Nope, this is NOT a HORROR house. The house at the end of my
street is a city house built in a “kampong-style” (traditional Malay) architecture.
It is really the last house
with a rubber plantation behind.
The main
part of the house is built from bricks with a wooden fence to give it that rustic "kampung" feel and
it has this beautiful quaint wooden carved “kampong”
balcony with
GOOD MORNING, 
someone has had their morning shower!
The house is surrounded by a beautiful garden with pops of many colours.
This mauve Ipomoea or commonly morning glory brazenly climbs over the fence like it owns the place.
A wooden side gate with an over-hanging crop of orange and yellow blooms.
This is the Phanera kockiana, a legume named after H.D. de Kock, the Vice Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. Hence, the common name - Kock's Bauhina.
But, in sad contrast to this living "kampung" house, the pandemic has resulted in many properties up "for sale" or "to let."
Recently, we have houses whose occupants have put up white flags.
as a sign that HELP is needed. It is not a government initiative. It started on social media and went "viral" overnight. "Fly the white flag" tag spread faster than covid-19.
Thoughtful Malaysians responded immediately.
This is very sad. Lockdown is staying home. But a lockdown for some means no wages and food.
Responsible Malaysians do their bit.
Some set up "cupboards of blessing" outside their homes,
food banks and free cooked packed meals.
🥰 Sometimes adversity brings out the worse in people as we compete for limited resources where demand exceeds supply But, this Covid-19 pandemic has brought out the good in mankind. Reader's Digest (India) highlighted the contribution of Sikh volunteers by featuring them on their June 2021 cover page 😍.
