My old alma mater, Sekolah Menengah Sains Johor (Johor Science Secondary School)

Continued from Kluang railway coffee .

Next we went to my old alma mater, Sekolah Menengah Sains Johor, the Johor Science Secondary School. It is a reputable full-boarding school located in Kluang...

OK. Forgive me for the poor quality of the first two pictures. I took it from inside my car while the windscreen has been covered from dirt from the day's previous trip to the Linggiu Dam. Look again at the article Linggiu, the site of an ancient Malay kingdom now taken over by Singapore? .

The following pictures were taken from outside the car. Thus it is clear. This is the assembly hall where we used to converge every Sunday morning. During my time here (1983-1986) Sunday is a working day in Johor. The weekends were Fridays and Saturdays.

In front of the hall lies this block. I remember the girls used to have their cooking classes at this end of the ground floor...



Here's the main field where we used to play sports.




And here's a new block being built on top of what used to be a small utility field.

I used to reside at the block behind, the boys dormitory...

Next to it lies the dining hall followed by the girls dorm.

Right in front of the dining hall is this study block. Its walls used to be the place where pictures were projected for the once-a-week movie show on weekends...

The walkway with the eleveted roof right-centre seen here marks the place where the main entrance used to be 20 years ago...

In those days, the school area was less than half the current size. This surau (small praying hall) was a later addition built over an extended area which used to lie outside the school perimeters.

Here's a view of the school from outside the surau. For a more comprehensive recollection on the school, read the Malay article Memori lama pahit getir SMSJ, Kluang, Johor... made in the blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH 2 years ago. Enough for the night...