Where to Eat

I had such a difficulty deciding a lunch place today. Sam and I had our mind set on having bak kut teh at this stall at SS2 (near the Nasi Kandar Kayu). Unfortunately, the shop was closed for the day. To make things even more difficult, our second option - Ang Kee Restoran was also closed for the day. That left us with a other options within walking distance. Well, in a way, we are kind of lucky as there are at least 3-4 other eateries nearby.

One is a chinese shop that supposedly serves BBQ meat (siew yok or char siew) with rice - but it is extremely Quiet although there were like 3-4 table full of people in the shop. But it's really very very very quiet! I was telling Sam..it's like eating in a Temple. I refused to enter cos I don't want to eat in a Temple wor. Eat BBQ meat some more.

The other shop is pretty interesting...it serves herbal soup set meals with an option of white or yam rice. From outside it looks packed with customers. Since there were a few empty table we decided to enter. However...the NOISE! Wa lau...it is so bloody noisy in there. I immediately felt very stressed up and agitated. I shook my head when Sam looked at me...and we left!

Ha ha...so picky hor. How to eat wor? One is like an extreme point of the other.

Yet Another Mysterious Finding on the Phone

In the last two entries, I wrote about mysterious calls dialled and received from my mobile phone between 1am to 1.45am on May 26th. Today i discovered these images in my phone. There were 10 such images in my phone all taken between 1.08am to 1.27am on May 26th.





I was initially quite confident that those calls were 'dialled & received' by my house cat while she was on her normal stampede at night. But...taking pictures??? I am not too sure now...

Why do I suddenly have this tune from UFO in my mind .."tii tii tuu tii tii tuu tuu tii tii tuu..somebody's watching you.."

It's Gotta Be The ...! (Actual Scenario)

Okay - CC just called me. She requested that I must re-write the entry again because the earlier entry did not quite reflect the actual scenario that got her so Worried until she didn't get much sleep. She even contemplated driving over to make sure that we are safe. Poor dear friend :p

Here's the scenario:

At 1.10am : CC saw a missed call from 'me' @ 1.05pm. She decided to call back but did not get any answer. She waited a while and called back another one or two times more. Out of the few times she called, two calls was 'picked up'. One was without any sound - silent. The other one..she heard 'breathing sound' (!!!)

She got very worried by then. She called FL to discuss if she should make a trip to my house. They decided to call the fixed line first. After many tries, my father picked up the phone. When CC asked for me...my father casually said that "she is upstairs sleeping, what's the matter?" CC tried to explain to him that I called her and she didnt manage to get hold of me...so she is worried. Instead of explaining that we are all fine...my father went on to say that "today our house no electricity wor" (???). Oh ya..and chris heard that "mii mii' sound while talking to my father.

The conversation left CC and FL wondering if he was giving a HINT(?).

and..so..they ended up being worried for the whole night/morning until I returned her call at 5,45am.

SO..what do you think? Who made those calls?

It's Gotta Be The ...!

I woke up briefly this morning at about 5.45am to let my dog Phoebe go to relieve herself. As I was making my way back up to the bedroom I was surprise to hear 2 types of alerts from my phone - message alert and low battery alert. I was very very sure that the batt was at full bar before I went to sleep earlier.

When I picked up the phone, I was surprise to see the battery bar at red alert level and there were 2 messages from CC and FL between 1.45 to 1.50am. Both read almost the same as follows:

"Pls give me a call immediately when you read this. Please."

Initially, I suspected that it may be some spam or prank messages but the messages sounded serious and urgent. And it was then 5.45am.. Worried that there may be some emergency, I called CC right away. She picked u almost immediately and I asked her (almost casually) - "meh yeh si ah (what's up)"

Like her usual self..she asked me very calmly if I realised that I called her several times earlier in the morning (around 1.45am). Puzzled...I told her that..it couldn't be...because I was fast asleep at that time..and my phone was not even with me in the bedroom.

According to her, she answered a few times and nobody said anything to her. When she called back , either no one picks up or she hears some strange soft mii mii sound. She must have gotten so worried that she called FL. They decided to try calling my house which I didn't hear too.

Apparently, my dad picked up the call and for some reasons he only told them that our house was having power cut (no electricity) :D

Sorry..I know..CC and FL was worried sick,,and most likely they lost some valuable sleep. But..I chuckled when I imagine CC's conversion with my Dad.

As for the calls made from my phone ..well..a check on Dialled calls revealed that..."I" also called one of my auntie who's number is the first on the phone list. Chris's number was the last dialled as she was the last person I called. Another number dialled during that strange hour was "8555541111"

I swear it wasn't me! Who do you think it could be?

• Me..making those calls in my sleep?
• My father?
• Some ghost?
• The cat?
• The dog?
• Others - _________(please specify)

About Sang Choi, Poh Lei Sang Choi and Bak Kut Teh..

In the late evening hours....I had a 3 way chat with Mag and Sam. First with Mag about parts of the pig that she should put in her Bak Kut Teh tonight.

Wikipedia translates Bak Kut Teh as "pork bone tea", and at its simplest consists of meaty pork ribs in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, and garlic), boiled together with pork bones for hours. However, additional ingredients may include offal, varieties of mushroom, lettuce, and pieces of dried tofu. Light and dark soy sauce are also added to the soup during cooking, with varying amounts depending on the variant.

Anyway..on the meat..we concluded that she should get some bones and meat. I specifically asked her to try get thigh bones or ribs (breast bones). and of course some meat - preferably those with layers of fat cum meat. She was worried that she won't be able to understand the Chinese description (she is in Beijing) - my suggestion to her was...to point at her thigh and breast (chest I mean) to get the right bones.

Then...we had another long debate about the type of vege for Bak Kut Teh. By memory we concluded that it should be Sang Choi = Lettuce but Sam thinks that to be exact..it should be Poh Lei Sang Choi. Beleive me..this debate took us about 15 mins. Sam..had this brilliant definition that made me ROFL. According to Sam, Sang Choi is the flat type and is...the one that is use for lion dance. Well, she is kind of right..cos the other type of sang choi which is called POH LEI SANG CHOI is ...according to Mag >>i know not the fat round choi. cos that one cannot pick la! like ball, lion cannot catch

After much debate..Sam even took the trouble to download some pictures to prove her point. Ladies and gentleman..here's how different the two types of sang choi and poh lei sang choi looks like:

Have a good evening folks. I am heading home now to hv whatever's on the dinner table while Mag should be in Carrefour BJ now..buying her pork and sang choi. As for Sam..I forgot to ask..what's for her dinner tonite?

I was Blind!

I dreamt that I became blind and I couldn't update this blog. How scary!

What is your state of mind these days..

While I complained about feeling blue the other day...hundreds thousands of people in other corners of the world suffered greatest shock and devastation of their lives as natural disaster striked without warning leaving over 100 thousand lives dead or missing in Myanmmar, 20 over thousand dead and many many many affected in Szechuan, tornado in US although not as devastating but I am sure countless families have yet to recover from the damages and lastly not forgeting the countries which seem to be at endless war and fights...

Aren't we lucky to be able to 'BE HOME' every night?
To have a "HOME" to return to?
To have"MONEY" and be able to "BUY" food.
To be able to see & locate our "FAMILY OR FRIENDS" whenever we need to.

Let's spend a moment (more if possible) to be thankful and appreciate all we've got with us at this very moment.

BLeu

I am Bleu today. I know...I know..I should have fought it..it's all in the mind. Was generating very positive thoughts all morning when I woke up and when I was driving to work. Until..I received some very old photos black & white of our parents, grandfather, uncles, aunties. My colleague commented that I looked like my mom. Such nostalgia...I was very tempted to post their photo here..but am a bit worried about security and all that crap.

There were also some not so smooth work matters & date lines...crap crap crap.

BLue.....

Hot & Hotter News..

Somehow I feel that the world is spinning faster & faster and somethings have been thrown off balance.

Internally in our little Malaysian world:
While Malaysians politicians and not are still mulling over the dramatic political climate change, new hot issues seems to pop out every other day. We have been treated with ..let me categorise them my way..I'd called them :

• ANNOUCEMENTS when it comes form the government - but beware that these may change overnight..as usual..

• SERIOUS SURPRISES when the now much stronger opposition reveals 'rather serious findings' about how things were being run previously or more specifically how 'things' have dissappered after March 8...personally I still have a little doubt whether these are political games or are have they really got down to business. That's why I categorise these under SERIOUS SURPRISES rather than SERIOUS TRUTHS

• FUNNY TRUTHS when we are treated to comical parliamentarians live on TV. May be these are new to us...but I'd think that it's normal for our leaders to call each other by names in the parliament (e.g. Big Foot, Big Monkey) when Taiwan parliamentarians end up in fist fighting or hair pulling incidents.

• SERIOUS CRIMES ...did anyone care at all about REAL crime incidents that happened lately? Personally, I was horrified to read about a new roberry synidicate that Abduct, Rob, Kills and Dump their victims into rivers. So far two bodies has been found and one has been identified as a missing consultant who is a father to a child, father to be to another yet to be born child, husband to a pregnant wife. He was last seen by his friends getting into his car after some drinks. Yesterday's news reported that an old trader who was getting ready to open his stall in the wee hours of the morning was slashed 8 times on the head and arms despite the fact that he did willingly gave away his pouch which contains only 30 bucks

• NOT SO SERIOUS CRIMES..all the above had to take a back seat with minimal coverage in the main media. That is because the police, prosecutors and reporters were apparently super busy covering the arrest of an influential blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin over an article he wrote Malaysia Today. He was charged in court within a day for SEDITIONS - whatever that is. With that, the blogsphere, media, NGO, bar council, politicians, ..etc etc has been ABUZZ with activities....all trying to keep up with the latest event. The latest from Malaysiakini reported that he is in jail now - refusing bail & visitors to prove his stand.

Externally :
Loads are happening. Food crisis. Possible recession. Train crash. The horror truth about this father in Austria who kept his own daughter in a dungeon like cellar for 24 yrs and fathered seven children together! Too much for me to pay attention. And most the most recent and devastating to ignore...the deadly Cyclone Nargis. Estimated death toll stands temporary at 22 over thousand with over 40000 still missing....