In my younger days, we only had the cone-shaped changs (dumplings) but I did hear at the time, that the Cantonese had big ones that looked like pillows. Lately, these are available here too and I have had a few before this. Somebody was saying the other day that it seems the other dialects also [...]
Towards the end of last year, around October or November, my friend in Bintulu bought a new car – one of those popular Japanese brands, not our own Malaysian-made ones. The other day, I had the shock of my life when he sent me some photographs via mms… He said he had just come from [...]
It’s going to be a long weekend here in East Malaysia with the Pesta Kaamatan in Sabah on the 31st of May and the Gawai Dayak Festival in Sarawak on the 1st of June, so all of you West Malaysians can eat your hearts out! Tuesday, the 2nd of June, is also a public holiday…so [...]
Somebody sent me this via email and I thought I would just share it with everybody. Ummm…truth be told, I’ve run out of things to post so I’m using this as a filler! Hehehehehe!!! Well, I bet all of you know Phua Chu Kang and his nephew, Aloysius – that’s Chu Beng & Margaret’s son. [...]
Over in West Malaysia, people sing in praise of the Penang char kway teow or fried flat rice noodles and maybe the kway teow therng (flat rice noodles in clear soup) as well. Here in Sarawak, however, it seems that the kway teow is always lurking in the shadows. When one talks about Kuching, immediately [...]
Well, this one’s for you… FREE…but only if you pay for it! Sounds like I’m contradicting myself, right? Well, I was trying to keep a flu at bay, so I went searching for some fruit juices at the neighbourhood mini supermarket. They were selling this particular brand of fruit juices, pre-packed two by two, together [...]
My! My! How time flies…and in just a blink of an eye, another year has passed. This coming Thursday – the 5th Day of the 5th Month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar, the Chinese community will be celebrating Duanwu Jie or the Dragon Boat Festival. If you do not know the history or background behind [...]
I bought these otak-otak udang (prawn cake) from my regular Bandong stall the other day… They looked pretty good on the outside, so I bought 4 – 2 for my missus and 2 for myself, at RM3.00 each – totalling RM12.00. But unfortunately, they were not nice at all… I did not like the taste. [...]
Last Sunday, I had to take the 8.50 a.m. MAS flight direct from KLIA to Sibu. That happens to be the ONLY direct flight daily from the national capital and in order that I could get to the airport on time, I had to leave the hotel in the city centre by around 6.30 a.m. [...]
Teachers’ Day, May the 16th, came and went unceremoniously, I’m afraid. I did get a few smses from a few teacher-friends and as I was caught up in all the action over the weekend, I just gave them a short “Same to you” reply. However, I do not recall getting any from any of my [...]
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