Chaplom | Malaysian Roulette

Since I already posted a few descriptions about what is 'chaplom' is, so here is what i posted on the facebook:

"chaplom atau pistol buluh merupakan permainan zaman kanak-kanak khusunya di luar bandar. namanya 'chaplom' adalah satu nama yang asalnya dari bunyi tembakan chaplom itu sendiri sepert 'plom'. jangan tanya 'cha' itu dari mana pulak. penggunaan buah cenderai atau buah cermai yang kecilkecil dipukul masuk ke dalam lubang buluh ini untuk diajdikan peluru adalah amat memedihkan jika terkena tembakan di badan khususnya di tempat-tempat uhum. untuk menambahkan rasa kesedapan, penggunaan buah yang menyebabkan kegatalan akan menambahkan 'toxic effect' kepada si mangsa. jadi inilah permainan saya ketika kecil and welcome to the world of village. this is me, and this is malaysian villagers traditional game. =3"

Man, easy to say, but not until you do it. How to make this roulette thing? I mean we actually don't play roulette (eheh), but, we play it like a Counter Strike game. *Pang Pang*. Like that. Pointing that chaplom on the head, anyway, is good idea. Never tried it though. So, chaplom is made of bamboo. And commonly it is made in villages in North Region of Malaysia. I don't know whether this chaplom is made in Indonesia or Thailand or other South East countries, but I'm quite sure that this toy/gun actually is made ONLY in the northern states villages such as Kedah, Perlis and Penang. But it eventually happened to be heading for its 'extinction' right now, nowadays. Sure if i'm asking to those 'post-Merdeka children' about this, surely i'll end up getting an answer like this: "Huh? Ape tuh" or "What a lame game la, get a PSP or PS3 or Nintendo or whatsoever". Dude, these children are sick. For me, being a Malay or a Kampung Boy (I'm proud of it, so what?) isnt always like you always wearing a baju melayu or baju kurung. It symbolize nothing than just a stupid wear. The culture is more important. The culture is what we practice. Like those 'pantang larang' (as long as it is not khurafat and bring benefits, why not right?), sopan santun things. Have you ever tried eating "sirih" ? It is like Malays traditional 'chweing gum' which will stained your tongue orange. And it taste, urm, sucks. But at least i did tried to taste it. Ah, only the oldies did that anyway.

Making a chaplom needs a few simple steps, yet, it needs a fine work in doing that. One mistake can ruin the whole gun. First you need to find an appropriate bamboo. The best bamboo means that:

1. Handy and light bamboo

2. Not too long and not too short.

3. Hole. A suitable hole to install (?) the bullet (made of ?) *later*

See from the pictures below, you'll get what i mean. Chaplom consists of three main parts. The crucial part is, anyway, the whole thing. There is no exception. -.-"". There are the tube, the pusher/trigger, and the extra supa dupa holder/grip. Hey, for those tourists, no matter from Malaysia or not, dude, you should try this. Do whatever you should do, home stay or anything else. But dont desperately replace this toy with a true gun. Damn that' desperate. Right we have urm, i dont know what is it called as, Nuck, the pistol with a fake long bullet that can stick to our body when we get shot.

Anyway, if you try to google about this, the only keyword that help you to find about this is 'pistol buluh' or 'bamboo pistol'. Not chaplom. And the one and only result would be a Datuk Lat drawing. See it for yourself.

Anyway, enjoys these pics, it can reminisce your childhood memories. Indulge muddabitch !!!! (word taken from latest video from Peter Chao on You Tube, lol, Justin Beaver really got his ass kicked in this video, anyway, how the this Justin Beaver hater knew his lyric? Dayummm.)

The pics like no other:

This is the front part of Chaplom. The Grip.

the trigger

full view (?)

dismantled view

on the launch view

owh forgot about the bullet, the bullet actually we can get from the Buah Cermai (large bullet) or Buah Cenderai (smaller bullet). Large or small do affect the pain. So choose an appropriate chaplom with suitable diameter of hole to match with what kind of bullet you wanna use. To install the bullet is kinda, urm, easy. But not as ABC, surely. We just put the bullet on the hole, then smack it hardly into the hole. Yes it needs skills but wont take too much of time.

So Happy Chaplom-ing !!!!!!!!!!! Just say muddabitch and start shooting others !!!!!!

Salam Yakek yakek

p/s: should I V-LOG this? ehehehehehehe. Dah takpayah nak gedik. Nanti awkward.