their job…
Two days later, when it was bright and shiny, I went to the centre of BSB where the Secretariat Building was situated. This place is really nostalgic for me and maybe to some of my family members too. This is the place where I first started my roller skating lesson during weekends. We, (my sis Nuridah & Arfeah and brother Nordin) cycled there a lot too. We lived merely 100 meters from this building, inside where the Royal Regalia is now situated. We were moved out to give way to the building of Churchill Memorial.
AND I knew, our beloved HM would always remember this building too. It was here, on 8th. December, 1962 Al-Marhum Paduka Seri Begawan (PSB) the 28th. sultan then, hides himself from the so called rebels. PSB was never in the istana when the ‘two’ representatives of PRB (al-marhum Pengiran Metussin & Pehin Hafitz Laksamana) went there in the morning of the rebellion (read revolution).
Sadly enough, we have forgotten two important people who were responsible to ‘lock‘ PSB with his ‘sons’ back then. He is Haji Bachee bin Othman and Dyg. Hajah Zaiton binti Haji Johan.
Haji Bachee was the one responsible to locking and unlocking the government building offices doors back then. On 8th. December, 1962 he was deeply shocked to see PSB hiding in the Secteriat Building, of-course with the company of his sons and if I remember correctly, al-marhum Dato Marsal bin Maun.
Since the ‘rebels’ were looking for PSB, Haji Bachee was asked to keep it a secret. A secret that he only reveals to me about two years ago, after I married his lovely daughter.
With the will of Allah, my simple conclusion, PSB was ‘saved’ by this two person. And today, my father in-law is living a simple life as a pensioner. He was proud to be able to serve loyally to our Sultan/s…
The time showed 3.35 pm that day. And this the main street of Bandar Seri Begawan… Kuala Belait a ghost town? How about this?
DAULAT KEBAWAH DULI TUAN PATIK
Tags: arch, bandar seri begawan, gerbang, ghost town, hajah zaiton binti johan, haji bachee bin osman, hari keputeraan, PRB, rebellion, secretariat building, sultan birthday, sultan haji hassanal bolkiah, sultan omar ali saifuddin III
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