Jalan-jalan kampung di Terengganu bakal diperbesar bagi memuatkan kereta-kereta Mercedes yang baru dibeli pentadbiran eksekutif negeri itu. Jalan dan lorong-lorong kampung di Terengganu, yang rata-ratanya sempit dan penuh lubang, tidak lagi sesuai untuk digunakan setelah Menteri Besar Ahmad Said menggantikan kereta Proton Perdana kepada Mercedes Benz E200 Kompressor. Peruntukan juga bakal dibuat bagi kerja-kerja memperbesar… [Read more…]
July 24, 2008
Kami di kampunghouse rata-ratanya mengelak daripada membaca akhbar harian negara, terutamanya Utusan Malaysia, yang baru-baru ini didakwa Anwar Ibrahim sebagai “membodohkan orang Melayu”. Walaubagaimanapun, kadangkala perlu juga diteliti sejauh mana Utusan Malaysia, yang sepatutnya berperanan sebagai “Penyebar Fikiran Rakyat”, membutakan pembaca mereka daripada fakta yang sahih. Baru-baru ini dilaporkan Perdana Menteri Abdullah Badawi telah mengarahkan… [Read more…]
July 22, 2008
One unscientific but fairly reliable way to gauge the newsworthiness of a region is to sample the frontpages of its newspapers. The frontpage of a credible newspaper in a global, influential city like New York would most likely carry news that impact even those living far away, while the frontpage of a small town in… [Read more…]
July 5, 2008
Sambal terung has got to be one of our favorite Malaysian dishes, the savory smoky sambal piggybacking on the velvety creamy flesh of the eggplant. However, eggplants are notorious for their sponge-like ability to suck in oil. Sambal terung done the traditional way starts off with deep frying the eggplants, where more than half of… [Read more…]
July 4, 2008
Statutory declarations seem to be the rage these days, the latest coming from P.Balasubramaniam, the former private investigator of disgraced political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda. We at kampunghouse are ever eager to adopt a trend, so as a service to our fellow Malaysians, we’d like to give a rough guide to making your own statutory… [Read more…]
July 25, 2008
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