Missing in action…where have I been?

Finally I am able to make two posts in a single day… a big improvement since I haven’t been blogging for the past 2 months or so! Where have I been you ask? Well… apart from work that has been keeping me busy, I have been running around during spare hours and weekends attending to the “renovation” of our new apartment.

I can finally say, it’s all done and we have officially moved into our new place at Changkat View Condo. The place has a superb night view from the balcony & rooms (KLCC, KL Tower, Genting Highlands, Malaysia EYE & etc). I hope to post some pictures soon. Till then do stay tuned ;)

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Outright Racist remarks sicken me

The recent events in the country led by a certain Umno Individual really pisses me off. Normally I, like most other Malaysians, would not comment on sensitive issues like this but surely someone must put a stop to this individual’s sickening attitude.

Basically it all started when it was reported that he boldly stated that other races apart from Malays are “PENDATANGS” (Immigrants). This basically means, “we are the rightful owners of the country”, so you have NO RIGHTS to say anything. It is also reported that he claims that he owes no apology to the masses but instead demands an apology from the newspapers who apparantly wrongly quoted him. Surely if he really wants to ensure peace is retained without any misunderstandings, he would try to play it down by saying he does not support the thought of us (Chinese & Others) being Pendatangs instead he does otherwise claming to stand his ground. He need not even make any apology as far as I am concerned. He just need to say that he believes we are all EQUALS. Obviously he doesn’t think so. And though it is known that he is not alone in his thoughts, he definately has the balls to voice it out….. Brains might be lacking somewhere though.

How can someone at the day and age make claims like that? Was it all done to create havoc? Perhaps its all a ploy to try to divert Anwar’s attempt to gain power. Whatever it is, I hope the government will charge such individuals seriously to make sure they don’t think they’re some god of some sort. He obviously have no respect for fellow Malaysians, No respect for other leaders, No respect for other parties, and No respect for unity. I hope proper justice (which I hope there still is in Malaysia) would be done!

This is a matter of National Security. I definitely don’t want to be caught in any racial clashes just because of what this individual has said. He’s actually threatening my sense of security! Based on that I feel I definitely have a right to comment & react!

EDIT - LATEST UPDATE: As of a short while ago, I am glad to learn that the individual in question has been suspended from party politics for a period of 3 years. I am glad justice has been done in a way to remove him of his abusive powers. And as how our PM puts it, I hope other parties take the same appropriate measures to rectify and control their memberes or individuals if they are found to “misbehave”. Nobody should be above the law. I am glad & happy to know that the supreme council has made the right decision in rectifying the matter.

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Updated my WordPress to prevent hacking

First thing I did before proceeding with more posts is to patch up the wordpress application on my server. I read from an article just last week that one blogger’s site got attacked and pages were automatically created (thousands of them) that lead to the pages being captured by google search. Actually that might not be a bad thing would it? It surely brings in the traffic… but I also heard that Google also bans such pages & ultimately the site which has been “attacked”. So to prevent all this, I decided to patch up my blog before I get patched up by the hackers. Hopefully with this new update, it’ll “delay” the hackers from penetrating my site. You can never 100% protect it but you can try to mitigate the situation.

Now that this is out of the way… I can being blogging once again about whats been happening lately with my life and why there was an absence from the blogging scene. Stay tuned…

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Forever Friends Hanging Around

Forever Friends “Emergency Bear” out of the box, after a shower and being hung out for drying! Don’t you just love it when forever friends just hangs around? This picture is dedicate to all my friends. Hope we can hang out together soon ;)

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Northam All Suites Penang

While I’ve stayed at the classy E&O Hotel and even the laidback Lone Pines at Batu Feringgi, I must admit I really enjoyed my stay recently at the Northam All Suites in Penang. The staff were friendly and checking in or out was as smooth as smooth can be. The best part of staying there was that it was pretty cheap even though it was without breakfast. Well who needs hotel breakfasts when you’re in Penang right? Just step outside and there’s a whole world of tantilising tastes waiting for you!

Besides being centrally located near Gurney Plaza and Gurney Drive, this hotel has one of the more modern look and feel to it all. Besides having internet connection to the room, it has what I love the most….a bathtub. Oh wait a minute it’s not just a normal bathtub. It’s a Jacussi! and it’s located in the “room” itself. You can be laying there in the tub and watching TV at the same time!

Apart from the relaxing jacussi, we also managed to get a room with a frontal view to the sea! Very nice indeed! I think this is one of the better Business Hotels I’ve been to coming in second just behind the Business Suite that I experienced in Hilton KL. The cost however was much cheaper here at the Northam… approx 1/4 the price! Of course each has their own advantages and you do get what you pay for.

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KLCC Twin Tower View

For those of you who never got a chance to ever get up to the KLCC Twin Tower Sky Bridge, here are some pictures which I managed to take when I was up in one of the towers when during a business meeting. The view was superb. A good clear day will enable anyone up there to see for miles!

           

The unique double-deck sky bridge stands 170 metres (at level 41 & 42) above street level with its arch support forming a symbolic gateway to the city centre.

The sky bridge is opened to visitors between 8.30am – 7.00pm every Tuesday to Sunday

For further information contact:

Tower 1: (603) – 2331 4444
Tower 2: (603) – 2331 8240

Skybridge: (603) – 2331 8080/7619
Web Page Link: http://www.suriaklcc.com.my/index.php?module=PetronasTwin

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Funny Chinese Names

Why Chinese shouldn’t have Christian names:

If you are one of them who has a name like below…. my deepest condolences…. ;)
Anne Chang
(Mandarin)-Dirty

Anne Chin
(Mandarin) – Keep quiet

Faye Chen
(Mandarin) – Dusty

Carl Cheng
(Hokkien) – Buttock

Monica Cheng
Hokkien) – Touching your buttocks

Lucy Leow
(Hokkien) – You are dead

Jane Tan
(Mandarin) – Frying eggs

Suzie Leow
(Hokkien) – Lost till death

Henry Mah
(Mandarin) – Hate your mum

Corrine Tai
(Hokkien) – Poor fellow

Paul Chan
(Mandarin) – Bankrupt

Nelson Tan
(Mandarin) – Bird laying eggs

Leslie Tong
(Mandarin) – Rubbish bin

Carmen Teng
(Hokkien) – Leg hair long

Connie Mah
(Cantonese) – Call your mother

Danny See
(Hokkien) – Squeeze you to death

Rosie Teng
(Hokkien) – Screws and nails

Pete Tsai
(Hokkien) – Nose droppings

Macy Koh
(Cantonese) – Never die before

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Home made Popiah

For all of you who are craving for Malaysian food, allow me to introduce the Home made Popiah prepared by my Aunty Angeline at her home. I’ll have to say that her popiah’s are the best that I have tested and “made” ever in my entire life. All the ingredients are freshly prepared and the best part is that you get to choose whatever ingredients you like when compiling your own customised POPIAH.  You can make vegetarian popiahs, or meaty popiahs, some full of sweet sauce, and even ones which are spicy full of chilly sauce. Whatever it is… I’m sure you’re salivating now.

As you can see from the pictures below, some of the ingredients include (but are not limited to); tofu cubes, shredded cucumber, turnip (Sengkuang?), diced long beans, bean sprouts, garlic, peanuts, dried chinese wax sausages, fried shallots, sweet sauce, super hot chilly sauce, & etc…

     

Below is a picture of some of the ingredients laid out on the popiah skin ready to be rolled. Sometimes the popiah will not roll too neatly.. but that normally is just a sign of greediness when you overload the popiah with goodies. After all, can you blame us for overloading it when everything tastes so yummy ?

This dish might look simple but the ingredients are delicious which I’m sure it takes a lot of time and patience to prepare. This blog entry is dedicated to Aunty Angeline who so graciously invite us over for super delicious Popiahs every now and then… thanks…. when’s the next one?

Sorry the pictures are a bit blur… I took the pictures with my phone’s built-in camera.

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Pulau Batu Putih vs Middle Rock

Have you ever wondered why our minister said it was a “win win” situation when the International Court of Justice announced that Pulau Batu Putih “Pedra Branca” (which is large enough to house a lighthouse and more) now rightfully belongs to Singapore while we were awarded the few clumps of rocks (Middle Rocks) which are supposedly only visible only during low tide?

What in the world are we going to do with the few clump of rocks? Apparantly the fight for the rightful ownership affects not only the land on which they stand but also the surrounding waters (for the fishermen) and also the airspace above and over the “islands”. So based on these reasons, perhaps the win win situation is true but then again, based on history, The land actually belonged to Johor but because Singapore has been running a lighthouse there for the past god knows 150 yrs or so, they now have rightful ownership to the land. I guess Johor just waited too long (till 1980) to make the claim while doing their revised maps.

Personally, I hope this outcome will not affect out relationship with Singapore, affect our national security in anyway. I’m also wondering, is there a possibility of actually doing landfill around the area to build up an island on the existing structure of the middle rocks? That’ll be really cool don’t you think? I wonder how deep are the waters around that area…

Fact: Middle Rocks and South Ledge are two maritime features to the south of Pedra Branca. Middle Rocks consists of two clusters of rocks situated 0.6 nautical miles south of Pedra Branca.

South Ledge is a low-tide elevation (in other words, it is submerged at high tide) further south, 2.1 nautical miles, of Pedra Branca.

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Big Mac Chant

I got Mc Donald’s entry coupon about a week or so ago and we finally got the chance to trot into Bangsar Mc Donalds to see if May Lee could actually complete the slogan within 4 seconds. The reason why it took us so long to participate is because the competition time is only from 3 – 8pm daily during off-peak times which did not coincide with our free time.

Upon announcing to the person at the purchasing counter that we wanted to take part, we were asked to proceed to a special counter where a staff came by with a stop-watch! Three, Two, One… GO announced the staff… *tic*tic*tic… the stop watched was started. And May Lee went on with the chant…

“Two All-Beef Patties,
Special Sauce, Lettuce,
Cheese, Pickles, Onions
On A Sesame Seed Bun!”

 STOP!!!! .. the verdict? Well.. the staff announced “Congratulations!… you did it”. Curious ol me asked her what the timing was…. and we were told she completed the chant in 3.19 seconds! Woo Hoo.. you go girl!

  

Basically, if you don’t stutter, I’m sure you will be able to complete it. But as for me.. I’ll probably choke on the words… somehow I don’t think I have clam nerves like May Lee. And yes… thanks dear… the Big Mac was delicious. Thanks for sharing…

For those of you who are wondering what this is all about.. just in case you haven’t seen or heard it over the radio, you can check it out here: http://www.mcdonalds.com.my/highlights/bigmacchant.asp

 

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