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Saya sempat melawati tinggalan penting dalam sejarah geopolitikal alam Melayu di Songkhla baru-baru ini. Kena naik tangga yang curam, menambahkan lagi cramp pada betis yang sedia ada dek mengayuh basikal berhari-hari lamanya. Saya ada merakamkan content mendaki tangga curam ni tapi kena scrap sebab keluar suara mengah je bercakap pun tak tahu pangkal butir. ​Dari historical standpoint, berdiri di Kota No. 8 memberikan perspektif taktikal yang sangat jelas. Dari sudut ini, meriam-meriam Sultan Sulaiman Shah dahulu mampu mengawal terus laluan keluar masuk ke Tasik Songkhla (Thale Sap Songkhla) dan Teluk Siam. Singora adalah sebuah Fortress-State yang kaya-raya hasil status pelabuhan bebas yang memintas monopoli diraja Ayutthaya. ​Namun, sekukuh mana pun tembok batu dan kedudukan geo-strategik Singora, ia tetap tunduk kepada resesi politik yang paling klise dalam sejarah alam Melayu: Khianat. ​Singora runtuh sebab kena lipat. Mengikut analisis rekod-rekod luar dan tradisi lisan, kota pert...

  I've been on stick shift all my life. 

Have you ever wondered what lies beneath the hills in your own backyard? While we often walk past mounds of earth without a second thought, archeologists in Thailand are using cutting-edge technology to reveal cities that have been hidden for millennia. One such place is the Yarang Ancient City in Pattani. Spanning an impressive 9 square kilometers, this site is widely believed to be the administrative heart of the Langkasuka Kingdom —one of the oldest and most influential empires in the Malay Peninsula. What Makes Yarang So Special? Unlike many static ruins, Yarang was a living city that was abandoned and rebuilt repeatedly over centuries. Recently, Thailand has employed LiDAR technology (Light Detection and Ranging) to "see" through dense vegetation. The results? New structures and layouts that weren't visible to the naked eye. Perspective: If we applied this same technology across Malaysia, imagine what we’d find. That hill behind your house? It might not just be a ...

Jika masih hidup usianya sudah 71 tahun hari ini. Semua kalendar di rumahnya masih bulan Mei 2025, Tarikh bapa saya meninggal dunia. Al-Fatihah buat bapa saya.

Pagi itu kami bergerak meninggalkan Patani. Perjalanan hari ini agak jauh menuju ke Narathiwat. Sebelum itu, kami berhenti di gerai tepi jalan untuk makan di pinggir bandar Patani. Gerai kecil, lauk bertimbun. Macam-macam jenis. Cara masak pun saya tak pernah lihat. Tak tahu mana satu nak pilih. Kang ambik banyak-banyak sekali nak makan tak sedap selenge nak mengabih. Saya melewati dapur untuk membasuh tangan. Mata saya tertancap ke arah sesuatu. Terselit di celah-celah bahan basah ada sepinggan buah berwarna hijau. Ia bukan sebahagian bahan mentah untuk dimasak, bukan juga untuk dihidang kepada pelanggan. Ia adalah untuk dimakan oleh pekerja di waktu senggang mereka. Mungkin mereka terjumpa buah itu di pasar pagi tadi masa beli barang. Beli lah sikit buat makan kat kedai. Saya lantas memanggil pekerja kedai yang sedang lalu di situ sambil menunjukkan ke arah buah tersebut. "Saya nak beli sikit buah ni boleh?". I had to have at least one bite. Beberapa tahun yang lalu.. ...

The ride was never about fitness or distance—it was about healing a pain no medicine could reach. I crossed into Thailand not for escape, but for something quieter: a place where motion might soothe what words could not. On the road, the danger didn’t unsettle me—it sharpened my senses, reminded me I was still here. What stayed with me most were the encounters: the working class who spoke plainly about survival, their resilience reflecting the quiet endurance I hadn’t known I was mustering; the ruins, half-swallowed by time, standing anyway—proof that broken things could still hold beauty. Food stalls became small altars of comfort: the warmth of broth, the kindness in a vendor’s smile, the way a single bowl of Tomyam Kung could make me feel human again. And the sea, wide and indifferent, gave me a silence that didn’t demand anything from me. I never said aloud what I had lost, but in these moments, I saw it differently—not as something to run from, but something I could carry more gen...

Beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini boleh tahan juga sibuk. Langkah saya tidak pernah berhenti. Saya berpergian beratus-ratus kilometer untuk kerja, dan beratus-ratus kilometer pula untuk pulang ke kampung. Emosi dan kudrat saya benar-benar teruji. Saya bertahan seadanya kerana ada janji yang dipegang. Tanggungjawab yang digalas, saya selesaikan. Tugas yang dijadualkan, disiapkan, dihantar, dilaporkan.  There was something in me that felt like it had drifted far — like a part of the soul long separated, waiting to be returned to where it belongs. I didn’t know exactly when it went missing, but I knew, where I'll go was where I wanted to find it again. Deep South 2025 bukanlah sekadar destinasi kembara basikal, ia adalah sauh harapan yang disulam ke dalam hari yang jerih. Keep me sane, keep me going, keep me focused with what needed to be done. Tekad saya, apabila tiba masanya nanti takkan nak nengok saje. Saya akan berlari ke arah lautan, tidak menoleh ke belakang lagi, bukak semua pak...