Dataran Tanjung Chali

Tanjung Chali is situated by the river at Pekan Cina, it used softscape but now has been upgraded with viewing tower and proper walkway and become an square or known as Dataran Tanjung Chali.

I was there during the upgrading works but since they complete the job, I never set foot yet.

Normally in other urban area, public space like this are fully utilised and people know how to appreciate them. I'm not sure about this one because from observation spaces along the river bank are only occuppied by mat gam and such..what a waste of space and money.

On going upgrading works


View towards an old building..there was a surreal feeling ..or a dejavu..coz I feel like I was somewhere Harpers building and Hereen House in Malacca..if you are familiar with this old town, you might get what I mean.

Kuih untuk 'Chain'

He lived in a small wooden house with attap roofing near the river and infront of Siti Aishah's house, he was alone...living his life with people's sympathy..

There was a 'putat tree' at the back of the house with flowers dangling beautifully and young shoots are great to go with gulai ikan temenung and sambal belacan.

That wooden house was dim and looks like rumah pak belalang..just a simple plain house with one door and window.

I don't know much about him..I was still small..I only knew his name as 'Chain'..

And one day, Abang Azam went to send him kuih and found his body lying cold on that timber floor..dying alone

No one knew what really happend ...all I could remember is the kuih and his house near the nipah trees.

Al-Fatihah

Rumah Mak dan pokok jambu air Nek

We are not from a rich family, they have nothing to pass on to us, no boxes of jewelleris, diamonds or pearl, no antiques except this piece of land that shared among three siblings and the most important is the MEMORIES...

I spent most of my childhood time at my grandma's house which is just next door, I call her 'mak' and my mom as 'mama'..Nek was still alive when I was in primary school, she left us at almost 100 years old with small build and skinny and grey eyes due to age and poor eye sight, I still remember her wrinkle skin and her grey hair, how she sit on timber floor in a small room with fixed louvered timber window overlooking the river

This is the spot where she planted pokok jambu air..it was a big tree covering the whole compound, there were money plants creeping on its trunk and roots that sprawling her piece of land...sometimes we peel off its bark while eyeing for a ripe fruit. Everything was green around this area, this compound was bigger back then even though there are many houses with staircase facing this tree. Everytime after the rain, I might rushed and collect jambu air...I don't know how to explain but the sight of the fruits make me happy, for a little girl it was as simple as that.....I like to brush the bark after the rain when its still wet and fresh..some part of it was covered with mossess..it make a great combination with the cracked bark..

Nek died sometime in the 90's when I was in primary school, I did not feel sad the moment I heard about it..it only made an impact few months later and now it still is..especially when the tree is no longer in the compound....but I could draw it anytime, I remember the spot where I plucked the money plant...miss her....

Nek is Mak's mother, Mak is a single mother who is tough and strong..I don't know much about it, it was not an issue back then...this is the house where she lives forever...until now

There is a door on the left of this picture, and there was a timber staircase facing the river, most of this house was made of timber and attap roofing, sometime Mak weaved these attap and I watched her doing it closedly and sometimes I got a chance to try it...

Rumah Mak is a typical traditional house with rumah ibu, beranda, separation of private space and semi private and well ventilated. My uncle ,Arwah Pak Teh used to have a built in 'tabung' which was covered with plywood on his bedroom wall..

There were line of pokok puding along the house and one lime tree..everytime the image flashed, I will remember Nyonya Eng's house, and with that will come this song..'nyonya bangun pagi, siram pokok bunga'....

Restoran Bunga Tanjung & Alhamdulillah Store

Just came back from Alor Setar and the town is almost the same except for some planning that are exhibited for public viewing and feedback.

Brought hubby to Poliklinik Hidayah and stopped by to get some bread and mineral water at this store where they have been here for more than thirty years now, still going and getting bigger with new sotre opposite the road. When I was in school, this is the place to buy 20 sen stamps when going to the Post Office was a tiring task :-) This shop is biger than it used to be, but the ambience is still the same.

The traditional house next to shop is still in a good condition except for the main drain that has been covered. Kedai Gunting Rambut Muthu was actually Kedai Pak Mid - Restoran Bunga Tanjung which is now located opposite the street.

It was like highlight of the week whenever we came back from Pekan and stop by for some ais kacang and mee goreng, sitting on a laminated chair with the environment that brought back the era of P.Ramlee's movies...

View at the junction leading to Jalan Pegawai, Seberang Perak on the right, Market Sbg Perak and Kilang Ais on the left...

Back then when beca Pak Harun passed by this area, we will feel the mist from this high tower..The road is smaller and no divider, cars are not many as now but it always congested at the start of the bridge.. Making a turn to Jalan Seberang Perak was a tough one for me either on beca or bus (of coz as a passenger) where the road is only one lane for each way and no proper turning radius...

Decaying Waterfront

Sometimes people can't relate themselves to place where they live until they move out and live in a different place. Then only the former place will become significant in their lives.

Seberang Perak might be a decaying waterfront village in an urban area but any development should be based on a thourough research and consideration. Any new idea that will be implemented should blend in with its original character otherwise the history will gone forever.

Abandoned old building not far from the river..it might be an eyesore to some, but if you really look at it in a different perspective you'll see the history, the shadow, the pattern of the branches making an arch, the leaves falling and then flowing smoothly on the water body...Anyone who have been to European country could imagine or relate this ambience....there is something about this place that need to be revived.

Rowers practising for Sultan's Birthday Celebration.

During my childhood time, Sultan's Birthday was a big thing for us, not because we were specially invited to the Palace but simply because of this water activities that goes about one month including the training session, the sounds of pedals flapping the water, the voice of the rowers and of coz the cry of the family members who lost their proud rowers due to this are something that is so significant.

Land Consolidation / PTB

Pembangunan Tanah Bersepakat - Seberang Perak & Limbong Kapal:

I don't know much about this program, Land Consolidation or pooling or locally known as Pembangnnan Tanah Bersepakat (PTB)

But its about time for me to sit down and study about it NOW...proposal has been tabled in Langkawi sometimes last year and now they are displaing this proposal at Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar- weekday during working hours.

I'll find my way there and allocate my time to do whatever I can...

For now, its the ground work that need to be done.

Such a 'waste' issue.....

It seems like this problem is getting worst, before it was a small green garbage bin and now they took it away and let the garbage left on the ground. Don't tell me they are expecting self decompositing or something...

Location plan showing the hotspot of garbage area


What is the problem with Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar..? or is it under others jurisdiction..?

Whoever is resposible they should think practically and wisely, back then it was a green metal dumper but still the size could not accomodate the amount of garbage per day, later they changed it to a mini version and proudly claimed that they only collect those inside it and the rest will be left on the ground...and now to make other people's life messy they took everything away and let it be just like this...what a shame..!! for a town that is trying and struggling for 'bandaraya' status, a small issue like could be resolved without cabinet approval.





But don't blame this current government because these issue arise long before they came in...

The only rumuors that we heard was not enough salary given to the workers..ohh come on, what a lame excuse..how to Kedah Sejahtera if we live and seeing all the waste and smell the flavour or stupidity all the time...

Okay la folks I don't want to 'waste' my time with this 'waste' issue...MBAS should do something...

Seberang Perak in December 2009

Its quite sometime I did not update this blog, anyway these are photos taken in December 2009 around Seberang Perak and Jalan Pegawai. Please ignore the noise in these picture, coz it was ll taken from a moving car using my N82....

There many are that has been develop especially infrawork around this area except fot road leading to Seberang Perak, recently there were upgrading work for the drain along Jalan Pegawai






Shops along Jalan Pegawai, there were government quarters along this road before it was developed into commercial area, the quarters were all made of timber and built higher from the ground at almost 1 meter high with concrete column.

This is at the corner of the road from Jalan Seberang Perak


Row of shop houses that has been there since I was born, the one with Saga park infront used to be Kedai Musa, mamak from India where we used to frequent his shop to collect Indian stamps..on the right of kedai Musa used to be my tuition centre at the top floor and a small coffee shop at ground level where one Malay man sell roti canai

This is at the junction leading to tanah perkuburan which is on the right..

I don't even know whose house is this, but I remember that their fencing wall was high with broken glasses on top for maximum security..no cctv at that time

This is Sekolah Rendah (L) Sbrg Perak..its a pity sight, it has been abandoned for many years, and the school and quarters has been left just like that....


And..wow a new building ..4 storey at the junction of Lorong Nipah, no signboard at all, I wonder whether they have building plan approval or not, but according to one resource, few officials from MBAS has came here...but what happen after that no one knows....I don't know how can they simply built it here.

It used to be a double storey shophouses, aboyt three units facing the road and I believed they were Chinese Shophouses influence and made of brick


Lorong Nipah..a small road leading to few houses where Pak Leh, Mami and Kak Seri, Haji Yusof and Nyonya Eng lives..
I remember seeing one of my Pak Teh and Pak Chak's photo of this place back in the 80's..
This is a house that could accommodate few families, there was a small verandah infront of this house where we kids used to lepak en route to kedai Brahim. One of the owner's daughter married a guy who I thought a member of Al-Ar*&^ or something coz she used to wear purdah all the time (I was a kid then)

It used to be a big compound where this stalls and mess are, it was like a grand entrance to few houses here and a road leading to my grandma's house. There was a big pokok sukun on the right with fruits that could be supplied to too many houses


On the left is JKR Quarters, single storey bungalow, it used to be fenced with bounganvillas and pokok teh by previous Chinese tenant back in the 80's. There are many edible plants around the house compound but the wife was so kiasu and that made all kids including Pak Hitam will tresspassed this property..Few officer ..in and out and the previous was Pakcik Zain who now lives just next door , he built a house on TOL..


This is Pak Cik Zain's house..a cheery tree is a must..it used to be a road connecting two government quarters which was built in July 1927. Those two houses were so special to me..will blog about it later...

Peluru mortar ditemui di tebing Sungai Kedah

Peluru mortar ditemui di tebing Sungai Kedah

ALOR SETAR: Dua butir peluru mortar lama yang sudah tidak aktif, ditemui di tebing Sungai Kedah berhampiran Persiaran Tanjung Chali di sini, hari ini.

Ketua Trafik dan Ketenteraman Awam Kota Setar, Deputi Superintendan Mohd Sham Abdullah, berkata peluru itu ditemui seorang pekerja Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar (MBAS) ketika melalui kawasan itu kira-kira jam 11.30 pagi tadi.

"Polis menerima panggilan daripada pekerja MBAS lalu bergegas ke tempat kejadian dan mendapati peluru mortar itu tertimbus dalam lumpur di tebing sungai.
"Bagaimanapun, ia tidak aktif serta tidak mendatangkan bahaya kepada orang ramai dan dipercayai peluru lama yang dibuang oleh pihak-pihak tertentu," katanya ketika ditemui di sini, hari ini.

Katanya, polis terpaksa menunggu lebih sejam sebelum mengeluarkan kedua-dua peluru berkenaan, kerana Lembaga Kemajuan Pertanian Muda (Mada) telah membuka pintu tali air, menyebabkan paras air sungai meningkat.

"Polis kemudiannya meminta pihak Mada menutup semula pintu tali air dan menunggu sehingga air sungai surut, sebelum berjaya mengeluarkan peluru berkenaan pada jam 1.15 petang dan dibawa ke unit pemusnah bom untuk dimusnahkan secepat mungkin," katanya. - Bernama
Berita Harian, 12hb Feb 2010 Jumaat

Old photos around Seberang Perak

Feels like time is running out..no official proposal coming out yet..but I need to take some action for the sake of documentation




I think these are my mom's cousin who used to live in Pantai Johor and photo on the left is my father with my sister -Suhaili infront or Mak's house. I like this verandah with another few steps leading to the main house / living area. This is the place where we used to play 'masak-masak', 'kahwin2', 'kedai2'...and when raya came my late Uncle - Nazri will hang beautiful lantern ...I just love sitting here especially when it was raining, watching the red water flowing from the road and passed by this verandah before finding its way towards the river at the back...and back then I will always wait for Mr.Postman sending cards and letters from SA...heheheh..those were the days..

This is me with my third cousin Ina who lives in Langkawi, my farther''s shirt is light blue
..I noticed that I now dresses up my daughter just like this..dress and pants /legging...Ina is one year older than me, we used to be closed but with time passing by and separated by the straits..we are not that close anymore..but I always remember her..This photo was taken at the back of Mak's house which used to be the entrance, it is facing the river and compound with big jambu air tree planted by my late great grandma.

There used to be lines of pokok puding with colourful leaves next to that lime tree

My father and Ina's at the location my our current house, the house in the background was a Jkr Quarters, it was a semi detached house made of bricks for the pillar and mainly timber for the post and wall, it was built in July 1927.

I will blog about this house in my next entry...till then..enjoy these lovely photos...

Rearrange and redeveloped

I just received a 'bad' news from a friend who is quite resourceful on this matter...Seberang Perak will be 'rearranged' but I don't know how big, how bad or when the idea will be realised..but it looks like it is a serious issue now, they already discussed it in Langkawi..wow a discussion of demolishing a place in good damn place...whatever...not my concern

My concern now is what,how,when.....?

Are they gonna scrapped of everything, are they gonna remain certain part for its history...is it gonna soon..when..is it next year, next two years..? how bout relocation, compensation, monetary issue...and have they ever think that by doing this Malays will be running away to sub urban and the others will monopoly town area...?

I hope that they think carefully and thoroughly..once its gone..its forever...

of Market Lama, asam jawa and rempah cap Tarbus

The last time I went back to Alor Star was three months ago, and last few weeks went I step in the border the vast green area of paddy field greeted us. The journey was a smooth one..Alor Star has not change dramatically but there are sign of development everywhere, a clear sign is less and less green due to housing development project.

But Seberang Perak is still the same condition, the premix road is still thin and the garbage bin is still super mini size...sighhhh.

The only changes that I could identify is Burger Gemilang stall which has expand from a small burger stall to a place with many tables for people to dine in. The location of this stall is at the junction adjacent to Medan Kota.

Market Lama area have a new attraction too..they are food court but I have not try the food..Market Lama was the place for wet market and a place to find 'mee tongek',..will blog about it later, freshly ground curry paste and many other things. The market is small and you have to wear just a not so good pants coz the floor was so wet and slippery and the lower part of your pant were always wet and smelly..it was the fish odour..!

The market has been relocate and bigger space has been provided with much more variety of stuff to find. My must have are asam jawa and rempah cap Tarbus for my gulai ikan talang...Asam jawa that hubby bought for me here was way too different,can't compared to the one from Alor Star.

There are some people who bought boxes of stuff from here and bring back all the way to Kl..

Persisiran Sungai Kedah

Sometimes its nice to pause and reflect


This is my Mak's lot, this is where it used to be a row of nipah trees lining the river bank. On the left was where rumah Siti Aishah (our childhood friend) stood.Their house were just few meters from the river and their staircase used to be flooded but only few inches. It was quite dark around this area, and there were two..ehemm...jamban sungai at both corner..you have to walk carefully on timber plank which stood on small timber post, the toilet wall was made of gunny sack or sometimes clad with timber plank.

From my Mak's(my grandma) story, during huru hara zaman perang..ada askar Jepun yang lari terjun sungai...


Buah something, I did not remember the name, but my father use it as umpan mengail..there are many species of fish in this river..my parents caught 100 ekor ikan puyu from this river alone..and they never eat it yet..nope...



Dear husband looking at his bait..or at his own reflection..he was so excited to go fishing since he has be banned due to my pregnancy pantang larang and what not.

Back then, the river was deeper that it is now and the water is clearer and there were many pokok kiambang bertaut with its purple flower..we will sit on timber deck and try to pick the flower but we were too careful coz of the story of hantu air and buaya sungai. The said that when there are shrimps in that river there will surely be a crocs..

But I like to remember this river as it used to be when I was small...when a bost from JPS or MPKS passed by, the deck will move and swayed due to the waves..it was an exciting experience..and we'll see many creature that I don't dare to catch, it was some kind of siput with black shell, looks like siput gondang..


I like this branch..it make a good subject for painting


The promenade, view towards kampung seberang....many years ago there was a house where part of it were above the water, the house belong to Cikgu Shima (who my mother tak sebulu..for whatever reason)..and later they lent the house to Cikgu Mara, who teach at IKM nearby. Their neighbour was Pak Ei (Ismail- you know the way Kedahan address people..using only the last part of their name..Yusof became Chop..etc)


Promenade..view towards pekan..I still wants to call it pekan instead of bandaraya Alor Star, coz 'pekan' is still more sentimental, melancholy and romantic and classic.
We have a family photo that was snapped here where we line up with view of the river as our background..that was many many years ago, where there were just bare red soil with no interlocking paver and handrail yet...

25 years ago, it was much nicer from my own perspective, the time when the nipah tree was all over this area and where Chin's house stood. Chin was an old folk who lived alone all by himself. His house were small and made of timber and attap roofing just like other old folk who have the same fate as him like Tok Chik Siah and the other name that I forgot. People used to bring Chin food and one day Abang Udin, our neighbour sent him some food and to his surprised Chin has left us..all alone by himself..what a sad ending..few years later the house were torn down due to some misteri nusantara...just imagine a small empty house by the river, dark and spooky...


Father and daughter waiting for their kail...this is where Pak Ei house were, he was a respectable person who was important at our madrasah and he have many daughters and they are all have good manners and personality and earn a decent live.




More to the right was where a government quarters use to be, it was made of timber and attap roofing. It was a one or two bedroom house with small kitchen and staircase that faced the river and the road. We also have a ghostly story related to this house, that will be later....this is the house where some folks from only God know where hide some guni of beras underneath it and we only noticed it when a blue police jeep came and took it and done their investigation.
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(All photos were taken on Chinese New Year January 2009)

Back to school

Its time of the year again for parents to prepare lots and lots of things for their kids before going back to school next year, schoolbag, books, stationery, shoes and socks, uniform, badges and the list goes on. I noticed that current trend, there are variety tyoe of school uniform depending on your position in school, if you are prefect then your uniform is different and so does a librarion or class monitor.

Back then it was way much easier, just differentiated by tie colour..so parents won't have to worry about spending extra cash for the class monitor or school librarian. I wore my pinafore till the end of the skirt rest above my knee and the white blouse was no longer pearly white :-)...it was hard tp keep on changing and buying new uniform.

Our school bag were different from those kids now, at one time I had a case with blue checkered and worn it till the outer layer peeled off, at those time beg peti was a hit...but the peer pressure was less and we did not care if our's was not a famous brand and being in a small town like Alor Star, we don't have many choice unless you go to shop in Penang.

Moving to secondary school we opted for backpack, my normal shopping spree was at a small shop next to Hankyu Jaya, we could bargain to suit our badget and again just bag cap ayam but it does work well for few years coz our text book are much lesser than current primary kids..most of us will adorned our bag with various type batch from White Snake, Bon Jovi to New Kids On The Block... :-)
Book band was a must-have too where we bought at mall or lorong sempit, just few ringgit and we look up-to-date.

I went to school by beca Pak Harun...just a small trishaw that could accommodate 6 pupils..six not two ya..!!we just squizzed in with our beg peti and botoi ayaq from Seberang Perak to SNC..the worst part is when the beca had to cross the bridge over Kedah River...kena turun sat pastu naik balik kat Pekan Melayu..one fine day I fell off the beca and hit the hot premix road ;-P ... those were the days..
Then when my parents had enough money I was send by Bas Mak Nab, small van actually ..life changed a bit bith more friends to minggle but need to woke up early and by secondary school I managed to persuaded my mom to allow me to go to school by Bas Bandaran which cost me only tiga kupang per trip and looks more cool with more friends to hang out and more boys from KSAH to eye...hampehh...but that was it, just look and nothing happen..we were innocent and naive but we never move forward with anything stupid... :-)

I think when we were small in the 80's life was more relax...we were not influenced much by tv commercial and what not..we just go to school with what is necessary and few cents and turn out to be like we are today compared to kids nowadays who need to be equipped with different kind of uniform, shoes, handphone and other unnecessary items.....

Gulai Ikan Temenung dengan Ulam Raja & Mengkudu

Esok dah nak balik...satu apa pun kami tak pack lagi..kalau dulu masa dok Johor, excited nak balik Kedah..naik bas dekat sepuluh jam dari JB sampai Sahab Perdana, kadang-kadang turun depan Pekan Rabu..masa tu tough, naik bas sepuluh jam, berenti dua kali makan, pi toilet tiga kali....pusing-pusing tidur ataih bas single seat banyak kali...sedaq sedaq masuk dah tol Aloq Staq selatan...dari highway nampak dah Menara Aloq Staq depan sekolah dulu..(sekolah Convent)..masa tu dah tak sabaq nak turun bas

Bila esok tu bangun, yang best sekali dapat makan my mom's breakfast..nasi goreng campoq dengan ikan temenung goreng had semalam..tu yang sedap

Tengahari makan sambai tumeh ikan temenung lemak beli di market, boleh tambah tiga pinggan, kalau buat sambai belacan makan dengan ulam raja ambik depan rumah lagi best, kadang-kadang makan pucuk mengkudu, tapi kena rebuih dulu, baguih makan pucuk ni..pernah makan pucuk bebuaih...? mai aloq staq baru tau...:-)

Makan nasi dengan ulam-ulam ni syok kalau ada gulai ikan, kami sini suka ikan temenung, had lemak tu yang sedap...forget about cholesterol...dulu masa market lama di seberang perak, ada satu aci dok giling rempah gulai..memang sedap, gerai dia kecik dalam 4 kaki darab 4 kaki saja..tapi rempah tu kalau makan sampai bau tangan dua tiga jam melekat ;-O

La ni tak tau ada lagi ka dak..masa tu pun aci tu dah dalam 40an..

Apa-apa pun yang mak masak memang sedap..tu yang tak sabaq nak balik ni...

Raya Korban...

Aidil adha datang lagi..tapi excitement dah tak macam dulu dah..nowadays it is just a time to spend with family..

Masa dulu petang raya sibuk tolong masak sikit-sikit untuk pagi raya, kemas-kemas rumah..malam main bunga api...

Pagi-pagi raya, bangun awal..pi masuk bilik ayaq 'mandi raya', makan ketupat sikit dengan rendang daging ..lepaih tu mak panggil (my grandma) ajak pi madrasah lama kat simpang jalan...kadang-kadang kami pakai siap-siap telekung di rumah...kadang-kadang kami nak vogue ..so pakai baju kurung, telekung letak dalam plastik bag

Seronok semayang raya di tempat kecik macam tu sebab dapat jumpa ramai orang..rasa lebih akrab..time semayang tu kadang-kadang tak khusyuk jugak sebab dok tengok bumbung rumah arwah Pak Su Zali dengan pokok-pokok kat rumah dia..madrasah lama ni tingkap sampai ke bawah...tu yang dok jeling-jeling tengok macam-macam..kadang-kadang tak tengok luaq..tapi dok kira kotak di selendang Imam..selendang macam Arafat pakai yang merah kotak-kotak tu....

Lepaih semayang kami turun tangga batu yang melengkung tu dengan slownya sebab masa tu ramai lelaki dok tunggu turn depa pulak nak semayang...kena control ayu takut terpijak kain..dah la tangga tinggi tak ikut spek Bomba..:-)

Lepaih tu baru start aktiviti pi makan-makan rumah jiran-jiran sambil kutip duit raya..oo before that..kena salam-salam minta maaf dulu...

Zaman tu kami sanggup jalan tengah panaih pi sampai Lorong Ayer Puteh, Taman Brown pi kutip duit..masa tu selamat lagi budak-budak berjalan..tak macam la ni..Flat Seberang Perak wajib pi...ada satu rumah Arab tu yang paling best sebab bagi duit raya lima kupang..rumah lain bagi sikit...masa tu rasa banyak dah...

La ni tak pi kutip dah..kena bagi jugak..tapi sambil bagi sambil kutip la jugak sebab tolong kutip untuk anak pulak.... :-)..tu depa punya terus masuk akaun Tabung Haji...

Raya tahun ni first day di Penang la macam biasa..tapi tak buat korban..banyak perkara-perkara terjadi disana..so..korban kami bagi duit buat di Bangladesh..bagi bahagian saya dan Sufiya..kami bagi kat ustaz..semoga diberkati...Insyaallah...

Raya kedua ada korban di Sala,...rumah Tok..macam best pulak..ingat nak tidoq sana ramai-ramai since my hubby tak pernah tidoq sana...

So kepada semua..selamat memandu dan Salam Aidil Adha...

Pokok berhantu

Do you like to watch horror movie, or are you reading Ann Rice novels or do you owned Tamar Jalis's Bercakap Dengan Jin?..If the answer is yes, you should keep on reading..ewahh..I'm not that tough when it comes to supernatural thing but I just want to share some stories from Seberang Perak..ala-ala Urban Legend gitu..

As I was typing this, I heard a wierd sound from next door..I look back in curiosity..but as they said 'Jangan pandang belakang..' so I just keep writing this..

So back to Seberang Perak where the garbage bin is located, it was told that it was among the spookiest place back in the 70's, there was a big tree by the roadside that make a different sound at different time and create a different shadow..not because the tree could move or something like that, but they said that 'something' was staying there. Every night villagers have to passed by that haunting tree from Seberang Perak Flat to the madrasah or nearby village, for those who are brave enough would just walked by like normal..but for those faint hearted, they sure try not to look at the tree and some would walk quickly or even run...I know how it feels and I could imagine how it looks like at night especially with no street lighting. They depends on the moon to light up that area, and at night with a tree that big and the cold windy night...it's easier to feel or thought that we feel the presence of these entity..by mom told me that sometimes people saw a something behind that tree..but she's a tough and brave lady, she's willing to see anything compared to her daughter who would run from my grandma's house which is just 10 steps from my house and while running we always scream 'bismillah...'..you might not know or feel the situation, but imagine a 6 or 8 meters dark path with banana and nipah trees next to you, and sometimes those nipah tree made all those strange noises, sometimes they were like clapping..oo ya I forgot to mention that there used to be so many big brown big, I think its 'burung gud gud' coz they sounds like that..




Back in the olden days, mini concert were quite famous and there was one time they held a that concert and the stage was built near my house, the famous song of that time was 'Pontianak Jibam jibam'...what a nice name

So, you think it's not spooky at all..thats all right, this is not even an urban legend..but its true story

50 Tahun Pemerintahan Sultan Kedah

Menyusun sirih didalam puan

Sambil menunggu tepi perigi

Menjunjung kasih kami ucapkan

Kepada Tuanku payung negeri


Setiap negara yang berdaulat pastinya berbangga mempunyai seorang Raja atau Sultan yang dianggap sebagai payung negeri. Tugas Sultan walaupun tidak seperti pada zaman pra Kolonial, peranannya masih dikehendaki, pandangan perlu dihormati dan kedaulatan tidak diragui.

Sebagai rakyat jati Kedah, pastinya saya berasa bangga kerana Kedah sejarah Kedah adalah lebih lama jika dibandingkan dengan sejarah Melaka. Kerajaan Kedah Tua adalah bukti terdapat sistem pemerintahan yang lebih awal.

Setiap kali melihat wajah Tuanku Sultan di kaca TV, hati berbunga gembira..ada yang menganggap ini sebagai sifat terlalu kenegerian, tetapi tidak sebenarnya. Mengenali Tuanku Sultan secara peribadi adalah jauh sekali, cuma beberapa kali berada dihadapan Tuanku dengan jarak dua kaki..itupun semasa menerima hadiah di sekolah :o dan semasa menerima sijil..oh ya, yang tidak dilupakan pastinya semasa perbarisan Hormat Diraja, dimana Tuanku Sultan berdiri memberi tabik hormat betul-betul di hadapan dan semasa memeriksa barisan, Tuanku berhenti dan bertanya dua soalan. Pada masa tersebut kesemua protokol hilang entah ke mana kerana terlalu gementar.

Apabila berlangsung istiadat rasmi yang melibatkan raja-raja di Malaysia, pastinya Sultan Kedah kelihatan paling menarik untuk ditatap dengan gaya duduk kedua-dua kaki dihalakan ke sebelah.

Alangkah bagusnya jika peranan Raja-raja Melayu sekarang bukan sekadar ketua untuk upacara keagamaan malah meliputi keseluruhan seperti zaman dahulu kala sebelum dijajah.

Ketua Kampung

I heard the that the new line up of Ketua Kampung will be revealed soon, and the ceremony will be around first week of July. Hope these new committee will be much better and pro active even though with lack of fund and 'fun', more needs to be fulfilled and many eyes are staring and watching...

I know someone's name is in the list since he's one of the member of that Party since long time ago...don't know how to react..should be happy for him...

When I was a kid, there were this one house not far from my Mak's house (my grandma) that looks like a Ketua Kampung house, at least to me, who were influenced by old Malay movie, the house looks like other typical traditional house, made of timber with attap roofing but an old man in that house resembled a Ketua Kampung feature and appearance, with many people in and out of his house. There was a long entrance with split level next to it infront of 'rumah ibu' before leading to another family area. The kitchen is on other level, about 4 steps down..

The family area is quite dark but there were this line of bottles with colouful beta fish inside that makes it interesting..
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I wonder how Ketua Kampung house looks nowadays..?

Ais Kacang

Just had an ice cream..vanilla flovour with lime coating..heavenly...but I've been thinking of having a nice and rich ais kacang..don't know where to get all this sweet things..

I know one place, but that is too far from here, its somewhere at the Stadium in Alor Setar, the price is still reasonable, and the ais kacang is not like the one you find in KL...Their's are full of colours, red beans, sago, buah nau and nuts....


Hujan emas di negeri orang kan....