I know I’ve been MIA quite often lately, especially from blogging and blog hopping. Except for FB that is.. heheh. Well, these past few weeks, I’ve been busy with offline stuff – one that involves the family matter. So many things had happened. Death in the family, then another death.. then family business etc. But everything’s fine right now.
Just wanna share a couple of photos I took with my trusted cellphone camera yesterday. (For you SLR users, jangan ketawakan quality pictures aku ya? :-P)
This is where I have been spending most of my days for the past 2 or 3 weeks.
My dad’s kebun kelapa sawit (oil palm). Yep, that’s where I’ve been spending most of my time lately – not as boss lah, but as a kuli. LOL! If you ask me how’s the experience there, I can tell you this: Major back breaking experience! Totally huge difference from my easy life in the city. Not only you had to endure the hot sun, mosquitoes are also a major problem there. Especially if you come from a silver spoon life..
But overall, it’s a fun thing to do, especially when you’re done with your job by the end of the day and you’re sweating like a makcik. Totally beat those diet pills that work, I tell you. You can really lose a lot of weight from this!
Anyway, it’s not like I’m doing all these to earn some money from my dad. It was done purely out of love. Ehehehe… Am not expecting any salary from him. I just wanna help him out and experience how it is being a kuli (laborer).
And what have I learned from all these?
I think the laborers deserves to be paid more. They are the ones who did all the hardwork to put money into the pockets of them big people.
:-)
PS: I’ll bloghop later. Just got back from a camping trip. Need the sleep!
wowww.. bestnya cin!! I miss going to my the kebun with my dad.. Only my brothers go to the kebun now. Cun jugak bah your camera hp!
Haha, ya, best jugalah masuk kebun ni. Can lose weight. LOL
October 16th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
yeah u’ve been bz poking me on fb XP hahahahahah..alah catwalk need heels bah. how ’bout em boots ko pg glue some heels to it XD *rofl
Actually I only poke people who pokes me first. :-P Especially YOU! Hahahaha.
Boots with heels? Ai.. maybe bulih jadi fashion tu tau. LOL
October 16th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
wow, cantek ah tht kebun; reminds me when I used to stay with my uncle di beaufort dulu..manager kelapa sawit, can be creepy at night tho hehe
Yes, it can be very creepy especially at night when your visions are limited. Eek!
October 17th, 2008 at 3:16 am
No ular ka?
*palis-palis*
So far, so good.
October 17th, 2008 at 9:30 am
that tree is huge!!! Hope you had a good time camping!
It was OK. It turned out to be really warm that night and we all thought it’s gonna be freezing cold – everyone brought sweaters!! The mosquitoes had lots of fun too..
October 17th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Nice boots … hehehe … but yeah, to echo Gallivanter, no ular ka?
Thank you. Those boots are the in-thing these days. LOL
Takde ular so far. Thank gawd.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:55 am
being raised in an oil palm estate, i can totally related to this!
it was indeed lot of hard work..now i have become such a lazy piggie!!!
ammu.
I was raised in an oil palm estate too, since the age of 10. Indeed, a lot of hard work involved, but it’s the best place to be while growing up. Love the scenery and life there. :-)
October 17th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
eee..bagusnya u pegi with ur dad. i wish i was as rajin as you when my dad was still around managing his plantation.. now menyesal betul cuz didnt learn anything about plantations.
looking forward to your post about that camping trip!
Aww… but trust me, you can’t learn about plantation in a day or two. I know coz I’ve been “working” in one for 2 weeks now, and I still don’t know much. LOL
October 18th, 2008 at 12:35 am
My turn will come soon!
You bet! (Cindy is gonna make sure that happens!)
October 20th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Hmm… syok owh jalan di kebun. Me lama already didn’t go at my kampung. Modern suda maybe the area heehe.
Tda sunburn ka?
Syoook masuk kebun! Sunburn teda la, coz we all wear long sleeves, pants, topi and macam-mana lagi lah. Bedak sejuk saja yang teda la. Hahahah!
October 21st, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Keja tulung bapa amalan mulia ba urang tua2 cakap
Lama sia inda pi kebun, apa ko buat la di sana, angkat buah kelapa sawit ka?
Nice boots btw
Ya, saya ni anak yang baik… :-P
Ya, angkat kelapa sawit saya di sana.
Ya, memang cantik boots I. Wanna pinjam? LOL
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm