journey thru thick time (1967-1972) from muar to pengkalan chepa

we had our first tv probably around 1970/1. it was a ‘national’ brand. we were very lucky to be able to afford it. i think my mum were very good at savings with her little salary and it helped when we didnt have to pay for the house rent and telephone bills. it was pure luxury in those days to have such things. everything was still in black and white and only in 1978 that RTM malaysia started to introduce color broadcasting. we did try putting a color screen infront of the tv so it will be artificially colored…but itnever look good.

we were one of the few to have a tv in the area. so everyday we have a house full of neighbouring kids sitting in front of the tv all day long.

we would watch ultraman, disneyshow, wrestling, football, scoobydoo, bonanza etc. my all time favourite was ‘the lone ranger’ and his red indian friend kimosabi. probably it has to do something with the mask and them being an outlaw.

p ramlee movies were everyones favorites and all those ghost stories like pontianak and so on. nobody dared to sleep alone after watching such movies. thank god we didnt have any malay tv drama at that time.

in one of the pictures is my sister Oie celebrating her birthday infront of our tv