True-Blue Gganu

Once a blue moon, I received comments that click.. somehow I like that words 'true-blue east-coaster'.. that is a good enough inspiration for me to share a true-blue Gganu personal experience .. an inspiration from Kama At-Tarawis .

I stayed in a dominantly Chinese area with Chinese neighbours on the four fronts. There are so few Malay neighbours, lesser still good Malay neighbour that we can exchange/share family banters/matters. One of the few family friends happened to have a son about the same age as my son. He have many cousins that studied at Sri Inai Primary School, Ulu Klang..

That was how my son(and later my daughter) got enrolled to join Sri Inai Primary school in 1999.

Back then I have two younger sisters in-law staying in our home. Four Trengganu adults with a boy of pre-schooling age and his sister, some four years younger .

A week after my son enrolled to study in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Inai, I got a surprise telephone call from the headmistress at my office.

“Can I speak to Encik Wan Mohd Sharif, please! ” came a sweet but rather commanding voice.

My heart went dub dub.. who in this neck of wood can be so polite and commanding at the same time..

“Yes, this is Wan Mohd Sharif speaking, can I know who is on the line please!”.

“ I am Cikgu Xxxxxx , the Headmistress for Sekolah Sri Inai” came a reply.

“ OH! has my son been up to no good “ I blurted my innermost fear..

“No! not that bad!.. his behaviour has been exemplary”

“Ah good! that was a relief of sort. May I know if I can be of help” I braved myself thinking that the worst was definitely over..

“You see, Encik Wan, this is an English school, we encourage pupils to speak English”.

‘Oh, oh!.. I think I am guilty there as I do not spend too much time speaking English at home, since nobody else is too comfortable to speak English there”.

“We do not mind if new pupil speak bahasa at time” the Headmistress continued, brushing aside my “I am guilty comment”.

“You mean my son spoke bahasa all the time!” I was pretending to be at loss then ;)

“That would not be too bad.. HE SPOKE IN TRENGGANU DIALECT ALL THE TIME!.. and no body can understand much of what he said ” came an astounding reply.

“Oops!” I blurted out. “Maybe exposure to four Trengganu adults do not augur well for my son’s English” I said in resigning mode.

The conversations that followed was the normal counselling of me by the headmistress.. ;((

As a continuation of buka puasa food, we have fried cempedak and fried poh pia.. (oily oily food to satisfy our non-Trengganu daughter’s taste ;)) for iftar last evening. Not much to show just to add a not so good photo to the posting ;).


Have a nice day..

Ramadhan Kareem and Eid Mubarak..

Pukat buruk, serawa durian dan gulai ayam

Ayoh Wang bbuke kue pende petang ning..? yohteh asked in his comment in my last posting. So one can say that this post has been inspired by yohteh

On Saturday we have nasi Dagang and serikaya(made of chicken or duck eggs, brown sugar from coconut and santan) for iftar and sahur as well. Weekends are the time when Mok Wang applies most of her culinary skill.. trying to appease her two children who will be at home then... on weekdays the son went to MMU in Cyberjaya to study and stayed at his cousin's place.

On Sunday we still have the left over serikaya and nasi Dagang.. but on the table we do have pukat buruk ("old fishing net" made of rice flour... I think) accompanied by serawa durian ( made of santan, sugar, water and durian flesh)for our son who has acquired more Trengganu taste and chicken curry for our daughter who has acquired less Trengganu taste.

Our son was born in Dungun, Trengganu while his younger sister was delivered in Ampang Puteri. At times I do wonder if there is any correlation of the food they prefer and their place of birth.

Anyone care to share their observation?

May Ramadhan brings (this blog's readers that performed fast) Allah's pleasure and His Maghfirah.

Have a nice day.

WHEN TO DRINK MORE WATER

Semasa semua dok ghairah menikmati ramadhan dan yang sewaktu dengannya suka lah saya mengalihkan sedikit pandangan ke arah yang tak kurang penting. supaya kesihatan kalian terpelihara.

I have upload a posting from my egroup mail friend Hamdan Idris who forwarded this article..

I knew water is important but I never knew about the special times to drink it. Did you?? Drinking water at the correct time maximizes its effectiveness on the Human body : 2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal (not after!) - helps digestion 1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure 1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack

Hope it is of benefit to you

Selamat Hari Raya ..Kullu am bikhair