The Old Flames

You guys pernah baca Pedang Setiawan or Alam Perwira tak?

It was such a hit la during my secondary school esp for the boys. The girls drooling over Remaja je (so yucky la pulak thinking of it haha). Anyway since all the guys busy flipping this Pedang Setiawan, Alam Perwira, Jengking Merah, etc, some of the girls wanna show their machoness as well, so bacalah jugak. I don't know if it is true, but I used to read it because I think it is hmm..macho! Ahahaha.

Anyway, after a while I found it is not my thing so I stop reading it, after a few series. Pening kepala with all the actions, hikmat peringat ke-9, tumbukan keramat, etc.

Mr Comot quite impressed with me that I know Pedang Setiawan. Hehehe seee I told ya, it's macho-thing okay. Anyway he told me about his collection; Juara-Juara Kembar. I asked him to bring some for me and I'm obsessed with it now!!!

Juara-Juara Kembar

I found it is funny and entertaining instead of headache-ing. (But I do skip a few scenes that have too many A tendang B, B pukul A, A tetak B :P)

The storyline is sooooo unpredictable. It is anticipating to know what's next and next, with lots of good action with funny captions like hikmat mencantumkan bunga memindahkan zamrud, hikmat keramat bayangan, hikmat mencuci tulang sum-sum & membersihkan otak. The character's name is interesting too like this Du Tangan Berdarah, Li Mulut Lebar, Kili Nawa, Trio Sinar, Ting&Tang.

Do you know that Li Mulut Lebar punya hobby is eating human? He even eat his own wife on their first night after wedded.

See I told ya it is interesting ;)

Anyway, another thing that I found rather interesting is that their susun-atur ayat is good! They even have some idioms in the dialogue and make me chuckles sometimes. Teringat zaman kecik2 dulu cikgu ajar peribahasa.

Sepandai-pandai tupai melompat, akhirnya jatuh ke tanah juga

Kecil-kecil cili api!

Pucat seperti mayat

Dalam laut boleh diduga, dalam hati siapa yang tahu

If you notice, their grammar is correct too! Like 'diduga' (no space between di and duga as duga is the verb). Eh betul ke? Tiba2 macam confuse balik 'duga' is a verb or not. It is more like feeling. Hmm...*going to study balik*

By the way, I already finished up to jilid 10 (what is jilid in english anyway? it's like accumulation of series mcm tu). 1 jilid got 3 episodes. This story has about 30 jilid. So another 20 to go.


Hehehe...this going to be my weekend I guess.


Have a fun weekend guys!

Fish-eyes in a box

Mr Comot was craving for Burger King, so we decided to grab it from the Bangsar outlet. Parking is not an easy task there so we parked at the food court (in front of the mosque) and strolling the way to Jalan Telawi.

It came to our surprised when we see the BK spot is closed down - for good. Hmm sejak bila BK kat Bangsar tutup eh?

Anyway, we saw this on the way back to our parking place - The Canadian Pizza. We never have this pizza so we decided to give it a try.

You will never missed this bright yellow board.

To tell you the truth, the place is a lil bit suspicious. The only level one eating space on that street. Yang lain2 semua at ground floor.

Hmmm..are we really climbing this?

There is only a small glass door and it is locked. We had to ring the bell to get in. Seems like we are the ONLY customer that night, for dining in. Their delivery is doing okay I guess, based on the staff running up and down with the hot-pack bag.

We were ushered to a small room and nasib baik tak pitam ok. The room is very small that I wonder, are they really open for dine in?

There are only 2 tables in that room!

I'm not a pizza person so we order the set for 2 pax (medium pizza+coke+garlic bread) and I wanted to add-on the chicken wings. The waiter suggest us to take the larger set (LARGE pizza+coke+garlic bread+chicken wings - this one for 3-4 pax) as we are going to pay about the same amount. I hesitate at first thinking who going to finish up the pizza but since Mr Comot said we can tapau if tak habis, I said okaylah.

I don't know if it was me who are really hungry or the pizza is relatively good but we finished the whole 3-4 pax set okay. Giler melantak. And I had equally the same amount pizza pieces with Mr Comot. Hehehe a big eater I am.

Buy 1 free 1?

The Hawaian Chicken. I like the dough. Like a soft bread.

The chicken wings and bread. All gone.

Makan. Borak. Makan. Borak. Makan. Borak. Pandang kiri kanan and guess what we spotted?

Fish-eye! Not only one, but TWO!!

The first fisheye that we spotted.

Another one.

Hmmm I wonder why they need TWO cctv in a SMALL room. Maybe they have something valuable stored in the room (well, I just can see 2 tables with 9 chairs).

Maybe it's not even working, but it is interesting don't you think so?

Free Water

I had this slow walking last weekend at Lake Garden and shocked to see one of the meter is bursting. I wonder how long it has been (must be for days!) as the grass already flooded, making a small pool.

The shower

This isn't a tempat-jin-bertandang place so it's supposed to be fixed within the day itself.

It is right opposite of Pustaka Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia.

A pure ignorance. What a wastage.


Anyway, have you guys study your candidates for the election? Don't choose over the party. Choose for the people, who are responsible and can help to make things better.

Of ethics and courtesy..

I'm not going to discredit anybody. But I really, really, really upset with Bora Ombak. I already sent them an email and I hope they read it.

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Dear Bora Ombak team,

I had dinner with my partner at your café last Saturday night (23rd Feb 2008) around 830pm. The food was okay, but not your staff.

We asked for the bill around 10pm and we were informed that you guys is having problem with the system, and can’t produce the bill. So we waited and nobody attend us for about half an hour. We need to move on so we went to the counter straight asking for a manual bill.

We mentioned all the foods and drinks we had and the guy at the counter counts it. He was dressed smartly in shirt with tie, and I believed he is the floor manager on that night. We would like to use our credit card to pay then we were informed the machine for credit card is down as well. So we paid via cash.

The thing is, the counter guy (I don’t want to call him floor manager as he doesn’t even act like one), not even say sorry for that inconvenience (for us have to wait for long and the hassle of payment), but also not looking at us! What an attitude!

Yes I know, that is none of your fault when the system goes down, but it is a courtesy for you to say sorry.

Ok, let say you still think it wasn’t your fault and it’s not necessary for you to say sorry. How about ‘Thank you for coming’ with a warm smile? I was so surprised when we were handed the balance with cold face like we aren’t invited.

What if we don’t even bring sufficient cash that night? You guys should have informed us earlier if we can pay it with cash when we asked for the bill instead of making us wait until we, ourselves make the move to the counter and are told the situation. And don’t you think it is a courtesy to at least give us complimentary warm water while we were waiting?

I once order pizza at pizza hut Ampang Park (take away) and unexpectedly was given a glass of coke for the wait.

Truthfully, I don’t really mind not getting any water or free stuff from you for the waiting, but when even a SORRY (or THANK YOU) is failed to utter, I think Bora Ombak has a serious issue with courtesy and ethics.

If this keeps on going, I don’t think Bora Ombak will be a choice for me in the future.

Thanks.
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Actually, this is not the first time I am disappointed with their service. There are few times that I said 'I will never come again to this place'. Most of the time because the service is sooo slow, which means we were waiting for the menu like forever and nobody bothered. And there is one occasion that we just walked out of the restaurant after waiting for long and nobody noticed! (hmm that was like middle of last year I think).

Anyway why I keep coming?

The food is good. I mean really, really good. I find myself craving for the seafood tom yam (they have it in Thai style, thick soup base with evaporated milk), the butter prawn and their fantastic straw-bana burst! The spread is big too, and the price is reasonable.

Hmm..half of me said I won't go again but half of me said maybe they will improve, just give it a try another time. After all you go there for food not for the people, aight?


But don't you think both playing important roles?


Anyway, if anyone from Bora Ombak is reading this, I just want to tell that your streamyx connection is not secured. We can go in your Billion router easily.

The weirdos

As in my previous entry, I would like to share with you guys the strange animals from the sea. They are located at one big corner of the restaurant and all of them are edible, if you want to.

Well, see it for your-self and decide later :D

The weird looking fish. Don't remember it's name. But really big.

Escargot. It's soo different from what I always imagined. I thought it's more like typical garden snails (with the dark brown flesh). Anyhow, I still won't try to eat this.

The lobster. Soo big!

Praying Mantis prawn (udang lipan). This one is giler panjang and besar. I think about 18cm or so. The normal one that I always eat is only half of it, around 9cm.

South Australia Lobster

See how HUGE it is compared to my hand. I think it must be 1kg min for the smallest one. So baru one meal dah almost RM300. Haiyoh.. Anyone wanna treat me? hehe

Spider Crab. Very thin but sooo expensive.

One type of the crabs. Don't remember the name. But look at it compared to my handphone! Like a big rock! Look at the hands. Kalau kena sepit boleh putus jari ni.

Snow crab. Remind me of albino phyton. Mahal jugak, but I don't think all the crabs have noticeable different taste. If you guys ever eat those types of crab, tell me eh how it is.

The shark's fin. I don't know why they hang it. Anyway I used to fancy shark's fin soup, but not anymore after knowing how they get it. The fisherman will slice the fin and free the shark to die in the ocean. Soooo...inhuman. Btw, we can opt for fake shark's fin soup, which taste relatively similar.

Abalone

Yucky kan? Sorry, no offense to abalone's lover. It's just, out of my imagination as well. I used to think abalone is one kind of mushroom, boleh? And now, knowing it as a slimy thing and sticking, hmm.. I don't think I want to eat this anymore.

And guyss....winner of the day will be...........

Geoduck!

Ewwwwwwwwww

Pick me! Pick me!

I don't know what this one doing. Semua sengett. The one at the corner must be really heavy (see how long it is hehehe)

Double ewwwwwwwwwww.

I *forced* Mr Comot to snap it from the surface. Mr Comot said 'kalau dia lompat, me baling geoduck ni kat you'. Hahaha penakut ok! (look who's talking la kan, that's why I don't want to shoot it by myself. Scary okay)

See how big it is. Imagine if our partner punya like this. Ehem, tak cukup tangan ok :D

The restaurant's ambience.


From across the road, where we parked the car. Oh ya, free parking.

So guys, have you decided what's for dinner? :D