About
Welcome to kampunghouse.
As a Malaysian currently living in Australia, this blog was initially set up as a space for me to connect to my country of origin and enjoy the diversity, glory and mediocrity of Malaysian life through the medium of the written word. It also helped that the past 2 years have seen Malaysian politicians display antics and absurdities that have constantly supplied material for ridicule and careless banter.
Nonetheless, despite the promise of the internet making the world a smaller place, there remains irrevocable constraints on your knowledge of the country you are absent from, and I risk being an armchair Malaysian, commenting from so far away.
So what is kampunghouse? Kampung is the Malay word for village, so kampunghouse is essentially a ‘village house’. The combination of Malay and English into a single word was deliberately made to reflect on the linguistics of the blog, which (ideally) was to be in both English and Malay. There isn’t a lot of opportunity for me to converse and express my thoughts in Malay here in Australia, so this blog would be my refuge to collect my thoughts in my mother tongue.
At the present moment I’m not quite sure which direction this blog should take. 2009 is indeed a year of uncertainties. And so I think I will simply…ramble on until I find my niche.
Happy reading 
lindsayrattray said
Hello,
I came across your blog and couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw you mention Sydney Road Melbourne under a picture of Bekdash…
I’m living in Syria now myself and before that I used to live in Brunswick. Anyway your blog is very interesting to me!
Lindsay.
kampunghouse said
Whow, what a coincidence! It’s good to know Brunswick-ites (is that right?) are spreading their wings in the world’s nooks and corners. I saw some of your pics of Syria and Jordan..they’re beautiful. Are you a professional photographer there?
Akki
lindsayrattray said
Yes, I think Brunswick-ites is the correct demonym…
And no, I take that as a compliment but I’m certainly not a professional photographer!
I am here studying Arabic, how about you?
kampunghouse said
Oh yeah..University of Damascus has a really good Arabic course.. I’m fresh out of uni and keen to join the workforce..yeah talk about timing..