Pak Idrus's Blog

I call this beach my beach. We a group of Boy Scout found it during one of our expedition in the mid fifties. At that time it was still a jungle with many  small wild animals and inaccessible. There were some tracks here and there, so we just follow it and to our surprise we were welcome by the sound of waves and the open sea. It was such a majestic scene before our eyes. We decided to camp there and enjoy the sea breezes. The next morning we saw for the first time the rising sun there as seen above [photo taken recently]. Nostalgic indeed. Have a nice day.

If one want to know about the culture of a race one must look at their traditions, the fine arts, the language  as well as their norms and value. From what we noticed of the Malay families of the people that live in the Nusantara, one would realise these peoples of many ethnicities have great traditions on all aspects, which shows they have a refined culture. One example is how our eldest daughter Ojie, a teacher for thirty years (she a prof retired last year at the age of 58 from UKM (Malaysia National University) portray in her water colour painting of the family tree (image above) on the Idrus Clan. In the fine culture of the Malay, we have  vocabularies to tell the who and who or  everyone of the family members. Such a colourful way kan!  Have a nice day.

The 3rd February 2022 is our 60th Anniversary.  We got married on the 3rd February 1962. It all begin when a friend's Mokhtar who works at the Cold storage store that is almost opposite the Kuantan Telecom exchange where most girls working at the exchange would go there  to buy things. They all eventually get to know the young man Mokhtar maning the store. So Mokhtar in a way knew them all. One fine evening in November 1961 Mokhtar suggests that we go and visit one of the girl who share housing at the Transit quarters nearby. I had a scooter at that time and together we went to the house. It was at this house that I was introduced to Asmah. At that time I thought meeting her was just like knowing another girl during my bachelor days. But destiny soon took us to another level of friendships, as we move along in life. One thing let to another and in less than three months after our first  meeting, on the 3rd of February 1962 we got  married at her brot...