Wednesday 1 August 2007

Ke Pasar, Ke Pasar

This morning I suddenly remembered a nursery rhyme which I learned in school when I was young. It goes like this;

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again jikkejy jig,
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again, jikkejy jog.

However, today I taught Bahasa Malaysia in my class, it striked me that I should Malaysianised this poetry. Let's have a go at it:

Ke pasar, ke pasar, nak beli ikan kembung,
Terkejut, terkejut, harga naik melambung,
Ke pasar, ke pasar, nak beli ikan haruan,
Jadi hairan, jadi hairan, harga naik tak keruan!

Bertanya, bertanya, apa sudah jadi?
Itulah sebab kau orang naik gaji!
Bertanya, bertanya, siapa punya kelentong?
Fikir sama, fikir sama, kami pun nak untung!

Ke pasar, ke pasar, nak beli ikan bawal,
Dok tengok, dok tengok, susahnya nak kawal,
Balik rumah, balik rumah, ada beli gobis,
Naik lemah, naik lemah, duit pun dah habis!

4 comments:

  1. hahahaha..this is funny and yet soo true..sekarang berbelanaj duit macam air jer..tak terasa...duit petrol pon dah berapa!

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  2. you know what, you should compile all these and publish as short gurindam! - a gurindam moden!

    yang semalam tu kan betul2 touching!

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  3. He,he,he, Malaysia BEEESSSTT!

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  4. Malaysia BoLeh..sib baik kita orang pun naik gaji...Alhamdulillah, kalau tak perut kembung angin je kak...

    Can't wait to meet u...

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