I Remember......

I was sitting on my couch watching my favorite tv shows at home...my mind was blown away for a second when it comes to a cormercial break...and it reminds me to my childhood times....lots of sweet memories i left behind..i keep asking myself.."kenapa pla tiba2 teringat-ingat nie??"....and one by one...the memories appear...

I grew up in a small village in Keningau,Sabah called Kampung Bingkor Baru...growing up in Bingkor is such a wonderful story to tell...i grow up with a nickname LEO...that's what people around me called me...i still remember my mom used to call me "BOLIONG"...hahahaha..grow up as "BUDAK KAMPUNG" is so much fun..without knowing how big the world is...Dad told me that the world is big..but my childhood times was only spent in Bingkor....well, that's me...


I remember all the games that i used to play with all my friends...Melastik Burung, Main Biji Getah, Main Lumba Kuda, Mandi Sungai, Main Tapuk-tapuk, Main Lubang Tikus, Main Yeh Yeh (lumpat getah),Main Pin-Pin(popular one!), Buat Jerat Ayam, Main Layang-layang,Main 3 selipar.Main Tungkapak bla...bla..bla...and the list goes on...compare to the kids nowdays, all they know is Counter Strike,Delta Force bla bla bla...All the games that we played was built with our own creativity and hand...I bet u guys still remember the "Main Masak-Masak"...in my times it was called it SINGAKAN...and it was played with the girls...and i remember we used to argue juz because of WHO IS GOING TO BE A FATHER?? in that game...hehehehhee...!!!!...u know what i mean...

One of my favorite activity is Mandi Sungai...fuhhh...sampai merah mata pun masih lagi berendam...i still remember our stupid routine when it comes to Mandi Sungai times...hahahahaa...Main Jadi-Jadi.!!!..OMG...For us, u have to grab ur friend ear so that he will take ur turn as "Menjadi"...heehehe...punya la main susah mo tangkap telinga...ada yang lincah lagi tu kepala macam Mike Tyson...and as usual, the end of this activity is "Pulang Rumah Kana Rotan"...coz baju basah and mata merah...hahahahha...!!!...Dun tell me u dun know that...!!!

The Kampung environment with it's fresh air,beautiful river, Tenginang tree, Jarak Tree, Lapunjong Tree(Durian Belanda) is so wonderfull...and all em are juz a history now coz i never see em now in Bingkor...I was so lucky to see that all in my times during 1980's...

I remember i love "TABASAN"...when it comes to TABASAN times, i will never miss follow my mom..Me and my siblings love to play "Main Timbak-Timbak"...and guess what, we use LUMPUR as a bomb...hahahaha....and the end of that is "KANA ROTAN"...hehehehe..

Money is not a problem at that time...we dun really need money...but when it comes to a big festival like Christmas, and Pesta Kaamatan, we find money on our own effort...Jual Botol...Jual Kangkung (petik sendiri nie!!!)...Jual Lomiding...Jual Tin Aluminium...I still remember the "Jual Botol" one....hehehhe...there is an Old Chinese Man in Bingkor and he was called AnSing...di sini la kami Jual Botol kami coz he open a small shop there...After selling our botol to AnSing,we come back at night to his shop and steal back the Botol....hahahahahahhahah!!!!!! and the next morning we sell it back to him....kah kah kah kah...what a childhood times...!!!...last-last kantoi...and everytime we sell our bottle to him, he will put some paint on it...hahahahha...Game Over..!!!!

The word meragus (membajak mengunakan kerbau) is quite weird to hear nowdays...but i used to feel all that...

Melastik!!!!...Most kids know this one...as for me...Bingkor is such wonderful place to do this...banyak hutan-hutan kecil...hehehehe...i still remember the place like "Belakang Kadai" "Tempedewen" "Belakang Flat" "Hutan SMK"...we name it all at our own...hahahaha..!!!...dari pagi sampai petang p melastik without any lunch...and bila bali rumah of course la dalam keadaan kotor dan comot...and the funny thing is, pura-pura kunun bawa balik Lomiding or Kangkung dengan alasan p cari sayur....hahahaha...!!!!...

But now "Zaman dah Berubah,Dunia dah Maju".....when i come back to Bingkor, it's hard to see it once again...all of that was juz a memory to remember..the world is getting fast,the Kampung environment is changed with our own lifestyle...all of em was gone with time...Development has destroy em all....no more Mandi SUngai...No More "Belakang Kadai"...bla bla bla...

I can't believe where i'm now when i remember all of that..working far away from Bingkor in a well Develop Metropolitan City...

There's a lot of thing to tell but this blog won't fit if i write it all here......i wonder where were all my friends now.....where are u guys...????....

The most important thing is...I STILL REMEMBER IT ALL AND IT WAS STILL FRESH ON MY MIND...tell your story......