Sunday, May 21, 2017

Nak takut apa, basikal ada

Nik and I drove to Bukit Kuin 2 balik hari to meet an old imam.So mcm biasa I pun tanya kisah-kisah lamanya.He said in the 60s, he used to cycle from Kuantan to KT where his parents were or go to Kelantan and back.To Tganu naik basikal 9 hours.Masa tu hutan tebal lagi.His father would tell him, jgn takut, awak ada basikal (gamaknya kalau nampak hantu or kejar dek rimau, kayuhlah laju-laju.)

I find his stories fascinating.He said antara laluan dia was what is now Pelabuhan Kuantan.Zaman tu, banyak sangat burung-burung merak. I was like..er..bukan merak dari India ke? Yang kita nampak sekarang cuma yang dalam zoo tu aje.Oh so sad..habis alam sekitar kita rosakkan sekali dengan makhluk yang tinggal di dalamnya.

Today pagi lagi I dah ke UIA to interview En Zul yang tahu banyak pasal sejarah Rao di Kalumpang.He said they came from jalur Rawa di Raub.One of them yang tidak mahu tersepit di antara dua perang saudara bawa diri ke Tanjung Malim and buka penempatan di situ.Then baru Kalumpang.Dulu Kalumpanglah yang paling meriah, paling bergaya sehingga tak berani orang meminang anak dara Kalumpang cos' they were rich (bijih timah wealth).Tun Hasmah Ali berasal from jalur Tanjung Malim/Kalumpang.En. Zul punya family story boleh buat filem kata anaknya Amin. Every time I meet a new link...rasa keluarga tu timbul.En Zul tanya awak ada darah Rawa.I said takut kena penampar.Sebab he said Rawa ni tak boleh mengaku2... Ada tulahnya.Cara nak kenal macam ni, if two people ngaku dia Rawa, yang sorang yang tak percaya will say let me slap you..kalau betul kau Rawa, ada tandanya (tandanya secara spontan yg kena tampar tu akan menampar balik yg menampar.Haha). Pernah one guy ditampar, the other guy tak tertampar yg menampar dan dgn sendiri mengaku dia Mandailing.Weii...ni technique baru.En Zul said tu sebab di kalangan komuniti Rawa they will say to each other bukan kirim salam to anu or anu but "kirim penumbuk ya ke so and so".

I think these stories are fascinating.Kita suka dengar.

2 comments:

ubuntu_linux said...

because the title has the word basikal, my eyes somehow replaced "drove" in Nik and I drove with "cycled" until the next few lines, and I was impressed with the cycling as I read, but bukan sebenarnya hihihi

Faridah said...

Ubuntu: sorry if my rantings can be confusing sometimes but there are no rules to rantings. :D