Wanna Prosperous?

Tengok Prosperity Burger means CNY is just around the corner. Time really flies, in 2 weeks plus time, it's Gong Xi Gong Xi time liao.. Why is it called Prosperity Burger or Prosperity Meal? Cos the price is fabulous.. McD become prosperous (in term of $$) and the consumer become prosperous in term of size (& weight), cos high calories mah :P

I crap with Ah Ben a week or two ago on Prosperity Burger..

Chen: Kuching this year got beef prosperity burger?
Chen: last year only chicken prosperity burger
Ben: NO! Ben: ki si lang. This yr also only chicken
Chen: chicken not so nice wan. Beef much nicer.
Chen: why tarak beef in swak?
Ben: buddhist a lot in kch? lols!
Chen: Swak more Christians than Buddhist leh, summore not many Indians in Swak.
Ben: then dunno larh
Chen: very weird wan
Ben: ppl scared of mad cow?
Chen: kekekke
Ben: lols
Chen: swak lang kia si ah?
Ben: kakaka

I dunno why Prosperity Beef Burger is not available in Sarawak. All these while, I prefer Moo moo than cocka koko kai.. My dinner for the night (after potong rambut).

Die die also must eat mia Prosperity Beef Burger. Why ah? Cos it's only available once a year, and it's so tasty......... If dun eat, then chicken run liao (chao kai mah) (or should it be cow run instead since this is beef burger?) I'm lovin' it

The crispy Twister Fries - reminds me of sotong tentacles :P Tempting, tempting !!

The Mmmmmmmmmmmm (No comment) Orange McFiss McFizz. Kkekk, Didn't realise salah eja tim cos too sotong liao :P Thanks, Ah May.

Botak !!

Few days ago I met a colleague cum friend of mine whom I have known for years (working in the same hospital but in different department). He starts balding in young age - started to lost hair in his 20's - those male-pattern baldness aka androgenetic alopecia. Not alopecia areata nor alopecia totalis though.

Each time I meet him, "Err.. 你越来越少头发了", (which literally means he is balding) will just come out spontaneously from my mouth, like a natural reponse. (All these while, I converse in Chinese with my close friends). Few weeks didn't see him so much difference oredi. Mmm... I know balding is a sensitive issue for some guys. Abuthen, I guess he is used to that liao cos I'm not the only one who says that, and summore this was not the first time I say that to him. Should I refrain from saying that statement in the future? Old habits die hard.. :P

It's time for me to have haircut soon. Might be tomorrow? Might be Wednesday? Might be Friday. Mmmm.. Should I dye my hair at the same setting?

Exercise...

I used to go hiking in Youth Park (up to Station 3), Penang quite frequently in the past, but lately I deferred the hiking coz of.. well, well... blame the rainy season + LAZY mah. Previously I can reach Station 3 ( the circled area with several Malaysia Flags) in the photo below within 20-25 minutes. After defer the hiking activities for quite some time, I went up the hill again using the jungle trail yesterday evening. Wow... I lost my stamina already.. Need to stop few times in between to catch my breath....

But nevertheless I can still reach the destination, within half an hour. I guess I need to go exercise more often liao.

This evening, I went jogging in Botanical Garden. Feel breathless again after jogging one round & I continued with walking the second round. Must do exercise more frequent liao...

Monkeys in Botanical Garden.

The SOT SOT lingo

The SOT SOT lingo (A beginner's guide to SOT-TING)

Sot Sot = Cat meows, Dog barks (& talks at times), hence Sotong sots...
Liu = which can literally means anything... everything
KKHH = Kuch Kuch Hottie Hai (including the hip & butt shake & rolling uphills )
Klang Klang (KK) = BOLA, but not the World Cup mia BALL. I saw many used Klang Klang happily without realising wat is the real meaning. Still catch no balls? Use your own imagination to figure out what issit then..
Bling Bling = anything attractive, wet & shiny.
Young Young = the opposite of Old Old
Lidi Lidi = Sot sot Sotong way of laughing.
LD LD = :D @ LOL
TTTTTTTTTTTTTT = Ti(p)u
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkk = kakakakaka
Hhhhhhhhhhhhh = hahahahaha
Keeeeeeeeeeeee = kekekekkee
Lllllllllllllllll = liu liu liu
Lollllllllllllllll = lolololol
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr = ROTFL (non stop)

The Sampat Brief Intro (The Hall of Fame of Sot Sot) :

Winn : The Melayang-layang Queen. The sifu who mastered the Art of Rolling Uphills. Her melayang-layang skill really ichiban. Echo-ing Leon Lai's ♪ ♫ 今夜你會不會來, 你的愛還在不在 ♪ ♫

LB : The super cheong hei i-Professor who teaches the world how to i and KK. Prefers the non edible Apple than the contrary.

Angel : The quiet Angelic "cannot count girl" who needs Math tuition (kkkkkkkkkkkkk). Where's #9?? Catch No Ball? Click here for further info. (Pssssssss.. Don't piak me with sotong :P)

May : The multi talented Lucky Ducky real Liu, also the cofounder of lidi lidi lidi.

Misti : The multi tasked "School Janitor" who also runs the School Canteen with Chandelier For Sale (but she very cham & busy wan, cos no time to makan although runs canteen. No time to Relac even).

Chen : the PhD holder of E=mc2 with specialty in mong cha-cha ala Sotong style

Carcar aka Carmen San Diego. Also Professor of Oh See Dept. Always missing in class dt excessive bowel movement aka oh-see-ness. (Carcar will sure scold me for writing this, but never mind.. Cos ..Scolding People is one of her speciality too. LOL)

SA, aka simple ameriliu : The Eggy angmoh who loves kai kheok (phoenix claw). Egg cos white outside but yellow inside. (The inversion of Banana).

Ben Ben : The TFK SFK (Si-Fatt King aka Butt Master) who master the art of io ka chng with capability of creating tsunami with his excessive overflow tears or saliva.

Liucas : The Poster & Ferrari doggy, also Master of Disguise & King of the Martial Arts but too bad he always Zzzz with the ugly ter-kang kang posture.

Ah Boy : The brainy one who is busy walloping pork chops behind the scene and gardenia bread at times. Only pose ter- kang kang when prompted.

Cocka : The Fencing Master. Don't play-play.

King's Wife : Oh shit... More shitty scenes, Fast-fast take out camera :P

Day Dreamer : Another melayang-layang gal cos she adores day dreaming. Merdeka !!

Will : The perasan one who always believe that "If there is a "Will", there is a way"?

Butt : Remembering the hot koay teow soup "ghost story" & fartttttttt. Highlight highlight highlight !! then u get the clue :P

Kenny : Jeng Jeng Jengggggggggggggggggg. Echo-ing "贺新年 祝新年, 新年啦 年又年..."

Pink Cotton : *ahem*. The "censored" scene.

Red Sponge : She raps in Hakka. Wai... Where is my Lui Char?

Sengkor : The soft-hearted HK film star wanna be with "Fried Wantan smell" Car.

Nyonya : Let's joget & Sha lalala.

JL : On your mark, Get set.... GO!!!!!! Run JL run.

Goober : The sneezing & coughing peanut who yaks non stop.

Cynthia : Longkang laksa, longkang laksa !! Bila nak makan? Faiti Faiti come back home.

Sbanboy : The stressful no heart boy camera boy who yearns to be stress free :)

Headache liao.. There are more to be added on the list but I need to get to know u better before I can yak further. That will be in Chapter 2?

**Background music : Who let the Dogs Sotong out? Woof woof Sot Sot
Pssss... Should I publish the School Magazine 2007 ??

Sha La La La

Yesterday night, while listening to my collection of old songs , I came across this fabulous Sha La La La of yesteryears by Wynners (溫拿樂隊). 這是一首改編自美國的鄉村歌曲. Listening to this old song reminds me of the night in Redbox Karaoke together with Cocka, May, Nyonya, Angel and JL.

Sha La La La (Wynners)

There's a girl in my mind and she knows I'm thinking of her
All my way to the day and the night the stars shine above me
She's been gone for some time but I know I truly love her
And I'm singing this song, hoping she'll be back when she hears it

My heart goes shalala lala, shalala in the morning
shalala lala, shalala in the sunshine
shalala lala, shalala in the evening
Shalala lala, shalala lala just for you

If your love's gone away just like mine you'll feel like crying
Sing along maybe once maybe twice let's try it together
Some sweet day no one knows he'll return and you'll be happy
Shout it sweet in a song, listen to your heart it is singin'

Your heart goes shalala lala, shalala in the morning
Shalala lala, shalala in the sunshine
Shalala lala, shalala in the evening
Shalala lala, shalala lala just for you

p/s: While I was halfway bengang coz of some irritating events that occur late afternoon today, I received this lame joke sms from Winn, which arrived just in time. Hahaha, Winn, u might not realised it, but thanks for brighten up my day :D

草原上有二只牛在吃草。
白牛问：你的草是什么口味啊？
黑牛答：草莓味。
白牛赶紧走过去，吃了说：哪有草莓味？
黑牛大声的答：蕃薯, 我是说-草-没-味！

What's yours?

These are some of my favourite phrase which I always used in my casual writing. Piak with sotong, faint kaw kaw, no eye see, *cabut*, twist your head, sikui (= dead ghost in chinese for those who catch no balls), NBTD (= nothing better to do) and not forgetting the fabulous LD. (Those who chatted with me on YM will notice the appearance of this LD on & off. Many have asked me in the past what is LD? Hahaha, LD is just the typo for :D, since L is located next to : on the keyboard. That's how LD originated when I typed too fast, similar as the origin of ti(p)u)

And from what I observed over the past few weeks/months :
*May's tee-hee, fatt hao
*Ben's io ka ch'ng, hiao kao pua si, sikui, CPBSP
*Angel's KKHH & the dying DYK (which has RIP liao?)
*LB's sot sot, bling bling, klang klang & wat else?
*Winn's infamous liuliu, sam pat, melayang-layang & .. napet?
*Will's kin kin siam (wah.. where u want to siam?)
*Carcar's OMG, cheonghei, pangsai/oh see (nyek-nyek, I remember this !!!)
*JL's lame
*Pink Cotton's your head, 'x', PP (= phik phiak)
*Ah Boy's laff die me & woof die me
*Misti's RELAC
*Sengkor's How Crappy

Anything else to add on to the list?

Cheonghei-ness @ One Noodle

After Shalalalala till late midnight early morning, I finally went zzzz at 4:30 am. My Biological Clock woke me up at 9 am the following day. Cannot tidur liao, so I woke up & melayang-layang for a while...

Soon, it was time for lunch. Yeah, this time we had our lunch appointment at 1 pm at One Noodle in SS2. Angel and I secured a seat upstair in one hidden corner. Nyonya arrived next followed by May and subsequently Will came with a big bag. Nope.. He didn't bring Mini out but the camcorder with a short video clip of Mini. JL sms-ed telling Angel he couldn't made it cos he woke up late. (He didn't realise we actually stayed back till so late inside One Noodle). Too bad the melayang-layang Winn couldn't join us cos she sibuk melayang-layang elsewhere.

Without realising, Sotong is expanding the Sotong Kingdom slowly. The sotongness had spread the blur-ness to the Lucky Ducky May, causing her to ter-left her wallet inside the Redbox karaoke yesterday night during the karaoke session. But since she was so lucky ducky, she managed to get it back safe & sound. The last time when Sotong came to town, similar things happened too in KTZ, and not forgetting the heavy downpour. Blame the Sotong :P

Cocka was the next to arrive (we almost habis makan liao by then), and the first joke of the day started when we all heard Will asking Cocka, "Are u Carcar?" WHAT? CARCAR???? Everyone bursted into laughters !!!! Since when the lenglui Carcar becomes a macho guy with moustache ?? Cocka replied with a grin "The last time I checked, it is still there". Hahahhaa... I wonder if Carcar sneezed at that particular moment in Kiasuland? Talking about Cocka & Carcar reminded us of the photo of them taken together inside the Hakka Restaurant last August - the "like father & daughter" photo. Kakkakaka...

Soon, we were the only one left upstairs, and we ordered the second round of drinks. (cos talked too much mah.. really "saliva more than tea" (口水多过茶). We were noisy and loud - the whole upstair was filled with our voices & laughters. The staffs there are very nice cos.. they never shoo us downstair. Later in the evening, Ah May had to made a move cos she had dinner appointment with her family. After a goodbye hug.... aiyh, dunno when we will meet up again.. Might be in 2 years time? Might be sooner? Might be longer? Might be in Oz? might be in KL? might be somewhere else?

Soon, it's time to order the 3rd round of drinks... And dunno visiting the restroom for how many times liao.. We continued talking and yakking, covering everything under the sun - dogs lah, tsunami lah, apartment lah, Klang lah, the recent murder case lah, insurance lah, LRT ride lah, LRT tickets & Touch n Go thingy lah, blog name & profile name lah and even topless calendar lah.. *giggle*

We so cheong hei till..... See this? Geng leh? The thermos was brought out for... continuous servings of hot Chinese tea !! *Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah*

Later in the evening, around 6 pm, the Captain was back from her "time off". She was surprised to find out we were still lurking around in the corner.

Captain : I went back home to rest for few hours and I'm surprised to find out u all were still here. You all are good friends?
Nyonya : If we are not friends, who do u think we are woh?
Captain : like a Family loh. Pointing towards Cocka, He is the daddy and Nyonya as the mummy. (Kakkaa... so inevitably, Angel, Will & I become their their guai-guai, cute & adorable kids?)
Captain : U all must have not seen each other for so long liao, that's why can talk so long?
Nyonya : No lah, we just met up yesterday night and hang out till 3 sumthing in the early morning.
Captain : *amazed*

The papa & mama started teasing each other and showing the captain the censored photos that they captured the night before. What a lovely family scene. We stayed till almost 8 pm (till the cows also came back home liao.... Not only the cow, the rabbit, the mouse, the horse and the cock also come back leh). Mmmm... without realising, we had been talking, laughing, yakking & sitting for almost 7 hours inside the same makan place. This is indeed a record !!! Can we enter the Guinness World Record? So the cheong hei (long winded) & cheong si fatt. The seats must be flaming hot. Not easy to sit at the same seat for so long, u know? Stomach also bloated liao cos laugh too much (hence ate inhaled in endless supply of free air) :P

Looked at the bill !!!! First time I saw such a lengthy bill (for 6 people). Really kia si lang. The total payment of the bill was just 1/5^th the amount we paid the night before. Even the parking attendant also cabut back home liao.. So free parking for Cocka. Yeah...

This was not the end of the story yet. We went for dinner in Thong Kee Restaurant (having fish, pork ribs, green vege, claypot vege & bitter gourd soup) & continued our yakking session for one & half hours there till 9:30 pm. Thanks, Cocka for the dinner treat. This was how I spent my Sunday. Another eventful day, right?

A Night to Remember

After a short excursion to Klang, I had a short evening nap (one hour plus). I was lazy to get up subsequently. Remember? It was raining cats & dogs Liucas & Ah Boy out there.. Nice weather to zzzz. So fast it's 6:40 pm liao.. Die die also must wake up, cos..... It's time to attend the Farewell Dinner for Ah May. Ah May will be leaving to Sydney, Oz this coming 18th February 2007.... On the first day of CNY. I gonna miss u leh, Ah May.
Finally we arrived at Deustche Gashauss @ Damansara Heights, with King's wife as the honourable navigator.

The detailed map provided by Winn for the blur sotongs... Notice the unrelated Red Ginger? --> Mahathir's fav assam laksa woh...

Sengkor, Angel, Kenny, Nyonya Pg, Zeroimpact, 9393, JL, King's Wife, Cocka, May, Kat, Chen and Winn creating a chaos inside the restaurant.

Some of the food we sapu. Oh no...Porkie again :D

The confused Sausage which thinks he is a Sotong.... So liu geh?

Halfway, I switched drink (Long Island Iced Tea cocktail) with Winn's mia drink, curi her German Beer (*slurp).

This was the Seafood Pasta that costed the freaking RM 75??? Someone gonna boycott this place liao.

Carrot Cupcakes specially baked by Kat with sweet cream cheese frosting.

Someone really enjoying the cake !!!!!!! And not forgetting a bunch of crazy & weirdo adults posing and camwhoring. Gila session was definitely on the move, shocking the restaurant staffs. And the bills came up to ..... o.O

The night was still young. Next we went to RedBox karaoke. Kenny & 9393 had commitments elsewhere and didn't join the gang.

Leng chai with the devilish handsome smile & the striking little red horns. "Someone" going to kiss him leh this coming Friday :P

Cocka and his sweet rendition of Il Mondo. And the hilarious 烧饼 song (William Hung) really gave us a good laugh." She Bangs" now becomes the edible 烧饼 pulak? Muahahhaa.. 烧饼 烧饼 !! Sengkor, Winn, Zeroimpact, KW and Kat left around 1 sumthing, leaving Cocka, May, Angel, JL, Nyonya & me behind. The night was still young ;)

Mmm.. the mild tasting beer, and I actually felt more awake after drinking it. And not forgetting the late night tiuing sms from Misti all the way from kiasuland aka Singa berpura2 land. The highlight of the night was the Barbie Girl song followed by the Sha La La La (Wynners). Everyone was on the floor except Angel who danced on the seat instead. Nyonya really rocks! There were occasions whereby Cocka was sticked to the wall, just like the Spider Man. JL almost lost his voice towards the end of the karaoke session.

Time really flies... It was almost 3:30 am liao.. and time to bid farewell. Will Nyonya's sha lalala on her way back home? Will her bigboy wait for her at the sofa? By the time we reached home, the clock had already struck 4 am... Time to ZZzzzzzz.....

An eventful day in Klang

After the late breakfast in Ipoh Old town Kopitiam, We (Angel and I) went to Klang to look for the adorable Daschund puppy called Mini Will who "na-will-gate" us around Klang, the BKT town. Soon, it was time for lunch. Will (the one with BKT blood) says beside Bakuteh, there are lotsa other food available in Klang woh.. eg the pork ribs aka pai kuat rice. Forgotten liao what is the name of this place. It is located somewhere in Jalan somewhere nearby somewhere.. So confusing huh?

Our drink for the day - soya bean milk (which comes in a bottle similar to soya sauce bottle?)

The so-called famous meaty pork ribs/pai kuat... Hehehe, the good thing is there is only meat but no kuat bones, and the green leafy vegetable.

Porky Meatballs & another porky product - Pig Stomach soup/猪肚汤. Wah.... haven't drink 猪肚汤 for so long liao.. Reminds me of my mum's cooking. After the makan session, it's time to walk drive around town again !!!

After drove passing by the bumpy road with potholes (which reminds me of the road conditions in Sarawak), finally we reached Tanjung Harapan. (side note: I wonder what can we harap or hope for in this place?) Anyway, Angel threw us a One million dollar question : Is the drain water in the above picture salty? Since it is located next to the sea... Might be Winn can enlighten us with an Winnism answer to the question above.

吹吹风 (= blow wind) moment... Mana tau half way 吹风, it started raining pulak !!! Never mind....

Since cannot 吹风, so we continue makan again. Paying a visit to the famous Klang Chen-dol. Is eating chen-dol equivalent to "食自已"? Nah... I opted for the pulut chendol (never eat chendol with pulut mah). Ada pulut, ada ais, ada chendol, ada kacang, ada santan, ada gula melaka.. After makan, it started raining cats & dogs (= raining Liucat & Ah Boy).

It's time to bid farewell to Will and Klang-Klang town. And this was what happened on our way back home to Puchong....

Winn, the reliable navigator na-winn-gator couldn't join us cos she was busy "stand-by" somewhere :P Pssss.. Winn says the word na-winn-gator is copy-right "kopi-right" woh.. Belanja her minum kopi then can use this word freely liao.. LOL. And I curi use her idea of finger picture too. Since she didn't mention the point-point picture is kopi-right mah. Kakkakaka --> so the kopi-cat :P

To be continued....

KAI Keok post - 无鸡不成宴

KAI (aka ayam) is currently the In-Thing. From the Ipoh ngar choy kai (beansprouts chicken), yim kuk kai (Salt baked chicken), kari kai bun (curry chicken bun) bla bla to Kereta-kereta's Chicken dang post with the wat luet luet, pak suet suet pak cham kai & redang rendang kari kai causing the widespread obsessions with KAI. Btw, KAI here is the edible kai and doesn't equivalent to the inedible COCKA. Hope he won't perasan :P Poor KAT kena the deadly "发鸡瘟" disease aka the spamming illness which is only curable with eating kai keok (鸡脚) aka chicken feet /phoenix claw (凤爪). Hope after she feasts her eyes with the kai keok pictures below, she can be cured completely..

Tungku Kai Keok/ Braised Chicken Feet Mushroom Noodle (冬菇鸡脚麵 )

鸡脚粿汁 (Mixed Koay Chap with chicken feet)

鸡脚/鳳爪点心

say YES to kai keok
say YES to kay khar
say YES to 鸡脚/鳳爪
say YES to chicken feet/phoenix claw
say YES to kaki ayam
say YES to kaki manok :P

Hou Kai ah...
Hou kai hou geng, hou hou sek ^TM ! <-- Ciplak this from Carcar.

Malay kah?

I have the habit of looking at the patient's name and age in the clinic prior to seeing them. That day, as usual, I take a peep at the name & age in the patient's identification data column and browse through the referral letter for the brief history and the diagnosis... My patient was a teenage girl with ESRF (End Stage Renal Failure) on hemodialysis. The nurse called the girl in. The girl has very dark skin complexion and naturally I started talking to her in Malay language. She was quite quiet and only gave simple answer to my questions.

Towards the end, after I completed my clerking and examination, I looked at the name column again... Fulamak !!! I saw a Chinese name there. I mistakened her as Malay pulak. Might be that's why she is so quiet? :P She indeed doesn't look like Chinese. Well well.. She is dark because of her medical problem. Patients with chronic renal (kidney) failure commonly have hyperpigmentation and sallow skin complexion (dirty brown appearance coz of anaemia and retention of urochrome, the urinary pigment).

Well well.. I was mistaken as Malay too for several occasions.. in KL, in Kuching and even in Penang; Countless episodes. Inside and outside the hospitals. I had encountered several Chinese patients asking me questions in Malay language. Or Chinese salesgirl talking to me in Malay. Grrrrrrr........ Apa lah. Although I'm not fair, with tanned skin but my skin complexion is not that "dark" lah. Definitely not to the level of "hitam manis".. cos I'm not sweet :P

Mmmmm... do I really look like a Malay more than a Chinese? *Faint*

My First Time...

We have so many "First Time" in our lives.. There are "First Time" in everything... Below is a compilation of some of the interesting medical related events that I encountered for the first time in my life.. Surprisingly I can still remember some of the details although that was so many years back. I know I will enjoy reading this post again in the future :) The PRICELESS REAL LIFE experiences !! My Nostalgic Experiences. All these are now history.. HARI ITU DALAM SEJARAH.

1.First time dissecting a corpse/cadaver (real human leh!) : 19+ yr old
I did this on the 5th week of my First Year in Medical Faculty. First time dealing with & touching the real corpses & cadavers !! Don't play-play. Mmmmm...... Surprisingly no thrilled feelings... I was not scared at all. Is this considered as brave? or cold blood? or indifference? or don't care?

Remembering the hatred formalin used to conserve the cadavers to prevent the decaying process - The formalin cause tearing & giddiness to each & everyone of us (poor us) towards the end of the day. There are more juicy details regarding dissection on a earlier post that I wrote way back in 2005. Those who are interested can peep there (including the cadaver pictures).

2.First time conducting delivery : 22+ yr old
This was during my fourth year in Medical Faculty. We need to conduct minimum 10 normal deliveries. My first experience of watching a expecting mother giving birth to a baby is really unforgettable. All the pain, agony, suffering & sacrifices that a mum has to undergo & deal with from the first day of pregnancy till the day when the baby was born. The sacrifices that a mother has to made for her baby.

It was scary the first time I observed the amount of blood loss during delivery. And not forgetting cutting the perineum with the episiotomy scissor during crowning without any analgesia or pain relief. Ouch !! But apparently, the pain of childbirth is much greater then cutting the flesh.. And not forgetting the tearing of the perineum that might occur and the pain that the mother has to endure. There were no epidural for labour pain during those days.

The first delivery that I conducted was a G4P3 Malay lady, and her baby was a baby boy. Forget about the bloody part of conducting delivery.. Dowan u all to throw up :P After sucking and cleaning up the mucous and secretion from the nostrils and oesophagus and clamping of the umbilical cord, the baby was dried and cleaned up and shown to the mother for identification of the baby's sex. Then the baby was placed either inside the incubator (after placing the name tag) or given to the mother for bonding.

After delivery of the baby, that was not the end of the story yet. An IM injection of syntometrine was given to the mother to shorten the 3rd stage and to prevent excessive blood loss and favour the separation of the placenta. Needs to rub the abdomen and massage the uterus, and feel for the fundus of the uterus prior to applying control cord traction or CCT to deliver the placenta. Cord blood was taken for G6PD screening. After delivery of placenta, it was time to clean up the "mess", to evacuate all the blood clots, checking the extend of perineal tear and cleaning up prior to stitching. A great sense of achievement and accomplishment during that moment. Come to think of it, that little baby boy is now 11 years old. :)

3.First time doing Autopsy/Postmortem : 23 yr old
Can't remember what was the first case I performed the real life autopsy liao. This was totally different from dissecting a cadaver cos the body was still flesh, I mean the person had just passed away not long ago. We need to observe 10 autopsies inside the mortuary in GHKL earlier on before performing 3 on our own.

The first time I performed autopsy, I remembered cutting the scalp and opening up the skull...
Removing the rib cages with an electronic saw... Blood started oozing... The good thing was I didn't have to worry about blood loss when I cut the body cos he was dead. (unlike when doing surgery on alive person). Next, Dissecting out the liver, lung, intestine etc etc.... Weighing each organs separately & jot down the weight (just like how the liver was weighed in the wet market) Cutting & slicing the organ into slices to look for any pathology and taking samples for histopathology if indicated. And at the end, we dumped everything (including the brain) inside the abdominal cavity before sewing up the incision with a huge gigantic needle & thread..

4. First time performing surgery (refashioning of finger for crushed injury) : 24+ yr old
This happened during my housemanship time. That night was my second time doing on call duty as the HO on call in Orthopaedic Department. I was called to the casualty by the Casualty MO to perform refashioning of the middle finger for a guy with crushed injury. This was indeed a scary experience cause I never observed how a case of refashioning of crushed finger was done. That was my 5th day working as a doctor in Orthopaedic Department. The MO on call refused to come and just give order via the phone how to perform the surgery when I asked for help. You can imagine how stressful & tensed I was at that moment.. I was sweating when I performed the refashioning. Luckily I didn't tremble :P

Giving ring local anaesthesia to the crushed finger (half of the middle finger was gone). Using rubber band as tourniquet to prevent bleeding. Then clean & sterilize the finger with povidone iodine & isoprophyl alcohol as antiseptic. Nibbing and chipping off the broken bony fragments and smoothen it to the appropriate length.. Cutting off & trimming the excess flesh & skin so that the skin flap is able to cover the refashioned finger, before stitching back the finger stump. Although this was my first time, the end result still looked good.

I prescribed antiobiotics and pain killer for the patient and gave him a date for further follow-up. Other simple surgery that I have performed myself subsequently are such as: tendon repair, wound debridement, I&D, SSG, plating, K-wiring, Caesarean Section, ERPOC for abortion, Tubal ligation (BTL), Appendicectomy, Excision of ganglion, breast lump(fibroadenoma, breast cyst), lipoma, sebaceous cyst, dermoid cyst, Saucerization, Circumcision etc etc.. Those were the days :)

5. First time doing CPR (cardio pulmonary resuscitation) : 24+ yr old
That was during my housemanship time in medical ward. A ESRF patient on Peritoneal Dialysis suddenly collapsed while dialysis in progress. During those days when we were on call in medical wards, we did at least one CPR every night, and at times can be up to 3 CPR per night (the unlucky ones)... This was nothing glamour at all, unlike in tv drama series. There are no heart thumping crescendo music to heighten the tension situation in real life and death emergency situations. No background orchestra music. No back slapping congratulations when able to revive the patient. No one will help to wipe your sweating forehead. No rewards, no compliments and no glory. And such tensed situations arised every now and then. If CPR failed, the next duty was to break the bad news to the family members. Towards the end of the days... a tiring body, an exhausted mind, Sakit tangan, sakit badan....

This is another long winded cheong hei post of my real life experiences. This is not the end yet. I would like to make this into a TAG (itchy hand mah).. My very first own home made tag. I would like to tag these few people to come out with their memorable First Times.. (First time baking a cake? First time io ka chng? First time acting as angelic angel? First time playing guitar? First time killed an ant? First time doing this or first time doing that? Anything will do, as long as it was meaningful and memorable to you).

1. May - A Rather Undignified First
2. LB - The 1st Time Ever I Saw
3. Angel - Five First Time©
4. Pink Cotton - First Times...*wink wink*
5. Ben - 3-in-1 Tag Debts
6. SA - 5 Things Post (About Gaming)
7. Butt - First times
8. King's wife
9. Kenny - My First Time
10. Bernard - My First Time

Ipoh : Kampar Kari Kai Bun

Initially we planned to omit lunch after the heavy breakfast. But since we passed by this famous Kampar Curry Chicken Bun branch in Ipoh on "our way back home"... I meant leaving Ipoh, So.. what to do? Hahhaa, No choice but we had to stopy by and helped ourselves with the famous signature Kampar Curry Chicken Bun dish !! It was 2:40 pm in the late afternoon.

The Ipoh Yau Kee Restaurant (a branch of the main restaurant from Kampar) serving the famous Kampar Curry Chicken Bun & Herbal Chicken Bun.

The huge & gigantic Curry Chicken Bun or Roti Ayam or KariKai Bun - an ingenious creation. The precooked curry chicken was wrapped up in the grease-proof paper and tucked inside a huge loaf of bread dough prior to baking. Take note : NOT to bite the bun. RM 24 for one loaf (it's huge).

Time to savour the fragrant chicken curry with tender pieces of chicken meat and potatoes.

The curry go exceptionally well with the soft & fluffy bun. Divine!! Kick Ass!! I should have tapao the Herbal Chicken Bun back home.. Now I regret :(

Address:
Restoran Roti Ayam Yau Kee Kampar,
119 & 119A Jalan Pasir Putih,
Ipoh, Perak
Tel : 05 2416504

Ipoh : See-see Look-look Time

Following the heavy breakfast, it's time to stretch a bit & do some exercises walk around Ipoh town..

Old shop houses in Ipoh old town. The thing that caught my attention - how the clothes hung out with the traditional way using bamboo sticks. You won't get to see this in big cities.

Kong Heng Cafe. Just a reminder for myself to visit this cafe in the future if I dropped by in Ipoh. I read somewhere they serve nice dessert custard pudding with caramel.

The energetic grandpa with the chubby grandchild.

Belachan and Burung. What comes to your mind when u see these two pictures? *Evil thought* Fried Belachan Bu..... Nah, erase the thought! The bird is too cute to be eaten. So, just let it be (Let it be, let it be.. let it be..) :P

The Ipoh Railway Station & The Ipoh Majestic Station Hotel with elements of Moorish architecture, built in 1917. The orange school bus buat kacau only.

The magnificent dome - done you think it resemble the shiny botak head? Mmmmmm... This is the so called "Taj Mahal of Ipoh"?

The ancient lift or elevator of yester-year in the Majestic Station Hotel, which is still in good shape and functioning. Take note of the confusing "Car Coming" button. (Lift = Car?)

There is a poster inside the elevator, with a poem as a gentle reminder to handle the elevator with great care :

All dearest boys & girls,
I'm as antique as your grand grand-pa,
I move slow & react slow,
If u push/pull my door when u use me,
Then I will shock there & stop there.

St Michael Institution (SMI). Since this is one of the premier school in Ipoh which is established way back in 1912. Since passing by, no harm stopping by for few minutes to capture few shots.

The green-green tei D.R. Seenivasagam Park. Should I carve my initial on one of the tree trunks? Hahaha, nope... my hands are not so itchy :P

Ipoh : Breakfast

Day Dreamer asked me twice "go Ipoh no drink White Coffee meh?". Surely this is a must. Although I'm not a coffee person, how can I miss out white coffee if I go Ipoh? ;) In fact, I had white coffee 3 times during my stay there.

This is the place where we had our breakfast in Ipoh Old Town. I didn't realise these are two different coffeeshops located next to each other earlier on. Later only I realised - One is Sin Yoon Loong Cafe whilst the other is Sun Yuan Foong Cafe. The names sound so similar, just like unidentical twins :)

Even though this is a working weekday and it was 9:30 am in the morning, the place was still crowded. Can't imagine how would it be on weekends. Manage to get a seat after waiting for few minutes. This is the die-die also must drink Ipoh White Coffee (RM1.20). The aroma... The taste.... Mmmmm...

Minced pork sauce & Mushroom Chee Cheong Fun/豬腸粉 (CCF - but not Congestive Cardiac Failure). Wonder whether is there anyone in history who suffered from CCF after eating the CCF? Nah... :P

Another bowl of Sar Hor Fun/沙河粉 (This is the 3rd time I savour the sar hor fun liao).

And not forgetting to sample few pieces of the sinful Siew Chee Yoke & Char Siew. Eat till so full.. Beh tahan. No choice but to waste some food :P

We walked around Ipoh town for a while after the heavy breakfast. Is that the end of the story? Nope... We came back for another round of Ipoh White Coffee, but in a different shop - Nam Heong Cafe. The Sin Yoon Loong white coffee tasted better.

And not forgetting the smooth Tau Foo Fah/Soybean curd & the fresh Soybean milk that we had (from different shop). We thought we can skipped lunch after such a heavy breakfast, but....

5 things U tarak tau...

According to iLB, this is the paying back time for tagging him with the long-winded cheong hei meme... luckily I just have to listed out five things that you don't know or not aware of, instead of 70 things !!! Even though it's 5 things, I still have to scratch my head a bit to complete this tag.

This photo has nothing to do with the 5 things that I'm going to mention below. Just that May had posted two of her childhood photos in Mimaland in the 80's and this reminds me of the time I spent there with with my uni friends in the 90's. Too bad the place was closed down liao.. Okie, enough of drifting liao... now it's time to go back to the main topic.

1. I accidentally knocked off one of my friend's front tooth when I was in Primary 6. He didn't blame me for that incident but deep inside my heart, I still have the guilty feeling up to this day.
2. I dissected a cockroach when I was 14 years old.. just for fun. Some of you might think I'm crazy - dissecting a cockroach for no apparent reason? Hahaha, I'm just curious ;)
3. I was once allergic to crabs & prawns in the early days, but I don't care. I still hantam & sapu them all these while.. Nowadays, no more allergy liao !! yeah :P
4. I used to have motion sickness (mainly sea-sick) during my primary school days. Nowadays the situation has markedly improved.
5. I went downhill once with mountain bike when I was 21 years old. Dunno why on earth the brake misbehave & became malfunction at that critical moment.. I thought I will 101% pok kai fell down from the bike liao cos I cannot slow down and the slope was quite steep. Hak sei ngor. But thank God even though the brake went gila at the inappropriate time, I still manage to land on the ground safe & sound. I didn't fell down after all !! Phew... No more mountain bike riding down the slope liao subsequently.

Now I get to tag 5 more victims smiling people. Wanna know more about u all :)
1. Kenny - 5 things U dunno about me
2. Zeroimpact
3. Butt - Five things you didn't know
4. Simple America - 5 Things Post (About Gaming)
5. Day Dreamer

70Q Meme (Part II)

Following yesterday's cheong hei 70Q Meme Part I, I will proceed with Part II.

Mmm.. How come following Question (35), no Question (36) & (37) geh?
and straight jump to question (38) liao?
Kenny, Kenny... what's going wrong here?
Apa pasal Q (36) & Q(37) missing???
And, not only that... Q (61) & Q (62) are missing too.
Did u hide those questions?
Nope.. those questions are missing in Simple American's meme too...
How come lidat geh? *Scratch head*
Never mind… There are more than enough questions to answer liao... So this is a 68Q Meme 66Q Meme instead, not 70Q Meme liao..

38) Window seat or aisle?
Window seat, kay poh mah.. I like to look out & see-see look-look what's going on.

39) Ever met anyone famous?
Of course. You, you and you.. You all are famous people. You all are somebody, not nobody.

40) Do you feel that you’ve had a truly successful life?
I have a caring mum, a dear hubby, my beloved sisters and brother and not forgetting my late father, a cute little black dog, my dear frens and a promising career. So far I’m quite happy and contented with what I have.

41) Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?
Twirl twirl twirl. More fun to twirl then to cut it.

42) Ricki Lake or Oprah Winfrey?
To choose among this two, I will choose Oprah Winfrey. No other candidates for me to choose meh?

43) Basketball or Football?
Fishball can ah? At least I can eat the fishball. Fishballs also balls, right?

44) How long do your showers last?
I don’t wear watch when I take shower. And no clock in the bathroom either. So I dunno.. :P Okie okie.. not that long. I dowan my skin to chao pei cos stay too long inside the bathroom.

45) Automatic or do you drive a stick?
I drive manual car all these while. Syiok mah.. Can play with the stick :P

46) Cake or ice cream?
Can I choose the combo, hence ice cream cake? *So tamak*

47) Are you self-conscious?
Aiyoh.. is self conscious = perasan?

48) Have you ever drank so much you threw up?
Up to date, nope. I don’t drink to the level till get drunk.

49) Have you ever given money to a beggar?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...

50) Have you been in love?
U say leh? Hahaha… of coz I’ve been in love.

51) Where do you wish you were?
Sleeping on my cosy bed…

52) Are you wearing socks?
No. Who wear socks at home geh?

53) Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Countless liao and I lost count already. Escorting patient to another hospital.

54) Can you tango?
Mmm…. Nope.

55) Last gift you received?
The long distance Christmas gift (2 alarm Chili kit & Texas charm), together with a Christmas card & 2 postcards from a far-far away land called Texas… Flying all the way to Malaysia. Thanks, Simple America for the pressie.

56) Last sport you played?
Mmmm… Talking is consider as sport, right? Extensive exercising the facial muscle :P

57) Things you spend a lot of money on?
Gadgets. Should I fork out another few thousands to “invest” in another gadget?

58) Where do you live?
Pearl of the Orient, a place whereby people eat countless meals a day.

59) Where were you born?
The Land of Hornbills, in a small town called Sibu.

60) Last wedding attended?
A wedding I attended end of December whereby both the bridge & bridegroom are my colleagues & my frens.

63) Most hated food(s)?
Can’t think of any at the moment. Remember? I hampalang sapu one. Mmm... Come to think about it again... might be cockroach kua?

64) What’s your least favourite?
Those with “gold finger” (金手指) who has the special ability to tuk yan pui chek (督人背脊).

65) Can you sing?
TCSS can lah...

66) Last person you instant messaged?
Ben Ben, talking about McD's prosperity burger (lao hao sui) an hour ago... Haha, and not forgetting the "inversion of lol" tat we yakked yesterday night :P

67) Last place you went on holiday?
I went to Ipoh recently, whereby I ate non stop.

68) Favourite regular drink?
Milk (so lame huh?)

69) Current Song?
夕陽之歌

70) Tag 3 friends:
*LB – This tag so cheong hei, of course must tag the cheong hei kong.
- Seventy Q&A Tag Things
*Winn – Since she always has blog block and dunno what to blog. Kekeke... I know she is super duper busy, but.. I don't care :P Not doing also never mind.. but I still wanna tag her.
- Updates On Outdated Tag
*Pink Cotton– I just like to tag the not so "anonymous" Pink Cotton.
- Was tagged by dear loktor
- The aftermath (Poor Pink Cotton !!) LOL

Pssss.. I cannot tag Ah Ben, else he will tell the whole world the "inversion of lol" setoli :P

70Q Meme

This meme so cheong hei. 70 questions to answer.. Like sitting for exam lidat.. Hahha. Many thanks to Kenny for the homework :)

1) Are your parents married or divorced?
Married lah of course.

2) Are you a vegetarian?
Depends… Sometimes vegetarian, sometimes meatarian, and at times vege-meatarian and occasionally I don’t eat anything. Ikut mood.

3) Do you believe in Heaven?
Yes, of course.

4) Have you ever come close to dying?
Almost drown twice more than a decade ago. And not forgetting another hak sei yan episode that happened few years back.

5) What jewellery do you wear 24/7?
Tarak.. I don’t even wear watch. Might be I should wear back my wedding ring ;)

6) Favourite time of day?
Anytime is good time If I really have to choose, I will choose morning.

7) Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
Hampalang sapu.. Of course makan. Don't waste food ;)

8) Do you wear makeup?
Depends.

9) Ever have plastic surgery?
I perform plastic surgery on others, is this considered as having plastic surgery too?

10) Do you colour your hair?
Mmmm… No… but should I colour my hair.. let's say... purplish?

11) What do you wear to bed?
Normally T shirt & shorts, but depends.

12) Have you ever done anything illegal?
Is riding motorbike without helmet considered illegal?

13) Can you roll your tongue?
Half-half.. not fully.

14) Do you tweeze your eyebrows?
Wah.. no lah. Sakit leh

15) What kind of sneakers?
My favourite Hi Tech which have accompanied me for years.

16) Do you believe in Abortions?
I did legal abortions for patients in hospital – ERPOC for cases like inevitable abortions, missed abortions, incomplete abortion etc, but that was years back.

17) What is your Hair color?
Black-black tei but with threads of grey and white hair..

18) Future child’s name?
Never think about it before.

19) Do you snore?
Mmmm.. I dunno ah.. Sleep liao how to know?

20) If you could go anywhere in the world where would it be?
I wanna visit Switzerland again !!

21) Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
*Faint*.. I have lotsa stuffed animals but I don’t sleep with them..

22) If you won the lottery, what would you do first?
Depends how much $$ I win. Anyway, I don’t buy lottery, how to winn win leh?

23) Gold or silver?
Gold. Wat a stewpig question !! Gold is always better than silver

24) Hamburger or hot dog?
I would like to harm the burger, hence Hamburger

25) If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Bilin Belachan.

26) City, beach or country?
Beach. So relaxing......

27) What was the last thing you touched?
My chin.

28) Where did you eat last?
Lunch together with my colleagues nearby my workplace.

29) When’s the last time you cried?
Quite some time ago, forgotten liao due to wat :D

30) Do you read blogs?
Wah…. So weird geh this question?? No eye see. If not how will I be tagged?

31) Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
Huh?????

32) Ever been involved with the police?
Yeah, those police kacau niah, gave me subpoena to attend court for those medical legal MVA court cases that I attended. Luckily I don’t work in Forensic Department, else have to attend court very frequently liao…

33) What’s your favourite shampoo conditioner and soap?
No favourite one..

34) Do you talk in your sleep?
Got kua…. But at least I don't walk in my sleep ;)

35) Ocean or pool?
Ocean.

**Since this tag is super duper long winded and I almost fall asleep while half way answering.. So I will continue to answer the subsequent questions some other time...

to be continued....

Drunk?

One fine night, inside a happening pub in Ipoh, after bouts of countless mugs of chilled Tiger beer aka CH3CH2OH... Guess what I saw?

Firstly I saw Dogs playing billiards.. So happening geh..

Then, I saw dogs playing guitar, smoking and sniffing opiums. Walao... notti dogs. Must piak!

Not only that, I saw doggies riding big bikes & drinking beers. So cool leh.. Nah, I was not drunk, and I didn't have tomato face. I'm sure you all see the same thing as what I saw. Ah Boy can ride bikes too, right? :)

TI(P)U

I never expect the initial post regarding tipu, not tiu will create so much hoo-hah :P It all begins when I mistakenly type the word tipu as tiu...

*Angel loves the word "tipu" so much. These few days, she starts TI(P)U everywhere. Ah Boy also can't escape from being ti(p)u :P *Better hide before Angel catches me*

*Will just had a similar experience whereby he almost type itu as tiu. He comes up with this : "So this is Chen syndrome. Trying to type malay word ending up being a dialect vulgar. So far discovered words include tipu and itu"

*May commented in Sengkor's post : Remember to take some of that viagra that doktor Chen recommended, ok? make sure she dun TI(P)U you into taking wrong medicine!

*Misti : i see hints of substituting the word liu to tiu! supporting guilty members: Angeltiu and Chentiu!!!! seconded by Mistitiu!! *CABUT* *came back* Klangtiu! how that sounds? Sengkortiu, Winntiu, Maytiu, Carcartiu... just testing just testing... *CABUT AGAIN*

*Winn: so no more liuliu gang, it's tiutiu gang. Hahha.. quite cool. Like gangster like that, I like.

*Chen : Yeah.. Winntiutiu, Angeltiutiu etc ec. Laff till can die wan. And not forgetting Tiucas - new name for Liucas. TIUCAS !!

Lesson of the Day :
Cannot simply type words liao or simply post, might create disaster later on. Hahahaha..

Side note :
TIU = Trinity International University. Imagine telling people u study in TIU university !! LOL

*Related entry :
tipu, not tiu

Ipoh : Salt Baked Chicken (鹽烤雞)

The Salt Baked Chicken @ yim gouk kai (鹽烤雞) is another Ipoh delicacy which shouldn't be missed..

The Salt Baked Chicken specially sold in Aun Kheng Lim is hard to find elsewhere. At least I haven't see it elsewhere :P

The chicken is wrapped together with Chinese herbs in one piece of grease-proof paper and baked in an oven covered and filled with coarse salt crystals. With this unique cooking technique, the chicken meat is still tender and the essence is well preserved.

Rm15 for the entire headless dead body bird aka kokokai. How to eat the chicken? Nah.. Easy job. Put aside the cutleries. Use the "civilized" basic way - tearing the chicken parts apart with bare hands and eat with fingers.

Smooth, juicy and tender chicken meat. Finger licking good. And IMHO, this is much better than KFC. The whole chicken gone within minutes.

Address:
Aun Kheng Lim Salted Baked Chicken
24 Theatre Rd, Ipoh.
Phone: 05 254 2998

tipu, not tiu...

Yesterday night, I had a "drug talk" with the infamous Crappy King, Sengkor who is down with URTI (=Upper Respiratory Tract Infection).

*snip*
Chen: many medicine have the same appearance one
SK: how the nurse differentiate?
Chen: got name mah, on the bottle
SK: if not in the bottle of let say mixed up jor?
Chen: they are supposed to write the name of the medicine prescribed.
Chen: if mixed up, then cannot prescribe liao, dangerous.
SK: yalor, dunno y this one no name one. lazy nurse!
Chen: unless those med which has weird or unique shape
SK: like viagra
Chen: lol, everyone can recognise viagra
SK: i never see b4
Chen: tiu
Chen: tipu
Chen: sorrylah, type salah
Chen: i dint mean tiu, kekkekke, i wanna type tipu
SK: yer, doc so vulgar
SK: i sked
Chen: kekekee, say liao mah type salah
*snip*

How crappy.. So sotong, So paiseh..

Next time must see what I typed before pressing the Enter key, especially when typing the word tipu - might end up typing tiu instead if I type too fast :P This is indeed another Sotong Day. Lately too much Sotong.. tipu become tiu lah, ter-copy & paste too many times earlier on today, and almost wanting to install Mac software into Windows etc etc etc... Hahhaha...

BacK HOme SooN

I just got my air tickets back home for the coming Chinese New Year. Wow, the air fares prices have gone up so much. The return air fares (economy seat for Penang-KL and KL-Kuching) including taxes now cost a freaking RM1,320 ( RM1,096.00 + RM224.00) !!

Yeah, yeah.. In less than 6 weeks time, I'll be back home to a place called The Land of Hornbills. *Countdown*

If there is a Liucas, there is a Winn?

Guess what???? This morning, while driving on my way to my workplace, I saw Liucas !!! I'm pretty sure I'm not hallucinating. Liucas is in Penang !!!! Mmm... I saw Winn, LB, May & Angel on the street few days ago, and now I saw Liucas. This Liucas si beh song, really knows how to enjoy life. Lying down near the gate together with his beloved brothers, Max & Jay. If I'm walking on the street, sure I will stop by and shout out aloud say hi to this cute little fella. Too bad I'm driving :(

Mmmm... Come to think of it, If there is a Winn, there is a Way. If there is a Winn, there is a Liucas, or should it be the other way round? Mmmm.... If there is a Liucas, surely there is a Winn !!! But where is Winn? Am I hallucinating seeing Liucas? Nope, I'm pretty sure I'm not. That is indeed Liucas!! Searching hi & lo for Winn. WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.... Where are you??? I dowan Winn detergent, okie? I want to see the REAL Winn :) If there is a Sotong, surely there is a Way. (kick away the kaw kaw cheng "Will").

Side note :
Two weeks ago, I gave teaching to a group of medical students and one of the students' name is Lucas. Hahhaa, I was tempted to call him Liucas instead.. Kekekke, luckily I didn't. Else he might open mouth big-big & thought what's wrong with me :P

Ipoh : Lou Wong Ngar Choy Kai

I went to Ipoh with my hubby last Wednesday. Prior to doing any "research", I wanna take the easy way out to ask any Ipoh lang that I can see online.. including the ex-Ipoh lang.

Chen: where to have good food in ipoh ah? u ipoh lang mah
LB: ok, wait ah, lemme think
LB: chicken kai beansprouts. I cant remember the names, but there are three restaurants all at this junction. Wait, I power up Google Earth. Now, this place is the bestest of the best
Chen: the good kai?
LB: YUP, kai see hor fun
Chen: see whether can find the place or not tomolo :D
LB: only night time ok?
Chen: the name of the makan place?
LB: cant remember names liao
Chen: wat is the name of the street? easier to find if know the street name :D
LB: No, I cant remember name of street, but it's in front of the old Odeon Cinema, which is now a Nightclub, I think. Easy to find. Ipoh small town. (Edited @ 12:49 am)

This ex-Ipoh lang 爱尔比 very keng.. Although he cannot remember the name of the place nor the name of the street but he produced the google map.. Notice the landmark for Starbucks? Heheh.. thanks for the map, LB although I couldn't figure out "where is where" by the time I was in Ipoh town, but we still manage to find the Good Kai place - The bestest of the best :D I googled & did some last minute research few hours prior to departure for the name of the place & the street :)

It is considered incomplete if one doesn't taste ngar choy kai(芽菜雞) or sar hor fun in Ipoh. Some said Restoran Lou Wong is the best in town whilst others will opt for Onn Kee. Anyway Onn Kee was closed that night. Judging from the crowds... I won't be wrong :D

The fatty, stumpy, juicy and crunchy Ipoh Ngar Choy or beansprouts.

Steamed Cocka KoKo Kai aka Chicken @ Ayam with soy sauce, sesame oil & chicken oil?. These are real kai that tasted like..... kai (what else u expect?) Pssst.. Sengkor, Not all chicken tasted like frog, okie? :P

The tasty Ipoh Hor Fun with smooth texture.

The springy and tasty Pork Meatballs.

One plate of Steamed Chicken, 2 plates of Ngar Choy, 2 bowls of Hor Fun and 1 bowl of Pork Balls - all for RM 15.20 (Cheap? No? Yes?)

Address :
Restoran Lou Wong Tauge Ayam Kuetiau
49, Yau Tet Shin Rd,
30300 Ipoh, Perak.

to be continued...

Winn, 你是最好的

Winn, 你是最好的, 你知道吗? Winn, you are the best cos you can give us Complete Care !!

This is even better. Free 300 g of Low Suds Winn Detergent with every purchase of 3 kg of Winn! I wonder besides Winn Detergent, is there any Winn Toothpaste or Winn Soap? Winn Winn, do u use this product to bath Liucas? :P

Half an hour later, I jalan-jalan in Prangin Mall and I saw LB playing hide & seek inside LB Corner !!!

Later in the evening, while driving along Penang Road, guess whom I saw? May dining inside May Garden Palace Restaurant. Wow..

That is not the end of the story yet. I saw Angel pulak posing in front of Angel Tours Sdn Bhd in Campbell Street.

Few minutes later, I saw Angel again - singing inside the Angel Record House.. Am I hallucinating? Okie, enough of driving around.. Time to go makan..

Time for a bowl of the famous Penang Road Teochew Chendol in Keng Kwee Street (Off Penang Road) before heading back home :P

*Related Entry:
Winn's Me Me Me!!

Goodbye 2006

I prefer to have a peaceful and quiet new year eve spent together with my beloved ones. I don't like to go to places with huge crowds. Mmm... Thinking about getting stuck in the heavy traffic jam. Joining the crowds for the countdown or any big hoo-hah celebration? These are not our cuppa tea. Simple is Good.

This year, we had few simple home-cooked dishes for New Year Eve dinner together with my father in law and sister in law at my place. My hubby is the chef of the day. He prepared & cooked the dishes. :)

Candles, but this was not the "candle light" dinner...

... Coz of the dim lights from the Ceiling lamps and Wall lamps :P

My drinks for the night - White wine and Coke.

This was how I spent my new year eve. How you spend yours?

This was my last photo of the year 2006. Taken at the last few minutes of 2006, before the clock strikes 12.

New Year Gift to Everyone

Wanna send free text messages (SMS) anywhere in the world, right from the computer? No cell phone required. Thanks to LB for the great info. Sharing is Caring. Hope everyone will enjoy this New Year 2007 Free Gift :)

First of all, u need to download the & install the Yahoo Widget Engine.

Then download & install the Free Text Messages - CallWave. Further instructions is available on the website, for both Windows & Apple/MAC.

p/s: Remember to set the parameters - email address, contact number etc (click on that little i at the right hand bottom).