BATANG?

Tale of Two Batangs

My friend, A, never knew that there was a place called Batang Berjuntai throughout her 20+years existence. Having lived and studied in the East Coast throughout her younger days, it was only on the day she followed her aunt to Kedah that she found the signboard.

On the other hand, I, never knew that there's a village called Batang Bergedik throughout my 20+years of happy-sad-happy-happy life. Having read newspapers only when I have the time, it was only today when I read the New Straits Time ("'Acid man' finds true love again' pg 15 col 1) that I found out tat in Tanah Merah there is such a place.

Ni aku ambil dari blog member seblog aku, Siti Rosman aka Syameen. Heheh... Apakehal cerita pasal ‘batang’ la pulak... Heheh... Selama ni aku ingat nama tempat Batang Berjuntai tu dah kira kelakar dan ‘lucah’ sikit. Tapi ada yang lagi hebat rupanya... Kampung Batang Bergedik di Gual Ipoh kat Tanah Merah, Kelantan. Heheh... Dah la batang tu boleh bagi double meaning, bergedik pulak tu! Isyyy... Sapa-sapa pun kalau dengar nama tempat ni sure pikir ke ‘situ’ dulu punya. Betul dak?

Sebenarnya Tuan Azman Tuan Ludin, mamat yang kena simbah asid dengan wife dia sebab nak kahwin lagi tu berasal dari Kampung Batang Bergedik tu. Ni hah story dalam NST yang Syameen referkan tu :

`Acid man' finds true love again
By Syed Umar Ariff

TANAH MERAH, Wed. - His wife splashed acid on his face when he wanted tomarry another. He endured the pain and the disfigurement, holding firm to the belief that his love would stay by him. But she did not, and his world took a tumble.

Today, six months later, he is in love and loved again. In a simple ceremony in Kampung Batang Bergedik, Gual Ipoh, Tuan AzmanTuan Ludin, 30, now famously known as the "acid man", was engaged toNoraini Ghazali, 22. He, in a yellow baju melayu, and Noraini in a blue baju kebaya were apicture of bliss. Both seemed at ease and exchanged glances as they posed for newsphotographers. Tuan Azman said he was touched by Noraini's acceptance.

"She loves me for the man I am and not for my looks. "Had I known Noraini was the right person for me earlier, I would nothave suffered a broken heart," he said.

Noraini, a volunteer in the Territorial Army, was a close friend ofNormasalina Mohd Nor, 23, the woman who dumped Tuan Azman after the acidattack. Normasalina had introduced her to Tuan Azman at a Territorial Armymeeting in Kuala Lumpur last July.

Noraini said Normasalina was hiding in her house when Tuan Azman cameto look for her after his discharge from the Kota Baru Hospital.

"He would always ask me about her until the day she left him. We thenbecame very close." Tuan Azman's wife Siti Khalifah Sulong, 54, allegedly poured acid on him during a quarrel after he told her he was taking a second wife.

He had been asleep in his house in Kampung Legeh, Jeli, on July 31 lastyear when the attack took place. Tuan Azman was married to Siti Khalifah for more than 10 years and theyhave a child. Siti Khalifah has been charged with causing grievous hurt. The trial ispending.

* Article borrowed from New Straits Times


Heheh... Aku tak tau la kalau aku asal dari kampung tu ataupun Batang Berjuntai (errr... sori la kalau sapa-sapa yang asal dari tempat ni). Macamana agaknya nak explain kat orang kalau ditanya, “Kau kampung kat mana?”

Aku pernah sekali disuruh pegi assignment kat Sekolah Menengah Teknik Kuala Selangor. Sebelum tu dalam kepala hotak aku memang aku ingat sekolah tu betul-betul kat town Kuala Selangor. So, on the way ke sana aku lalu pekan Batang Berjuntai dulu, tapi rupa-rupanya sekolah tu tak jauh dari pekan Batang Berjuntai, ada la lebih kurang dua kilometer. Maksudnya, sekolah tu sebenarnya kat Batang Berjuntai la...

Sekolah tu pulak sekolah baru. So, aku paham la kenapa sekolah tu dinamakan Sekolah Menengah Teknik Kuala Selangor, bukannya Batang Berjuntai. Heheh... Sapa la gamaknya yang kasi nama Batang Berjuntai tu ye? Mungkin betul masa tu ada batang pokok yang berjuntaian kat situ, tapi bila kasi nama Batang Berjuntai... heh.. takde benda lain dalam kepala orang! Ekekekeke!

Bos aku punya cerita lagi haru! Dia cakap tempat tu dapat nama Batang Berjuntai pasal masa zaman dulu-dulu ada puak kanibal kat situ. Dan, diorang tu memang naked memanjang la.. heheh. Lepas tu hobi kaum lelaki diorang suka bertenggek kat atas batang pokok... Hah... tu yang berjuntai tu! Kah! Kah! Kah! Boleh percaya ke?

Tapi kat Malaysia ni memang banyak nama tempat yang pelik-pelik dan sempoi. Ara Payung ni sebenarnya nama kampung aku kat Perak. Heheh... Kampung Ara Payung - pelik ke? Okay la tu. Lepas tu kat Kelantan yang aku tau ada nama Kampung Kedai Lalat. Tapi member aku budak Kelantan cakap kat sana ada nama Kampung Nyamuk Main Gitar... isy.. betoi ke ni? Macam tak caya je.

Ada lagi - Banyak yang aku tau kat Perak la macam Chendrong Balai, Chikus, Pusing, Changkat Belingkor, Kg Serkai Jadi, Kg Jamuan dan apa tah lagi.