![Irfan gives the new home a thumbs up Irfan gives the new home a thumbs up](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1st-entry-new-home01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1)
New house
Here we are at the northernmost part of the country, over a hundred klicks away from the nearest population centre which could be called a “city”.
![It awakens! Also, nerd problems It awakens! Also, nerd problems](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1st-entry-new-home02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1)
TV first
We live in a kampung, although not in a kampung house.
![View from our porch View from our porch](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1st-entry-new-home03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1)
Looking east
![Sunset from the porch Sunset from the porch](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1st-entry-new-home04.jpg?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1)
Looking west
There is a mango orchard less than fifty metres away. Beyond the mango orchard is a rice field. Between that rice field and another one a hundred times bigger than it is a canal with plenty of fish.
A far cry from the city.
![Path through the rice field Path through the rice field](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1st-entry-new-home05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1)
Ain and Irfan
I love the sound of insects at night, the patter of rain on the roof and on leaves of nearby flora, the immediate friendliness of neighbours.
![Shh! Shh!](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1st-entry-new-home06.jpg?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1)
Fishing
![Maybe we're not using the right bait Maybe we're not using the right bait](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1st-entry-new-home07.jpg?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1)
It’s a canal
I don’t miss city traffic one bit.
![This cat will never know KL traffic This cat will never know KL traffic](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1st-entry-new-home08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1)
Rice field meow
More to come.