Eid Mubarak

This will be my first post in Bahasa on this blog. I got it from Shokri who claimed that he was not the author. It is a series of pantuns, to be read in each state's respective dialect; here goes:

Kelantan...
Make ikke cicoh budu
Jange lupo tamboh satar
Kelik rayo taksir laju
Nanti rayo dale sepita

Terengganu...
Makang ubi jamang jepong
Makang kepok cicah cuke
Bulang pose mung bengong
Bulang raye mung gile

Pahang...
Sepadan Pahang ada kasino
Nasi dagang ikan patin
Jange mu masam muko
Raya makan rendang sadin

Johor...
Cegitu cegini awak suke
Awak suke kite tak suke
Esok luse hari raye
Sama-sama bersuke rie

Melaka...
Hawau kau berak merate
Kaki bengkak ulau patok
Kalu balik naik kerete
Jangan pandu kalau ngantok

N. Sembilan...
Masak lomak cili api
Campo dongan daun turi
Hari rayo kolumpo sopi
Tinggal penyamun dongan pencuri
(org kolumpo jgn kocik ati!!)

Selangor/K.Lumpur...
Wa cakap lu wa tak tau
Tapi wa tipu sama lu
Raya jangan buat tak tau
Angpau ada bagi gua dulu

Perak...
Gulei tempoyak ikan mayong
Deroyan busok tebok tupei
Pandu hemat ingat kampong
Ase(Asal) teman selamat sampei

Kedah...
Aloq Staq terketaq-ketaq
Lapaq perut makan pau
Macam mana tak ketaq
Kena paksa bagi angpau

Penang...
Nasi kandaq kedai mamak
Anak mami juai pesemboq
Lepaih raya jgn dok triak
Kalu ceti mai kot dapoq

Perlis...
Padang besaq kecik aja
Tempat siam lalu lalang
Hari raya kita berbelanja
Jangan sampai menambah utang

That actually proves that I have nothing much to blog on these days -- maybe it is the fasting month; I'm lousy when it comes to fasting :-{

If you have an appropriate reply to any of the above pantuns, feel free to use the cooment board below.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI to all my blog readers, maaf zahir batin.

Coffee, Toast and English

Have you ever stopped at the Tapah R&R heading north along the PLUS Highway? I did last Wednesday and had coffee and some toast at one of the foodstalls. It's the first one at the southern end, operated by a couple of ladies who don't really fit in as hawkers. They actually looked more like school teachers or office workers. The 40-ish woman who served me coffee had a woolen sweater on to fend off the night chill. Her business partner manning the cash register was wearing a baju kurung that wouldn't look out of place in an office or a lecture room.

More pleasant surprises when I went to pay for the coffee -- they spoke English! To each other, to me, to the customers, even to my bus driver!