Yess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
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.
Me with my grandfather and his road!
Honour? But of course! Isn’t this the coolest thing ever? 😉
wah lansi!!!!!
if my dead grandpas got road names under them i’d blog about it too! what took you so long!
Proud of you.Not many roads are named,when that person,he/she is still alive.NO Datuk? or JP’?
Yes it is 🙂
Lets petition for a Jalan Suanie too…
My kampung is sri gading too!
So thats your grandpa’s road huh? Next time I lalu, I’ll think of you Suanie 😉
its cool.
so you can now drive in the middle of the road, and if the cops stop you, you can always say…
cool!!
Hell yeah!!
so shweet the last picture =)
wow..your grandpa got road !
I WANT A ROAD NAMED AFTER ME TOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
i am so proud to be your husband, first wife *sobs*
so when can i meet my great-grandfather-in-law? 😛
Cool! I want to know more stories about your Grandpa’s adventures with Japanese occupation and communists etc.
ur ah gong is more femes den u. :p
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.
TOLL booth?
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!
Now you really can say to ppl there, this is my grand father’s road.
ur grandpa rox
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..
Now no one dares to shout at you even if you sleep on the road. Haha…
Hahahahahah I going to buy 8330 and 8300 for this weekend’s 4D. And ping all combinations.
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…
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”
ky: i didn’t know 😛
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 😛
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! 😀
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 😀 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
Wow, I envy you lah…
Hi Suanie, this is an interesting story!
Why not you tell us your story at our post here?
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