"Istana Kuning" ("The yellow palace"), Melaka...

OK. Sampai masa untuk memecah kesunyian, dengan sesuatu di Melaka. Mari! :]
OK. Come the time to break the ice, with something in Melaka. Come! :]

Ingat lagi tak kes Raja Noorjan Shah yang pernah menggemparkan Malaysia apabila muncul dalam suratkhabar mengaku dirinya sebagai sultan Melaka? Ingat lagi tak yang ahli perniagaan dari Kuala Lumpur ini telah menyewa sebuah rumah tradisional Melayu di Melaka untuk dijadikan 'istana'?

Remember the case of Raja Noorjan Shah who once shocked Malaysia when he appeared in the newspapers claiming himslef to be the sultan of Melaka? Remember that the businessman from Kuala Lumpur rented a Malay traditional house in Melaka to be made his 'palace'?

Inilah gambar-gambar rumah yang dinamakannya istana kuning. Gambar di atas memaparkan ia dari sudut belakang kanan.

Here are pictures of the house which he called "istana kuning" (the yellow palace). The picture above showed it from the right-behind corner.

Rumah ini memang cantik...
The house is definitely beautiful...

Lihat tangga batu di hadapan yang menjadi identiti rumah tradisional Melaka.

Look at the concrete staircase in front which is an identity of the Melaka traditional house.

Sayangnya 'istana' ini tidak dipakai lagi. Dengar cerita kerana 'sultan' tidak lagi membayar sewa. Kalau tidak, pada papan tanda kuning di halaman rumah ini tentu masih kelihatan perkataan "Istana Kuning" berserta sedikit cerita tentang "kebesaran sultan". Sekian! :]

Too bad the 'palace' is not in use anymore. What I heard was the 'sultan' did not pay the rent anymore. Otherwise, on the yellow board right in front of the house one could see the words "Istana Kuning" with a small story about the "greatness of the sultan". That's all! :]