past and present

i. the old picture was taken in 1950's. i'm not so sure about the exact year. the location was at the back of the Malay Hostel, Clifford School. but now this hostel has become the school's administration office.
ii. the old picture was taken in 1926 in front of the Malay Hostel.

iii. a group of local people at a Benta cinema in 1955. In 1980's this cinema was demolished and replaced with community hall. Benta is small town located 30 km from Kuala Lipis.

iv. A big flood that happened in 1971. Many places in Malaysia was flooded and Benta was one of the area affected. The old picture shows that the locals rafted along the main road of Benta.


v. A flood in 1971. The bridge is still strong till now.

sweet girl

a creative young girl who make the sweets as a mask.

petai

Parkia speciosa (petai, bitter bean,sataw, twisted cluster bean, yongchaa, yongchaak, zawngtah or stink bean), is a plant of the genus Parkia in the family Fabaceae. It bears long, flat edible beans with bright green seeds the size and shape of plump almonds which have a rather peculiar smell, characterised by some as being similar to that added to methane gas. ( more in wikipedia)

Petai ni memang kesukaan aku. Kalau petai jeruk tu aku ratah je. Tak payah makan dengan nasi. Pernah juga aku makan petai jeruk dengan aiskrim vanilla. Haha!

Berdasarkan kajian, buah petai yang berbintil-bintil pada papannya dikatakan mengandungi kadar protein dan lemak yang tinggi berbanding tumbuhan hutan yang lain, iaitu sebanyak 8 peratus, 11 peratus karbohidrat, 71% air, banyak mengandungi kalsium, fosforus, zat besi, vitamin A, B1, B2 dan C.

Sebenarnya kandungan pemakanan biji petai berbeza mengikut umur dan kesegaran bijinya. Buah petai yang kecut ataupun bijinya tidak membulat mempunyai kandungan khasiatnya kurang. Dalam perubatan tradisional Melayu, biji petai dipercayai berkesan untuk merawat penyakit jantung dan penyakit kencing manis, mencuci buah pinggang, serta untuk mengeluarkan cacing daripada kanak-kanak yang kecacingan.

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