balik kampung....

Bagan Serai, to be exact..
Mom's hometown on my Grams side.
Dolu dolu kala, angkatan my late great2 grandfather, ran away from Padang,Sumatera to Tanah Melayu. Derang naik 7 bijik kapal and landed kat mana, aku pun x tau. hahaha.. yg pasti, the main reason larik sini sebab Sumatera kena ambush and also mmg dh plan nak mai sebarkan dakwah tapi dok delay... jadi dakwah dh jatuh no 2...

Grams big brother, whom took charge back then, has all it takes in terms of money, power & also leadership.
Settling down in BaganSerai as the most known guy is not easy. We had a family business doing 'ais kepal' and Art (doing kerawang and also songkok and other art related thingy) in BaganSerai town. From Bagan Serai up till Selama, all the estates were owned by us.



In year 1930, Grams kawen. Since dat she's the youngest most manja sis of her BigBro, her brother built her a house. Siap dgn peti besi and masa zaman tu, sume org call the house as 'Rumah Tinggi'.

The house i so big dat it can fit 7 big family (consist of anak pinak 8 org satu family) all together. Disebabkan arwah atuk army, selalulah Grams kena tinggal. Which is why, abang dia buatkan rumah untuk dia. Rumah tu, ade 3 seksyen. Depan is for tetamu aka the living hall. tapi, ade terselit one room yg hanya di duduk oleh Grams BigBro. (Yes, dia anak banak ddk sekali rumah tu... dia sorang je lelaki, adik2 pompuan lagi dua sume dia kasi rumah gak siap tanah lagi kat area tu jugak.. walking distance je sume..nama pun kampung kan? :P)

2nd section consist of two extra big room and another hall is for his family... and the last section is Grams area.
Dapurnya besar leh main bowling and ada satu ruang khas siap lubang kat lantai untuk basuh pinggan.

However, along the way, after Grams BigBro passed away, banyak la perampasan kuasa & politik family berlaku. Lagipun, anak2 Grams sumenya pompuan..lagik la kena buli. After all, sume lari study kat luar and Grams halalkan jer rumah tu untuk sesapa yg berkenan sangat.

Allah is great kan, to date, rumah ni djaga oleh my cousin. dia sengsorang je jaga rumah sebesar2 alam tu. :)

Once in a while, we all ada lah balik. Jenguk dia & rumah...
Mom, my first & second cousin was born there.

What ever it is..'Rumah Tinggi' tetap di hati..

So, dats my kampung..