Maybe let's start off with few places that are memorable to me.
This is the bridge of Batu Pahat. If you're coming from the direction of northern part, there's no way you gonna miss this bridge. It is the first landmark that shouts you out loud that "Hey! You're in Batu Pahat!".
This is the place where I spent my 5 years of not-so-pleasant time, LOL! No la not entirely. It's my secondary school - SMK Datin Onn Jaafar.
Well this name tells you it is not somewhere to be taken lightly. It's located at somewhere called Kampung Kenangan Dato' Onn. According to my guess since I joined this school (yeah I've been guessing only :P), this should be the birth place of the famous Dato' Onn.
And why the school is called Datin Onn Jaafar... urm I'm not really sure hehe. But surely has something to do with Dato Onn... gua.
(p/s: why did I say I spent some not-so-pleasant time, because it's when study suddenly becomes something pressurizes and going to school is not merely meeting friends and having fun. Nevertheless I still enjoyed it la hehe)
Guess what place is this?
Food court? Yeah, it is a food court.
But 18 years ago, it was the school that I entered!
It was my primary school!!!!!!! (sometimes you gotta compliment ppl's innovative skill and creativity dont you?)
Photo taken from the other side of the entire structure. They somewhat reserve the symbolic part of this very historic school (if I remember correctly it started year 1945), and yeah, they also so 'benevolently' keeping the school name (there, above the seafood restaurant).
It was SRJK(C) Cheng Siu (1). There were ChengSiu 1 which carried the yellow school badge, and ChengSiu 2 which carried the green school badge. That's all I could tell the difference of this 2 schools.
Let's travel further.
19 years back then, it was the place where I started mixing with alot of other kids and fighting each others.
Memories of me from kindergarten are surprisingly vivid. Could still remember certain scenes, eg my fren would always cubit me with his nails and I would throw his water bottle in returns. And there was one kid who couldnt take the meehoon prepared by the kindergarten (becos inside got prawns!) and he would always let me have his share! HAHA!
Is it when I started become fat?? T_T
In fact when I revisited this place, I could barely recognize it. It has changed so, so much and it certainly wasnt as colorful as now. But what remains familiar to me is the field outside the classrooms. It was the fav place of all kids during recess time, and there was always an aunty who would be selling the otak-otak outside. I would always buy the 'white' otak-otak from her and I remember it costs 25cent back then.
(p/s: white otak-otak is the one without spice. Nvr see before ler!)
And time travels back further.
25 years ago.
It, was where I was brought to this world.
Though I have no memories over this place, it remains one of the places I have the most sentiments towards...
