contengan Si Gadis

Assalamualaikum..yuhuuuuu I'm back....
Hari ni nak cerita pasal "mengidam" . Ishhh bukannya mengidam orang mengandung. Ni kes mengidam bila dah balik universiti. Kes ni akan jadi bila buka je facebook ada orang share makanan. Rasa sangatlah seksa bila terbaca waktu tengah malam. Waktu tengah malam tu la kemuncak nak rasa lapar.

Assalamualaikum.. disebabkan kami ni orang Kedah, maka hari ni kami nak memperkenalkan seni teater Melayu Kedah...

Mek Mulong merupakan salah satu daripada teater kesenian masyarakat negeri Kedah. Ia merupakan adunan kesenian yang digabung dalam satu persembahan yang merangkumi aspek unsur - unsur lakonan, nyanyian, tarian dan muzik. Tarian ini mempunyai keunikannya yang tersendiri.

Dikatakan Mek Mulong ini berasal daripada Legor, Siam dan kemudiannya diperkenalkan di Kedah. Tempat kali pertama ia diperkenalkan ialah di Kampung Perik, Padang Terap dan kemudiannya berkembang ke Kampung Belukar Mulung, Kampung Paya Keladi dan akhirnya ke Kampung Wang Tepus, Jitra Kedah.

Persembahan Mek Mulong ini dimulakan oleh seorang ketua kumpulan dengan lagu bertabik atau lagu pembukaan. lagu ini dikatakan memberi penghormatan kepada segala keramat, jin, dan para dewa. Sementara itu tiga orang puteri akan menyanyi sambil menari. Tarian ini wujud dalam pebagai bentuk dan dibezakan dengan gerak jari dan tangan. Kebiasaanya lima hingga tujuh jenis tarian akan dipersembahkan. Antaranya ialah tarian sembah, tarian gambang, tarian puteri mabuk, tarian menora, tarian sirama, tarian puteri masuk bilik air dan tarian sedayung.

Setelah selesai maka tamatlah satu senoh dalam satu persembahan Mek Mulong. Setelah tamat satu senoh, pencerita akan memulakan hikayatnya seperti mana Tok Dalang dalam persembahan wayang kulit. Cuma bezanya Tok Dalang mengerakkan patung - patung wayang kulit manakala dalam teater Mek Mulong, pencerita turut berlakon bersama penari lain. Semua pertukaran adegan atau perpindahan suasana dalam cerita akan dilakukan dengan nyanyian beramai ramai dan disertai pantun - pantun menarik. Permainan biasanya berlangsung selama 3 malam atau lebih.

I wish I can watch Aurora Borealis with my own eyes before I die..

The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south.. Auroral displays appear in many colours although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow.

Researcher had discovered that auroral activity is cyclic, peaking every roughly 11 years. Winter in the north is the good season to view the light. Usually on the best time of the night (on clear night).  However the best places to watch the lights (in North America) are in the northwestern parts of Canada, particularly the Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Alaska. Auroral displays can also be seen over the southern tip of Greenland and Iceland, the northern coast of Norway and over the coastal waters north of Siberia. Southern auroras are not often seen as they are concentrated in a ring around Antarctica and the southern Indian Ocean.

Eventhough the scientist had proven this with science theory, but there were some myths and the legend about aurora borealis. In Alaska, some inuit group saw this light as the spirit of the animals they haunted. In Finland, a mystical fox was thought to have created the aurora. Its bushy tails sparaying snow and throwing spark into the sky.

I hope one day i can witness the great aurora borealis by myself...