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Monday, April 30, 2012

428 “干净之声”


第一次发现原来我们的命运是联系在一起的,

要达成最简单的理念,却必须要走最艰难的路。

但为了我们下一代的将来,再荆棘还是得坚持走下去~

我永远不会忘记这一天,银行街上的黄衣及绿衣人群以一致有节奏的叫喊声,和车辆的笛声演奏成无与伦比的激昂的“干净之声”!

Friday, April 27, 2012

Bersih 3.0 净选盟八大选举改革诉求

Just the short one, for those we are still do not aware of the eight demands of the Bersih, please read the below and please digest it with your own judgement whether do you want to support the coming Bersih 3.0 at 428, it will be another historical day of Malaysia after 709~

净选盟八大选举改革诉求:

一、准确的选民册;
二、使用不褪色油墨;
三、改善邮寄选票制度;
四、至少21天的竞选期;
五、自由和公平地使用媒体;
六、强化公共机制;
七、杜绝贪污滥权以及
八、杜绝肮脏政治。

The rally's immediate demands were:[

  1. Clean the electoral roll
  2. Reform postal voting
  3. Use of indelible ink
  4. A minimum campaign period of 21 days
  5. Free and fair access to mainstream media
  6. Strengthen public institutions
  7. Stop corruption
  8. Stop dirty politics
I personally think that the 7th & 8th demands was the most challenging part, but in the same time, we have to try our best in playing our citizen role to change our society to be the better and cleaner one~

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Presents for Bb Herng

While waiting for the photos from the ‘cutiest photographer’, I will share on the gifts and presents received during Herng’s 1st birthday since this is also something notable and remarkable for him~

The clothes from grandpa & grandma..


The shoes from aunt


Romper from me..Initially I bought this as his costume to wear during his birthday party, but his dad & grandmum commented that the colour is dark, not suitable for the occassion.





The Angry Bird pyjamas from me, suppose to wear on that night also but again, his dad said this is too hot for him~ hehe...

The activity table, card & the playskool’s toys are from my friends i.e. Venice, Isaac (Oscar’s Best Actor) & Simone (Oscar’s Best actress). They are unable to attend the birthday party due to they already bought the concert ticket which held on the same date. (=.=) Isaac is the one who urged me to organize the birthday party for Herng but finally turned me down. =( Anyway, they sent the ‘representatives’ to us 2 days before the party to show their sincerity. Big thanks to three of them!



***Special thanks to Venice for the great effort on wrapping up the presents and decorating the card, she is always full of creative ideas~


It just looks funny and fascinating; manage to capture Herng’s attention very well. I kept recalled who is the person who bought this, until one scene suddenly appeared in my mind..I know the answer at last, it shouldn’t be hard to guess..hehe…thanks!





The angry bird bag from grandpa to put the Ang Paus..We left it in car and forgot to bring down that day~

This special and meaningful present which known as Gigo Junior Engineer Magic Gears are from beloved Yan Yan, Fen & Fred, Wen & Eow Hui.

Yan bought it three weeks ago before Herng’s birthday at Popular, I get to know it from her blog!. =) After reading the blog, I can’t wait to explore it as it seems like a very challenging time consuming task to train Herng to become a junior engineer. I wish I was RANCHO!!! =.= Nvm, Aal Izz WELL~



***Special thanks to Yan for designing the card. It is so nice and impressive. Great job!


                                                                                                                                                             The DVD is from Su Teng, Cai, Sue Yin & Kam. This is recommended by Kam’s sis as the DVD can teach the children the shapes & color in more interesting ways. So thoughtful~


Last, thanks everyone for the wonderful present and big 'ang paus'..You guys really know what my baby need the most~.Arigato Gozaimasu!



Monday, April 16, 2012

CMR at D'piazza @ April 11’2012

Anyone know why April 11’2012 was declared by national public holiday of Malaysia? Yes, this is due to the installation of The Sultan of Kedah, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. I did not aware of it since I need to work as usual on that day until one week ago, I received a special invitation from Cutie.

Dear all,

Reservation done under Ms. Loh @ 11/4 (Wed) 12.00pm
Venue: CMR Restaurant
70-01-12A D’piazz Mall
Jalan Mahsuri 11950 Bayan Baru, Penang
http://www.cmr-restoran.com/

Regards,
Cutie

I have seen this restaurant several times before but don’t know why I never think of stepping in. Anyway, the invitation provokes my vigorous curiosity towards the Chinese Islamic cuisine, hence I accepted the invitation immediately. =)

Well, for those who are 'katak di bawah tempurung' just like me, I have did some research about the Chinese Islamic Cuisine. According to wikipedia, Chinese Islamic cuisine (清真菜;回族菜) is the cuisine of the 'Hui' (ethnic Chinese Muslims) and other Muslims living in China. Chinese Islamic restaurant can be similar to a Mandarin restaurant with the exception that there is no pork on the menu and is primarily noodle/soup based.


清真菜,既有伊斯兰教习俗,又有中国饮食风格的菜肴。又称回族菜。

在中国,回、维吾尔、哈萨克、乌孜别克、塔吉克、塔塔尔、柯尔克孜、撒拉、东乡、保安等民族有着共同的饮食习俗和饮食禁忌,但在饮食风味上则存在着一定的差别,因而人们在习惯上又常常把主要居住在新疆的几个少数民族的风味菜肴划出来,称为新疆菜,而特指回族菜肴为清真菜。

清真菜的口味偏重咸鲜,汁浓味厚,肥而不腻,嫩而不膻。但不同地区的清真菜又有西北地区、华北地区、西南地区等不同的流派。这一间坐落在槟城的唯一一家清真菜馆又有着怎样的特色呢?很抱歉,我不是食家,所知道的讯息实在有限,只查到这家的回族厨师是来自中国宁夏回族自治区,还有这家是槟城第1家以中国西北式烹饪获得马来西亚回教发展局的清真(HALAL)证书的餐厅。

Let me share with you guys the dishes we ordered first. Oh ya need to correct my phrase, the dishes were actually pre-ordered by our organizer and the mission of the rest of us was just ‘EAT’ and ‘COMMENT’. =)


The appertizer – deep fried crispy calamari
I assume they have adapted to the local preference as this is a very common dishes which can easily available in every restaurant either Western or Asian food.


The signature dishes

伊斯兰教认为,人们的日常饮食不仅为了养身,而且还要利于养性,因而主张吃佳美、合法的食物。此外,无鳞鱼和凶狠食肉、性情暴躁的动物也不能吃,如鹰、虎、豹、狼、驴、骡等。清真菜选料主要取材于牛、羊两大类,特别是烹制羊肉菜肴极为擅长。
中国清真菜点用料极为讲究,主料突出,注重香料的使用。明代马愈的《马氏日钞记》中,有“回回人食事之香料”的记载。因为注重使用香料,所以清真菜点一般醇香味浓,甜咸分明,酥烂香脆,色深油重;肉肥而不腻,瘦而不柴,鲜而不膻,嫩而有味。

Special Deep Fried Mutton Chop
I think this can consider something extraordinary to me as they applied the ‘spices’ instead of sauce to strengthen up its taste. Thumbs up!

Chinese Napa in Hot Oil, Garlic & Chili
It consists of pickled Chinese cabbage. Don’t it look like Chinese Muslim version of Kimchi? It seems simple but delicious~

Delicious Jumbo Eggplant
The outlook is attractive and creative. It seems like a big squid at the first glance, but it was indeed a healthy aubergine dish.



Quick boiled fish with special sauce
Not sure the fish name, but I think this is another highly recommended dishes of CMR.


Both of them taste similar, I love the way they prepare the sweet potato. The taste is slightly similar with the orange colour potato snacks which I bought from pasar malam every Tuesday.


Stir fired prawn with sweet potato




Stir fried beef with sweet Potato




Fried Spring Bean with Chicken Minced
Oh, I just realized that this fried spring bean consisted of chicken minced when I wrote this post. It seems like my food review is not convincing at all as my tongue is not sensitive enough. =.= anyway, to me this is another common one. =)




I wish to have wide angled camera so that I can capture all the dishes in one picture...




Last but not least, the dessert - sago lemon



饱食了昂贵的一餐过后,又免费帮人在这里做宣传~ =P
对了,我们在西瓜汁里发现有苍蝇。来这里用餐,要小心苍蝇!就这样,分享完毕~



顺道分享411那天我的余震感言:-

~ 谢谢一直以来没放弃约会我的人,虽然你们知道我可能不能出席,或答应过后会临时放飞机,但你们还是把我记住了。还有感谢一直以来会打电话给我,sms给我,和我MSN聊天分享生活点滴,又或者是透过别人关心我的朋友。=P 我知道现在的我对于朋友这个角色扮演得没以往的投入,但我的内心其实还是一个很重视友谊的人,关心着每一个朋友的近况,所以我想在这里感激没把我这个傻瓜在脑里删除掉的每一个人~


Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Aal Izz Well《Three Idiots》

看完了人生中的第一部宝来坞剧Three Idiots》,惊叹并惊艳了很久。

《Three Idiots》是2009年一部宝莱坞喜剧影片,改编自印度畅销书作家奇坦·巴哈特的处女作小说《Five Point Someone》,由Rajkumar Hirani(拉库马·希拉尼)执导。

印象中,从来没有好莱坞剧可以如此震撼我,也许是因为洋人的开放思想和我们保守的文化相差太远吧, 所以通常看完后的隔天,记忆就会自动消失,转眼成空~

这部剧不一样的地方是它侧面的反映并批判了印度目前的诸多社会问题如填鸭式教育制度,贫富差距等,使得该片在同样存在这类问题的中国大陆的人看了有深深的共鸣,就连属于发展中国家的马来西亚人的我也不例外。

太多澎湃的感想,对于这些存在许久却不被关注正视的社会问题唏嘘不已,拿手拈来有前阵子被政治炒作的稀土课题,华小教育严缺师资等,示威抗议發生得這麼频繁,然而被遺忘的速度却又這麼快。真的不知要从何讲起~ 这一切的问题发生,都是有‘深層次的原因的’,想起了前几天网络上看到的一句話,那就是「冤有頭債有主,出門左轉是政府」。想一想,左转是政府,在回转想,政府的主脑也是个人,我真的不明白,我们的政府是人民选出来的,到最后是不是我们自己在为难自己,自己一手造成的呢?

也许我只能在这里做个总结,我们就是这个制度里被复制出来的笨蛋。回归电影吧~

主题不符剧情,三个笨蛋里头有一个天才,叫"Rancho",有点自以为是,可是在众多复制出来的书呆子当中,他却是那么的独特,非常的有主见。这类人,我想在欧美国家是很普遍的,可是在印度,他却是个怪胎。这是因为他没有读死书,他是个真正热爱Engineering的未来科学家。当教授问他什么是Machinery时,他就用了诙谐的layman term来解释,Machinery就是那些可以用来减轻人们负担,或克服人类极限的用具, 例如风扇,电视机,交通工具等。然后他还把裤子的拉链拉上拉下,说机器就是可以方便人们不断重复的使用的工具,大意是这样。在那个教授的眼中,答案就只有课本上的那一个用很pro的technical term 及jargon来定义的说法。其他的说法都是错误的。单单这一点,我就知道这部电影要呈现的不是纯粹喜剧或校园剧那么简单表面了~

接下来,谈到了自杀课题。其中一名学生,Suhas因为家里发生一些事来不及在期限内完成直升机制作,要求Virus主任多给他时间完成,然而Virus却坚决地否定了他,要他留级,并告诉他这个现实的世界是充满竞争,机会往往只有一次,每个人都不应该为自己的失败找借口,并举例说当他知道自己的孩子去世的第二天,他依然若无其事的上班,要他知道这个现实社会的残酷。
结果在面对不能如期毕业的压力之下,Suhas自杀了。Rancho在出席葬礼时,悲痛的指责Virus是杀人凶手,Suhas的死是谋杀,不是自杀。这一幕让我想到了赵明福案,虽然从头到尾没有人可以解开这个谜底,但我看了这部剧后,我开始对他的死因有点头绪了。表面上他很可能是自杀死的,皇家委员会和警方再怎么调查也没用,凶器是杀人于无形的言语,或者是一些让人非常有无力感的腐败政治,没有黑与白的证据案子是无法水落石出的。这套戏启发了我,它体现出学生梦想破灭而选择自杀的可怜,有力地讽刺当今的教育制度,并让大家反省并思考我们该如何教育我们的下一代。

其实目前造成教育体制弊端的根本原因是钱的问题,每个国家都希望能有美国一样的教育体制和模式,但是却因为种种原因无能力负担这种庞大的教育经费。片中Virus在被Rancho一次又一次的挑战下,找来了Rancho的同伴Farhan和Raju开刀警告,很清楚的告诉他们:Rancho家的月收入是250000,但Farhan家的是2500,Raju家的是250,所以你们不可能像Rancho那样学习"。所以就这样很可惜的,我们很多时候无法选择要走的路,也根本没有勇气去实现我们的理想,大多数的人被逼走上了复制人的道路,就像Farhan,一出生爸爸已经帮他决定他以后要当工程师的路。

剧中有太多值得讨论的地方了,我无法在这里一一的分享我的看法。最后我要分享的是我很喜欢的一句旁白,真实得来很无奈~ when people is bad, we are sad; but when people is good, we are worse. 成绩揭晓后,Farhan和Raju分别排名倒数第一和第二,原本他们以为Rancho被退学而不在排行榜,他们为朋友感到深深的沮丧。然而当他们知道原来Rancho其实是考到了第一名时,他们的心情不是松了一口气,而是更低落的。每天在你身边打转的好朋友/室友,考出来的成绩却和你有天壤之别,任谁都不是滋味吧~ 不过,难能可贵的是他们并没有因为嫉妒而破坏之间的友谊,他们一起度过了高潮起伏的大学生涯。

这是一部非常值得一看的戏,诙谐得来又激励人心且给了观众很多的思考空间。套Rancho的口头禅,"Aal Izz Well"~ Don't chase the success, let success chasing you!

Friday, April 6, 2012

《12年金马伦之小亨第一次旅行及陈家三代同堂行》- Boh Tea Plantation & 结尾篇

这篇应该是金马伦‘连续剧’的最后一集了吧,老实说这几晚一直整理照片和写游记,我的心一直停留在那儿,到现在才渐渐回到了槟城。

既然是最后一篇,就要写得更精彩一些,或更有意义一些吧~

其实有没有人知道金马伦这个名字的由来呢? 其实很简单,是以人来命名的。维基是这么记载的,金马仑高原是英国探测家威廉斯·金马仑威廉斯·金马仑在一个测图行动中所发现而命名的。

1925年佐治•玛史威公爵(Sir George Maxwell) 参观这里后,将其发展为避暑胜地,完成了一条通往打巴的公路。公路通车后,英国的高官显要都在此建筑别墅,一些还定居并开发此高原。不久后,一个永久的英军军营在此成立。1929年约翰•艾琪拔•路雪(John Archibald Russell),当时英国的总督之子,在此发展茶叶种植,直到第二次世界大戰为止。

所以说,去一个地方前,了解那个地方的历史很重要。这就是为什么这个地方这么多古色古香的英式建筑物及几个著名的茶园的原因啦。

至于金马伦和云顶高原,哪一个地方较冷呢?如果以海拔的高度来计算,金马仑高原地处马来半岛主干山脉蒂迪旺沙山脈东麓,海拔约1500米左右,雲頂高原,也是位於馬來半島蒂迪旺沙山脈其中一個山峰,海拔呢是1760公尺,所以应该是雲頂高原较冷吧。

不过管它那个地方比较冷,两个地方都各有特色,我个人呢会比较喜欢金马伦。如有外国朋友或游客问起,我一定会推荐金马伦 =)

这次到这边,时间有限,只去了两个景点,就是玫瑰山庄及Boh Tea Plantation。 但两个地方都拍了不少照片,够我忙的了~

03年那次好像是去过Bharat茶园,不过印象很模糊。下一次如果再来就不去Sungai Palas 的Boh 茶园了,去Bharat茶园好了~ 听说Bharat茶园更壮观。

Picture's moments~

Good morning everyone, the time now is 6.30am..

Breakfast time.... show u my cheeky face =P




Having great time together~ I enjoyed it so much!





Again, Vic's employee benefit.. X-Trail.. The whole journey costs us petrol cost of about RM90-RM100 and RM33.60 of toll fees. Here we go...




















Finally, managed to capture this family photo outside the glass house~

















Time to say GOODBYE~










Lunch at Ipoh's famous 老黄芽菜鸡






hello, I am cutie Herng...



Bought the strawberry keychains souvenirs for my colleagues~







Of course not forget to buy this - Herng's favourite





终于,任务大功告成了~ 每一段旅程,都有不同的故事,简单也好,平淡也好,也是记忆里的一部分~ 这一次旅行,最高兴的应该是老公的爸爸妈妈吧~ 有孩子,孙子陪在身边,即使只是国内旅行,这种幸福,我想是每个上了某个年龄的人都非常渴望的吧~ 他们往往嘴里说不打紧,你们要怎样就怎样,最重要你们开心。可是其实他们心里是多么的希望孩子可以多疼爱他们,知道他们心里的想法。


我真的很希望,下一次的旅行,我的爸爸妈妈也有在里面~ =)


所以,要实现梦想,就认真工作吧!


Life is/isn't a RACE~