The Hungry Blogger - Part 1

"We eat to live, not live to eat"

The wise words above signifies how important it is to eat in moderation.
Now that I am in Ipoh, the first thing I have in mind is to satisfy my taste buds with the scrumptious food my beloved Ipoh has to offer. My tongue has long been deprived from such delicious food since I was in Melaka for quite some time. Even though the food in Melaka is oklah, it is still nothing compared to Ipoh. Since Ipoh is a haven for all the good food, my tongue is ready to be pampered to the max.

Armed with a my very own moto :

"I eat to live, and also live to eat"

I will try my very best to eat, capture pictures and blog all the mouth watering dishes here in Ipoh that I feel is worthy of before my holidays are over.


My very first stop is Ipoh's famous Ngah Choi Kai !

(above) We ate at one of the corner shops which as usual, was saturated with hungry customers

(above) Zooming in is the name of the shop we ate at

On the table laid a big plate of taugeh, 1 plate of a whole chicken, 6 bowls of keuh tiao noodles, 4 cups of herbal drinks, chillies and a soya sauce bottle.

SLUUURP !

Credit goes to these guys who work tirelessly to please the hunger of all Ngah Choi Kai lovers. What would Ipoh be like without them???

For those of you who do not know what is so special about Ipoh's Ngah Choi Kai, well, it's mostly about the taugeh (bean sprouts). It is the characteristically juicy, plump, succulent and sweet Ipoh bean sprouts that they adore most. It is a known fact that the bean sprouts here are twice as big as the ones you get elsewhere. They say it's due to the Ipoh's water.
Besides the bean sprouts, the kueh tiao (white thin noodles) is also to be complemented. The kueh tiao here is silky smooth.
All in all, Ipoh's Ngah Choi Kai still lives up to it's reputstion. TWO THUMBS UP!!!




Other delicacies of my interest that I plan to feast my taste buds on (not in any particular order):

1) Foh San's Dim Sum

2) Fish Noodle Shop

3) Andersonion's Curry House

4) Kai Xi Hor Fan

5) Claypot Chicken Rice

6) Chee Cheong Fun


*Kneeling before my knees, switching myself to prayer mode and looking up in the sky*
God, of all the fairies and angels present, please let there be no ULCERS in my mouth during my holidays. If not, eating would certainly be a torture.
God Bless



Cheers for now!
=P

A World without Fong Fei Kei ’ers

To all those hardcore Fong Fei Kei’ers (FFK’ers) out there, unless you are holding a hostage beside you at gun point, this is a MUST READ post for you as it is for the betterment of humanity itself !

NOT to be confused with TFK, FFK, which literally translates as Let Aeroplane Fly, simply means turning down an appointment with someone last minute in which you have initially agreed to attend to in the first place.

In this teenage generation, FFK'ing has become a popular trend that has already seeped its way into the veins of our modern Malaysian culture. Although we do not celebrate it on a special Fong Fei Kei Day, it is clearly apparent that this ‘disease’ is being practiced by a lot of souls.

EVERYBODY has FONG FEI KEI’d before, unintentionally, indirectly or accidentally.

Yeah, you heard it......EVERYBODY!!!!

If you are trying to rebut this by searching your memory for the last time you’ve FFK’d a person, save it. I mean, wouldn’t you FFK an important meeting to help an injured passerby? No? Well, that’s something we have in common then haha..

But the point is, all Earthlings, including me, has Fong Fei Kei’d before even though we may or mayn’t realize this. Luckily though, there exists 2 types of such people which are the usual FFK’ers (like you and me) and the hardcore FFK’ers. (unlike you and me)
The difference? Well, the latter does it purposely and frequently while the usual FFK’ers do it accidentally or forcibly (depending on the situation)

It is not wrong to FFK someone unintentionally, but don't let it grow into a habit. If it becomes a habit, then you are no better off than a hardcore FFK'er

While FFK’ing,

A typical hardcore FFK'er might say:

“ Aiya, I FFK one time only maa….nevermind laa….”

or

“That fella can FFK me, so I oso can FFK him back la”

WAKE UP SICK BUFFOONS!!!!!!!

Can you for once put your thoughtless soul into the other person’s body and pause to think just for a second??? The moment when you utter “Eh, sorry la bro. Something came up suddenly and I won’t be able to make it,” at the very last minute purposely, the other person’s world will come crumbling down as like the September 11^th incident. For all he knows, he could have turned down a party, a meeting or more importantly even a date (although this is highly unlikely, the point is still there)!!!

INCONVENIENCE is the word!!!!

Saying those FFK'ing words can penetrate the heart deeply, exerting a burst of immense anger which is then concentrated and magnified considerably into just 3 words , WHAT THE F***!!!!! Even though it may be said unintentionally or purposely, loudly or softly, indirectly or directly, verbally or non-verbally, the core meaning is still apparent. He/She is pissed. You do not have to squeeze out your brain juice to realize this.

Geez..… for God sake, if everybody thinks like you, can you possibly imagine what the world will be like? If you are too inconsiderate to think about it, well, let me do the imagining part on behalf of your sore brain (if you have any brains)..

• Patients is hospitals will risk a higher percentage of death if, the doctor decides to FFK last minute (without a valid reason)

• A bride would have had a severe heart attack, if the bridegroom decides to FFK last minute (without a valid reason)

• We, university students, would not be able to go back to our respective hometowns, if the bus driver decides to FFK last minute. (without a valid reason)

• A couple of lives could be saved, if a deadly robber decides to FFK last minute. (without a valid reason)

• A classroom of students would be throwing books up sky high in joy, if teachers FFK last minute. (without a valid reason)

• John F. Kennedy would have lived a longer life, if the assassin FFK last minute (without a valid reason)

mmmmmmm…why does FFK’ing seem to be heading towards the sunlight???

oh noes, I’m over crapping edi..…..shit

Ok ok, enuf crap.... back to the hardcore facts!!!!

The bottom line is that FFK’ing is NOT good.

True, nobody can avoid FFKing. After all, nobody is perfect. So unless your name is 'nobody,' it is only time before you will FFK another unfortunate soul. But luckily, there are ways to minimise the number of casualties. When you FFK someone, the first word that you must CLEARLY blurt out are the words ' I'm SORRY ' ......and do say it sincerely laa

I cannot stress how fundamentally important this word will mean to the other person as it actually acknowledges the other person's injured feelings.

However, saying sorry may just not be enough. He might think that you are saying sorry just for the sake of saying so. In desperation to maintain the friendship bonds between you two, it is advisable to make it up to him by treating him to a drink or so. And yeah, this means that you are gonna have to spend some $$$.
But heck, isn’t it worth every single penny??? If not, then the least you could do is go out and have a simple 'Yum Cha' with him... and for all the stars and planets in the entire Solar System, puh-leeeeze do not FFK the yum cha session...... again

If you really do FFK for the second time continuously without a valid reason, haiz...sad to say that you are just another hardcore Freakingly F**Ked FFK'er... and the world could seriously be a better place without you....

Before I insult more hardcore FFK'ers, i think I better rest my case here =)

Say NO to FFK !

YOU could be the next victim

This post is a by-product of Thean Ming's tiny puny wheeny little brain which is better known to many as 'sensible' crap.

Credit goes to my pal, Gavin, where our friendly dispute and our never ending so-called debate had 'inspired' me to give birth to this post. Gavin, let there be peace ^^

Make Love, not War..
Life is too short to fight...

oh ya..
muahahahaha
and speaking of Love, wait till you see my coming post :


L.O.V.E. ----which ULTIMATELY stands for


L ife
O utside
V irginity
E nvironment


So stay tuned!!!!!

=P

A Desirably De'stressing Day Indeed

Now that the exam season has approached, it is in every student's minds to bury their heads into thick piles of books and notes. A typical scenario from a student's perception...

But...
On Wednesday, there were 4 happy crazy friends where studying was simply the last thing they had in mind at that particular time...


It was early in the afternoon where out of the blue, Gavin, Emily, Zie Yeung and I decided to play badminton. And so, being our only transporter, Gavin fetched us up with his Viva around 4.20. We had booked the court located outside of MMU for 4.30


On the way, Gavin just couldn't help but criticizing us, Ipohlians.
WE IPOHLIANS DO NOT FFK OK!!!!!!!!!!
Debating all the way, I tried to put some sense into the thick skull of his. The day that most Ipohlians will FFK, will be the day that pigs will be able to run faster than a speeding train !!!!


We reached the place at approximately 4.35 I think.
It has been damn freaking long since we last touched the racket and wasting not even a second, we started whacking the shuttle cocks up sky high..
It was clearly obvious that our skills had deteriorated, badly...
our reflexes were slow....
our smashes were blunt....
Nevertheless, our statistical skills are as follows:

Zie Yeung - The expert
Thean Ming - The not so expert type
Gavin - so so only
Emily - so so so only

After like 30 minutes or so, we played a few matches of doubles..
Yeah, I have to admit, we kinda suck in badminton...

SERVE
WHACK
MISS

SERVE
WHACK
OUT

SERVE
SMASH
MISS

SERVE
MISS

SERVE
OUT

SERVE
WHACK
WHACK
WHACK
MISS

SERVE
SMASH
OUCH!!!!

Zie Yeung powerfully smashed the cock and it shot right at my forehead.

OOOOUCH!!!!

As the flying cock came intact with my forehead, the momentum of the feathery object had exerted a vast amount of force, tilting my head as if were shot by a bullet..
PAIN WEI!!!!!!!


HAHAHAHAHAHA
In the end, everyone including me, burst out laughing...


We continued playing...

Gavin never failed to hit the cock outside the court...
Emily always failed to jump HIGHER...
And I keep smashing at the net....
Haiz...



Emily seemed pretty grounded to the floor as she had problems defying gravity
haha..
(Dun worry Emily, we'll put the blame on the high inertia that u possess =P)

While resting, we bought isotonic drinks and to my astonishment, Gavin was teaching an old lady on how to use a calculator.

WHOA?????????
A simple calculator wor???????
yeah...
a simple calculator...
The 'sophisticated' piece of technology proved to be a challenge for the lady, but with some struggle, she managed to get a hang of it...
We can't blame her as calculators weren't even invented when she was young...


Then one of us had this 'brilliant' idea of PUNISHING those who loses the badminton match..

If LOSE, RUN around the 4 badminton courts...in FRONT of other people..
Humiliating huh???
Well, we have kinda thick skins and tak tau malu punya...
That is why we took up the challenge =P


We played 2 matches.
The first match was:

Zie Yeung & Gavin VS Emily & Me

Since Zie Yeung is soooo keng, it was not surprising that me and Emily lost the match.
However, we proved to them that we didn't mampus that badly muahahahaha
But we still had to run a lap though....



The second match was:

Zie Yeung & Me VS Emily & Gavin

Expectedly, Zie Yeung and I won the match and so, Gavin and Emily had to run one lap.
Poor Emily...she was the only soul who had to run 2 laps in total.
Poor thing..
But looking on the bright side though, of all the people, she needed the laps the most =P


Zie Yeung escaped with a sinister laughter while enjoying watching us run laps.
==

When it hit 6.30,

we left the place..

went back to take a bath

and met up again for dinner at 7.30

Here, we adopted a friend who's name is Kei Fai.
And so, the 5 of us hit the road in Gavin's car again.....



Pizza Hut as our destinate place to dine...

Ahh, a haven for all pizza lovers!!!

Since all of us were famished, the fact that there were 5 of us and most importantly, super heavy eaters were present in our group, we agreed to choose meal 6 which has:

6 bowls of soups,
8 bread sticks,
1 large pizza
1 regular pizza
1 jug of Pepsi

Thai Seafood
(large)

Hawaiian Supreme
(regular)

YUMMEEEEEEE !!!!!!


Altough the pizzas that we ate looked NOTHING like the pictures above as the toppings were selfishly insufficient, we couldn't give a damn.
We were juz sooo hungry!!!!
Even the most disgusting food would be a scrumptious treat a desperately starving person.

We added loads of CHEESE into the soups and of course, onto the pizza as well...
Mmmmmmm.....



Then, immediately after paying the bill, we went to a shop which sold 'tong sui' (a chinese sweetish soup dessert). The place was just around the corner and after a heavy meal, we gladly took the opportunity to go for a little walk.
We ta pao'd the dessert since we didn't wanna waste much of Gavin's time..
He had to rush back to MMU to meet a special person.
Ahh, it was his QT.......
=P

Oh well, at least I would be a able to touch my books hehe...
I haven't really started studying yet and here we are enjoying ourselves..
Haha, crazy it may seem...
But to us, we had lots of fun and that's all that matters most...
Fun ALWAYS comes before Studies
Lol

(it's even proven if placed in alphabetical order as the 'F' comes before 'S' !!!!)


=P

Why English is so hard to score !

Hey, guys!
While browsing through the net, I came across some pretty cool stuff on English...
And prior to our English test, I hope this will help you out by 'de-stressing' ur overworked minds =P
Enjoy !!!

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There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is UP .

It's easy to understand UP , meaning toward the sky or toward the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the
secretary to write UP a report ?

We call UP our friends. We use something to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers, and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car . At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special .

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP . We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP , you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP .
When it rains, it wets the earth and often

messes things UP

When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP .
We could go on, but let's wrap it UP , for now this time is UP , so: Time to shut UP !

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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?

Let's face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.

If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?

English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)

=P

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Accounting Answer (MMU)

Refer to the Accounting past year paper June 2006

WARNING!!!
These answers are based solely from MY point of view...
It MAY or MAY NOT be correct....
I have yet to check with the lecturer's answers....


Be cautious, u have been warned.....

SECTION A
( Objective)


1.D
2.D
3.D
4.B
5.A
6.A
7.B
8.C
9.C
10.B

11.D
12.A
13.A
14.C
15.D
16.A
17.D
18.D
19.D
20.D

21.A
22.B
23.A
24.B
25.A
26.A
27.A
28.B
29.B
30.A

31.A
32.B
33. A
34.A
35.A
36.A
37.A
38.B
39.A
40.B

(updated 1)

I've banged quite a number of questions...
So, not all of them are right....


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Accounting Answer (MMU)

Refer to the Accounting past year paper June 2006

WARNING!!!
These answers are based solely from MY point of view...
It MAY or MAY NOT be correct....
I have yet to check with the lecturer's answers....


Be cautious, u have been warned.....


SECTION C
QUESTION 3 ( Subjective)

a) Payback period:
Prop X = 5.33 yrs
Prop Y = 5.07 yrs

b) AAR:
Prop X = 17.69%
Prop Y = 19.49%

c) NPV
Prop X = 1650
Prop Y = 139860

OR

c) NPV
Prop X = 1200
Prop Y = 139280

<<<>present value table is slightly different than the cumulative present value table (round off digits) >>>

d) Proposal Y is a better investment



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Home cooked Food......Finally!!!

If there's one thing I truly envy about Melakan's here, is their ability to feast their tongues on home cooked food most of the time....while we, non-melakan's, have to survive mostly on hawker's food, Mamak food, Maggi mee, McD, Pizza and KFC which will eventually land us in Hospitals if consumed for a very long period...totally not a good thing, unless they have really sexy good looking nurses in public hospitals waiting to treat u there =P

After residing in Melaka for almost 9 months though, I recently managed to get my fair share of home cooked food here in Melaka for 2 nights.....

However, things did NOT turn out exactly as planned......


Before I proceed to the 'main course,' let me introduce to you the Chefs :


Starring,

Liew Kei Fai ( Kei Yan's bro )

Chong Mun Hoe ( Mun Sun's bro )

Lee Thean Ming ( Thean Soong's bro )


[ Kei Fai & Mun Hoe are house mates ]

WARNING !
Bear in mind that we are NOT professional chefs...



DAY 1
At approximately 6.45pm (Tuesday), I walked to Kei Fai's unit ( Ixora apartment ).

The Menu that we had in mind...

" Chicken Curry with Fish Balls"
" Fried Small Fish"
" Fried Sawi & Carrots"

~served with white rice~

sounds like a simple meal huh????
Well, easier said than done.....

And so, the 3 Band of Brothers started getting their hands busy...

We first began cooking the chicken curry....
Placing 2 pieces of chicken into the pot, followed by water and the entire packet of curry powder...

And we turned on the cooker...

Only when it started to boil, then did we realize something was amiss..

Kei Fai had poured too much water...and it was only minutes before the water was going to overpour!!!

Luckily, he had enough sense to take out half of the water in time by using a ladle...

In the meantime, the rice was placed into the rice cooker....

Then, Mun Hoe joined in by pouring some oil into a frying pan. And started frying fish..

SIZZLE SPLATTER SIZZLE SPLATTER

As soon as he placed the small fish into the pan, The oil began 'jumping' like crazy!!!
After awhile, Mun Hoe soon realized that he had put too little oil and as a result, the skin of the fish stuck to the pan...

Then, all of a sudden...






RiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNG !!!!!!!



No, it wasn't the oven.... it was the BLOODY SMOKE DETECTOR!!!!!!
WHAT THE HELL????

Well, at least we now know it is still functioning

The loud noise echoed throughout the 4 corners of the room...
It was the black smoke which came from all the frying that triggered the alarm...
I quickly switched on the ceiling fan...
Oops ....hehe, yeah we kinda forgot to switch it on BEFORE cooking....

After 5 minutes, the alarm went off. Luckily, the apartment's management didn't burst into the place with a fire extinguisher!!!

Ikan Bakar.....

After frying the fish, it was the vegetable's turn to meet their doom...
Muahahahahaha...
Mun Hoe mercilessly chunked garlic, Sawi and carrots into the frying pan...
He then added water....
Soy sauce...
and salt..
LOADS of SALT!!!
Oops....
Another mistake...



After cooking for like one hour, dinner was finally ready to be served !!!!

The Menu which turned out to be...

" Diluted Chicken Curry with fish Balls"
"Ikan Bakar Kecil "
( small burnt fish )
" Salted Fried Sawi & Carrots"

~served with white rice~


well, at least the rice turned out ok =P

Mun Hoe (left) and Kei Fai
Hehe..sry for the blurry effect.
Blame it on my empty grumbling stomach!


In the end, the meal was

tasteable
chewable
munchable
biteable
and
edible

=)


Thank you sooo much guys!!!!!

(PS: If u guys r wondering if I had to park my butt on the toilet bowl after the meal, hehe...nope it didn't happen!)