oi you think this one your grandfather’s road ar?!

Yess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suanie's grandfather and his road
Wa ah gong di e ei lo

I didn’t know about it until I read my aunt’s blog where she posted about it. Since I was back in Batu Pahat last weekend, I thought I’d check it out (since I memang wanted to visit my grandparents anyway), and managed to drag persuade my grandpa to go along with me and pose for a picture.

Initially he was a tad reluctant, maybe shy or what, but later was quite enthusiastic, directing me to go from the other side (from where the road sign is located) so I could drive through the entire road. It’s quite a main road; definitely more than 20 houses dotting the sides.

Suanie's grandfather's road
The whole stretch!

FYI, Sri Gading is a pekan just 13 km from Batu Pahat town. I spent a lot of my growing up years there. It is now undergoing massive development; new housing areas and industries mushrooming here and there. Oh well, at least the roads are wider, etc.

As for why my grandfather has a road named after him, well he’s somewhat of a local personality lah. He’s got stories from the Japanese occupation, communist and stuff; maybe one day I’ll properly document it. He’s a MCA guy through and through (with all due respect and this just being my opinion, that was back when MCA had balls) so maybe that’s why he received such an honour lor.

Suanie with grandfather
Me with my grandfather and his road!

Honour? But of course! Isn’t this the coolest thing ever? ;)


27 comments:


  1. KY, 20. May 2008, 16:29

    wah lansi!!!!!

    if my dead grandpas got road names under them i’d blog about it too! what took you so long!

     
  2. William Eow, 20. May 2008, 16:43

    Proud of you.Not many roads are named,when that person,he/she is still alive.NO Datuk? or JP’?

     
  3. mela, 20. May 2008, 17:04

    Yes it is :)

     
  4. Peter Tan, 20. May 2008, 17:11

    Lets petition for a Jalan Suanie too…

     
  5. NoktahHitam, 20. May 2008, 17:53

    My kampung is sri gading too!

    So thats your grandpa’s road huh? Next time I lalu, I’ll think of you Suanie ;)

     
  6. simon, 20. May 2008, 19:31

    its cool.

    so you can now drive in the middle of the road, and if the cops stop you, you can always say…

     
  7. chris, 20. May 2008, 20:14

    cool!!

     
  8. suertes, 20. May 2008, 21:17

    Hell yeah!!

     
  9. Reta, 20. May 2008, 21:57

    so shweet the last picture =)

     
  10. Terenceg, 21. May 2008, 1:15

    wow..your grandpa got road !

     
  11. ShadowFox, 21. May 2008, 3:36

    I WANT A ROAD NAMED AFTER ME TOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

     
  12. chris tock, 21. May 2008, 8:23

    i am so proud to be your husband, first wife *sobs*

    so when can i meet my great-grandfather-in-law? :P

     
  13. Jeff, 21. May 2008, 10:29

    Cool! I want to know more stories about your Grandpa’s adventures with Japanese occupation and communists etc.

     
  14. Pinky, 21. May 2008, 11:37

    ur ah gong is more femes den u. :p

     
  15. dils, 21. May 2008, 16:26

    Do write about your grandpa experience of the WW2. I wish some of us would document it… a bunch of stories during the Occupation.. that the young would read.

    I only remembered one story from my late grandmother.

     
  16. moo_t, 21. May 2008, 17:22

    TOLL booth?

     
  17. vincent, 21. May 2008, 19:26

    Shit I always wanted to do something like that.

    Go park in the middle of the road and when people scold you, say, MY GRANDFATHER’S ROAD WOT!

     
  18. Simon Seow, 22. May 2008, 16:42

    Now you really can say to ppl there, this is my grand father’s road.

     
  19. frostier, 22. May 2008, 17:02

    ur grandpa rox

     
  20. Wannabe Economist, 22. May 2008, 17:05

    When will you have your own road named after you? =) Then You wouldnt need to care about peoples honking you on the road. “eh you think this is your grandfather’s road ah?” “Erm sorry, it’s my road.” that kinda thing..

     
  21. Bryan, 22. May 2008, 22:11

    Now no one dares to shout at you even if you sleep on the road. Haha…

     
  22. tigerjoe, 23. May 2008, 0:35

    Hahahahahah I going to buy 8330 and 8300 for this weekend’s 4D. And ping all combinations.

     
  23. jack0, 23. May 2008, 22:42

    i’d never see the word “Ooi! u think its your grandfather raod~ah” the same anymore after this.. u totally spoil it ~jor.. ahahaha…

     
  24. aeroplane1234, 24. May 2008, 9:48

    so touching lei! i really wish my forefather has some roads named after the family like the email that we often see “jalan pukima”

    i can absolutely see the contrast between “urban indulgence in sub-way sandwich” and “suburban healthy lifestyle”

     
  25. Suanie, 28. May 2008, 16:06

    ky: i didn’t know :P

    william: i think there’s some sort of an award. have to ask my mom about it

    mela: i think so too! ;)

    peter: you first :P

    noktah hitam: oO small world! you know that road meh?

    simon: hahaha i wonder if tun sambathan’s descendents do that

    chris: yay!

    suertes: hehehe ;)

    reta: thanks! :D

    terence: awesome balls!

    sf: jalan shadowfox has a nice ring to it

    tock2: my great-grandfather is dead. you can meet my great grandfather though ;)

    jeff: hehe i am figuring out how to do that properly. think it will be a project

    pinky: i know! i am not jeles!

    dils: that’s a great suggestion! i’ll see what i can do :D i already have a bunch of paper stuff including ‘good citizen award’ and receipts from ’sri gading electric company’ before they were bought out by TNB

    moo_t: that’s an idea too! ;)

    simon: that’s what i intend to do!

    frostier: he does!

    wannabe economist: haehahehahe any japanese want to invade us anytime soon?

    bryan: hahahahh

    tigerjoe: menang tak?

    jack: haehahehahehahehae i actually know a couple of ppl whose grandfathers have roads named after them

    aeroplane: it’s a nice place :) slow paced and .. well air is cleaner too

     
  26. [...] See how lah. By the way this is the same grandfather who has a road named after him [...]

     
  27. Wing Loon, 6. June 2008, 6:34

    Wow, I envy you lah…

     

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