REMEMBRANCE 102; KELUBIAN HAS GONE ASEAN

Fourth and Fifth Kelubians in the early eighties



Many has been recalled by Allah and many has also migrated out of Kelubi.
At present, not even one Kelubian in this picture faithfully residing in Kelubi.
My fear is that in a few years time, Kelubi will be folded in our history as the village
that once my ancestors has opened and flourished






The original Pak Long Ku Baharom's house before the make over




The new looked Pak Long's House that Ku Azmi has rebuilt





The three mangosteen pillars upholding the Sumatran roof structure




The arrival of the bride at Kelubi






Far left: the bride from Menado





The host, eldest brother Ku Bahador welcoming the guests
at the wedding reception






Ku Bahador who has led the groom's delegation to Menado welcoming his counterpart from Menado while his uncle, Ami Daud watching intensely

Ezman holding on to my late father's rattan walking stick while I was busy
snapping pictures of the reception. As the ground was still messy with recently
improvised crusher run tarmac, everybody has got the tread along cautiously in fear
of being injured.

From left: Kak Yeh, Asma (holding camera) and Zam waiting for the arrival of the bride





Smiling Ku Azmi with his new bride

After attending Fauziah Murad's daughter's wedding reception at Alor Setar on Sunday, 27 December 2011, Zam and I with Ezman at the driving wheels pushed north to Kelubi Luar. My second cousin Ku Azmi the youngest son of the late Pak Long Ku Baharom and Wa Lah has invited us to for his own recent wedding reception to a Menado lass from the Northern Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.


For that special occasion, Ku Azmi, a businessman has hastily erected a new addition to their original ancestor's home. The new wing has an Asean flavour whereby the workmanships were from Indonesia as well as from Thailand. the new extension has a unique architectural design which was in fact very difficult for a simple layman like me to comprehend. Ku Azmi has even cut down an old mangosteen fruit tree from their inherited orchard in Kelubi Dalam and used them as decorative pillars of on the frontage of the house.



Ku Azmi who is also referred as Pak Su is the youngest son of the late Pak Long Ku Baharum, my late father's cousin. I did not know in depth on the present nature of business Ku Azmi in involved, but he used to sponsor the service of an Indonesian maid to his late mother, Mak Long Lah in Kelubi when her physical condition deteriorated. Ku Azmi has four other elder siblings namely:

1. Ku Bahadur, retired Public Health Inspector residing at Sik Dalam, District of Sik.
2. Ku Kassim, an Ipoh businessman (deceased due to cancer).
3. Ku Muhammad, a Police Sergeant in Penang.
4. Ku Asma , attached to the National Sport Council residing in Kuala Lumpur.




By his daring action in successfully wooing a Menado lass and brought her home to Kelubi , Ku Azmi, a fifth generation Kelubian has followed a tradition of Kelubian going Asean. The first Kelubian who has gone Asean from our extended family was Akashah, the eldest grandson of Ami Leh. Akashah has married a lass from Palembang, Indonesia last year. If I am not mistaken, I was made to understand that one of Ami Daud's sons has also married an Indonesian. Their actions was in fact symbolised our small contribution towards the assimilation of Asean bond of friendship between its people.



However when Ku Bahadur's delegation was In Menado for the wedding reception of bride's family , they did not dare to come out from their hotel room when the final Sea Games football match between Indonesia and Malaysia was shown life on the TV screens in the hotel. They were afraid of being lynched alive because Indonesia has lost the game. So much has been said about Malaysian and Indonesian bonding relationship as a big brother to another younger brother.


Congratulation to Pak Su Mee with the hope that he would not tarnish the good name of the Kelubians. Insya Allah.