Kampung Life : My Personal Zoo

Living in a kampung is full of adventures and misadventures too.   Kampung life is the best for me and I love it to bits and would never trade it for anything else.  Can't imagine myself living in a concrete jungle.. ayoo... don't think so I can survive.

Part and parcel of living near a 'jungle' is the frequent visits by our  uninvited 'guests'.  They come unannounced but we're used to having them around, though at times they do give us the shivers... 

The biawak or monitor lizard is one of our very regular visitors.

They come all the time. Kadang2 masuk rumah lagi.

They can be quite aggressive, it's best to leave them alone.

But they're easily spooked. So bila kita shoo2 dia, dia larilah.

 The owl or burung hantu. Check out the eyes!

This is one of my favorite animals.

But they don't come much now 

because we don't have chickens anymore.

 This tortoise or kura-kura came after a rainy day.

It's such a fascinating animal.

It hides its head and limbs as soon as it senses danger.

'Danger' here comes in a form of me and me cats.. hehe..

The 'mean' homosapien turns the tortoise around (turn turtle?)

to check out its belly. Fascinating, eh? The tummy is closed shut

and you can't even see where the limbs and head go. 

Totally amazing. Subhanallah.

Me cat is as curious as me... ahaks!

This is another regular visitor.

They come alllllll the time. Every day, in fact.

This one even comes into the house and is actually checking on me.

Our ceiling kopak sebab kucing berkelahi atas tu.

 Tu yang berlubang tu when both cats came crashing down.

So this monkey always spies on me when I'm busy on the FB. :))

We have plenty of birds too. All types

but it's not easy to capture them on camera.

And I don't have an SLR, so this is all I can get.

A cute yellow bird.

 At times we're lucky and get to see their nests and eggs.

Totally marvelous. Check out the intricacies of their nests.

Don't worry, guys...we do not take the eggs or mess their nests.

We just take pics and marvel at Allah's creations.

 A huge and beautiful butterfly. 

 One of its wings is damaged. Poor thing. 

Tupai aka squirrel. Yang ini pun memang ramai kat rumah.

This baby one was caught by our cat and we're on a rescue mission.

It's actually such a cute and cuddly animal.

My son releasing the baby squirrel.

 Be safe now, little squirrel....

These are not actually the wild and the ferocious

but they are part of the animals that roam my house  =))
Mother hen and her cute little chickies...

One chick on her back..

 Two chicks now...

 And three!!! 

They ain't heavy, they're my babies!!

But this one is sure wild and scary.

The slithering kind pun selalu datang jugak.. huhu..

This one was found slithering around in our banana trees.

 

And later tried to swallow a froggie, leg first.

 Babi hutan @ wild boar. Among the animals, 
I guess these are the fiercest, scariest and wildest of all. 
 They come often too and we keep out of their way.
They can run very fast, so better don't mess around with them.

Well, that's how interesting kampung life is. Everyday one discovers new things and it's always an adventure.  Thanking Allah for my kampung life and all that comes with it.  Alhamdulillah. :)))

disclaimer : no animals are harmed in the making of this blog :D

Kampung life : jual daun kunyit!

More stories about living the kampung life. Kali ni nak cerita pasal jual daun kunyit pulak. :D

 

My pokok kunyit

 

We have slightly more land than the usual corner lot house in any housing areas.  But lazy-me is too lazy to really make full use of the land.  Memang sangat menyedihkanlah saya ni.  Tapi ada jugaklah sikit-sikit tanam pokok jangka pendek.  Errr.... is that the correct term?  Ingat2 lupa term yang belajar dalam kelas Ilmu Alam kat sekolah dulu.  

 

So among others,  we have quite a bit of pokok kunyit (tumeric) at home.  In fact a bit too many for us to consume.  After all, how many times can one cooks rendang, gulai in a week?  

 

So daun2 yang dari hijau segar terbiar begitu saja, sampai jadik kuning.  So, decided to bring a few to the wet market a few days ago.

 My 'ladang' kunyit....

I did the 'harvesting', bibix did the 'assembling'...

Banyak jugak.. tu pun banyak yang dah kuning2.

Yang kuning of courselah tak jual.

I only took the green and fresh ones.

Over to the wet market now.

Malu pulak cik kak ni... hiding behing daun kunyit!

I got 6rm for the whole 'exports'.

Not bad, eh. It might not be much 

but it's a lot in term of satisfaction. Alhamdulillah. :)))

 

 

kampung life : bonfiring!

I think only true blue kampung folks can truly appreciate the syiokness of 'bakar sampah'.  Bakar sampah here is not really burning waste like non-biodegrable stuff, tapi more like burning leaves, twigs, logs, and such. Memang sangat mengasyikkan... :)))

I have been bakar-ing sampah since I can remember.  I'm always doing it and I love it.  So tadi like any other days, I was out again burning up sampah (and making some dents in the ozone layer.. huhu..)...

I know to some people this is totally not a done thing.. but this is  nothing compared to the real harm that comes from the factories, cars, etc etc....  This is the life of the kampung people.



I have three bonfires working at the same time this evening.  Simple pleasure such as this is what makes life in the kampung so serene and peaceful.  Alhamdulillah... :))))

my feline friends...

Besides foods the other thing that I love is cats.  I'm a catwoman... meeowwww.... :))

Never mind that I have this awful case of sinus, but cats are almost always around at our house.  So, I'm gonna post my 'cat series' here... I'm gonna start off with Crookie... Crookie has since gone to cat haven ... ;(

 

Banyak hadis dan kisah tentang kucing ini.. Some of them are :
 

1) Dalam hadis Bukhari-Ibn Umar radiallahuanhu meriwayatkan sabda Rasulullah s.a.w. yang bermaksud: Seorang wanita dimasukkan ke neraka, kerana mendera seekor kucing, ia tidak memberinya makan minum sehingga mati kelaparan.

 

2) Diriwayatkan dari Abu Qatadah RA, yang mendengar Rasulullah SAW bersabda tentang kucing, ”Ia tidak najis. Ia binatang yang sering keliling diantara kalian.” Hadis ini diriwayatkan oleh Malik, Ahmad dan imam hadis lain. Oleh karena itu kucing adalah binatang yang badan, keringat, bekas dan sisa makananntya suci (Lih. Ibnu Taimiiyah , Syarh Jawami’ al Akhbar, dengan komentar dari Syaikh Abdurrahman bin Nashir Al-Barrak.)

3) Aisyah pernah melihat nabi berwudhu dari sisa jilatan kucing. (HR. Al Baihaqi, Abd Razzaq, dan Daruquthni)