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Journey To the North....(Part 1)

2009-03-24T15:41:00.007+08:00

been in hibernation mode for a while...lost appetite to blog really but I'll try to let this blog alive insyaAllah...

Last 2 weeks ago I went for a road trip to the northern region of peninsula Malaysia with my cousin...she did all the driving and I was the one enjoying the views hahahahaha...well no complaint there so I believe she was enjoying herself also ;)

I haven't heard about Perlis being the most picturesque state in Malaysia...great sceneries. Now I know why that smallest state is called "Indera Kayangan"....breathtaking skies with different shades of clouds...layers of gradient hills and mountains...miles n miles of sugar cane plantation...paddy fields...straight line highways and curvy road with great perspective of roadside trees...WOW!!...Proud to be Malaysian :)

Here's some photos from my 'ill' digicam...the pix didn't do justice to the real images but I really want to share this with you (whoever you are still interested to browse this dying blog...especially you Ogy...thanks for your support).

1) Sugar Cane Plantation - Chuping

2) Random On-the-Run Perspective and Road-side Images

Sepang A1 GP - Race Day

2008-11-25T14:49:00.009+08:00

Oopss I did it again....dunno why it is so difficult for me to update this blog *sigh*

Went to watched A1 GP at Sepang Circuit last sunday with my cousin. She got free entrance passes from Jobstreet and of all the people she picked me to accompany her!!! heheheeheh...thanks sis!

This is my first GP so I was beyond excited even a week before the event. I tried to buy a nice yellow t-shirt just to support malaysia team but nothing seems to fit me :( but luckily I found a yellow shirt in my wardrobe...jadik la...janji kuning. Although my cousin didn't wear yellow + black outfit...honestly she had the best interest in Malaysia team than most of us who came wearing those colours coz she kept it in her heart ;) Check out her blog here.

Arrived@Sepang at around 10:30am. First we walked through stalls selling food to get my breakfast...my stomach was growling but the food sold there were pathetic to the max! I can't even 't describe it here...I don't mind paying more on food if it worth the money but goodness...imagine buying a single keropok lekor or goreng pisang for 60 cent and overcooked extra thin cold fries for RM5.

Anyway...forget about the food...overall we really had wonderful time spending the whole day there (minus 2 hours of our time spent at KLIA after the morning sprint race). I can't believe that listening to the sound of roaring engines vroooooooooommmmmmmmm zrooommmmmmmmm is so &#$%^& great! It actually brought a kind of peace in me. The feeling of being able to seat/stand at Sepang GP grandstand was awsome...The atmosphere was great with cheering supportive crowds and yeah the weather so nice too.

Although Malaysia team didn't make it to the podium I'm still proud of them. We just had a bad day last Sunday but I know Fairuz Fauzy and the team will make it up to us Malaysians and do us proud in the coming GP at Taupo, New Zealand in January. I can see the future of A1 is very promising to our young Malaysian.

Here's some pictures taken during the day:

Manchester United's Stats N Facts

2008-11-06T10:30:00.009+08:00

This is my first entry on Manchester United this season so I just put the latest updates in this post. Not much to say about United as they are in better forms now that we're in November compared to their early start of season's matches. Rooney, Ronaldo and Berba seems to be getting along well and it shows in previous games tho Rooney needs to stay calm and cool at times.

So here's Man United's results and ranks at the moment...

Manchester United's scores from August to date:

Source from Man United Official Website - 06/11/08

Latest standing in Barclays Premier League as of 06/11/08:

Source from UEFA Official Website - 06/11/08

Latest Standing in Champions League as of 06/11/08:

Source from UEFA Official Website - 06/11/08

Dunno what to put as title!

2008-10-21T14:43:00.003+08:00

First thing I must do to keep this blog alive is to create a new template...then I need to start cooking again so I can snap few photos and upload on to this blog. Then I have to keep track of EPL's Man United matches so I can review or at least comment on each game.

I CAN DO IT!!! I WILL DO IT!!!

Hello again....

2008-08-15T12:48:00.004+08:00

Ghee....been abandoning this blog for a while now. Not that I don't have stuffs to write about but I just lost interest in writing especially that now I am officially PC-less. My PC at home just left me for good..she's gone kaput for almost a month now and I gave up on her...I just let her go..and may she rest in peace. Thank goodness I got my own pc in the office or I will definately going bonkers...

I'm still working in the same office for the last 5 months....hehehehe...Yeay!!! Considering my history of jumping jobs...I'm proud of myself for staying this long.

Well...some updates on football. EPL is just around the corner. Man United will face Newcastle on Sunday. I can't wait. Watched the replay of Community Shield match against Portsmouth. We need striker so badly. We cannot let Tevez ran all around the field by himself.

Seems like Cristiano Ronaldo is to stay in the team. 2 days ago paper said Ferguson is interested in buying Thierry Henry but yesterday its Dimitar Berbatov that Ferguson is after (tho he's been wanting him since last season)...just wait and see.

OK thats all la...til later.

Cleaning the room but ended up messing it more..

2008-07-03T09:10:00.002+08:00

I'm in my messy bedroom with stuffs scatter all around...on the floor...on my bed...under the table...everywhere. This is one freaking kapal karam area. I thought I saw a mouse or a rat just now (or my vision is doing a trick on me). I've been sleeping on the couch coz my bed is currently not a bed...i turn it into a temporary storage platform. It takes me a week to reshuffle and clean this room and I ain't finish yet. There's too many things in this room and so out of space! I'm a junkie!! Nothing to do with drug...I've problem to throw stuffs away. I'm a pack rat tho not an obsessive hoarder. I hate the idea where I regret tossing some things that I might wanna use again.

I've counted 14 boxes & containers in different sizes packed with :
1. My files, folders & notebooks I kept since primary school (buku darjah 1 pun ada lagi)
2. Man United's collectable items & memorabilia
3. Stuffs I bought (from car boot sales: glassware, china, soft toys, souveniers)
4. Stuffs I collected (brochures, pamplets, forms, booklets, wrappers, paperbags, plastic bags)
5. My old clothes which I can no longer wear and can't be fitted in the wardrobes and new clothes I knew wont fit me but I bought anyway hoping to lose some weight and wear it later.
6. Computer stuffs...cables, old speaker, few modems, adapters and cd-roms.
7. Broken radios, alams & clocks...photo frames, frameless photos, old calendars, used candles, pens, pencils, crayons...all the small thingy.
8. Misc stuffs I don't know how to describe...just put under X-file boxes...

There you go...I'm living in a store room...

I'm Back Again!!!

2008-06-23T08:26:00.003+08:00

It has been almost a month since I last updated this blog. Met a friend yesterday who lectured/ more of "laser"ing me for putting up a blog but don't bother to make updates (you know who you are ;)...ehhehe). Well my reason is simple. I've lot to write about...but too damn lazy to actually knocking on the keyboard....lazzy buzzy me...what can I say.

Another reason being that EPL had wrapped up for the season...EURO is dull coz England did not qualify and most teams I supported had left before I could review them! I hate Pak Lah the sucker too much that writing about him in here is like menodai kesucian this blog. The never ending story on fuck lahab and his stupid ideas, price increases issues, inflation, lousy politics, corruptions...yada yada yada...waste of my valuable brain resources.

But there are few events that caught my interest to scrap on this post that happen last saturday - I went to my first Indian Wedding - 21/6/2008

It was the wedding of my cousin's colleague and i was invited to accompanying her to the reception (thanks sis!!). The ceremony took place fro 6:30pm to 8:30pm. We arrived around 7:45pm. They were serving vegetarian dinner. I'd say the food is delicious tho too spicy for my appetite. The ritual ceremony was a bit confusing to me...coz I don't really know the flow. I can see that there are few similarities with our malay wedding (mind that we did inheritted hinduism culture from our anchestors) like the pelamin set up, handing on token of appreciation for attendance (bunga telur-cenderahati).

After the reception my cousin and I went cruising the night in town with the "wedding syndrome" - meaning that the mind failed to register the meal we ate at the wedding leaving us still feeling hungry and craving for something like "the best mi goreng in town"...or burger king at MRR2...or "the sloppiest ramly burger"...get it?

We went searching for mee goreng that my cousin is craving crazily since last week at Jalan Ampang. Her friend recommended this place...we searched and searched that led us to a dead end road...crossed no-entry route and ended up in a dodgy area....still no sign of a stall nor a living soul. Aiyo...dissapointed to the pinky toe...Sooooooo finally we gave in and headed to my tempat lepak at Taman Kobena for mee goreng mamak with hugeee potion. Not the kind of mee we had in mind but boleh laaa...lepas gian...kang kempunan.

But hey! do you know a good place for mee goreng here at Klang Valley? Do let me know ok! We might be going for the next night cruise crawling for MEE GORENG BASAH TAPI TAK BANJIR...hehehehe

Wait for my next post coz I want to story pasal electricity and Pak Lah's electric face...

Outdated Entry : Man United is the Champions

2008-05-27T14:08:00.003+08:00

The story is already basi but still...MAN UNITED WON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE!!!!! hahahaha..never too late to congratulate them.

This is the sweetest season after 99's trebble for me and to all Manchunian I believe. Glory glory!!!...reds are marching with pride...

Well I guess that is all I want to say...Let my actions speak for themselves....

GO GO MANCHESTER UNITED.....LETS TOMORROW BE OURS....hope for trebble next season....WE CAN!!!!!

19 May 2008 in History : Tun Dr Mahathir Left UMNO

2008-05-19T23:30:00.004+08:00

I felt like a bullet just hit me when I received a phone call from my mother to informed that Tun Dr Mahathir had left UMNO. I was shaking...I shed afew tears...and if not because I was in public place I would surely hauled like a baby.

I don't really know what made me so upset with his decision or how to describe my feelings. I guess it because I knew the time would come for this thing to happen but I hoped it would never come. I thought about the possibility of Tun to walked out of UMNO few years ago...due to the way UMNO leaders and members treated him after he stepped down as PM...Well I am just in denial at the time. Why? Because I know UMNO and Tun can never be separated. UMNO is in his blood. He'd been sacked from UMNO before but his loyalty stayed. He loves UMNO too much to announced that kind of nonsense.

Now that I am home...and I read his blog, I understand his motives...his desperation....and his hope. It is indeed a bold move considering the lack of support he gets these days...but I'll be behind him in every steps that he take. I don't have the power to influence people to see what he'd been through these past years after his resignation...the treatments he got from those who used to be behind him....the so called loyals.

I'm too obsessed with Che Det....coz he is my political idol. I grew up around people who believe in him and UMNO as their voices..medium for malays to be heard. I've been following up the politics ever since I was a student. I joined UMNO at the age of 20 because I believe in Tun (another reason is that I've been urged by my aunt who is UMNO's biggest supporter). Tun is my hero, Malaysia's No 1...he still is (deep in my heart). Because of him I traced the history routes of UMNO...reading stuffs that were never been put in school textbooks nor syllibus. I read books about him and books he'd written. The Malay Dilemma, The Other Side of Mahathir, The Way Forward and The Challenge...I learnt history through his experiences. Yes I've to admit my writing...my Ideas...are bias. I don't mind if you want to judge me and to mock me to be this sentimental towards Tun go ahead. I don't care. What can I say...I'M MAHATHIR'S GAL THROUGH AND THROUGH. I'm behind him all the way...

Ah....so many things on my mind at the mo but my fingers are too slow...

later la I continue my rantings...

Man United is Number 1!!!!!

2008-05-13T05:56:00.002+08:00

Finally..its over now...Manchester United has been declared the league's champion.

I was nervous the whole day waiting for the game. My heart beats so fast on the kick-off...Playing against Wigan at their home field was not an easy tasks based on the track. But it all went well for united with 2 goals....the first was from penalty shot by Ronaldo and the second one from Ryan Giggs thru a great goal to seal United's victory. This is Giggs 10th championship titles with United and what made the day more special was that he finally drew level with Bobby Charlton on 758 appearances. Salute you Giggs...

I'm chanting Glory Glory man United for the last time this season...Its gonna be a boring 3 months without EPL... *sigh* Need to find a new sport to follow la..

Dunno what to put as title

2008-05-11T01:54:00.004+08:00

My cousin just updated her blog. Yeay!!! hehehe its about time sis! By the way, I love those photos she'd taken on her family trip to Langkawi last March. Looked so pro...check out her blog and you'll agree with me.

I need to polished my camera la...been a while tak snappy snap snap great photos....food images...nyummy... later la.

So Okie dokie all...thanks for your visit especially those who came from Klubbkidd. I know you are expecting this blog to be an entertainment blog...but sorry to dissapoint you guys...this is one boring blog. But if you're Man United Fans I greet wou with GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED....may the force of United be with you...ahakss...

Manchester United's Bulk Reviews

2008-05-11T01:26:00.004+08:00

huhuhu...bulk reviews again. I'll start where I left you guys...With only one game left I'm nervous! Last match is tonight at 10pm!!!!

Chelsea is now level with United's in points but lack 17 goals to catch up. We need to win this last game against Wigan to claim the trophy. We can't rely on Chelsea to lose their last game. I'm optimistic but worry at the same. Gives me creeps everytime I think about the outcome of this season's finale. Cross my fingers and hope for the best! Glory Glory Man United.

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Game : EPL
Date : 3/5/2008
Result : Man United 4 West Ham 1
Goals : Ronaldo (3 & 24), Tevez (26), Ashton (28), Carrick (59)

My team thrashed West Ham at Old Trafford with 4 goals...I'm happy...everyone is happy :)except Chelsea's supporters. I can feel the crowning of the champion's title already. One more week to go...

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Game : Champions League
Date : 30/4/2008
Result : Man United 1 Barcelona 0
Goal : Paul Scholes

Scholes' goal in the 14th minute was enough to see Man United through to the final in Moscow. We deserved to win...United's players were playing their best and I enjoyed the matched. Hat's off to Scholes...he's the hero of the night.

Man United will meet Chelsea in the final...I have faith in them to bring back the trophy home...

Manchester United Bulk Review (27/4/2008)

2008-04-27T04:25:00.008+08:00

What happened to Man United? All I can say is that they are doing their best to stay on top...tho their best is still not enough to most fans. It is not easy being on the hot spot coz fans has high expectation for them to win all matches...compared when they are trailing other teams. With 2 games to go in premiership, I have faith in them to bring the title back home to Old Trafford.

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Game : EPL
Date : 26/4/2008
Result : Man United 1 Chelsea 2
Goals : Ballack 45', 86' and Rooney 57'

Yes I am a little upset with last night's game against Chelsea. United was playing for the title whereas Chelsea was playing to saving the title. Congrats to Chelsea on their victory...It was them who worked harder and it paid off. Overall they are on top forms compared to Man United. Having said that Man United looked defeated as early as the first 10 minutes from kick-off. I don't understand why Ferguson rested Ronaldo and brought on Rooney when it was Rooney who is reported to be injured. I was a little mixed up with last night's starting line up.

I don't need to comment more on the game...

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Game : Champions League
Date : 24/4/2008
Result : Man United 0 Barcelona 0

Hot fact of the week on Man united's FC world...Cristiano Ronaldo missed his penalty. It was too early in the game for penalty considering they were in their 2nd minutes. But still costly...coz now United need to work hard in Old Trafford next wednesday. I'm not that worry knowing that they are playing better on home field...but they need to be really fit. Looking back at their past 2 games I am concern on the line-up. And yeah...hopefully Vidic is back on field.

Although United's performance failed to reach the standards they have set over the season I hope Wednesday morning will turn out to be a great game.

This Blog is Back on Public Mode...

2008-04-27T04:00:00.003+08:00

Aiyo so sowi la I had to make this blog private for a while. I was messing around with the template's coding sampai berterabur...but now I decided to just revert to the original template. Maleh nak pikir...and not in the mood to be creative.

I've been very busy these past few weeks adjusting to new environment. Currently involved in web development with deadline just around the corner. Ramai tak percaya when I said that I work with the goverment but still went back home around 8-9pm. Yep...I'm bringing the private sector's nature...well at least until our project delivers la kan. After that hopefully we could be like normal gomen staffs.

To be honest the pay is not much...so don't expect me to belanja you guys Secret Recipe or Black Canyon every end of the months la ekk!! Not worth the hussle and bussle of staying back and foregone the lunch breaks actually when you think of the monetary value...but I do love the challenge where I get the chance to be involved in project development. We're the pioneer...that is why I enjoy the job (at the moment la...hopefully I don't get bored too early). There are 3 other great guys with me in IT unit. I prefer working with guys coz they are more easy going so tak banyak kena work on emotional parts. I can be as chirpy and moody and bitchy as I want. We worked our butts off to make this project successful and I pray that everything will be going well as planned insyaAllah.

So pardon me for my lack of interest in blogging world...I assure you that I'll be back on track once I settle my current obligation. So until then...wishing you a happy day....

- Signing off -

Latest updates

2008-04-18T08:55:00.004+08:00

Hello again....it has been more than a week since I last updated this blog. Well as some of you had guessed (wonder how come you guys knew huh?!!!!) I've started working in the office again. YEP!!! in the office...government office to be exact. Started work on the 1st of April.

A little busy with developing a system with a group of 4 at the mo...so lotta pending on this end especially on Man United's reviews. I'll try and catch up later kay!

Manchester United Bulk Review

2008-04-11T22:55:00.003+08:00

Game : EPL
Date : 7/4/2008
Result : Man United 2 Middlesbrough 2
Goals : Ronaldo 10', Alves 35' and 56', Rooney 74'

What can I say....it was a fair game considering Man United's lack of consistency throughout the game. Again Rooney and Ronaldo saved the day with their goals. Bravo to United...Middlebrough did played their best to denied our early victory.

Tho now Chelsea has better chances to close the gap and steal United's top spot, I believe manchunians around the world still has faith in the team and will support them all the way to the end of this season.

5 more games to go...Next match is going to be on Sunday against Arsenal...I'm excited!!!

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Game : Champions League
Date : 10/4/2008
Result : Man United 1 Roma 0
Goal : Carlos Tevez 69'

United won the second-leg 1-0 and secured a victory with 3-0 aggregate to play against Barcelona in Semi Final.v Gary Neville is back! been sitting on the bench for too long...it's about time...

Well I suck at reviewing football match...so Don't expect me to write technical stuffs bout the game.

Can't wait for the match against Barcelona on 24/4/2008 in Spain and at Old Trafford a week later.

So til later...cheers.

Sunday at Sungai Congkak

2008-04-08T20:45:00.006+08:00

My mom's office held a family day last sunday at Sungai Congkak. I was more excited on "berkubang" in the water than being in the programme. My mom participated in "menganyam ketupat" and got 3rd place. I played dart...only scored 24..pathetic ehh? Nevermind la for fun only.

Anyway, I snapped crapy images during the event but I managed to get some good pictures of the nature.

The Scenery:

The Flora:

I need to plan another trip to congkak in the near future. Guys...wanna lepak and mandi manda at Congkak...Picnic with BBQ...and perhaps daylight camping with bonfire? Interested? How bout this weekend? Let me know kay...

Poli-tik-us...Tun Dr Mahathir vs UMNO (ex-team B)

2008-04-06T01:11:00.007+08:00

Draft penulisan untuk meja pengarang berita harian:
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Sedih bila baca surat khabar dan berita yang menyiarkan cerita orang-orang UMNO memburuk-burukkan Tun Dr Mahathir, seorang bekas perdana menteri yang dahulunya memimpin Malaysia yang membawa negara ini ke pesada antarabangsa. Kini beliau dihina, dicaci dituduh dan dikotak-katikkan...hanya kerana beliau tidak lagi berjawatan dalam kerajaan. Sisa-sisa hidup Tun Dr Mahathir sebagai perancang pembangunan Malaysia tidak lama dulu bagaikan tiada makna apabila jasa-jasanya tidak dikenang mahupun dihargai oleh manusia-manusia yang dahulunya "menyondol-nyondol ketiak" beliau.

Segala keburukan Tun disuarakan dengan lantang...semata-mata mahu menutup kelemahan kepemimpinan sekarang. Bak kata orang putih, to create a diversion supaya pemimpin yang ada tidak diperlakukan seperti apa yang sedang dilakukan oleh mereka yang menganggap diri mereka pendukung UMNO....sedangkan mereka sebenarnya cuba mengepak pemimpin sedia ada supaya senang berteduh...tak payah susah-susah nak sondol menyondol.

Walaupun kita terpaksa terima hakikat bahawa itulah lumrah resam politik tapi apa yang berlaku hari ini pada pandangan saya sudah melampaui batas. Sudahlah jasanya tidak dikenang, dicaci hina pula. Malahan dianggap pemusnah UMNO yang telah pun menjadi darah daging Tun sendiri. Semua sedia maklum kelantangan dan kesinisan beliau dalam menyuarakan pendapat. Walaupun saya kurang bersetuju dengan tindakan beliau akhir-akhir ini yang kerap memberikan kritikan sehingga menjatuhkan kredibiliti beliau, pada masa sama saya seakan-akan faham mengapa beliau bertindak sedemikian. Sejak berhenti menjawat jawatan nombor satu negara, beliau seolah-olah dipinggirkan oleh mereka yang dahulunya seperti teman dan anak-anak. Tiada lagi sokongan daripada UMNO sendiri...buah fikirannya ditolak bulat-bulat, malah tiada yang hadir meminta nasihat mahupun pandangan beliau yang menerajui negara lebih 2 dekat. Pada pandangan saya Tun seperti sebatang pohon kelapa yang masih mampu mengeluarkan kelapa muda tetapi ditebang dan kemudiannya daun dan batangnya dibakar. Kelapa-kelapanya pula dibiarkan tanpa dikutip hasilnya. Betapa ruginya...sudahlah pohon yang paling banyak jasa dan hasil tidak dimanfaatkan, nyawanya juga "diragut".

Saya kembali teringat kembali peristiwa hitam pembubaran UMNO pada 1988. Semuanya berpunca daripada Tengku Razaleigh yang mahu bertanding jawatan presiden UMNO menentang Tun Dr Mahathir. Terbentuklah 2 puak di dalam UMNO, Team A (Pro Mahathir) dan Team B (Pro Ku Li). Akibat perpecahan dalam UMNO, parti itu diisytiharkan tidak sah/ haram. Tun Dr Mahathir kemudiannya mendaftarkan kembali UMNO dengan nama UMNO baru manakala Ku Li menubuhkan Semangat 46 (yang dibubarkan pada 1996 dan ahli-ahlinya kembali menyertai UMNO baru).

Kini Ku Li sekali lagi menawarkan diri bertanding kerusi presiden UMNO menentang Pak Lah. Dalam keadaan parti sedang kegawatan akibat kejatuhan UMNO pada pilihanraya lepas, Ku Li bagaikan menuang minyak tanah pada dedaun kering. Kesempatan yang cuba diambil inilah sebenarnya yang membawa kepada kehancuran parti UMNO itu sendiri. Beliaulah yang harus dipertanggungjawab atas kemusnahan UMNO pada 1988 dan mungkin 2008 ini. Adakah apa yang berlaku sekarang merupakan suatu pakatan bekas anggota S46? ataupun mereka cuba menolong untuk menutup perlakuan Ku Li yang suatu masa dahulu merupakan pemimpin mereka. Saya hanya membuat andaian.

Saya ambil petikan berita utama Berita Harian 5 April 2008 dengan tajuk berita : Usah musnahkan Umno.

Dr Mahathir sudah lama hancurkan parti: Ahmad Shabery

Menteri Penerangan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, berkata di sebalik kritikan lantang Dr Mahathir, beliau sebenarnya ialah individu yang menghancurkan Umno kerana memperkenalkan pelbagai peraturan tidak demokratik, termasuk menghalang Presiden dan Timbalan Presiden dicabar.

Beliau berkata, Umno 'dicekik dan dilemaskan' sedikit demi sedikit ketika zaman Dr Mahathir menjadi Presiden sehingga menyebabkan parti itu diharamkan pada 1988. "Ketika kepemimpinan Dr Mahathir, Umno mati, musnah, dibatalkan pendaftarannya dan terus mati lagi dalam bentuk yang lain... kita tidak mahu Umno yang menjadi parti keramat orang Melayu ini sekali lagi mati hanya kerana Dr Mahathir. "Umno pernah diharamkan pada zaman beliau dan kita tak mahu perkara ini berlaku lagi. Semua perkara ini saya percaya orang Melayu tak lupa, tetapi mungkin Dr Mahathir sendiri lupa mengenai apa yang pernah dilakukannya ketika memimpin Umno.

Kepada yang tidak mengenali Ahmad Shabery Cheek, beliau merupakan salah seorang penyokong Ku Li yang membawa UMNO ke mahkamah sehingga parti UMNO diharamkan. Peristiwa ini tidak mungkin berlaku sekiranya presiden dan timbalan presiden sedia ada tidak dicabar. Tetapi Ahmad Shabery terlupa agaknya. Maklumlah, melayu mudah lupa. Lagipun waktu itu beliau belum lagi menyertai UMNO rasanya jadi kurang arif fakta parti. Karier politik beliau bermula sewaktu di dalam Semangat 46 dan menjawat jawatan Ketua Pemuda parti itu. Setelah Ku Li menyertai semula UMNO barulah Ahmad Shabery menjadi warga UMNO. Sebelum menyertai S46 dan UMNO beliau merupakan aktivis muda PAS. Saya meragui matlamat dan kesetiaan beliau pada UMNO tetapi siapalah saya untuk menyatakannya.
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Perasankah kalian akan kebangkitan mereka yang dahulunya berada di Team B sama ada yang pergi ke parti Semangat 46 ataupun yang kekal dalam UMNO? Tidak pasti sama ada saya ni berperasangka buruk atau kemusykilan saya berasas. Satu demi satu bekas orang kuat team B mula membuka mulut dan bersuara : manakala perlahan-lahan orang kuat Team A mula diketepikan dan tak kurang yang semakin membisu.

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Actually ada panjang lagi cerita yang nak diluahkan tapi bila dah half way mengarang tiba-tiba rasa macam tak nak teruskan. I plan nak submit this piece of my mind kepada editor berita tapi pikir punya pikir...baik tak payah coz sure tak lepas tapisan since my writing was based on emotions rather than on rationale and facts. Tapi still nak share la gak kalau ada yang nak baca ahakss...tho I know ramai yang masuk blog ni tak minat politiking...

Garlic Bread and Spaghetti...

2008-04-03T21:28:00.008+08:00

Since I'm too lazy to write personal updates...I just post some recipe and food pix taken last week on my birthday...

Garlic Bread/ Toast

I used to buy the pre-pack garlic bread but now I like to make it myself. It is actually very easy to prepare and I save lotta $$$$...Just buy the french bread at your local bakery shop. No need to buy the expensive one...only cost less than RM2 at La Boheme and Tesco.

The cost for the spread depends on your choice of butter. As for me I go for the cheap one for making garlic spread because I don't need strong buttery smell.

Ingredients for spread :

- Butter (in room temperature)
- Garlic (blend)
- Salt (if you're not using salted butter)
- Mixed herbs

Put everything in a container and mix. Use the plastic container with cover for easy storage in the fridge.

Slice french bread and spread the butter...hehehe as easy as 1 2 3. Don't forget to toast it first ya ;)

Spaghetti Bolognese

Also very easy to make if you choose simplicity over authentic.

Ingredients for the sauce :

Spaghetti
Salted butter
Tomato Puree (I prefer Ayam brand)
Minced meat (beef, chicken or mutton...I prefer beef)
Canned button Mushroom (finely sliced)
Carrot (dice)
Tomato (Riped...chopped)
Yellow Onion (dice)
Garlic (finely chopped)
mixed herbs
Parmesan cheese

How to cook?

Heat the butter in a large pan. Put in garlic and onion and cook until you smell the aroma of garlic and onion.
Add the meat and cook until there are no signs of pink.
Add mushroom, chopped tomato, carrot and keep stirring.
Put in tomato puree.
Add mixed herbs.
Pour in few glasses of water. Let it simmer but make sure it does not dry out.
Cook until the meat is cooked and turn to thick sauce.
Cook the spagetti according to package directions and then drain. Coat the spaghetti with olive oil (or butter) to avoid sticking.

Place the spaghetti on the plate and ladle the sauce over the top. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve.

The sauce can also be use as pizza base, dip for nachos or toast...just expand your imagination and creativity...explore your inner self...hehehe like me. Just watch out the calory and fat stuffs la if you're on diet or just concern about your intake...my recipe might not be suitable for you...

This was my breakfast...with leftover spaghetti sauce and a simple onion mayo dip for the toast. This was actually too heavy even for me in the morning coz I usually don't take breakfast.

OK la...I'll be back soon.

Man United vs AS Roma 2/4/2008

2008-04-03T19:41:00.003+08:00

Game : Champions League
Date : 2/4/2008
Result : Man United 2 AS Roma 0
Goals : Ronaldo 39, Rooney 66

I missed the game...Fell asleep before 2am for the first time since ermmm I can't remember...since last raya I guess.

Anyway Man United has the advantage of 2 goals and the second leg at Old trafford surely give them more advantages. So we'll have to wait next week and I really hope they'll make it to semi final for the cup of glory...Glory gloryMan United!!!! I'm marching with reds!

American Idol & Akademi Fantasia

2008-04-01T21:25:00.003+08:00

American Idol

I've lost interest in Idol since Amanda was kicked out of the competition. My early favourite, Michael Johns only shone during audition week. I want to like him more but I find him very boring. Same goes to Jason Castro...did great in the first 2 show but he is too cheesy for my taste. I used to watched American Idol religiously...refreshing rickeys.org every few seconds at 9am to get updates (I live in Malaysia...the show is only aired via satelite at 6pm). Now I've no more appetite for Idol...they are pimping that boy Archuletta to the point where I can't stand watching the show anymore. I agree with Blake Lewis...David Archuletta is boring. I blame him for making this year's Idol so dull. He overshine the other Davids (Cook and Hernandez) who obviously has better talents but less screaming underage fans... Don't shoot me for my personal opinion...i have wights to say whatever I want...this is my blog.

Akademi Fantasia

I've decided to support Nadia all the way, cheering her performances and when time comes I will vote for her...like what I've done to Farhan (although my votes can't win her the title of Juara AF...at least I tried). But time will tell...and I do hope Nadia is not just an early favourite like those I supported in Idol. Nadia has a bright future in entertainment industry if she is given the chance to explore her talents and to be managed by the right hands.

Anyway here's her performance last week. Not as good as I expected but can do la compared to others. Her performance infront of Ramli MS was way better that the concert day. I don't really like the music arrangement that night...

Go go Nadia...I support you...hehehehe

Man United vs Aston Villa 30/3/2008

2008-03-30T02:48:00.003+08:00

Game : EPL
Date : 30/3/2008
Result : Man United 4 Aston Villa 0 (still in the game)
Goals : Ronaldo 17', Tevez 33', Rooney 53' and 70'

I'm multitasking...blogging and watching the live match at the same time. Man United strengthen their epl lead with tonight's victory over Aston Villa...still in the 77 min of the game but my team already secured their win unless Villa calls for help from a wizard or witch in the magical world of Harry Potter.

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Update on 31/3/2008

Glory glory Man United...the reds are marching on indeed! They are getting nearer to holding the cup but still not in the comfortable zone yet with only 5 points lead. The "Big Four" are still dominating the league...with Chelsea overtook the second spot from Arse-nal...huhuhu I likee :p

Man United will play against Roma on Wednesday morning in the first leg tie of Champions League...

DIGI and their Lousy Promotion

2008-03-30T00:26:00.002+08:00

My mom received this sms from Digi on thursday :

Special Promo on Bonus Points! Grab a handset worth RM299 with 3000 points redemption at Midvalley North Court 28-30 of Redeem intantly while stocks last.

I received this sms on friday :

Redeem handset worth RM299 with 3000 bonus points@ Digi R/show Midvalley North Court 29-30Mar. Only 80 units/day. First come first served. Counter opens @10am

Digi didn't mentioned the phone brand & model for grab so I checked their website and found this promo :
I came to Midvalley yesterday afternoon only to find out that Digi offered only 50 phones per day. I didn't checked out the brand/model they gave coz the phones were long gone by the time I arrived. I assumed it was going to be same one as the online offer, which is Nokia 6120 with free bluetooth for 3,000 points.

So not to be dissapointed like yesterday, this morning me and my mom came yo Midvalley again as early as possible to be the first in queue. Few people already there! I was actually the 7th in line. I've been queueing since 8am...and the booth only opened at 10am!

While waiting I've been informed that Digi will not give the same phone as the one for online redemption!! Instead they gave Sony Ericsson J110i like the picture below.

I never heard of this phone and I didn't know the functions or the sale price of this model. From the picture I was quite impressed with the design so I thought ok la not bad apa the design. Look sleek some more...until I fully charged the battery and switched on the phone for the first time. Alamakssss...why the screen so like a toy phone...then I checked out the functions. Aiyooo...very basic to the max...when I said basic...really....really...really basic. Here's the spec :

This can't be a RM299 phone Digi claimed from the sms they sent to me. I felt cheated...I was angry...still am...tho it is a free phone (mind that I actually gave up 3000 points worth of RM120 should I use it to pay the bill) but still DIGI LIED TO ME AND TO OTHER CUSTOMERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WENT TO QUEUED AND WAITED ONLY TO BE DISSAPOINTED...LIKE ME!!!!

Hmmm...I won't make noises if Digi was honest in their promotion. I'm not picky when it comes to owning a phone coz I always prefer the basic functions without heavy loads of features like camera, mp3, IR or bluetooth. BUT with RM299 phone I expected more than what they gave me. I bought my dearly departed phone for only RM250 but still got the mms, radio, headset, ringtone composer and wap functions with slim body, anti-slip backcover and bigger screen resolution.

Oh ya...let me introduce you to my dead phone who comitted suiside last month by flying out of an open car window and landed on a tar in the middle of Jalan Semantan. Alhamdulillah I managed to retrieved the main body to save the sim card but couldn't find the battery and back cover.

These 2 phones from the next pix are also in RIP mode. I got these phones for free when I subscribed to Vodafone in UK. That Samsung served me less than a year...comitted suicide by jumping in a hot mug of Nescafe while I was doing revision. Partly my fault for putting the phone on a high ground but it was my friend who shook the table that dropped the phone...plupppp...directly in the mug. Am I such a terrible owner?! The Panasonic phone served me the longest since late 2002. Just died in March last year as I couldn't find the replacement battery...ancient stuff when it comes to tech.

*sigh* I better stop now...but still...thanks mom for the thoughts of letting me use the phone. Appreciate it very much...muahssssssss

Me and my Coming Birthday

2008-03-29T12:02:00.006+08:00

Thank you to frequent visitors of this blog...good to know there are few people really read what I had to say. My statcounter showed 63 page loads since monday. So I really do owe you who came in here for the past few days an apology for not updating this blog as often as I used to. I have nothing interesting to share with you guys and to be honest, I'm experiencing lack of excitement in live at the mo...I need action!!! And I want it now!!! hehehehe...easy said than done.

Tomorrow is my birthday. Gheee I'm going to be 30 in less than 20 hours (considering I was born at 7.05am). Aiyo new decade already meh? so fast woo...Thank goodness age ain't nothing but a number :) Need to comfort myself because deep down I know I'm aging physically...mentally...spiritually...emotionally...socially and of course financially. Looking back...I realize that I am far from reaching my future dream. I'm still struggling at the bottom of my survival span when most people my age already accomplished half of their goals in life. I'm not envious of them nor that I care what other people think bout me. I am a late starter in almost everything that I do but I always get what I want eventually...alhamdulillah and insyaAllah.

Few days ago a friend of mine post some kind of personality traits based on the day you were born in her blog. I find it interesting so I'd like to paste it in here..hope you don't mind Cik Zai.

no.3----Anda adalah seorang yang berhati keras (erm...keras macam batu), pentingkan diri sendiri (I think so...in some ways), kuat agama (erk...insaf kejap) dan suka untuk mempertingkatkan kehidupan sendiri (hmmm...still struggling). Anda mempunyai masalah keluarga (so does everybody...masalah universal) dan anda dapat mengharungi dengan kesabaran anda (insyaAllah). Anda sangat pandai bercakap (huhuhu...I pendiam la. So shy one *blush*), wajah yang cantik (erkk...beauty lies in the eyes of beholder), jadi ke mana saja anda pergi anda akan dapat apa yang anda inginkan (I wish). Daripada hari lahir anda, anda perlu berkerja keras untuk berjaya (I notice that...nothing easy in this life). Anda juga seorang yang menghormati orang yang lebih tua daripada anda (Mestilah...tuntutan agama dan budaya...of course thanks to my mom and her Jawa heritage *big smile*). Bukannya senang nak menjalinkan hubungan sama ada percintaan, kekeluargaan atau persahabatan (ya ka?). Sekiranya anda suka akan sikap seseorang itu, maka hubungan itu akan berpanjangan (True!). Anda suka akan kebebasan (very true), pencipta (huh? tak faham) di mana ada anda akan membawa harapan kegembiraan dan keceriaan ke dunia ini (Amin...).

I also found an interesting info on birthdate from my cousin's blog. This is not a horoscope or anything of the kind but more on the basic facts and findings.

30 March 1978

Your date of conception was on or about 7 July 1977 which was a Thursday. (not true coz I was born 2 months' prematured)

You were born on a Thursday under the astrological sign Aries.
Your Life path number is 4.

Your fortune cookie reads:
If your desires are not extravagant they will be granted.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443597.5.
The golden number for 1978 is 3.
The epact number for 1978 is 21.
The year 1978 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/7/1978 and ending 1/27/1979.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Horse.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Hawk; your plant is Dandelion.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paony, the second month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Thursday, 20 Rabi'u'th-Thani 1398 (1398-4-20).

As of 3/29/2008 1:22:15 AM EDT
You are 29 years old.
You are 360 months old.
You are 1,565 weeks old.
You are 10,957 days old.
You are 262,969 hours old.
You are 15,778,162 minutes old.
You are 946,689,735 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Scott Moffatt (1983) Norah Jones (1979) Matt Doran (1976)
Celine Dion (1968) Ian Ziering (1964) M.C. Hammer (1962)
Paul Reiser (1957) Eric Clapton (1945) Astrud Gilberto (1940)
Warren Beatty (1937) John Astin (1930) Rolf Harris (1930)
Peter Marshall (1930) Frankie Laine (1913) Vincent Van Gogh (1853)

(Yeay!!! Norah Jones, Celine Dion and Eric Clapton are my favourite singers)

Top songs of 1978:
Night Fever and Alive by Bee Gees, Thicker Than Water and Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb, Le Freak by Chic Stayin', Kiss You All Over by Exile, Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey, Baby Come Back by Player, MacArthur Park by Donna Summer and Three Times a Lady by Commodores

(I love oldies songs)

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.28845401174168 years old. (You're still chasing cats!) (Excuse me!! I'm a cat lover!!!)

Your lucky day is Tuesday.
Your lucky number is 9.
Your ruling planet(s) is Mars & Pluto.
Your lucky dates are 9th, 18th, 27th.
Your opposition sign is Libra.
Your opposition number(s) is 6.

There are 1 day till your next birthday on which your cake will have 30 candles.

Those 30 candles produce 30 BTUs, or 7,560 calories of heat (that's only 7.5600 food Calories!). You can boil 3.43 US ounces of water with that many candles.

Your birthstone is Aquamarine

The Mystical properties of Aquamarine:
Aquamarine is often used to experience love and mercy. It is said to help ease depression and grief. Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone.

(Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Jade, Rock Crystal, Bloodstone

Your birth tree is Hazelnut Tree, the Extraordinary, Charming, undemanding, very understanding, knows how to make an impression, active fighter for social cause, popular, moody and capricious lover, honest and tolerant partner, precise sense of judgement.

The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning gibbous.

Man United vs Liverpool 23/03/2008

2008-03-24T01:37:00.002+08:00

Game : EPL
Date : 23/3/2008
Result : Man United 3 Liverpool 0
Goals : Brown 34, Ronaldo 79, Nani 81

What can I say....glory glory Man United!!! hahaha I didn't see the whole matched. Managed to catched the first half. I was confident my team would win the game...and they DID!!! Yeayyy...

Too lazy to blog actually so later mater la ek.

Movie : Rule # 1 (Cantonese)

2008-03-23T23:23:00.003+08:00

Went to Leisure Mall for a free movie Rule # 1...My pet bro won few complimentary movie passes and he was kind enough to share it with me ;) Thanks!

Rating...I'm giving 3/5. I would rate higher but I've seen a similar movie called Fallen starring Denzel Washington...so its not an original play. In the beginning, plots movements were too slow but after a while the pace started to build up. Although the storyline was quite confusing, I like the directions of this movie with many twists and turns giving different perspectives of whether it was a reality, dream or made up stuffs. It requires lots of concentration and focus on details to understand the actual events. The suspense scenes were a little stereotype...just like most horror films.

The female co-star Fiona Xie look so familiar. I thought she is an actress from Hong Kong but I can't recall any of her film or drama. I googled her name and...wallawehhh no wonder la I've seen her before...she's that Singaporean host of "Coffee Talk and Hawker Woks" from Asia Food Channel.

Nadia Akademi Fantasia 6

2008-03-23T15:19:00.004+08:00

I've got a crush on this girl...hahahaha kidding! But really...she's sweet and beautiful but not the gedik type of girl. Being an 18 years old teenager, she look and act more mature than most of the girls in AF6. Smiling eyes...big voice...big hair...big talent...big potential...qualities that I believe will help her sailing through in Akademi Fantasia this season (hopefully...).

I wish her all the best. She reminded meof Farhan. She gave me goosebumps yesterday like farhan did to me 2 years ago. Go go go Nadia! I'm not a big fan of Akademi Fantasia...but I'll keep my eyes on her hehehehehe...(sounds so lesbo la...ahakss)

Weekend Lunch

2008-03-23T00:26:00.004+08:00

Most of the time weekend will be the only time me and my family would sit and eat together. Today we went back kampung style for lunch...sedap sehingga menjilat pinggan huhuhu...angkat bakul sat..

Kerabu pucuk Paku & Kerabu Salom

Both using the same base..my dad wanted pucuk paku with taugeh but I wanted salom with onion and fried fish so had to make different kerabu loh...

Kerang Rebus

I miss Pantai Remis already ler...must go there again hopefully next month for another seafood galore...

Sup Daging & Tulang

My dad's favourite...

Sambal Belacan

My mom's sambal...the best dish to compliment all of the above...

So that's all folks...message me if you want the recipe...I can give it to you FOC...the recipe je la ek ;)

2008-03-23T00:26:00.000+08:00

Me and Kunci Khazanah 2

2008-03-21T18:27:00.005+08:00

I never thought of seeing myself on TV again until this morning when my dad knocked on my door at 6am just to tell me I was on Ria. Astro Ria make a rerun of the second season's Kunci Khazanah which I participated.

Thank goodness it was on a 6am slot...I believe (and hope) less than 0.1% of ASTRO subscribers ever watched Ria in the morning...pheuh.

I still can't get over 1 of the questions..."Apakah bulan ke-10 kalendar Islam?" with 6 letters where last letter L was already given. All the months jumbled up on my mind...the long ones...awal muharram...jamadil awal akhir...syaaban rabiul awal akhir. Then I got blank and asked agent for help. The answer : SYAWAL...I was like huh? The hint was there la...I was like...ghezzzzz....am I that stupid?!!

Here's the questions and answers for my segments taken from javajoh.blogspot.com

Round 1
Round 2

Got lots of questions on entertainment. Managed to answer only 1 (Selain Neo, apakah nama watak Keanu Reeves dlm filem The Matrix-THOMAS ANDERSON). Aiyaaa...why la tanya pasal hiburan....akak tak minat sangat artis2 nih.

Apa Nama penuh Era...
Siapa pengarah filem Panglima Badul...
Siapakah yg mempopularkan lagu Mengapa Harus Cinta...
Apakah nama penuh Idayu AF3...
Lagu Cintaku Pergi nyanyian Reshmonu dimuatkan dlm album yg bertajuk...

Tho I didn't win...still got away with RM1090 and jewelery worth over RM200. Easy money ehh..Alhamdulillah syukur.

Manchester United vs Bolton 20/03/2008

2008-03-20T23:51:00.005+08:00

Game : EPL
Date : 20/3/2008
Result : Man United 2 Bolton 0
Goals : Cristiano Ronaldo min 9 and 20

Cristiano Ronaldo was handed the captain's armband and he proven to everyone that he deserved it...and played marvelously by scoring 2 early goals that secured Man United on the top of the league with 3 points advantage over Arsenal. Chelsea were held for a draw with Tottenham...that makes the league's table look like it belong to United and United alone....Sweettttt...

Man United will face Liverpool on sunday night...wah mamaks sure untung besar la that day. Thinking of going to mini Old Trafford at Hartamas Square this sunday...

Anyway...Glory Glory Man United!!!!! The Reds are marching ON ON ON!!!!

Salam Maulidur Rasul

2008-03-20T11:49:00.003+08:00

Today muslims around the world is celebrating Maulidur Rasul...the birth of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W (peace be upon him) on 12 Rabi' al-awal. The Prophet died on the same day of his 63rd birthday.

Salawat and Salam to the Greatest Messenger of Allah...

I would like to share with you the story of prophet Muhammad. The information is taken from http://www.anwary-islam.com/, where you can get great stories on prophets of Islam.

Muhammad (pbuh) was born in Mecca ( Makkah), Arabia, on Monday, 12 Rabi' Al-Awal (2 August A.D. 570). His mother, Aminah, was the daughter of Wahb Ibn Abdu Manaf of the Zahrah family. His father, 'Abdullah, was the son of Abdul Muttalib. His genealogy has been traced to the noble house of Ishmael, the son of Prophet Abraham in about the fortieth descend. Muhammad's father died before his birth.

Before he was six years old his mother died, and the doubly orphaned Muhammad was put under the charge of his grandfather Abdul Muttalib who took the most tender care of him. But the old chief died two years afterwards. On his deathbed he confided to his son Abu Talib the charge of the little orphan.

When Muhammad was twelve years old, he accompanied his uncle Abu Talib on a mercantile journey to Syria, and they proceeded as far as Busra. The journey lasted for some months. It was at Busra that the Christian monk Bahira met Muhammad. He is related to have said to Abu Talib: 'Return with this boy and guard him against the hatred of the Jews, for a great career awaits your nephew."

After this journey, the youth of Muhammad seems to have been passed uneventfully, but all authorities agree in ascribing to him such correctness of manners and purity of morals as were rare among the people of Mecca. The fair character and the honorable bearing of the unobtrusive youth won the approbation of the citizens of Mecca, and b y common consent he received the title of "Al Ameen," The Faithful.

In his early years, Muhammad was not free from the cares of life. He had to watch the flocks of his uncle, who, like the rest of the Bani Hashim, had lost the greater part of his wealth.
From youth to manhood he led an almost solitary life. The lawlessness rife among the Meccans, the sudden outbursts of causeless and bloody quarrels among the tribes frequenting the Fair of Okadh (The Arabian Olympia), and the immorality and skepticism of the Quraish, naturally caused feelings of pity and sorrow in the heart of the sensitive youth. Such scenes of social misery and religious degradation were characteristic of a depraved age.

Click here to continue reading on the life of prophet Muhammad S.A.W.

Malaysia's New Cabinet Line-up

2008-03-18T19:43:00.004+08:00

Here's the list taken from The Star...I'll comment later...

Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Deputy Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department
Tan Sri Bernard Dompok
Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz
Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim
Datuk Amirsham Abdul Aziz

Deputy Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department
Datuk Johari Baharom
Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim
K. Devamany
Datuk Hasan Malek

Finance
Minister - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Second Finance Minister - Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Deputies - Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Datuk Kong Cho Ha

Defence
Minister - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak
Deputy - Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop

Internal Security and Home Affairs
Minister - Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar
Deputies - Datuk Chor Chee Heung, Senator Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh

Housing and Local Government
Minister - Datuk Ong Ka Chuan
Deputies - Datuk Robert Lau, Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin

Works Minister
Minister - Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamad
Deputy - Datuk Yong Khoon Seng

Energy, Water and Communications
Minister - Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor
Deputy - Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum

Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
Minister - Datuk Mustapa Mohamed
Deputy - Datin Paduka Rohani Abdul Karim

International Trade and Industry
Minister - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputies - Datuk Liew Vui Keong, Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan

Foreign Affairs
Minister - Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim
Deputy - Datuk Seri Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar

Education
Minister - Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein
Deputies - Datuk Wee Ka Siong, Datuk Razali Ismail

Higher Education
Minister - Datuk Khaled Nordin
Deputies - Dr Hou Kok Chung, Datuk Idris Harun

Transport
Minister - Datuk Ong Tee Keat
Deputy - Datuk Anifah Aman

Human Resources
Minister - Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam
Deputy - Datuk Noraini Ahmad

Women, Family and Community Development
Minister - Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen
Deputy - Noriah Kasnon

National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage
Minister - Datuk Shafie Apdal
Deputy - Datuk Teng Boon Soon

Science, Technology and Innovation
Minister - Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili
Deputy - Fadilah Yusof

Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development
Minister - Datuk Noh Omar
Deputy - Datuk Saiffuddin Abdullah

Natural Resources and Environment
Minister - Datuk Douglas Unggah Embas
Deputy - Datuk Abdul Ghapur Salleh

Rural and Regional Development
Minister - Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib
Deputy - Tan Sri Joseph Kurup, Joseph Entulu Belaun

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Minister - Datuk Shahrir Samad
Deputy - Jelaing Mersat

Plantation Industries and Commodities
Minister - Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui
Deputy - Senator A. Kohilan

Youth and Sports
Minister - Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaacob
Deputy - Wee Jeck Seng

Health
Minister - Datuk Liow Tiong Lai
Deputy - Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad

Information
Minister - Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Deputy - Datuk Tan Lian Hoe

Tourism
Minister - Datuk Seri Azalina Othman
Deputy - Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib

Federal Territories
Minister - Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique
Deputy - Datuk M. Saravanan

Pasta & Kuey Teow...

2008-03-18T01:13:00.006+08:00

2 of my friends asked me to post more home-made food images...hehehe the truth is I don't often cook so there's not much photos that I can snap la...

Well I did cook last night and today so now I can post the latest collection of my cooking :)

Chicken Pasta

The simplest pasta to make...

1) Heat vege oil and saute garlic and onion.
2) Add chicken and shitake mushroom and cook until tender.
3) Season with a pinch of salt, black pepper and dried mixed herbs.
4) Add milk (I prefer full cream) and let the liquid reduce.
4) Add chopped tomato.
5) Mixed everything well to blend the tastes.

Kuey Teow in Meat Soup

That meat is not beef...it was Kijang/Antelope I think...not deer or doe or roe) ...very tender.
I'll post the recipe later coz suddenly I feel too sleepy to blog. Barely open my eyes...

Man United vs Derby 15/03/2008

2008-03-17T08:45:00.002+08:00

Game : EPL
Date : 15/3/2008
Result : Man United 1 Derby 0
Goals : Cristiano Ronaldo min 75

Sing along with me!

Glory glory Man united,
Glory glory Man united,
Glory glory Man united,
As the reds go marching on! on! on!

Huhuhu...the Reds is on top of the Premiership. Sweet moment for Man United to lead the league with the advantage of 1 game over Arsenal. Lets hope they remain where they are right now...with 9 more matches to go.

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As for the Champions League update, Man United have been drawn to face Roma (again!) in the quarter finals. The first leg is at Roma's side on 1/4/2008 and the second leg at Old Trafford on 9/4/2008.

This is going to be the 3rd time in this season for United played against Roma. United won 1-0 at Old Trafford on 2/10/2007 before drawing 1-1 at Stadio Olimpico on 12/12/2007.

Last season my team steamrolled Roma in second leg with 7 -1, won the tie 8 -3 to advanced to Semi-finals. Roma will definately want some revenge for their terrible defeat. I'm excited to see what can both teams bring to the table this time around.

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My Weekend without Telephone Line

2008-03-17T08:06:00.000+08:00

Images below showed the root of my weekend suffering.

I was in the middle of experimenting multiple phone connectors when my land line suddenly went toneless on saturday morning. I tried to contact the usual Telekom fault reporting number (100) using my handphone but the no not valid. I called telephony and the rep gave me toll-free no(1300-888123). I made the report around 11am on saturday but didn't get any follow up from them. I called again at night bout 8pm but still no update tho I saw a cable guy worked on something in the evening.

On sunday afternoon my mom made the call again and raised her voice to the rep...finally the rep told Mak that the problem was due to a fault in the cable. Ermmm...not sure if it was really me causing the problem...It just didn't sounds right that making multiple connections from a single line could blew up the cable points.

Well...Hehehe...nevermind loh...as long as the problem is fixed then case closed...I checked the line just now and THERE"S A TONE!!!! Yeay....back online again huhuhu....I'm happy.

Manchester United Bulk Reviews

2008-03-14T01:15:00.004+08:00

I just couldn't keep up with Man united updates. All the things that happened around me these past few weeks had taken my attention away from football. But I'm back now...
feeling both proud and dissapointed at the same time.

Whazzup Premier League...Hello Champions League...Bye bye FA Cup...Farewell treble trophies...

1) Barclays Premier League

My team still trailing Arsenal...but we're still 1 game behind them. Man United will play against Derby County this saturday night/ sunday morning. I am worry about this match because United need to win this game to top the league. If they lose, they might never catch up with Arsenal and Chelsie will take over United's position.

Here's the latest table taken from www.manutd.com :

2) UEFA Champions League

Man United won the second leg of the first knockout round against Lyon last week. Both temas draw 1-1 after the first leg so United is going through to quarter-final with 2-1 aggregate. Yeay!!!
The quarter final draw will be held today. These are the teams up for the draw:

- Manchester United
- FC Schalke 04
- AS Roma
- Chelsea
- FC Barcelona
- Fenerbahce SK
- Arsenal
- Liverpool

I'm nervous...but excited as well. Please let it not be another team from England. Just wait and see...

3) FA Cup

I felt very dissapointed that Portsmouth beat United in quarter final after the sweet 4-0 victory over Arsenal earlier. Its over now...lets hope United will go all the way in Premier League and Champions Leauge.

Match Schedules - March to April 2008

Till later..i'm chanting Glory glory man united...

World Kidney Day Turn Out To Be Worst Parking Day

2008-03-13T14:37:00.006+08:00

In conjunction with World Kidney Day held every second Thursday in March since 2006, HKL (Kuala Lumpur General Hostital) is holding talks, exhibitions and health checks today from 9:30am to 5pm. There will be a series of talks. Chef Wan Ismail is also scheduled to conduct a demonstration on healthy cooking in the afternoon. There is also a cooking contest before the demonstration.

What I want to share with you guys is not about my kidney, nor the kidney day at HKL. I planned to write about my day at HKL but unfortunately I didn't join the event...because I couldn't find a parking space at HKL. I want to tell you how pissed I am (still)....and this is my story.

My mother and I were planning to take parts in this kidney event since last week. She already registered both of us for the forum/ talk. This morning I drove to HKL excited to broaden my knowledge and my self awareness on the importance of kidney and deseases prevention through a public forum which was scheduled at 9:30am. We arrived at HKL before 8:30am and looking at main entrance I was surprised that the place not pack with people like any other public events I've been to before.

At first I was glad that HKL is now using a parking system. I thought they managed to overcome the parking problem that haunted visitors who had to drive to HKL. How wrong I was...I saw parking signs everywhere but then...the spaces are for their staffs only. I followed confusing directions on a narrow drive alley where cars were parked both ways, yet no signs of visitors parking area. I went to the back of the hospital where I used to park but it was full. There was once a car park area that now has turn to some construction site. It better be a new parking lots.

My take on this unfortunate event is that HKL still cannot resolve the parking problem even after they introduced a paid parking system. Why can't they just bring down some of the old rundown single storey buildings surrounding the area and build a multi-storey building like PPUM(University Hospital) with organised parking allocation for staffs and visitors.

I never thought that I can't find a single space after circling around buildings few times. My mom and I were beyond frustrated that we then left HKL. We off to Tanglin for breakfast. I was so f-ing mad sampai perut krok krek krok krek.

To be honest with you, the last time I ate the infamous Tanglin Nasi Lemak was in 2001. Back then there was no food court like today....only a stall with folding tables and chairs on a dirt . But as I remembered, the food quality was great and the potion was more generous than what I had this morning. RM4 for a plate of half full nasi lemak with 2 1/2 pieces of sotong and a spoon full of chopped limpa. Aiyah makin untung makin kedekut...but if the taste is good takpa la tapiii *sigh* I officially crossed Tanglin nasi lemak from my list of "where to go for breakfast". They maybe well known and popular judging from the long queues and number of orders they made but sorry to say it just didn't satisfy my tastebud anymore la...

Okay liao...enough for today...enjoy your day! Oh ya...stay away from HKL unless you are using public transport...hahahaha...ciao.

Mind, Body and Eye therapy at IKEA

2008-03-10T20:31:00.008+08:00

Spent the whole evening at IKEA in Mutiara Damansara yesterday with my cousin until the place closed. We wanted to clear our minds from the whole hypes on election and other hazy and fuzzy stuffs that surrounded us. IKEA is the best place for self therapy...better than retail therapy itself. Just let loose and venture your own imagination and creativity while enjoying their interior ideas. Of course you can't help yourself from grabbing few items as "souveniers" from your visit...but hopping from one showroom design to another is like finding yourself transfered to different world. Well at least that is how I feel everytime I go to IKEA.

Pidah bought few plants for her mom and herself as well as wall clock and some other stuffs. As for me...hehehe I only bought a RM5 green pot plant for my room.

Another best thing about IKEA is the free refill coffee and mustard at their food court. I'm a coffee lover so what can I say. I managed to drink 3 cups only last night coz I need my beauty sleep. Ermm...Mustard? Yep I'm a mustard crazy...Love to eat the meatballs with mustard and chilli sauce rather than the gravy that comes with it.

The new look of my work station...

OK loh...I want to play Pool game at Yahoo!. Later mater...

My 2 Cents on the Post Election

2008-03-10T14:52:00.007+08:00

So...we can put to rest the idea of Pak Lah taking full responsibility on his party failure to retain 2/3 majority in parliament. He did not feel sorry for his lose and he will not apologize to the people of Malaysia for his lack of sensitivity and credibility to run the country.

He just assumed the prime minister office for a second term this morning in what I believe a humiliating outcome for him. He surely made records of his own achievements. In 2004 he led the 90% landslide victory for BN, the highest ever in Malaysia history and this year he barely made 60% lead, the lowest ever in our history. This year BN won only 140 of the 222 parliamentary seats and 307 of the 505 state assembly seats. In 2004 election, BN won 198 of the 119 parliamentary seats and 453 of the same 505 state assemble seats.

A Short Note to PM

Assalamualaikum Dato' Seri,

You might still be in shock for the blow in your party after the election. Nothing you can do to clean the mess you've made. You ignored the voices of your people previously and the consequences are inevitable. Malaysians had spoken in silence through the votes as protess to your negligence to listen and inability to assessed people's need.

From now on please do the PM job you wanted so badly. They saw that you can't managed this country by your own and they knew your friends didn't helped you much to cover your acts before. Now that the people brought you their own representatives to help you in making decisions, work with the other parties they chosen to build back Malaysia.

Some do's for you :

1) Do improve your boring speeches. Brush up you communication skills and public relation etiquettes (didn't you noticed people around you yawned and banged their head on the walls or tables whenever you spoke? Most of them just don't bother about your presence. Asked those reporters and journalist).

2) Do work on your self presentation. (You do looked so weak and tired almost all the time. I know you got married to an active lady and a hyper-active son-in-law to care for. So take up some suppliments or do light exercises. Hire a trainer. Eat more healthy food or a gain-weight product if you must. Oh ya...eat tempe everyday for a glowing face as suggested by Thir Toyo) .

Some Don'ts for you :

1) Don't plan on another honeymoon...(I mean on your job laa...not your marriage which you can go once every 5 or 10 years but also not every year laa...)

2) Don't go for on-the-job leisure holidays...(you had enough fun for the last 4 years whattt. People already accused you for using their money intead of your own income to cover the expenses tau!).

3) Don't agree on interviews with international media especially CNN if you're not prepared or you can't find suitable suit for the occasion.(I can't face seeing you being humiliated by the interviewer. You will lose your credibility.

Thank you for reading this post...now I want to go back to my normal life. Life goes on...

Tun Dr Mahathir's Post Election Press Conference Transcript

2008-03-10T13:14:00.006+08:00

You can read the transcript of Tun Mahathir's post election press conference taken from MalaysiaKini here.

I just want to highlight few of his comments that I find interesting:

Are you surprised by the results?
I think it’s shocking. Although I expected BN to lose but I did not think that they lost five states.I'm sorry that I made the wrong choice in Pak Lah. (You are forgiven...but the damage is done. Can't turn back time.)
I never expected a PM to reverse all the policies of the government. So I think the people on the whole must have been very angry. All the three communities, the Chinese, the Malays and the Indians, have reacted.

When you say ‘step down’, do you mean (from) Umno or PM?
I think he should (step down). The Japanese would have performed ‘hara-kiri’. I think that Najib (Razak) has done very well. He has scored an amazing victory, more than the 2004 elections. (Pak Lah will never leave his throne Che Det even if he is being pressured by everyone around him. And we are not ready for Najib to be our PM.)

Umno has retained more seats compared to the other component parties like MIC and MCA. Will they pressure Pak Lah to step down?
That depends on them to whether to apply pressure or not but the Barisan Nasional concept is still relevant. If there is no (MIC chief S) Samy Vellu, then find another Vellu.

What were the issues which led to the loss of the states?
Many issues led to the pent-up feelings of the citizens of which despite the economic growth, the people aren't feeling anything. They feel the rise in the cost of living a big factor. (We fed up of rising price issues in petrol and consumer products. The 6% economy growth is worthless when the inflation almost reached 2.5%)
They also see that this government is run by one family. When family takes precedence over cabinet, over government, then people will be against it.
(Yep the KJ issue...so tired of all this chronicle theory which sounded so believable and I actually bought it coz they seem to fit perfectly well)

Can you comment on Zam (Zainuddin Maidin)?
He won or lost? Oh, he lost. Well, the way he was campaigning was really funny, telling people to look at his face and how it doesn't change. But I think that a face that doesn't change can be very boring. Sometimes you must laugh, sometimes you must cry.He was telling everybody "Ini muka tak bertukar, tak bertukar". Who is interested in his ‘wajar’? If he was Britney Spears, then... (hehehe...good one Che Det! Serve him right for being kacang lupakan kulit.)

Will you return to active politics?
I won't return to active politics but if they want advice, I can give them. How can I return when once I stepped down they treated me like a pariah? (I agree with your decision. Don't jump into the fire of today's politic. You already leave an unmatched service record and I wanted it to remain a great legacy. However I do feel very sorry for what they did to you. You've done your best...tho you could do better actually. Let us see what happen next)

12th general Election - BN won Simple Majority

2008-03-09T05:43:00.004+08:00

Been watching the election results on TV and cross ref with the online results since 8:30pm til 4:30am. Just finished discussing with my pet bro bout the greatest defeats in Malaysia history for BN in this election. I am now reading news and the analysis...3 minutes to 6am and not a single yawn. I am enjoying this moment...altho at the same time I fear the uncertainty that awaits my beloved country on how would this election shape the future administration.

Yes BN will form the government without clear mandate. Its gonna be tough for them but a very good lesson learnt. We, Malaysians had done our parts in sending messages to Pak Lah and his administration that we need pro-active changes.

Ghee...to be honest with you I am still in shock of what I saw tonight as I heard/read the results that were flowing right infront of my eyes. I did wished for BN not to repeat their landslide victory but I never expected they would failed to secure the 2/3 majority...and more surprised when opposition takes 5 states. Kelantan is a gone case for so long but for the opposition parties to rule Penang, Kedah, Selangor and Perak is too much to swallow. As for Wilayah Persekutuan, 10 parliamentary seats won by Barisan Alternatif enough to bring BN on the brink of humiliation. This year's general election mark the new era to Malaysia's political scenario. I am hoping for the best.

With all the chaos and confusions surrounded me and my family as we sat together sharing info and thoughts, Tun mahathir's name popped up from our mouths more than dozen times. Personally I felt sorry for my hero...and I was wondering what went through his mind at that moment of time when Kedah fell to PAS and Penang to DAP. Also...congrats to Mukhriz who won in Jerlun and Nurul Izzah's victory over Shahrizat for Lembah Pantai parliamentary seat. I'm so proud of both of them...mind the different umbrellas but I'm happy to see new faces carrying big names after their own. Good luck to both of them!

Here's the result taken from http://www.bharian.com.my/ as of 4am:

6:30am now....so I think its time to say goodbye for now and prepare myself to bed. Its going to be a quiet morning in the house til noon coz both my parents and myself are off for our good morning sleeps after bersengkang mata the whole night...once every 4-5 years ok la kan...hehehehe

Back Again - Working on New Template

2008-03-06T16:59:00.003+08:00

It has been a week and I slready miss blogging...so I'm back. I am in the middle of changing the look of this blog and play with colours. I expect to complete this renovation and reshuffling thingy by tomorrow so catch you guys later.

Taking My Time Off From Blogging

2008-02-28T02:58:00.000+08:00

I lost appetite to blog although I've got so many things to write about: the coming general election, American Idol, Manchester United matches which I lag behind, my passions on good food and everything that revolve around me.

This week didn’t start out on the best note for me and the passing days seems to weaken my spirit. I'm on the verge of breaking down. I am down but I still hanging on, trying to keep myself in the bright light...physically, mentally and emotionally. Thankfully I have such great family and few good friends around to make my life less misserable. I know there are others out there struggling with themselves and their lives more than I do, but right now at this moment of time I feel like I'm useless in a way that I can't make sense of the life I'm living.

I've decided to take time off from the blogging world to collect my thoughts. Blogging has become part of my life and the place I feel comfortable to be in these days besides Jusco Maluri. I come to term with the fact that cyber space is just a reflection of reality and I've been dedicating too much of my time inside it...and little by little it has taken my sanity away and built my ignorance towards the so called "real world".

Ghee I'm lost in my words...so I better stop now before I completely write junkies...I'll be back...

Signing off...Thanks for your support in reading this blog. Appreciate it :)

Weekend's Food Images

2008-02-25T01:57:00.005+08:00

Been a while since I posted home-made food photos. So here's some of it that I managed to snapped:

Mushrooms soup(left) and Fishbballs Soup (right)

Savoury Fish(left) and Spicy Prawns(right)

Cucur/ Cekodok Ikan Bilis or Anchovies Fritter

My mom made this dish on saturday evening for tea time.

Buncis tumis Tempe & Masak Lemak Cili Padi Kobis Masin (Dunno how to translate hehehe)

Popiah Udang / Prawn Spring Rolls

My favourite dish...i always made my very own popiah for guaranteed satisfaction. I like it full filling (made of carrots, sweet turnip or sengkuang, mushroom, bean sprouts, potato and prawn). I surely will not find all these ingredients together in a bought popiah so had to make the popiah myself liao...

There are some more photos but I think these will be enough for this week...

My New Blog on American Idol 7

2008-02-25T01:25:00.002+08:00

I moved all the posts on American Idol to a new blog I named "Honey AJ's American Idol 7 at http://honey-idolblog.blogspot.com/.

I don't wanna cramp this blog with 2-3 posts of AI7 in a week. So if you're interested in my take on AI7, feel free to visit my new blog.

Very Hot Weather...pray for rain in KL

2008-02-20T15:17:00.005+08:00

For those of you who live in KL especially in Cheras area...did you realized that it hasn't been raining for almost 2 weeks? The weather is very hot and humid. Today I wished for rain and when I looked through the window just now, alhamdulillah it is not as hot as previous days but no sign of rain yet...I'm still hopeful.

Poor plants...look what happen to them in the hand of a lazy bum like me huhuhu...

Even Mr. Coco...the "protector" of plants can't do anything to save these greens.

I just made up the protector thingy. It just a decorated coconut shell that my mom designed...but cool eh? And creepy too...believe me.

That's all for now. Tonight I'll blog on today' American Idol male contestants show. I saw few performances from http://www.rickey.org/ but need to watch all performances before I can review. I think I have new favourite now. More about it later.

Sign Off...

Man United vs Arsenal (RESULT)

2008-02-17T03:39:00.003+08:00

Game FA Cup 5th Round
Date 17/02/2008
Result Man United 4 Arsenal 0
Goals Rooney 16, Fletcher 20 and 74, Nani 38

Man United book a place in quarter final when they beat arsenal this morning. 3 goals during first half was spectacular achievement after a dissapointing performance last weekend. Arsenal may be reserving their energy for champion league's 1st knockout round on Wednesday but United played their best. Arsenal players looked so wasted on the field. Go go go reds!! Marching on with pride and proud.

Next game is going to be the champion league knockout round with Lyon this tuesday.

Man United vs Arsenal (FA Cup)

2008-02-17T00:48:00.002+08:00

I am waiting for Man United match against Arsenal at 1am. This is the match I've been waiting for...the fifth round of FA cup. I had plan to watch this match at "mini Old Trafford" Hartamas Square but luck is not on my side tho...my "date" had to leave town today...hmmmm...nevermind...next time la kot.

Anyway...I didn't blog on previous Man United match coz I was bloody frustrated. Like Ferguson, I am still grieving at the 5 point gap in premiership after United lost to Man City last week. I hope they will make up for that humiliating defeat on the same day they were honouring the 50th anniversary of the Munich air crash that killed eight United players on 6 February 1958.

I'm not trying to show-off...just want to tell you how much I love Man United by sharing with you guys some of my MUFC stuffs. In the photo: pennant, 2 caps, 3 mugs, ring files, note book and a wallet(with worn out crest). I couldn't find my box with MUFC pens, key chains and stickers in it. I also got the 1999 Treble Trophies t-shirt (still in wrap). I remember buying a scarf and hand towel but I couldn't find it in any one of the boxes I shipped home from UK.

OK I better get ready to join my dad who has taken over the 3 seater (best seat ever) since 8:30pm and now watching Liverpool vs Barnsley. I'll be taking the floor I guess...

And I just open the fridge and snap tonight's stock...errr...doesn't mean I'm gonna drink all of it...just a tin...or two hehehe *blushing* (did I mentioned about cutting down on caffaine?....gheez...)

So that's all folks! To all Manchunians out there....lets sing GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED and "United Road" all the way. To United team...may they play with their hearts and souls just like my dear King Eric...beat those arse-nal bottoms. Peace...

Back to 80's : TV Series I Grew Up With Part 2

2008-02-14T01:39:00.000+08:00

CARTOONS

Thundercats :
"THUNDER..THUNDER...THUNDER CATS!!!" Lion-o, Jaga, Pantro, Tygro, Cheetara (ever heard a sinical song "Cheetara lari laju...tak pakai baju?") and snarf the cowardy cat...he's adorable...

Transformers and Voltron: Defender of the Universe :
I often confused between transformers and Voltron...I thought it was in the same series. I didn't really like this kind of cartoon but back then you watched whatever being shown infront of you...unlike these days with dozens of cartoon shows in different networks.

Care Bears :
They were cuties...living in a Cloudland called Care-alot...jumping up from one cloud to the other...no bumpy rides like the one I had when airplane hit the cloud. My cousin Kak Ija had a collection of Care Bear stickers...dunno where she kept it. Bet it will be very valuable someday...

The Smurf :
Very catchy opening song...I sang along everytime I heard the song...or just la la lala la la. Favourite character - Papa Smurf...

Alvin and the Chipmunks :
I barely understood what those chipmunks said but I enjoyed the show...especially when they sang songs. I thought chipmunks are squirells until I was 15 when I knew that chipmunks actually are rodents not squirells...

Jem the Hologram :
Loved the music loved Jem Loved her friends hated the face paints..

The Woody Woodpecker Show:
You gotta adore this bubbly bird...not in the chirpy way tho...but he was loud...kinda sounds like the extra umph nasally nanny Fran Fine.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe :
I still remember the magic words the prince shouted to get the power of He-Man"By the Power of Grayskull! I have the Power!"

Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats :
My favourite cartoon theme song other than smurfs....
"Heathcliff heathcliff no one should, terrify their neighborhood...but Heathcliff just won't be outdone, playing pranks on everyone"

The list can go on and on and on endlessly so I should call it a quit la to this collection...There's too many to name some more...The Jetson, Flintstones, Dennis the Menace, GI Joe, Shee-ra, Tom and Jerry, Popeye...pheuh...

Parliament Dissolved! Get Ready to "Party"

2008-02-13T12:56:00.006+08:00

So...the time has come for all parties to wear their uniforms in clown colours of white, blue, red and green then put up their banners and polish their loud speakers.

Let see if You-know-and-I-know-who can lead Barisan National to a landslide victory this time around. If you would ask me I'd say NO WAY! 90% of parliamentary seats BM owns in 2004 election are now rocking hard. Why? Either because all the seats were made of cheep woods or the seat owners never took his/her fat ass off the chair for the whole 4 years.

I am not being on the opposition side. Infact I don't know where I'm standing because I'm neither here or there. I keep my feet on the ground...unfortunately so is my heart on my nation's political parties. Their motives and motivation are too vague and none has the stand out influential leaders in them. I am wondering what's on Tun Mahathir's mind when he heard the news today.

Whatever happen...let's hope for the best and may this election reflects on the people's choice. Wake our National Front that we, Malaysians need changes and they are holding us back from achieving greater respects we deserve!!

PA alert :
Are you a registered voter? Check your electoral roll here : http://daftarj.spr.gov.my/

PA advice :
Use your voting power for the greater good. I'm quoting Harry Potter for sure...to add a little twist, I sum this up : The pen is like the elder wand, your vote represent the Invisibility Cloak and your voting action activate the Ressurection Stone. Combine the three powers and what you get? The question can only be answered after the election...We either get Dumbledore's Army or Voldermort army or the carca marba Voldore army. We'll have to wait and see...but the most important thing now is VOTE!!! hahahaha...

Back to 80's : TV Series I Grew Up With Part 1

2008-02-13T02:42:00.000+08:00

I was reading my old scrap book of my school friends' biodata and testimonies...brought back childhood memories. One of the testimony (from Jijah, a girl who sat behind me in standard 6 class) mentioned about a japanese drama on TV I was so attached to called "Moero Attack". I hardly missed an episode but unfortunately I didn't get to watch the final episode coz I went back to my dad's hometown in Kuala Lipis...no TV...sob sob sob. Anyway I did YouTubed this drama just now but couldn't find the finale. I did however find the opening theme :

Then I got the idea to searched as many old TV series I watched in my childhood years and came out with these videos...Sweet memories...big smiles all the way til now.

1) JAPANESE DRAMA

Miss Comet :
One of the earliest japanese drama on TV1 that I followed :

Oshin :
Offcourse...the infamous Oshin. RTM made the rerun of Oshin twice before NTV7 aired another rerun last year or the year before (not very sure). I couldn't find the opening theme for this drama...but there are many episodes to watched on Youtube. Don't expect to find the malay translated version laa.

Akantare :
Loved the theme song...I could even sing the song back then but can't remember exactly the storyline of this drama. The story evolved around a guy with his textile business if I'm not mistaken. I remember the drama being too slow and dragging...I don't think I watched the final episode.

Space Cop Gaban :
Wakatau wakatau...kenangda...heheheh..GABANN...

Kesatria Baja Hitam/ Mask Rider Black :

ENGLISH DRAMA

V :
V actually stands for Visitors...the alien species with reptilia eyes that wore red/orange outfit and ate rats and mice.

The Man from Atlantis :
Looking back...I am wondering what was so interesting about a half naked guy with hand palms like duck legs who had the ability to breathe underwater and swim in the wide ocean...no idea but this one used to be one of my favourite tv shows.

Supergran :
British children drama of a granny who accidently gained super powers and saved her neighbouthood from stupid villains.

Little House on Prairie :
The girls were cuties especially Melissa Gilbert. I loved the scenery images from the series...imagining myself living in a farm house surrounded by the green prairie. sweeet...

I Dream of Jeannie :
The original Genie in a bottle...long before Christina Agguilera was born. Blury Major Nelson and that funky Jeannie were 2 lovely characters. Rememer how Jeannie folded her arms and blinked her eyes to granted wishes? I tried few times before but nothing happen...did you try that trick too??

Bionic Woman and The Six Million Dollar Man :
The classic cyborg superpower human being series with no super AV effects yet believable and entertaining. Back in the 80's, Lindsay Wagner was the prettiest white girl I've ever seen on TV while Lee Majors was one heck of a hunky. Erghhh...I took back the word"hunky" after I watched the 6MDM opening.

That's all for now..more to come on the Cartoon and Chinese dramas.

Yesterday's activity and My sleeping Problem

2008-02-11T13:55:00.001+08:00

Too lazy to blog...so I just write a short one..

Went to bowling at UE3, Miharja yesterday. The place looked dodgy...the last time I went there was in 2000. Paid RM20 for 4 games.

After the game, went to Jusco Maluri (where else) and dine at Black Canyon. I bought a new DIY computer desk. I browsed for half an hour just to decide which one from 4 available desks I had to choose but F*ing pissed when the one I wanted was out of stock. Still had to buy the second one I had in mind :(

Then went to the supermarket to buy dad's list of things as he'll be doing the cooking for tonight's dinner.

Managed to get 2 hours sleep coz I spent the whole last night assembling the computer desk (I like doing DIY stuffs....ahaks) and also rearranging my room for a new SOHO look.

That's why I'm too tired to blog...My body need to be tuned back. I am about to get acute sleeping disorder if I don't take action now. Already cut down on caffeine intake and i'm not into any medication and don't want to start now.

Seached the web for articles on sleeping problem and I'd like to share with you theinfo. Check out for yourself if have the symptom:

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Causes of Sleeping difficulty:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Sleeping difficulty. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Alcohol abuse (not into alcohol)
Stimulants (nope)
Emotional stress (maybe)
Physical discomfort (Nope coz I got a lotta extra fat - built in "tilam")
Jet lag (Yep...even after 3 years)
Depression (level 2)
Poor sleep hygiene (always take a shower before sleep - also a reason for sleep difficulty)
Mania or bipolar disorder (huh?)
Medical illness (don't think so)
Nocturia (sometimes...don't wanna weewee/ ngompol on the bed maa...)
Restless leg syndrome (ya...that's why I like to hit the gas pedal at night)
Menopause (not yet la)
Medications (nope...I hate med)
Circadian rhythm disorder (huh?)
Caffeine poisoning (too harsh on the word"poisoning" but yep I do caffaine. Still have bout a dozen of tinned Nescafe in the fridge)
Cyclothymic disorder (minor mood swing but not critical)

source from : http://wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/sleeping_difficulty.htm

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Kak Ika's House Warming Kenduri

2008-02-09T17:57:00.000+08:00

My cousin held a house warming gathering today at Putra Height...a time for family reunion. Alhamdulillah all my aunts were there but only few of my cousins turned up. Nevermind it was just a small get-together event.

My 83 years old Nenek

Nenek and and her daughters

First, Second and Third Generation Line up

My Story :Friday Picnic at Congkak

2008-02-08T23:59:00.000+08:00

Note : Post updates on 10/2/2008 to add images grabbed from my cousin

My muscles are now in excruciating pains..the after effect of floating in the river the whole day at Congkak. The water was so frigging cold yet refreshing. You wont want to come out of the water once you're in. I got Ira (my cousin's daughter, dunno the title laa...niece/anak saudara kot) to accompany me in the water all day long. She's fun to be with...mainly because both of us love being in the water. I totally forgotten about my camera. I snap few images early in the morning before we started setting up our new spot. Our usual port has been taken up by other camper.

Pidah and her family broght so many food to eat...30 packs of Nasi Lemak, 2 jumbo packs of breads with sardines for sandwiches and a big container full of Drummets. I only brought fish to grilled and plain rice. I asked Pidah to make me cicah kicap (my fave...the best i've ever tasted besides the one at Jalan Bellamy). I started burning the charcoal then grilled 3 cencaru. That's all I remember about the grilling coz I jumped in the water and the rest is history...ahakss.

I resurfaced only when my stomach growling. Dang...picnic by the river really made my hungry almost all the time. Around 3pm we packed our stuffs...cleared our spot and head home. The sleepless night yesterday finally took it tolls on me. I couldn't open my eyes while driving. I remember being in a state of unconcious for few seconds at the traffic light. As soon as I arrived home I barely open my eyes and fell into deep sleep (with my contact lens still intact) and woke up at 10pm.

That's all folks...thank you for reading...bubaisss...

7 February 2008 - Mak's Birthday

2008-02-07T23:46:00.001+08:00

Happy Birthday MAK!!!! hehehe it has been a very long time since I made a clip...it took me over 4 hours just to make this simple still clip. I couldn't find most of mak's latest photos. I just reformated this pc recently...probably forgotten to backup ALL the files :(

Apa-apa pun...mak if you read this...the best present I can give you is my love...I can't afford to buy you expensive present...so please accept my heart...and I hope you like this simple slide show. I just made this in rush!!! (ampun ekk kalau ada gambar yg mak tak berkenan...) . I'm not sure whether mak likes the idea of me posting her images in this blog...so I just wait for her respond loh...

Ibu ibu
Engkaulah ratu hatiku
Bila ku berduka
Engkau hiburkan selalu

Ibu ibu
Engkaulah ratu hatiku
Tempat menyatakan kasih
Wahai ibu

Betapa tidak hanya engkaulah
Yang menyinari hidupku
Sepanjang masa engkau berkorban
Tidak putusnya bagai air lalu

Ibu ibu
Engkaulah ratu hatiku
Tempatku menyerahkan kasih
Wahai ibu

Midnight Cruise....Chow Kit and Steamboat

2008-02-07T03:01:00.000+08:00

Left home around 12:30am for midnight cruise around the city with my mom in search for banana...sounds silly eh? Actually Abah wanted banana...Mak wanted to see Chow Kit at night and I craved for steamboat near the MARA building at Jalan TAR. Perfect timing for everybody.
First stop : Chow Kit - Mak bought Banana, Sukun, Mata Kucing, Grapes and juicy bell fruit (Jambu merah macam loceng tu).

Next stop : Jalan TAR - So happy when I saw the steamboat stall still there...yeay! at the same place. But then in front of me...I looked at the construction site of a place where my old college building used to stand...it almost brought tears to my eyes. Almost every night I hung out with my dear friends at a food center called Medan Selera Mara (MSM) situated just next to the steamboat stall...Ahhh....sad...so sad sob sob sob...the place gone too.

So many wonderful memories. Akademi Infotech MARA, an institution where I found my strength, built my confidence, alowed me to explore world beyond my own country and most importantly changed my life path and my personality. It was the place I where I came back to my root...mixing around with malay friends and made few life time friendships along the way.

Next stop : Around Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Conlay to Jalan tun Razak. THen to Jalan Maluri and back in Cheras. Drove around the neighbourhood...at 2am only few houses still bright and noisy but most of the houses were quiet like any other day. No usual CNY sounds of mahjong and drunken groups outside these houses discussing business and stuffs.

Feeling sleepy now...so nite nite or ning ning to you...jo tau...joi geen...

Chinese New Year Lunch

2008-02-06T16:43:00.000+08:00

The menu may look like I am celebrating Chinese New Year but my family and I always like to have chinese dishes on the table during Chinese New Year. Just to get into CNY mood and to get our neighbours envious of the smell coming out of our kitchen. Did I mentioned I live in chinese neighbourhood where there's only 2 malay houses around my area?

Unlike the chinese, we're having big lunch not dinner. I did all the cooking today.

Sweet Sour Prawn

It was Abah who supposed to make the sweet sour prawn. I only prepared the ingredients...but he wanted me to cook this time. Haiya...I never cook sweet sour from scratch before. I can cook using the ready-made sauce one but not like this one with gallangal, tomato puree and stuffs. I took the challenge and cooked my first Abah's own sweet sour recipe. The dish is actually like "3 rasa" because he added the chilli paste.

It doesn't taste as good as my dad's but can eat laa...I need to make it more sour coz I put too much honey/sugar in this one. Lesson learnt! And a tip...Mak said that I should add vineger to make it more sour. I thought tomatoes and its puree brought enough soury taste.

Mixed Vegetable with Shitake Mushroom

The mix vege is from my own recipe as it is very simple one...The key to this dish is to be generous on the oyster sauce and the right thickness when using the potato starch. U don't want it to be too mushy or too thick.

Coated Fried Fish

For the fish dish, I just coated the fish (I used Kerapu/Caruppa) with flour + salt + Sesame oil and deep fry until crispy. Garnish with brocolli. I like eating brocolli...the texture and the taste if you eat it on its own...nyummmyyy. By the way, the 2 pieces of bread were used to absorb the excess grease.

Too bad the fish is not fresh anymore (been in the fridge almost a month).

Brocolli Soup

All the above dishes lack gravy. So I had to make a simple black pepper soup with brocolli in case my plate is too dry.

So that's all...I'm getting ready to accompany my mom to Jusco...where else..Maluri lohh. Need to buy BBQ stuffs for our family outing plan at Congkak this friday (InsyaAllah kalau jadi).

Wishing all of you who celebrate Chinese New Year...

"Sun nien fai lok...Gong hay fat choy!!"

Kungfu Dunk!

2008-02-06T00:58:00.000+08:00

Just came back from Cineleisure...Pidah won the CinemaOnline screening contest for Kungfu Dunk. I had a great time watching this comedy movie pack with good values and excellent cast line up with many familiar faces. Can't stop laughing towards the end..damn hilarious! Now I can't wait for another movie by Stephen Chow Cj7.

By the way I love the theme song...tofu! tofu! la la la la Kungfu! Kungfu! The lyric is so funny. The actual title is "Zhou Da Xia" or "Hero Chou" composed and sang by the lead actor himself, Jay Chou.

Too tired to blog but I leave you with this music video from the movie. Enjoy!

Today's breakfast and Lunch

2008-02-05T16:19:00.000+08:00

Breakfast - Fried Kuey Tiaw

This is my home-made breakfast. I can't really remember the last time I cooked heavy breakfast...I think 2 months ago kot. My mom is on a week leave so I'm a bit rajin la than usual.

By the way, the food presentation was done by my mom. Unlike myself who only like to cook and eat, she is very interested in food decoration. But watch out for that flaming red chile...trillion times hotter than the bird eye chile. I don't think that thingy is suitable to be eaten raw...

Lunch - Steamed Fish and Kangkong Belacan

While me and my mom were busy with the plants outsite the house my dad decided to cooked our lunch. It has been a while since we had lunch together at home..facing each other and passing the dish plates between three of us. Usually I ate infront of my PC.

Anyway...we still need to help Abah preparing all ingredients and cleaning the kitchen afterwards because he only did the cooking part.

I'm thinking of creating another blog concentrating on the food. I never thought of writing post on food cooked at home...but these past few weeks gave me the idea to do so.

We'll see la later if I am not just angan angan tahi ayam.

Knowing your plants

2008-02-05T14:10:00.000+08:00

Today is not a typical tuesday for me. Mak is at home taking a week leave...meaning that there'll be some cleaning and outdoor activities to be done. As I suspected, Mak was outside this morning doing some gardening so I helped her...by snapping photos of the plants she tendered hehehe.

Nursing potted plants are actually more tedious than planting direct on the land. There's not much land left when the house area was "cemented" years ago. The only soil left is at the backyard which has been reserved as Pet Cemetary with wild grass and a type of plant we called "Malu kucing". My cats love eating the root of this plant that made them giddy/gedik and "Horny" ahakss. This is how Malu kucing looks like (I forgot to take a shot of its root) :

Checkout some of the potted plants at my house:

Orkid Kuning or Yellow Orchard

Lidah Buaya or Aloe Vera

Dunno the name but Mak called this plant - Pokok Citibank (She plucked from the one at Citibank Jalan ampang)

Dunno the real name so I just call "buluh Jepun" (Japanese bamboo)
Pohon Bertam or I just call "pokok Kelapa bantut"

Assorted mini potted plants

These are the type of plants used in cooking and few tropical fruit trees in miniature scales :

Daun Cekur (Dunno what you called it in english)

Onion (Big yellow/ bombay)

Lengkuas or Gallangal

Limau Purut (Kaffir) - which accidently become a bonsai hehehe

Nenas or Pineapple - I don't think I can ever have the chance to eat its fruit

Lemon Tree - Been around for more than 20 years but never produce a single lemon. Mak said the tree is "mandul"

Durian Belanda or Soursop - about to be transfered to a bigger space.

hat's all for now. I'll be writing another post on the breakfast I prepared and the lunch meals my dad cooked this afternoon.

So til later...have a great day!

Sunday Morning in the Office

2008-02-03T10:43:00.000+08:00

Not in my office tho hehehehehe...I'm blogging from my mom's office. While she is doing her stuffs I took the advantage of using the phone, the color printer and the fax machine...clever ehh...?

Nothing to blog yet as it is still very early in the morning. May be going to Jusco again today for a finger licking good time in KFC with mak, Wak Siti (my aunt) and Pidah. Wak Siti just back from a long stay in England for visiting her daughter who is currently doing her PhD so I guess somehow she feels like eating halal KFC. I don't know about her, but I did craved for KFC like crazy after I came home from my studies, merely because I always smell the non-halal KFC everytime I waited for the bus back in Notts.

Well, I'm off to do my work now. Later mater.....

Photo update on 5 February 08:

I want that flat screen!!! 3 working phones on a desk? Kalah telephone operator wo...

An office room with its own pantry...I likeee...That's another box of CNY limau to bring home.

Melaka Trip for Ikan Bakar

2008-02-03T00:22:00.000+08:00

I was thinking of writing a long reviews on my dissapointing food trip to this place but decided that it would be better to left things as it is...no turning back so best to put past behind and start a new chapter. We need to move on and grow from bad experiences to find ways to greater adventure. That is how I comfort myself. Anyway I am grateful for my cousin's hospitality ahaksss who sponsored this round trip from the fuel to tolls to meal to accommodation. Thank you very much! I had great time traveling with you...just not our luck to find the best ikan bakar yet but insyaAllah one day we will find that one place where at last we can finally say "mission accomplished".

It was an unexpected trip although we did plan to check out the Ikan Bakar place in Umbai that folks around the "world" talked about. We had high expectation of a place in Umbai called Parameswara Ikan Bakar, based on the popularity and recommendations received through Internet, TV food channel and from word of mouths. We were thinking of bringing our family to Umbai but first we need to find our way there so our parents wont have to deal with being in the hustle & bustle of being lost on the road.

Yesterday Pidah sms me around 5pm with this msg "Wat u doin. If aleh n bab don go anywer 2nite, lets go to umbai.can or not". Offcourse la CAN...crazy la if I said cannot. So I on my ym and chat with her about her Umbai plan. She "instructed" her 2 brothers to stay home while I Informed my parents and got 2 green lights. Pidah fetched me and we left my home at 9.05pm. The journey took 2 hours. By the time we reached Umbai at 11.15pm the stall kinda like deserted...to our surprised they were ready to close tho one of the staffs said friday night and weekend they close around 12am. Then it hits me! We're not in KL where night life starts after midnight...we're out of town in this remote place called Perdu-Umbai. Ordered few dishes...Pidah belanja me (as she said - for my help in fixing her pc/internet connection 2 weeks ago).

We finished our meal by 12:15am and headed our way to Melaka town. Gheee...it was like a ghost town. Nothing to see...except for the funfair that was about to closed. We cancelled the plan to find a hotel to stay. Pidah drove without directions while I was beside her looking like a confused girl with minor concussion. We surely look like two crazy town girls traveling without direction in the middle of the night to early morning. Haiya...dunno where to go laa...until we reached Klebang beach around 1am. We sat by the levee overlooking the strait for a while. I love the morning breeze on the seaside. Too bad my camera battery went flat.

Back in the car, Pidah decided to just drove back to KL. I can't agree more as there's no point of staying without purpose. Well...on our way to highway using Ayer Keroh route, we saw numerous places of interests like the recreational forest, zoo and Mini Malaysia so we changed our plan again and decided to find budget hotel nearby these tourist attractions at Ayer Keroh. Followed few signboards but lead us to who knows where. Made a u-turns few times still no sign of any hotel. Fancy hotels and resorts are everywhere but we just wanted a simple place to sleep. Fidah frove and drove til we reached the highway. Dang..."this is full of crap"...my excitement died as we entered the highway. The time was 3am and we were yawning. Need to get some sleep or nap especially Pidah who did all the driving. Solution: Find the nearest R&R and sleep in the car for few hours. Made it to Ayer Keroh R&R. We noticed the signboard "Highway Hotel". What?! Really? Just our luck I guess...there's only 1 room left for twin bed. Costs only RM50. Very basic but totally convenience (compared to car seats).

Pidah woke me up at 6:45am for prayer. After that I read my Harry Potter book while Pidah slept peacefully across my bed which made me felt sleepy again. Last thing I remember I woke up again at 10am and she already took her bath. Chessss....sabo je la. Ate our breakfast (yesterday's Nasi Lemak with fish leftovers we tao bao (tapau) from Umbai. We left the hotel around 11am and made a stop at Ayer Keroh Overhead Bridge Restaurant where we had our post breakfast meal at A&W...I had a float and curly fries.

Continued our journey home...and reached KL after 1:30pm. Instead of going straight back home...we made our way to Jusco Maluri and then we went home...

Lotta things playing inside my mind that I want to share but I'm lost for more words to write. Do check out Pidah's blog for another review of this trip if you're interested. I post these photos for your eyes...

1) The Ayer Keroh Exit : Toll fare : RM16.50

2) Parameswara Ikan Bakar : Menu & Price list

3) fish dips : Sambal belacan and cicah kicap

Look very dry eh? Taste too sour. Too much lime and need more kicap kipas udang.

4) Starter : Sotong Goreng Tepung (Fried Squid)

Nothing unusual about this dish that I bet is using a ready made flour batter.

5) Terubuk Bakar (grilled fish)

Credit for the fresh fish. Prefer if they just grill the fish as a whole rather than splitting it in 2 pieces for faster cooking. Killed the juice, it taste and turn this fish dry.

6) Siakap Tiga Rasa (Sweet-sour-spicy fish)

I actually like the freshness of this fish and the way it being fried...but the sauce spoiled the fish...BIG TIME! The tiga rasa - sweet sour and spicy doesn't blend well together.

7) The bill - RM45.00 (with free 3 packs of nasi lemak)

BLOG NEWS UPDATE - Umbai Trip

2008-02-02T16:21:00.000+08:00

A Dissapointing Night at Umbai Jetty for Two KL Girls
By Koppuccino.blogspot.com

Kuala Lumpur : Two girls decided to go to Umbai, Melaka yesterday night to dine in the famous, well known seafood stall called Parameswara Ikan Bakar (grilled fish) at Umbai-Pernu Grilled Fish Centre. To their great dissapointment, the mentioned stall failed to lift up to the expectations in these girls' minds despite of the popularity and recommendations received through Internet, TV food channel and from word of mouths. They left the place broken hearted and lost hope for a shot of the ultimate "Ikan Bakar" dining experience.

According to one of the girls, Honey AJ from Cheras, last night event was the third in a row upsets of their mission to find the best charcoal grilled Ikan Bakar around Malaysia. Last year they went to Johor Bahru, Cherating and Tanjung Lumpur in Pahang without any success of experiencing simple yet tasty charcoal grilled ikan bakar. Last month they paid a visit to Pantai Remis in Selangor but the stall they went only served grilled cockles as they were out of fresh fish stock due to the Aidiladha celebration.

The only thing that saved the two girls broken hearts were the free Nasi Lemak given to them being the last two customers in which they ate for breakfast today. unfortunately it still doesn't help to mend their bitterness towards Umbai.

Get the full story of their adventure in less formally writen form in the next post.

Lunch on Federal Day

2008-02-01T15:55:00.000+08:00

Masak Lemak Cili Padi Nenas & Ikan Masin dan Fried Cambah with su'un

Mak made the masak lemak while I made that fried cambah.

You guys know what is "Cambah"? If any of you wonder what the heck on earth is cambah, it is a name for the young bean sprout (Taugeh) made of mung bean or kacang hijau in malay. Difference between taugeh and cambah is determined by the length of sprouts. Cambah should not be longer than 1cm.

This is how you can make your own bean sprout at home (healthier-no preservative or whatever thing they put in the one we bought in groccery shop/supermarket:

1) Soak mung beans in water overnight.
2) The next day, the beans will look like seeds. Drain the bean on a clean wet cloth and leave at room temperature for another day or two depending on how you want the sprout to grow.

Note : Don't leave the bean without moist for more than 2 days...

Burpp..Alhamdulillah...

Buku HP, Pengilat Kuku dan Limau Mandarin

2008-02-01T00:31:00.000+08:00

Okaylah...nak cuba guna BM pulak sebab penat nak tulis guna BI yang semakin lintang pukang dan kurang kosa kata yang kaya (hehehehe amik aku). Lagipun cam best je baca blog orang yg guna BM nih. Bila cakap pasal BM ni teringat kat result SPM yang amik lebih sedekat yang lalu. Malu bila kenang hehehe nama je orang melayu tapi BM dapat 6...isk isk isk...sib baik la 6, kalau cangkul sah sah kena turun pangkat. Kengkawan sekelas (semua cina) dok terkejut bila bagitau result BM. Diorang cakap BM tonggang terbalik tapi boleh pun dapat A. Tp ingat lagi aku defense diri ngan cakap kat salah sorang kawan aku "sekurang-kurangnya saya boleh cakap and tulis BM...you tau cakap cina tapi tak boleh baca tulisan cina" hehehehe bangggaaa kejap. Haiyaa dui em jyu aaa Chet Ping if you read this. Bila pikir balik bukan guna pun ayat2 bunga skang ni. Janji boleh cakap ngan boleh paham apa orang cakap ok la kan.

Isk dah melalut la pulak! Sebenar hari ni takde apa yg best untuk di-blog cuma nak kongsi gambar kat atas nun. Skang tengah mula baca balik Harry Potter dr buku 1. Kalau tengok rupa buku tu...kesian kan? Dalam 7 buku HP, buku ni lah yang paling banyak dibaca...lebih 10 kali la sejak beli. Setiap kali buku baru nak keluar sure baca balik dari awal buku. Nasib baik start baca HP masa buku 3 keluar kalau tak lagi lunyai buku tu. Kat atas buku tu pulak ada nail buffers yg baru beli semalam. So tu la dua aktiviti riadah hari ini...

Lupa pulak lagi satu aktiviti...makan limau yg teramat banyaknya di rumah ni courtesy of vendors ngan contractors dari office my mom (bukan rasuah tau! tapi hadiah hehehehe). Alhamdulillah tahun ni dapat yg best2...sumer manis2...tu baru 2 kotak dari tah berapa kotak la lagi yg ada kat dalam bilik mak tu. Esok nak teman dia gi pejabat coz ada kerja tak settle. heheheh ada can la nak abiskan ink printer esok *bad honey...bad honey...bang bang bang....*

The Chronicles of Honey AJ - 30 Jan 08

2008-01-30T23:13:00.000+08:00

This maybe the most boring post I've ever written to date...so beware of the boringness level. (Consider yourself warned)

7:00 - 9:30am
Started the day by doing laundry and minimal tidying up of my room. Afterthat I turned on the PC monitor that I turned off when I went to bed around 3am and continued working on experimenting and testing some website designs. Hmmmm slept for less than 4 hrs, then back infront of PC. Definately not a zombie but a serious case of PC addict.

9:30 - 10.45am
My dad asked me to cook Gulai Ikan Patin last night so I spent time in the kitchen cooking (FYI: I only do cooking upon request *sheepish smile*). I prepared asam pedas instead of asam tempoyak because, to my surprise our home-made tempoyak is temporarily out of stock until the next durian season or somebody from dad's family import the tempoyak from my kampung in Kuala Lipis. Not trying to brag myself up but gulai asam (both pedas and tempoyak), sambal tumis and masak lemak cili padi are my specialty when it comes to cooking malay cuisines and those 3 are the "winning" dishes on-demand that I cook at home.

Left: Steaming hot gulai on the stove, Right: Ready cooked Gulai on display :)

10:45 - 11:30am
I was getting myself ready to go out on a "ladies day out" with who else - Pidah (what can I say, she's my other half so her name is sort of like a recurring role here in my blog as is my life). Pidah picked me up around 11am. She arrived just as I did some light touch up on my face. Wanna look good today as I was about to meet Pidah's friend who helped me figuring out the mandarin song I longed to hear. Please read my previous post to understand what I'm saying.

11:30am - 12:30pm
Our destination was KLCC to meet Pidah's friends but first we had to made a stop at Jusco Maluri(JM). Went straight to the one and only optical shop where Pidah bought a spec for her sis and 2 boxes of lens for herself. I got myself new lenses too. Next to Secret Recipe and collected the Chocolate Indulgence cake that Pidah pre-ordered last night (yep...went to JM late last night to buy some presents) to belanja her friends. Then we paid the parking ticket and off we went to KLCC.

12:45 - 1:45pm
Arrived at KLCC and made a quick detour to maybank before meeting Pidah's friends to handed out the cake. Met Lean and Chen outside KLCC...Lean turned out to be a guy...all these while I thought he's a girl! Sorry Pid...tak focus on the word "He" you used whenever you talked about him. Made a change of place to watched a movie "Cuci" from TGV KLCC to GSC Berjaya Times Square(BTS). Paid the ticket and headed to BTS.

2:00 - 4:30pm
On our way, we passed by my old school that situated just behind the BTS building. It takes less than 5 minutes walk from my school. Thank goodness the place was not yet built during my school time. Old memories resurfaced as I remembered walking with friends in school uniforms and spent our before and after school times (during school time also...hehehe ponteng la tuh) at Sungei Wang and the surrounding areas.

After performing Dzuhur prayer we went to GSC to buy tickets. While in the queue Pidah suggested we changed movie to "The Game Plan". I liked the idea coz my friends gave good reviews on movie. Really wanted to see the movie last week but totally forgotten about it until today. The show only started at 4:30pm.

Can you believe those 2 different plates in the above pictures were mine and I ate the whole lot? Believe it or not...I did finished everything on the plates *blushing*. See the body la kannn...In my own defence, wanna let you know that's what happen when I had Brunch after 2pm at a restaurant called Hartz Chicken Buffet, my favourite place since 1999. Still angry with the price increase tho. Only 2 months ago the price was RM17.90++ and today it has gone up to RM19.90++. Back in 1999 the price was only RM12.90 with more food varieties. Ermmm...their price keep climbing up beyond the Everest but the food and services are sinking down the Mariana Trench...apa ceritaa....

4:30 - 6:40pm
Show time! The Game Plan is another Disney story great for those looking for light and clean comedy with great drama. There were funny LOL moments, heart melting, tears falling and finally big smiles in the end. Great movie...We enjoyed ourselves and recommend you to watch this movie if you haven't seen it yet...

By the way, here's one of the best part of the movie where Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sing elvis song "Are you lonesome tonight" :

6:45 - 8:30pm
Left BTS after Asar prayer and headed back to Cheras...Instead of going straight home we made one more stop to Jusco Maluri...againnn. I'm still not sure of what attracts us to JM but it has been our all-time favourite hang out place especially the supermarket and Black Canyon. Today we didn't go to the supermarket nor the black canyon. Instead we only spent time jalan-jalan on the first floor and to Watson's to buy a mini nail shining. Earlier at BTS I bought Elianto's not-so-good 3 way nail buffer. I found that self manicure is a way to relax and indeed very therapeutic.

9.00 - 3.00am
Safely arrived home...had a short conversation with my parents while drinking coffee (much to my regret), bullied my cat...went to bathed...then back infront of PC again to read online news, checked emails and offline messages...open Winamp and played some random songs My pet bro called around 12am and we talked for about 1 hour while I shine my nails. I wrote this blog (on and off) til 3am.

3.00am onwards til now (7:00am)
Watched Man United match against Portsmouth. They won 2-0. Review later.

My mom woke up just now and we watched news on TV together. Boring stuffs...except on the news of Arwah Loloq who passed away yesterday. Was his illness the reason why M Nasir postponing Aduh Saliha's shooting? I dunno...just speculating...

Anyway till wide awake...not a single yawn yet. Blame it on the Nescafe new product Energo that I drank last night...Stiff butts...need to lie down now...I done with my chronology.

I kept this post editor open since 11pm and finally I can click the "Publish Post" button now.

So cheers mates

Ta...

Man United vs Tottenham Hotspur 27/01/2008

2008-01-29T01:01:00.000+08:00

Game : FA Cup
Date : 27/01/2008
Result : Man United 3 Tottenham 1
Goals : Robbie Keane 24, Carlos Tevez 38, Cristiano Ronaldo 69 and 88

We're in the fourth round of the FA Cup...I got distracted on yesterday matched. I was watching 2 different live telecasts at the same time. Tottenham took the lead by Robbie Keane's goal but Man United managed to catched up before the first half break. Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to see Carlos Tevez scored. Thank goodness I got to watched both Cristiano Ronaldo's goals. And yeah...I'm happy that Paul Scholes is back on the field...he missed 18 games already.

Man United will face Arsenal on 16 February 2008 following the fifth round draw yesterday. I will definately mark the date on my calendar....Can't wait!

Rang Wo Huan Xi Rang Wo You - Emil Chau

2008-01-28T12:41:00.000+08:00

"Make Me Happy Make Me Worry - Emil Chow @ Chau Wakin "

Ever since I heard this song again last week at KLCC, the melody keep haunting me. I did asked people around the centre court but they don't know who sang the song. I can't stop humming and I even dream of it. I was restless to find the singer and the song title. I googled, Youtubed and wiki'ed every cantopop singers i can remember but failed to find a single clue to bring me close enough to actually listen to the song again.

Why is this song special to me? Because it brings back memory of my school friends who taught me almost every popular songs. One of them is May Yee who actually taught me the song. She left this world last year. That is why I wanted to find it so badly.

Yesterday I played the tune on my keyboard in frustration. This morning I made a sample on how the song might sounds like and send it to Pidah in hope that her chinese friends would help me. It never occured to me that I could do that before...until now. I could ask my school friends in friendster to help me but I never thought of the idea.

Listen to my silly sample of the song that made me hummed days and nights:

(Opps...sorry I don't know how to add audio clip in blogger)

Its ok...the sample can be thrown to the recycled bin coz I'VE ALREADY GOT THE ORIGINAL SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Thanks to my best of the best of the best friend aka my cousin Pidah and Lean, her soon to be ex-coleague. My heart was beating so hard when I click the "play" button on YouTube. I gave a big Ronald McDonald smile on the first tune...and almost cried when I heard the 1st verse of "i dao jin tou fu sui nan shou ai you you hen you you".

Here's the song:

and here's the pinyin lyric taken from : http://www.wakin-web.com/

ai dao jin tou fu sui nan shou ai you you hen you you
wei he yao dao wu fa wan lu chai you xiang qi ni de wen rou
ge wo guan huai wei wo jei you we wo ping tian xu dou chou
zai shen ye wu jin deng hou du zi le lu du zi ren shouw
dou xiang shou shen wo zhen de ai ni dou xiang shou shen due bu qi ne
ne ku zhe shou qing yuan yi jin nan zai xu nan zai xu
jiu qing ne ge wo dou yi dian dian shi jian zai dou yi dian dian wen hou bu yao yi qie dou dai zhou
jiu qing ne ge wo dou yi dian dian kong jian zai dou yi dian dian wen rou bu yao rang wo ru chi nan shou
ne zhe yang yi ge nu ren rang wo huan xi rang wo you
ran wo gan xin wei le ni fu chu wo sou you
ai dao jin tou fu sui nan shou ai you you hen you you
wei he yao dao wu fa wan lu chai you xiang qi ni de wen rou
ge wo guan huai wei wo jei you we ping tian xu dou chou zai shen ye wu jin deng hou du zi le lu du zi ren shou
dou xiang shou shen wo zhen de ai ni dou xiang shou shen due bu qi ne
ne ku zhe shou qing yuan yi jin nan zai xu nan zai xu
jiu qing ne ge wo dou yi dian dian shi jian zai dou yi dian dian wen hou bu yao yi qie dou dai zhou
jiu qing ne ge wo dou yi dian dian kong jian zai dou yi dian dian wen rou bu yao rang wo ru chi nan shou
jiu qing ne ge wo dou yi dian dian shi jian zai dou yi dian dian wen hou bu yao yi qie dou dai zhou
jiu qing ne ge wo dou yi dian dian kong jian zai dou yi dian dian wen rou bu yao rang wo ru chi nan shou ah~~~~~
ne zhe yang yi ge nu ren rang wo huan xi rang wo
you ran wo gan xin wei le ni fu chu wo sou you

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Here's the english translation of the lyric.

Today...I've been released from my agony....I feel free...I uncovered the mystery of the song that taunt me...I'm a free girl once again....ahhhhhhhhhhh....lovely song...great melody...

Estranged...Itu Kamu

2008-01-27T23:05:00.001+08:00

Huhuhuhu...not in a gazillion years would I expect Estranged to win Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL)but they did! YEAY!!! Go go go to Rich n the band. Its the only song I knew well...and love hearing over and over and over.

I almost missed their performance coz I've been switching between AJL and Man United vs Totts match. Congratulation to myself for picking the right song as winner hahahaha kasi can angkat bakut la kejap ek.

Estranged : Itu Kamu

Segala yang ku pasti akan aku capai tuk mengambil hati mu
Melepasi angkasa cinta ku
Sesudah aku melafazkan kesemua yang diperlu
Ianya seperti suluhan yang terang

Segala yang kau ragui akan ku padam habis dari hati mu
Mengingkari dalaman akal mu
Takkan puas ku, mengiringi semua tawa dan tangisan mu,
Anggun jiwamu, pelita yg terang

Hatiku mahu mu
Rupa mu
Masih masih masih masih...

(Chorus)
Kau terindah
Masih ada
Yang tercantik
Itu Kamu

Tiada mengapa taupun sampai bila kerna cinta enggan kenal mengalah
Memanah masuk hatiku yang reti
Setelah kau nampak tetap ku masih menunjukkan erti hidupku
Yang mahu bersama kau buat selamanya...

What is the meaning of Estranged?
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–verb (used with object), -tranged, -trang·ing. 1. to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of: Their quarrel estranged the two friends. 2. to remove to or keep at a distance: The necessity for traveling on business has estranged him from his family. 3. to divert from the original use or possessor.
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Source from http://www.dictionary.com/

My dusty old musical Instruments

2008-01-27T18:18:00.000+08:00

What a boring sunday. Besides blogging I decided to polish my old music instruments. Does it look shiny to you? Nehh...ancient stuffs...but one of the few of my possessions. I will include those in my will when I write one someday. They've been on display more than on the stand or my hand. I had recorder and harmonica once but gave it to Fatihah, my niece (my half-bro's daugher).

I love music...always try to play music simply based on my listening. I wish I can play piano but I can't. I read notes...but hate those taugeh. Too slow to catch up looking at the sheet and the keys at the same time. Being a left-handed I find it very difficult to learn musical instruments especially piano as you must master your mind and coordinating your left hands with your right hand. I just can't do it! I ended up moving only 1 hand at a time. So that's why I just play keyboard hehehe....preset, ad-lib, mixers...That old keyboard has been with me for 17 years. I played old simple begginner's to intermediate level of classical music and some of my family favourite songs of the 50s,60s and the 70s. I'm an old soul...what can I say.

As for the guitar, if you look closer you might realised that I've changed the strings in reversal to the usual one. I bought that Kapok in 1997 determined to learnt how to play by using a book. A BOOK!! Crazy ehhh? How can we learn it by book. I don't have some one to teach me. i can't affort a tutor. My dad wont teach me. I got so jelous watching him played all sorts of musical instruments and wished I can do the same. I changed the strings order to make it easier for me to learn using left hand. My father got really mad at me for doing that and after that he never play my guitar hehehehe meanie me. Anyhow I still suck at guitar...my fingers are too short and big. Complaint complaint complaint...hard to admit your weaknesses and put the blame on something else ahakss...thats me...bad honey...bad honey...bang bang bang....(like what dobby did-Harry Potter again...sorry if you missed the not so funny joke).

I'll try and play some tunes and post it in here if I'm not too embarrashed of that piece to share it with you guys. I'm already rusty...better polish my skill (if I got it la) now.

Some boring photos

2008-01-27T16:39:00.000+08:00

These are few photos taken yesterday in different events:

1) Midnight Supper and Coffee - Old Town White Coffee, Cheras

Last night I went to Citybank and hung out with Pidah at Old Town in Cheras. I found out that the place is open 24 hours. Wah...interesting. Now I can choose either kopitiam or mamak as my after-midnight spot to lepak. As you can see from the pix, both of us drank Mocha Iced Coffee. I ordered Garlic butter Toast while Pidah prefered the Kaya and butter toast.

The place was packed with people mostly chinese...the ambience really represent a traditional chinese kopitiam with dirty tables, noises of people talking loudly, spoons and chopsticks flying and I've to mention a smelly toilet. I am not speaking in bad terms of the chinese but these are just some facts that we have to admit. It is reality and not just some make-up bullshit. If there is anyone feeling offended while reading this I am trully sorry. Just writing my thoughts...nothing more and nothing less. Afterall, We live together and I respect all of them as my fellow Malaysians . My next door neighbours are chinese and infront of my house is a buddist temple/tokkong. More than 70% of the students in my school were chinese where I was the only malay in my class at Bandaraya during form 4 and 5. Most of my friends at Stamford college were mostly chinese. So don't you dare tell me I'm racist OK! Gheee...i'm emotional today....why la?

Move to the next event then...

2) Catching an Evening Rainbow

Caught a rainbow on my digicam yesterday evening on the way back from my aunt's house. Can you spot the rainbow from the photos above? You might need to look deeper...It is somewhere between the lamp posts in the middle. Not so clear and bright but I love rainbow...always make my day to get a good look at the colourful scene.

3) Bullying my poor cat, Ollie

Look what I found yesterday morning when I woke up and went to the kitchen. My mom was making fool of Ollie. The theme, "Ollie the Whiskas King". Believe it or not, he did enjoyed himself being wrapped in that green whiskas cloth. Walked around the house wearing that ridiculous outfit showing off to my dad by jumping up on the table while he watched TV and then he even tried to sleep in that cape. Showed how much he love the gift by Whiskas.

That's all folks....

Story of my Family

2008-01-27T13:51:00.000+08:00

Too lazy to update this blog last night. Well I don't really spent much time infront of my beloved PC since I've been out and about yesterday.

Spent the whole evening visiting Wak Mie, my 2nd aunt at Putra Height with my mom, Pidah and Wak Siti (Pidah's mom-my 5th aunt). So here I'd like to tell ya'll a little bit about my family on my mom's side.

My mom is the youngest of 6 sibling sisters and being refered to as Bibik Jar. Wak Bariah, the eldest sister who lived in Tanjung Malim, Perak passed away 2 years ago. Two of my aunts (Wak Nong and Wak Nah) live in my mom's hometown, Kuala Selangor while my mother, Wak Siti and Wak Mie live in the outskirt of KL. That is why I am closer to my KL aunts' families compared to to those in kampung. All 3 families used to live nearby (Cheras Baru and Bandar Tun Razak) . In 2002, Wak Siti's family moved slightly further down of Cheras to Taman Kota Cheras. Last year Wak Mie's family moved to Putra Height, somewhere between PJ-Puchong area I think.

I'm from Javanese decendance. My great grandmother came from a village named Banyu Mas, Java Island in 1800. That's why we are using the title of Wak, Paman and Bibik in the family as a way to show respects and seniority. Wak is the title to the elder aunts or uncle while bibik is for the younger aunts and Paman for the younger uncle.

My grandma (Hjh Halimah) is now 83. Not as strong as she used to be but still a tough old woman. She's like an iron lady...a survivor of 2 different cancers, cervic/uterus and tonsil (need to double check with my mom later). Of all the family, my family went back to Kuala Selangor the least. My mom left Kampung in 1973 and since then she seldom came back especially after she got married. We only paid visits once or twice a year during raya celebrations. However we managed to pay my grandma more frequent visits these past few years now I'm big enough to drive. Nowadays I try to visit Nenek as often as I could and bring my mom back to kampung with me. Its time to move on from everything that hold us back...

During my mom's younger years, she was very close to her grandmother (My Great Grandmother/moyang) compared to her mother. Most of her elder sisters got married early and left home to started their own family. My moyang was her best friend after Wak Siti (Pidah's mom) went to study in boarding school. My mom's heart was broken when my moyang died of old age in 1973 just few months before she started working in KL. She had promised her to buy a present using her first month of salary. Ahhh...suddenly I'm in tears...sob sob sob...I felt sad for her coz she still regret it til today. She never failed to mentioned this everytime we talked about her younger life. Some memories are hard to swallow and they keep coming back to us. Guess that is why my mom didn't fancy going back to kampung before.

By the way, lets move on to my grandfather (Hj Ahmad Chakri) . He passed away in 1985 of kidney failure (need to double check too). I didn't get the chance to really get to know him better. My mom often told me stories about how great he was in everything that he did. He was a handyman, an engineer, a carpenter and a mechanic all in one. Guess that's where my mom got the skills to do stuffs. She used to followed him around watching and learning by his side from fixing bikes to repairing electrical items to carpentry to cooking...everything!!! Including his bad temper and impatience to do everything so quickly(oops....ampun mak!)

So there goes a story of my family. I wanted to write more but my fingers doesn't seem to colaborate well with the speed of my brain at the moment. I'd like to try and write serious article about my mom's family. Perhaps I can try to get it published someday hehehehe my dream....well as my beloved cousin said " Tak salah mimpi...Mimpi tu tak kena bayar" (softly translated to : "We are free to dream coz dream don't cost a thing") .

To all my family, friends and you...whoever you are...

"DREAMS ALL YOU WANT...ITS FREE!!! WITHOUT A DREAM...LIFE IS MEANINGLESS...DREAM AND TRY MAKING YOUR DREAM COMES TRUE...IF IT DOES, YOU GET TO ENJOY THIS LIFE BETTER...BUT IF IT DOES NOT, YOU STILL GET THE CHANCE TO ENJOY YOUR IMAGINATION BETTER." - Honey AJ

Me and Astro...

2008-01-25T22:30:00.000+08:00

My Astro account was suspended this afternoon. What the *toooot*. I thought I direct debit every month. I called customer service in October asking them to set the auto debit for my account so I assumed it has already been deducted monthly. I am so lazy to open the statement letter but today when I opened it (after realized my account kena block) Gheee....RM257.93.

Chesss...hampeh daun kelapa (literally translated as coconut leave waste...hmmm....whatever....). So I went to post office and paid the bill. Kopak lagi aku...I wont bother much to rush and pay if not because of my father kept mumbling and complaining and whining about not being able to watch his fave girl Maria Sharapova played against Henin in semi final of Australian Open.

I called Astro's customer service to activate my acount and "accidently" raised my voice to a poor girl named Ira. I don't care....I just want to make complaint. I did called them twice last year to set auto debit but they failed to do it. My credit card is clean so what the *toot* that hold them. That girl Ira told me that the record showed that I did called requesting auto debit but "somehow" the action has not been forwarded. She offered to do it for me but I simply said "No thank you! Akak call citibank directly senang cerita. Korang cakap akan buat tapi tak buat buat. Ingat nak menyenangkan diri rupanya menyusahkan orang jugak." or something like that la...

Luckily the account has been activated immediately...kalau tak mau kena bambu lagi kang...

The food : Laksa Penang ala Jawa

2008-01-24T07:06:00.000+08:00

My mom made a big pot of Laksa Penang yesterday. So I'll be eating laksa the whole day today. I'll copy down the recipe later. For the time being...I'll leave you the photo first.

My dinner last night. Need to buy petis (prawn paste). I like to put lotta petis til my laksa turn dark brown.

RIP : Heath Ledger 1979 - 2008

2008-01-23T11:03:00.001+08:00

I was reading Rickey's blog when I learnt that actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his bedroom few hours ago in a possible drug-related death. I was shocked!

He was only 28 and in prime of his career after playing a powerful portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain. Ya it is a gay theme movie and I admit that I do watch movie or drama with homosexual theme. I watched Brokeback few times because I was really moved by his role. Definately the best gay theme movie I've ever seen. Love is universal...how can you deny it...doesn't matter who you love. That is my take on this stuff.

Brokeback is indeed a great love story that ended in tragedy. The tragedy had now haunted one of the actor who survived in the story but not in his real life.

His death reminded me of River Phoenix who died of OD at his early 20s. It is very sad to loose such great young talents in the hands of their own...

Food : Western Lunch Meal

2008-01-22T14:59:00.000+08:00

Today I made pasta and chicken soup for brunch. The meal is so easy to make if you're suddenly craving for italian pasta and soup. Follow the rough guide of the recipes for both menu. I left out the propotion for each ingredients so you have flexibility on how much you want to use the ingredients. But believe me it is easy to cook these yourself!

Chicken herbs Soup/ Broth

1) Put chicken, salt, garlic, ginger, black pepper and mixed herbs into a pot.
2) Add water above chicken level and and bring to a boil until the chicken is tender. Unlike me, if you are health concious, remove the fat formed on the pot surface.
3) Add vege of your choice. I always put sweet peas, potatoes and carrots. For for this menu I just used sweet peas.
4) Sprinkle more mixed herbs or fresh herbs before turning off the heat.

Penne in Tomato Sauce with mushroom Sausage

1) Cook penne (or any other type of pasta) and drain.
2) Chop garlic (I use smoke garlic for better aroma) tomatoes and onion and saute in oil (great if you have olive oil in stock).
3) Add sliced sausages. I used Ayamas Mushroom Chicken Frankfurter.
4) Add tomato puree (I prefer Ayam brand for the colour), mixed herbs and a pinch of salt.
5) Add sweet peas or other vege of your choice.
6) If the sauce is too thick, add water. I just used the soup I prepared earlier.
7) Finally pour in the drained penne. Well mix the sauce and pasta. Serve immediately.

Man United Long Overdue Update

2008-01-22T08:15:00.000+08:00

It has been a while since I last made any post on Man United. Ever since YouTube blocked the video highlights of EPL and EUFA matches I've lost interest to blog about the team. I guess I should get back to update the info coz I missed few of the matches.

Last match
Man United vs Reading result : 2 - 0 (goals by Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo)

Match Schedules

Premier League Table

As we can see from the latest premier league table, although we tied in points with Arsenal, Man United is in the lead by goals scored...So I'm chanting Glory Glory Man United!!!

Politic talk...gives me headache

2008-01-22T02:06:00.000+08:00

I watched "Man of the Year" on HBO just now. Robin Williams starred as Tom Dobbs, a comedian and host of talk show who runs for president. A flaw in the electronic voting systems wins him the election and become the new president of United States, to everyone surprised including himself. I'm not here to make review on the movie but it was one of the joke quotes that caught my attention.

“Politicians and baby diapers are alike… in that they should be changed often and for the same reason"

Considering the situation of current government I agree with the statement....its true in every way. I used to love talking about politics and economy in this country but not anymore. Malaysia's political scenes and our economy spectrum sucks after Tun Dr mahathir stepped down. Nothing seems to be interesting to follow anymore.

I miss Tun very much. I remember paying my full attention to him every time he's on TV talking for press conference, interviews, UMNO speech and even the Budget session. He spoke with passions and energy unlike some leaders who only mumble and grumble but incapable of making bold and intelectual statements. During Tun era, I read newspaper everyday to follow current issues and I wanted to know if he was in or out of the country, which conference and summit he'd be delivering speeches and so on. I even bought few books about him. I'm not obsessed on him but I really wanted to get to know this complex ambitious figure, a controversial man who had visions for his people and the land he administered. He was full of confidence and charisma. He showed us that he was indeed the leader of our nation. I really love him...no matter what people said about him he is still my man...the man who made me proud of being Malaysian. His legacy remains for his contributions as the Prime Minister who brought Malaysia to the eyes of the people and to the rest of the world. Everytime I see Petronas twin tower or when I'm at Putrajaya, I always remember him. I even shed tears when I saw his photos from Marina's blog. That's enough to show how much I adores him as the Great Father of Malaysia. He is one heck of a politician who don't need diapers because he can surely wash himself...unlike others who over-used their diapers but still don't realise or want to admit that they smell like shits...Opps...this is what happen when I talk about current politic. It sucks and I just don't want to bother until I see some leadership in I-know-and-you-know-who. I can't write nor speak the name coz his name is "tabooo" (like "Voldermort" if you follow the Harry Potter story).

The truth is I-know-and-you-know-who will always be in the shadow of Tun until he find ways to step up and be the man he should be. It takes more than the title of PM to actually become one. This country need someone who make her feel proud of bearing Malaysia name while we, malaysians has be part of the system...not the one to be bullied by the system. Tun modernized this country but I'm afraid that we're heading to the de-modernized Malaysia. I can't let this to happen. As the general election is around the corner, unless the previously elected people clean their asses now (I doubt it), the majority might put on the new babies with clean Mami poko's in the new line up.

OK la...I had enough of political talk...I believe I got migraine already...Aiyoo...later la...cannot stand laaa...

Anyone wanna Beef Steak and Lamb Chop?

2008-01-20T23:31:00.000+08:00

Burppp....Alhamdulillah. Just ate home made beef steak & lamb chop with mushroom black pepper and vegetables. It was all started when I chatted with Pidah on YM. She was fasting today (3 days puasa sunat hari Asyura/10 muharram) and craved for Beef Steak. I googled for beef steak images and sent to her just to make her air liur meleleh (naughty me...!). I got punished right away coz suddenly I was the one yang meleleh to the extend that I volunteer myself to cook for her and for me la jugak. Anyway thanks to my cousin Pidah who provide the supplies. We made a quick shopping at Jusco Maluri...it took us only an hour to buy groceries. Check out the parking ticket pix below. We entered Jusco at 16:44pm and paid the ticket exactly 1 hour later at 17:44pm. Cool eh?

So here's the meal prepared. I noticed that batik table cloth and transparent plates made my pictures dull and bland. So I'm waiting for Pidah to update her blog with the pictures taken on blue table cloth.

The Meats - Beef Steak (Left) and Lamb Chops (right)

There were 2 versions of beefs here. We bought 3 pieces of marinated beef and another 3 pieces which I marinated myself. Here's the recipe for the sauce used to marinate the beef:

1) Blend : Black Pepper and Smoke garlic (with skin on)
2) Mixed together : HP BBQ Sauce, Knorr BBQ Sauce (Spicy) and honey with the blended pepper and garlic. Add dried mixed herbs (and fresh rosemary if you have it in your fridge).
3) Rub the mixture on meats. Put in plastic wrapper, seal it and marinate until you are ready to cook.

Mashed Potato and Vegetables with Garlic Cream Dip

How to make mashed potato :

1) Peel potatoes and boil until tender. Tossed the potatoes.

2) Mash the potatoes with fresh milk and a pinch of salt. You can add butter if you like but I like the fresh aroma of potatoes.

For the vegetables, Pidah and I had chosen baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, Asparagus, straw mushrooms and sweet peas. I only simmer these vegs lightly (except for cherry tomatoes-eat it raw). To compliment these vegs I made a simple dip. Here's the recipe :

1) Finely chop or blender few cloves of garlics.

2) Mix mayonaise with fresh milk. Stir until mayo and milk blend together.

3) Add garlic and mixed herbs. Stir and serve.

Complete Meal on a plate

Aiyo, the second picture with sauce covering the meat is blur la. By the way that long brown thingy on the center of that plate is mushroom sausage.

I forgot to take picture of my mushroom & black pepper sauce but here's the recipe anyway:

1) Slice canned button mushrooms.

2) Blend black pepper.

3) Mix Potato starch (you can also use corn flour instead of potato starch) with water (or stock).

4) Mix together mushroom, black pepper, HP BBQ sauce, Knorr hot & spicy BBQ sauce, honey and dark soy sauce in a sauce pan.

5) Bring the pan to heat. Add the mixture of potato starch. Keep stiring until boiled/cooked.

6) Turn off heat and serve hot.

Complete Meal in a Container

Ready for take-away! These were some of the left over. Still plenty considering Pidah only managed a single piece of beef steak and sausage. She don't eat lamb chop...maybe because she was born in the year of Sheep/goat so she avoid eating them...mbeeeekkkk ahakssss....

Oh ya! This is a picture of my dad's plate. Since he is having toothache, I made him coleslaw coz he might not be able to eat those hard vege I prepared earlier. Then he wanted french fries over mashed potatoes so I fried some for him. Surprisingly he had no problem eating those chewy lamb chop. Well what can I say, lamb is his favourite...come toothache or headache or fever, he still can eat lamb.

BURPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP ........... Alhamdulillah ........... Excuse me ..........

Friday Night Fever with Nik

2008-01-19T03:01:00.000+08:00

Came back from a night out with my friend Nik. I arrived at KLCC earlier than planned but luckily I've been entertained by chinese classical performance at the centre court while waiting for Nik. I just love the music on Yangqin, an instrument....soothing and mind blowing.

I happen to know few of the songs. If you want to know how yangqin/hammered dulcimer, check out this video from YouTube.

Back to the story, we left KLCC in search of ayam kampung :) And found a place at Kampung Baru or in front of a stadium near HKL to be specific. The food is not bad...the service is ok. Our ayam kampung were just being cooked so we ate hot chics (hehehehe) and few other "lauk pauk" like masak lemak lala, sambal udang and kacang botol with sambal belacan.

After dinner we went back to KLCC and spent the night capturing images of twin towers, the fountain and the surrounding area with or without us posing infront of camera acting like two excited foreigners. Just when we had found the perfect spots for great angles my camera decided that she had enough fun and the battery went flat. Arghhh spoil betul la....

I sent Nik home but then we decided to extend our outing by taking more interesting images of Kuala Lumpur landscapes. Charged my camera battery at her home...relax and then headed to Titiwangsa lake garden for Eye on Malaysia(EOM). What a dissapointment...there was no lights on the EOM so we can't get a good view. Infact we hardly saw the EOM...I just got a glimpse few secs/mins before the light went off. We were upset but determined to find other spot so we went to Dataran Merdeka only to find that the place was closed and being guarded by a group of policemen spoiling our mood. There was no way we could be able to park anywhere near the area so I decided it was time to went straight home. Still feeling upset and dissapointed but me and Nik will realise this mission next time InsyaAllah.

Oh dear...I need to get some rest. Its 4 o'clock in the morning. If I didn't get to sleep in 4 hours time I set the record of being awake for 48 hours with no nap nor sleep even for few seconds. The problem is...I still don't feel sleepy and I have things to do. Arghhhhhhhh...I know I have sleeping disorder...but at least I still sleep. I don't wanna end up being insomnic again like I used to be years ago when I was a teenager. SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP....Better lie down....so nite nite...or ning ning.

Sign off.

My Story : Sleep Sleep I want you...

2008-01-18T16:57:00.000+08:00

I was thinking of taking a short nap but my eyes doesn't want to shut and my mind seems to be interested to wandering about nothing and refuse to rest. I just made a new record of staying awake for 33 hours without a single second nap. 3 years ago my body can take the whole 2 days without sleep (with the help of lotta coffee I must admit :)) but now as time goes by I don't think I can survive that anymore. But we'll see how I'm doing today. So far I feel OK...no dizziness or mood swing yet.

I'm about to meet my uni friend, Nik at KLCC in about 2 hours. I thought of going by public transport but after "deep" consideration of the cost and time consume I decided to just drive there. The parking cost RM7 max hour so ok la kan. If I use public transport I have to pay RM4 for the bus (The Utama bus from my house to Maluri, then another RM2 for Bandar bus from Maluri to KLCC). Then I surely have to grab a cab home which cost around RM8 to 10 (before midnight rate). So to sum up...I will need at least RM15 to spent on fares compared to RM7 for parking (no need to pay gas....tank still full compliment of Mak Yah...ehehehe).

Aiyo almost 5:30pm. Better mandi and get ready...

later mates...

Renovation Completed (for the time being)

2008-01-18T07:24:00.000+08:00

Pheuh...Yeay!!! I manage to finished the make-over of my blog. You might find the new look "too colourful" but I believe those colours give life to the pitched black background. I just got the copy of Photoshop CS2 installer yesterday. I've been spending the whole night getting my brain to work on creative designs for this blog and other projects I am suppose to kick-off a week ago. Still not feeling sleepy...so I'll just stay awake until my eyes call it a day but as adviced by my beloved cousin I will not sleep after dawn! But I'll try to get some sleep in the afternoon....can aaa?? heheheh

Still waiting for my new streamyx account. Those streamyx people aaa very annoying tau! Called yesterday and one of the customer service staff said telekom haven't assign jumper port for my account. What the *toooot*!! dsl line is already available la ngok and I've been using it since last sunday whatttt...Opps...heheheh had to borrow someone else's account lohh...just wanna "try" the connection maaaa (I'm innocent tau *wink*). According to that guy, I need to wait for another 3-7 days to get my id and password. Sabo je laaa...

So alright then, I'm off for another round of yahoo! pool. I miss playing this game like crazy. I'm currently playing opposite an old bloke from Surrey, England who had won 3 games on the row coz I wasn't concentrating on the table. I'm doing what most people are doing nowadays which is Multitasking...play online game, updating blog, reading email, watching video on YouTube, drinking coffee and biting nails all in 1 while sitting on a chair staring on the monitor screen.

Til then....have a great day!!!

Alert!!! Blog Under Renovation

2008-01-16T11:36:00.000+08:00

I'm currently playing with blog templates so dont be surprise to find different designs on this blog everytime you come in...and you might find a "confused" and disorganised looking blog here for at least until tomorrow. I don;t know how it happen but I just lost all the sidebar elements...no more links and archive...but i'll sort it out later after I found the right look.

So til then....have a pleasent day. Thanks for dropping by and please...do come again...

My Best Friends' Reunion Part 2

2008-01-14T12:26:00.000+08:00

Went to a reunion yesterday at Tesco Ampang. Aishah planned a surprise by inviting Ina, another good friend of mine from Bandaraya. We lost contact with each other when Ina's phone was stolen 2 years ago.

Anyway it was a great meeting. We chatted and chatted for hours from Kluang Station to KFC. I will remember yesterday as one of the best day of my life in 2008. What a wonderful thing to happen on the first month of new year, which gave me a thought on how I want 2008 to be a year to rekindle friendship and strengthen relationship.

I need to make amendment to my original post on "My Best Friends' Reunion. There are some facts I have to alter on how Ogy, Aisyah and I became friends and to add Ina in my story.

1. Ina and Aisyah were my classmates at Bandaraya. Both of them changed school to Puteri Wilayah on the sponsorship of Yayasan Selangor.

2. Ogy, Ina and Aisyah were hostel mates at Puteri Wilayah. Aisyah did some match making for Ogy and her friend from Yayasan Selangor named Azmi. Ogy and Azmi became couple and they got married in December 2005 thanks to Aisyah who introduced them back during high school.

3. It was not during brief intoduction that I came to know that Ogy and Aisyah were frends. Aisyah did informed both of us earlier so that we would find each other on our first day at RTM.

That's all folk!!

My Best Friends' Reunion

2008-01-13T01:42:00.000+08:00

I am going to a small get together/reunion meeting with my old good friends Ogy and Aisyah this evening. The meeting place is still not confirm yet but most probably at either Tesco Ampang(been here yesterday) or Jusco Maluri(been here the day before yesterday). Aisyah is married and currently live and work in Temerloh. Ogy is also married and working with the government as PTD. Meeting 2 mummies is not easy these days so I am looking forward to spending time with them. It has been a while since I met both of them. The last time would be during Aidilfitri's open house months ago.

It is really an interesting story on how both became one of my few best friends. Aisyah was my classmate at Bandaraya Girl School since form 1 until she changed school to Puteri Wilayah during our form 4. She happened to be my closest malay friend at school. Ogy on the other hand was Aisyah's classmate/dorm mate at Puteri Wilayah and they happen to be good friends too. I never knew Ogy until December 2001. I met her when both of us reported duty at RTM as trainee officer. Called it fate that we were both assigned to the same office, the radio R&D Unit. During our brief introductions I came to know that she was Aisyah's friend when we were chatting bout our high schools. I can't believe how fate linked us together as best friends.

Can't wait!!!

My "Expressway Night"

2008-01-12T05:40:00.000+08:00

I'd like to called tonight as my "Expressway Night". Spent about 1 1/2 hours on the passenger seat with my cousin Pidah (who was driving by the way) to Putrajaya and back again to KL using different expressways. Both of us has no purpose of going to Putrajaya. Infact we don't have any direction at all after we left Jusco Maluri for a quick shopping (too bad we went there a day before Jusco sale start). Neither wanted to hit home just yet nor have any idea where to go, so finally decided to cruised around city centre. We left Maluri through Kampung Pandan roundabout when the idea of "experimenting" the newly open expressway to Putrajaya came through our minds like the bright lighting bulbs. Both excited to be on the fresh new black tar.

About KL-Putrajaya Expressway

The KL-Putrajaya Expressway or KLPE (formally named KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway) is stretch on a 26km long route that opened to traffic on 13 December 2007. Currently still toll free until tomorrow (pheuh...lucky us). The toll rates are yet to be announced. This expressway doesn't actually exit at Putrajaya but at Cyberjaya where you'll find landmarks after the Putrajaya interchange to be MEASAT building on the Left and TMnet building on the right. It took about 20 minutes on leisurely speeds to reached Putrajaya. Spent few minutes enjoying night visions of Putrajaya from the side road before turning around and hit the highway again.

Be alert on the entry point of this expressway from Cyberjaya. We meant to followed the same route back to KL but somehow missed the interchange on Putrajaya Link and ended up being on North-South Expressway Central Link (better known as ELITE highway) all the way til NKVE interchange at Subang. The toll rate was RM7.50. We then followed the NKVE (North Klang Valley Expressway) to Mont Kiara Interchange that lead us to Jalan Istana. Dang the traffic jam at Jalan Loke Yew after midnight. The bottleneck detour really pissed us off...took almost 10 minutes to drove through only 3-4 km road.

I love the night view along the expressway especially the scenic neon lights on the mid divider we seen from the road bends and flyovers. Unfortunately I failed to captured great images as I am yet to master my fe-230 Olympus digicam. This is the best I managed to snap:

My Story : An After Effect of Seafood

2008-01-08T11:28:00.000+08:00

I caught a sore throat and runny nose since yesterday. Blame it on the seafood (Boleh ka?). Been looking around for ponstan in stock but when I found it I noticed the expiry date had passed :( So I just grab panadol soluble which I would avoid taking if possible coz I can't stand the taste and smell. Afterall...pananol doesn't work well with my body. Well beggers cant be choosers...

Today I have a focus group discussion on Project Starbright at SS2 PJ. It is going to be a discussion on the subject of junk food. I can't wait! I always enjoyed being in a survey regarding food and drink coz I kind of an "expert" on the matter ahaksss.

OK i'm off to prepare my dad his on-request lunch meal Masak Lemak Cili padi Ikan Bagok/Mayong with ikan masin tenggiri and terung rebus before I leave home for my meeting. I happen to be good at cooking malay and western food (angkat bakul jap). If anyone want to sample my cooking just let me know and for your information I am accepting catering for small functions. If you're interested just mail me your request and I'll provide menu list or you can send me your own menu list. The website on my catering service is still under construction. I'll post it here once available OK. hehehehe pre-promotion for my blog readers.

My Story : Seafood Galore

2008-01-07T03:22:00.000+08:00

Went back to Kuala Selangor again with my mom on Saturday. My aunt and Pidah were there too. On the way I made a quick stop at Pantai Remis (the one in Jeram, Selangor) and bought some clams...different type of clams and mussels. Mentarang, kerang besar, kijang and another clam that look like french escargo but smaller in size. Just cooked in boiled water, scooped it up and dipped in a mix of soy and chilli sauce with a touch of few bird eye chillies...whalllaawehhhh...sedap sehingga menjilat siku hehehe. Point to note : Don't talk about cholesterol while you eat seafood or you might be "siku'ed" by the nearest member of your table. You are lucky that my siku didn't find you Pidah ahakss..

Too bad I forgot to snap some photos :(

On the way back to KL, we made another quick stop and bought kerang and lokan. Earlier, we went to Sungai Buloh/Sasaran market to buy Crabs (Big one!) and some fishes like mayong, kembong and this weird fish I don't know the name that has no bones (yeahhh right...it actually has bones like the one in canned sardines).

My Story : 2008 So Called Resolution

2008-01-07T03:10:00.000+08:00

Feel like knocking these keypads for few words to write about my 2008 RESOLUTION. I've to admit that I'm a "go with the flow" kinda gal where my life cannot be planned. So why should I have one now? The truth is...I can never keep track of what my resolutions are. As days turn to week and weeks turn to month and then finally months turn to a year, I realised that I'm in a brand new year where I need to get ready with new resolutions so I have an answer when people around ask "what is your resolution this year?". I don't know why this year seems to be different than previous years but I feel like making my own so called "Resolution wishlist" and try to stick to it and monitor the progress. I know I have the drive and some oils to burn but what I need is the map and directions. I got lost so many times before. Too often I reached a place I thought was my destination but ended up being on a dead end where I had to turn around and continue my journey looking for new place. I made few stops but never stay long enough to enjoyed my stay. I switched lanes few times but never find the right speeds to accommodated my inbalance energy.

Last year I was a lazybum...a couch potato...procrastinator or anything with the same meaning. Too lazy to work because I was having a syndrome called "WIOES" an abbreviation of "working in Office environment sucks" and I have a phobia of attending interviews that I called "Jiilpita-phobic" or "Job Interview is a pain in the ass". I need a shrink to tell me whatto do because deep down inside I know I have a problem to cope but can't admit. Everytime I went for interview I panic, sweating, shaking and mumbling during interview session. Then after the interview I wished I didn't get the job for all the wrong reasons...I don't like the job, too far, too difficult, too boring, too many malays, I have no experience, environment not interesting enough...ect. I've been wasting my time dreaming and wishing for something but doing nothing. I'm too afraid to take actions. Scared that I can't finish what I started. Too chicken to give myself hope and worried about dissapointing those around me with my plans. People around are more concern about me than I am concerning about myself. I need help...I do. I can't move forward until I can resolved this matter.

So here is my first and foremost resolution : To help myself finding my inner self to build confidence and gain back my self esteem that somehow had left me not long ago. Everything has to start from the inside. I wanna be a better muslim, a better daughter, a better relative, a better friend...to sum up as a BETTER PERSON.

Reading back what I just wrote made me wonder...What the heck was I rambling about. I love using metaphores so I may sounds like a philosopher...but aint we all when it comes to life? You might not understand what I'm saying coz sometimes I don't either but I just feel great pouring all my thoughts here.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2008-01-04T00:53:00.000+08:00

I am still not too late to wish you all :

I am still stranded in NoDSL land at the moment where the nearest inhabitant town is the SlowDialUp. It takes a lot of time to reach there...the traffic is crazily hectic so I just slay low and stay inside my cacoon and hybernate. Well that is my excuse for not updating this blog. Lame reason but hey! at least I came up with something right?

OK More to come later...

Time off from the Blogging World

2007-11-29T01:58:00.000+08:00

I'd taken a quick time off from the world of blogging mainly due to my dsl line problem at home and the slowliness of Jaring's dial up. There are so many things I wanna write...I don't even know where to start.

Saturday
Went to Jusco Cheras Selatan for movies. Planned with my friend Has to watch 3 movies, Beowulf, Enchanted and Bee Movie. The last movie that I watched was .... I can't remember but it was before Ramadhan. Anyway just ended up with only 2 movies coz Bee Movie seats were almost full. I love everything about Enchanted!! Almost pee in my pant for laughing like mad. Beowulf tu so-so la but the graphics are fantastic. I'll try to make a review for these movies in another post.

The traffic jams on route to city center were terrible even after 9pm. Has and I were stucked more than 30 minutes in traffic on our way back home. The HINDRAF rally really got to my nerves. Cant helped boiling everytime I watched the news. What happen to my beloved country...is this the present we get for our 50th independence? Some Malaysians just become stupid and more stupid each day...nincompoops!!! Ahhh I don't wanna talk about this...spoil my mood je.

Monday
Still patah kaki...been more than 3 weeks now the car stranded in workshop. It taken more time than promised by that Ah So. So for the first time after more than a year I decided to have a "public transport day". I had Danone's product survey group discussion in Uptown at 9:30am so I left home 10 minutes before 7am. Took the first bus to Ampang and board the next bus to KLCC. Then I took LRT to Kelana Jaya station and then hailed a taxi to Uptown. I arrived 45 minutes early. Discussion ended around 11:30am. Me and 2 of my new friends from the group shared taxi fare to the nearest Putra LRT. I went back to KLCC and had lunch at Secret Recipe with my cousin at AvenueK. It was my first time there believe it or not. Then I took a bus to Bukit Bintang and walkd to Low yatt. I bought ADSL modem and PCI to USB device. Turned out I got the wrong USB. Didn't know there are different types of USB. After Low Yatt I took a bus again and headed to Selangor Dredging to get a free ride home in Pidah's auto hehehehe. Had a light reading at British Counsil while waiting for her to finished work. Her office is somewhere in the building.

In 1 day I had my journey on busses, taxis and LRT. The costs? RM2 for Utama bus, RM2 for Bandar bus and RM4.80 for lrt trip to and from KLCC to Kelana Jaya. Total up to RM8.80 for Rapid KL fare plus RM7 for taxis to and from Kelana Jaya station and Uptown. Sum up to RM15.80 for public transport fares in 1 day. I should have taken the All-Day Sepadu Ticket which cost only RM7 so I could save RM1.80 on Rapid KL.

The experience? Priceless! As usual I had my motion sickness few minutes after I board the first bus. To make it worse I sat on backward position on the second bus. But I reached the final stage of sickness (which mean puking) when an Indonesian guy with bad BO stand in front of me but I managed to put myself together and braved the unfortunate event and arrived safely without a puke on my tudung. Still hate waiting for busses. There were so many busses around but none of it the one I was waiting for...how ironic.

Aiya too sleepy to blog la...already 3am. I can hear the sound of a snoring coockoo outside. So I'll continue later.

Dunno What to put as Title

2007-11-22T23:53:00.000+08:00

I'm still using the dial up connection...can't figure out what happen to my broadband tho I strongly believe it has something to do with my phone line. Nevermind...I just couldn't bother bout it at the mo.

I'm supposed to be writing about the trip I made with my cousin Pidah to Gambang (somewhere near Kuantan, Pahang) last weekend. I accompanied her to send her sister (my other cousin that is) who is studying in a college over there. You might realised that her name (Pidah) kept popping up in almost every post I made. Well...she's my best buddy what can I say. She's not only my cousin...she's my friend and a sister to me. Some friends come and go but when you were bonded by blood, the friendship kinda stays in you. I've many cousins but our a year age differences made us closer than other cousins.

Back to the trip thingy...I snapped quite a number of cool scenery pictures behind the window glass of Pidah's new car. Yep...when I said new...I mean it! very NEW. Infact she just got it a day before our trip. I'm so proud of her...now she got an asset (also a liability all in one. Oopss...sorry mate). Oh ya...actually we went to Tanjung Karang first on Saturday and made the trip to Pahang the next day straight from there. I'll post the pix as soon as I make the upload which I don't know when *sigh* dang.

I was so tense these pass few days and yesterday I decided to go for a massage. Went to the usual massage place in Taman Maluri called Absolute Relaxation (a blind massages centre). I wish I could go there every week to pamper myself instead of going only when my body ache or my mussles tense. Til now I can still feel the hands that massaged my shoulder and neck yesterday...hmmm...

I'm still patah kaki...just checked the car yesterday and by the look at the condition...it might take another week to complete!!! Huaaaa Zalim gilos...I am soooooooooo desperate to drive again. Thank goodness Pidah let me drove her car (not the new one la...) to Tanjung Karang last Saturday where we drove separately..."lepas gian" as the malay said it.

What else to write? Hmmm I think that is all. I had a boring life so not much to put in here. By the way Miss A, now you know why I didn't blog. I am still stranded at home. No I haven't start working yet...and no I'm not busy with work coz I'm still out of job...but yea...I started the web project trial...a day before ahaksss!!! and I'll make sure to put it on that freelance site ASAP. I lost my list of designs "again" when I reformatted my PC last month coz I put everything in C drive instead of D drive. Learnt my lesson but can't help repeating the same carelessness all over again. Not that history repeats itself but bad habit die hard *wink*.

So alright folks! thanks for reading this. Appreciate it :)

No Broadband...Dial Up kan ada....

2007-11-16T21:54:00.000+08:00

My broadband connection decided to go on strike since yesterday. Now I am using dial up connection. Dang too slow to surf. Wonder how I got along with this kinda speed years ago when chatting was my life and Internet was my heart and soul.

Nothing to blog anyway...just that I'm a little upset coz I've been "patah kaki" almost 2 weeks now. I miss driving. I'm singing "rain rain go awayyyyy.....come again another day....". Why rain? Coz the car is being sent to workshop for body paint. That Apek told me all depends on whether it rain or shine to complete the work. Its been raining almost everyday this week so :( I can do the math myself...it going to take another week to get that car back huaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

What else to post? Hmmmm nothing lah...so later-later la I sambung. Takde mood. Wait til I get new adsl modem kot baru boleh blog balik? Tension sehhh....

Ampang's Sloppy Joe

2007-11-15T00:45:00.000+08:00

Tried my first Ampang's "Sloppy Joe" 2 hours ago...with great dissapointment :( Here is my story...

Last week my cousin informed me about this so called mouth watering Ramly Burger infront of 7-11 at Ampang (near the International school & SPCA). I read few blogs and reviews about the place complete with YouTube videos. Most of them claimed that the stall made the best ramly burger in town. I was tempted by the look at the pix and videos.

I was eagered to try it and tonight I had the opportunity to check out the place. Went there with Pidah. Ordered special beef for me and special chicken for Pidah. We saw the hot pan were covered in oil/grease. So the burger patties were actually half deep fried not grilled. To our surprised the eggs and cheese were also fried in those grease. "Hmmmm...no wonder it is sloppy...the grease made it sloppy rupanya" I said to myself. I didn't see lea & perrin sause around so not sure if the stall owner use it in his burger like other bloggers informed me earlier. Paid RM7 and got in the car. We open our burger wrappers...had out first bite and kuang kuang kuang kuanggggg...dissapointed to the rooftop! huaaaaaa what a spoiler. Not only it doesn't taste as good as we expected...it doesn't live up to the standard of the ramly burger I made at home. It was very greasy...the chilli sauce not spicy enough...and not enough vege (only 1 slice of cucumber and a small chunk of cabbage and chopped onion).

Both of us suddenly remember the best ramly burger we ever tasted years ago at a Ramly stall infront of MacDonald Jalan Silang. My college was just across the road so I was a regular there during lunch hour...always ordered beef burger with everything extra! extra mayo extra vegs extra chilli and extra tissues/napkin. I just said "Bro! daging 1 semua lebih ek!". Always ate my burger while sitting on the flower bench next to the stall looking at people cramping around the wheeled stall waiting for their burgers. It was sloppy and slurpy...the BEST I've ever tasted TO DATE. Me and Pidah were wondering where are that bro now. For sure he wasn't at Jalan Silang anymore. Last time I bought his burger was in 1999 where he already moved his stall behind MacD (between MacD and Kenny Rogers). Haven't seen him since. BRO!!!!! I miss your burgerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.................

So two thumbs down for this well known Ampang Ramly burger from me and my cousin. Sorry mate...we may not be on the same page as you guys are if you still say the burger is the best you ever tasted.

My Fascination : Double Rainbow

2007-11-13T17:01:00.000+08:00

Last sunday in a car with my cousin, on the way back from a wedding at Kuala Selangor...we spotted a rainbow over an evening sky. It was so clear...so beautiful.

Can you spot the second rainbow from the 2 images above? Look harder if you still could not see it. At first I didn't realised there were 2 rainbows...I was very excited snapping photos while Pidah helped clearing the screen (coz it was raining). Only after few shots I saw the second blurry rainbow next to the bright one. Isn't it wonderful? Never in my life I witnessed such a magnificent view of Allah's creation.

Here's another 2 of the images I managed to captured:

Too lazy to write...again

2007-11-13T16:56:00.000+08:00

Why am I so lazy to blog? Is my life too boring and dull that I don't have anything to put in writing? I've a lot to tell but I'm out of words to even describe the simplest thing happening around me. Maybe I need to change my medium kot. Start to write in malay...that sounds interesting eh?

Man United vs Blackburn Rovers 11/11/07

2007-11-12T01:56:00.000+08:00

Barclays Premier League
Man United vs Blackburn Rovers 2-0

I'm chanting glory glory Man United again today as my team continue to shine...I am dang too sleepy to blog tonite...perhaps later on...

My Story : Open House and Secret Recipe

2007-11-08T23:52:00.000+08:00

Today I accompanied Pidah to an open house of her friend Ija at Kelana Jaya. Ija's husband is a local footballer currently playing for UPB-MyTeam club. There were few other footballers around during our stay. Couldn't recognised them...except for one guy that looked quite familiar to me. They all maybe well known to those who follow Malaysia league...I don't!! Ermmm I used to (until 1995) but not anymore.

The food was good...Sate, Nasi Dagang Terengganu with fish head curry, Keropok Lekor, Sua Mee with chicken soup, Ketupat palas and nasi impit with rendang, kuih muih and banana for desert. I kinda stuffed myself as I was tasting almost everything on the table.

Later we left Ija's house and headed to Midvalley Megamall. Pidah wanted to buy a wedding present. Took more than 5 minutes to find a parking space and we ended up in The Garden lot. We went looking for prayer room but the guard informed us that the surau is not yet available there and we had to use the one in megamall. Haiyaaa...you can built and open this big so called "exclusive" building but couldn't provide a small facility space of prayer room for us muslims? *sigh*

I was suddenly felt like eating something sweet and nyummy...like a slice of cake or ice cream. So after we done with shopping/ buying present I asked Pidah to accompany me to Secret Recipe for a "quick" munchy munch munch session hehehe. I know I said I was stuffed earlier...but all the walking and browsing and checking out things made me kinda "hungry" ahaksss!

Check out these pix :

I had Green Apple Kasturi and Peach Cream Cake while Pidah had Iced Mocha and Carrot slice. I don't like my cake...It was the first time I tried it but just couldn't swallowed more after few bites...so I ordered another one nyummyyy Chocolate Fudge. Burpppppp....Alhamdulillah kenyang. Anyway, that was my dinner actually :)

I'm currently using my cousin's PC as I am staying overnight here at her house. Love her big flat screen monitor...no need to use glasses for blogging and surfing. OH NO!! Already 1:10am? Last time I checked the time was 11:50pm. How time flies so quickly...

OK better stop now...nite nite...or ning ning...

Man United vs Arsenal 3/11/2007

2007-11-07T06:53:00.000+08:00

Game : Barclay's Premiership
Date : 3/11/2007
Result : Man United 2 - 2 Arsenal

I totally forgot to update my blog on Man United last game against Arsenal. Really not in the mood to do so. United lead 2 goals to 1 but what should have been United's game turned to a draw when Arsenal equalised just before the game ended at minute 90.

I can'tput the highlight in this blog as I couldn't find a single video available in YouTube. Every highlights posted there had been removed with the message "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by NetResult"...what the toottttt!!