Revisit Japan after 17 years

Yep! that's right.
I am going to Japan (Kumamoto)  next month for business trip from 8th to 15th May 2010.
Of course F.O.C. la, company send me there.
I am going to my company Headquarters.
The last time I went to Japan when my "maggi" not so "kembang".
It was in April 1993.

At Narita Airport, April 1993. Waist 27 inches, weight 47kg. Now? I am so far away from ideal B.M.I.

I don't know the flight plan yet.

Maybe via Bangkok to Fukuoka or KL - Narita - Fukuoka.

Both ways also tiring.

But the more tiring is I gotta eat Japanese food for one week.

Not that I don't like it but for one whole week, man, I wish there are Nasi Kandar in Kumamoto like the one in Hanoi. 

But I doubt it.

Anyway, beside my cup maggi (reminds me of Hanim Husin), I will definitely bring a long Brahim's pack curry.

Just dip in hot water for 3 minutes and its ready to eat.

And also instant porridge to eat with it. 

Huhh! am going to Japan, well equipped with instant food!!

P/s;

1) After 17 years, my current weight is 78kg and my waist 37 inches. (I think my waist size is following my age!)

     The result after 17 years... (Maggi ku sudah kembang)

Good Old Kway Teow T'hng

To those who are new to Penang Hokkein Food, let me introduce you to Kway Teow T'hng (soup).

Its not so hard to get halal one nowadays.

Famous as a breakfast meal but most people have it for lunch and dinner as well.

Recently my chef at home cooked this fabulous local delicacy.

It has been quiet some time since I ate homemade Kway Teow T'hng.

Garnishing and condiments for Kway Teow T'hng, spring onions, fish cakes, roasted garlic, small green chillies in soya sauce.

Good old Kway Teow T'hng, local comfort food not only for the local Chinese but to all 1Malaysia.

See how nice and tender the chicken, result of low heat simmering.

Fish cake and fish ball are the correct combination for this delicious clear soup.

Roasted garlic to complement the aromatic soup together with green chillies blended with soya sauce. This is how to balance up the sweet and spicy soup.

Arghhh!!! I could easily take 3 bowl in a row because I love it so much. Credit to my chef at home!! (Bodek nampak)

After a nice Kway Teow T'hng encounter, there were fresh fruits to settle down the heat.

Refreshing!! 

Musim Bayar Cukai Datang Lagi

Cukai terlebih bayar. Wow for the record, aku tak pernah bayar lebih, kurang adalah.

Bulan bayar cukai muncul kembali.

Macam biasa aku pun buatlah e-filing.

Tup-tup, ada excess RM924.91

Wow, shiokk!!

Semenjak 1994, aku bayar cukai belum pernah ada excess.

Ni lah pertama kali dalam sejarah.

Sekarang bukan aku hutang Income tax, depa hutang aku.

Ishk-ishk, sempoinya.

Semenjak awal tahun lepas, syarikat tolak PCB lebih.

Sebab tu lah jadi excess.

Aku prefer tolak lebih setiap bulan daripada aku terpaksa bayar seketul sekali.

Nak berpisah dengan duit banyak at one short rasa berat hati macam nak lepaskan awek kesayangan pi kawin dengan orang lain. (Telenovela Asmaradana, aku layan gak)

Aku nasihatkan korang yang kena tax, bayarlah.

Itu tanggungjawab.

Kalau tak bayar, nanti EPF tak leh keluar, masa tu dah tua nak cekau mana duit bayar denda?

Tolak semua balance-sekupang dalam EPF, camana?

Lagi satu, bayarlah zakat pendapatan, nanti boleh rebate incometax.

Zakat tu wajib, kalu tak bayar, rezki tak berkat.

Gaji berlambak pun duit tak pernah cukup sebab kita makan hak orang lain.

Dalam gaji kita ada hak orang miskin, anak yatim dan sebagainya.

Jangan makan hak orang lain, haram hukumnya.

Mee Udang Kepala Batas

I like to make u guys hungry.
Imagine those steaming hot noodle with a mixture of prawn and beef stock served with eggs, bean curd, prawns, beef, cut red chillies, spring onion, bean sprout.
Sedap, the best in Kepala Batas, some say in the whole Seberang Perai..hahaha.
My very own chef aka my gf cook for me.
Sorry ya!!

Kisah Tentang Pet Kesayangan

Gambar hiasan. Ni kucing orang lain.

Hari ni anak kucing pet aesya mati kena langgar kereta.
Sian kat kucing dan kat aesya.
Punyala sedih sampai nangis.
Kucing tu comel warna hitam, nama Kiki.
Kaki dia warna putih.
Nampak macam pakai stokin.
Cute sangat.

Dulu pet kucing aku pun warna hitam, nama Jamaludin.
Bila dia mati aku nangis jugak.
Sebab dia aku punya pet kesayangan.
Lagi satu pet aku seekor kambing, nama Awang.
Masa kecik dia kamceng dengan aku.
Bila dah besar dia jadi kasanova dan selalu tak lekat kat rumah.
Aku tak suka kat dia sebab dia suka melilau.
Sian kat aku. hu hu. takdak kawan.

Senyuman ni dah hilang selepas selepas kematian Kiki.

Diari tentang kisah kucing yang mati.

Surat Terbuka dari Baby

Hai orang yang dah besar!!

Saya baby.
Saya perlu diperhatikan.
Saya perlukan belaian.
Saya perlukan kasih sayang.
Sebab saya baby lagi.
Saya comel dan nakal sikit.
Tapi sebenarnya saya hanya nakkan perhatian.
Saya suka merengek sebab saya tak tau cakap bila;
lapar atau kembung perut atau panas
atau ternampak jin dan setan

Oleh itu janganlah dera saya
janganlah pukul saya
janganlah buang saya
sebab saya masih baby
saya tak tau jaga diri sendiri
berilah peluang saya hidup
sebab saya pun teringin nak jadi orang dewasa suatu hari nanti
dan saya janji saya tak akan buang bayi saya nanti, bila saya dah dewasa

Ikhlas dari,
Baby

Kenapa Aku Suka Bahagian Hujung Roti yang Hangit tu?

Gambar Hiasan, kulit roti Gardenia, bahagian hujung yang nipis dan hangit yang aku suka.

Pernah rasa apa yang aku rasa?
Rasa kebulur, sangat lapar, orang Perak cakap buruk lantak.
Masa tinggal kat hostel dululah.
Macam biasa hari-hari makan kat DM bukannya sedap sangat.
Maklumlah bayar singgit makan 4, 5 kali!! (What do you expect?)
Hari Jumaat paling sedih sebab makan ikan jaket.
Punyalah besar ikan tu, nak makan pun takut.
Rasanya simple, tiada rasa!!

Bila malam, habis prep kena tidur jam 11.00 malam.
Lampu semua kena off.
Lepas lampu off, perut punya keroncong pun on.
Adehhh!! laparnya.
Maggi habis, biskut pun habis.
Nak buat camana ni?
Kedengaran bunyi keroncong semakin bertambah.
Maknanya bukan aku sorang yang lapar, ada lagi member-member yang lapar ni.

Aku sebagai pemimpin yang prihatin, mengatur rancangan untuk mencari makanan.
Setelah dibincang kata sepakat dicapai.
Sorang athlete akan dipilih untk lompat pagar dan lari 500 meter pergi dan balik bawa roti dan kaya.
(Bukan roti Gardenia tapi roti mamak yang murah dan ringan sangat-aku tak ingat brand)
Habis collect duit, Lan, pelari pilihan pun menjalankan tanggungjawabnya.
Dia pergi dan selamat pulang sebelum warden buat rondaan.
Kalau kantoi, macam biasa, dia sorang saja yang kena.
Kami dah buat agreement, siapa kantoi dia tak akan pecah rahsia.
Itulah yang aku respect kat bebudak hostel ni.
Kami punya team spirit dan brotherhood yang paling kuat pernah aku rasa.

Lepas roti dah sampai, aku pun sapu kaya dan bagi sorang 2 keping.
Semuanya makan dengan lahap.
Siannya aku tengok, rasa macam pelarian Somalia.
Bila dah habis semua dapat, tinggallah kat aku part yang last tu.
Dah lah hangit,nipis pulak tu.
Nak buat camana, aku tak sanggup tengok roommate aku kebulur.
Selalunya aku akan makan part yang last tu.
Lama kelamaan aku jadi terbiasa dan suka pulak.
Sebab tu arr sampai sekarang aku suka makan part hangit tu.
Setiap kali aku makan, aku teringat kisah kat hostel.
Di situlah aku mula belajar basic management, kepimpinan, planning, organizing dan controlling.

Story About the Coolest Ambulance Driver on Earth.

OMG it has been years since my last post.

Been so buzy lately, "taihen des ne!"

I have not brought work to home for many years but now, I did.

Wa lau wei... why am I so workaholic nowadays?

Those are excuses for not posting..hahaha!

Well, to tell the truth, I am not myself lately, I am so hardworking, serious looking, skip lunch etc.

All this, plus all the positive things, make me an alien to myself. 

I am losing my very own self.

Why?

Atama ittai!!

WTH lah.. I am not going to loose myself again..

Now, I am going to post something my kind and my type.

This true "sengal" but funny story.

It happened on 14 July 1993, I remember well because it's my daughter's birthday.

She is my second child.

Wah, 17 years ago lah.. (so fast ahh!!)

She is going to sit for SPM this year.

Back to the story,

That day, my wife felt a pre-delivery pain etc.

It was not due date yet, I thought my baby wanted to get out early to see the world.

So, back then I only have "kapcai", so my brother in-law called an ambulance.

It took around 30 minutes for the ambulance to reach Ayer Itam from General Hospital, Penang.

I followed together in the ambulance.

As we reached Jalan Scotland, my wife felt the baby was so near and told the nurse about her condition.

The nurse told her to hold her breath.

I guess she didn't want her to deliver in the ambulance.

I wonder, if my baby was delivered there, what will be her place of birth in the birth certificate?

Imagine Scotland Road, he he he..nice.

In  emergency situation, the ambulance normally speed-up and on the ninoninonino sound but the ambulance went on so smoothly and quietly like nobody business while the baby was nearly delivered.

I was puzzled and a bit panic, when the ambulance stopped at traffic light.

I asked the nurse why an ambulance need to follow traffic rules during emergency.

She kept quiet. 

Finally we reached Maternity Hospital in Jalan Residensi.

As I registering, the nurse brought my wife straight to labor room.

Just within minutes she delivered a cute baby.

Fuhhh..! Finally all the agony and anger to the ambulance driver disappeared.

There you go!

For the record, that man was the coolest ambulance driver in the world.

If only they hired ex mat rempit or formula one driver for driving ambulance.

Morale of the story:

Don't hire "mat bendul + skema" as ambulance driver.

My daughter who nearly born in Scotland Road, Penang on the way to Maternity Hospital, Atikah Liyana Dhabitah in green shirt.

Nasi Kandar Pelita, Chai Leng Park Branch, Prai, Penang.

Now it's time for me to review the famous Pelita Nasi Kandar original outlet in Chai Leng Park, Prai, Penang.

I have been frequenting this outlet since 1996.

To me, this outlet is the best among all Pelita's branches.

The 1st outlet of Pelita Nasi Kandar, Chai Leng Park, Prai, Penang.

Don't forget to reduce the rice portion. The new worker fresh from Tamil Nadu tend to scope a big portion of rice matching to their standard of portion back home. The fried fish coated with special herbs was nicely done, crispy and fresh. Fried cabbage South Indian style. The most important; mix gravy ('kuah campur')

Chicken Tandoori Set. Just the right taste, soft bread, tender and juicy chicken. This was the best Tandoori Set among all Pelita's branches.

Another temptation, nasi kandar, fish curry with okra @ ladyfinger and mixed gravy.

If you want to tone down the spicy food, don't forget to order fresh lemonade.

Canned Lychee drink just incase you love something sweeter.

This branch will be fully packed during lunch time due to nearby industrial area, offices and business premises. Nearest landmarks are Pearl View Hotel, Prai Megamall and Sony Sports Center.