Lencongan
I was supposed to blog about a visit to Narita Village in the outskirts of Tokyo. But I came across a LENCONGAN (diversion) that had me write about this instead. All because the darned portable 60GB hard-disk holding a few thousand photos, including the hundred-odd taken around Narita, decided to check out of permanently. I was hopping mad. "Du-uh! ******* hard-disk mati katak!" (literally: to die a frog's death) was my internalised exclamation upon the discovery. Interesting idiom this one, relating to the seemingly ignoble end to the frog. And there are many ways the frog doth croaks. One photo of which I kept in my laptop:
This amphibian hopped into the wrong pond for a dip: A hot spring. Took this picture on a drive from Cameron Highlands to Gua Musang, along which route is the hot spring. Other scenes of a frog's demise are too graphic to be shown here or even be photographed. You must have all seen plenty. I must say that the frog population must have dwindled a lot because I, for one, can recall coming across a lot more dead frogs when I was younger. Global warming? More roads and more vehicles? One too many biology lessons? Or the wise men of old really knew something about the leggy ones' inevitable leap towards extinction, mostly under undignified and unglamourous circumstances?Then it got me wondering if anybody actually calls his/her blog mati katak? Voila! There is one such. I sincerely hope it is a misnomer, for such an appellative certainly comes with it a foreboding connotation. I am not about to jump to conclusions. For I have a more pressing undertaking at hand: To procure a new portable hard-disk, so I could travel around with my collection of photographs once more.
Before that can happen, I must first make sure the 500GB external drive at home hasn't gone the way of the frog looking for a hot dip.....
SELAMAT HARI RAYA EID AL-FITR to MUSLIM FRIENDS.
Maaf zahir dan batin to all.
29 comments:
i say global warming is the cause. by the way, rest in peace little froggie.
a French person might have a different view. Frog ready-meals, Messieurs?
Always wondered about the origin of that particular simpulan bahasa.
I always understood it as 'dying for nothing'. *LOL*
Hope the Eid weekend was good for you.
The photo and the story really describe what 'mati katak' is actually all about. Leap to your death for nothing at all. And your hard drive chose to die that way.... tsk...tsk...tsk... Back-up bro... back-up.
So... is there any story on Narita's trip.
Eeeekkk!! Errmm..it's Hari raya so pic of a katak mati is sooo tak best la...hehehe...amik la gambar rendang ke, ketupat ke, lemang ke baru best!! :P
Oh my gosh! Poor froggy wrong judgement *sob*
I hope you don't mati kutu because your hard drive mati katak.
lil'angel..... global warming still ain't as boiling as the hot spring.
jules..... bro, I don't think the frogs tuck into simply any species of er, frogs. But I'm sure they contribute to the decline.
drama mama..... frogs must have been getting into hot water since the olden days. Raya was a mundane affair in Los Angeles. Nobody to visit nor jamuan raya to stuff the tummy with.
east43st..... backup is still alive, the 500GB monster is till holding info. Narita story is next on the cards. Slippery stuff...
cosmic_gurl..... didn't get to take any lemang or kuih pictures, sistah.
shionge..... it's not enough to just look before you leap. One must test the waters first!
lils..... member mati kutu, mati akal and mati beragan. But I have since recovered. Mesti berhati waja. Too many simpulan bahasa uols!
dont forget - the frog porridge consumers at Jalan Alor.
asalkan tak mati pucuk uols *hiks*
Yope..yope..
what is mati beragan?
alljazzedup..... Jalan Alor frog porridge pots probably massacre a few hundred leapers a day, you're right.
lils..... kalau mati pucuk pasal hard-disk, baik mati katak!
kuzz..... mati beragan tu maknanya nampak macam mati tapi hidup lagi. Kira macam zombie or maybe, Andy Gibb when Victoria Principal had just left him. Eventually, mati katak jugak member tu - OD'ed.
La, katak sapa la pulak tu
We bought a mouse trap a few weeks back. This one has a really sticky glue on the surface and smells funny. We put it in front of the sliding door near my flower pots (as this is where the 'tikus bedebah' would usually 'melepaskan hajat'.) To everyone's surprise, the next morning, a poor frog was found stuck on the trap - it was very much alive then. I was thinking of snapping a photo but tak sampai hati la pulak. It stayed alive for 2 days!!
Katak tu telah mati katak sebelum sempat beraya.
akula..... tak tau la, bro. Kalau tak Fong, Azlan kot?
dnas..... kesian, mati katak lagi satu. Must've been a really boring two days for the frog.
Maan... I forgot about the Andy Gibb-Victoria Principal liaison. :D Was this before she ran off with the plastic surgeon who then proceeded to continually work on her and ended up making her look like an embalmed corpse? *LOL*
Sorry takde reference katak di sini. :P
P/S: It's good to be back in Blogistan! :D
"Andy Gibb when Victoria Principal had just left him"
you are even older than i thought!
drama mama..... welcome back. Saw Victoria Principal on Sell-a-vision recently, still beautifully embalmed and flogging some miracle beauty product.
babe..... I'm not that old, ask drama mama.
Yope,
zaman andy gibb and victoria principal, i baru dalam perut mak..ahhh u sound so 40 years back yope.
cam bersawang je ni..
hehe
tak puas hati so i googled and found:
He also had a very public relationship with Victoria Principal, which ended badly in 1982.
1982!!! and the guy died in 1988!!!
you must have been about 15-17 then and that makes you like about 50 now.
kan?
*saya yg tak pernah pass mod.math in upper secondary*
Bro, dah melencong kat mana nih. Long time no post.
Frogs are featured prominently in the Malay peribahasa kan eg. katak bwh tempurung, katak ditimpa kemarau, katak kena simbur n my persoal fav. katak tepi air punggungnya kotor....
selamat hari raya bro...better late than never they say...
sian la katak tu..sian lagi you hard disk tuuhh...
Kesian katak tu. Baru je berangan nak berenang. Mati katak terus...
Kuzz..... 40 years back, orang tua teman pun belum kahwin lagi. Sawang pun sawang la, you have a soft spot for orang tua kan?
babe..... let me show you the maths: I'm still in my teens. Okay, more like double-teens la.
east43st..... busy with life. And sorting out backups with the new portable hard-disk. If I ever get to London, we'll have tea.
mya..... betul tu, so many. Maybe it's because of the katak's appearance, semedang stone semacam jer. Kena kutuk pun tak respond.
uba..... maaf zahir batin.
trueblue..... kesian ya. Dia tak pikir masak-masak. Langsung kena masak.
Get to London before I leave. We'll go for Moroccon food near my place. Got belly dance too.
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