A trip back to the area where my kampung used to be on the previous Saturday, proved to be a nostalgic one.. Its down @ bedok corner. I witnessed that the area wasnt as familiar when zinc roofed houses used to be dominant 18 years back. I am bred in a kampung with a sand floored playhouse (also known as rumah pondok-pondok)as my daily amusement together with a loyal kampung gal friend, she moved out of the village before my family does and I havent heard of her since until just last year when I saw her wedding invite addressed to my family. Saw the card and instantly her name strike me.& yes, my kampung friend is married already now
Ok back to me & my sis tracking the exact location of our old house. Only significant landmark which she can remember is the 'still going strong black & white striped pillars near to the roundabout where the rich people houses' which amazingly still stand till today and thanks to the huge drain ( longkang). She could still remember until such detail whereas me, I could only vividly remember the existence of the longkang! So after so many deliberation btw her and BIL, they both finally agreed on one location where the old house is believed to have been. I just acknowledged in agreement becoz I don't remember much, maybe due to me being there from birth till I was about 7 years old only while my sisters lived there till they were anak daras.

I remember telling my sis this"bestkan kalo kite boleh own one of these rumah orang kaya-kaya as its going to bring back fond memories" and she retorted with a simple yes..she must be thinking I'm bogus for thinking of owning such a splendid obviously expensive landed property..I agree to that myself ..hehe

The only thing I could take as a form of remembrance that day..haha so lame kan..muka aku je but as you can see the background are some bushes kan, from there backwards where my kampung used to stand.

while from the bench onwards where Im seated is the huge longkang as seen below with my koosmangat niece as the model..hehe