Saturday, September 30, 2006

Au Revoir Malaisie

I'm blogging from the airport lounge.. Cool... Been here a couple of times, but didnt realised they have a free internet station.. How ignorant.. :p

Flight MH149. Departing at 9.30pm. Sorry Bamboo, but the destination is not Xin Jia Po.

On da way to the airport (thru KLIA express). I was sitting next to this ang moh couple. Midway thru, the wife kept complaining that other people could see her from the outside. She said this stupid train has no tinted windows. So I just pulled the blinder... the expression on her face is priceless!

The blinder... duh!

Hopefully will be able to blog at my destination, otherwise.. hang on yeah!

And darn our RM is so worthless!


The time table

Spotless immigration counters

Friday, September 29, 2006

Ramadhan Part II

Well, this is 180 degree different from what I wrote early on.

Let us 'discuss' on the world's cuisines, specifically the ang moh cuisine.

Judging by the average size of the average ang moh, he takes pleasure in his food even more then our fellow Malaysian. But what kind of food? Here's the summary....

Australian Cuisine
That's like a heading which says Australian Culture. Let's start again:

Ozzie Food
Vegemite and Iced Vo-vo. Do I have to say more?

American Food
American cuisine is best known for deep fried chicken, which originated in the Deep South where certain members of society were themselves deep fried from time to time.

British Food
The Brits are ingenious lot and centuries ago discovered how to recycle their leftovers. The Bread and Butter pudding is a cunning way to turn stale bread and dubious butter into a dessert.

The British also are amongst the world's greatest consumers of baked beans, which probably explains why the British Lion could roar so loudly. During the Second World was, thousands of british troops ate baked beans. The thunderous noise which followed led Rommel to believe he has totally outnumbered.

Continental Cuisine
The French loathe baked beans as Paris is noisy enough. Instead, the clamour for such delicacies as escargot and amputated frogs.

The Italians will have none of the above. They prefer food which has been saturated in oil, garlic and onions. As far as Ital are concerned, the word polyunsaturated refers to a dry parrot.

The Swiss, on the other hand, are addicted to cheese. The Swiss fondue requires grown men and women to stab stale chunks of bread into a pot of bubbling cheese. After eating a heavy fondue, it is no wonder the Swiss have never been attacked by another European country.

The Kiwi's Food
Kiwis are cannibals, eating lamb chops and roast lamb.

Liquor
In the old days, grapes were actually crushed by food. As wine consumption grew, productivity had to increase; this explains why Eu feet are so big. It is also explains why European have very small gaps between their toes, so that no grape can escape.

A lot of snobbery still surrounds wine. Even if the wine is not made in France, it will have a French name. This is to convince you it must be good wine and worth the high price it is selling for. American wines, however, are quite cheap. For this reason, they are often displayed next to the detergents and floor cleaners.

Gin is a great favorite of the English. It used to be called mother's ruin. Quite right, too. When the English started growing rubber in Malaya, they started drinking a lot of gin. After a few gins, they actually thought they owned the place. After a few more, they actually thought they owned India too.

A lot of fuss is made about scotch whisky too. Only the ang mohs could worship something which starts life in a Scottish bog. Because whisky is so expensive, a lot of people accuse the Scots of being mean. In truth, the meanest people in the world could be found here, sitting around and reading my blog without even commenting.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Isetan Vouchers Revisited

What did I do with the vouchers I received previously?

Well, I went shopping obviously. For my coming trip, I will need a good pair of sneakers for walking. Plus, there's a sale going on in Isetan. And I saw this last pair from the rack, and quickly grabbed it. Good, it's within my budget. So I made the beeline at the cashier.

Columbia - Size 7. A bit snug, but I hope it will expand by Sunday :p

In a meantime, while updating this blog, I was scoping and 'munching?' the watermelon. Before I knew it, I've gobbled half of it! Scaaaryyy...


before

after!! Wah lau eh..

A Day After Yesterday

30 years 1 day. Nothing changes...
So much hype over nuthing!

Neway, last nite, Brandy, Cath, Dave and myself went to Nirwana (or was it Nirvana) @ Bangsar for buka puasa (well, at least for me). The other three were kind enough to endure 15 min staring at the gastronomically meals in front of them.. Thanks guys for being such a nice companions. Then the iftar! Ay yay yay, the foods were scrumptious and of of this world. The best curry ever.. we ate like kings (and queens).

Around 7.40 we were all done!! Like my granma always said if I had too much too soon "ini bukan makan, ini melantak!" (that wasn't eating, that was glutting).. The cover up excuse would be "there're people standing outside waiting to be seated, so we are considerate enough to eat super fast...:p"

By 7.45 we were heading towards Mont Kiara. Dave needed his daily dose of Tiger Juices desperately, so we went to Souled Out. And we thought we were full. But we ordered a Banana Split, snacks and lots of juices. Yeah, full my head!

Lily joined us around 8.30p.m. Then, there was a cake and I had to wear craapy headpiece (cake-like tiara) and I was forced to smile for the camera. The outcome was disastrous, (well, I looked like a disaster while others looked like they just got out of the beauty salon) there's no way I'm posting the pic here.

We had such a blast and Dave had to spoil everything. He asked us to pick a song for him to sing. But when we did that, he just cant sing the song we selected. For a guy who claimed he was a musician, he sure had a voice like William Hung and a song knowledge of the Pope Ratzinger. The only songs he could sang were the one from the "Sounds of Music" and "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton with his five octave vocal range.

Because of the frustration we had over the generation gaps. We asked him to sing whatever song that came into his mind. He was mimicking inaudible drum-clarinet tempo and suddenly "I feeeeel good!!" (James Brown) in the most painful note ever recorded from a human being..

By 11, I tot we all went home. But this morning I found out Brandy and Dave went out for the karaoke to brush up his singing skills, or lack thereof.

But heck, it was a worth remembering....

As for today, I went to iftar with Arimi, Fauzan and other guy at the Bongsen. On my way there I bumped into Zuhaila (Zue) and Amrita (Rita). They both looked surprisingly georgeous. Rita with her Uma-Thurman look and Zue with her swanky-wavy hair, took my breath away.

I also bumped into the other ADP2 girl, Shahrul my ex-roomate (Block 16) and Siti Hajar. Apart from that ADP2 girl, I didnt dare to say hi to the others, because they looked quite different. Shahrul is expanding and Hajar now wears tudung.

And yeah, I got SMS from Sue (in Makkah) and a phone call from Marvey. Cant wait to see her, it's been 10 years! Going there on Sept 30th. With this baby *big grin*

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

The life and times of AFS

Yours truly have turned 30 today! Gasp! The big 30! My life is not what I'd imagined when I was 15.... far from it... *sigh*

But what's it worth, I am blessed with good friends all around me. *grin*

Photoblogs of my lifetimes:

Bereshit bara Elohim et Famil

Me n Ms Perfect

During Eid in Seghawak

The Turbulent Childhood

-9 yr old-[The little mum, myself, thor-mentor, and couzin]

-11 yr old-[Family Piknik]

The Cinful Teen

-15 yr old-[aunt sophea, couzin zizoe, moi, and sis; @ KOMTAR]

-17 yr old-[shuq, me, isk, zane n shah @TROLAK]

-18 yr old-[ala, asyar, me, zoowra, jazim n; @ PPP]

The Responsible!? Young Adult

;">-20 yr old-[Raya @IU 1996]

24 yr old-[BHLB Annual Dinner 2000]

25 yr old-[V's Bday]

The Suku Kia Uncle

28 yr old-[With CY, Sen's wife, Sean, Proc, R n Me @Houston]

[Me, Christine n Jap Chap @ Chili's]

[Haz, Cath, Me N Hafiz @ Rimba Ilmu UM]


[Me, Azid N Bamboo @ Chowrasta]

[Azid, Aisah, Bamboo, Yaya N Me in Penang]

[Me N Nikkitah @ KLCC]

[Sampan in Amsterdam]

[Hearding Cows]

[Museum Jakarta]

[Depan Rumah @ Jakarta]

Monday, September 25, 2006

Ramadhan

What's appropriate to think during Ramadhan?

Apart from the compulsory one like ibadah and stuff....

it's the food..obviously. yum yum..

As a service to my fellow good readers, I'm listing the Penang/Taiping's foods for your pleasure.. Could you name any of them?....