Memo# 28 :I Shell Eat that

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Went for dinner at the Victoria Station Restaurant, Damansara in the evening.
I haven't been there since the last time I came to KL which was 2years ago.
Back then I had financial support so I ordered the Phoenix Dragon Cuisine ( lobster and chicken)
for RM45
The food there to say the least is - costly
So since I'm financial unwell, had to spend within a limit
The restaurant has a train station backdrop and was featured on The Star a while ago and it's said that the owner went around the world looking for the decorations.
The lighting and setting reminds you of a mid-1800's British railway station.
There's even a real train set inside the place but the seating is stuffy.So a booth would do.
The variety there is a bit wider than in KK.
So I just played with the camera while waiting for my food

Me shell..
Seafood Au Gratin RM17.90
It's in a big clam shell covered in cheese with chicken,prawns,oysters(rather sour), mushrooms and other stuff I forgot. Very well worth it



End of Dinner.

Trivia: Describe what you think those signs represent.
Hints: It's a Herbal Baby Shampoo
Person #1 : Murata
it will repel mosquitoes( 1),
Do not apply on ( 2),
it will repel bacteria( 3). ..
if did immediately wash by hand with water (4 )
and seek medical attention (5 ),
this item is for direct application only( 6)

Person #2 : Yu Ting
1) prevents mosquito stings
2) no more pains caused by mosquito?
3) would not see ur baby sad no more
4) can be used as a cleaning agent
5) can be used as first aid
6) mild

Person #3: Ray Vincent (weirdest answer)
1.say no to nyamuk.
2.say no to weird nipples.
3.say no to people with bad skin.
4.the hand represents a man
5.the plus sign is a conclusion: life is f`d up.
6.and a baby represents a victim of
molestation.

Person #4 : Sean Michael (Best and most funny answer)
number 1=mosquitoes wont bite u
number 2= you wont get mosquito bites
number 3= u wont get mosquito bites so u wont look ugly
number4= wash after use
number5= believe in Christ the savior, who was an environmentalist(green cross)
number6= if you're a baby, apply on head

And the answer is :

1.Repel Mosquitoes
2.Relieve Itching and Irritations
3. Refresh Skin from Heat Rash
4.Non Greasy
5.Chemical Free: Safe for all Skins
6.For Direct Application


#If you have your own interpretations..please add in comment
Thank you for all who gave me a good laugh

Memo# 27 : The KL Experience?

Ever heard of P.W.T.C.? It stands for Putra World Trade Centre where traders go there to hold exhibitions. It was even the venue for Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) ke-14, 2007 on the 28th of April which happens to be be today.

I got up at 10.00am just to walk there to see a bookfair. My sis said something about experiencing KL by foot. One thing I seem to notice is Sentul has a lot of motorbike shops. I think there were over 10 shops I passed through, but considering it's a cheaper alternative to a car yet still KK doesn't seem to have a lot of them.
The journey in the morning *mind you KL at 10 is like KK at 9* was not very humid though the sun was already high up. The weather was cool and breezy and not dry.
We took a wrong detour an ended up taking the long way to PWTC but it was the scenic route we took. The pictures tell most of the story for one point I actually crossed a bridge across a rapid albeit muddy water in the middle of KL!

Unlike stagnant drains in KK, they built an embankment along the river banks and left the river naturally flowing. The ancient MIC building was next to the river and overlooking is the UMNO building.
When we got there, it was crowded with people all going to the book exhibition. It featured mostly from Malaysian publications and God knows some unknown hip magazine.
Went to see the children's section upstairs on the 2nd floor consisting of books mainly from Sasbadi,Sarjana, Pelangi and others.Stopped at the Noddy books corner where they quickly summoned an Indian "teacher" to talk to us
He went on an introduced himself and talked about the benefits of showing this cartoon to kids to promote brain development. It was a bilingual edition in Bahasa Malaysia and English.
Consisting of over 10 books with teaching references and VCD, it so calls gives kids a better grasp of the national language. He said he is teaching is child,age 4, 4 languages (Bahasa Malaysia, English, Tamil, Chinese) and that he doesn't force his child but only to have fun. His famous statement and I quote :

"Do NOT teach your child alphabets"

I was dumbfounded he had the audacity to say that. He said it would only confuse the child as to reading the correct way because Bahasa and English is different in pronunciation
e.g. : buku
B.U bu K.U ku
buku

and something else I forgot. And the price? RM2000

So we left and went around looking again and found another place that sold educational kid videos..price? RM10
We could get 200 of those CDs without getting the Noddy set.
It was already 1.30pm around that time and it was getting hotter. So walked all the way back through another way back to the apartments.

And on the way I saw another decent looking car
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I think I can make a series for Zhng my car around Kuala Lumpur
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tadaaa!!


Zhng-ed Proton Waja


Post Script-Ijok by-election results are out:
BN wins against KeADILan with a 1850 majority

Memo# 26 : Why is the Rum Gone?

I got my butt out of bed at 7am this morning. Hardly a normal thing to do for a nocturnal person like me to do considering I wake up at noon everyday since I came to KL.

Such an important matter would not be taken as a triviality. My recalcitrance with my sleeping habits must change.......
........................in College.


The main reason for the disturbance in my sleep pattern is due to my long awaited visit to Malaysia's oldest University: University Malaya.

I had been planning to visit the Law Faculty ever since I planned my trip to KL earlier this month. Part of my reason for coming here was to see the University and view the possible options to enter Law stream to fulfill my destiny.

Left around 9 o'clock because knowing government servants, they punch in at 8.30am and go off to drink coffee at 9.30am until 1 hour before work ends to punch out.
I thought it would be filled with students when i reached there, but it seems they are having a holiday for all i saw was empty corridors and vacant parking lots. The campus itself is vast and surrounded by hills and trees.

Went to the office on the first floor to ask some questions. The staff there were helpful and provided relevant information. I found some out not-so-hopeful things about the entry requirements into U.M. Law

Entry Requirements

• STPM - 2 Principles
• Diploma

I'm screwed!!! They don't accept the Centralized Matriculation Program
nor
Asasi Sains(Foundation in Life/Physical Science) UM
nor
Asasi Undang-undang(Foundation in Law) UiTM

It's either waste 4 semester(2years) in STPM or 3 years taking a Diploma course.

Well at least I know U.M Law doesn't take in lousy less qualified students from matriculation because everyone knows the quality of matriculation students are not on par with students from STPM



After that, drove around campus checking out the other faculties in the vicinity. The Law Faculty is newer compared to the others like Architecture or Engineering Faculty.
Rumour has it that there used to be a floating pub at the centre of the lake(yes..there's a lake on campus) previously before the nation became zealous.

Later I went to see the Campus Asasi Sains a few minutes drive away. It looked really sucky and resembles a typical national middle school with low ceilings and a weird smell.
Asked the lady at the office about the Official Release Date for the UPU(Unit Pusat University) Results (Tarikh pengumuman Keputusan UPU 2007)

The clerk said it will be out on the 5th Of May (next saturday) online through their websites.
So those still expecting to get into local university can check it out their website at http://www.mohe.gov.my or http://www.jpt.uum.edu.my/
or SMS UPU<>IC Number(no"-") and send to 32300

Took a picture of the lecture hall. The KL bus goes through the campus so getting in and out is simple. It is located near the heartland of the city so it isn't really a question on where to go but what to do.
On the way to the car park, I saw this old looking Mitsubishi sportscar..
I was thinking.. "Hmm..I've never seen this model before"


Come on guys..look at it
From the front it actually looks decent. The bonnet together with the bumper in front and square lights that actually look like a bona fide Mitsubishi

So I took a step to see what it was called and to my surprise..
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This!!!Ahahahahaha..it was a zhng-ed Proton Wira
From the front it looks real!!
I kid you not..it's the same car..not 2 different pictures..good work though!
XD *Zhng my Wira*



By that time I was starting to get to get hungry so we left UM and went to Bangsar Village first to shop for some groceries for dinner.


At the entrance, one shop selling funny t-shirts caught my attention.
It was a bit pricey though,for a white shirt with funny designs but probably only ironed on costs around RM30 per shirt.
The funniest one I saw was with the AM Bank group on it:

I didn't dare take a picture for fear of retaliation by the shop owner..so I made a replica
All I have with me is Microsoft Paint ....so don't mock me!!

After getting the groceries, went to Bangsar 雲南咖啡店 Yun Nan Coffee Shop to try the famous Hong Kong Fish Paste with vermicelli (mee hun)
The fish balls there are made from real fish without much of starch that modern machine processed fishballs taste like. For only RM3.50 a bowl, it's very tasty.

I ordered Wantan Mee cos' I didn't feel like eating soup. I still think Kuching Kolo Mee is the best. KL Wantan Mee uses too much kicap so it's thick and salty. The Kuching variety uses sesame oil and tastes lighter than it's KL counterpart. I think I'll go back to the place I went in Sentul to re-review the Konlo Pan Mee I went to on Thursday because it was nice and I like the dimsum there though KK still IS the best
On the way out, a trailer was blocking our car.
Someone's BMW was smashed on the front bumper.. hangkang such an expensive car.



I will be going U.K.M next week to ask around about the Law Course's requirements.
If not then I'll just do an external degree.

p/s:Wonder who would win the Ijok seat..my vote is on *************

Memo# 25 : iSpy with my lil eye

Something made me squint when I read this..I felt an evil aura
My spider handsome sense were tingling

source:http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39172

Malaysian government sets up Internet spin team

To counter all those Internet lies

By Nick Farrell: Wednesday 25 April 2007, 16:33

MALAYSIA'S INFORMATION ministry is so miffed that people are going on the web and telling porkies about its glorious government that it has hired a team of spinners just to deal with it.

The crack team of spinners will cast an eagle eye on whatever is being said about Malaysia online. If it sees something that the government will not like it will swoop. Deputy Information Minister Chia Kwang Chye said the team will be in and out with a press release in seconds in a bid to tackle what he said was "abuse" of the Internet and online technology.

Chia told the Bernama news agency the spinners will be purely working to disseminate information, explain correct information and counter the misinformation on government policies.

There is currently a bit of a barny going on online, between the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Malaysian bloggers and other Internet users. He says they are spreading slander and gossip, they say he is... not a very good PM. Miffing a Malaysian PM is apparently enough for the entire government to talk about punishment and tighter controls on Internet use in response.

Already two bloggers are also being sued for defamation by the government-linked New Straits Times Press group in an action identified as a government crack-down on freedom of expression.

Fortunately, the new unit will not have the power to arrest bloggers the PR people don't like. There is nothing more evil than a PR who has the power to lock up a reporter who fails to print their press release. Well, other than a reporter who never questions what a company says.

other source:http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Malaysian-govt-to-counter-Internet-lies/2007/04/25/1177459777303.html



Another brilliant jiak pah boh su zo idea from Zamzam a.k.a Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin and ministry of Bu Su Zo lackey Chia Kwang Chye.
This reminded me of a similar incident that happened in Singapore around February


The Straits Times, Feb 3, 2007:
PAP moves to counter criticism of party, Govt in cyberspace
By Li Xueying

THE People's Action Party (PAP) is mounting a quiet counter-insurgency against its online critics.

It has members going into Internet forums and blogs to rebut anti-establishment views and putting up postings anonymously.

Sources told The Straits Times the initiative is driven by two sub-committees of the PAP's 'new media' committee chaired by Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen.

One sub-committee, co-headed by Minister of State (Education) Lui Tuck Yew and Hong Kah GRC MP Zaqy Mohamad, strategises the campaign.

The other is led by Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Baey Yam Keng and Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Josephine Teo. Called the 'new media capabilities group', it executes the strategies.

Both were set up after last year's General Election. Aside from politicians, some 20 IT-savvy party activists are also involved.

When contacted, Mr Baey declined to give details of the group's activities, but he outlined the broad principles of the initiative.

It was necessary for the PAP to have a voice in cyberspace as there were few in the online community who were pro-establishment, he said.

As such, the committees aim to 'observe how new media is developing and see how we can use the new media as part of the overall media landscape', he added.

'How do we facilitate views that are pro-party and propagate them through the Internet?'

The approach reflects comments by Rear-Admiral (NS) Lui at the PAP's party conference in December. He called on younger activists to put up views 'to moderate the vitriol and balance the skewed comments' on the Internet.

But this can only work if activists are not 'too obvious' about it, Mr Baey said yesterday. Otherwise it comes across as 'propaganda'.

'The identity is not important. It is the message that is important,' he added.

One activist who is involved said that when posting comments on online forums and the feedback boxes of blogs, he does not identify himself as a PAP member.

He tracks popular blogs and forums to 'see if there is anything we can clarify' on hot-button topics such as the impending hike in the Goods and Services Tax.

But he added: 'We don't rebut everything. Sometimes, what is said is fair enough, and we send the feedback on to the committee.'

This latest initiative comes on top of a blog site with posts by 12 MPs born after Singapore's Independence in 1965.

It recognises that more younger Singaporeans are relying on the new media as a main source of information.

An Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) study conducted last year found that younger and better-educated Singaporeans relied on information from the Internet when shaping their voting choices at the last GE.

Among the opposition parties, members and supporters of the Workers' Party, in particular, post regularly on forums online.

But IPS senior research fellow Tan Tarn How wonders about the effectiveness of the PAP's campaign.

He said Internet users who post on forums such as Sammyboy tend not to be interested in 'intellectual debate' and so will not be persuaded by PAP activists anyway.

As for more serious-minded bloggers, he said the views that the activists may put out are already available in the mainstream media.

Source: Straights Time

I see a trend here. The Establishments are sending out their spies to check up on forums and blogs to counter criticism of the government. Now why didn't THEY think of this in the 80' ?
Of course back then the internet wasn't established yet and blogs were but a thing of the future. But people still used to gossip and slander in local kopitiams while playing Chinese Chess in the jalan kaki 5.

If they had used a similar strategy back then, old Ah-Peks who were spying for the government would have went to the pasar..sat down and played Chinese Chess with the neighbourhood ah-peks to get the low down on the real feelings of the constituents while mailing their (remember back then there were no handphones) feedbacks to their masters.

But this begs the question: Who funds these spinners?
I know it won't be them. They are too selfish to take money out from their own pockets..so most probably it would come from taxes...what?..no you say?..they work for free?? no malaysian would work for free..that's a fact.
Look at the Mat Rempits..they proposed to pay them RM50 for each snatch-thief they catch..but the ironic thing is they ARE the snatch thieves.
Sorry..back to my point

The style varies distinctively between Malaysia and Singapore:

Malaysia

• the team will be in and out with a press release in seconds in a bid to tackle what he said was "abuse" of the Internet and online technology

Singapore

• It has members going into Internet forums and blogs to rebut anti-establishment views and putting up postings anonymously.

We, Malaysians would broadcast the government views through our pro-government media:RTM while Singaporeans would discreetly post up rebuttals online making for productive debate on dealing with the problem.

Malaysians are more headstrong when it comes to this issue. Some "official" would most probably wave his keris,say unemployed women are to blame for this and communist are behind this.

Ah ha..there's simple logic behind these disappointed feelings that the people are currently feeling that high end officials can't seem to figure out.
Don't disappointment stem from failure?

so :
Premise A

• The people are not happy

Premise B

• The people complain and criticize
  

Conclusion = government doing bad job

I'm just a kid and I can see that =.="
Fools who waste taxpayers money in parliament debating about pointless stuff like women's attire and AF bringing no moral value to the nation brings indiscriminate waste of resource.

Memo# 24 : Midvalley Madness

It was a rainy day yesterday. The thunder struck so loud that it caused a resonance in my stomach and made me hungry =.=" How ironic..
I was stuck home the whole week with nothing but my dearest by my side accompanying me through the hardest of times.

Today I planned a trip to Midvalley Megamall with my best friend whom i haven't seen in half a year since Christmas.He really hasn't changed a bit even to the extent that his youthful exuberance exceeds even mine..in other words..he hasn't matured yet..keke

My whole purpose is to help him find a suitable birthday gift for his roommate and friend.
Direction doesn't seem to be a guy's strong points. Trust me..when two guys go around a megamall 5 times bigger than Centre Point and STILL comes back to the same place 5 times..he's lost.

We went around the place so many times that I started to get familiar with everything in Midvalley liao. There is a North Court,East Court,West Court and South Court all connected by the Centre Court. Time just didn't seem existent in that place..you can just walk around and feel like it's still the same time as when you came in the building.
A.R. posing for his "award" while walking around Metrojaya.
There was a glass vase with real apples inside because when you glanced in you can actually smell the apples.
R.O.M.P has a lot of nice and decently priced clothes but too bad none fitted me. One place nice to find clothes I would recommend is TopMan next to TopShop (well..TopMan and Topshop is the same thing only women and men apparels but 2 distinctively different Signboards outside)
The clothes there are mostly British styled and boast an overwhelming selection of vests to stylish shirts and ties to hats. For people who don't know..think Justin Timberlake in My Love

Something weird we saw today.. the staff in Body Shop seemed to be dressed like fairies. I kid you not..all of them were wearing this purple blouse from head to toe with purple scarves and there were about 8 of them in a little corner shop.
Wanted to go somewhere to drink because of all the walking but ended up somewhere outside of the building..so went to Dunkin' Donuts to rest.
We were discussing girl stalkers until suddenly something about the correct pronunciation of Wikipedia occurred. I pointed out that his pronunciation was wrong for he pronounced it as
wai-kee-pee-dee-a while me as wee-kee-pee-dee-a
Suddenly, we were in a challenge..stood up and stormed off to MPH Bookstore to find a dictionary to confirm.

In MPH, we looked for the dictionary section. We are both intellectuals so when it comes to crap(passed on as knowledge), it is serious business.
It was the biggest bookstore I have ever seen ..in Malaysia..apart from the 3 story book store in Shanghai i went to. After looking all over for an answer, just decided to quit because no encyclopedia would print a website.. I got lost inside the vast library of knowledge for a while after looking high and low for A.R so I decided to call him. The only thing I saw as a landmark was World of Fengshui on a beam but to his shock..he thought i was on the 3rd Floor World of Fengshui shop.

We went around looking for birthday gifts in MPH and just thought of getting them birthday cards. I spent roughly 2 hours in MPH Bookstore gallivanting with nothing better to do.It's not like I sat there and read books..but mostly just joking around and finding gifts to get.
After 2 hours in MPH..thats what we got.

Is getting a File a good birthday gift? The special thing was just buying 2 sheets of paper and print out something special for the recipient. But we had to put the paper into something so just took a File to put the papers in. It turned out that the File itself that cost RM7 and was worth more than the gift which is 2 sheets of paper itself. Then had to get a birthday card which is RM5. It seems that the package to put the gift itself is more expensive than the gift itself. We were thinking "better just throw away the paper and give the File itself lar"

So what started out as 2 sheets of paper became 5 sheets,1 File and 1 Birthday card for RM18

A.R: Hey..anything here that is nice, meaningful and cheap?
H : Yeah..you.
*Chun-Li kick!!!*

After getting the gifts..being the Intellectuals we are..decided to do a "survey" on the customers there. Yes..it was simple survey with easy scores R- 1 ~10 and N
R refers to the rating of a hot chick we see there and N refers to number of hot chicks we count.
We were randomly walking around MPH looking left and right at girls and saying 5 or 7 so i dont think they noticed. We went around the whole store finding them..haha..it was a waste of time but fun though

Later after the MPH fiasco just went out to find a seat to rest and talk. While talking we would forget what we were talking about distracted by one of the MANY hot girls in Midvalley Megamall. I tell you Midvalley is filled with these nubile fair young girls in high fashion sense and sexy hairstyles that makes you feel like its heaven. KK is damned with pilaks by the railings but here is blessed with so many good looking girls. Sometimes we would just double back and try to find back the girl and be awed by her presence..haha

A.R : bla bla bla bla
*listening half way..head starts to be magnetized by hot girls walking pass me from my left and his right*
H : Hey..look there..waah..so fair and beautiful!!
A.R : Huh? Wut?
H : Tuuuuu there
A.R : Where?
H : To the left to the left~
*A.R. tries to look and look to his right (my left) turning head 180 degrees to his back..saw the girl and while turning head back to original position..sings out*
A.R : Close your eyes close your eyes~
* I look to my left and see an old auntie walking by*
xD

A tough question girls ask

Michelle : If I wasn't dating Daryl..would you ever consider dating me?
Randall : Yes I would.
Michelle : Why?
*looks passionately into Michelle's eyes*
Randall :Cause' that's the right thing to say
*smack!!!*

Haha..why do girls ask questions like that? Is there a hidden meaning behind that?
Someone please enlighten me

After paying for the stuff, it was close to 6.30pm and still haven't eaten dinner. Went all the way to Food Junction up on the 3rd floor to see see anything to eat or not..
Not satisfied so say wanna go The Chicken Rice shop coz i heard a lot about it on the radio.
Went down all the way to the ground floor and walked to The Chicken Rice Shop at the end..see the menu and say not worth it lar..ended up at the Laksa Shack instead.
Everything on the menu was pricey and the cheapest is RM7.90
A.R is a cheapskate so he ordered the cheapest drink which is .. R.O Water for RM2.90
If RM2.90 just for water..might as well take the cup too xD
Here's what he thought of the price of plain bottled water with Laksa Shack logo on it
I don't look at prices but just ordered. In the end I ordered Curry Laksa(which I thought was special because I mistakenly read the Curry as Cussy Laksa since the r looked more like an s)
for RM9.90 and Ice Milo at RM3.90
Should be going to Bangi end of this month and stay a while with A.R to experience life there.
Oo..my day seems brighter already!!

Memo# 23: Quikpod™

I stumbled upon an article on The Star newspaper on Tuesday that caught my attention.

Add length to your arm
Named The QuikPod™ , it is somewhat of an arm extension for cameras.

Works just like a tripod, the user attaches the camera onto the QuikPod™..activates the self timer.. extend the rod and just smile!
This invention caters mostly to cam whores who indulge in pictures of themselves.
Gone are the days of preteen little Ah Lians taking weird angled pictures to make their eyes look bigger. With this nifty invention, ah lians all over can take decent pictures of themselves with the background since it gives an extra feet to take wider angles.

No more trusting strangers to hold your camera and take your picture. It is even small enough to keep inside your pocket or use a hiker's clip and clip it on your belt.

But wait..something that good would have a downside no? The first thing I thought when I saw the article was.. "the fall of skirts"
Just think about it for a moment.. horny little teenage boys can now take upskirt pictures of their favourite teachers in class without them even knowing.
If you thought the camera phone was bad..this is 10 times worse.

Just extend it under your table and take desired picture of forbidden place.
Skirts Beware!!!

All in all..it's a good invention if not abused. Like I said..there's always 2 sides to it's use. Just imagine taking a couple shot with better distance and quality than distorted pictures with large looking nose and awkward looking smile.

On another note.. the reputation for Ramli Burger precedes even those of us who lives in KK. It is reputed to be cooked in so much margerine that it tastes sooooo good.

I had to buy one albeit having dinner 20 minutes ago.
Costing at RM2..this Chicken Burger is delicious with sooo much sauce and onions.Smells tasty that I'm getting hungry just typing this ...