Mighty Sadong River taken some time in 2006
SMK Simunjan early 70s
SMK Simunjan and Gunung Ngeli in the early 70s
Recently someone commented on my write-up in my blog about Simunjan. They too have some memories to share about Simunjan. They said Development in Simunjan is quite slow. I agreed with them and I really hope that development of this beautiful bazaar be sped up for the sake of this nice people of Simunjan. You can see thier comments here.
Back in Simunjan during the 70s I have a lot of friends there. Some are local youth and eldwers and some are from other towns of Sarawak working in Simunjan. A few names that I will never forget. Amongst them, Julaihi Suhaili, Cosmas Allen, Abdillah Aerowaini,Hamlet and Adenan Joli and many others.
Julaihi worked with Agriculture Depat Simunjan and so is Cosmas. During weekend I would cycle down to the town and stayed with Julaihi and Cosmas in their quarters near the bank of mighty Sadong River. We spent our weekend attending film show or singing. Cosmas is good with his guitar and harmonica and Julaihi , a very good traditional dancer.
Abdillah worked with Tenant Registration dept (defunct now) that time. Now he is a police chief in Saratok. I think he will retire soon. Abdillah join us in singing. One of our favourite number is Melody Fair. We sang during a stage show at the Simunjan Bazaar. Ah its such a happy moment.
I have known Abdillah earlier in Kuching. We were classmates in SMK St Thomas, Kuching. We were also together in police Cadet Corp movement. In fact we were the first group formed in Sarawak. Our leader that time was the late cikgu Abdul Rahman Sahari.
Hamlet is a primary school teacher and his elder brother, Adenan is a cook in SMK Simunjan. We were and still are good friends. Time has passed by and we still kept our friendship alive till this day. Hamlet and Adenan are from nice family that has treated me so well. Their families are just like my family. In fact they are just like my adopted family in Simunjan till these days.
My weekend in Simunjan never bored me when I am with friends. The made my life alive and happy. Oh how I wish those beautiful moments back. But then..thats memories. memories are for us to recall and remember. They are beautiful moments to be keptr alive and be come tresures of our life.
Simunjan, I really miss you...May be I 'll drive to Simunjan during the coming school holidays...or may be let Simunjan be there, remain as a long lost friend...
Back in Simunjan during the 70s I have a lot of friends there. Some are local youth and eldwers and some are from other towns of Sarawak working in Simunjan. A few names that I will never forget. Amongst them, Julaihi Suhaili, Cosmas Allen, Abdillah Aerowaini,Hamlet and Adenan Joli and many others.
Julaihi worked with Agriculture Depat Simunjan and so is Cosmas. During weekend I would cycle down to the town and stayed with Julaihi and Cosmas in their quarters near the bank of mighty Sadong River. We spent our weekend attending film show or singing. Cosmas is good with his guitar and harmonica and Julaihi , a very good traditional dancer.
Abdillah worked with Tenant Registration dept (defunct now) that time. Now he is a police chief in Saratok. I think he will retire soon. Abdillah join us in singing. One of our favourite number is Melody Fair. We sang during a stage show at the Simunjan Bazaar. Ah its such a happy moment.
I have known Abdillah earlier in Kuching. We were classmates in SMK St Thomas, Kuching. We were also together in police Cadet Corp movement. In fact we were the first group formed in Sarawak. Our leader that time was the late cikgu Abdul Rahman Sahari.
Hamlet is a primary school teacher and his elder brother, Adenan is a cook in SMK Simunjan. We were and still are good friends. Time has passed by and we still kept our friendship alive till this day. Hamlet and Adenan are from nice family that has treated me so well. Their families are just like my family. In fact they are just like my adopted family in Simunjan till these days.
My weekend in Simunjan never bored me when I am with friends. The made my life alive and happy. Oh how I wish those beautiful moments back. But then..thats memories. memories are for us to recall and remember. They are beautiful moments to be keptr alive and be come tresures of our life.
Simunjan, I really miss you...May be I 'll drive to Simunjan during the coming school holidays...or may be let Simunjan be there, remain as a long lost friend...
8 comments:
Salam,
Poor Simunjang! If you want to keep the beautiful moments alive, then you should visit Simunjang when you have the time. Don’t let her remain as a long lost friend...
Salam CT,
Yea..may be in the near future I'll drop by. It's a three hour drive passing through the town of a few Bazaars, longhouses and jungle. Have a nice weekend
Salam Sir,
Slow but still go on. Some people said let the old hanging around you, if no, they will gone and you cant find it again.
Salam Brother Zedmagel,
Thanks for the visit. Simunjan has been and always be in my heart. It is a beautiful, peaceful and lonely place. People of Simnjan are friendly and down to earth people. Please come and visit here if you have the time.
You have a very interesting blog. Congratulations!
Best regards from Barcelona (Spain)
Albert Lazaro-Tinaut,
Thank you for dropping by friend.
Assalam tuan, good to come across this blog and have a share of your life- experience in Simunjan. I am from Gedong - a sub district of Simunjan. Now working in MINDEF Kuala Lumpur. Last visited Simunjan in Dec 1971 then by boat and came back in Dec 2014 by road- after almost 43 yrs. Thanks to Govt's Gedong-Simunjan Road Project that include two massive concrete bridges spanning Sg Kerangan in Gedong and Sg Simunjan near Sageng. Agreed that not much have changed since then but believe that with the road project completed the future looks bright for both Simunjan and Gedong.
Waalaikum salam sdr Apostolos Velios,
Terima kasih sudi singgah. Benar kata saudara, Simunjan mula bergerak bersama Gedong setelah jambatan merintangi sungai dibina. hubungan dengan bandar-bandar berdekatan semakin hampir dan pendek masa perjalanannya..semoga terus maju.
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