Monday, December 26, 2011

PCGHS Laksa @Taman Emas coffeeshop, Jalan Bagan Jermal

I think this is a matter of personal taste cos I absolutely hated this laksa version the first time I tried it.
There was no oomph,it wasn't exciting in the least.It didn't make my heart thump faster nor my saliva curdle thicker.

Found it to be such hype that it never occured to me that I should ever want to return for a retry.

Also I think the reason why this stall has many fans is due to the fact that this is kinda like a local hangout,where the girls from the school on the opposite side of this busy road,have grown accustomed to its taste,over the years.
They can still access this place later on long after they have joined the workforce, to escape the backstabbing environment and rekindle comfort zone memories associated with their adolescent years.

If you still don't get what I'm yapping about,ok,it's like this.
Each of us have our own very favourite canteen foods going back to our schooldays,which is a cuisine which we are pretty much forced to eat year in year out cos there's simply no other choice.
Just like if your mom were an absolute a bad cook,if you were held hostage towards consuming her sloppy culinary menu,eventually you would vote hers the best in the world,approximately 3 years after you leave the nest and find yourself miserably entrenched in a winter hell hole.

Thus,I am of the opinion that those who vote this the best,have grown to like the taste due to repeated exposure during their youth,a time where they hardly reject any place their peers like.

But now,when this particular stall has just emerged fresh with an award, from good grief....the so called Battle of Penang Hawker Masters,where the organisers had such a hard time recruiting the elites,they had to resort to practically begging for participation,and of all things,invited Axian (Jason Yeoh) the nincompoop eater to preside over the public vote-pro judging process,I suppose you might contemplate coming here for a tryout.

So go ahead,whip out your GPS and try if you must,but the fact that you might end up dissappointed is an understatement.

I betcha PCGHS laksa's most fanatical fans would never concur with you,that YOUR former school or a makan place within walking distance of it ,has the best assam laksa,economy rice and curry mee in the world now,would they?

Sky Emperor Chicken Feet Koay Teow Thng stall @ Kimberley Street (night)

I'll dive straight to the point.

The oil they use is hazardous.
Obvious that it has been recycled way too many times.
Bound to book you an appointment in Mount Miriam.
On par with McTucky fried chicken in Gurney Drive.

The intense flavour is not smoky wok flavour.
It is the taste of oil that has been subjected to high heat over and over again to the point of no return.

This stall became famous because it served one of the cheapest noodles on the island at night,with the lowest priced stewed chicken feet around.
That's why.

There used to be lots of people living in the inner city.Lots of poor people that looked for cheap food.As well as lots of rich who were also on the lookout for skinflint food.

After the rent repeal,courtesy of KTK, most dwellers have moved out and the surrounding lanes are a risky night jaunt to a chauffered ambulance ride if your timing,so happens to be not right and there is a drug addict desperate for a fix.
That is if chemotheraphy doesn't ravage your body first.

Tong Sui stall @ Kimberley Street (night)

This stretch of what used to be a very nice and quiet street,found fame immediately after a feature on 8tv's Hochiak programme.

While I do agree that this particular stall used to be good once upon a time,today one can find better tong sui with more ingredients in places like a mobile van that occasionally plies the Jelutong area at night to Butterworth's wai sek kai.
One order at the latter place, is equivalent to 8 bowls of ingredients here.That's how jarring the difference is and what makes us so pissed with the shortchanging bunch on the island.

They went downhill the instant their staff started wearing t-shirt uniforms.
In order to increase profits,the amount of beans inside are test tube sample sized pathetic,plus they even stinge on sugar.

To make matters worse every bowl now is corrupted by the lingering smell of dishwashing liquid.
Thus,you are basically drinking a ridiculous brew of Axion si koh thn'g,or Glo ang tou thn'g with kurang kurang kurang gula,garnished with a sprinkling of precious Jack n the beanstalk legumes.

The elbow space is not the only irritant,obnoxious non Penangites like to drag their miserable not-used-to-no-aircond-non-tong-sui-fan kids in tow,mixed with fake beggars who change the injured side of their 'broken'arm every night and haphazard triple parking.
The Nightmare on Kimberley street has now ballooned with more stalls trying to cash in on their 'fame',in the hope that you will be confused enough to end up at their place,not that it makes any difference.
In a nutshell you're just paying a high price for dishwashing remnant scrap crap.

I will deal with the other peeve of mine,the sky emperor chicken feet stall in another post after this.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Tidbit Pushcart @ Cinema Floor,Gurney Plaza

Beware of this particular stall selling drinks and various tidbits.

Doesn't matter who the workers may be,ranging from an eccentric old bird wearing socks to a foreign worker,there is a high possibility that you will be cheated.

Though the amount involved is not much,nevertheless I think it is highly unethical of them to engage in this method on unsuspecting customers.

These are small time cheats who will switch one of your ten cent coins with thai currency.

Or give you back incorrect change most times.

Which means if you are the type who does NOT take note of each individual price leading to the total amount,they will definitely squeeze up to 50 cents out of you.

I'm not being petty,but seeing that I have had to eyeball them every time I patronise them,yet every single episode has not been free of a 'mistake' on their part ,I think you too should be made aware of their cunning ways.

So,if you ever purchase anything from here,do your math properly before leaving.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Hainanese Chicken Rice @Kheng Pin Cafe, Sri Bahari Road

Holy shit,exactly what is the big fuss all about?
The waiting period lasts like forever .By which time you would have s-l-o-w-l-y downed a large portion of wantan mee,p-a-t-i-e-n-t-l-y munched on piles of loh bak till your jaws ached,e-x-c-r-u-t-i-a-t-i-n-g-l-y sipped and stretched two cups of drinks and yet you won't even see a shadow of your order.

During that period of time to you will be GLARED at hostilely by other patrons looking for a place to sit,all the while wondering why you just don't wanna get lost when you and your gang have obviously polished your plates and drunk the last of the melted ice cube in your no more peng drink.Some can be plain rude when they think you're trying to be funny or deny them of seating space.

The cannothandlestress old lady wears a perpetual frown all over her head and mutters like she's got bees in her hair.
Her other half's job is to chop,chop and chop like one cuckolded,trying to keep his knickers from falling.So many eyes are on him that,from his posture one might think he's gotten a bad case of hernia from our retinal stares alone.

WORST tactic that this stall employs is the $%# old woman likes to tell you that their food is sold out.

IT'S A LIE.
They have plenty more to go around.
It's their way of controlling the crowd.

So what you have to do is to take her word for it at first,then reapproach her like half an hour later when the crowd has thinned out OR when she starts fumbling around aimlessly like a zombie at the counter with nothing to rush about since she has effectively brought the customers requests to a grinding halt with her bluffology.
This is such a stupid method that they're using to create a want or get a breather,such a no brainer that....I can't believe I'm even divulging my "technique" on How-To coax a plate out of this senior citizen scammer,to you.

There are evidently lots of pakchamkeh fans.But honestly,the wait is just not worth it.
It's insane,it's sheer madness and lunacy to come here just for the chicken rice alone.

I mean,it's edible,not THAT bad,but not THAT great either to warrant a buttock numbing wait in this very busy kopitiam that is actually more famous for other foods than this relatively young stall.
And it's definitely NOT authentic Hainanese.

Real freaking waste of time!

Friday, December 23, 2011

Enfamil,Milk Powder Alert @ USA


Posting this up just so you missed it in the papers.

The bacterial contamination discovered in this brand of growing up milk which costs a tidy sum here,was serious enough to cause a baby's death.

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Source : The New Straits Times
23rd december

US Enfamil Not Imported Into Malaysia

   Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said the Food Safety Information System of Malaysia (FoSIM) and Enfamil’s producing company, Mead Johnson, had confirmed the matter.
  “Malaysians do not need to worry, as the product is not on the list of imports,” he said in a statement issued today.
  He said US-based hypermarket Wal-Mart had recalled the product following reports alleging a baby had died from consuming Enfamil, which was believed to be contaminated with Cronocbater bacteria.
  “However, to be on the safe side, the ministry will be conducting a Level 5 Test (seize, test, release) on Enfamil, should it be imported in the future,” Hasan added.
  He said if the public suspected the safety of any food products, they were encouraged to lodge a report to the nearest District Health Office, State Health Department, or through their web site at http://fsq.moh.gov.my/v3

Thursday, December 22, 2011

MPPP raid @ Lorong Selamat CKT, Heng Huat Cafe

Bad publicity is still good publicity.
Thus here we are back to square one again ,faced with another neverending drama involving the infamous CKT red capped,numb skull,foul mouthed aunty.

So what happened this time?
Geez,one would think that the media would know that we the general public are really getting tired with the unneccessary coverage given to her but they seem to love waiting with abated breath,for the moment where she blows her top,and spews venom to put some uumph into our morning fodder.

Nothing very exciting happens in Penang.
That's why we rely on both her and Mohd Ghani to spice things up a notch.

We yawned when the ugly Zang Toi snuck to the PCK Rosie lookalike Amee Philips showroom.Shuddered that he took delight in being surrounded by a blingload of old Ah Lian datins,blind towards their failed attempt at Datuk Keramat road tailored yucks-legance.

We wait for easily riled personalities like these to put a smile on our face.
So we can clap our hands in glee like a bunch of vultures awaiting their downfall.
Sadistic are we to want to see people fail.

How many rude Penangites does one come across every single day.
How many are jerks have deeper developed toxic vocabulary?

If she's talking cock.Just let her be.
After all,she's on her feet the whole day,under putrid,oily and hot conditions not many humans can put up with.
Plus she kindly allows other hawkers to hawk their dishes at her place.

So she overcharged and bought herself a nice little shop.
The extra stall,they're kicking a fuss over,is meant for her helper,so that person may seperately fry condiments like prawns without interrupting her...er...creative process.
I mean,it's not that I agree with what she's doing,but if they say she's causing an obstruction it's because people from everywhere YES EVEN PENANGITES COME HERE,pouring in non stop solely to eat HER CKT.Only they very paiseh and embarassed to tell you that they do pay homage to the dowager incarnate.

Why try to lure unwilling ponies away from her stable?In her case,the grass will never be greener on the other side.
They love her warts and all,no matter what people say.
No matter how badly you potray her.
They wanna see the legend for themselves.They wanna laugh at her and take pictures.
They want to brag to their friends that they were brave enough to come here and risk a scolding from her.And take more pictures.
They wanna dissect the dish and find out for themselves what how an eccentric lady like that can get Penangites panties up in a bunch.
They might even tease her for a reaction,pretend to be scared,giggle and chuckle at her attitude.
Convincing them otherwise would make you look like an unforgiving donkey who lives only for retribution.

Haven't you figured it out already?
They can't seem to get enough of her icy cold look combined with fiery rapid TNT mouth bomb.
Va va voom,she's made Lorong Selamat her brandname.

So,she's throwing rubbish into the drains,washing dishes by the roadside in a disgusting plastic pail....tell me what else is new?
One can count with their fingers and toes which hawkers on the island are not guilty of these crimes.

We face hygiene issues everyday whenever we choose to eat hawker food

Every busy body seems to want to teach her a lesson.But they forget that currently,she's the Chai Shen,that helps many hawkers here.
Especially when those with a vendetta want to snub her in the face,by walking past her stall,sneering at her and proceeding next door for ckt.So foolish,she really,really doesn't mind .She's got so much on her hands already she can't even cope.

Get a life.

Report below Taken from Buletin Mutiara facebook

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The Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) Public Health Standing Committee alternate chairman Ong Ah Teong has led a team of enforcement officers to check on the hygiene of the hawker stalls along the famous Lorong Selamat.

The MPPP has also received several complaints from the public regarding hygiene and traffic obstruction. One char koay teow stall is found to have set up another stall on the busy Lorong Selamat. This additional stall does not have a licence. They are also found to dispose dish washing water into the drain, which is also an offence.

The char koay teow stall owner was issued four summonses for various offences totalling RM630 and given a week to stop operation of the additional stall located on the road or risk getting the stall confiscated.

MPPP also issued another seven summonses to 3 other shops in the operation.

Media members overheard the lady owner of the char koay teow raising her voice at MPPP enforcement officers when they were carrying out their tasks. She said, "I have been selling here for fourty years and no one has ever disturbed me before!"

Public can call MPPP 24-hours Hotline at 04-2637000 if they have complaints on dirty food outlets. Another multi-language complaint hotline is 04-2637637

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Doc stabbed twice @ Magazine Road

I know where this clinic is located.
It's the only semblance of a medical option that still remains open till so late on this busy road,while other practitioners have long packed up and gone home by 5pm.

The first impression,one gets, is that the clinic is always full because the doctor is one of the better ones around.
In reality,one can say that it is a brilliant/clever/sneaky marketing strategy.
Good coverline for a Sipeh Cialat slow coach who is essentially just another businessman if you remove the white coat .

Yea,most GP's in Penang are a damned lousy bunch.
Only good for overcharging patients,buying lousy medications from sleazy salesmen peddling China made drugs and piling a ton of unneccessary vitamins on you.

Coming back to this particular clinic,patients still make a beeline irregardless of the notorious waiting period,due to the lower fees that they charge.

Now,let me relate to you what was reported on a local tv station,which the newspaper article below,left out.

Why did the old man go bonkers?


First of all,he had a sleep disorder.


Next,he had to wait till his butt grew stiff and pointed.

Then,when he finally got to see the doctor and related his predicament,he prescribed him.....get this....
just PANADOL and nothing else.

Goodness gracious.
Only a kayu,would be thoroughly anasthesized against one unable to sleep like a Log and take him for an imbecile.
There could have been plenty of kopitiams and convenience stores where the old man could have just as easily cured his sleeplessness.

Huhuhu....

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Doctor Stabbed By Patient
The Star,16th dec 2011


GEORGE TOWN: Commotion rocked a clinic here when a 67-year-old male patient stabbed the doctor twice while undergoing a check-up.
Dr Lee Kok Seng  in his 50s, was wounded on the left side of his waist in the 9pm drama at the private clinic in Magazine Road here yesterday.
A nurse at the clinic said she heard Dr Lee screaming some 20 minutes after the suspect entered the consultation room.
Rushing inside, she saw the doctor bleeding while the suspect was lying on the floor.
A member of the Penang Island Voluntary (Security) Patrol unit Lim Teong Lean, who happened to be at the clinic, alerted the police and summoned for an ambulance.
He had barged into the room when he heard the doctor screamed.
“Dr Lee had (somehow) managed to subdue the suspect when I rushed into the room.
“I asked the two nurses to tie the suspect's hand with a rope to prevent him from becoming rowdy,” said Lim.
It is learnt that Dr Lee was sent to the Penang Hospital where he was given outpatient treatment.
Police arrived shortly after and detained the suspect.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the motive is yet to be ascertained.
“The police have also recovered the knife used in the attack,” he said, adding that the case was classified under Section 324 of the Penal Code for causing grievous hurt.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

The Assassin @ Prima Tanjung

Update :
According to local gossip and hearsay amongst the business community in Fettes Park,the incident is connected to a Taiwanese.
A week before the shooting incident,their car and premises were splashed with red paint Ah Long style.
End of speculation.

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Tsk tsk...things are really heating up here in Fettes Park.
Not enough that the hitman was overpowered,he also didn't manage to dodge the bouncing bullets in time.
Super duper fail.

Having said that,you might think that it should be fairly easy to pin point exactly which shop is involved based on the clues given in this article
  1. It has no break shift and is open even past 3.30pm
  2. There is a clinic next door to it
But seeing that reporters these days do a good job of bungling the simplest reports,let's go through the list of all the restaurants in Prima Tanjung shall we? With a plausible reason why someone would want to hurt another over mere food.
  1. Old City Food Court -faced with almost no business yet stubbornly refuses to light up his signboard probably due to quack fengshui advice
  2. Sumida Japanese Restaurant -original Japanese owner Passed Away,leaving his Malaysian wife in charge...hmmmm
  3. Spring Cafe - a Borhochiak.blogspot nominee who has now jumped on the group discount bandwagon to pump up sales
  4. No Eyed Deer - opens past 3.30pm on a Saturday,and like no.3,has also resorted to bulk couponing
  5. Aji Noren
  6. Taipei Food Avenue
Did a quick reconnaisance,and found that out of all the outlets,only Spring Cafe stayed shut.
Sumida,the nearest to the said clinic was up and running.

So who is it?
Your guess is as good as mine.
Thus,if you're really curious,it's best for you to go check it out yourself.

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Restaurant Owner's Son Stops Gunman In His Tracks
The Star, December 18th 2011

GEORGE TOWN: A young man suffered only light injuries despite grappling with a gunman who fired three shots during a struggle at a restaurant in the Prima Tanjong commercial complex in Tanjong Tokong.
The gunman had gone to the restaurant at about 3.30pm yesterday where the victim, 24, who is the son of the restaurant owner, was enjoying a meal with another customer.
Upon seeing the gunman with a revolver tucked in his waist, the son rushed towards to the gunman to prevent the latter from using his gun as panicked customers and workers ran outside the restaurant upon seeing the struggle.
The gunman managed to fire a shot, grazing the left side of the head of the restaurant owner’s son.
A second shot ricocheted off the floor before the gunman let off a third shot that grazed his own neck.
The gunman then dropped the gun and fled in a car.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said a Smith & Wes­son revolver was recovered from the scene.
He added that the police had obtained leads on the identity of the suspected gunman.
“The injured son was treated at a clinic next to the restaurant for minor injuries,” he added.
A manhunt has been launched a search for the gunman, who is be­­lieved to be a hired assassin.

Sticky @ Pavillion,Kuala Lumpur

For the sake of a clutch of Aussie franchised technicolour sweets,I waded through the horrible jams of Kay El proportions on a "when you are there,don't forget to get this this this,plus that and those for me "errand.

From all the second hand hype I had heard,coupled with enthusiastic enquiries written all over its Malaysian facebook page,who wouldn't have expected this shop to be an Aladdin's crystal cave where zam zam alakazam,every candy you ever wished for,was a command  they would fulfill?

Instead,when you arrive here,doesn't matter if you are armed with a ready to swipe platinum.
Brace yourselves for the following
  1. You have to clamour,claw,plead,threaten or cajole barely out of their teens staff for a damn bottle of their rock hard glazed beads.
  2. You also have to pit your wits against other shoppers on the lookout for THAT elusive mixed flavour bottle
  3. The shop is so small,so uncool,confined as a toilet that looks as if it were modelled after a Bak Kwa chain
  4. EVERY SHELF IN THE SHOP IS EMPTY ! THERE'S JUST NOTHING TO BE BOUGHT !
  5. Save for the lowest shelf .Where they DARE hawk rejected tak jadi candy labelled as "Off Cut" for $5 a blob of malformed faecal bricks.
  6. The highest shelf behind the inaccessible fortress is where they display individual laboratory glasswares containing a rainbow of opium shades.
  7. The local staff are really hardcore,answering every query with a robotic face and similar toned reply  since they have to put up with the hapless foreign candymakers beside them,gaggles of gawking onlookers staring at The Process,juggle freeloaders inching their fingers past yet another body,while keeping the shadow stalking precustomers at bay.
  8. For what is essentially supposed to be a happy confection,this place is seriously understaffed,the workforce tediously overworked,the onslaught of insatiable customers causing the problem.. depressingly oversold.
  9. The candy looks better on their facebook.In reality,what you get are sweets that are so roughly chopped due to time factor,the end result is a dusty hypothesis of shimmering bamboo dart splinters.
  10. This is a TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT outlet.There is simply no range and no choice leaving you no room to be fussy.Forget about special requests.Don't even fantasize about laying your hands on personalised compressions.Grab what you can,that is if there is even anything left for you to grab.
  11. You have to spend some time here,staking out the shop,scanning their shelves in and out,up and down like a madman for new flavours that they MIGHT add,akin to bait on a fishing rod with you as the ultimate catch.What the fish!
  12. Worst of all is the anti shoplifting reminder "Shoplifters Will Be Prosecuted"I mean,what the heck is there to shop or lift when everything is still in the process of being made?
The following is a true conversation yours truly engaged in with one of their  Canneversmile cashiers who also pitifully have to double up as packers,under warm,underlit conditions,for their kiamsap bosses.

Sucktomer : Miss,do you have any more candy?
MissSticky : No
Sucktomer : What about the colourful ones?
MissSticky : No
Sucktomer : (pointing to the whole pile of multi hued bags behind her) Then what about those?
MissSticky : No
Sucktomer : What time will they be ready?
MissSticky : Later
Sucktomer : Ok then,when is the best time for me to come back?
MissSticky : Don't Know
Sucktomer : Pleaselah,I come from very far.Aiyoh,not even one jar left?
MissSticky:  No

I cannot imagine anybody ever describing this nightmare of a chopshop as a workplace of their dreams.

In the end I had to settle for a single flavour that the Banglanators were uncopingly churning out slower than the furiously waiting crowd could fathom.

Not to be outdone,I returned the next morning,a party of three beat me to the first jar,then the second,before I gave up on the third.
What am I talking about? Well,you see,the thing is this.
They only put one bottle out at a time for the most popular range.Leaving us to scramble for scraps or wait around like beggars ,for the exact time they decide to release another ONE jar.

While this gimmick employed has been successful in sparking a frenzy,Never again,will I return!

Conclusion : Sticky is Icky!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Diesel Humanoids @ Malaysia

"Manufacturers are believed to have bought the oil used in restaurants through middlemen and processed it for re-sale.
The association sent the samples for “polar compound testing” to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, which found all 19 brands falling short of international standards"......................

so say the Shell-shocking excerpts taken from The Star which makes one wanna taC-a-strol down the aisles of a filthy hypermart,to pour a packet of petroNas-ty cooking oil down the Esso-hole manufacturers gut.

After reading all the articles in depth,I have come to the conclusion that we are a nation doomed,cos almost all mamaks,indians and malays use the cheap oil packets,while the chinese hawkers,even upmarket chu char restaurants love the savings from recycled oils refilled into imitation brand named bottles.

Courtesy of the brainless bloodsuckers,the big names who dare to sell us recon cooking oils,now every Malaysian is guaranteed of high blood,screwed up livers,stiff arteries so we can all experience a once in a lifetime real good sock it to ya jolting heart attack episode.

Fuuuhhh.
Need an adreneline rush? Take a packet of oil.
Need to commit suicide?Put it on drip.
Now you tell me....what is not Borhochiak?
Every-freaking-thing.....unless you can completely avoid eating out.

Not impossible you say?
Ok..let's all stay home,as we enjoy a wonderful cookout buffet comprising
  • pesticide white rice
  • potassium sorbate steamed buns
  • malathion watercress soup
  • melamine omelettes
  • ractopamine stewed trotters
  • coliform grilled eel
  • formaldehyde prawn gulai
  • nitrofuran fish drizzled in arsenic soya sauce
  • roasted fake beef basted in anti freeze vinegar and chloramphenicol honey
Whoppee. The cancer is in us from day one of our existence already.
A spoonful of Malaysian cooking oil a day,is Satans idea of foreplay.

My epitaph will probably read : Dibunuh oleh Cap Buruh
next to another that proclaims : Caltex-ed


Refer to the series of articles below .
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Cooking Oil Hazard
The Star exclusive (13th nov 2011)

PETALING JAYA: The oil in the food you eat may well have been recycled and meant for diesel engines or some other industrial use.
Unscrupulous manufacturers buy repeatedly used cooking oil from restaurants and process it for sale in 1kg packets.
As it is cheap, it is popular not just among the public. Many food outlets buy the used oil in new packaging while livestock farmers use it for animal feed.
Thus, the meat they sell, cooked with the oil, is doubly hazardous to your health.
Tests on 19 brands sold at grocery stores and supermarkets nationwide showed the oil to be unsafe for human consumption, according to the Malaysian Association of Standards Users.

Recycled Oil Sold As New
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/12/13/nation/20111213064749&sec=nation

Too Costly To Turn Cooking Oil Into Biodiesel Says Middleman
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/12/13/nation/20111213064903&sec=nation

Monday, December 12, 2011

Xmas Wishlist charity drive @ Parkson,Gurney Plaza

Update :

Even MPH bookstores has jumped on the bandwagon by hanging up the names of kids from St Josephs Home.What makes it even worse here is that it is a nationwide exercise with receipients that are from corresponding localities.

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There are a few things that are way so wrong with this.

  1. First of all,the list of names of the children are publically displayed at the perfume section near the escalators on the ground floor.What's wrong with that? Well,those on the list are kids who are under the auspices of the CHILDREN'S PROTECTION SOCIETY.Kids who have been abused or neglected.Do you think they would want the whole world to know that their names are up there?It makes you angry,that the children are exploited both by Parkson as well as CPS in the name of charity.This is so not noble of them even though by doing so it might reach more people.Would be far better if they had been assigned anonymous single names.INSENSITIVE !
  2. You feel very sad because all the 8 to 14 year olds are asking for,are simple things like a pair of black jeans,one pair of sandals.The most fanciful is a Barbie doll,then a Ben 10 watch and smurf  t-shirt combo.Two other girls need sports shoes for sports events. There's a boy who's asking for a sketch book with art stationery.And a girl who just wants a dress.
    Yet when you check the "Wish Granted" column,ONLY THREE WISHES HAVE BEEN GRANTED.
  3. It hits you hard that Penangites who pride themselves on being so charitable,only believe in donating second hand used goods which they themselves have tired off instead of buy something nice and new for the children,when they so easily contribute to Switch's coffers without batting an eyelid.
  4. The next problem is the problem of trust.Certainly does not help matters,as it is an open secret that the staff in the Customer Service section of Parkson in Penang are DISHONEST.The chinese lady acts dumb,the gay guy always tries his best to evade customer queries,the indian girl blur and quiet.the malay girls abbrasive,bad tempered,chattering and blaming the dumb chinese lady when possible cos she too probably is smart but plays old bimbo.Everyone prefers playing politics than attending to the customers.It's such a mess.ALL OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICERS IN PARKSON GURNEY PLAZA SHOULD BE SACKED.Tesco Tg Pinang,Carrefour Prai,Sunshine Farlim,Sunshine Times Square,Giant Prangin Mall...are not spared of scumbag staff like these.These crap frontliners are notoriously reknowned for being unscrupulous,blur,uncaring or might even pocket things for themselves.
  5. Upon further digging,I found out that part of the problem surfaced because when times were good, some of these charitable organisations dictated and rejected donors according to their whims and fancies.The administrators would pick the events they wanted,not with the kids interest at heart.Thus today,they partly have themselves to blame when donors tighten their wallets or shun them without thinking of the impact on the little ones welfare.
If you can,please go and take a look at the list .
See if you have anything that you may want to give.
You are not compelled to purchase the items from Parkson.
Go upstairs to their Customer Service department .
Pass them the gift of your choice to the corresponding child .
You can buy it from somewhere else.It doesn't matter.
Tell them it is for the Christmas wishlist.
They will get it wrapped for the kids and pass it to them on your behalf HOPEFULLY.

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Village Coffee Shop (Seafood Noodles) @ Weld Quay

While I have no complains about the freshness,service,drinks,taste,portion nor price,some in our group did complain of the following
  1.  Extreme thirst after trying out the Tom Yam noodle version here.
  2. The older set in our party of anonymous 'testers',found it strange that they felt a certain numbness and aches in their body almost immediately after we left this place.
  3. The younger ones were divided,some huffed that the clear soup version (non spicy),was not something they would return for,while others found it pleasant and nice.

Things you need to know before you head here.

  1. The shop itself while clean,is in surrounds that are not.One can be at risk from sewage crossover contamination into the water supply as there is a ongoing roadworks at the moment.
  2. Diners on the road shoulder itself are at high risk of being mowed down by irrate and crazed drivers during rush hour and bad jams.If you are not familiar with the driving habits on Penang roads,please know that this is top of the meter because of the high amount of diners and limited space which makes the owner put tables and chairs out further than desired,not caring if the Grim Reaper picks us when time is up.
  3. You need to place your order at the back of the shop and pick your ingredients.Fresh fish slices are weighed by the gram.On the average,one huge ingredient packed bowl will set you back $9
  4. The kitchen staff and drink makers are level headed foreigners with one flustered local lady taking orders like she is on a bed of Kotex.
  5. If you like Joo Leong you might find this a poorer cousin.But if you don't like Joo Leong mainly due to the price,you might like it here cos its like $3 less with a ton of stuff.
  6. Deep fried fish is served with fresh lime for you to squeeze yourself minus sambal,which I think you have to request but I didn't bother enquiring cos the scaly shoreline fish,which we had,though tiny, was done better,flaky,juicy,white, than most fish n chips restaurants.
  7. Deep fried fish roe can be extremely bitter
  8. Their Tom Yam soup is the sweet type, which is hot as hell,yet toe curling sour,so you can embark on a trip to the moon free of charge.

Shariff Nasi Kandar stall @ Gelugor

I swear you will grow fat overnight after you eat here.
Not that I am too particular about calories,yet it alarmed me to see that it was hard to ease the zip all the way up, after 2 days of dissecting the various dishes here.
If I ever become a regular customer. I know i will definitely transform from a small sized chinese into a huge lopsided Benggali Michelin spare tyre woman.With so many love handles,that time I'll need to buy extreme large panties from the mobile lingerie MAN (scream!!!pervert !!) in busy Chowrasta market.
Partially explains why one can spot lots of obese people taking time out to line up patiently forming a bloated human barricade ,bringing to life an otherwise scrawny, quiet roadside hawker area .

If you come too early,they're not open yet.
Too late,and they're wiped out.
Best way to spot if the place is open or not is to sneak a peek from busy the main road.
Once the snaking line of slow shuffling motley of Malaysians small,big and huge (as if this were a soup kitchen line )comes in view,pray hard that there's still some scraps left for you.
Line up and get turned off by the messy spilled warzone curries lining the open shelves. that come transported CIA style(cos they do their job so swiftly under the cover of darkness,F1-ing out of sight,leaving a smoke trail as you peer past the halo of the flickering bulb back at them) in the most gross out pasar malam style van,with destroyed carpetting,the stuff cockroach and rodent dreams are made off.
Yea,they don't cook food there on the spot.God knows what kinda of kitchen churns out their scret recipes.
What you don't see,you don't need to know.

Curries here have almost no aji,designed to accumulate at the hips and stay there for good.
If the thought of asking the Chowrasta Creep for undies in your size,doesn't freak you out,go ahead and enjoy without a care in the world.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Mohd Ghani - Cake Confectioner Extraordinaire @ Pulau Pinang

No guts no glory.Got Shit cake,got story.
How else would one describe the very 'affectionate" Mohd Ghani, the mamu pulau pinang,who outwardly looks so cute and cuddly as a teddy bear,what with his neatly kept nice,trim beard,but the instant someone really gets his gall,transforms into the Walrus of Lebuh Tek Soon,consumed by the sole objective of dunking someone's head in Komtar's toilet bowl even with 20 policemen restraining him?
If it were me,I'd rather choose the toilets at the hawker centre near Heng Ee roundabout,for that added yucks factor....or if that is too far,drag the ' like father like son ' brylcreemed hairdoness to scour the drains surrounding Chit Teow Lor .
And while he's at his bullying best,why not target Ng Wei Aik too? Well,perhaps he's not THAT stupid .After all it takes two madmen to cause an accident,I always believe.He must know its much easier to smear a muzzled lapdog than a schizophrenic Alsatian

Publicity mad,creative,failure,nothing to do,unrelentless madman,maniac,lunatic,crazy,mid life crisis,rebel with a stupid cause,nyanyuk,brave------public opinion is divided about him.
Like it or not,jam causing or not,many would stop to gawk,tourists would take pictures,tongues will wag and aunties giggle at the sight of him trying to huff and puff and blow Komtar down (that is if his lungs don't collapse or his heart gives up on him first....whoah that would be dramatic).
A classic case of David versus Goliath
Or Vade versus Banchang kuih.
More relevant,make it Tuan Toilet Duck versus Sir Jamban.

To think it all started when his customer base dwindled.From a trader who was ekking an everyday living to infamy.Maybe he can't take the increasing number of cars honking at him on the road.Or he's gone limp between the sheets.
Who knows...maybe Mr Frustrasi earns more $$,and fulfillment these days pulling off childish pranks like these.

Seeing that he adores the colour black,the number four,his fetish for shit and death related paraphernalia ,plus his affinity for being the Yelling Pavarotti of Prangin,I wish him all the best in all his feng shui unfriendly,bad luck accumulating endeavours,that makes Penang so much more interesting and arresting.
All the world may be his stage, but when his long winded encore, leaves traders afuming as business comes to a standstill,local audiences will grit their teeth,stuff in the earplugs and keep their pangsaichua crossed hoping someone will relegate him to life behind some bucket system.

Look MG,we don't like the way DAP is running and ruining Penang,neither do we enjoy seeing the Gaddafi like fat ugly female blogger bodyguard escorting the high ranking Nerd,like a nurse shark everywhere he goes,just as much as you,but we'd rather pool our resources to sponsor your one way ticket to ship you out to Timbuktu just as soon..
So we never have to face the traumatising sight of an uncle with nicely ironed shirts,screaming on nationwide telly and have our boring uneventful lives back again..

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Unsavoury Birthday Cakes For Guan Eng
(9th dec,2011)

GEORGE TOWN: Penang’s ‘king of protest’ Mohamed Ghani Abd Jiman is not leaving Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng in peace — not even on the latter’s birthday.
Mohamed Ghani, who has been described as the biggest thorn in Lim’s side, tried to hand over four sponge cakes in the shape of human excreta to Lim at Komtar on his 51st birthday yesterday.
He also brought along what was initially thought to be a cake in the shape of the number ‘4’ which was made of polystyrene and covered in black-coloured cream.
Only when he cut this cake was it revealed that it was polystyrene underneath the cream.
“This is to show that the Pakatan Rakyat state government looked nice on the outside but was fake on the inside,” said Mohamed Ghani who is Pertubuhan Suara Anak-Anak Malaysia chairman.
He said the number ‘4’ symbolised Pakatan entering into its fourth year of administration in Penang which he claimed would be its last year.
Mohamed Ghani, who was accompanied by four of his members, was however unable to deliver the cakes as Lim’s politicial secretary Zairil Khir Johari said Lim’s birthday was a personal matter.
“Neither Lim, who is on his way back from an official visit to Taiwan, nor any of the staff from the state government will be receiving any gifts from the public,” he said, adding that members of the public who wished to present gifts could do so by donating to any charitable cause.
The door on Level Three of Komtar which leads to the lifts going up to the state government’s offices was locked to prevent Mohamed Ghani and his entourage from entering.
Ten police officers, who were stationed at the lobby, ordered the group and reporters to disperse 25 minutes after they arrived at noon.
Mohamed Ghani left the four sponge cakes at the guard counter at the door before leaving.
He said the edible chocolate-flavoured cakes, costing RM78 in total, were meant to symbolise that Lim was “running the state like s....”
He said he would send Lim another present for Christmas later this month. He and members of several Malay non-governmental organisations had also given three black cakes to Lim as birthday present last December.

Meiji Milk Powder Recall alert

Would you trust the statement issued by Liow? Nope. Fat hopes in me believing a word.I would say vested interest in GE donor protectionism is more likely the cause of his rather 'positive' reassurance to us.

So if he says that its not imported from Japan then where from is Meiji Milk produced ? Made in China,double routed from Indonesia or what? This is just opening up a can of worms.
Are we at risk of consuming melamine milk from China? or gonna have the next generation of  glow in the dark,X men style of mutants cruising past Padang Brown 20 years from now?

As for FoSim's claims I say fiddlesticks. They're just protecting the importer's asses from suffering huge losses.Not in the least bothered about us.
Why not ask them to feed Meiji milk to their kids or their grandkids if it's so safe?

Let's just try not to eat anything Japanese or fly there for the next 50 years or so,just to be on the safer side.

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Liow : No Danger In Food Products From Japan
The Star Online 8th Dec


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians need not worry about radioactive contamination in food products from Japan, Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said.
Liow was responding to media reports that manufacturer Meiji Holdings Co had recalled 400,000 tins of Meiji Step baby formula from Japanese markets after it was found to be contaminated by radioactive material.
Meiji is based in Saitama prefecture, Japan. Its factory is located about 200km from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where damaged reactors experienced a meltdown following the March 11 quake and tsunami.
According to reports, the contaminated milk powder contained 22-31 becquerel (bq) of the radioactive materials Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 per kg.
“The Health Ministry wants to make clear that the (Meiji Step) baby formula has not been imported into Malaysia,” Liow said.
According to Liow, this was based on information he had received from the Food Safety Information System of Malaysia (FoSim).
He added that all food imported from areas in Japan that were at risk from radioactive contamination, including Saitama prefecture, underwent Pemeriksaan Tahap 5 (Tahan, Uji & Lepas) as part of FoSim's procedure.
“Through this examination process,” Liow said, “samples from the food consignments are analysed for radioactive contamination. The consignment is cleared only if the sample complies with safety standards.”
He added that if members of the public still had doubts about the safety of any food product, they could make a report to the Health Ministry at their nearest district health office (PKD) or state health department (JKN).
Alternatively, they could do so online at the ministry's website

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Food Safety Issues @ Penang Supermarts,Hypermarts.

Update :
11 dec 2011

Amazing ! I don't know if it is a coincidence,or if someone extremely influential is reading my blog.Or a little bird passed the info to those who wield the big stick.
This weekend,marked the first time that the Giant in Penang Plaza was smell free,the floors of its Prangin outlet actually CLEAN ! Same case for Tesco. NO STENCH !
Thank you to you,whoever you are,for taking time out to read all the poundings from my heart.Woah,you really went ahead and did something about it.

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I wouldn't just play the broken record in KR1M stores alone.
A check on their website shows just two stores on the mainland.One in Bagan Serai,the other at Air Tawar,Butterworth.Pretty insignificant if you ask me.

Everyone knows that Tesco,an arm of Khazanah,dares sell food products of questionable standards.It is so easy to adopt a German cockroach especially at its E-Gate outlet.
I once bought some Meatyfoods sliced ham from its deli that was tough as plastic and tasted like Maling luncheon meat.Another time I made the mistake of picking up some Gourmessa halal breakfast sausages near the cheese section,that made me utter PKM.
Its presence in Tg Pinang brought out the worst in the many makan places I patronise.
The quality of the 'fresh' eggs lining their shelves are a horror story waiting to be told.
Especially when it comes to flour related products bought from this retailer.Mamak canai and malay kuih is now as chewy and tasteless as a Jewish diet.

Also,Cold Storage and most Giant stores,run by hongkies, are notoriously infested with rats.Their chiller department displays spoilt meats and rotten vegetables.Both have non halal delis stocking fresh gone sour choices.
When the Mawai brand of fresh milk from Johor first made its debut and started selling out faster than hotcakes,they decided to substitute it with their in house First Choice brand thinking that we're stupid.Their milk has not been selling.

All three places are reknowned for rotting perishables.

Grocery shopping at the Sunshine Group, is like a hit and miss episode.After a bad experience,I now avoid buying potatoes from there.

Inspected the Bandar Baru supermart in Pulau Tikus and found its chiller to be full of decaying greens.
Pacific has a problem with an unsavoury stink emenating from the butcher's area.

I hardly shop at Mydin,Econsave and Carrefour,thus it would be unfair of me to compare.

Let's look at the list of recalled products
  1. fresh milk
  2. ice cream
  3. evaporated milk
  4. sweetened creamer
  5. ghee
  6. fruit jam
  7. oyster sauce
  8. canned sardines
  9. canned curry chicken
Add to that MY OWN list of food products which I really think should be subjected to tests
  • Bumblee Bee brand of tuna from thailand
  • cereals,dried legumes
  • Baba's curry powder
  • ready to consume birds nest
  • ready to drink chicken essence
  • most sardine brands
  • canned mushrooms
  • locally produced Campbells Soup in tin
  • all Munchy's brand of coffee products
  • London biscuits
  • every cheap flour brand
  • Gardenia and High Five white sliced breads which never turn mouldy even after 2 weeks in the open
  • rejected food products from mainland china and hongkong,repacked and sold in Giant stores
  • First Choice,Gooday,Marigold,Dutch Lady fresh milk and fresh chocolate milk
  • hams and sausages sold in delis at Cold Storage and Tesco stores
  • various cheap single packed sliced cheese brands
  • long cabbage,round cabbage,brocolli,cauliflower sold at Tesco
  • carrots,potatoes,smoked garlic from Sunshine
  • fresh chicken,beef,fish and offals sold at Tesco,Cold Storage,Giant.
  • eggs supplied to all hypermart chains
  • all cordials and chilled juices
  • mouldy mushrooms and strawberries sold at Tesco and Giant.
Now,what is really worrying is the domino effect when mamaks,hawkers and restaurants try to save cost and shop in these places.
And what happens when that ends up in our stomach.
Going through the list,I tell myself to remove teh tarik,tosai ghee,cheap ice cream,unbranded breakfast jams,just about every chinese chu char dish,cheap canned sardines,cheap canned curry chicken off my list.
But,that's about IMPOSSIBLE

As well as another matter altogether.
The question is NOT a matter of why major newspapers hushed up,Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai's confirmation as to the existence of E. coli bacteria in the 1Malaysia fresh milk.
But why just confine the attack exclusively to KR1M stores when  surely the bloodbayers must know,that there are many spoilt apples and eggs in the basket as well.Unless they leave it to their maids or close one eye as long as kiamsapness does the job of saving for them.

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No Charge For KR1M
The Sun (Pauline Wong)

PETALING JAYA (Dec 6, 2011): The suppliers of Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M), which has been hit by food item recalls, will not be punished for mislabelling the products – despite this being an offence under two food laws.
Health Ministry director-general Datuk Seri Hasan Abdul Rahman confirmed that the KR1M management has been told to remove 13 affected products from its shelves and relabel them accordingly.
Mislabelling or providing inaccurate information on a product’s nature and content is an offence under the Food Act 1983 and Food Regulations 1985. Those found guilty face a fine or three years jail term under the Food Act, and RM5,000 fine and maximum two years’ jail, or both under the Food Regulations 1985.
Pressed again if KR1M suppliers will be charged, Hasan replied, “No, we have asked them to relabel the affected products.”
However, the decision not to charge KR1M has riled the Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (Fomca), whose president Datuk Marimuthu Nadason berated the ministry for its lack of action.
“Shame on the Health Ministry for not taking firm action. The law is the law. There can be no double-standards (in this matter).
“Our food regulations are some of the best in Asia but if they look good only on paper, without implementation, you might as well disregard them,” he said.

A senior official of the Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperatives Ministry, which oversees the KR1M initiative nationwide, said it had no jurisdiction over food items. The officer, however, said, “We are serious about asking suppliers to adhere to Health Ministry regulations.”
The officer said the mislabelling could be a mistake born of ignorance as many suppliers were small-medium enterprises and stressed that it was not a food safety issue.
However, Marimuthu claimed mislabelling was not the only concern and hit out at the management of KR1M, which sells generic household items and foodstuff at up to 50% cheaper than other house brands.
“We want those who are responsible for these stores to follow the standards and regulations as laid out in the Food Act and Food Regulations,” he said.
He said the intention might have been noble, but the products must be capable of building “confidence” among consumers or it would go to waste.
The products sold at the KR1M came under scrutiny after several opposition MPs raised issues of contamination, misleading food labels and products not compliant with regulations.
On Saturday, the Health Ministry ordered 13 KR1M branded products – fresh milk, sweetened condensed creamer, condensed milk, oyster-flavoured sauce, fruit jam, canned chicken curry, mango cordial, ghee compounds, peanuts, peanut butter and sardines – removed from the shelves for relabelling. It also confirmed that the KR1M fresh milk tested positive for E. coli bacteria contamination, a strain of bacteria which cause food poisoning.
Following this, KR1M management said in a statement on Sunday that it will re-test some 250 products. It said the tests for all 250 1Malaysia products would cost up to RM300,000 and be borne by the suppliers and manufacturers.
Marimuthu said Fomca had tested the products and will present its results to the Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperatives Ministry on Thursday. He did not reveal what the tests were, but said he would clear up the matter and seek assurance of consumer safety.
When contacted, Mydin Mohamad Holdings managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin said the management had taken appropriate action to address concerns, starting with recalling the mislabelled products.
Mydin manages the KR1M stores, including supplies. “Like any responsible retailer, when there is an issue with the products, the priority is to recall the products and return to the market as soon as possible,” he said.
He dismissed concerns over food safety, insisting that it was only mislabelling, and added that some of the products had been relabelled and put back on the shelves. Ameer Ali said consumers who bought any of the 13 recalled products could return them for a full refund.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Kitchen Musical @ Malaysian TV

After all the hype in the media,I finally succumbed to the temptation of being lured by very mouthwatering and tantalizing musical snippets shown daily over the idiot box.

I thought the show would be exciting,with lots of singing and dancing.
Rah rah rah.Hyper upbeat and so on.
Happy that it was to be a more posh,polished and "grown up" show,as how one reviewer put it.
Aimed the remote.Hoped to be entertained and inspired.
Really looked forward to this.

An annoying watch,it turned out to be,much like trying to swat a fly from landing on your steamed siakap.
This is worse than the worst 70s Malay drama,with such laboriously tedious acting,slower paced than a turtle digging the sand in Pantai Kerachut.
There's so much ego on the plate,that when the reality sinks so hard into your brain,as to what a really bad show this is,the resulting impact can cause the Mengkuang Dam to turn Penang island into the Asian Atlantis.
Fact is... while they can sing,the overall performance is still not completely free of grimacing emo moments.
And when they're not cavorting with melodies,the air is so mortuary still and columbarium silent,you breathe less,lest you end up breaking some of their fine china.

Stephen Rahman Hughes looks so fat and when he dance-lands on his feet,Putrajaya actually rattles.
Those in chambermaid aprons excell in shaking their tits like kawai macarenas.Irritating you with their brand of cheap dim witted 'humour' and over the top awfully tarty sexiness.
The HK supermodel frowns so much,you wanna give her a free voucher for botox.Makes you wonder if she's related to Ru Paul.

Watching the kitchen musical is like chewing curry Maggi Mee with balut embryo soup in a Marina Bay Sands restaurant.
Looks impressive but since it is supposed to be consumed at a tortorous pace,leaves a hard to swallow after taste and an upset tummy.Enough to give one heartburn.

Look,I'm not the only one who thinks this show is crap.
Bad enough that this musical is associated to a Penang kia,CheeK.
Oh....the cheeK of him.

Luckily for you,I have an accidental recipe below for you to follow.
It's called the Confit de Tempoyak,after this show.



Confit de Tempoyak

  1. Put Lea Salonga's brother in an unbiodegradable mixing bowl to beat together the musical arrangements.
  2. Select a half past six durian of the CheeK species as the binding agent
  3. Allow to ferment together with a rojak cast of Pinoys,Mat salleh celups,perasan actors and F grade actresses
  4. Roast those tiga suku ingredients in your tv at 180 degrees
  5. Allow your temper to cool a bit after consumption

Read other opinions below.

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.....I was disappointed with the show.
Granted,I didn’t finish it and I barely made it through the performance of The Police’s Every Breath You Take and LaBelle’s Lady Marmalade. I felt that there was a lack of energy, of passion, that Glee had. Sure, I stopped following the series after the second season but I can vouch that there was passion going on - last I heard, Quinn even had a baby. In short, Kitchen’s singing was dead.
Even the resident diva (I’m assuming she was the one belting in Lady Marmalade) didn’t cut it. She didn’t have the star quality Lea Michelle as Rachel Berry had. Perhaps it was her obscene ambition but when she sang Cabaret’s Maybe This Time, Barbra Streisand’s Don’t Rain On My Parade, and Rihanna’s Take A Bow, you could feel the raw emotion and the undeniable greatness of her unique vocal range.
I’m sure The Kitchen Musical has a great plot. But if I’m going to follow a TV-musical, the musical performances better remind me of Kristen Chenowith, if not Barbra Streisand or Liza Minnelli.

Twend it indonesia
 RT @AisyhShrm: The Kitchen Musical is the most stupid show ever made. It's pointless.

The Suck Report on Twitter

HudMohaffri:
The Kitchen Musical sucks.
Saturday, October 22nd 8:10 PM

hyper_maxine:
The Kitchen Musical SUCKS ! I rather watch barbie !
Saturday, October 22nd 3:32 PM

ivonity:
The casting for The Kitchen Musical sucks ass. Whoever is their casting director didn't do his/her job well unless he/she wasn't paid.
Saturday, October 22nd 2:56 PM

Miri Community.net
damn stupid singaporeans prancing around like they are models
worst acting on tv

YouTube
heywatchme101 - shit show rather watch Gordon Ramsay rage on hells kitchen
now thats the REAL stuff
this show is a flop

Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Islander (Lunch buffet) @ Traders Hotel,Jalan Magazine

Many government officers descend from the clouds in Komtar to dine amongst  the kangtowless mortals on this ground floor.Some are regulars who have 'potential customers' sponsoring them.Others a gaggle of yikkity yakkety,shark feeding frenzy,opis makciks who keep piling on their plates keeping the the ice cream bin for last, you actually begin to wonder how much time they have left, before they have to change their figure shaping corset.

Some company bosses like to entertain here for two reasons,cos they can get good discounts and points,also because they can 'bump' into the bunch above.

If you are a company of two, you also get to sit next to empty 'reserved' for Japs tables. tapaued by tour companies.

Service staff is as expected of this chain,warm and friendly,personal when needed,yet knows how to keep their distance with just one thorn in their otherwise sterling track record.Refer to * below

Overall most of the foods offered on buffet here is typically average hotel fare.Really surprising considering that this is under the Shangri-La group.
Can't say the same about the Malay dishes (that is,if they have them on that day),these are much better tasting.
Their quiche(again,depending if they are on the menu) is pretty good but their roasts get snapped up so fast by the kangtow seekers and the kangtow hinters,most times you only get to see the cold unwanted mutilated cuts,they 'kindly' left behind.Which ends in you nursing a nice hot cup of robust coffee ,to calm down your nerves.

Nothing is memorable except for these below.

AVOID the chinese roasted meats counter,everything is bleaugh,the duck is smelly,the chicken is so so,even the rice is bongam.Only thing nice is the plain soup.Seriously.

Cute,miniature chocolate based desserts look better than they taste,a different kettle of fish compared to their per slice chocolate cakes which are much better.

*Most everyone gets up to refill their own ice water/air suam cos somehow,the waiters and waitresses don't seem to enjoy topping your glass up for you.

Kopitiam hot gossip @ Penang

Owner of a famous kopitiam selling noodles in the morning has reportedly gone AWOL.
Not content with the business his father passed down to him,he is now said to be on the run from loansharks whom he owes a substantial amount of money.
Holding fort at the corner shop now,is his wife.I wonder how long she can last before they start intimidating and harassing her into coughing up the sum owed.
Not confined to him alone,his main draw plying his trade here too has had a run of bad luck over the past few years.Personal tragedy,illness and such.
A famous 'new' trader who relocated from another location to this shop also was not spared and quickly folded up after a short period.
Thus,quick,go get your fill of cockles,spices n bloodcakes,at this 'not exactly cheap' place,before something untoward happens.

Hint : it's not Seribu

Remember,you heard it here first.

Gay and Lesbian Trail @ Penang

Yep,there is a gay and lesbian guide to Penang.
Complete with listings of gay run or gay friendly establishments,pick up points,spots etc.
Everywhere you turn,there's another couple hand in hand.

Penang is just so gay n les,we straights are beginning to feel a little bit odd.
They're all over the place and they're certainly not shy about their sexuality and not in the least hiding at all,I tell you,no matter how many raids have supposedly caused them to go underground.
It hasn't.
They're on tour,staying two doors down,dining with their partners,next to you at the traffic lights,serving you fried chicken while checking you out.

Look,I don't wanna jabber on and on .
Am posting this up so that you don't end up passing the wrong message to the same sex across your table,at a rocky beach,in the complex,at the pool etc etc.Like what happened to me, when my antenna swung the wrong signal in the direction of a tomboy,drawing unwanted clothes piercing attention while waiting for my order to arrive at Nando's in Gurney.Had to keep my eyes peeled on my chicken for the entire duration to ensure she understood that I wasn't interested .

You might want to keep tabs on this list,so that your children don't get mistakenly identified by predators as the new blood,unless of course.....you made the mistake of herding them into Chung Ling or PCGHS,two reputed hotbed breeding grounds for unleashing the next wave of urm fresh cattle upon us =__=

Jack and Jill hiked up Penang Hill,
each searching for a partner,
Jack got down on John  ,
as Jill came,romping with Esther.


Reference : utopia-asia.com/malapena.htm.
                : letsbookhotel.com
Here are the excerpts taken from those sites.

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Food
  • Perut Rumah .Gay-owned and specializing in nyonya baba specialties
  • Mews Kafe.Gay and Lesbian friendly.is generally busy with in-the-know locals who appreciate the freshly homemade faire, including daily specials.
  • Suffolk House,Jln Air Itam.Waiters are gay friendly
  • Northam Beach Café .Near Gurney Dr. Reported to have gay customers week nights after 7pm. Good food, clean facilities.
  • Gurney Plaza Starbucks

Bars/Clubs

  • Bagan Lounge(used to be the only gay bar) has now closed down.New bar opening soon probably in Macalister Road.Same owner runs Thirty Two at the Mansion
  • Nine Krub Cafe Nagore Road.Friendly gay crowd
  • Boom Boom,next to Segafredo.Sat nights gays gather upstairs. Young, Chinese crowd.
  • 69 Mansion Club,next to Holiday Inn.Busy from Thu-Sat.Some transgender and gay guys

Hotels
  • Campbell House , Lebuh Campbell - gay friendly
  • Gurney Park Condominium , Jalan Kelawei -gay friendly
  • Baan Talay Homestay , Tg Tokong - gay friendly
  • Noble Villa Apartment , Jalan Macalister - gay friendly
  • Palanquinn Heritage Suites , Bangkok Lane - gay friendly
  • Straits Collection Hotel , Stewart Lane - gay friendly
  • Clove Hall , Jalan Clove Hall - gay friendly
  • Muntri Mews , Lebuh Muntri - gay friendly
  • Mango Tree Place , Jalan Phuah Hin Leong - gay friendly

Meeting Places/Hunting Spots
  • The small trail off the road, just past the Moon Gate as you head towards the Botanical Gardens. Popular with joggers in the daytime. You'll need to walk thru the bushes to discover this place with lot of activity, especially weekends (early morning 6-7am to late night past 11pm) and weekdays (after 5pm till midnight). Lots of joggers and hikers. Beware of decoys. At your own risk (take along a local friend if you can).
  • Gurney Plaza.G/F facilities can be crowded on weekends.
  • Batu Feringhi beach area near the international hotels.
  • The beach at the back of Ship restaurant is very cruisy after 4pm most days. Always good looking guys there. Lots of caucasians.
  • Tanjung Bunga beach, between Paradise Hotel/International School and at the rocks at the end. Especially afternoons and early evenings.
  • Teluk Bahang beach.In front of closed hotel.Few PLUs at very quiet beach.
  • Penang Youth Park.Facilities near the shop and area behind shops with tables to play checkers. Afternoons from 2-5pm.
  • Komtar Shopping Mall, 2/F and up facilities.
  • Midlands Park shopping center (formerly called, and still known as, One-Stop), including G/F and 2/F facilities. Sit outside at KFC to catch passersby.1/F and 3/F packed with action on Saturday nights
  • Queensbay Shopping Mall.G/F and 2/F and up.
  • Sunshine Farlim.Facilities in the evening.
  • Permata swimming pool at Farlim, Air Hitam. A nice place to meet others, 4pm onwards, especially on Wed and Thu evenings after 7:30pm. Some of the good looking and fit guys don't mind showing off in the shower room
  • Seberang Jaya swimming pool after working hours. There are a number of PLUs in the pool and facilities. Staff who are gay like to check out the scene,too
  • Ampang Jajar Garden near Permatang Pauh, noon-5pm. Young Malay and Chinese guys.
  • Park in Butterworth between the old British Fortress and city hall. After 10pm. At your own risk. Beware hustlers and police decoys.
  • Swimming pool in Seberang Jaya, Butterworth. On Sat and Sun, you can see lots of PLUs (all races) hunting in the facilities.
  • The garden on the hill inside Taman Bukit Indah (beside St. Annes). A nice place to meet at night.
  • Taman Hwa Seng (just opposite Wonderful Mini Market beside Jln Rozhan, around the Alma, Bukit Mertajam area). There is a river beside a playground. You can find the Taman signboard beside the road. Go to the playground to look for the same species, mostly after 8pm. You may find young PLU sitting alone. If you click, just walk down to the quiet river bank.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Sin Lean Heang @ Macallum Street Ghaut

I don't know which village these Hokkeins belonged to when they washed up on Penang island but they certainly are a disgrace,when it comes to cooking Bak Kee soup.
Worst Hokkein Bak Kee Th'ng version in the entire Hokkein world.
Holy shit,this is the baddest ass Hokkein soup I have ever tasted in my entire life,yet they have the gall to tell people that everyone should "learn to drink this soup because this is what Hokkein people drink".
Yea ...like you need to screw the many nuts loose in your head man.
Stop the bluffing and buck up on your cooking.Like seriously.And stop screwing around with those in the dark or messing with those in search of their roots by telling them that this is IT.
The real deal.What being Hokkein means/is all about.
Like when?Back in the old days when the Larut Wars were in vogue?Onboard a junk on the way here?
This is Inedibly Undrinkable.
You're crap.A bad cook.You messed up.Big time.This so,so,so wrong.Period.

It's so gross,the pork bits are encased in a tomb of sticky tasteless starch that is left to drench and drizzle in an oily well of basically what I would call hot salty brownish putrid water.Poured on top of raw white rigid shredded cabbages till it pierces the tastebuds with a sharp wasabe like smell that 'shoots up the nose".Picture drinking sulphuric soup with carelessly cut salads,with strips of quiverring pork floating around in a jungle hotspring and you'll get my dirft.
Chewing on the pork,makes the toes and knuckles curl in,cos the layer of flour is so thick,by the time your teeth journey to where the meat begins,you end up losing your appetite.If you believe that this actually works in tenderising the meat,one word to you,ugh! What it does is seal it from being overcooked,thus if the meat is done this badly to begin with,it ends up a failure both in and out.

While their noodle dishes,do certainly please beyond expectations tastewise,and the white rice,is amazingly fragrant,the oysters found within the noodles are too tiny for enjoyment and the prawns the cheapo jellyish translucent type preffered by todays CKT stalls.
The omelette is another disastrous outing in flour wrestling mania ,and becomes extremely jelak after 3 mouthfuls.Again,the oysters found here are too insignificant to taste.Comes with a crusty layer much like how the current oyster omelette stall in Yi Garden likes to do it.
One nice difference is the addition of kuchai.But how to enjoy when so jelak so quick?

Since a one hour wait was customary,we saw it fit to order some soya bean drinks.
Don't ! Even though it sells out fast,it tastes like dried soya skin juice blended together and seived into a bottle.
Ridiculous and horrid!

A word of caution.
The dishes here are extremely high in cholesterol as well as overloaded in zinc and iron from the oysters.
This in turn may cause symptoms like weakness,excessive sweating,giddiness,extreme sleepiness and swellings to occur.
Not recommended that you take a day trip here and drive back,immediately after a meal here.
Some will relate that,you might even get the feeling that your entire body as well as your brains feel a crushing pressure as if you were in an aircraft cabin.That,just from consuming those tiny minuscule sea creatures,can you imagine?
So what it boils down to is....
is the pleasure of a meal here worth the pressure?You be the judge of that.

Heng Kee aka Hing Kee @ China Street

MUST HAVE kangkong dish

horrible,terrible,crap,bullshit,disgusting,smelly,pongs,incredulously highly recommended exclusively by what I suspect to be impoverished born Penang bloggers,cos the rest of us,simply cannot take this damn blady vegetable dish that looks like your mother washed her green shredded dishcloth which some monkey from the botanical gardens had 'berak' on top garnished with diluted kiamhu shavings and rancid oil that smells like expired chinese walnuts.
Headache and vomit inducing.

Pak Poh Drumstick

spotted sickly pre frozen chicken with tongkwai and cordyceps sauce,intended to bounce you back to health in a strange way cos it comes off bitter as bittergourd.Once it goes down your throat you bounce up from your table ramrod straight like an eunuch vampire drained of blood.
Should only be consumed alone with rice and nothing else or else your tummy will do the water sprout dance on you.

Soups

weak,not rich,sickly,natural sweetness that might reverse your health into a disorder.

Tauhoo with fish dish

even a teenage scout attempting this dish for the first time,can cook better than this.

Eating here

Is so bad,even their staff look forward to greedily wolfing away at the delicious prawn crackers sold by a mobile hawker just outside their shop.

Makes you healthy if all you eat is a lettuce leaf a day or you grew up in extreme poverty

Detoxes you cos your bowels feel so clean and tongue devoid of culinary fulfillment,ten million galaxies apart from the A grade sparkling walls here.

Is a wonderful life changing experience if you have just stepped out of the trenches of World War II

Could possibly change your DNA structure and gene makeup,turning you into a stomach contortionist with possible lifelong conjunctivitis

Don't

Just don't believe a word those liars in cyberspace and the papers ever tell you about how great and nostalgic the food in this is place.This is a place which is reserved strictly for those used to worse than bland foods or health freaks afraid to die from consuming salt and every condiment except for herbs.
Don't waste your time and don't waste your life wittling away as you die eating the grossly overrated dishes here
Total cost is not expensive but just don't be tempted to stop here.
This is badder than bad.So bad it makes bad look good.
So outrageous that they dare vouch for it.Such an embarassment for them to think that this is indeed good at all.
Good grief,just go ahead and poison us all,already.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Goh Huat Seng,Steamboat @ Kimberley Street

Golden Rules You Have To Remember

  1. Never come here without a reservation
  2. Even if you have a reservation,you have half an hour to turn up before you loose your rights to it.
  3. Most everything comes saltless and tasteless.Perfect for those with diabetes and high blood.

The stock has zero taste.Almost no salt.Definitely aji free.
Worse still,it really smells,stinks and reeks of porky pork piglet and pig.Yucks.Yucks.Yucks.
I look around me,and I am baffled as to how come nobody seems to raise an issue with the odour.

Thus,I am forced to pour in soya sauce and anything else I can get my hands on into the stock.
That's the secret to why nobody is complaining.
A must have ingredient which works wonders amazingly,has got to be the chilli padi.
A true lifesaver,when hand in hand with the charcoal, in killing the "eau de la oink" .Turns out to be not bad cos the heat slowly builds up and zaps the tastebuds by stinging and searing them into paralysis.

The great thing about this place is
  1. the novelty of dining from a charcoal funeled antique 60's style steamboat and restaurant.
  2. comparatively affordable and relatively cheap price
  3. you actually feel full
  4. the selection is really fresh
  5. your kids stay quiet for a while,mesmerized by the flames
However the thought of the initial stink is such a stomach churning turn off,it doesn't matter if this is a Penang institution,I would not bring tourists nor recommend friends to come here.

Joo Leong Cafe,Seafood Noodles & Porridge @ Sungai Tiram,Bayan Lepas(Night)

Flip flopping through various blog reviews,there are varying opinions as to what makes this place tick.
As well as vastly deferring preferences regarding what dishes are perceived as hype.
Most find the price a bitch.
Sadly all end up agreeing that the stock is super yummy delectably mmm mmm rich,flavourful and good.

Here's my take on this place.

The good :

  1. Service is Quick Draw Mc graw-Faster Than Fast Food.You won't get the chance to warm your seat before your order makes its F1 entrance.
  2. Cleanliness level is awesomely spotless,super duper clean ! Remarkable considering the high traffic,endless stream of customers.
  3. The stalls in front are thank goodness just for added variety.Not for you to waste time and fill your tummy as you wait for your order.
  4. Drinks arrive at the speed of light.Are aromatic,rich,nicely sweet,refreshing and good.
  5. They are skilled at cooking fresh seafoods.Crabmeat will just fall off beautifully without getting stuck onto the shell.Prawns are sweet and succulent.Fried fishmeat (take note that this is fried till dry,Not juicy)is flavourful to the skin,gets more delicious in the simple stock.
  6. While,I agree it is not cheap to dine here,one bowl costs an average of $12 upwards,Where else is one gonna get seafood this fresh?
The bad :

  1. For the uninitiated,you are expected to figure out that you have to make your way to the back and place your order.The old man cum order taker, likes to give you that "when are you gonna make your move and come here you idiot" exasperated look with newbies.The rest of the family are just to 'polite' to help you out cos frankly they're too busy attending to their stations.
  2. The much touted soup is extremely ordinary,rather oily on the top and spoilt by the unnnecessary addition of tiny stalks of chinese celery.You see,when the star ingredients come at the "just-cooked" stage,it will definitely have a "locked-in-taste".Thus the flavours,whatever people say,simply won't spill out to enrich the stock. What you get is a noodle soup and broth stock that is still in its infancy.
  3. There are too little vegies perhaps due to the fact that the extremely high heat left them shrivelled,destroyed and useless.
  4. The broth while nice and fluffy,has way too much preserved veg,that is more suitable for a peasant/labourers version of pork broth rather than seafood porridge.No amount of pepper and chilli padi could help save this dish for me.A bad choice of mine,which I eventually abandoned after eating just one quarter of it before tucking wholeheartedly into my crab.
  5. The police like to open samans here.They always pass by here,since they like to hangout at a tomyam stall down the road.I don't blame them.The presence of this stall next to this busy road leading to the airport,poses a serious a traffic obstruction that endangers roadusers.Selfish customers desperate for a parking space love to double park,thus forcing speeding vehicles like buses and lorries to a sudden stop or to swerve onto the path of others in the next lane,that might in turn create ultimate mangle and mayhem.
  6. The stalls have more flavourful foods than them.Thus our order of "steamroller went over it" flattened chicken satay,(never mind that it was way too sweet for our own good and the peanuts sauce looked more like blended peanut rojak sauce),was snapped up greedily and quickly by us,since we were all still hungry cause frankly the soup,stock,noodles and broth sucked.
  7. The shopowner and breadstall lady have been infected with the Canneversmile disease
  8. If I ever return,I will probably order their seafood soup minus noodles,minus broth.Just pure boiled seafood.That's what the big fuss about this place is.Plain and simple boiled seafood soup for me please.Leave out the vegies too.I beg you.Then maybe I would fully appreciate my meal .

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

DAP the Dimwit bigots,Archaic chauvinists,brainless Pigs @ Penang

The problem stemmed from a fire at Jalan Gurdwara,the hotspot where Nepalese and Bangla run minimarts are incessantly subjected to apartheid like raids,probably designed to force them into closure.
Two local women,apparently approached the Assemblyman and asked him why he did not extend any aid to them.while the other fire victims received help.
Who else could be as abrrasive and racist as the lembu named Ng Wei Aik,father of "No-dining-under-the stars-applicable to-the mamakshops-only" crap double standard policy?

You have to see the video of the newsclip.Wait for the second lady who looks on the verge of tears caused by the YB aka Yapalot Bigmouth,to believe the audacity of the DAP zealots to dare discriminate against us local women,ostracising those who have become Muslim converts as well as for the "unforgivable" crime of them marrying Banglas.

To add insult to injury,they branded them traitors and accused them of starting the fires!
How dare they treat us women this way!

Try to click on this link below for the news report

http://origin-www.ntv7.com.my/7edition/local-en/TWO_WOMEN_LODGE_POLICE_REPORTS_AGAINST_DAP_ASSEMBLYMAN.html

Caused by "Drama At The Doorstep"

http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/11/23/north/9957169&sec=North

As well as a related list of reported raids before this 'suspicious"fire engulfed the row of shophouses.
I have actually patronised them before and honestly,they weren't filthy.
Clean,well stocked,cheap with a fresh array of goods up till beyond 11pm at night.
They were doing us a good service,bringing the area back to life and giving us a fair deal,preferring low profits.Pitiful.
Gangster tactic or what?

 8th nov  " A Fishy Business"
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/11/8/north/9855514&sec=north

12th oct  "Owner Fined for keeping live chickens and fish in shop"
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/10/12/north/9678141&sec=north

27th aug   "Three Mini Mart Owners Fined For Illegal Slaughtering"
 http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/8/27/north/9382336&sec=north

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Two Women Lodge Report Against DAP Assemblyman
(Ntv7,23rd November 2011)


In Penang, two women lodged police reports against a DAP assemblyman last night for allegedly accusing them of starting a fire as well as being traitors for marrying foreigners.

The women were victims of a fire that razed seven shophouses at Jalan  Gudwara, Georgetown yesterday.

The seven shophouses destroyed in the predawn fire were owned by locals including Sarimah Packeer Mohd and Fatimah Sharmin Abdullah who are married to Bangladeshis. 

A DAP assemblyman, accompanied by two men visited the fire victims and presented aid to all of them except the two women.

His alleged reason was that they were considered traitors for marrying foreigners and blamed them for the fire.

Sarimah and Fatimah lodged police reports against the assemblyman at the Lebuh Pantai Police Station last night.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Another Tragic Ending @ Tg Tokong

There are only so few shopping complexes within the radius of this area.
Island Plaza,Tesco,Straits Quay.
Though I can't pinpoint exactly where this did happen,there's only one Chinese restaurant with the capacity to host a wedding dinner.
The floor where that particular restaurant is to be found,does bring out the goosebumps.
Your guess is as good as mine,if this is indeed his workplace.

Is the skyrocketing cost of living on the island to blame for his predicament?
Or the miserly ways of those with the power to give them more moolah the root cause of it?
Certainly does not help when the streets are jarringly awash with money,the jetset euphoric with obscene property prices,while those entrenched in heart wrenching poverty just cannot find a life worth living ,trying to make ends meet,ekking out another day of misery.

When it comes to tragic endings.even spouses of famous and rich coffeeshop owners are not spared the scourge of depression.Thus when a famous place reknowned for its curry mee,was closed for a week,rumour had it,that it was because the shopkeeper's wife had thrown herself off a building near the jetty when she could not take the countless hospital visits anymore.

What more a mere manager.

Condolences.

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Manager Found Hanged In Shopping Mall
(The Star-22 Nov)

GEORGE TOWN: A restaurant manager was found hanged in a shopping complex in Tanjung Tokong here.
Ooi Boon Leong (pic) was found hanged with a nylon rope around his neck near the Chi nese restaurant where he was working.
His colleagues had gone around looking for him after he failed to turn up for work despite having kept all his personal belongings at his workplace.
One of them then found Ooi’s body at about 11am yesterday and alerted the police.
It was learnt that Ooi, 39, had recently separated from his wife and was heavily in debt.
It was also learnt that he had sent an SMS to a family member whom he was asking for help with his funeral arrangements.
Colleagues also said Ooi had worked a day before his death as there was a wedding dinner at the restaurant.
George Town acting OCPD Ahmad Bakhtiar Kassim said the case had been temporarily classified as sudden death as investigations were still being carried out.
He also said police were waiting for a post-mortem report.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Harimau Muda Malaysia @ 26th Sea Games,Senayan

"They don't respect you, they don't respect our flag, they don't respect our King and they don't respect your parents.
If you allow this to happen, then you are cowards.
You must teach them what being Malaysian is all about"
 - Ong Kim Swee

Congratulations.
I cried tears of joy.They trickled down uncontrollably,as I tried to discreetly wipe them away.
Normally insipid sports commentators too,were overcome with emotion.

Let it be known that the area of Tanjong Tokong erupted in loud cheers with each penalty score.
We yelled so loud in hope,the echoes would follow the winds and reach your ears at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
And when you missed,pockets of patrons at various mamaks,chewed their fingers and prayed really,really hard summoning the wisdom of their various religions just hoping that victory would accompany you.

SP boy,Baddrol Bakthiar,when you scored the final one,you had us in tears,hugging each another,jumping up and down like raving lunatics,forgetting our races,breaking the still of the rainless night air over here.

Thanks for enduring the boos.
Stoicly making us damn proud.
Thanks for uniting us,it was worth all the spilt teh tarik,toppled drinks,tissues,fallen chairs and shifted tables.

Thanks for helping us wipe the smile off their faces.
Each one of us walked out of the mamak tonight wearing a big grin across our faces.
But not before.we ensured all was well up till your well deserved moment belting out the Negaraku with one hand across your heart,on the winners podium.
All 120 minutes of the game were we behind you.

The dashing goalkeeper was great,as was our exuberantly ecstatic Youth and Sports Minister,Datuk Seri Ahmad Sabery Cheek.
It was priceless watching him plant a kiss on both Ong Kim Swee and Khairul Fahmi Che Mat's sweat laden heads.
We love you that much.
Yes!

Last but not least,thanks to Team Malaysia for the truly inspiring song,Gemuruh Suara and the small but brave crowd of supporters who supported you there tonight even though their cheers were clearly drowned out.

You epitomised these lyrics

Kalau engkau jatuh,
Jangan engkau lemah,
Kerana hidup mengajar kita,
Jangan cepat mengalah.

Bina yakin diri,
Mampu kita lakukan,
Tiada yang mustahil,
Segalanya Boleh!

Kita bergandingan,
Meraikan Malaysia!

Gemuruh suara,
Jadi bangsa Berjaya,
Gemuruh perkasa,
Bawah satu bendera,
Nama kita bina,
Diseluruh benua rasa bangga,
Genggam amanat wira,
Julang panji Malaysia..
Genggam amanat wira,
Julang panji Malaysia!!

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Malaysia bags SEA Games football gold
(The Star online,21st november)

JAKARTA: Malaysia bagged the SEA Games football gold medal 4-3 on penalty kicks against Indonesia at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta on Monday.
Skipper Baddrol Bakhtiar converted the winning penalty. Both teams were tied 1-1 after full-time and extra-time play.
In the penalty shoot-out, Titus Bonai, Egi Melgiansyah and Abdul Rahman were on target for Indonesia while Gunawan Dwi Cahyo and Ferdinan A.S. failed to convert their attempts.
For Malaysia, Mahalli Jasuli, Fandi Othman and Mohd Fadhli Shas were spot on with their kicks while Ahmad Fakri Saarani failed to make good.
Baddrol then stepped up to take the fifth penalty for Malaysia and did not fail his teammates.
Earlier, Indonesia started the match strong and drew first blood in the 5th minute, when Gunawan Dwi Cahyo rose high to score with a header from a corner kick.
But Malaysia drew level in the 38th minute with a sliding header by Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar.
The match was still tied 1-1 after 90 minutes and extra-time play, resulting in the gold medal being decided by penalty kicks.