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Sunday, October 29, 2006
bAlIk kAmpUng...
deepavali + hari raya puasa = deeparaya
my initial plan is to go vietnam for a short tour with my colleagues but somehow, fully booked... and even we postpone our trip towards end of Dec 2006, still fully booked!
damn.. what the world is this man, crazy!
so nothing to do.. and our company production plant also shut down, everyone is clearing leave at these period, haiz... go back to my hometown with my younger brother for a walk lor.
friday night, all coach fully booked..
haha..
u think i'll pay high price for the stupid coach back to Ipoh?
take additional day off on friday, back on thursday night... so many empty seat!
nothing much special there, everywhere is packed with people, traffic sucks.. go Ipoh shopping mall for my badminton racket, jammed like hell.. keep looking for empty car park lot, keep turning n turning, tired man
so my activities there are simple and relaxing :
- eat
- sleep
- astro
the food there is super nice, tasty and wonderful
i like all those curry noodles, curry chee cheong fun, etc... and i always request my mom to cook for me, the basic requirements :
- steam fish (any type)
- vegetables (garlic or oyster sauce)
- soup
somehow, she include a varieties of other heavy duty tonic like chicken essence, bird nest, cordyceps, etc... and our small fridge is loaded with fruits.
argh.. chicken essence, the art of making the chicken essence is fantastic, just too bad i forgot to take some photo.
steps of making chicken essence
- get a live kampung chicken from wet market (they can even kill n clear everything for you)
- take out the bone
- mince the chicken meat
- put in a special container n boiled it few hours with charcoal burner
with the correct way of putting the container right, the essence will collected at the bottom of the main bowl while the meat will dry out
1 kampung chicken, only have a quarter cup of essence... rather expensive and tedious job
oh.. my doggy die a few months ago, then my dad's friend pass him 2 small puppies
dun ask me what type of dog.. maybe those from stray dog but i like them very much.. they're just cute n adorable
running and chasing around.. so interesting
blackie - agreesive, greedy and lively
this spottie.. haiz.. totally different from the blackie.
he's weak, didn't eat much and sick at the time when i'm back. he still on medication, hope he'll grow-up well when i'm not around
we also go this place call 'kampung tualang' for live fresh prawn
that place is famous for seafood especially prawn.. just half an hour drive fr my place...
big prawn...
on our dining table at last
some of the prawn are pregnant too.. got so many eggs still stick around among their legs, yummy2 right?
getting ready for our seafood meal...
my younger brother test his new nikon digital camera (got it fr his comp dinner n dance).
i try to act cute while my daddy busy munching peanut...
my mum already tuck in while we're playing with the digital camera
sMurFy at ... [ 12:37 AM ]
Sunday, October 15, 2006
pre-weekend adventure
~TGIF~
friday evening... meet-up with my childhood buddies, after a lenghty discussion on email, msn and sms (from dinner at holland village to bt merah, clementi, cck, geylang & geylang serai), at last.. at last... our final destination : opp shaw tower, steamboat!
haiz... guys, sometimes can be super indecisive too
and follow by another lenghty discussion on whether to drive there or not to drive there to skip the ERP n costly parking fees around town
while another newly buddy member kc (back fr china after 4/5 yrs there) still telling us that he'll go home (woodlands) & have a nap before meeting us
damn, dell design centre damn bloody good.. can go home anytime!
steamboat, ok.. is actually just opposite shaw tower, next to NTUC centre
sc already keep cursing as we're late for 1/2 hour and guess what.. once we reach there, that place is already fully occupied.
damn... we should ask sc to get a place for us 1st.
we just go in straight & get a table... and started to eat comfortably while suddenly we realise there's a long queue forming out there!
ops.. we staring at each other n wonder "do we queue?" & "need to queue meh?"
after our dinner, we walk around and el suggest we go walk around the malay streets/heritage area, quite happening there..
kampung glam - kinda malay historic district, still the hub of the muslim communitytoday. it gazetted as a conservation area in 1989, & most buildings here r shophouses, the majority of which have remained intact over the years, retaining with them the rich culture and history of yesteryears...
ok.. so our main destination?
sultry arabian nights at baghdad & pahang street
at least 1/2 dozen arabic cafes along these 2 streets offering middle eastern food n drinks...after heavy steamboat, what can we eat?
el : eh.. i came here before with my colleagues, got those something like a pipe n smoke one, like smoke cigarette
sc : what's that?
kc : cigar?
km : oh.. i think i know, those suck something one lar, right?
el : yep, wanna try or not?
kc : go, go..
sc : eh.. another dark2 place again?
kc : waleu.. still go up 2nd floor, so dark..
sc : later my pair of expensive shoe also gone
el : faster lar u ppl, climb stair also so slow
waitress : have a seat, what flavor u all want?
kc : got flavor, what flavor u had?
waitress : mango, strawberry, apple
el : got mint, i want mint lei
waitress : no mint, only that 3 flavors available, big or small
el : big berapa, small berapa?
waitress : big $18, small $12
kc : el, u try before?
el : no lei.. try 1 big one lor, onz or not?
kc : get us 1 big one, strawberry...
el : look ard, so many malay friends here
kc : haha.. got chinese, neh...
km : eh.. see, the whole group of chio angmoh ladies also joining us
el : wa.. ni cantik, tall and sweet
el : eh.. come, try lei
km : how to smoke? just suck like this, nothing lei?
el : maybe not hot lei, wait a while, check the charcoal got burning or not?
kc : got lar.. we take turn, suck hard man
km : eh.. ppl got so many smoke come out, how come ours got nothing..
sc : no charcoal issit?
km : damn.. i suck till stomach also cramp, still no smoke
el : cannot be lar, u see e angmoh niu, she suck gently only... so many smoke
kc : i think this one spoilt lei, ask them check lar... paiseh lei
... a new one being replace ...
kc : hmmph.. this one, got a bit smoke, time for us to suck harder man
sc : yeah, suck it out
... after a few round ...
km : i give up, my stomach really cramp, no energy to suck already
el : how come they suck till so enjoyable, so many smoke?
kc : u tak tau suck lar
el : what, we try our best, ok
sc : nothing lar.. how to enjoy?
el : yalor.. go buy cigarettes better, confirm got smoke
km : ask for bill lar, i really give up..
sc : 4 idiots.. dunno suck what, lousy fella
kc : who suggest one, damn..
sc : i sit till back also pain, next time drink teh tarik lar
these 2 idiots smoke till so happy.. maybe got a lot of angmoh niu sit next to us
kc suck till stomach cramp, el suck till the smoke go up into his brain.. started to talk rubbish
sMurFy at ... [ 9:42 AM ]
Friday, October 06, 2006
MiD aUtuMn festival
yo.. story time, boy & gals.
the Mid-Autumn Festival also known as moon, mooncake or august moon festival.
in HK, Taiwan & SEA, it may referred to Lantern Festival too which fall on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year dating back over 3000 yrs to China's Zhou Dynasty.
the craze time of mooncake snatching in singapore
1 month before the mid-autumn, u'll see everywhere like below:
The custom of "moon" worshipping can be traced as far back as the ancient Xia & Shang Dynasties (2000 BC - 1066 BC).
the practice became prevalent in TANG Dynasty (618-907) and at Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), ppl start making round moon cakes as gifts to their relatives. Since Ming (1368-1644) & Qing Dynasties (1644-1911), the custom of mid-autumn festival celebration has become unprecedentedly popular.
legendaries related to Moon Day
Chang-E Flies to the Moon
There is a story dating back to around 2170 B.C. Ten suns took turns to illuminate to the earth. But one day all the suns appeared together. The scorching earth was saved by a strong and tyrannical archer Hou Yi. He succeeded in shooting down nine of the suns. Hou Yi gained the elixir of life from a goddess, which, however, was accidentally swallowed by his beautiful wife Chang E. Then she found herself floating and flew to the moon. Hou Yi loved his divinely beautiful wife so much that he didn't shoot down the moon. Depressed Hou Yi found the moon especially bright as if Chang E was up there, so he set alter in memory of his beloved wife with all kinds of her favorites..
Wu Kang Chops Cassia Tree
Wu Kang was a shiftless fellow fascinated with the magic of immortality. One day he went to live in the mountains where he importuned an immortal to teach him. He was taught about herbs and chess and finally given books to study, but every time, he finished impatient and unlearned. At last, angry master banished him to the Moon Palace telling him that he must cut down a huge cassia tree before he could return to earth. Though Wu Kang chopped day and night, the magical tree restored itself with each blow, and thus he had to be up there chopping ever and ever.
If you look carefully at the dark shadows on the full moon, you may see Wu Kang chopping a cassia tree.
Jade Rabbit
In this legend, three fairy sages transformed themselves into pitiful old men and begged for something to eat from a fox, a monkey and a rabbit. The fox and the monkey both had food to give to the old men, but the rabbit, empty-handed, offered his own flesh instead, jumping into a blazing fire to cook himself. The sages were so touched by the rabbit's sacrifice that they let him live in the Moon Palace where he became the "Jade Rabbit."
sMurFy at ... [ 12:00 AM ]
Sunday, October 01, 2006
SeAfoOd feast n puBbiNg at JB
a lazy saturday...
and a JB friend's persistent on "come to JB lar, i bring you eat good seafood"...
so JB we go...
drive in, change to m'sia registered car and search for good seafood. interestingly, that place is just 'ulu' till u'll definitely won't able to find even in broad daylight.
we know the way as one of my buddies been there before.. imagine away fr housing area, drive-thru backlane of some (industrial area or abandon housing estate?) and a narrow driveway (both left/right is like a swamp) all the way.. and suddenly, wow.. such a bright place with colorful attractive neon lights!
that seafood centre is TODAK, as the name implies.. kampung orang asli (the aborigin village) seafood centre.
we reach there n select our fresh crab, fish, snails, prawns, etc.. and directly opposite is from TODAK, is Sembawang, Singapore!
avoid the crab boy, 1 sri-lankan meat crab cost us RM108, bloody expensive!
after a heavy feast.. we decide to recky around JB's night life activities
5 guys.. in a JB registered plate Nissan Sentra, who dare to do bully us? but 1 of my buddy a bit wary.. saying "ooi, those dark2 backlane, try to avoid lei.. i got RM3k in my pocket lor"
* faint *
we bully him into treat us seafood feast, who ask him to take such a big amount from the ATM machine?
1st destination.. really a backlane and if u're not local, u'll definitely won't know there's something inside.. 2 casual looking ordinary guy sit nearby the backlane 'longkang', surprise they're the bouncer!
so my JB friend (lalat) lead us to a small lane and suddenly a metal door swing open and 2 guys greet us "lau-ban, come inside and have a look lei".
huh... we peep inside, the room soooo smoky and we saw some ktv gals (dress to kill) serving some customers. as they saw us hesitate, they told us "no problem, come and have a look.. not suitable, then next time can come again".
after a short discussion, lalat told them "sorry boss, next time lar.. we a bit out of time".
ok... we're indeed not comfortable.
sam : damn.. go in already, later cannot come out, how?
kok : go in can come out lar, but yr RM3k gone lor.. u wanna go or not?
sam : no way man..
lal : no lar, trust me.. they do business, won't do such a thingy one
erc : i've been there before with my kl colleagues, entertaining
erc : yea.. see whether u wanna go or not, they open door do business, no worry
kok : ok.. then we skip this one lar
kcw : come 5 persons, go also 5 persons..
kok : ok, backlane too dark, why not we go those places got bright light one?
sam : ok, that one no problem, karaoke or pub?
lal : pub lor.. onz lar
after a 5 mins drive.. we reach the pubbing area, lots of people around with hotel n residential area and a few pubs around.
we just go into one of them and have a sit... 2 small tables for 5 of us and we ordered 2 bucks of beers. 1 pail consists of 4 medium bottled beer which cost around RM60++ and i guess we open 6 pails...(from 11pm++ to almost 4am) and as usual, i only drink half a small glass!
in front of me is the premier league chelsea vs aston villa, charton vs arsenal, etc..
less than 5 mins, 3 gals came n serve us the beers.. and interestingly, those gals name all start with cat, candy, etc.. and all of them are quite young. we chat among ourselves, with them, play poker cards, etc...
and we need to buy them drinks like those i've been in s'pore.. but in JB, more expensive. s'pore, 1 glass cost ard sgd10 while in jb, it cost us ard rm25 per glass.
as usual, i'm the one who always kena whack cos i dun drink beer. so they'll curse n swear at me n say "ah kok, yr bloody 1 small glass of water cost us rm30... next time no more water for you"
while they play happily with those gals, ah bear n myself prefer to survey n walk around and laugh at one of my buddies.. we just speak to ourselves..
bear : see that lalat, damn him..
kok : why, he already out of mind seeing those young pretty gals
bear : know him 20 yrs.. not even treat me a cuppa coffee, u look at him now
kok : damn.. he act like a taukeh now
bear : next time he say no money, he die.. i'll whack him jialat2
kok : aiyaa.. nvm lar, let him have some face lor
bear : neh.. what face, always say earn money hard, no money, this n that.. see pretty gals, i guess his whole wallet also can empty for them
kok : hmmph.. i guess if he's loaded, he'll come here every week
bear : no lar.. i guess his money will be cheated easily
kok : u look at him now, i guess he's willing to be cheater lor
bear : hahahah.. i agree, agree, come, have a drink
ok.. now got 2 gals approach us n introduce as .. err.. dunno lar.. i tell them i old already, cannot remember so many names. cat, candy, cindy, apple, qi-qi, mi, etc.. headache. but the gals say.. no worry, i'll remember yr face!
hmmph.. so we strike a conversation with the 2 gals, 1 from simpang rengam while another one from kluang, both johorean.
1 19 while the other is 21 yrs old...n both told us they're new there. so i chat with the kluang gal name.. candy (i guess so lar).
can : i'm from kluang, after SPM then find a job here
kok : kluang, i know where.. i've been there before many2 yrs before
can : issit, u from s'pore?
kok : no lar, i'm a m'sian.. i've been to kluang for biz trip many2 yrs back
can : m'sia from where, u work in s'pore?
kok : u work here for how long already?
can : 2 weeks only.. after my SPM, i go national service for 3 months
kok : issit.. national service wor, confirm already meh?
can : yalor.. unfortunately.. i'm one of them being picked
kok : oh.. very interesting lei
can : actually i like it, learn something new and i been posted to pahang for the training lei
kok : so is a mixture of guy/gals or what?
can : mix.. but diff building, train together
kok : how about races ratio?
can : ok lar, got all of them..
can : why lei, i dun think u been in this kinda NS training, right?
bea : hehe.. our time, not compulsory, but 3 of us here is reserve army
kok : yep, what he say is true.
bea : ok can, u tell me what machine gun u use?
can : M16
bea : hmmph, how u aim n shoot lei?
kok : haha.. u doubt her, right
can : ok, i prove to u i really into the NS training.. and she proceed to explain to us how she aim using the M16, etc... but the momentum of
kok : still using M16?
can : yep.. ard 3.8kg lor
kok : do u know M16 already in service since year 1960?
can : dunno lei but when we open fire, the rifle momentum of pulling back make me unstable lar, still not use to it
kok : they teach u how many ways to open fire?
can : one only, got many meh?
... and continue with another topic ...
kok : oh.. u like to work here
can : no lar, the money is good
kok : u like to earn a lot of money?
can : aiyaa.. who dun like to earn a lot of money, right?
kok : how's the pay here, commision, etc.. good?
can : now not so good.. not many ppl, last time they say is pack of ppl
kok : oh.. ok
can : we earn ard RM70-80 per night lor (salary) from 9pm to 2pm
can : then a bucket of beer (4 beers) cost ard 60+, we earn abt RM5 only
can : then for drinks, it cost ard Rm25.. we earn RM10 lor
kok : oh.. so can earn RM100 a night?
can : no lar, we now at most ard RM50 + the RM70-80, so ard RM120 a night
kok : how far from here to yr hometown, travel daily?
can : no lar, we rent a place here for ard Rm300 a month
can : then we need to buy pretty clothes, make-up, etc.. and my new phone.. nokia n73 cost me around RM1800
kok : oh.. then those who sell cigarettes one, they also employed?
can : nope, those without salary one
kcc : i just bought a packet, RM8.50.. come, come.. each take one
sam : i cannot, later ah-soh-kor (literally mean brother jesus) dun like, scold me
kcc : who ask u to smoke.. play only, dun swallow in, ah-soh-kor will forgive u one lar
sam : damn.. u group of satans. next time i go hell, i make sure u all there with me
** but he happily drink & smoke **
kcc : ooi.. u see those gals, i a bit disappointed
kok : why, they offend you?
kcc : damn.. some of them like own them money, not friendly at all, not even smile
kok : haha.. i guess we're the most gentlemen group of guys who came here.. tt's why these gals sit there n didn't know how to strike a conversation with us
kcc : maybe lar.. cos most hamsap boy like lalat.. look at gals, their hand already everywhere n keep teasing them
kcc : so our fault for being gentlemen lar, right? damn! next time dun come here liao
kcc : my experience in shanghai n dongguan is way better man
kok : u cannot compare lar
sam : eh.. u look at those gals, damn.. so bloody young
erc : i check their ic, really 19 lei
sam : u ppl scare or not har?
kcc : scare under age, later kena rotan n masuk lokap?
sam : no.. later u guys got daughter, what will happen if they strayed n go into this kinda situation?
erc : easy lar.. i give my daughter lots of money, make sure they don't do such a thing
kok : haha.. u idiot, they got money then they go to pub n eat pills, how?
erc : damn, dun give, they like that, give also like that.. how?
sam : i dun feel good.. scare retribution.. all kids, damn it
erc : hello, i ask u to come here n drink, not ask u to play them o..
sam : i know, but this kinda job.. wear so little.. confirm rugi big time one
kok : they know when they do such a job, more or less.. also kena one lar
sam : yalar.. if i really wanna play, i'll play those >25 instead..
erc : fxxx.. >25 then make u feel better, no retribution lar, right
sam : dunno, i feel weirdo about these bunch of young kids.. pity them
...
i agree with what samson say lar
those who can't complete SPM (O level) or just complete but can't go further.. what will they do? most of them go to city area, what can they do?
sales (departmental store, cosmetic, handphone shop, etc..), restaurants or quick money like ktv (clean & not clean), pub, selling cigars, etc..
i look at them n wonder :
- they're just 19-20s, indeed very young
- money to them is everything?
- to earn such a money, they willing to let ppl kiss n molest...to them is really nothing cos their objective is to earn money
maybe we think too much..we can't accept doesn't mean others can't accept.
sMurFy at ... [ 5:14 PM ]
Ah Kok aka PicaKok aka Pica aka ah mun tou
A small pathetic overwork & underpaid IT fella in Axxxxxx
Currently XX yr old in this world (unable to reveal, confidential lar)
Plays badminton & sharpen my photography skills over the weekend...
Loves $$$
Loves bread and instant noodles...but BREAD is the best, pure & YUMMY
Hates idiots
Hates hypocrites