Thurs Steamboat

Before you know it, its time again for our friends to meet again for good food. This time we head our way down to Ting Yuan that specializes in authentic steamboat Chongqing style.

11 of us munched our way through the food. The herbal mala soup is super spicy. We were given a choice to choose for the less spicy, or the more spicy one. Not to take any risks, we opted for the less spicy one. Even the less spicy soup will set you on fire. I can only imagine what would have happened if we were to try the more spicy version of the soup. However the base of the soup is the same with the chicken broth soup. So I reckoned they add the chilli separately into the soup and its not boiled together.

Another attraction is the unusual dipping sauce which is made of crushed peanuts, sesame seed, coriander and salted vegetables. It goes down well with anything that you dipped it in. A bit salty, but overall it appeals to me.The amount of food you see in the picture, you can safely multiply that by 4 times. Thats how much we ate.

We ate non stop basically we started at about 7.30pm, and all the way to about 10pm. Being unable to move after that, decided to take a cab home...hahahaha....

What pisses me off

Provocative statement so far from UMNO assembly

'These people, they come to a Malay area and they tell me that our country is not doing well and people are still suffering. Well, I will tell you - you can apply for citizenship in Singapore"

Selangor delegate Ismail Ahmad

Ismail, who helms the Youth wing of the Gombak division, was referring to an opposition claim that the economic pie is not shared equitably with all races.

For this I have one thing to say to you. Screw you and the people that supported your statement. You tak layak to even apply for citizenship for any First Class countries in this world simply because you have a low class mentality and judging from what came out from your mouth, not a cerdik person as well.

Plus keris was brandished yet again this year by Kerismuddin.

Jewel in a Palace

Yesterday was my birthday. A perfect day to be King for a day. So I hanged up my apron yesterday and my "jagiya" was the "orrisa" for the day.

She worked her way non stop in the kitchen to feed 5 hungry souls. Much time and effort were put and the result?

All single handedly prepared by her from scratch after a hard day's work. Except for 1 dish and the soup made by my friend's wife, the rest were whipped up by my jagiya.

Excluding the cake of course. Thats from the bakery. Another milestone has passed in my life. Hopefully the years to come will be better and I'm looking forward to greet it with much vigour and enthusiasm.

After the meal, we were all full and delighted since we were pampered with so many good food. She spent more than 2hrs cooking and she told me luckily birthday only happens once in a year. But cant agree with her on that. I dont mind being served with sumptuous meal everyday in my life...hahahaha.

Malaysia vs Singapore.....prize?Islands........

Starting 6th-Nov-2007, Malaysia and Singapore will appear before ICJ (International COurt of Justice) to fight for their claims on Pulau Batu Puteh or Pedra Branca, South Ledge and Middle Rocks - which are located in waters off Johor. The 18-day hearings will take place at the Peace Palace in The Hague.

Singapore team comprises of Prof Jayakumar (DPM and Law Minister), Prof Tommy Koh (Ambassador At Large), Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong and Attorney-General Chao Hick Tin. On the other side,

Malaysia team will be represented by Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Mohamad (Advisor to PM on Foreign Affairs), Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin (Ambasaddor in Netherlands) and Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail (Attorney General). Of course both sides will bring along their team of legal experts to fight the case.

This is how it goes:

i) Proceedings will commence with an opening address by both countries at the Peace Palace in The Haque in the Netherlands.

ii)This will be followed by Singapore which will have up till Nov 9 to have their say

iii)Malaysia presents its case from Nov 13 to 16, in the first round of arguments.

iv)The second round is scheduled to last two days - Nov 19 and 20 for Singapore, and Malaysia on Nov 22 and 23.

It will be interesting to see who will successfully lay its claim to this string of islands. However the decision is expected to be made before next June. So its not like we're gonna get to see who wins till then.

So who will you bet on to win? Maybe this excerpts below will help you make a decision.

"We are well prepared and our team has all the documents and evidence to win the dispute," Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail, who is already in the Hague, told the state news agency Bernama.

"Everyone is in high spirit... especially myself. This is one of the most anticipated disputes after Malaysia won the tussle over the Ligitan and Sipadan islands in 2002," Abdul Gani told Bernama.

A confident chap huh I will say. By the way, Mr Patail, you're best remembered as the leading prosecutor in Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim. And to me, with your name on that, it just tainted my impression of you.

By the way, this is not the first time Malaysia and Singapore are having a go at each other.5 September 2003, Malaysia applied separately to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) for an order on provisional measures, seeking to put an immediate stop to Singapore's reclamation works pending the setting up of the arbitration panel. The hearing took place between 25 and 27 Sep 03 in Hamburg, Germany. To sum it up, 8 Oct 2003, ITLOS unanimously decided that Singapore could continue its land reclamation activities

The Fan

Today attended my friend's daughter's wedding lunch reception. Got myself a standing fan. Hahaha how does this all came about.

To my suprise, didnt know that nowadays, kenduri functions have teka teki (quiz) session in their itenary. A teka teki challenge was poised to the audience. Suprisingly many of them are not giving the right answers. After a short break having some karaoke enthusiasts belting out their songs, still no one managed to answer. MC was saying, okay seems like the crowd dont have the answer, we'll be taking the prize back to our office with a glee in his smile.

No way man. Me to the rescue. Being able to understand Bahasa Malaysia, I was able to provide the answer. Went on stage, gave the right answer and brought back a standing fan. I needed one anyway. The one in my room is giving out this loud noise as if I'm on a speedboat.

Got some congratulations cheers from the crowd for being able to answer and some of my ex Malay colleagues walked over and congratulated me. Well, the question wasnt that hard anyway.....guess I was plain lucky.....

Sex on Air

There is this interesting poll on AsiaOne website. As of 9.30am, this is the results of the polls. Think readers out there will know what I vote for. I have always wanted to know what is like to have sex up there in the air.

Not sure if its easier to conceive if you're way up there in the sky. Mating, doing the hump, shagging.....whatever you call it. On telly, the bed seems big enough for couple to roll and stroll and do whatever that needs to be done.

We are not talking about having a quick romp in the small toilet in the airplane. We are talking about having a bed to perform.

I believe the only thing SIA now needs to consider is creating some sort of soundproof mechanism. Once thats out of the way, there is no stopping the 44% of us saying Yes to this idea.For the rest, dont be a party pooper and just join in the fun.

A Close Call

Whats a close call? Its when you drive your car into the parking lot and not hitting the front divider with only about a few centimetres to spare.

We were out having lunch in Ikea Tampines. My colleague drove and when we got out of the car, we could see his new car just missing the divider by just a few centimetres.

Talk about close call. Whatever it is see it for yourself.