31 January 2007
The Gate to TUDM
It sounds so distant and almost foreign. But after some miles of moderate speed driving we came the familiar left slip elevated right turn. A few miles later the road signs led us to The Gate, The TUDM Gate. This gate structure is contiguous to the mosque gate 25 meters to the left as you drive on.
25 September 2006
Colonel (R) Nik Mohamed Zaki
Nik Mohamed ZakiClass of 59
Joined Tecnical College Kuala Lumpur then joined Malaysian Armed Forces and specialised in digital Communications Technology and eventually retired with the rank of Colonel
24 September 2006
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Good evening, and welcome.
In a book called "People of the Mist" by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, in the first chapter was the passage, "To his right were two stately gates of iron fantastically wrought, supported by stone pillars on whose summit stood griffins of black marble embracing coats of arms and banners inscribed with the device 'Per Ardua ad Astra'"
The RAF took it from there and this is their Badge:
We are talking here about How it was at Sultan Ismail College Kota Bharu, Kelantan known as SIC. How did we get the motto Per ardua Ad Astra. I guess one of the old headmasters must have served in the Royal Air Force, for that is where it came from. It means through Adversity to the Stars and is supposed to inspire success through hard work.
In a book called "People of the Mist" by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, in the first chapter was the passage, "To his right were two stately gates of iron fantastically wrought, supported by stone pillars on whose summit stood griffins of black marble embracing coats of arms and banners inscribed with the device 'Per Ardua ad Astra'"
The RAF took it from there and this is their Badge:
We are talking here about How it was at Sultan Ismail College Kota Bharu, Kelantan known as SIC. How did we get the motto Per ardua Ad Astra. I guess one of the old headmasters must have served in the Royal Air Force, for that is where it came from. It means through Adversity to the Stars and is supposed to inspire success through hard work.
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It sounds so distant and almost foreign. But after some miles of moderate speed driving we came the familiar left slip elevated right turn....
