Monday, January 3, 2011

The Children - First Day Crossing To School

Beautiful pictures New Straits Times photographer share with its readers. 
Children from Kampung Bongkud in Menggatal, Kota Kinabalu walked eight kilometres, two-hour journey to attend the first day of school at SK Tombongon through muddy tracks, jungle trails and three rivers.
Thank you, Datu Ruslan Sulai


6 comments:

rohaizahabas said...
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rohaizahabas said...

Masyaallah..berjalan 8 km dari rumah ke sekolah!!
Anak saya yang sekolah nya tak sampai 10 minit jalan kaki pun naik bas sekolah...
Yes..gambar gambar yang cantik..
Oupps!
salam kenal dari klang

Ummie said...

Gambar yang membawa banyak keinsafan.
Salam diterima.
Klang?
Saya ada beberapa saudara mara disana.

Al-Manar said...

I would like to see a few snapshots of that kampong, say of about thirty years ago. Then we have something more meaningful and fairer to make comments.
Forty years go I used to drive almost every week along a winding road through Menggatal. The most prominet sight was of a chapel on a small hill. I was from happy then.
I wonder today.

Al-Manar said...

Correction;
.... was far from ...

Ummie said...

Mr AlManar,
When I decided to share these beautiful NST photos, many questions cross my mind.

- These children needs education,
It must be very dark, before the sunrise, when these children leave their homes,
- thus it must be dark too when they pass these area.
- They arrive the school feeling tired, how can they stay focus in class?
- How if it rains?
- Continuous raining?
- How if water in the river swells?
And many more questions.

The picturesque scenery touche me, but the children's safety, focus & education touches me more.