So long..starting new life in north peninsular Malaysia

It's been so long since my last entry.
I have started my new job,moving to Bukit Kayu Hitam town and try to live slow and smooth.
It just take me about 20 minutes from my home to the office and driving in the highway road without a toll.
The life here most like rural folks,and mostly the people here are origin from the village,and the only reason the outsider moving in because they are goverment servant like myself either as a teacher,army,custom dept or fire bridged.
I had promise to dedicated my full page of Bukit Kayu Hitam,well hopefully this will be help for those who want to move here or to searching for info here.
My entry is not coverage all the BKH (Bukit Kayu Hitam) ..its cover my home area.
Before reaching to the immigrant office and to the borders check point,there were the junction at the end of the highway.So the are population of most of the goverment servant.There also a clinic,post office,small shop lot,housing area and school.I wondered how the place look like before moving in here,it's like a cowboy town as you may say.

My full page to BKH town somehow not that much detsil as I still not familiar yet.In this entry I just focus on my reside area.


The way to the borders and the junction.Reside area before border to turn left.On friday there will be a traffic jam of truck and lorry container

Post office,next to the small bush..uhh bit scary to bring along the money for bank-in



The post office parking..'very green'..

The boarding school next to the highway

The highway...




The reside housing terrace
The shoplots

Small shop here..but there a lot of shop lot here with the food corner,duty free shop,market and price of raw item quite high but the food stall was cheaper




Way to my working place.Almosst every morning was cover by mist and cold

The view from a far at the roundbout of the hill

The highway..up and down on the hill

Seksa gile nk cr info psl area Bukit Kayu Hitam ni..

Since I will be moving to the Bukit Kayu Hitam area end of this month,I try to search as much as the info as I could.But..no that much info except this town is a Malaysia-Thailand border and duty-free centre.
Gosh..susahnya nk dpt info psl BKH ni..Xperrrr..nnti aku dh pi sana,aku akn dedicated satu blog pasal BKH ni.Aku nk survey sb nk tau any easy acess yg aku boleh dpt kt sana sb aku kn pindah dgn ank2,jd nk taulah ada pasaraya ker,salon rambut ker,kedai buku ker...Wait till I reside there,then I will create and dedicate a full page story of the Bukit Kayu Hitam town area,hows the day of their resident and how is the feeling here to be surround by the hill and tropical rain forest.
I believe many of us who want to move here,whether due to appointed as a civil servant or doing some errands to cover the Bukit Kayu Hitam area will try to obtain as much as the info of BKH to be prepare.

The map of Bukit Kayu Hitam -Google


The duty free complex at the border Malaysia-Thailand
 This pic I obtain from the internet but its seem that only this can related to BKH.

Zaman dulu-dlu....

Dulu zaman dok kt kg...kenangan umur 8,9,10 tahun asyik dok main keliling kg mengalahkan budak2 lelaki..main senapang,polis sentri,congkak,jengket (yg kaki sebelah tu..kedah panggil main jengket),main tanah buat kek dlm tempurung..bestnya!!
Yg sadis tu.. apa yg kitorg wat kt tok nek,org tua dkt umh aku,dh tua dan dok sorg2.Kami bg kek yg kami buat dari tanah (tanah campur air pastu jemur,kira jd kek tanah,cantik pulak tu) ,pastu letak dlm daun pisang,last sekali suruh salah sorg geng yg dipercayai tok nek tu (sb mak dia selalu suruh dia hantar lauk kt tok nek tu) utk hntar kek tanah tu.PEhh punyalah suka org tua tu dpt kek..tgk2 tanah!jahat sungguh masa tu, tak termasuk lg curi tebu dan jambu batu kt kebun org..Siap ada geng 5 sekawan a.k.a SHAN..haha...Mandi sungai pn sama-sama bogel sampai kena kejar org yg'otak tak centre' ..tp masa tu main dlm hutan,tak ada sapa pn nk kacau,tak ada kes rogol+bunuh budak mcm skrg..baik org2 dulu..jahat2 budak bujang kt kg aku dulupn, abis kuat diorg ngendap ank dara org jer.Bdk2 ni depa langsung tak kacau.Kacau suh krim slm kt kakak aku yg cun ada la..
Main masak-masak guna daun pokok tu dh kira mcm mkn nasi dh..tiap ari ngadap tambah lg time cuti sekolah.Main nenek2,puteri2 pn selalu.main puteri ni gua tension sb asik orang sama jadi putri.aku asik kena jadi dayang sebab tak comel kot.pastu guna daun pokok jdkn duit utk beli ikan tipu2.adalah yg jd penjual ikan,jual aiskrim tipu.Ceh,pastu sume tido jap,nnti ada la yg buat bunyi aym berkokok..then sume pn bgn mulakan hari baru...abis hutan kt belakang umg jd cerah sb kami tebas utk jdkn umh kami dan kawasan 'kg' kami..klu bln posa masing2 x larat jadi asik main batu seremban jek..dhtu asik org yg yg sama jek menang sb dia terror!tu yg aku mls nk main sb aku x terror sgt..Tv kt umh manalah ada masa tu..umo aku dlm 6thn cmtu,dlm thn '83.'84..rindu weh....
Pastu buat jam tgn dari daun kelapa,ckp dgn kwn2 guna jam palsu tu..konon jam palsu tu mcm hp la..
pdhal kwn kt sebelah je pn..tgk imaginasi tinggi tu...Tgk2 skrg pn dh ada teknologi mcm tu..

Ni la idola aku masa tu..siap pi tgk ramai2 kt umh kwn yg ada tv,lepas tgk konon cita-cita nk kawin dgn mamat ni haaaa....kui kuiii..pastu ada lg hero..cite Ninja yg ada group jgk,Yin,Sasuka dan len2 yg aku dh lupa dh..
Gaban...ramai gile peminat dia masa tu...
Kartun pn tgk yg bermoral jek..hehe...
masa tu minat gila tgk kartun ni....skrg pn patut ada gk selingan cite ni bg ank2 tgk...sb ni kn hikayat zaman dulu...
Kancil yg bijak..guna nama Raja Sulaiman jek kejanya...
Lah...buaya pn kena tipu..satu dua aku lekuk..tiga empat kena ketuk...teringat suara kancil yg comel tu...



Pastu umo 14thn..minat mamat ni pulak...masa tu umo 14thn pn perangai mcm2 budak2 lg..tak mcm bdk skrg..cpt mature..
Masa tu aku rasa baja hitam ni la manusia paling hensem dimuka bumi nih..haha...
Pastu... Miero attack..best best..berpusing-pusing bola tu kena tampar.Ceh,masa tu heroin sexy tak kena gam pn..kui.. kuii...

Then,minat hindi movie pulak terutamanya mamat ni...Aamir Khan..hehe



Umo 15thn,tukar selera minat mat saleh pulak...ni lak hero pujaan aku..tahun '92,'93 cmtu..

aku suka Jason Priestly..
Beverly Hills 90210..siap beli t-shirt berhelai-helai.Punyalah bangga dpt tayang baju tu masa Sukan kt sekolah..pastu minat yg ni pulak...
Tgk siri ni tiap mlm sb nk tgk Johnny Deep jer...
Adoi..rosak2 sb pengaruh TV.Pi sekolah jumpa kengkawan,mesti pagi2 dh update pasal latest siri sml..pastu beli majalah yg ada pic hero2 ni walau duit takder..Johnny Depp topik hangat kami la..dh tu berebut lak sapa yg minat dulu.Kt bilik aku tu penuh poster dia kt pintu bilik sampai kena marah sb umh dh mcm kedai kaset.

Tahun 1993',94' ,95'..
Naik tingkatan 5,selera dh tukar pulak..cmner boleh terminat kt Michael Doohan pn xtau.TP kali ni kira serius gila..siap aku hntr surat kt photographer akhber Berita Harian,pastu masukkan duit dlm tu mintk tlg dia amik gambar Mike Doohan dan kirim kt aku.Sampai la ni aku tak dpt jawapan..sian aku...
Dgn Doohan lain ckit,aku dh tak minat org lain.Aku ngadap tv(ceh,tv dh ada kt umh ms tu) tunggu dia race kt mana-mana litar tak kiralah kul 2,3 pg pn sb ada siaran langsung.Arwah ayh aku punyalah bising..ada jer cover pasal dia sume aku beli..dulu lumba motor kira rancak,dpt cover penuh sb ada tajaan Rothman-Honda,Lucky stike,Marlboro-Yahama..jd grand gile sb poster dia akan keluar paper satu muka surat bila dia menang mlm tu.Gmbar dia tgh tunggang motor la yg kuar..
Aku memang minat abis dgn dia..sampai satu sek pn tau..aku ada buat buku scrap pasal dia-kumpul sume pic dan detail dia.kt memana je aku tgk pic dia,aku akn amik tak kiralah kutip kt jln ker,pi selongkar umh org ker jnji dpt pic dia..majalah motor apa tah yg aku selalu dok beli dulu..ms tu manalah byk majalah melayu cover psl motor ni,jd mahal la harganya.Huh..tak kira,aku beli jgk.Pastu semedang je beli paper NST sb paper ni byk cover Doohan.Taukeh kedai paper tu melayu..siap mcm respect kt aku sb beli paper omputih..hehe tp dia xtau aku pn bkn reti baca sgt,nk amik gmbr mamat tu je yg lebih...

huh..powernya corner baring tu.....

pujaan hatiku...
masa tu aku benci betul kt Wayne Rainey dgn Kevin Schwantz sb depa ni la yg asik bg saingan sengit kt doohan
Masa tu sukan motoGP 500cc,250cc ni mencapai golden era.Sb masa tu memang 3juara ni berebut dan berjuang bermatian utk menang..masing2 ada kekuatan tersendiri.Peminat motor pn ternanti2 saper yg akan jd champion di setiap litar dan publisiti pn meletup pasal Grand Prix 500cc ni..paper pn akan keluar sume biodata psl racer ni,poster kira rancak habis lah,.tak mcm skrg..dh suram sukan motor ni.Penaja pn berebut nk sponsor iklan pelumba depa kt paper dulu.
Aku dpt buat 2buku scrap pasal dia..byk gila pic dia.Bangga tuh siap pi tunjuk kt kengkawan di sekolah.Kwn2 pn ada yg sokong,tlg aku kumpul pic Doohan ni..tp bdk2 lelaki kelas biasalah,asik dok perli aku jek.Tension aku.
Nasib baik SPM bole jgk score walau dok tgh masyuk dgn dia..haha..mcm tomboi aku..masa tu impian nk pi Brisbane (tempt dia lahir) dan jumpa dia.Tingkatan 5 mcm mature ckit..dh tak melahu sana sini.Tp masa tu aku ni mcm dh terpesong ckit..cita-cita pn nk kawin dgn mat saleh,hehe...mesti korang pn ada yg mcm aku kn??

Last sekali minat mamat ni...The New Adventure of Robin Hood


Matthew Poretta



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The few lasts day in penang...


This is a route I used everyday to travel to work. ...I have to cross the bridge and travel about 50km to my office..by motorcycle.Sometimes I would drive.The bridge is about 13km long..its takes me about 10minutes on the bridge to reach to the island.
Since this picture is taken during riding a motorcycle,its just cover a view from the side of the bridge.
The small island before the Penang island is a Jerejak Island,is used to be prisoner place last time.now the island has been develop as a Jerejak Resort and Spa.To reach there,you need to take a boat from the jetty in Bayan Lepas near the Marine Centre.
from mainland to the island of Pearl


The picture below is a scenery of the mini penang bridge,which is my route to my home every day from my office after depart from the ferry.On the way back,I took ferry to save some gas.I pass by Butterworth,the take the flyover to the Prai.The hill up the front is a Bukit Mertajam Hill.I used to hiking there.

Bukit Mertajam Hill or some call it Cherok Tok Kun recreational area is one of the good place to rest. The forest is still in quite a good condition. During weekend or even weekdays, this place will be full of people who came here to hike and cycle up the hill. On top, there are four tower which belongs to Telekom and Celcom. For the prupose of maintaining and guarding the tower,  a tarred road was made available up to the summit just like other hills with these kind of tower (e.g Bukit Palong,Baling). So when u see a hill with tower there should be a road up to the top, making it as one of a good place to go birding and herping (plus the forest is stil intact of course).

mini penang bridge..


Below picture is a view from the flyover,covering the canal to the Strait of Malacca..the huge building is Prai Sugar factory and the mangrove tree with a small fisherman village/jetty.The far view is a Seberang Jaya/Butterworth town.After this there will be no more beach or sea view for me..as in Bukit Kayu Hitam there will be a forest/hill view.
The view from the flyover..the river flows to the Strait Of Malacca..surround by mangrove tree and jetty
The route to the Prai area..the hill is the Mertajam hill
Macalister Road..my office situated.

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The Macalister Road...

Obsession..

My recent days is filling up with an obsession of home decor.I surf through internet,in every words types from english decor to stepford wives decor.I love the Stepford wives movies,first of all for the set-up interior decoration in the Joanna/Walter home.
I truly enjoyed the decor and my daughter will shout ';oh no the same movies again!'..haha..





The picture below is not from the movies but since I love the view so much,better I put in my blog so I don't have to surf again to enjoy the picture..












It's my dream home actually..somekind like this..a greeny view from the kitchen window,kind of fresh start every morning.Hopefully someday I am able to own a decent home.