Archive for June, 2010

The Kenduri Khawin.

June 28th, 2010, posted in Random rants, Shennanigans, Travel

Two post back, as you guys know, were on the brief introduction on Kampung Parit Penghulu, the homestay kampung that I lived in while i was in Melaka.

The first thing we did when we were united with our foster parents, Pak Cik Lokman and his wife is to attend KENDURI KHAWIN! (: I can haz rendangs!!!! :P

We were one of those lucky bunch who gets to attend kenduri. Other people were not so lucky because their foster parents do not have a car to bring them around.

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These are the foods served there. Rendang ayam, Kurma and Buah Nangka! All of it are ograsmic.

Ok here’s the epic #phail part. Feeq a.k.a Meaningfool a.k.a Feeqsays ask me :

WHERES THE RECEPTION COUNTER? DO WE NEED TO REGISTER?

Haha. Seriously, Pak Man and his wife and me LOL’ed at Feeq for not knowing how Kenduri Khawin is held. :P From that moment, i jokingly called Feeq Melayu Murtad :P But honestly, you cant blame him cuz he is from *coughs* Singapore.

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Basically anyone from anywhere can just walk in, sit down eat and have fun without the need of worrying whether to register or not. You dont even need to give ang pow or anything. All you have to do is fill the place up and eat away. Now that’s the true spirit of the Kampung people.

Not only that, foods in Kenduri Khawin in Kampungs were never catered instead were cooked in a gotong-royong sesion with family members, friends and neighbors.

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Like any other Malay wedding, there a silat performances but with different variation! This Silat is done by a silat sifu.

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How the place looks like!

Then we headed back to home where ANOTHER kenduri khawin was held. But this time, its Pak Cik Lokman’s neighbor. It’s a lil different but the food rocks at the end of the day :P

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Yup, this is the different variation of the silat. Somehow they use kids as their performers and theres one guy’s hairstyle beats JONYKT’s one kau kau :P

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Ok here’s where they bersanding. (:

Yup, so this part is where we enjoyed ourself and feasted ourselves with Kenduri Khawin done on Malays Customs. We learned alot on the traditional food, ways and performances during a Kenduri Khawin. Not bad for a budak bandar like us huh? :P Anyway, im not feeq *whistles. :P

 

Stay tune for other fun activities we did in the Kampung !

B2ST/BEAST SHOWCASE LIVE IN MALAYSIA!

June 27th, 2010, posted in Events, Music, Random rants, Shennanigans

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Beast, the fastest rising Korean Pop band made a debut in Malaysia YESTERDAY, for a promo tour of their new album :

 

SHOCK OF THE NEW ERA

 

Held at KL Live, it was surely a blast! Though, i aint no Korean Pop fan, i think i am already one now. Just look at their chio faces, i think i can become gay right now!

 

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Organized by Universal Music under the Blue Cube label, beast entertained their fans with superb orgasmic vocals and seducing dances that will sure to make the teenage girls scream their lungs out and the straight guys TURN GAY! OMGOD. NO people, Justin Bieber is still my favorite. :P

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Cant get enough of these lads? STAY TUNE AT THIS SPACE FOR UPCOMING FULL POST! (:

Experienced the fun of Kampung! Part 1 – Brief History!

June 21st, 2010, posted in Events, Food, Random rants, Shennanigans, Travel

Guys, even wondered how a kampung lifestyle is? What is their daily routine? What do they do for a living? Where do they live? (On top of the tree? lol) What do they eat? Or even, what do they do for entertainment?

Well I’ve been wondering this all my life and thanks to Mo Ad Media, NewsZapped and of course Tourism Malaysia, my questions on the kampung lifestyle are answered. Mo Ad Media organized this homestay, while NewsZapped are responsible on handling us and Tourism Malaysia sponsored the whole 2 days 1 night trip! Thanks for everything! (;

Ok i am not here to tell you guys like what did i do from the time i left KL to the time i broad back a bus to KL ; filled with camwhore pics and little or zero explanation on the stuff that is displayed in my blog, but rather i’ll share with my readers, the easy going, unique, exquisite lifestyle of a typical Malay Kampung in Melaka with explanation for those who are curious!

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Yup! This is where we blogger stayed. I forgot how many, but roughly 15 i guess. Oh wait, this is not where we stay, this is what the whole homestay is called! We live in the kampung people’s house (: As the place name explains, Argo tourism. Bet you can expect what is coming up next!

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Ze bloggers looking a lil lost. They say “Rusa Masuk Kampung:P We were greeted with greenery, left and right. Then the kompang welcomed us! (: It feels really like high school where the students ALWAYS plays the kompang for ANY occasion!

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Ini dia, En. Suparman Bin Abu. He’s the president of Kem Model Insan homestay. He was the one in charge of dividing us among our foster parents and he did talk about the village, the aim of the homestay and what service they provide.

So well, basically Kampung Parit Penghulu is a Kampung in Sungai Rambai in the District of Jasin. Its like any other ordinary kampung with Paddy Field but in 2006 it was transformed into a homestay under the initiative of Tourism Malaysia. Besides homestay, they also provide all those team building camps with games and etc and cater to the customers request. Cool huh!

Apart from that, this kampung is like directly on the border of Melaka – Johor. You can literally step to Melaka and Johor in like say 5min? Daymn thats near! (:

Here’s a video of a typical kampung house in Melaka shot by Rebecca’s HTC DESIRE! WOOT ANDROID FTW! :P

En. Suparman call this kampung a “SPECIAL” kampung. Why? Because this is one of the only KAMPUNGS with HSDPA connection by DIGI! Seriously, i litterally get full 5 bars everywhere i go and there’s wifi connection at the Balai Raya and some homes. Im lucky my foster parents have Streamyx in the box! :P

Lemme show you the twitpic i did! haha

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SEE?! haha. Also everyone in this kampung is tech savvy ok! Dont judge the book by its cover. They know what is blogger and what blogger does! They too have DSLR with NISSIN AND METZ FLASH MOUNTED! And also, they have FACEBOOK! Seriously you’ll be surprised! But honestly, i think its because of the exposure they get after their kampung is transformed into a homestay. I believe they are catching up with the people in the city!

so stay tune for the next post on what we did and experienced in the kampung.

till then, adios!