Pekeliling Flats - The End Of A Beginning by Masri

Without further a do I present to you all my pictures.

Eventhough not as great as the others, i' ll hope this will be my jump start in PJ for a newbie like me.

Special thanks to Mr. Torque, Mr Ian Ahmad, Mr Jidin, Mr Kamarul and Mr. Shahroll for their hardwork in helping and teaching and conducting this outing for Photojournalism fans.

The Watt Meh Liew

Built in 1929, maybe regarded as the first Thai Buddhist temple in Kuala Lumpur. Located near the roundabout of Pekeliling Flats or Jalan Pahang.

Ian Ahmad/CHAPs (Malaysia)

Pekeliling Flats - The End of a Beginning / JiDiN

Thanks Torque for very food intro about project " Pekeliling Flats The End Of a Beginning ". My theme for this project called "Used + Abused". It's about Pekeliling Flats thats have been used for long time but than leave abandoned and been abused.Inside of Pekeliling Flats have lot of furniture,cloths,matress and many more other things abandoned . The emptiness and abandoned flats welcomed others and abused the place.Lots of thanks to Torque, Masri, Ian Ahmad,kamarul and Sharoll to make this project happen, see again in another project..... insyallah.


View of Pekeliling Flat from broken window
~Khairudin Mohd Thani/CHAPS, Malaysia


Used matress abandoned at Pekeliling Flat.
~Khairudin Mohd Thani/CHAPS, Malaysia


Bedroom used to be heaven for sleeping become scary room after abandoned by owner of Pekeliling Flat.
~Khairudin Mohd Thani/CHAPS, Malaysia


Living hall room full of water and used to be very good place for mosquito growth.
~Khairudin Mohd Thani/CHAPS, Malaysia


Used brush abandoned at kitchen wall.This brush normally used for cleaning bottle.
~Khairudin Mohd Thani/CHAPS, Malaysia


Used needle been used by drug abused at Pekeliling Flat with shaver blade and little blood inside the bowl.Now Pekeliling Flat become favourite place for drug abused to hide and stay.
~Khairudin Mohd Thani/CHAPS, Malaysia

Pekeliling Flats- The End of a Beginning / by shahroll

Ok, I think there is no more introductory needed for this project, its all well written by Torque in this previous post. Here are my shots, under the theme "Decoration Empty". It's about memory of Pekeliling's tenant. Some may say they left nothing except a lots of scrap or un-used furniture, but what we found is, they left us with a lots of "EMPTINESS". Lots of thanks to Torque, Ian Ahmad, Jidin and Masri to make this project happen, next time we will hit the street again.. insyallah. The shots of "Decoration Empty".

Pekeliling Flats - The end of a beginning/Ian Ahmad

Ok, I think no more introductory is needed for this project, its all well written by Torque in this previous post. Here are my shots, done under the theme "Memory Remains". It's about memory of Pekeliling's tenant. Some may say they left nothing except a lots of scrap or un-used furniture, but what we found is, they left us with lots of "memories", and I believe if they see this pictures 10 or 20 years forward, they will smile as they know, this was once a place they called home. Lots of thanks to Torque, Masri, Jidin, Sharoll and kamarul to make this project happen, next time we will hit the street again... insyallah. The shots of "Memory Remains".

Its used to be a 'kedai kopi' for Pekeliling flats tennant where they will get together for breakfast and having a chat with others about some interesting topics, now it was forgotten and be left alone waiting his time ...

*captioning on the way...hehehehe

Pekeliling Flats - The end of a beginning

The CHAPS organized an impromptu outing recently - let it be known there will be more of this from now on! The interests started off when a bunch of "usual suspects" crash into the newly installed Talk-Cock Block @ ChikenChatSpace...and decided to go for an outing. The Pekeliling Flat Series will be presented by those who went for the outing in stages, within a week or so, insyaAllah.

One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats was the second high-rise residential after the Suleiman Court. In 2006, two of the eleven blocks - A and B - were demolished to give way for future development of the city. The piece of land where Blocks A & B used to stand tall, has been turned to function as a parking lot, nothing more.
Now, almost 3 years later, the remaining blocks on the other side of the bustling road of Jalan Tun Abd Razak, void of legal tenants, awaits similar fate....

Part I: Blocks K & L

What is left of what perhaps used to be a barber shop in Block K of the Pekeliling Flats.
One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats is to be demolished to make way for future developments.
~Khairil Faizi Jamian/CHAPS, Malaysia

A floorspace in Block L of the Pekeliling Flats cluttered with dusts & remnants. Block L & K would be the low rise units of the whole complex, housing business premises to the community back then. If you look closely there are clothing on the first floor of the background building, Block K. There are some illegal tenants still in these otherwise doomed blocks.
One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats is to be demolished to make way for future developments.
~Khairil Faizi Jamian/CHAPS, Malaysia

A floor lot in Block L. The abandoned counter gives a hint that this lot used to be a small restaurant.
One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats is to be demolished to make way for future developments.
~Khairil Faizi Jamian/CHAPS, Malaysia



A rather unattractive graffiti on a wall of a shop lot in Block L.
In the background, you can see a contemporary playground, located in between the adjacent Block K & G.
One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats is to be demolished to make way for future developments.
~Khairil Faizi Jamian/CHAPS, Malaysia


A man resting on a concrete bench at a small park near to Block L.
One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats is to be demolished to make way for future developments.
~Khairil Faizi Jamian/CHAPS, Malaysia



A broken lampshade on top of what used to be small cabinets in a shop lot of Block L
One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats is to be demolished to make way for future developments.
~Khairil Faizi Jamian/CHAPS, Malaysia



An old Chinese lady, perhaps the only occupant of Block K.
One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats is to be demolished to make way for future developments.
~Khairil Faizi Jamian/CHAPS, Malaysia

Next up: The Taller Ones


A reflection of block F.
One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats is to be demolished to make way for future developments.
~Khairil Faizi Jamian/CHAPS, Malaysia




Block F still stood proud though totally vacant - except for illegal tenants/ squatters.
One of the earlier landmarks to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tunku Abd Rahman Flats or better known as Pekeliling Flats is to be demolished to make way for future developments.
~Khairil Faizi Jamian/CHAPS, Malaysia

Glasses

Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman

The road was previously known as Batu Road as it was originally a path leading to the Batu village where mining activities took place.

In the 1930s, development overtook the village turning the swamps, rice fields and coconut estates in the area into one of the busiest roads in Kuala Lumpur.
Traders here sell a variety of items along with the retailers, wholesalers, and hawkers. There are also hotels and a cinema here.

Post-war buildings with interesting architectural designs are also part of the road’s draw.
The road was later renamed after the country’s first Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad. He was also the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Seri Menanti and second Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan.

In present day, the older folks still refer to the road as Batu Lut, a localised version of its old name while the younger generation often refer to it as Jalan TAR.

All pics by Ian Ahmad/CHAPs (Malaysia). Text is link from http://en.wikipedia.org/

Dwarfed - shot by torqxic

A photographer captured with his shadow while he was trying to compose shots of the Office Building of the PM in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
~Khairil F. Jamian/CHAPs, Malaysia

Under the sea's

S & S

Bujang di Menara Gading by Muhammad Amirull bin Jaafar

Semenjak penubuhannya pada 1965 dengan nama Dewan Latehan RIDA, kini dikenali dengan nama Universiti Institut Teknologi MARA (UiTM) yang berpusat di bandaraya Shah Alam, Selangor telah melahirkan hampir 110,000 graduan bumiputra di dalam pelbagai bidang dan cabang ilmu.

Kehidupan di universiti bukan lah semudah sangkaan orang ramai. Pagi ke kelas, petang balik kelas. Universiti di Malaysia telah menjadi gedung besar bagi mengisi kehendak pasaran kerja di luar, tetapi di sinilah kebanyakan pelajar belajar untuk menjadi manusia. Kemahiran hidup seperti membasuh baju sendiri, memasak makanan sendiri, belajar bekerjasama di dalam kumpulan ialah antara apa yang dipelajari secara tidak langsung di sini.

Kehidupan mereka di rumah sewa dan flat milik PKNS, adalah satu yang rutin di sini. Sebuah rumah kecil ini yang mempunyai 3 bilik dikongsi oleh 6 orang pelajar bukan alasan untuk mereka merungut.

Sebaliknya,gelak ketawa,gurau senda, buat tugasan bersama menjadi elemen hidup seharian mereka di sini.

Sofea Shariffah