I was watching Naruto Shippudden Movie 2 today because it was raining outside. In the ending theme, the lyric has a part that says "no rain no rainbow". Kinda cool, because I've only heard until now "no pain no gain".
Was waiting for a rainbow after the rain ... Wondering whether the gloomy clouds will go away.
no rain no rainbow
bread
When I was in Malaysia I really like to eat the Gardenia bread. You know, with Uncle Slocumm's recipe. Gardenia's bread selling point in my eyes is their softness but full felling of the bread. Eating it with pandan kaya for breakfast is absolutely the ultimate breakfast (along with the long ultimate breakfast list we can find in Malaysia).
When I was in school Gardenia taps into a known teritorry which is the small and already-filled bread and makes it even better. Nowadays we can find a variety from this type of bread. From kaya to red beans, from chocolate to vanilla, from sambal ikan bilis to kari ayam, they have it all. This was quite the popular choice when people want to tend to their hungry pangs.
I don't know when but then came High 5. I guess they do what Gardenia does. We can literally see the similarity in their product line up. Maybe they think they are rivals to Gardenia. But frankly, do Gardenia's people give a flying monkey's fart about High 5? Must ask their marketing people.
Fast forward to 2009. Now I always shop at PLUS despite its status as the more expensive chain amongst the cheap groceries store. Why? Because it's the nearest to my current house. However, I don't really mind. Once I saw a documentary on the idiot box. They compare they price of 30 things people usually buys as their weekly groceries at 4 of these stores; PLUS, LIDL, ALDI and PENNYMARKT. The result was; PENNYMARKT won the race by a humongous 50 cents, ALDI and LIDL have exactly the same price at second place and PLUS came in last by the extravagant sum of, I think, 23 cents or something. Haji Bakhil also don't mind that kind of money.
Oops, got off track. Anyway since I started shopping at PLUS I began to buy their breads and their breads is so soft. Genuss I tell you, genuss! Put little bits of margarine and sugar on top of it. Bake for about 10 minute. Great stuff.
But you know what, nothing beats celuping (dipping) biskut lutut into piping hot coffee on a rainy days watching the raindrops in Malaysia. Now don't ask me what biskut lutut is.
new year resolution 2009
The first post of the New Year … It feel good and cold! It has been a seriously cold week. I wonder how the chicks yesterday celebrated outside with only baby tee. Must be the alcohol.
Anyway , back to the thing I want to write … I know resolution on New Year is old stuff and I never accomplished them; yeah maybe for a month or two but never until the next year. So this year, I want a really simple one.
I don’t want to be too lazy anymore.
Simple innit? I think in 2008 I’ve been a super lazy bum, with the almost Urlaubsemester, then going home to Malaysia. So I hope I can change this in 2009.
XD
Random Quote of the Day
“Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.”
Robert A. Heinlein quotes (American science-fiction Writer, 1907-1988)
10 past 11
Kish tagged me on the 18th, so I might as well do it before the year ends. It almost 11 p.m. here so I don't have much breathing space here. And with all the firework sound I can hardly concentrate ... Exaggeration max!
Anyway, the tag goes something like this : Write a blog (post) with 10 weird, random facts, habits, or goals about yourself. To write a blog with just random facts of YOURSELF is a bit sick I think. And who would read that. That's sicker.
10. I used to think that by eating prawn, I'll grow moustache. Now everyday eat ayam also grow moustache.
9. I like to collect things but always grow tired of them, like I collect stamps once and got an album full then move on to coins. Then I have an album full of them and I move on to ... You get the picture.
8. I've watched more than 100 title of J-Drama. Want suggestions anyone?
7. I like cheap snacks like the 10 cent keropoks and ice pop that you break in the middle using your thigh.
6. I miss the old school cathay (cinema) in my hometown. We can freaking eat kuaci in there and throw the kulit around. Now it has turned into a food court with a karaoke stage. Yes, they use the cinema screen as the karaoke screen.
5. I like receiving postcards now.
4. I have a bunch of weird friends. One of them said something like this, "Ko ade fikir pasal aku tak dalam bilik air?". Obviously before that person said that I didn't but surely after that I would, for a few weeks. Aiya.
3. I really want to use my time more efficiently.
2. Kish said, "I have never gone camping in my whole life". Me too
1. Now, SERIOUSLY, I don't even know why I took Engineering.
That took me about 15 minutes. So in about 45 minutes the New Year will come to the GMT +1 time zone. Have a jolly good year all!
EINEN GUTEN RUTSCH INS NEU JAHR!!!
P/S: This post would also be my 100th post ... Finally, eh? w00t!
advice
About 5 years ago ...
"Kunci beg tu."
"Passport ade tak?"
"Duit jangan simpan satu tempat je."
Those were the things my mom said when I was taking off for the first time to Germany.
And yesterday I found myself saying the same things to my mom as she and my father were packing for Sydney. I guess advice does goes around.
P/S: Arsenal freaking won 2-1 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge!!!
dusty
Snow
It snowed yesterday and despite my almost 5 year stint in Germany, I still feel batak whenever I see snow. So I woke up and went out to snap a few pictures and a friends ask me to post it. Nothing much but here they are!
Frischmarkt
Can you see the snow on top of the pile of brocolli there? It was cold enough for the snow to stay on the surface for a few hours. By the way, this picture was taken in the Frischmarkt or like pasar tani in Malaysia. One thing though, they have different place to make business for vegetation, meat and fish. So it doesn't reek of meat and fish if you go only to the vegetation segment. They got vegetables, fruits anf flowers. Walking through the market is somewhat therapeutic for me. Makes me remembers the countless trip to the market back home with my mom.
Ah, and Shareen ... If you still read this dusty blog; "Mane gambar kita main snowball dulu? Dah setahun aku tunggu!"
Thanks For The Memories by Cecilia Ahern
The decreasing temperature makes me snuggle a lot nowadays. What better to do while snuggling then reading a good book? (Okay, there is but I won't dive into it) I pick up Thanks For The Memories by Cecilia Ahern. I started reading her book because I saw her picture in P/S I Love You and she's a looker! The term "New York Bestseller" or "No. 1 Bestseller" never means much to me because it seems that all books have it.
This new book by Miss Ahern is a classic of hers. Magical: you think it's not logical but somehow it makes sense. And I hope I'll feel the long afterwarm after finishing this book, like I feel with all of her books.
P/S: I feel like this post has no continuity whatsoever. That's what you get for being lazy.
maria
Date: 5th of July 2008
Location: Torre del Pozzo, Caglieri, Sardegna, Italia
This fateful but unfruitful encounter happened when we (read Pek U and I) continued our road trip in Sardegna from Bosa to Oristano after getting our "stolen" petrol back. That happened thanks to an ancient system of pumping petrol.
Anyhoo, we passed mountain settlings of Magomadass and Medolo, which has kick-ass scenery. (Gosh, I think the word "breathtaking" bored me already.) It's different from the mountainous scenery in Malaysia. The green bush looks like it sprouted out of the limestone. They looked like green scattered face hair of a boy who just reached puberty.
On we go and we reached the city of Caglieri after driving along the coastal road. Caglieri is a very small city hidden between the hills and the ocean. It's a no brainer why we can find a lot of beach here. But since we practically had ocean all over us, we didn't plan on stopping here until ...
I saw a wonderful back of a young Sardinians (17, maybe 18) through the viewfinder (How ironic?) of Pek U's video camera. Immediately I said to Pek U, "U, baju merah tepi tu smart, blake la tapi. Tgk muke smart dok ...". We turned around after we passed her (Pek U forgotten already that he's supposed to drive.) and our blood shoot up! We go like "ZOMG! ZOMG!" because she look way better from the front. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better. From the cloth she wears, I guess she's going to the beach and we're gonna have a field day.
Needless to say, we change our plan and stop at the beach where Maria is headed to (Pek U conveniently gave that name and I don't know why. After that we sang "Maria Ave Maria" from the Korean movie 200 Pounds Beauty for one full day). And "Yes!" we said to ourself when we saw her there lying elegantly with a book and doning a white two-piece with pink tribal motive to make the bikini looks cute. A comical Japanese would have nosebleed right away.
With a sight like that, what else do young mens to do but other then making a fool of themselves and walk from one beach end to another many, many times. After we figured out that it's too obvious, we did a sightseeing of a cliff nearby (If only I have an army bino, I can skodeng from there some more *lol*) and as a result we lost here. Feeling down, we headed to our Twingo to continue our journey to Oristano.
And yet again Maria appeared looking tanner and still stunning. We lost her because she was going home. That makes sense. And again Pek U missed the scene. Not satisfied with that, he made an emergency u-turn (With screeching and stuff) but by then Maria has made a turn for her house. We lost her again and Pek U moaned about it for the whole damn trip.
Maybe we'll see her again in our dream, our meditaranean beauty.
A photo of her back as a proof. (Sorry about the quality but what do you expect of a still pic from a camcorder?)
P/S: Sorry about the lateness of the post. I'm procrastinating to da max!
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