I hang around Facebook most of the time. I find the social media very useful as it keeps me in touch with family and friends – their birthdays, anniversaries, what’s going on in their lives and share their joys and also their sorrows…and anything of mutual interest. It keeps me up-to-date too with the latest information and news and I do not have to watch any football match anywhere in the world to know who scored and who won. I’ve a Twitter account too but no, I hardly ever go there…and I’m not on Instagram since I do not own a smartphone.
I do wish, however, that everyone would be more responsible in sharing anything that they come across. Like in the case of the recent flood in Kuching, there were people who posted old photographs from many years ago of the Kuching Waterfront totally submerged. Such acts may lead to undue shock and worry not only for the unsuspecting folks there but also their loved ones living elsewhere. Then, of course, there were those that would surface everytime an election was round the corner or when there was a tragedy involving our airlines…and God knows how many times Jackie Chan has died on Facebook. It really makes me wonder what cheap thrill certain parties derive from doing such silly things…and the problem is there are many people who would quickly share without verifying the authenticity, the truth behind those things.
Like, for instance, way back in 2010, there was this video clip of a news report in Taiwan on an Indonesian-made instant noodles. Many countries including Singapore and Australia quickly ran tests that showed that there wasn’t any truth whatsoever in the report. After all this time, the video clip surfaced again very recently – I do not know how she came across it but without a second thought, she quickly shared it on Facebook and of course, the uninitiated, who did not see it the first time around, would fall for it, hook, line and sinker! I could not refrain from telling her off…but no, she did not delete at all. I just cannot understand why she saw it fit to keep it there.
Anyway, my ex-student gave me two packs of the made-in-Indonesia mi goreng…
…the other day, 5 of these individual packets in each of them, and everyone started asking why it was named Indofood and not Indomie – the name that all of us would be more familiar with. Well, if you look closely at the name of the manufacturer, it is the same company…
…that produces Indomie sold locally here – PT Indofood. You can click the link to that old post of mine and see this same name on the packets.
So these that I got were made in Indonesia…
…for export to Brunei…
Now, the question is whether this is better than what we can get from the shops here. Inside, you will find the same four sachets – the seasoning, chili powder, fragrant oil and sweet dark soy sauce…
…but when I opened the one with the seasoning, I could catch a whiff of the fragrance – something that I never experienced before.
The noodles were harder or firmer so I had to boil it longer but even though I did that for quite a while, it never turned overly soft and at times, even soggy, like some of the other brands. I tossed the noodles in all the ingredients provided and fried an egg to go with it…
…and sat down to eat.
It was very nice but pretty close to our Indonesian-made Indomie…
…which is definitely nicer than the Malaysian imposter and also the mi goreng from the other brands available – nice and special enough to make me decide not to eat the rest but to save them all for my girl to take to her school…to cook and enjoy sometime.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 