Jemur Kain

Tida salah ba kalu jemur kain di pagar kan...tapi jaga-jaga kena karan...sebab di Ranau sia dgr ada dua ekor lembu kena karan rumah solar...mgkn dia punya kabel terdedah ka apa...

Dan dengan bangganya...yang di blakang tu solar sekolah kami...hehe...suda beroperasi sejak akhir tahun lalu...

Tiada suda tempat jemur kain di sasapaian..fully occupied...jd jemur di pagar la..

Tempat Bersiram

Cuci kain pun bagus kalu di sini...tida payah bilas lama2...dua tiga kali ja suda hilang sabun...tangan pun tida panat.

Kalau mandi air graviti lagi bagus...sabun lakas hilang ba...kalau guna air hujan lambat hilang itu licin...tu la kenidupan kami di sini...bukan mcm korang yang mandi air paip..hehe..

Sebenarnya tempat mandi ni ada seorang guru lama yang bikin...kami menumpang ja...air dia dari anak sungai di ulu...

Mungkin ada yang tidak percaya, tapi inilah tempat kami mandi kalu tiada air tangki. Kira macam public bath la..tempat ni di siring jalan dan dekat balai raya..kalu ada orang limpas masa ko tengah mandi buat-buat tak tau ja..tp orang di sini tida kisah pun...

Masa sia ambil ni photo mo dekat pukul 6 ptg da..agak romantik jg pemandangan dia kan..tu cahaya matahri tu ba..

Panoramic Malaing2

This looks like a back watered pond but actually it is a tributary river. It was blocked when they built road across it, the water flows become slower even though they built tunnel and the water turn into black.

The school building view from afar.

This is the same house with the school building and teacher's house in the middle.

This is the first house you will encounter when you come to Malaing, made from bamboo but nicely built. Everytime when I see this house my memory goes back to time when I was small. We use to have this kind of house. Many people said that bamboo-made house is very comfortable because it has good ventilation that is it is not hot inside. I agree to some extant but there is also some disadvantages of this type of house. What I mean is the wall is too loose and people will easily peep inside. Moreover, when it's rains the 'oudour' from the ground will rise to make you uncomfortable. But I miss our little bamboo house..

Panoramic Malaing

This land was cleared for padi cultivation.. we called it as "padi bukit"..it's rice is extra-delicious from the "padi sawah".

This photo was taken when I was in my first year in Malaing. Seen afar was land cleared for agricultural cultivation.

Road View

Another view of the road..

It happened one day that I saw a snake passing this area when I was on my way to Malaing. I waited the snake disappeared and to make sure that it really gone, I threw stone to area where it appeared. When I really sure it has gone then only I continued my journey.

Another view of the long dwindling road. Dusty during the dry season and turn to slippery when it's rains..

The slippery-slope-road where you can be easily get dumped during the rainy seasons. A driver must be experienced and posses some kind of skills to confront this tricky road.

At the office..

This is my desk..

This is our humble office...full with dusts here and there. But what can you expect in an interior school with men-only teacher and with no office cleaner. When I first entered the office, I was shocked and to some extent sadden to see the office condition..Like I said it was pathetic. The picture above was taken in some years after that and the condition improved. But gradually I get used to that situation and no more complaint haha..

Luckily this year we get three female teachers...just graduated from the institut perguruan. i think they have much more idea to improve our office. We will see this afterwards.

Me and my students...

I started teaching in the year 2005 about five years ago. The school that I was placed till now is SK. Malaing, a school in the interior and about 2 hours and a half away from Keningau town. When I was first heard the name, I was startled because I never heard the name before. Where on earth this place is situated. Then I find information from people around me. Luckily, one of my brother knew this place because he used to work in a timber company at Bonor in the 80s. Kg. Bonor is one of the nearest village to this place.

My brother also knew the headmaster of this school because his wife is a teacher at SMK. Keningau II, a secondary school near my kampung. My brother brought me to his house to get introduced with him. It seems that my brother knew him quite well.

I don't quite sure when did I first came to Malaing. I think it's 26 January 2005. I found that the school was not as the 'heads' describe to me. I thought that it was too 'rural' but in vain I found 2 units of house made from bricks! Haha...that was not a rural at all.