KENDURI KAWIN DI KAMPUNG

It was a rare opportunity, at least for me, to have gotten the chance to take photos of a kampung style kenduri kahwin. It's such a rarity nowadays, right? I mean, most that I've attended were the so-called 'modern' weddings, like macam yang buat kat hotels and dewan where guests come and go with food served by caterers. Pengantin tiba, bersanding, makan and greet guests. Habis.

These are some of the shots I managed to captured. Needless to say I had the best time ever :)

Ada kumpulan kompang comprised of the old folks and the young ones siap ada disediakan tempat untuk mereka berkompang.

The food was so good. Paling saya tak tahan bila dapat makan gulai nangka dengan ikan masin, siap dengan ulam-ulaman. Wooiisshhh... Lazat.

Di kampung, bila ada kenduri kawin, jiran tetangga and sanak sedara came in droves to help out. Suasana sangat best, so lively and full with cheers and laughter. They all know each other.

Ada MC merangkap penyanyi yang nyanyi lagu-lagu tradisional, lagu-lagu klasik Jawa in this case. Karaoke style. Penyanyi pun macam veteran dah, like akak-akak gitu... hehe. But they sang very well. They joke and made the whole event very lively. Entertaining lah.

Then ada acara bersilat.

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RENGGAM, KLUANG JOHOR

Jalan-jalan pagi di bandar Renggam. It could not have been more interesting to me. That quaint little town is so peaceful and laid back. No one is in a hurry.

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KORBAN

Dah habit, ada je subject interesting sikit, mula la saya nak take a few snaps. Sampai kambing pun nak shoot gak.. haha.

Tapi kambing ni very handsome. And he was smiling. Nampak tak? Hehehe... Also dia siap jengok kepala dia pass the gate. Then dia toleh kiri dan kanan, kasi saya capture the perfect profile shots :)

Ohh... rupanya dia bakal dikorbankan. Membantu manusia melaksanakan ibadah. I suppose tu sebab dia happy. Wallahu a’lam.

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MASA HARI RAYA

Kat kampung. All I saw were blurred faces coming and leaving the house. My in-laws' house that is. Some I hardly know. I had to put on fake smiles most times. And forced myself with some idle banters. Just nak jaga hati. Actually tak la semua. Most of them I kenal so those were nice sincere conversations. But the rest was not.

So I slipped away. Took my anak sedara yang baru je semalam saya tolong belikan new dslr camera. He was itching to try it anyway and to learn. Perfect opportunity for me to escape.. haha.

So we went to a nearby park for a couple of hours. I took pictures too with my compact camera.

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HARI TU

Just some observations and other stuff, in pictures...

Raya coming, so much stuff to be discarded... so much... surprising, considering I have all these unwanted stuff all this while.... shish...

Lately, kejap nice sunny day with blue sky and then the next minute downpour.... 

Like previous years, wife got raya hampers... lots of sweet stuff which I can't enjoy... bummer...:(

Wife nak makan ikan bakar pulak. So gi la restoran ayam penyet. New restaurant baru bukak kat Ampang ni. Wife said it was quite nice but very pedassss....

One day tu, on the way back from office, got stuck in traffic jam. Ramai orang tengah nak gi shopping. While mengesut-ngesut dalam jam tu nampak these adverts. So kalau tengah sesak nak belanja raya and tak der duit but got gold at home, call le these guys. On second thought, don't. Harga emas tengah naik, keep dulu.

Ok, masa Ramadhan and especialy raya jangan le melantak all those oily high carb foods. Makan gak greeneries ok.

Kononnya tak nak le get stuck in traffic jam, so naik LRT. LRT pun jam jugak dengan manusia.

Usual sights if go shopping. Why la do some wives make their husbands wait at lingerie sections?

Ni masa just a few days before the coming of Ramadhan. Inikah cara masyarakat kita membuat penyediaan menyambut kedatangan Ramadhan? Dengan menganjurkan pertandingan menyanyi? Astaghfirullah...

I'm having stuff like these nowadays. Plan toast and unsalted unpeppered scrambled eggs, tea [with no sugar] and tom yam. I'm getting used to it already sampai kalau tengok oily food I feel loya...

My wife had these.... saya tengok je la...

Temankan wife cari baju kurung. Saya tenggelam dalam rows and rows of baju kurung. Semuanya on sale. I see women making their ways among the rows with husband and kids in tow. Seriously how many baju kurung does a woman need?

And of course, pada masyarakat kita, kalau tak ke bazaar ramadhan macam tak lengkap Ramadhan. Dah macam satu culture pulak. Hari tu saya beli mee goreng. Itu je saya beli despite so many other food stuff yg nampak menarik. I was so proud of myself... hehe. Tapi yang sedihnya bila time buka mee tu dah dekat nak basi. And I bought it about just an hour ago. Macam mana la orang berniaga ni....

Anyway, keadaan dah mula agak lenggang dah. Ramai dah balik kampung gamaknya...

Then I saw them. My wife asked me a excellent question, 'Macam mana diaorg datang sini?'.

Anyway, selamat hari raya semua :)

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HARI TU

It's getting a bit of a nuisance looking for specific photos in my handphone. Sebab? Saya suka snap photos. Ended up ada hundreds in my phone. What can I say. I just love snapping moments. Time to unload and free my phone in order to snap more photos.. hehe.

They aren't anywhere near good, but they're definitely good enough to record my daily 'this and that'. Here are a few of them...

Of course mobile phone if nak ke mana-mana pun mesti bawak. Since beli groceries is our weekly thing, I thought hey, why not snap a few. After all it is one of the thing that I look forward to do with my wife. Entah kenapa I enjoyed tolak trolley tu. Stacking food and other stuff into it. And now ni Saturday tak der plastic bags, so saya jadik tukang isi barang-barang belian ke dalam beg-beg groceries. I must say that I had become so good that I think I pack em' better than my wife.. hehe.

Hmm.... fresh vegetables, fresh salmon dan udang.... yang salmon tu goreng and cecah dengan kicap bercili dan udang buat lemak nenas atau rencah goreng mee je. Actually tak kisah le apa pun yang my wife masak, mesti saya sapu habis punya lah...hehe. Tapi salmon tu kita orang beli cuma may be sebulan sekali jek cause mahal yg amat!

Ayam beli yg skinless. Ketam tak beli pun sebab lagi senang order makan kat restaurant. Leceh la nak masak sendiri, kesian nyusahkan wife. Saya pun tak le gemar sangat ketam ni. Yeah, I know some of you may be, like, gasping in disbelief... hehe. Ikan pari masak apa lagi, masak asam pedas le yg palinggggg saya suka :).

Roti jarang sangat beli cause selalunya sempat habis dah expire. Ground beef tu once in a while. Tak pernah jugak beli ikan-ikan hidup dari dalam akuarium tu. Gamaknya fresh bebenor la ya.

Nasi goreng yang sedap dihidang dalam plate bentuk sampan. Sedap dan banyak sampai kembang lobang hidung nak habiskan. Mencungap2... hehe.

Nampak pulak asap besar berkepul-kepul one day tu. Gelap asap tu. Macam orang bakar tayar atau bakar industrial waste. It lasted for almost 2 hours like that. Talk about pencemaran alam sekitar. Unless of course it is an unfortunate event like rumah terbakar. Tapi kan, tak kan le sampai 2 jam. I'm sure our bomba is efficient.

Phone android ni boleh download macam-macam nifty cool stuff and application. Ni kononnya nak buat style artsy gitu. I like :)

Masa balik ke KL dari kampung di Perak, dah nak dekat sampai KL, tetiba macam kereta terhoyong hayang. Angin lintang ke? Still after that macam ok je. Wife pun kata ok gak. Then dah dekat nak sampai Ampang, ada pemandu lain dok hon-hon. Bila berselisih, dia bagi isyarat tuding-tuding kat tayar kereta kami. Saya fikir masa tu sah le tayar dah bocor. Aduhh... duit lagi. Terus le pegi park kat Ampang Point mall. Call AAM and changed tayar dengan tayar spare. Good thing la cukup angin tayar spare tu. Lepas makan dan sikit shopping kat mall tu, kami pegi le ke kedai tayar. Alhamdulillah ada yang bukan masa hari Ahad.

Lepas check, mechanic kata ok dia boleh tukar tapi kena tukar both sebab bunga dah botak. Then dia kata jenis bunga tayar saya tu dah tak der stock. Then tayar saya dah expire. Then absorber pulak dah leaking. MasyaAllah, banyak betul masalahnya. Namun saya bersyukur at least found out all of that hari tu. Pulak tu hari Ahad so leh le settle cepat dan bukan waktu kerja terpaksa ambik cuti emergency.

Kosnya? Aduhh... lebih seribu! Baru je renew insurance dan road tax seribu ringgit. Then bayar bulanan kereta seribu ringgit lagi. Then ada la satu hal tu, seribu ringgit lagi. Bulan ni kena la mintak belas ikhsan bini... :).

Balik kampung gi rumah sedara. Masa nak balik nampak ayam dia dok silently kat rak kasut. Terus selok poket, keluarkan talifon bimbit dan shot ayam ni.... haha. Sedara semua gelak.. hehe. Pelik gamaknya.

Other scenes at some other sedara's house. Lembu jalan depan rumah adalah kejadian biasa....

Nowadays, wedding can take place anytime. Tak lagi just masa cuti sekolah. Ni photos taken quite recently. What's interesting about these photos? I know, kiranya the husband very gentleman sebab tolong angkat kain pengantin perempuan. I don't like it. 

Macam biasa saya suka ambik gambar gelagat photographers... hehe...

Fav magazine. My car hit 58,888. Nak cari alat fitness konon... hahaha..

Ramai sungguh orang kat Malaysia ni nak jadi penyanyi. Yang menganjurkan pulak ader je...

- Gambar ambik kat KLIA masa hantar wife ke KK.

- Gambar boss punya mobile phone yang in my opinion should be kept in a place where bus loads of school children would come visit and marvel at the antiquity i.e at a museum.. haha.

- Gambar masa orang tengah shooting drama. Ke filem? Entah la. Panas terik masa tu. Dedicated betul diaorg tu.

- Rakyat didahulukan, Pencapaian diutamakan. 

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