From the town of Bir Zeit, Palestinian , it was reported that circus performers around the world are mobilising in support of a Palestenian clown, Mohammed Abu Sakha who was held without trial by Israel without trial. He was held for more than three months.
In Europe, the circus performers are showing solidarity with red noses and fluorescent wigs and in Isarel itself with a colourful caravan outside an Israel prison. Meanwhile, in Brazil Afro-style capoeira moves are being performed in Abu Sakha's name and songs are sung about him.
Abu Sakha who is part of the Palestinian Circus School in Bir Zeit studied at the said school and was later employed as a teacher had been accused of a member of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. there is no trial being set and he could be under "administrative detention" for a period of six months of which could be renewable indefinitely.
The Facebook page of the Palestinian Circus School had been poured with string of posts from supporters in New York, Rio De Janeiro and Copenhagen just to name a few. There is also a video clip from London and photos from around the world featuring red nosed protesters...
These acts of "clowning around" with red nosed proved that humanity and the fighting against injustice transcend beyond boundaries, races and religions. When it comes to the common objective of human rights, any which way could be adopted even by being clowns with red noses so long as the message of unity is sent aloud accross the globe.
Back to the local scene, wearing red nose or even drawing a "clown" might land you in deep trouble ... Just ask Fahmi Rezza, the 39 year old electrical engineer cum punk artist who was hauled up recently by PDRM.
Two different scenario with two different purposes but with similar conduit, clowns with red noses clowning around ....
Till we meet again ... Nite.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Counter Revolutionary Act By the Stones @ Havana
In early January 1959, Castro's victorious rebel army drives through Santa Clara towards Havana, Cuba receiving warm greetings by the jubilant Cubans. In the predawn darkness of January 3rd, Che's entourage arrived at the La Cabana garrison in Havana while Castro marched into the heart of Havana.
Fast forward 57 years later in March 2016, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones unleashed two hours of thundering rock and roll concert right in the heart of Havana. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans and foreigners euphorically celebrated the Stones on its first ever concert in Cuba. It was reported a 62 year old Joaquin Ortiz remarked " After today I can die, this is like my last wish, seeing the Rolling Stones."
Che would be at the age of 98 if he were still alive when the Stones thumped and rocked Havana ... short of about 3 months to 98 actually. I just wonder what his reaction would be - will it be like Joaquin Ortiz and the rest of the spectators at the concert? I doubt it ....
I could imagine Che and Aleida, his companion would frown with disappointment from their comandante's house, built against the stone buttresses overlooking Havana. Che for sure will scorn at this despicable counter revolutionary act of the Stones ....
Perhaps to counter the loud and shrieking music of the Stones, Che would mock the Stones and read a poem penned by his dearest friend, El Patojo who died while fighting a revolutionary war in Guatemala in March 1962, the final verses of which are as follows:
Take this, it is only my heart
Hold it in your hand
And when the dawn arrives,
Open your hand
And let the sun warm it ......
the poem is surely better than the Stones, definitely ....
Interestingly, before Che was executed he was asked by Felix Rodriguez the CIA operative whether Che had any messages for his family, he said: "tell Fidel that he will soon see a triumphant revolution in America" True to his revolutionary spirit, he said to Teran his executioner " I know you have come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."
There you are two different sets of crowds in a two different time zones with a gap period of 57 years ... which one is worthwhile or rather more meaningful ..... you be the judge.
Good night & till we meet again ....
Fast forward 57 years later in March 2016, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones unleashed two hours of thundering rock and roll concert right in the heart of Havana. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans and foreigners euphorically celebrated the Stones on its first ever concert in Cuba. It was reported a 62 year old Joaquin Ortiz remarked " After today I can die, this is like my last wish, seeing the Rolling Stones."
Che would be at the age of 98 if he were still alive when the Stones thumped and rocked Havana ... short of about 3 months to 98 actually. I just wonder what his reaction would be - will it be like Joaquin Ortiz and the rest of the spectators at the concert? I doubt it ....
I could imagine Che and Aleida, his companion would frown with disappointment from their comandante's house, built against the stone buttresses overlooking Havana. Che for sure will scorn at this despicable counter revolutionary act of the Stones ....
Perhaps to counter the loud and shrieking music of the Stones, Che would mock the Stones and read a poem penned by his dearest friend, El Patojo who died while fighting a revolutionary war in Guatemala in March 1962, the final verses of which are as follows:
Take this, it is only my heart
Hold it in your hand
And when the dawn arrives,
Open your hand
And let the sun warm it ......
the poem is surely better than the Stones, definitely ....
Interestingly, before Che was executed he was asked by Felix Rodriguez the CIA operative whether Che had any messages for his family, he said: "tell Fidel that he will soon see a triumphant revolution in America" True to his revolutionary spirit, he said to Teran his executioner " I know you have come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."
There you are two different sets of crowds in a two different time zones with a gap period of 57 years ... which one is worthwhile or rather more meaningful ..... you be the judge.
Good night & till we meet again ....
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Pak Menteri Buat Lawak Berdiri Lagi ...
In my earlier posting I wrote about the idiotic and nonsensical statements uttered by our Ministers and parliamentarians ... I thought it would stop there but it seems to be a contagious though.
A few days ago, a picture of a certain Minister having dinner in Sabah went viral . There's nothing wrong having a dinner with the "rakyat" but what's wrong was one of the menu was reported to be "telur penyu" ... Turtles being an endangered species is protected under the law so is the "telur" ... Common sense will tell you that "penyu bertelur dan telurnya menetas menjadi anak penyu" therefore the eggs are also protected under the law. I dare say even a primary school kid knows about this.
However not this particular Minister ... when asked by reporter he said he was not aware that "telur penyu" was served at the dinner which he attended. He even said I did not eat the 'telur penyu" ... If I were to be him, I would stop at that but he chose to entertain us further with his stand up comedy. His last statement was he did not aware there was a law prohibiting the consumption of "telur penyu" ... Aduiiii!!! he might have been over exposed to the program "Maharaja Lawak" over Astro or worst still he might be planning to be a contender in that program when he lost in the next GE!!! talk about contingency plan.
It is sad to note that a Minister at that could came up with such idiotic and unacceptable statement. Being an ex Agricultural Minister, he should know better if not being a Parliamentarian who happened to be the first layer in debating and passing the law in Parliament. If he cares to ask any folk in Bera, Pahang which is his constituency, he will get an answer ... Today I read in the news of a Deputy Minister of Sabah State Government defending this Federal Minister by saying that most probably the "telur penyu" was brought in by outsider ... Malay proverbs aptly describe this as "Sokong membawa rebah" or " Pandai tak dapat ditegur, bodoh tak dapat diajar" ... Typical of us always bend towards conspiracy theories...
If this is the type of Minister we Malaysians have to endure with in governing our country of 26 million "rakyat" I dread to think of what might become of our country in the future not to mention the poor turtles!!! I wonder whether there is a specific requirements being put up by Putrajaya for being a Minister or a Parliamentarian i.e. he/she must be able to come up with at least 1 or 2 idiotic statements in a month. Judging by what had been uttered by these comedians, that is being the case...
I just do not know whether I want to cry or to laugh every time such incident occurred ... to the people of Bera, congratulations for your votes ... at least, we Malaysians had been entertained by your representative. To the Minister, please read this aloud "ignorance of the law is not a defense ..."
Till we meet again and please spare Malaysians from this continuous horrific state of affair ....
A few days ago, a picture of a certain Minister having dinner in Sabah went viral . There's nothing wrong having a dinner with the "rakyat" but what's wrong was one of the menu was reported to be "telur penyu" ... Turtles being an endangered species is protected under the law so is the "telur" ... Common sense will tell you that "penyu bertelur dan telurnya menetas menjadi anak penyu" therefore the eggs are also protected under the law. I dare say even a primary school kid knows about this.
However not this particular Minister ... when asked by reporter he said he was not aware that "telur penyu" was served at the dinner which he attended. He even said I did not eat the 'telur penyu" ... If I were to be him, I would stop at that but he chose to entertain us further with his stand up comedy. His last statement was he did not aware there was a law prohibiting the consumption of "telur penyu" ... Aduiiii!!! he might have been over exposed to the program "Maharaja Lawak" over Astro or worst still he might be planning to be a contender in that program when he lost in the next GE!!! talk about contingency plan.
It is sad to note that a Minister at that could came up with such idiotic and unacceptable statement. Being an ex Agricultural Minister, he should know better if not being a Parliamentarian who happened to be the first layer in debating and passing the law in Parliament. If he cares to ask any folk in Bera, Pahang which is his constituency, he will get an answer ... Today I read in the news of a Deputy Minister of Sabah State Government defending this Federal Minister by saying that most probably the "telur penyu" was brought in by outsider ... Malay proverbs aptly describe this as "Sokong membawa rebah" or " Pandai tak dapat ditegur, bodoh tak dapat diajar" ... Typical of us always bend towards conspiracy theories...
If this is the type of Minister we Malaysians have to endure with in governing our country of 26 million "rakyat" I dread to think of what might become of our country in the future not to mention the poor turtles!!! I wonder whether there is a specific requirements being put up by Putrajaya for being a Minister or a Parliamentarian i.e. he/she must be able to come up with at least 1 or 2 idiotic statements in a month. Judging by what had been uttered by these comedians, that is being the case...
I just do not know whether I want to cry or to laugh every time such incident occurred ... to the people of Bera, congratulations for your votes ... at least, we Malaysians had been entertained by your representative. To the Minister, please read this aloud "ignorance of the law is not a defense ..."
Till we meet again and please spare Malaysians from this continuous horrific state of affair ....
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Idiotic statements ..... Are we a mere chattel?
About three days ago, a cabinet member and MP (Kota Belut) was reported as urging the "rakyat" in the city to wake up early in the morning so that they could use alternative route thus avoiding paying toll. Not too long a distance ago, another cabinet member who happened to be an ex CEO of our local bank was saying if the rakyat do not like to pay toll then "gunalah jalan alternatif yang lain"...
The same minister/MP (Kota Belud) was also saying that he will be the happiest person if the people "balik kampung tanam jagung" so that the city will not be too crowded and less pollution. In other words, as a minister of "kesejahteraaan bandar" he will happy and "sejahtera"
We the "rakyat" have been hearing all these idiotic statements from our own ministers who were voted by us thinking that as "wakil rakyat" they will voice out our grievances. On the contrary, these parliamentarians acted or rather spoke like comedians - even comedians are better than them.
The "rakyat" are being treated like garbage and as if they are just mere chattel.... Apart from the above statements, just consider the following amongst others:
1. An ex minister was quoted as saying " kalau harga ayam naik, jangan makan ayam" while urging the "rakyat" to change their lifestyle to cope with the rising prices of goods;
2. A parliamentarian who hails from Sabah and known for his "kebinatangan" statements was reportedly used vulgar, innuendo words like the term "bocor" in an obvious reference to womens' menstruation and the latest remark of "anak haram" to his co parliamentarian...
3. Another MP even used the words "balik tongsan" to his co parliamentarian ... this is racist statement to the core ... no doubt about it!!! Let us "baling" this MP out of the august house ....
I just wonder how long can the "rakyat" tolerate these insults by being dragged around by their noses like a "kerbau" ,,,
I suspect that in order to be a cabinet member it is a prerequisite for him/her to be able to come up with an idiotic statements at least twice a year ... Be a goon or a court jester then you will climb the ladder of Putrajaya fast. On a hindsight, I don't blame these MPs/Ministers as their "Chief" was heard complaining the "rakyat" are being an ungrateful lot in not thanking the "kerajaan bila harga kangkung turun".
We are also to be blamed as we voted these MPs in the GE despite their unbecoming conduct .... So people please wake up and give them a jolt by not returning them in the next GE .... I pity those voters for not realising they had in actual fact returning clowns and court jesters to our parliament and Putrajaya ....
Good night and please sleep early "nanti nak bangun awal"!!!!
The same minister/MP (Kota Belud) was also saying that he will be the happiest person if the people "balik kampung tanam jagung" so that the city will not be too crowded and less pollution. In other words, as a minister of "kesejahteraaan bandar" he will happy and "sejahtera"
We the "rakyat" have been hearing all these idiotic statements from our own ministers who were voted by us thinking that as "wakil rakyat" they will voice out our grievances. On the contrary, these parliamentarians acted or rather spoke like comedians - even comedians are better than them.
The "rakyat" are being treated like garbage and as if they are just mere chattel.... Apart from the above statements, just consider the following amongst others:
1. An ex minister was quoted as saying " kalau harga ayam naik, jangan makan ayam" while urging the "rakyat" to change their lifestyle to cope with the rising prices of goods;
2. A parliamentarian who hails from Sabah and known for his "kebinatangan" statements was reportedly used vulgar, innuendo words like the term "bocor" in an obvious reference to womens' menstruation and the latest remark of "anak haram" to his co parliamentarian...
3. Another MP even used the words "balik tongsan" to his co parliamentarian ... this is racist statement to the core ... no doubt about it!!! Let us "baling" this MP out of the august house ....
I just wonder how long can the "rakyat" tolerate these insults by being dragged around by their noses like a "kerbau" ,,,
I suspect that in order to be a cabinet member it is a prerequisite for him/her to be able to come up with an idiotic statements at least twice a year ... Be a goon or a court jester then you will climb the ladder of Putrajaya fast. On a hindsight, I don't blame these MPs/Ministers as their "Chief" was heard complaining the "rakyat" are being an ungrateful lot in not thanking the "kerajaan bila harga kangkung turun".
We are also to be blamed as we voted these MPs in the GE despite their unbecoming conduct .... So people please wake up and give them a jolt by not returning them in the next GE .... I pity those voters for not realising they had in actual fact returning clowns and court jesters to our parliament and Putrajaya ....
Good night and please sleep early "nanti nak bangun awal"!!!!
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Rambling about " Bangsa"
On the night of Halloween, the word "bangsa" was eerily used in the euphoria of the JDT team's being crowned as the first South East Asian club winning the AFC Cup. I will touch on this later ...
First and foremost, I have to congratulate JDT for their perseverance also my hats off to all Johoreans. A special congratulations to HRH the Johor Crown Prince who, I would say singlehandedly unite all Johoreans and spearheaded the team to victory. HRH had been and always has been a vocal critic of the national football body, FAM. FAM being FAM always live in denial would just brushed off HRH the Crown Prince criticisms on how to managed the affairs and interests of the national football. With this win, HRH via JDT had shown those "little Napoleons" at FAM on how to manage a football team efficiently and successfully. Kudos to HRH and JDT as well as the Johoreans.
My only concern is that the usage of the "Bangsa Johor" seen at the banners depicting the victorious team. I feel that the usage of "Bangsa Johor" would further complicate our current impasse on achieving the ultimate goal of having a single race i.e. 'Bangsa Malaysia". Nothing had been done to achieve the "Bangsa Malaysia" vision not even from those politicians. I would say the politicians are the biggest culprit of all. Recently, it was reported that " Bangsa Dayak" had been officially recognised as a "race" in Sarawak and the Sabah Government had abolished the column "Lain-Lain Bangsa" in the state's official forms. I am not against these efforts as perhaps they might be taken as a step to legitimately recognised a certain race and in the Sabah's case, this would "narrow down" the already mass number of races in Malaysia.
In reality, this is not the case. Just take any of the official government forms, the boxes for race are still there with the main races of "Malay", Chinese", "Indians" and "Lain -Lain" are still there. I just could not comprehend what does it mean by "Lain-Lain". It is so insanely alien ... As far as I know - I might be wrong here - could remember no Malaysians of any races had ever just leave those boxes blank and write the words "Bangsa Malaysia" including yours truly. Perhaps I still did not have the political strength to do this.
Back to " Bangsa Johor" ... these two words to my mind will further put a spanner to our goal and vision of being "Bangsa Malaysia". I am afraid after this should Pahang were to win any silverware, ' Bangsa Pahang" would then crop us and just imagine we have thirteen states plus the Federal Territories of KL, Labuan and Putrajaya in this country of ours. I could not imagine the race boxes will become crowded in those forms ....
Just think about it and I parted with a big congratulations to HRH the Johor Crown Prince, JDT and "rakyat Johor" ......
First and foremost, I have to congratulate JDT for their perseverance also my hats off to all Johoreans. A special congratulations to HRH the Johor Crown Prince who, I would say singlehandedly unite all Johoreans and spearheaded the team to victory. HRH had been and always has been a vocal critic of the national football body, FAM. FAM being FAM always live in denial would just brushed off HRH the Crown Prince criticisms on how to managed the affairs and interests of the national football. With this win, HRH via JDT had shown those "little Napoleons" at FAM on how to manage a football team efficiently and successfully. Kudos to HRH and JDT as well as the Johoreans.
My only concern is that the usage of the "Bangsa Johor" seen at the banners depicting the victorious team. I feel that the usage of "Bangsa Johor" would further complicate our current impasse on achieving the ultimate goal of having a single race i.e. 'Bangsa Malaysia". Nothing had been done to achieve the "Bangsa Malaysia" vision not even from those politicians. I would say the politicians are the biggest culprit of all. Recently, it was reported that " Bangsa Dayak" had been officially recognised as a "race" in Sarawak and the Sabah Government had abolished the column "Lain-Lain Bangsa" in the state's official forms. I am not against these efforts as perhaps they might be taken as a step to legitimately recognised a certain race and in the Sabah's case, this would "narrow down" the already mass number of races in Malaysia.
In reality, this is not the case. Just take any of the official government forms, the boxes for race are still there with the main races of "Malay", Chinese", "Indians" and "Lain -Lain" are still there. I just could not comprehend what does it mean by "Lain-Lain". It is so insanely alien ... As far as I know - I might be wrong here - could remember no Malaysians of any races had ever just leave those boxes blank and write the words "Bangsa Malaysia" including yours truly. Perhaps I still did not have the political strength to do this.
Back to " Bangsa Johor" ... these two words to my mind will further put a spanner to our goal and vision of being "Bangsa Malaysia". I am afraid after this should Pahang were to win any silverware, ' Bangsa Pahang" would then crop us and just imagine we have thirteen states plus the Federal Territories of KL, Labuan and Putrajaya in this country of ours. I could not imagine the race boxes will become crowded in those forms ....
Just think about it and I parted with a big congratulations to HRH the Johor Crown Prince, JDT and "rakyat Johor" ......
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Mass graves at Bukit Wang Burma, Wang Kelian, Perlis ... It's ironic!!!
This is my first post in 2015 .. My last posting was in October 2014. I was in the wilderness, feeling lazy to write on anything. After awhile, I feel like posting this short post on the recent finding of mass graves of Rohingya immigrants at the top of the hill named Bukit Wang Burma, Wang Kelian in Perlis.
It's a dramatic finding I would say after a certain Deputy Minister denied that such graves are to be found on Malaysian soil. Less than two weeks after such denial, the authorities announced the finding of mass graves on the hilltop of Bukit Wang Burma. The media went on frenzy with interviews of the nearby kampung folks claiming to see activities near the border and at the vicinity of Bukit Wang Burma. It is more dramatic when the authorities said their men could not be patrolling the hilltop/slope of Bukit Wang Burma ... Perhaps they should start sending their men for training in scaling slopes/hilltops....
The drama turned into a 'slapstic comedy" if I might say when a certain Minister in the Prime Minister's Department said the "death camps" should be preserved for tourist attraction!!! What a "brilliant" idea from a Minister who hailed from the same state. The next day he denied making such a statement and claimed that what he meant was the death camps should be preserved as a lesson to the public...
It was reported that more than 99 bodies were exhumed before the operation on the hilltop was stopped. The authorities then made an announcement that they died of natural cause and there was no foul play... I take it as ' those immigrants died due to self inflicted then they buried themselves in the mass graves"!!! what a joke and a slap in the face of humanity. what make me baffled when last week I read in the news that the Government will not let the mastermind in the mass graves issue escaped the law of the land ... which is which now ...
I am left numb but come to think of it it's ironic that the mass graves were found on the hilltop of Bukit Wang Burma in the district of Wang Kelian which if loosely translated - "Bukit Wang Burma" might mean " Hill of Burmese Money" .... Greed had overshadowed the sense of humanity ....
Till we meet again .... Selamat Berpuasa ....
It's a dramatic finding I would say after a certain Deputy Minister denied that such graves are to be found on Malaysian soil. Less than two weeks after such denial, the authorities announced the finding of mass graves on the hilltop of Bukit Wang Burma. The media went on frenzy with interviews of the nearby kampung folks claiming to see activities near the border and at the vicinity of Bukit Wang Burma. It is more dramatic when the authorities said their men could not be patrolling the hilltop/slope of Bukit Wang Burma ... Perhaps they should start sending their men for training in scaling slopes/hilltops....
The drama turned into a 'slapstic comedy" if I might say when a certain Minister in the Prime Minister's Department said the "death camps" should be preserved for tourist attraction!!! What a "brilliant" idea from a Minister who hailed from the same state. The next day he denied making such a statement and claimed that what he meant was the death camps should be preserved as a lesson to the public...
It was reported that more than 99 bodies were exhumed before the operation on the hilltop was stopped. The authorities then made an announcement that they died of natural cause and there was no foul play... I take it as ' those immigrants died due to self inflicted then they buried themselves in the mass graves"!!! what a joke and a slap in the face of humanity. what make me baffled when last week I read in the news that the Government will not let the mastermind in the mass graves issue escaped the law of the land ... which is which now ...
I am left numb but come to think of it it's ironic that the mass graves were found on the hilltop of Bukit Wang Burma in the district of Wang Kelian which if loosely translated - "Bukit Wang Burma" might mean " Hill of Burmese Money" .... Greed had overshadowed the sense of humanity ....
Till we meet again .... Selamat Berpuasa ....
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Free Flow Posting on Apak
Actually there are so many snippets on Apak throughout my years with him ... He's quite a funny guy despite him being a teacher. Below are some of the snippets regarding Apak, I might have mentioned some of them in my earlier postings but it is worth repeating ...
Once, somewhere in the mid of 70s, our area was inundated with flood - Pengkalan Pegoh, Changkat Larang and small part of Pasir Puteh, Ipoh - for weeks. Apak as I told you had this penchant/hobby of "menjaring ikan" using "jaring" (fishing net) at the "lombong". He normally went to check the 'jaring" early in the morning after "dipasang di lombong" a day before in the evening. That day, he managed to catch"anak tongsan" and was on his way back to sell it at the "pasar'. Coincidentally, there were reporters covering the flooding area ... they took some pictures of the kids swimming & playing in the flood et al. Upon seeing Apak with his old motorcycle passing by ( actually the flood was about to recede and it was at about knee length), one of the reporter asked Apak to post with his "big catch" of the day and he obliged... Voila!!! The next day, there it was - a picture in black and white of Apak appeared at the front page of NST holding up his "anak tongsan" with a caption " Bounty of flood" , something to that effect. The funny part was the "news" was presented as if the "anak tongsan" was caught due to flood whereas Apak caught it by "menjaring" at a mining pool somewhere in Batu Gajah approximately about 10 km from the flood area. The whole "kampung" was talking about Apak being an instant celebrity for almost a month... I think my brother still keep that photo somewhere ....
Talking about Apak's old motorcycle, I remember it was a Honda with registration number A ... 3058 and it was the only "asset" as a mean of transport for Apak. One day, Apak wanted to go to Pengkalan Pegoh - a small idle town not far from our house for an evening "teh tarik" with me tagging along. On our way there, we were stopped by police in a road block, apparently the police were checking driving license ... Apak confidently stopped athe road side upon being asked to do so by the police. The police asked Apak to produce his license ... Then the "waiting game" began ... The "problem" is this ... Apak kept his license in his wallet and it aws not your "ordinary" wallet. Apak being Apak, he kept almost everything in the wallet, you name it receipts, some notes/addresses, money ( not that he has alot of it anyway!!!), duit shiling and even his old "red card" ( I think it's his teacher's certification or something) and there you are, the wallet ended up about an inch or almost to two inches thick!!!! so you could imagine how Apak diligently standing beside his motorcycle with me still on it 'digging" through the thick wallet trying to find his license!!! I can still remember while waiting for Apak, the police managed to check about 5 to 6 motorcycles and several cars but Apak still at the road side with his thick wallet. After a few minutes, the police said to Apak ' Tak apa la Pak Cik, Pak Cik bole jalan, tak payah la lesen tu!!". Upon hearing this, Pak thanked the police and apologised. At the coffee shop, without being asked Apak told me that actually his "lesen dah mati" the week before and he forgot to renew it!!!
In my earlier posting, I wrote about Apak's old car - yes he always have old things, old motorcycle and old car!! - "jatuh masuk lombong" when he forgot to hand braked the car. After that incident, my brother Asri bought him a "new" second hand car to the chagrin of Mak. The reason being after having that "new" car which was in better shape than the first one, Apak ventured into his "menjaring activities' even further away than the area which he used to go and obviously this worried Mak so much. Thank God nothing untoward happened to Apak ...
This last piece which I wanted to share was an incident told by Apak when he was a 9primary) teacher at Sekolah Kebangsaan Jlan Connolly, Ipoh. This school was a mixed school with Malays (from the nearby Kampung Sg. Pari and its vicinity), a handful of Chinese and quite a number of Indians (from the Indian settlement Buntong). In the class, Apak notice a group of Indian boys sitting close with each other and always making noises in the class room. Apak tried to be "innovative" by separating them, rearranging their seats far apart from each other. Guess what? The result was disastrous ... Being far apart, they became even noisier as they have to "verbally communicated" with each other at the top of their lungs!!! After only 2 days, Apak learnt his lesson and put them closely together gain to "lower down: the noise volume in the class....
There were other interesting anecdotes on Apak but I will reserve them in my later postings ... Good night and till we meet again!!!
Once, somewhere in the mid of 70s, our area was inundated with flood - Pengkalan Pegoh, Changkat Larang and small part of Pasir Puteh, Ipoh - for weeks. Apak as I told you had this penchant/hobby of "menjaring ikan" using "jaring" (fishing net) at the "lombong". He normally went to check the 'jaring" early in the morning after "dipasang di lombong" a day before in the evening. That day, he managed to catch"anak tongsan" and was on his way back to sell it at the "pasar'. Coincidentally, there were reporters covering the flooding area ... they took some pictures of the kids swimming & playing in the flood et al. Upon seeing Apak with his old motorcycle passing by ( actually the flood was about to recede and it was at about knee length), one of the reporter asked Apak to post with his "big catch" of the day and he obliged... Voila!!! The next day, there it was - a picture in black and white of Apak appeared at the front page of NST holding up his "anak tongsan" with a caption " Bounty of flood" , something to that effect. The funny part was the "news" was presented as if the "anak tongsan" was caught due to flood whereas Apak caught it by "menjaring" at a mining pool somewhere in Batu Gajah approximately about 10 km from the flood area. The whole "kampung" was talking about Apak being an instant celebrity for almost a month... I think my brother still keep that photo somewhere ....
Talking about Apak's old motorcycle, I remember it was a Honda with registration number A ... 3058 and it was the only "asset" as a mean of transport for Apak. One day, Apak wanted to go to Pengkalan Pegoh - a small idle town not far from our house for an evening "teh tarik" with me tagging along. On our way there, we were stopped by police in a road block, apparently the police were checking driving license ... Apak confidently stopped athe road side upon being asked to do so by the police. The police asked Apak to produce his license ... Then the "waiting game" began ... The "problem" is this ... Apak kept his license in his wallet and it aws not your "ordinary" wallet. Apak being Apak, he kept almost everything in the wallet, you name it receipts, some notes/addresses, money ( not that he has alot of it anyway!!!), duit shiling and even his old "red card" ( I think it's his teacher's certification or something) and there you are, the wallet ended up about an inch or almost to two inches thick!!!! so you could imagine how Apak diligently standing beside his motorcycle with me still on it 'digging" through the thick wallet trying to find his license!!! I can still remember while waiting for Apak, the police managed to check about 5 to 6 motorcycles and several cars but Apak still at the road side with his thick wallet. After a few minutes, the police said to Apak ' Tak apa la Pak Cik, Pak Cik bole jalan, tak payah la lesen tu!!". Upon hearing this, Pak thanked the police and apologised. At the coffee shop, without being asked Apak told me that actually his "lesen dah mati" the week before and he forgot to renew it!!!
In my earlier posting, I wrote about Apak's old car - yes he always have old things, old motorcycle and old car!! - "jatuh masuk lombong" when he forgot to hand braked the car. After that incident, my brother Asri bought him a "new" second hand car to the chagrin of Mak. The reason being after having that "new" car which was in better shape than the first one, Apak ventured into his "menjaring activities' even further away than the area which he used to go and obviously this worried Mak so much. Thank God nothing untoward happened to Apak ...
This last piece which I wanted to share was an incident told by Apak when he was a 9primary) teacher at Sekolah Kebangsaan Jlan Connolly, Ipoh. This school was a mixed school with Malays (from the nearby Kampung Sg. Pari and its vicinity), a handful of Chinese and quite a number of Indians (from the Indian settlement Buntong). In the class, Apak notice a group of Indian boys sitting close with each other and always making noises in the class room. Apak tried to be "innovative" by separating them, rearranging their seats far apart from each other. Guess what? The result was disastrous ... Being far apart, they became even noisier as they have to "verbally communicated" with each other at the top of their lungs!!! After only 2 days, Apak learnt his lesson and put them closely together gain to "lower down: the noise volume in the class....
There were other interesting anecdotes on Apak but I will reserve them in my later postings ... Good night and till we meet again!!!
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