HUNTING THE MERPATI PUTIH

Burung Merpati

"What a better purpose of life than being a part of a good man"

Merpati putih, or white pigeon, is a must for a pregnant woman. Is is widely practiced by Malay people. Maybe there is no concrete prove about this, but the benefit of eating the liver of pigeon lies in one story of the Mother of Luqman al-Hakim. Luqman al-Hakim was a good man (certain Moslem scholars consider him as a Prophet, while others consider him as a "Wali") and his wisdom was told in the Holy Qur'an.

From the story which told by my mother, my grandmother and many old folks, it is beleived that his Mother was at a point to eat a cooked pigeon, and it was the only food that she had. She was pregnant at that time. Suddenly a poor man/woman came and ask her as he/she didn't eat since many days. So that kind and pious woman, gave all of the pigeon meat, and she took only the liver for her. But the God made this thing intentionally, as He knows best. He never let His servants down. It is in the liver where He blessed most. Because of that, that woman delivered a baby named Luqman. The baby grew up, and became a wise and religious man.

So from that story, it becomes a tradition in our culture that a husband search a pigeon for her wife. It is preferred a white one. So as a kind and loving husband, I "hunted" the white pigeon for many days. It is easy to find the "colored" pigeon, but not the white one. But finally I managed to get two pigeons.

So I killed it righteously , according to the Syari'a law (to make the meat Halal!). So by using a very sharp knife and a fast slaugthering cut and deep enough, I cut the throat and the blood vessels. The animal must be let away freely after the cut to let the blood pour out completely. Don't ever forget to say the God's name and facing the Mecca. I take one to roast it, while my wife made a soup with other. I let the both livers to her while I enjoyed the meat. Hehehhe. It's finger lickin good Merpati Putih!!!! ;)

Alhamdulillahi Rabbil A'lamin. Tabarakallahu ta'ala. Hope my future son or daughter will be as wise as hadrat Luqman al-Hakim. Amin.... ;)

"To know who you are, you must know what you are eating"

"A man will do everything for his woman. Almost. lol"

"A nice cooked meat is always better than a raw one"

"Don't judge the book by it's cover.
Don't judge the liver's sive by the pigeon's whole body.lol"

Ceritera Gelanggang Sekangkang Baboon

Ambo berasa hairan dengan sesetengah orang yang mengaku dirinya Gayong. Ambo pun Gayong, demo pon Gayong. Dok berebut "tanah" sekangkang kera. Kalaulah buleh kaya dengan mengajar Gayong tak apa juga. Ni duit kita sebagai Gurulatih yang habis adalah.

Adalah ceritera terbaru, hikayat Gelanggang Sekangkang Baboon. Ia diceritakan kepada ambo oleh seorang Juruletih kanan di Gelanggang itu....

Gelanggangnya satu jer dalam daerah tu, tapi habis dijaja cerita kata Dia lah Penguasa Mutlak daerah. Gelanggang pun bukan gelanggang awam, tapi kat sekolah menengah jer.

Dulu ambo inilah Juruletihnya. Bukan satu, tapi empat gelanggang sekolah di daerah tu ambo jaga. Sorang dua sahabat tolong juga kadang2. Kami ni Juruletih merah pertama di daerah. Memang kami time tu suci murni. Niat belajar Gayong betul-betul. Tapi rupa-rupanya kami "diperah" habis-habisan. Tebu muda katakan. Manis dan banyak airnya. Yuran bulanan budak2??? Semua disapu masuk dalam poketnya. Jadi waktu tu terpaksa minta duit mak ayah nak isi minyak motor pegi mengajar.....

Ambo bukan kesah sangat tak dapat duit tu. Duit mak ayah dan biasiswa ambo pon dah cukup dah. Tapi yang ambo terkilan, bila ambo disingkirkan bila demo dapat "Tebu" baru. Mujur juga, kalau tidak, sampai sekarang ambo menanggung beban. "Tebu muda" datang menyembah. Rasa syok kot jadi kesayangan MurahGuru dan Sang Petapa. Ditatang, dikelek, dipegang2, diperah2 sampai berair-air, juga disentuh-sentuh..... hehehehehe

Tu tak kira lagi Murahguru yang "makan daging mentah". Pantang jumpa anak buah pompuan yang lawa-lawa. Habis "dikecek" jadi adik angkat, anak angkat, awek angkat, sampai terangkat angkat. Bukan sekali jadi kes besar, tapi berkali kali tak serik. Ingat kubur kata mari, rumah kata pergi. Tangan yang pegang benda haram jadi habuan api neraka. "Anggota badan" lain yang sentuh plak lagi le teruuuk. Masa budak-budak tu di sekolah demo buleh laa buat apa demo suka. Tapi bila budak-budak ni dah besar, dia tak lupa ape Murahguru atau "Jurulatbulu" buat kat dia....

Bab duit grading satu hal. Setiap kali kursus berpuluh-puluh ringgit seorang budak bayar. Campur makan minum, grading, sijil dan tali pinggang, boleh jadi seratus lebih. Budak-budak ada dekat 50 orang. Wah wah wah, confirm dapat Rm5000 tu. Habis grading, habuk pon tarak. Bengkung dan sijil yang dijanjikan entah ke mana. Duit lesap masuk bank. Buat modal meniaga kot, tak pon tukar motor/keta/hp baru. Budak2, lima tahun belajar di sekolah, satu sijil gayong pon tarak. Tak pe, yang penting ilmu kata Murahguru tu. Hehehhee.

Yang paling lawak, Murahguru dan Juruletih ni setiap kali awal tahun minta bayaran kat budak2 sekolah pendaftaran tahunan untuk PSSGM. RM10 seorang. Tapi bila dah bayar, budak2 minta kad keahlian. si Murahguru cakap " Aku tak mahu bagi korang kad ahli ni buat menunjuk-nunjuk, semua aku simpan". Jawapan paling haram ambo pernah dengar. Sudah berbelas tahun ada Gayong di Gelanggang Sekangkang Baboon tu, tiap2 tahun bayar. Tiap2 tahun Murahguru kumpul kad ahli. Tapi ambo sendiri tak pernah tengok sekali pon mana2 kad ahli gayong. Pakai ilmu halimunan kot nak sembunyi kad2 tu. Bawalah masuk kubur kad2 tuu ye...

Pernah terjadi, kutipan untuk ahli seumur hidup dikutip. Budak-budak diminta bayaran sebanyak Rm130. Untuk makluman bagi yang tak tahu, yuran ahli seumur hidup hanya rm100 jer. maknanya dah rm30 seorang dia makan. Tapi yang lawaknya, lagi seratus tu pon lesap, budak2 bergenang air mata je laa kad ahli seumur hidup tak sampai2. Ibu bapa yang perihatin marah2, malah tak sedikit ahli yang berhenti sebab ibu bapa yang suruh. Murahguru dengan muka tak malunya terus mengaku penguasa daerah. Memang sedap kot makan duit haraaaammm..... (lepas tu bagi anak bini makan)


Gelanggang Sekangkang Baboon juga menarik perhatian makhluk-makhluk berbulu yang tak punya tempat nak bergayut, termasuklah sang Gorila. Ye lah, nak bergayut di tempat sendiri, masyarakat setempat tak suka sebab pemalas. Nama dan pangkat sangat-sangat diidamkan. Ilmu tu jatuh nombor tiga belas. Punya lah baik bodek nak bagi orang buka pintu. Bila dah masuk, mula tunjuk watak sebenar. Penghasut dan penyebar fitnah. Nak ambil tempat ambo sebagai Juruletih, dia kawtim dengan Murahguru dan Juruletih yang lain. Ambo dikatakan mengajar ilmu sesat. Ambo dikatakan songlap "pitis". Hasilnya, Sang Petapa (yang ni taraf dia lagi tinggi dari Murahguru) offer penumbuknya pada ambo di depan orang ramai. Kalau bukan kerana aku Genggam Angkat Yakin WARAS dan Ngeri, ntah ape akan jadi tak tahu le....


Ambo pon dah lupakan Gelanggang Sekangkang Baboon tu. Ambo dah buka Gelanggang ambo sendiri. Gelanggang Sekangkang Naga. Hehehehhe. Pada orang2 sana, kalau baca post ni, ambo nak bagitau. Demo buat hal demo. Ambo buat hal ambo. Mujurlah Gelanggang sekarang tak perlu berdaftar dengan Daerah. Ambo daftar direct dengan Negeri dan Pusat. Setakat ni, sejak kedatangan Sang Gorila, dah tiga Juruletih disingkir. Pelik, pendatang tanpa izin halau keluar penduduk tetap??? Ikut laah apa demo nak buat encik Gorila oiii.... asalkan demo bahagia. Dengar kata dah ada jawatan peringkat negeri, tahniah lah. Semoga berkhidmat sebaiknya. Kesian ambo, pernah dituduh nakkan jawatan tu. Bekas penjawat jawatan tu pun termakan cerita mereka, sampaikan bersikap dingin dengan ambo. Tuan boleh tengok sendiri, siapa yang melobi sebenarnya. Teringat ambo pesan Guru Pendita ambo. Kalau ditakdirkan kita sebagai pemimpin, kot mana2 pon kita akan dipilih jadi pemimpin. Cuma yang membezakan sama ada jawatan itu kita minta atau diberi. Kalau kita minta, segala kekurangan jadi hisab atas kita. Kalau kita diberi, semoga Allah yang memperbaikinya....


Ambo disingkir, alhamdulillah. Tapi yang sebenarnya, ambo sendiri yang berniat tarik diri. Tak perlu dicanang kata ambo dibuang. Ambo tak mahu bersekongkol dengan dosa2 demo. Menjatuhkan nama perguruan dan maruah kita sebagai orang Islam. PERGURUAN KITA SEKARANG JAUH KE DEPAN, GURULATIH SEKARANG BERDISIPLIN DAN BERTAULIAH. MURID KITA TAHU KENAL ILMU DAN ADAT. TAPI INI ADALAH REALITI GELANGGANG KAMPUNG. YANG TIDAK BERDAFTAR DAN MENJUAL NAMA PERGURUAN UNTUK KEPENTINGAN DIRI......

Yang Benar,

King Kong

*** Ceritera ini hanyalah rekaan semata-mata, tiada berkaitan dengan individu yang masih hidup atau telah meninggal dunia. Ambil iktibar dari mesej yang ambo cuba sampaikan. Yang buruk kita perbaiki, yang baik kita turuti..... hehehehehe... ;)
wAlahu a'lam...

New Toy: KLEWANG

Having few Ringgits inside my pocket, having enough petrol to go and return safely to Kota Bharu and having a little leisure time that I can spend, I took a quick visit to Pasar Siti Khadijah. My intention is to buy some axes for training, but unfortunately my favorite dealer's shop was closed. So looking around with other dealers, comparing the prices, negotiating it, I finally came back with a new toy. Not an axe though, but a Klewang. Hehhehehehehe.

PAK JAB: GAYONG 3 KALIMAH

Pak Jab

Cikgu Rajab bin Samat, or widely known as Pak Jab is one of the Gayong Master who is still active in Kelantan. I took my Mandi Tapak with him, so did my first Mandi Minyak. I was at the secondary school Sekolah Menegah Kebangsaan Kamil at Pasir Puteh when suddenly he didn't come anymore to teach us. The question was unanswered (almost 14 years), but then the moment I visited him, he revealed the untold story about Pasir Puteh. It is sad, but due to the arrogance of certain Jurulatihs at Pasir Puteh, and their disrespectful to the Adat and the elders, Pak Jab and his team quitted Pasir Puteh. (It is almost the same reason why Cikgu Awang, the late Cikgu Zul and Cikgu Adi left Pasir Puteh in 1996!)

The crisis in Gayong also burden him. As a Gurulatih, what interest us is only to learn, to train and to teach. Respect the Adat and the elders. But when there were too many politics in the federation, most of the old teachers would take the leave. Some remains in Gayong officially, but keep silent and do his own business. Some had to leave his beloved Gayong, and build a new association to keep him moving legally. That's why the Gayong Tiga Kalimah was born. The lessons, the syllabus, the Adat system remains Adat of Silat Seni Gayong of Dato' Meor Abdul Rahman. But using the name of Tiga Kalimah as one platform for him and his family to develop Silat Seni Gayong using his own sincere way all around Kota Bharu and Kelantan generally.

Gayong Tiga Kalimah Gelanggang

I am sure he was one of the active Gurulatih when he was in PSSGM. Everywhere I go, to Perak, Kedah or Selangor, all of the Gayong Masters will ask me about Pak Jab. A public figure of Gayong Kelantan! ;)

There are not many senior Gurulatih left that is still alive. It is our responsibility to go to them and learn something valueable. They had done this more than us when they were young. We should do more, because we are the new generation that has never had the chance to learn from Dato' Meor Rahman directly. All my hope is that may Allah bless all of the elders, for their efforts and knowledges. Pak Jab wishing all Anak Gayong "Assalamualaikum wbt....."

A little boy that survives the leeches attacks...

Ashad the braveheart

This is one of my favorite anak buah. As a real kampung boy, he loves to take the opportunity during the raining season playing water around the kampung. He would swim in anything that has water: sea, lake, river, or even inside the "Baruh" (paddy field). One day, when he came back, blood was running out from his butt. He was taken to the hospital. They found that some leeches had entered inside his private part. None of hospital medicine could force the leeches out from his body. So taking the advice from one old man, the Belalang Nasi (grasshopper) could do that. So that little boy, ate three grasshoppers alive, like a gentleman. He than managed to forced out two big leeches. Bloody leeches!

There was already many cases that man died because the leeches keep growing and breeding inside his rectum. His stomach blowed and it was too late that they discovered the cause.

That boy called me "Arkel Akeng" (that Arkel must be children version of "Uncle" lol), and he always passed by to my house to ask me to draw him the dragons. So seems he has the courage fighting that "Blood Sucking Dragons", I drew him a souvenir..... ;)


Two days later, I found that little boy playing again around the village during a rainy day. What a brave boy! (or maybe "Degil" or "Babey").

Raining Again, and Missing My Anak Buahs....

At Paris it snows heavily, at Pasir Puteh it rains cats and dogs. Many districts in Kelantan and other east-coast states were affected....




All of my nieces and nephews had all returned to their home since the school has started. Missing of their laughs, their curiosity, and their sweet naughtiness, I have to play alone the paper boat. If they were here, I am sure the day gonna be fun.

To all of my "fruit children" (Anak Buah), let's gather again at Tok Ma's house next school holiday! ;)))

Sajak Awang Gedebe

"Budok Kampung" (2003, Colmar)

Sajok ini ditulis oleh Adi Putragong, atau nama asal nyo A. Aziz Deraman. Dio ni ore kapung ambo. Kalu nok dikironyo, super senior ambo di sekoloh Kamil. Mok ayoh ambo samo-samo batch lah denga dio kironyo. Mok ambo ni guru pantun, drama, sajak, nasyid, pidato dan debat di sekoloh yang mano dio ngaji dulu. Belajar di Kamil, balik jadi guru di Kamil. Jadi ambo adik beradik doh terbiaso dilatih dale berpantun, bersyair dan lain lain. Saloh satu sajok hok ambo suko, hok ambo baco dale satu buku simpane mok ambo ialah sajak Awang Gedebe. Sajok ni dale buku himpune sajok-sajok karange dio bertajuk Pohon Pusaka. Sajok ini buat kito kasih dan saye pado ore kapung halame, budayo dan negeri kito. Samo-samo kito hayati balik setiap kato-kato Adi Putragong. Hormat dan kasih pado Dato' A. Aziz Deraman...

Awang Gedebe
Budak Cengal Batu
Tubuhnya cengal kepalanya batu
jajat kampung pagi petang
semutar batik lepas panjang
kalaupun tidak kelewang
parang mesti di pinggang
tegur siapa saja
tidak kira tua muda

Awang Gedebe
budak pandai belaka
pandai menukang rumah
pandai menukang besi
rajin kerja tidak tahu malu ambil upah
rukah nyiur tinggi
kutip getah sekerap
bila musim buah, masuk dusun
angkut durian
bila musim padi, turun ke baruh
geger dengan orang kampung

Awang Gedebe
budak boleh belaka
pernah kelek ayam belaga
tahu, katanya payah masuk syurga;
handalan berlawan sepak raga
hebat bertewas wau gasing
kertuk rebana tiada tanding
main congkak tiada elat
minat Hindustan berdikir barat
suka tengok makyung wayang kulit
tapi lesen dah kena tarik balik
masih kekal pendekar silat
cuma perangainya pantang silap
lebihnya bila mengaji
suara sedap memikat hati
masuk ke surau jadi bilal
bila disiruh jadi imam

Awang Gedebe
jadi tersohor serata negeri
menetap di kota selepas universiti
dapat bini pun Mek Sehati
cakna hati suka berbudi
setiap menjenguk ke desa bakti
Awang Gedebe masih serupa dulu
pandai dan boleh belaka


Pasir Puteh, Kelantan
25 Oktober 1998

Cikgu Nasir in Magazine

One of my Silat brother Ustaz Zahari lend me this magazine


Article about Cikgu Nasir

Cikgu Nasir is one of a well-known Silat master in Malaysia. Whether he is known for his Silat contribution, or his "Silat" bussiness, his blog of "Cikgu Nasir" is visited hundreds of visitors everyday. In the industry of craftsmenship, he is known to be one of the best Malay traditional weapon dealer. I got my Pekaka Keris from him too. And what could I say is that I am totally satisfy with the quality and arts, and the price is really reasonable.



For those the Keris fan club, it is normal to spend thousands of Ringgit to own a Keris that one falls in love with. It is an expensive hobby, but beleive me, nothing better than to spend your own money for something which is beautiful, and deadly weapon at the same time to defend your dignity. I would prefer to give my children the Keris or other Malay weapons as heritage from a Silat father! ;)



Godspeed Cikgu Nasir! ;)