Good-Luck

Today, 29th Dec is the last working day of my two colleagues.
They are Miss Ooi and my Arsenal kaki, Mr.Nicholas.
Wish them all the best in fullfiling their dreams and carriers.

How To Eat a Christmas Cookies!

This cookie was given to me and my gf by my close fren a.k.a colleague Kah Peng and bf, Bento as a Christmas gift. I think i know from which shop they bought it, but i forgot the shop name, maybe The Bakers Cottage. Please refer to the photo on how i consumed it...Actually to be honest, i didn't consumed it fully, but err....er.......sorry, the Majlis Perbandaran Nilai took it away.

Kau Tim- each piece consumed a little bit in 5 seconds, the rest is history.....

Merry Christmas 2006

Merry Christmas

to all Malaysians and the world citizens.
How i wish i can be somewhere in Switzerland or London where the
snow falls heavily.
Perhaps it wily come true one day.
Need to work hard man.....

Heavenly Bali

Having a 4D3N trip to Bali from 3rd until 6th September 2006.
Package by AirAsia that includes accommodation.
This was my major trip in 2006.
Was thinking about Bali too long before finally make the move.
Manage to find a good tour package with a good driver and a
good tour guide. OMG- it's too cheap. Rm82 per day. Entrance
ticket and lunch provided. They even open the car door for
you everytime you stop somewhere. Eveything's perfect and
wonderful. Thinking to go again somewhere in 2007.
Beer is cheap, but not for the food, which is moderate price.
Below is the picture which i took and i like it.
Was in front of the Hard Rock Cafe, which was been hit by a bomb
somewhere a few months ago.

Special Strawberry Mooncake

The Mooncake Festival is long time over.
This year it falls on the late of September until middle of October.
I guess it's too late for me to blog about this, but I just want to share a picture of a nice and soft Mooncake that I have ever eaten.

The filing is made from yam and with strawberry topping. For me, this is the best Mooncake that I have ever eaten. Not too sweet, but just nice and ngam ngam according to my taste. Unfortunately, I can’t remember who is the maker of this Mooncake. But next year, I guess, when there is a will, there will be a way to find this Mooncake.

Why No Blog So Long

Hello all,

It has been a long time since I wrote something in my blog. Just don’t have the feeling or I can say, lazy to write and post something here. The last post was on September and today, I feel the energy and passion to write something. Maybe it’s due to I am too free today and got nothing to do at work. Don't get misunderstood- too free doesn’t mean l have no work, but I settled all my outstanding work for today. Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, different task will find me. Since I have the time today, why not I just post something to past my time and for 5:30pm to come.

Today, I am happy cause there will be a UEFA Champions League football match between the one and only my favorite team Arsenal, who will be against Porto. This match is very important to both teams. Defeat to any of the team, means out of the last 16 round (2ns Stage) and draw means both team qualified. I hope my team can defeat them, but dif it is a draw, then no problem.

Lately, my mind always think of holiday and vacation. This happen since I came back from the Penyu Trip. Went to Penang on September and on November, went to Bali. Next year onwards, I promise to myself, each month must go to somewhere or do something like camping, jungle trekking or etc. Plan …plan and plan…..spend money..spend money….no saving…no saving.. hahaha Chow………….

Pokok Melaka

I want to share on how Pokok Melaka or The Melaka Tree got its name.
Melaka people should know this.
Pai seh pai seh if you don’t even know this tree exists.

Exotic Malaysia-lah

When you speak to Malaysians, you will notice the word “lah” frequently used in their conversation. What is the meaning actually?

The word "Lah" is a word in Bahasa Malaysia which means to add emphasis to a word or phrase. "Just do it" for example, would roughly translate into "Buat sahaja" but more forcefulness would be obtained by using “Buatlah sahaja”.

For example, if someone calling you and you need to ask him or her to wait, the polite way should be “Sila tunggu sekejap”. But, if he’s keep calling your name, you just say “Tunggulah” or “Wait-lah”. This is to emphasis that you have heard him at the first place.

This word has been part of the Malaysian life and you can hear this word almost everywhere. Its like stuck in our daily conversation and it has been part of our culture.
Enjoy-lah!


Some of the many applications of "lah"
Coaxing: Come on-lah; don't be like that-lah; please-lah
Forceful: Shut up-lah; get out-lah; go to hell-lah
Apologetic: Sorry-lah
Fed up: Enough-lah
Really fed up: ****-lah
Definite: Of course-lah; sure-lah
Generous: Take some more-lah
Unyielding: Cannot-lah
Dumbfounded: What-lah
Reluctant: Dowan-lah! (A contraction of "don't want-lah")
Suggestive: Try-lah
Agreeable: Okay-lah
Disagreeable: Your head-lah

Pulut Tekan

Just want to introduce a special traditional BabaNyonya delicacy.

Pulut Tekan is just a plain glutinous rice cake. It is served with Kaya. Kaya is a jam made from coconuts and eggs, flavoured by the unique Pandan leaves, and sweetened with sugar. It tastes sweet and somewhat creamy, and is available as either a green or brown colored spread, depending on how much Pandan leaves is added to it.

The glutinous rice cakes are coloured with Bunga Telang. The half-cooked glutinous rice is divided into two portions. Both are them added with coconut milk but one of them is added with the Bunga Telang juice. This gives the rice cake a very bright bluish-indigo colour which is appealing to children. The half-cooked glutinous rice is then scooped in alternating fashion into the original tray to give it a marble effect of blue and white. The rice is then cooked some more and when it is cooked and cooled, it is cut into tall rectangular.

Congratulations to Chai Hong

Last Sunday, I attended my friend wedding dinner at this new restaurant, LTP Restaurant, Malim Jaya, Melaka. She was one of the closest friends that I know since studying in Form 6. And she came from the same area as me, the home sweet home Bukit Rambai.

I just want to take this opportunity to congratulates her and hope she’ll be a good wife and mother. Not sure how many children she want to produce, but hope she’ll increase the Chinese community.

Congratulations and Good Luck!

The Wicker Man

Last Thursday, 21 September 2006, me and my gf went to TGV Jusco, Seremban to watch a movie called The Wicker Man. Actually, my plan is to watch DOA (Dead or Alive), an action movie that consist of gorgeous ladies fighter based on the game from Microsoft X-Box. But when I reach there, my gf told me that her friends said this movie was NG. So, we chose The Wicker man as our victim. I have no idea or whatsoever information about this movie. What I saw was only this movie poster with Nicholas Cage on it. Well since he is a good and well known actor, why not?

Well, this movie is about....Please check it online at www.gsc.com.my or surf Yahoo Movies for more details.

Overall, this movie keeps you awake for 1Hour and 45minutes because you need to wait until end to find out the truth or reason behind all the mysteries.
It’s quite tense and makes you wonder and scared sometimes. But I totally didn’t expect the ending. Nicholas Cage, as the hero, becomes the Wicker Man and was burn to death by her own daughter together with other domestic animals for ritual sacrifices.

Manchester United 0: Arsenal 1

16th September 2006
Manchester United 0: Arsenal 1
Venue: - Old Trafford Stadium

Although I am suppose to pose this blog right after the famous victory, but I don't have the time to do it. I am quite busy with my job and other personal stuff. I guess, most of the football fans in the world jumps happily when The Gunners outgunned The red Devils by a small margin of 1-0. The reason I say so is because there are many Anti-ManU supporters in this world. Well, I am one of the members too. The reason I hate them is they are too arrogant, not only the players, but especially their Managers, the red face Alex Ferguson. Well, the Anti-ManU supporters should thanks Arsenal then and hope that other teams can beat them as well, especially in throwing them out of the European Champions League, UCL.

The rivalry between Arsenal and Manchester United has been so long and tense and it's the famous one if compare to other club in their own league. It is even tense than Liverpool Vs Chelsea or Barcelona Vs Real Madrid. Vieira and Keane? I guess, every other supporters of this 2 famous club were well known about this 2 ex-club captain and their opposition and detestation. As a diehard Arsenal fans, every games between these 2 clubs will be a must watch, no matter who win. Arsenal had long time didn’t taste a win at Old Trafford or I can say, long time Arsenal didn’t defeat them since the FA Cup Final win on penalty 5-4 last 2 years.

16th Sept 2006- Arsenal got what they deserved to get. We stop the perfect run of United and even so sweet, we outgunned them in the final 5 minutes of the match. This Arsenal team, captained by the hard working Gilberto and engineered by the super wonder extra genius kid, 19th year old Fabregas, plays so magnificent football and defeat The Red Devils. Even though they didn’t have the most prolific striker in the world, Henry in the line up, due to foot injury, this didn’t stop Arsenal from winning. In Adebayor we trust. So, he scored one of the best goals of his carrier and to score against team such as United, it makes it more memorable.

I dedicated this post and picture to the ever hard working of the 11 man Arsenal that defeated United. I personally congratulated the team manager, the ever brilliant Arsene Wenger.10 points to all of them.

Sightseeing at Melaka

11:25pm, Tuesday 19th September

I am still at office doing afternoon shift until 11:45 pm.
Today, I feel like the time is against me, so I have decided to share this special information to all the Buggers,opps..i mean Bloggers.
For those who plan to come Melaka, these are the places to visit.


Sightseeing

A Famosa
Auyin Hill Resort
Ayer Keroh Recreational Forest
Baba Nyonya Heritage
Bukit China
Butterfly Farm
Cheng Hoon Teng Temple-oldest Chinese Temple Hall 1641 -1660
Christ Church - 1753
Crocodile Farm
Cultural Village
Dutch Fort
Dutch Square/The Stadthuys
Fish World
Gadek Hot Spring
Hang Li Poh's Well
Hang Tuah's Mausoleum
Independence Museum
Jonker Street
Melaka Sultanate Palace
Melaka Zoo
Portugese Square
Pulau Besar
Queen Victoria Fountain - 1901
Sam Po Temple
St. Paul's Church Porta De Santiago
St. Peter's Church - 1710
Harmony Street (Jalan Tokong)

Something About Melaka

Well, finally, i came across this Melaka State Anthem.
But, i totally forgot the rythms.

State Anthem
Song Title : MELAKA MAJU JAYA

Melaka negeri Melaka
Tempat tumpah darah kita
Dijunjung dengan sepenuh jiwa
Untuk maju dan jaya

Rakyat jelata sudah bersatu padu
Berikrar taat setia
Jujur berkhidmat setiap masa
Melaka maju jaya

Liverpool, Here I Come

My ex-colleague, Shamsul will be flying to Liverpool to further his
studies. Therefore, before he fly, we organized a seafood dinner together at Bagan Lalang.
It is somewhere near Sepang and before Tanjung Sepat.
Congratulations to him and good luck.

Since my friend, Poh, drove his truck there, so we managed
to persuade him to take us for a ride along the coast of Bagan Lalang.
It was a pleasant and unforgettable experience. Feel like wanna ask
him to take us into the jungle for more adventure. Thank you Poh.

Dedicated to my Boo

This lyrics that I picked up from Jack Johnson was specially dedicated to my boo. Wanna thanks her for all the time that she spend with me.

There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard
No song I could sing But I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
It's not always easy and Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing its always better when we're together
Its always better when we're together
Look at the stars when we're together
Its always better when we're together
And all of these moments
Just might find there way into my dreams tonight
But I know that theyll be gone
When the morning light sings
And brings new things
But tomorrow night you see
That theyll be gone too
Too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find there way
Into my day to day scene
Ill be under the impression
I was somewhere in between
With only two Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be
We'll Sit beneath the mango tree
Its always better when we're together
We're somewhere in between together
Its always better when we're together
Yeah, its always better when we're together
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no song I could sing
And there is no, combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We're Better together

Forever and ever, I’ll love you.

Click

Yesterday (Wednesday), I went to watch this movie called CLICK at TGV Jusco, Seremban. It starred Adam Sandler, as the main actor with Kate Beckinsale.
It was a good movie (rating 5 out of 5) and the joke was totally exciting and funny. I have discovered some funny and good things about this movie.

The funny things were this sentenced:-

1) Britney Spears has given birth to her 23rd child and her husband, Kevin Federline will look for a job now.

2) Michael Jackson was the first man to clone himself and right now are suing his clone due to he is molesting him.

And the good lesson I learned:-

1) Family First, Work later

2) Honeymoon First

So, for those who haven’t watched this movie, please do so because it is better than THE DA VINCI CODE.

Leatherback Turtle or NoMoreComeback Turtle

Last Sunday, there was this news about the species of Leatherback Turtle on the front page of The Star Newspaper, not Nanyang Siang Pau or Tamil Nessan, but The Star.The sad news is that they are reported totally extinct in Malaysia due to no more sighting of them landing at Rantau Abang, Terengganu and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) declares that the beleaguered leatherback of Terengganu was “effectively extinct”. But, this was denied by the Turtle and Marine Ecosystem Centre (Tumec) of Malaysia - the national agency mandated to save the turtle – that the turtles were still laying eggs and technically not extinct yet. According to them, to date, there have been five nesting by two leatherback turtles documented this season on the beaches of Dungun, Terengganu and their exact locations are being kept secret.
While agreeing that the population of leatherback turtles, which nest in a few beaches in the world, is on the decline, TUMEC insisted that it was not extinct but merely critically-endangered. In Rantau Abang, the statistics reveal the tragic fact that nestings have dwindled from the thousands in the 1960s to a meager average of 30 per season since 2000; a drastic 90% reduction in around two decades. It may be a case of semantics perhaps, but the fact remains that the majestic leatherback nestings that spawned a turtle-watching tourism industry from the 1960s right up to the 1980s will go down as a sad chapter in the nation’s environmental history. The eggs laid since 2001 did not produce any hatchlings because they were not fertilized by a male turtle. Scientists predict that for every one thousand hatchlings produced; only one will reach adulthood to sustain the population.
This was a sad sad situation for all of Malaysian and generally to the world. This species of turtle must not be extinct due to it is the biggest turtle in the world.
After my experienced being the volunteer for the Ma Daerah Turtle Sanctuary for Green Turtle, I have totally begin to like all of the turtle species and vow to myself that I will make sure that future generations still can see this turtle. How? I am not sure, but one way to help is not to consume any turtle eggs. And I do hope that many of us can have their picture taken as attach.

Ah Beng shirt and pants – RM20
Petrol and Tol – RM60
Challet – RM30
Turtle experiences - Priceless,
For others, there’s Mastercard and Visacard.

Superciliousness Chelsea

Last Sunday was the best moment before the start of the EPL season.
Community Shield Live Score: - Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2
I was not too surprised to see the result as I believe Liverpool will pound the super egotistical Maurinho and his man.
Well done Liverpool, but, this doesn’t mean that Liverpool is my team.
GUNNERS ARE THE KING OF ENGLAND.
Chelsea was gunned down by their arrogance and thus it proves that money isn’t everything and Maurinho sucks.
Lampard who?
After this game, I believe they will not be as strong as last year and many teams can beat them.
Arsenal and Man United should be able to beat them.
Viva La Gunners……..
And I can’t wait for Sheffield United to beat Chelsea.
And now I hate Chelsea more than I hate Man United.

Department Trip PD

Last 2 weeks, our sourcing department organized a 2D1N trip to Port Dickson.
Here is the details.

What
DEPARTMENT OUTING-PORT DICKSON
TIARA BEACH RESORT 2 DAYS 1 NIGHT

Who
Sourcing members, Family & Friends

When
Arrival - Saturday 5th Aug 2006
Departure - Sunday 6th Aug 2006

Where
Tiara Beach Resort, Port Dickson

Number of participants
25 adults and 11 children

Transportation (Own budget)
A) Going with own car and can “tumpang” other people
B) No car and need to “tumpang”

Payment/Budget
Permanent staff – RM 10 – for gifts (RM 150 under company budget)
MTP - RM 100 (already include gift)
Non member (adult) – RM 100 (already include gift)
Non member (kids) - FOC

12 and 13th Aug 2006

Saturday nite, plan to watch movies but fully booked.
Take our dinner at Puchong Food Court centre (beside Tesco).
No idea why I went there, but it takes only around 35 mins to reach there from Nilai without have to pay any toll.

Sunday is my CSI Day. Whole day watching Astro.
One show that I really recommended to viewers is from C10 Hallmark title Edge of America.
What's the story about? Well, it shows how a Black man unites White and American Indian people by using basketball games.
IF they can, why can’t Malaysian?

Another show that I’ll always watch is TV8 Ho Chak.
It is every Sunday at 7:30pm.
Good show and good food.

Working on Saturday

Now is 9am in the morning of 12th August 2006.
Before that, would like to wish my best pal Luke Happy 26th Birthday.
May all the luck be with you. Why the hell I am working today? Well, I need to support production as they are running full today. Today considered under OT, which I can get around RM80.
Working on Saturday totally sucks some time, unless you really really got nothing to do on this day. Otherwise, I rather do other thing than come back to work. Tomorrow is Sunday, and I’ll have only one day to rest. Not sure enough or not, but for sure, I’ll sleep like pig. Chow….

Lunch

Lunch at Kampachi, EQ Bangi today ordering Bento Set.
After that, feel damn sleepy during working hours.
Friday for me consist of sleepy, lazy and happy.

Friday

Yahoooo!!! Why i say that? Cause today is Friday and the weekend is coming.
And football is starting back on Astro.
EPL is the best and Arsenal is the KING.

BabaNyonya

Are you Malay? This is a frequently question that I received from human beings when I tell them I am a BABANYONYA. I wonder why until now, there are people out there who still don’t know the history of Malaysia that have this BABANYONYA or it's scientific name Peranakan Community in Malaysia, especially in Melaka and Penang. Have they extinct? The answer is totally no. In fact, we are conquering Malaysia little by little. For those who still not sure which Alien Category are we or from which planet we come from, please refer to the history of this precious community.

BABANYONYA or PERANANKAN is the term used popularly for descendants of early Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region, including the British Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang, and the Dutch controlled island of Java among other areas, who have partially adopted Malay customs in an effort to be assimilated into the local communities.
The word of PERANAKAN is also used commonly to describe Indonesia Chinese. In both BM & Bahasa Indonesia, PERANAKAN means descendant. BABA is referring to the male descendants and NYONYA is the female. Most PERANAKAN are of Hokkein ancestry, although fair denominations of them are of the Teochew or Cantonese descent. The language of the PERANAKAN, Baba Malay (Bahasa Melayu Baba), is a dialect of the Malay Language which contains many Hokkein works.

The BABANYONYA were partially assimilated into the Malay culture, especially in food, dress and language used, while retaining some of the Chinese traditions and culture, like religion, name, folk medicine and festival celebrations, thereby creating a new kind of mixed culture of their country of origin with local. Most of the Peranakan are not Muslim, but Buddhist and Christians, and have retained the ancestral worship tradition of the Chinese, especially of their wedding ceremony is largely based upon the Chinese tradition.