Kampung

Kampung usually simply means a village, but it also refers to your hometown. Where you've been growing up. The term hometown is more accurate these days as not many people stay in traditional villages anymore. My grandparents of both sides lives in town and my remaining great-grandfather lives in an even bigger town.

Then comes the question - what is my hometown?

True enough, I was born in Kuantan and that somewhat qualifies it to be my hometown. But then I spent most of my childhood in KL and adapted most of it's psyche. Only later on I live in Kuantan and even at that I'm still constantly in touch with KL. Yeah, I'm still branded as a KLite by many of Kuantan folks. Especially when I hang out at Teluk Chempedak. I speak with nary a hint of East Coast dialect, so I think that's why I'm perceived as such. Plus I usually drive around Kuantan in a car with a KL licence plate.

I know many elders in Kuantan but not much of my peers (except for school) and the reverse happened in KL. I do my shopping in KL yet still craves for sata and keropok lekor. But come main dishes I go for Johorian food above all else. I navigate KL better than some KLite but doesn't really know the nook & crannies of Kuantan. Pretty mixed up eh?

The verdict? Pretty much undecided, but techicality favours Kuantan as my parents lives there. Maybe I take both, as told to a taxi driver before. ;)