MweeeH!

I feel so the happy that i want to go shit! But before….

What made my day…. ok, my remaining evening delightful

1) mummy called =) to remind me that i’m coming back next week. Yes i am!!

A few days ago i was feeling placid about it,
but now i’m excited la. Even if my lecturer who insinuated that he will be contacting me when he is in
Msia is not making me feel so the TULAN edi. I did feel really TULAN lor when my friends teased about it. My
sincere apologies. But no one likes a ruin holiday.

My dad is in Bali now with his boys. hehehe I hope he is having fun! I wonder what man of his age will do there other than visiting tourist spots, shopping and a little basking under the sun? Hmmm… i wonder if they will go for those outdoor sports? Can’t wait for my dad to talk about it. One lest thing to worry on entertaining my friend, Dad can be awfully charming at times to my friends. I dare say some are quite taken by him and his stories!

2) Jea is taking off to help me with touring ain’t that sweet! She is saving money to go shopping too! That
better happen la =)

3) A reply from miss pedo was a relief for me. Don’t know what happened to her!

Anthem

Since young i’ve been (still am) an avid fan of the TV programs. I remember that i will stay up until quite late to watch anything on tv… lol! Even shows that i do not even understand what is happening! hahaaha… seeing the facial expressions of the actors and actresses or reading the subtitles were very entertaining enough. Any sort of songs being aired was all taken in with full of interest.

I learn most of the patriotic songs on tv. Those songs are usually aired as the last part of the tv program before the tv station calls it a night. But ever since getting ASTRO i’ve never watched those few local tv stations.

Anyway not many of us are aware that Kuala Lumpur has her own anthem song. I for one do not we have until 2 years ago. I’ve read the lyrics but have not heard the song. I’ve been browsing whole afternoon for it but i can’t find it either. The only song that i can find most closely related to KL song would be Wilayah Persekutuan anthem song, since it comprises of 3 places: Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya. i bet you all didn’t know we have one either.

Here are the lyrics to Kuala Lumpur territory song- “Selamatkan Kuala Lumpur“

Bendera Kuala Lumpur
Dengan megah berkibar benderaku
Lambang kemegahan warnakota
Kuala Lumpur bersih berbunga, berbahagia
Harum name diseluruh dunia

Rakyat hidup bersatu and berbahagia
Maju and makmur bandar raya kita
Tanah Pusaka ini warisan bangsa
Tegak berdaulat sentiasa

Tuhan selamatkanlah Kuala Lumpur
Tuhan selamatkan Kuala Lumpur

Taken from Larry Lam’s Guide Notes on Kuala Lumpur

and there is another version… a little different in the lyrics. i don’t know which one is the correct one, it’s most likely have to be from this VirtualMalaysia.com

Anthem (Malay)
Dengan megah berkibar benderaku
Lambang kemegahan warga kota
Kuala Lumpur bersih berbunga bercahaya
Harum nama diseluruh dunia
Rakyat hidup bersatu dan bahagia
Maju dan makmur bandaraya kita
Tanah pusaka ni warisan bangsa
Tegak berdaulat senbasa
Tuhan selamatkan Kuala Lumpur
Tuhan selamatkan Kuala Lumpur

Maju dan Sejahtera is the official anthem of Federal Territory (Wilayah Persekutuan), Malaysia. Adopted in 2006.

Harmoni
Wilayah pertiwi
Semoga
Sentiasa diberkati

Wawasan
Hala pembangunan
Sebagai
Semangat perpaduan

Wilayah Persekutuan
Maju dan sejahtera…
Maju dan sejahtera…

Composer: Dato’ Wah Idris
Lyricist: Sheikh Faisal Sheikh Mansor (who blogs ;] )

Short and simple lyrics to fit a simple song. Go this imeem link and hear the song.

Shy for me to not know this two songs cos i was born there but stayed in Darul Ehsan for the most of my living years.

Just so if you wonder of my sudden interest, the new batch of ‘cikus’ orientation has started. Part of their orientation is to know their own state song and they must sing it with gusto! Hence as a senior i should take note of these songs too. Plus i would not know the updates of all the patriotic anthems in Malaysia if this part of the orientation did not exist.

Recalling

The weather of July-August of 3 yesteryears were so cold just like tonight! Brr… water is so cold that the effect still lingers on my hand although it is dry now. Tis the DRY SEASON now, when the days will be filled with only hot sun rays and there will be no rain at all. According to Time and Date site it is 77 °F which is 25 degree celcius at this dead hour in the night! No wonder i feel like i’m in an air-con room!

I remember when i went for my one month adaptation program in Malang before entering Uni, i hated bathing so much! Because the water is cold no matter what time of the day, and it’s coldest in the nights. People in Malang rarely install heater in their bathrooms, they are used to the cold water. *BRR*

During my Uni’s orientation nights were the worst moments of that period. Because we had to be in Uni at 5am, that taking baths wasn’t something i look forward! I had to do some stint of exercises in the bathroom when drenching myself- eg: jumping up and down as if i had hot-coal under my feet with my mouth shut tight trying not to shout aloud!
My teeth will be chattering musically too.

Hate the cold season, the days are so hot and dry, the nights are so cold and dry.
It makes your face so dry that it peels.
People with sinusitis suffers the most, because of the everyday weather transition.

2008 juniors came and the malaysian orientation officially starts tmr. Hehhehe… bad time for them. My direct juniors are very scheming and mean direct-seniors to them.

Sigh~ this is my 3rd night having sleepless night. 3 days ago i had for a cup coffee and that ruin my sleeping pattern! Mind you i’ve not been consuming coffee for the pass 5 months, which is ever since my 4th semester started. Miraculously, i survive throughout the exam period without any sort of caffeine form breverages.

Here are three nice links to an interesting post, a artful site and a wonderful blog to feast your eyes on:

The oldest Femle body builder that looks oohlala! Her body still looks so gooD, unwrinkled at all!

Felice Varini- a Swiss artist who’s painting and designs of artwork on structures and buildings that can be only viewed at a certain angle, if anywhere else the picture will be distorted

Erica Lyn Photography on weddings are simply beautiful and she captures the moments! I feel delighted looking at her work.

Tom Yum

It’s been nearly 5 months since i attempted cooking. Got to say it rust la… anyway i’m never satisfied with all the outcomes of my tom yum. Irks me that i cannot create the flavour that i am craving for, and that memory of it is so far away. But then since i have friends who likes it and request for it, i’m more than happy to cook it

Previously, i’ve not used seafood for tom yum, this time my friends and i did… ! The broth was great! the paste was wonderful but we had so many ingredients that everything was altered. LOL! Greediness indeed. My fault indeed because i got this motto “It’s okay to put more“! Plus i don’t put exact amount of ingredient that is actually needed, i just dump all ingredients to my own accordance and if it taste nice, then i know it’s all good!

I used some new techniques for this time recipe:

1) Devein Shrimp and use the shells to make the broth

2) using dried tom yum herbs
haven’t quite decided whether i like it or not. Cost Rp 9600 for a box at Lai-Lai grocery store.

The pot i had is too small to contained all the ingredients that we had to use a kuali too.

Pot 1- boiling the seafood

Pot 2 boling the vege and the other frozen food

I had lots of help in preparing this meal that you can consider that i didn’t even cook it at all.. lol! Takes 3 cooks to make a pot of gold. IronChef did most of the cleaning and un-shelling, Kuthuk did most of the cutting and washing, last but not least i did most of the dumping! LOL!! I SATPA (gagal)I giler wei!!

Cleaning sotong has never been this hassling! I’ve seen my mom cleaning squids like a breeze, but those squids we bought was definitely something wrong! IronChef and i were fooled that the squid was fresh as it didn’t smell in the ice, but when cleaning it the ammonia was freaking strong!! I’ve never (watch my mom) prepared a squid with such BO of ammonia before! Thinking it maybe the squid ink that was emitting such stench that we went ahead and cooked it. WRONG MOVE!

The squid smelt so bad after cooking, that none will dare put it in their mouth. The ammonia waif is an enough sign of danger! We discarded the squid but the soup was contanimated, so we added so many Maggi tom yum cubes that the many of us found the soup rather salty though rich and flavorful.

One of our squid, the poor thing, was caught before it could digest the baby ikan merah and was suppose to be eaten by us (superstitiously and nonsensically the squid smelt bad because it did not die a willing death that with such grudge it emitted such foul odour!) IronChef though it was squid egg at first because non of us have seen it before. Anyway, thankfully we slice the squid into half to clean it thoroughly, if not we could not have found that piece of disintegrated fish.

Urm.. at the right of the sotong, that the inside part that IronChef squeeze out from the squid! After rinsing it a couple of times, the stickiness was still in the sotong that we sliced it into half. That sticky and slimy white thing looks like ejaculation to me… EEW!! We don’t know what is that at all!! I’m thinking it is squid’s sperm! YUCKS!

Anyhow, the squid really spoiled the whole outcome of the tom yum =(  If not we need not have to modify the soup with so many tom yum cubes!

This is a pot of gold Tom Yum dish because it has so rich in taste and ingredients- RP 100k meal for about 8-9 people!

drool,mask, control

Torn between eating happily and exercising and dieting.

Susahla!!!

I’ve a friend who is really controlling her meals because she wants to lose enough weight to gain back later in Msia with all those Lip-Smacking food!

My appetite has been suppressed but my head is filled with those delicious-mouthwatering eateries wants! HOWLA! So hailat!

Tmr am going to cook Tom Yum Koong =) Oohh i can’t wait to have some spicy food! It’s been a long time since i blog on food that i cook. It will be soon.

I remembered the pictures that Pau took of in her travels in various part of Italy. I like so much those masquerade mask that she shown me. Sadly she didn’t buy!! Hmmph!!

I want a fanciful masquerade mask!! And so i’m counting on the few of my lovely-chio friends to get me one Don’t worry, i will pay if you are too kiam siap ;P

Two more weeks… two more weeks and 5 days of being a noobie tour-guide, i can’t wait!