Cheng Beng
And so, here we are. It's a short post actually compared to other trip post. We"ll see.
Woke up very early that Saturday. Such an un-Godly hour. 5! Can ya imagine? Felt kinda woozy. Though slept early but felt like I didn't get enough sleep. After packing and preparing all our stuff into the car, we set off at around 6.
Nothing much on the way except listening to music. We stopped at Tapar pit stop. Everyone had to go to the washroom. The washroom here is huge! A Hall of urinals and stalls. Clean too! After finishing our businesses, we got back into the car.
We took the new road, the one that's heading to Cameron Highlands. Like I've said before it's been years since I've followed for Cheng Beng. Couldn't recognise any roads. I thought to myself, "haven't seen any roads that are familiar to me, is it really that far?". I made a comment on why it feels so far. Then Dad started with his lecture saying I can't go travelling blah blah always in the house blah blah.... This is one of the reason I don't like to go on trips wit my parents. Uncalled nagging.
Just let him say whatever he wants to say. Lazy to defend myself. No point. Actually after Tapar is the curvy and narrow roads. Ahh this I recognise! Almost there. About an hour to go, I think.
Anyway, we've reached Tanjung Tualang at around 10am. We straight headed to the cemetary. Clean up the grave, burn jossticks and stuff. They bought a set of paper clothes to burn for my great grand father. Didn't see any pants. Kinda funny.
It's not too hard to clean up. Not too dirty as before. Just alot of dry grass surrounding the area. We burned it. Yay to open burning! It's only dangerous if no one's around to control and put out the fire. If not, I don't think there's anywhere to return for Cheng Beng next year. :P
Some pics:
Nice view! Nothing but trees and unrecognisable (from here) land.
I really don't want to stay at any of these houses. There's a housing area just right beside the cemetary. If any of the dead rises from the ground, guess who's first to be zombie food?
See that colourful bugger right at the center of the pic? It's a wasp. It's finding a suitable place to build a nest. No, I didn't step on it.
We actually bump into some relatives though. They are here to, well, the same thing. Dad usually goes around to the other relatives graves, burn 3 josstick for each grave, just to pay respects
After that, we went to look for my Grand Uncle. But first, we went to have a drink. We passed by.... Yeap, the house that used to belong to him has been torned down and built some kind of three story high house. The ground floor and the first floor is some seafood restuarant. Sorry no pics.
We had urm some kind of yellow jelly drink with squashed coconut extract(santan). You can either mix it with santan or honey and lemon. They call it urm Wan Tao Long (in hokkien). You should be able to find it at your local pasar malam, at least in Subang's. But they only have it with honey and lemon.
Here's some pics of Tanjung Tualang:
Yup, that's my dad. He's going to the restaurant to book a table for lunch with our Grand Uncle.
More shop houses. The people in the blue Gen2 actually thought I was taking pics of them! Hahah, Naaa!!!
I like this one. An empty street.
Traffic's actually pretty busy than usual. I think alot of people came back for Cheng Beng. After all, Sunday's the actual day.
After finishing our drinks, we went to look for our Grand Uncle. Didn't know where he stayed. He has moved out to some other place since my parents and brother's last visit. So we asked around. The thing about him is that, he used to be the Head Villager of Tanjung Tualang. Everyone know who he is, at least the older generation people. So, they could tell us where.
The place where he stayed is quite cozy. 2 bed rooms, one is where sleeps, the other a store room. Kitchen looks spacious. Though ther's an alley behind the house, it's like one step, it's the other house already.
He looks lonely. He's a bachelor. He used to stay with his sister in that old house. Ever since his sister died, he sold the house and has been renting rooms. Now he bought this place. He's having back ache, knees ache. Dad brought some vinegar for him, to I dunno, treat it. Dad also gave him some money. After a while, the relatives that we saw at the cemetary dropped by. Making alot of noises bilibala to a very quiet house. All of the sudden it felt like the wet market. One of my cousins looks VERY fair. Her skin's like a white sheet of paper.
Anyway, after the relatives are gone, we brought him to lunch. Though the waiting for food part is long, but it's good. After lunch we went home. Grand uncle wants to hang around and talk to his friends. So, we belah lah.
On the way, stopped at Tapar pit stop again. Brother wants to help his friends buy some guava. Reached home at around hmmm 4:30pm.
Now, that wasn't so bad.
UPDATE: It's Tapah and not Tapar. Thanx, ML. For correcting.
Woke up very early that Saturday. Such an un-Godly hour. 5! Can ya imagine? Felt kinda woozy. Though slept early but felt like I didn't get enough sleep. After packing and preparing all our stuff into the car, we set off at around 6.
Nothing much on the way except listening to music. We stopped at Tapar pit stop. Everyone had to go to the washroom. The washroom here is huge! A Hall of urinals and stalls. Clean too! After finishing our businesses, we got back into the car.
We took the new road, the one that's heading to Cameron Highlands. Like I've said before it's been years since I've followed for Cheng Beng. Couldn't recognise any roads. I thought to myself, "haven't seen any roads that are familiar to me, is it really that far?". I made a comment on why it feels so far. Then Dad started with his lecture saying I can't go travelling blah blah always in the house blah blah.... This is one of the reason I don't like to go on trips wit my parents. Uncalled nagging.
Just let him say whatever he wants to say. Lazy to defend myself. No point. Actually after Tapar is the curvy and narrow roads. Ahh this I recognise! Almost there. About an hour to go, I think.
Anyway, we've reached Tanjung Tualang at around 10am. We straight headed to the cemetary. Clean up the grave, burn jossticks and stuff. They bought a set of paper clothes to burn for my great grand father. Didn't see any pants. Kinda funny.
It's not too hard to clean up. Not too dirty as before. Just alot of dry grass surrounding the area. We burned it. Yay to open burning! It's only dangerous if no one's around to control and put out the fire. If not, I don't think there's anywhere to return for Cheng Beng next year. :P
Some pics:
Nice view! Nothing but trees and unrecognisable (from here) land.
I really don't want to stay at any of these houses. There's a housing area just right beside the cemetary. If any of the dead rises from the ground, guess who's first to be zombie food?
See that colourful bugger right at the center of the pic? It's a wasp. It's finding a suitable place to build a nest. No, I didn't step on it.
We actually bump into some relatives though. They are here to, well, the same thing. Dad usually goes around to the other relatives graves, burn 3 josstick for each grave, just to pay respects
After that, we went to look for my Grand Uncle. But first, we went to have a drink. We passed by.... Yeap, the house that used to belong to him has been torned down and built some kind of three story high house. The ground floor and the first floor is some seafood restuarant. Sorry no pics.
We had urm some kind of yellow jelly drink with squashed coconut extract(santan). You can either mix it with santan or honey and lemon. They call it urm Wan Tao Long (in hokkien). You should be able to find it at your local pasar malam, at least in Subang's. But they only have it with honey and lemon.
Here's some pics of Tanjung Tualang:
Yup, that's my dad. He's going to the restaurant to book a table for lunch with our Grand Uncle.
More shop houses. The people in the blue Gen2 actually thought I was taking pics of them! Hahah, Naaa!!!
I like this one. An empty street.
Traffic's actually pretty busy than usual. I think alot of people came back for Cheng Beng. After all, Sunday's the actual day.
After finishing our drinks, we went to look for our Grand Uncle. Didn't know where he stayed. He has moved out to some other place since my parents and brother's last visit. So we asked around. The thing about him is that, he used to be the Head Villager of Tanjung Tualang. Everyone know who he is, at least the older generation people. So, they could tell us where.
The place where he stayed is quite cozy. 2 bed rooms, one is where sleeps, the other a store room. Kitchen looks spacious. Though ther's an alley behind the house, it's like one step, it's the other house already.
He looks lonely. He's a bachelor. He used to stay with his sister in that old house. Ever since his sister died, he sold the house and has been renting rooms. Now he bought this place. He's having back ache, knees ache. Dad brought some vinegar for him, to I dunno, treat it. Dad also gave him some money. After a while, the relatives that we saw at the cemetary dropped by. Making alot of noises bilibala to a very quiet house. All of the sudden it felt like the wet market. One of my cousins looks VERY fair. Her skin's like a white sheet of paper.
Anyway, after the relatives are gone, we brought him to lunch. Though the waiting for food part is long, but it's good. After lunch we went home. Grand uncle wants to hang around and talk to his friends. So, we belah lah.
On the way, stopped at Tapar pit stop again. Brother wants to help his friends buy some guava. Reached home at around hmmm 4:30pm.
Now, that wasn't so bad.
UPDATE: It's Tapah and not Tapar. Thanx, ML. For correcting.
3 Comments:
lynnee: HAha, not your fault. I don't think Tualang really stood out in Geography books. But it's in Perak and somewhere near Ipoh.
Tg Tualang is between Bt. Gajah and Tronoh. It's a very famous place for seafood, come Lynnee, we drag Kawa to bring us there :D
Hahahah!
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