Lucky Portrait

If you've been to Alor Setar, you will notice that there are portraits of an old man in almost every business establishment. This old man is a celebrated Sultan, Sultan Abdul Hamid who ruled Kedah for 61 year. Watch a brief history of him here.

Portrait of him is considered 'Ong' which means royalty or gold in chinese. His portrait symbolizes prosperity and profit because the late Sultan practically breathed life to Kedah when the state was abandoned (to avoid the casualty of wars.)

There were also rumours of supernatural powers he possessed. It was said that when representatives of the Japanese Empire came to see him, they disrecpected Kedah royal protocol and addressed him indescently. Pissed off by the Japs display of disrespect, he jerkah (shouted) at them and all the reps died instantly. He was also known to be pious, religious and very humble.
This grandfather of Tunku Abdul Rahman, our father of independance is still believed to be a catalyst of good luck and prosperity. Almost all chinese, malay and indian businessman in Alor Setar has a portrait of him hanged proudly on feature walls of their establishments as if the late Sultan is watching over their businesses.

Kedai spare part kereta
Kedai print and handphone housing

Kedai makan

Kedai runcit

Mekanik

I think it's amazing how a religious and pious man leader has incredible influence on everyone especially the chinese and indians, unlike our current prime minister Abdullah Badawi. His portrait brings 'Suey' or bad luck.

Every government office has at least one A3 size potrait of PakLah. No wonderlah our federal government is losing the confidence of the rakyat by the minute.

Here are my list suggestiona of portraits to boost morale of government servants:

for Kedahans

For Sehati Berdansa followers (losers...)

For Robert Pattinson's kipas-susah-mati (die Cullen die!)

For closet Mak Nyahs (especially pejabat military)

For Digi, Maxis and Umobile users

For fun

15 comments:

alia said...

dia ong cos the top tip of his ears tu selari dgn mata dia. org tua2 kat sini ckp pasal tu la dia ong.

alia said...

nice. ada robert. such a pretty boy. and cullens can't die.

Afiq Deen said...

well.. i think its better to get head over heels on guys you can actually date in real life. Tell that to millions of screaming fans! Hahahah.

But don't listen to me, Im just being realistic and practical.

SleepingBeauty said...

"Every government office has at least one A3 size potrait of PakLah. No wonderlah our federal government is losing the confidence of the rakyat by the minute".

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I'm not gonna get in trouble for laughing at that statement, right? o.o but I really couldn't help it. Hillarious!

syahiransukardi said...

i remember ur last pic.langkawi trip!d good old days :)

Afiq Deen said...

haah. Teehee. D good old days eh~

laughing about the government's downfall is not an offence, don't worrylah.

Dammit said...

hahaha, gambar pakalah yang first tu plg best.

" L" said...

Hmm..i'm sooo surprised 'bout the Kedahan Chinese there..(i guess some of them..not all of them) displaying the potrait of Malay Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Abd Hamid at their shops as to symbolize prosperity n profit. To me, I rarely find that ones in my life until afiq revealed it..haha..the truth is out there..

So far, I know 'bout Chinese's Na Tuk Kong (Datuk Kong: Datuk = chief, Kong = lord).. It's 1 of the Malaysian Chinese Gods which brings spiritual protection, luck n even is worshipped to grant winning numbers..wahahahaha..

U can see the shrine of Datuk Kong is pakai songkok..haha.. Surprisingly, this Datuk Kong is a "Muslim".. so, strictly no worshipping it using pork, alcohol or beer..hehe..

Anyway, 'bout Pak Lah..although he's not as good as Tun Dr. Mahathir but at least he has reformed our legal systems plus a newly Rang Undang-Undang Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) 2008 to replace which is Akta Pencegahan Rasuah 1997. I think that's I can be proud of..

Malaysia, Truly Amazing..

Afiq Deen said...

haha. bukan some L, but most. The shopsowners that didnt hang the pictures comes from penang or KL.

Danny said...

L,

"..a newly Rang Undang-Undang Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) 2008 to replace which is Akta Pencegahan Rasuah 1997."

- something to cover up after the the failure of someone's anti-rasuah 'on paper' campaign

cakap tak serupa bikin...
"walk the talk" is what we need.

ika said...

i love the last one hahaha

Nono Fara said...

kelakar la you! i tengok the sam epic kat your header.. hahah LMAO! Hahahah

mutalib saifuddin said...

no lah. every offices had mahathir's, hussein onn's before. not only now..it's a tradition and somehow was fascinated by your findings...

glassman said...

well well, so this is how the younger generation see the country's leadership.

hello everyone, forgive me if I am intruding. I myself was looking for a picture of Sultan Abdul Hamid and stumble upon this blog, nice but also not so nice sometimes if one ....

history is for us to learn of past mistakes so as not to repeat them.

Aiena Zahira said...

you tell it as it is, man! eventhough i didn't agree with pak lah, i have nothing against BN. cant wait to reach 21 yrs old.