A Dream Hometown

Yeah, yeah.. I know, we should love our hometown, be proud of it. and yeah, I do. but then...

Have you ever had a feeling which you prefer some other places to be your hometown, instead of the forever, present one? Well, it’s me who had it. I had it a lot anyway.

Despite the fact that I have been living in Alor Star for about 20 years, I actually prefer Sungai Petani to be my place of staying. The feeling will become strong every time the bus I’m boarding passing by the town, whenever I’m on my way from Shah Alam to Alor Star trip..or whenever we went to SP for house checking or attending some kenduri.

Well, I guess I’ve unconsciously built the feeling due to the fact that my dad owned a house in SP, situated at the very strategic location in SP town. Since child, we always go there to check the house condition, meeting new tenants and the parents will always instill the belief in us that we will be moving there once they retired. Now that one of them is going to retire by the end of this year, they said they won’t move anywhere. It’s rather a disappointing statement for me.

Apparently, dad bought the house far earlier than mom bought our current house in AS but we settled down in AS as the parents were working here. The current house is not a very convenient one, long time renovated, located in the flood affected area. Sigh... another factor of wanting to move away. We(the siblings) always fight with the parents for house renovation or moving away as a better solution. Nonetheless, as usual, money acts as the declining factor. I don’t think we are that poor, due to the parents’ job position, I mean, we are not rich but poor?? NO, we shouldn’t be. I’m not quite sure why do we have to experience such severe money crisis.

And not to deny another fact, I love the progress SP has been experiencing. It’s not the capital town of the state but I personally think it deserves the status more.

Mom talked about some house renovation recently. I very much hope that she will be searching for some reliable contractors, not like those she had before.