CONVERSATION AT BATU 6

TV NEWS CRAWL: TERENGGANU TO PROMOTE BATIK IN SPAIN, FRANCE & ITALY
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF BATU 6 MARKET, LATE AFTERNOON
ZOOM IN, TO A KUIH STALL
MOK NOH AN ELDERY WOMAN WITH LOTS OF BANGLES ON HER ARMS AND HEAVY SUBANG BUNG EARRINGS IS SHOWN POINTING TO TEPUNG PELITA AND SEKKUT SAGU
SEMEK, A MUCH YOUNGER WOMAN ENTERS THE FRAME FROM LEFT, APPROACHES THE OLDER WOMAN AND TAPS ON HER SHOULDER
MOK NOH (STARTLED):Cokek kerepek sagu..sagu alah sagu, eh!
SEMEK : Banyok beli kuih ni Mok Noh. Nok bekwah ke?
MOK NOH: Dak eh. Cucu cucu balik!
SEMEK: Ya lah. Le ning tutup sekoloh kang.
MOK NOH: Nok beli tepung pelita jugok ke Mek?
SEMEK: Dak. Nak cari ruti paung.
MOK NOH:Mung ngidang pulok ke Mek?
SEMEK:Dak eh. Semang derumoh tu tak sedap mulut. Nak makang roti paung malang ning.
MOK NOH: Ruti paung beloh nung. Sekali dengang apit-apit. Mari kita gi.
CAMERA FOLLOWS TO TWO AS THEY WALK TO THE RIGHT.
CUT TO TWO SHOT
MOK NOH: Nok tanya sikit Mek...
SEMEK: Tanya banyok pong buleh Mok Noh!
MOK NOH: Mek gi doh ke Perancis?
SEMEK:Gi doh. Singgoh dua tiga malang je.
MOK NOH: Italy?
SEMEK: Italy dak gi lagi...
MOK NOH:Spain?
SEMEK: Spain, dak rajin gi lagi. Dengar cerita saja..Eh, Mok Noh tanya tanya ni, nok gi ke?
CUT TO C/U MOK NOH SMILING BASHFULLY
MOK NOH:Tanya je...
SEMEK: Haaa..Kerajaang pilih Batik Mok Noh masuk rombongan promosi batik lah ni!
MOK NOH:Dak tau lagi Mek..
SEMEK:Ada rezeki, nye pilihlah tu
MOK NOH:Guane gok negeri Peranchis ning?
SEMEK:Negeri dia luah Mok Noh weh. Luah daripada England, luah daripada Malaysia lagi.
MOK NOH: Cucu ambe kata orang Peranchis ni dak pandai main bola. Makanang dia kita buleh makang ke?
SEMEK: Tu kena tengok lah makanang apa. Di Peranchis ada ramai jugok orang Islam jadi adalah makanang halal.
MOK NOH:Italy pulok, orang dia guane?
SEMEK: Dengo kabonya orang-orang muda dia lawo lawo belaka tapi berahi cubit punggung orang!
MOK NOH:La! Tak kena igap Polis ke?
SEMEK: Polis dia pun cubit jugok!
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MONKEYING AROUND

I had a few days before my flight back to KL so I joined my eldest daughter and my grandchildren on their holiday in Terengganu. Terengganu was packed with tourists. The roads were jammed with traffic and there were weddings all over the place. I could not get a room in Kuala Terengganu or in Merang. Lesson learnt. Plan ahead. Way way ahead.
There was no sports channel in my mother's house so Adam , my oldest grandson and I requisitoned my cousin's house. It was currently unoccupied and it had all the Astro World Cup channels.

The next day Elida found rooms in a resort in Penarek, about 15 minutes drive from Merang. The rooms were rather cramped but they had decent bathroom with heater. The room has TV with only one channel - RTM TV1.

They also have a resident monkey who is over-friendly. The monkey would jump on anyone that she sees and climb up to the victim's shoulder.


When on the ground, the monkey would have a running battle with another resident, a cat. The monkey would try to get close to the cat but the cat would spit and snarl and swiped the monkey with drawn claws.

Aliya asked me why I didn't let the monkey come close. I told her I could not let the monkey get familiar with me because we have not been properly introduced yet.

Later, the monkey climbed up on Aliya and peed all over my cucu. Aliya stopped liking monkeys.

I could not tell you the monkey's name. We were not introduced.

Labels: Adam, Aisyah, Aliya monkey