Just observations...

Masak tauge goreng lada Lada ditumbuk lada putih, Tuan menagih pada yang ada Saya merajuk pada yang kasih... (pantun dari halaman web D...

In some of my responses to social media comments from friends, I often use the Malay idiom nyawa-nyawa ikan to describe the present politic...

I have a friend from childhood days who now works at the military airbase in Butterworth, Pulau Pinang. He is very knowledgeable about milit...

In the late 1980s at my first workplace in Johor Bahru, I was in charge of the construction of the Islamic religious schools throughout the ...

Wow, it's the new year already. On New Year's Day last year, I was in Temerloh attending a friend's wedding before heading to Ku...

Back to another posting about Malay proverbs. In a previous post , I had mentioned how the late Pak Sako gave excellent commentaries on the ...

I am still on the subject of Malay proverbs, this time touching on the short phrase form known as Simpulan Bahasa . The phrase I choose toda...

I have previously written about my interest in old Malay proverbs or peribahasa Melayu in a post last year. It takes a certain skill to kn...

A friend's status update on Facebook last week caught my eye. He overheard a Malay proverb wrongly quoted by someone and lamented that i...

The past weekend was spent at the wedding reception of my nephew held at his parent's home in Rawang, Selangor. Rather than post more we...

Seems like I'm in the mood of using part of Malay proverbs as title for my posts. The full peribahasa Melayu reads, `Alang-alang menyel...

It has been a very busy weekend. My nephew who is originally from Johor Bahru, got married to a sweet young lass from Alor Star in Kedah. On...