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..
Friday, June 12, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
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)
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)
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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.....
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.....
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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...
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...
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...
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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
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
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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.
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.
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