It was a new congee and noodle shop just oppersite the Shell Station near to Bandar Baru Air Itam Supermarket. It is a branch out a famous outlet in Kulim and they are starting a chain ship in Penang. I have never heard about their name but they claimed to be famous and they stick their newspaper cuttings about their outlet on the wall.
The renovation was simple with wooden benches and tables and a pink coloring on the wall. Their kitchen is an open space with veyr simple pots and containers for the soup. They serve seafood noodles, congee and koay teow. Their style is no difference from the famous " Teow Chew Meng" restaurant. Their recipe is expensive fish, crabs , prawns and fish balls and you can have limited choice on the menu. The idea is to serve it fast and hot.
The food at the outlet is rather expensive but the taste is very good and fresh. The shop have been open for a few days and the crowd is sizeable and the collections is very good. Hopefully, it will not go the way of "Teow Chew Meng " which started off very well but the taste gradually deteriorates and remained pricey.
For me, it is another choice of food and I wish them the best. From the set up, they have gambled it well . Low investment and fast return and if it is not
sustainable, then they will pack and go. hThis arrangement have been the modus operandi of many food outlets in Penang and across the country.
Namaste.
w
Sunday, November 4, 2012
The attack on Malacca in 1511
The piece of history was 500 years ago and now, there is no more Portugese and the warfare now is via the nuclear missiles. Who needs to attack Malaysia via the straits of Malacca? Only pirates will use this water ways. Incredibly rediculous theory.
The reason for the purchase of the two submarines coming from the Naval Chief is the real joke of the day and make us LOL and look incredibly childish. If we want to justify our actions, we have to be creditable and think of a solid reason so that it can be believable. If this reason is mend to make us laugh or it is a joke, then at least poke some fun in it. Like the movie, Back in Time , when we can change the history of the attack by the Portugese. We can put these submarines to good us in 1511.
From this reason, we are going back in time to 500 years ago and is this the mentality we are having or going back to ? Why not going back to the Stone Age? Making the world laugh and we laugh along with it ? Hahahax
Why are we only purchasing the submarine to protect the west side ie attack from Indonesia. During the confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia, the attackers came by air borne and the paratroopers were air dropped into Malaysia. Who are you kidding ?
What about the attack from the East side ie Vietnam, Thailand , China etc ? Are we protecting the west side and open from the East side ? How many more submarines are we going to buy? Strategically, it is all wrong.
As a tax payer, I am really horrified at the way my tax money is been used. I am getting very upset at the childish reasons and the awesome wastage by the Current Government. Can you tell us the real reason and not making us looks like monkeys on a banana tree.
LOL.
The reason for the purchase of the two submarines coming from the Naval Chief is the real joke of the day and make us LOL and look incredibly childish. If we want to justify our actions, we have to be creditable and think of a solid reason so that it can be believable. If this reason is mend to make us laugh or it is a joke, then at least poke some fun in it. Like the movie, Back in Time , when we can change the history of the attack by the Portugese. We can put these submarines to good us in 1511.
From this reason, we are going back in time to 500 years ago and is this the mentality we are having or going back to ? Why not going back to the Stone Age? Making the world laugh and we laugh along with it ? Hahahax
Why are we only purchasing the submarine to protect the west side ie attack from Indonesia. During the confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia, the attackers came by air borne and the paratroopers were air dropped into Malaysia. Who are you kidding ?
What about the attack from the East side ie Vietnam, Thailand , China etc ? Are we protecting the west side and open from the East side ? How many more submarines are we going to buy? Strategically, it is all wrong.
As a tax payer, I am really horrified at the way my tax money is been used. I am getting very upset at the childish reasons and the awesome wastage by the Current Government. Can you tell us the real reason and not making us looks like monkeys on a banana tree.
LOL.
The imperfections of others - our view
My friend, SB posted a wise saying by the Holy Dalai Lama on the FB and I wanted to share with you in my blog. He said that “ If we blame all the mistakes on others, then we will suffer “. It is abit tricky here. Why are we suffering if we did no wrong ? We are the perfect ones and we should be happy and loud to others. Isn’t this logcal ? No, this perception is wrong.
In the book “ chasing daylight , the author was the former CEO of KPMG International and he died of Cancer and before he die, he wrote a book about his experience and insight into his last days in life. In one of his book’s chapter, he talk about perfection. During his tenure as the CEO, he was a perfectionist and he dislikes inefficiencies and sloppy work. When he was warded at the hospital, he was make to wait for treatment , the staff were slow to attending the patients , the paper work were plentiful , the procedures were complicated and many other irritating imperfections which he feel unhappy about. Suddenly, he could see so much imperfections and he has to learn to accept it and make himself happy and relax. He realized that he cannot change the world and have to learn to live in it.
The message by Dalai Lama is more than just making you accept imperfection or mistakes of others. Everyone of us is inter-linked or inter-connected and any mistakes done by others is also partly due to our faults. Why is it so ? Most of the cases, we contribute to it or in other cases, we also did mistakes. It is very usual to look outside to find the mistakes of others but we don’t look inwards to see how we have contributed to the mistakes.
If we point a finger at others , three fingers is pointing at us. You can try it out and look at your fingers and you will realized that it is true.
This morning while I am driving out for breakfast with my wife, there were so many cars parking on both sides of the road and I curse and blame all these people for making the road so narrow. I think that they are very selfish and stupid. But, I look around for a proper parking place but I could not find one and I have walk some distance to eat my breakfast. I realized that it is the poor enforcement and bad planning of the developer for that housing project. In order to eat breakfast in the most convenient location, I also double park and rush to eat my breakfast. Many a times, I did what others are doing but we are not wrong and others are stupid and we are clever. In fact, we are the selfish person, who do not help to improve the situation but just to blame others for the mistakes which make us suffer.
To live without accepting imperfections and the mistakes of others will in fact make us angry and agitated. In most of the cases, we are in no position to provide the solution and if we are unhappy and agitated , it is our choice and if we start to scold people for the imperfections, we will become even more miserable and unpopular. If we are unhappy, we will affect our love ones and the harmony in our home and our office.
Learn to understand more about others and yourself and make harmony with your surroundings. Nobody is perfect and if when others are imperfect, we have to accept it because there could be reasons that we don’t know and if we do mistakes, we have to acknowledge it and accept it and hope others will be kind to us. This harmony within one self is very important to relieve us from the daily frustration in life and to remain in a happy mood.
After realizing this wisdom and insight and accepting this wise saying, you will achieve a higher level of enlightenment.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Skyfall - 007 James Bond
I watched the movie "skyfall" at the Golden Cinema at GP last nite. It was an impromptu decision as I was shopping with my wife. She was agreeable but she complaint of the extreme cold in the einema. Nevertheless, it was a wonderful movie and we managed to focus our mind and relax for the next two hours.
The movie started off with Adele singing the theme song " Skyfall" which was co-composed by her and her voice was extremely beautiful and soulful. It was like the Angel singing from the Sky and sending a message to the world. Extremely touching and wonderful. The meaning of the song is the sky will fall one day if the people become more and more destructive.
The plot was quite complex and the ploteoves away form organized villians and big terrorist organization. Nowadays, any single person with a vast wealth and intelligence could hide under a shadow to threaten the soverienity of a country or the world. The movie was fully of actions with an aging and wounded James Bond tracking down the enemy and eventually, tricking him into the wood wards of Scotland and finally killing the enemy in a traditional way. By the way of a knife.
One of the amazing scene was the night view of Shanghai and it is incredibly beautiful and magnificent. The tall bulding structures and its marvellous designs almost make me breathless. I have been to Shanghai and I have toured the city at night. It was nothing comparable to the night view in the air. The highway infra-structure was excellent and we can see it was well connected to handle the tremendous flow of traffic. It was a breath taking view.
From Shanghai , it moves on to Macau and it is another beautful city and in the end, it was the wood ward of Scotland. The beautiful vast waste land of Scotland which retains its nature and natural beauty. The freshness of the air and the remenants of the past reflecting the rich history of Scotland. The switch of sights and scenary was amazing and wonderful.
The whole moive was make for entertainment and it was what I get - first class entertainment and a wonderful two hours of intriques and actions.
The message is that with advance intel and computer networking , anybody can start a war behind a mask or in the shadow. It is a freightening world and the actions are getting more and more explosive. People can carry out a crime without identity and trace.
So, Beware and behold.
Namaste.
The movie started off with Adele singing the theme song " Skyfall" which was co-composed by her and her voice was extremely beautiful and soulful. It was like the Angel singing from the Sky and sending a message to the world. Extremely touching and wonderful. The meaning of the song is the sky will fall one day if the people become more and more destructive.
The plot was quite complex and the ploteoves away form organized villians and big terrorist organization. Nowadays, any single person with a vast wealth and intelligence could hide under a shadow to threaten the soverienity of a country or the world. The movie was fully of actions with an aging and wounded James Bond tracking down the enemy and eventually, tricking him into the wood wards of Scotland and finally killing the enemy in a traditional way. By the way of a knife.
One of the amazing scene was the night view of Shanghai and it is incredibly beautiful and magnificent. The tall bulding structures and its marvellous designs almost make me breathless. I have been to Shanghai and I have toured the city at night. It was nothing comparable to the night view in the air. The highway infra-structure was excellent and we can see it was well connected to handle the tremendous flow of traffic. It was a breath taking view.
From Shanghai , it moves on to Macau and it is another beautful city and in the end, it was the wood ward of Scotland. The beautiful vast waste land of Scotland which retains its nature and natural beauty. The freshness of the air and the remenants of the past reflecting the rich history of Scotland. The switch of sights and scenary was amazing and wonderful.
The whole moive was make for entertainment and it was what I get - first class entertainment and a wonderful two hours of intriques and actions.
The message is that with advance intel and computer networking , anybody can start a war behind a mask or in the shadow. It is a freightening world and the actions are getting more and more explosive. People can carry out a crime without identity and trace.
So, Beware and behold.
Namaste.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Ten billion ringgit gold scam
Bank Negara have released the findings of a gold scam in Malaysia where the Company collected 10 billion Ringgit as a deposit against only a few million Ringgit of assets resulted in such a big gap between the assets and liabilities. Where have all the money gone ? Many people will have to kill themselves.,
I remember of the financial melt down during the 1997 where the KLCI dip severely causing many margin calls and bankruptcies. Many house wives were caught and many families were destroyed. I believe this gold scam would have the same or worst impact that the share crisis. If the ten billion Ringgit affects the KLCI , it will be worst than the 1997 crisis.
How could these bad people do these harm to the innocent people and make them go through hell? Of course, the Deputy Governmor of Bank Negara blame the investors for being stupid and telling them that if they expect high profit , then it will be high risk. He is right in a way but Bank Negara could have acted sooner to stop the scam or regulate the seheme. If they have taken actions earlier, less people will have to commit suicide or suffer huge losses incluidng losing their homes, property, retirement money and life.
Coming back to the money collected from the scame, the amount of ten billion Ringgit is not small , where has it gone. Has it been quietly taken out of the country and if not, can Bank Nagara trace it and get it back as soon as possible.
Many investors are holding on their gold or certificates with the hope of savaging some residue from their investments. Dreams are spoilted and hopes are gone. The whole fiasco is due to GREED. Everyone wants a good life or a better life and the pursuance of this objective have driven them to be lure by GREED.
My SIL, M told me that her ex-husband have warned her before his death that be careful of GREED. The craving for GREED will get us all in trouble. He reminded her to write this world GREED on the mirror in her bathroom and she will be reminded of this enemy in her .
Yes to all of us. Be contented and remember there is no such thing as a " free lunch" or no products which offers " high profit , low risk" or profit guarantee schemes. All these products is driven by the sweetness of GREED.
Be aware of the existence of bad people and bad schemes. I cannot curse these bad people enough and although, it takes two hands to clap, we should not cause hurt to others by our actions. We maybe the smarter ones but we should no prey on the innocents. I am not sure " Hell" exist but I would like to tell these people to " GO TO HELL".
Amitabha.
I remember of the financial melt down during the 1997 where the KLCI dip severely causing many margin calls and bankruptcies. Many house wives were caught and many families were destroyed. I believe this gold scam would have the same or worst impact that the share crisis. If the ten billion Ringgit affects the KLCI , it will be worst than the 1997 crisis.
How could these bad people do these harm to the innocent people and make them go through hell? Of course, the Deputy Governmor of Bank Negara blame the investors for being stupid and telling them that if they expect high profit , then it will be high risk. He is right in a way but Bank Negara could have acted sooner to stop the scam or regulate the seheme. If they have taken actions earlier, less people will have to commit suicide or suffer huge losses incluidng losing their homes, property, retirement money and life.
Coming back to the money collected from the scame, the amount of ten billion Ringgit is not small , where has it gone. Has it been quietly taken out of the country and if not, can Bank Nagara trace it and get it back as soon as possible.
Many investors are holding on their gold or certificates with the hope of savaging some residue from their investments. Dreams are spoilted and hopes are gone. The whole fiasco is due to GREED. Everyone wants a good life or a better life and the pursuance of this objective have driven them to be lure by GREED.
My SIL, M told me that her ex-husband have warned her before his death that be careful of GREED. The craving for GREED will get us all in trouble. He reminded her to write this world GREED on the mirror in her bathroom and she will be reminded of this enemy in her .
Yes to all of us. Be contented and remember there is no such thing as a " free lunch" or no products which offers " high profit , low risk" or profit guarantee schemes. All these products is driven by the sweetness of GREED.
Be aware of the existence of bad people and bad schemes. I cannot curse these bad people enough and although, it takes two hands to clap, we should not cause hurt to others by our actions. We maybe the smarter ones but we should no prey on the innocents. I am not sure " Hell" exist but I would like to tell these people to " GO TO HELL".
Amitabha.
My new neighbour- house warming dinner
I got a call from my new neighbour yesterday inviting me to his house warning dinner. He has been trying to contact me several times on the day but he could only contact me at about 5pm and told me that his dinner is starting at 7pm. I was miles away and it was raining heavily. As a good neighbour, I accepted his invitation.
The journey back home was quite messy because of the heavy rain and the traffic jam but I could only do my best to reach home in time. But , I was late.
Upon reaching home, my wife was waiting for me and I grapped a bottle of red wine and both of us walk over to my new neighbour's home. It was just located on the backside of my house.
The vegetarean dinner have started and I notice it was quite a big crowd but mostly old people and I was curious. After introducing ourselves to my new neighbour, we proceed to find a seat and quene up for the buffet.
The house was big because it is make up of two housing lots adjoining to each other. The previous owner used to have several ponds to rear chinese carps and the whole garden have an excellent water flowing system which navigate the ponds. The owner removed all these ponds and build a big garden with flowers and walking path surrounding a circular flower pot in the middle of the garden and he also build a circular path of pebbles for his family and himself to walk bare foot on it to have a similar foot reflexology exercise.
In his main hall, there is three stature of Buddha in different pose and it is surrounded by flowers and artifacts on the alter. His wife told us that they are staunch Buddish and they live in a simple way. I was contented that they are a peace loving family and share the same beliefs as me.
I remembered my observation of many old people at the function and I asked my neighbour and they told us that they are members of the same Buddhist Hall in Air Itam and they are also Karoake members and they like to sing. Suddenly, the singing session erupt when one of the members start singing and all the members start to gather in the hall to join in the fun.
By then, I was abit tired and my stomach is full and so it is time to go home. So, I signal my wife and we expressed our thanks to our good neighbours and we make a quiet exit to walk back home.
I am thankful that we have a good neighbour and I hope peace and love will prevail in my surrounding.
Amitabha.
The journey back home was quite messy because of the heavy rain and the traffic jam but I could only do my best to reach home in time. But , I was late.
Upon reaching home, my wife was waiting for me and I grapped a bottle of red wine and both of us walk over to my new neighbour's home. It was just located on the backside of my house.
The vegetarean dinner have started and I notice it was quite a big crowd but mostly old people and I was curious. After introducing ourselves to my new neighbour, we proceed to find a seat and quene up for the buffet.
The house was big because it is make up of two housing lots adjoining to each other. The previous owner used to have several ponds to rear chinese carps and the whole garden have an excellent water flowing system which navigate the ponds. The owner removed all these ponds and build a big garden with flowers and walking path surrounding a circular flower pot in the middle of the garden and he also build a circular path of pebbles for his family and himself to walk bare foot on it to have a similar foot reflexology exercise.
In his main hall, there is three stature of Buddha in different pose and it is surrounded by flowers and artifacts on the alter. His wife told us that they are staunch Buddish and they live in a simple way. I was contented that they are a peace loving family and share the same beliefs as me.
I remembered my observation of many old people at the function and I asked my neighbour and they told us that they are members of the same Buddhist Hall in Air Itam and they are also Karoake members and they like to sing. Suddenly, the singing session erupt when one of the members start singing and all the members start to gather in the hall to join in the fun.
By then, I was abit tired and my stomach is full and so it is time to go home. So, I signal my wife and we expressed our thanks to our good neighbours and we make a quiet exit to walk back home.
I am thankful that we have a good neighbour and I hope peace and love will prevail in my surrounding.
Amitabha.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The way of life
I read an article on Cheewajit from a Thai Newspaper while I was on a TG flight to Bangladesh. The article talk abe out the death of Dr Satis, the founder of Cheewajit. The concept evolves around the wholeness of body and mind . Healthy body promotes healthy mind and heathy mind breeds healthy body. These two factors inter-dependent very much on each other.
When he talks about the body, it involves proper food, proper rest, good and consistent exercise, abstain from abuses to the body , keep a simple life style and have a compassionate and kind heart and be engaged with people and charity.
On the topic of food, it should be organic and balance diet with abit of everything from fresh vegetables to fresh meat and fish. Abstain from processed food and food tainted with chemicals.
Proper rest entails sleeping soundly and adequately for 8 hours and consistently and regularly. Let the body be set in the rest routine at the regular time. Preferably, we can engaged in healthy activities like resting at spa, massage of the body and foot or balinese massage. Any such activities will relax the body and reduce stress and promote rest. Such healthy activities should be done moderately.
The practice of simple exercise like Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga and simple walking on a regular basis relieve stress and stimulate a restful body. It relaxes the body and promote proper rest while exercise all the vital organs and keep them in an active stage. Too strenuous exercise will in turn harm the body and exercise must be modelled according to the aging body. For example, a man of 60 years old should not run like a 30 years old man. Take aging gracefully and timely.b
Abstain from abuses to the body refers to the excess consumption of alcohol , stimulants, drugs and herbs. Refrain from seeking instant relief and bodily pleasure ie excessive sex , use of pain killers, anti-biotics , morphine, tongkat ali or viagara,etc. Such chemical and herbs abuse the body and the mind and will unbalance both the body and mind and will become uncontrollable.
Keep a simple life style. Have time for a good and slow meal, take enough rest from a hard day's work, have good time management to avoid rush hours and traffic jams, don't over exert your body and mind, have a balance life between work and rest, eat moderately and avoid buffet, read moderately to keep your mind active and avoid gambling, gossips and avoid difficult people and have simple entertainments like reading ,music and dances, etc.
Be God fearing and be compassionate all the time to the unfortunate, the lesser children of GOD and always have a loving heart and spread the message of love. All people are inter-connected and the good for another person will have positive impact on us. Never curse or expect bad things on other people.
'
The above is for the body and now, we have to consider the mind.
The mind is stutle thing. It is there and we do not know exactly where it is locate in the body. Is it in the head or in the heart or somewhere in the chest. It does not matter. It is there. An untame and untrained mind is like a monkey, running around in a banana plantation. Actively jumping and running around until it is tired. While it is jumping and running , it causes a lot of havoc and trouble to the space around it. The space now is our body.
If we trained our mind, it will promote positive thoughts and vibes which, in turn, will promote a healthy body. There are ways to train the mind and one of the way is through meditation. Through meditation, the mind becomes more discipline, calm and focus. Instead of switching in and out of a thought for 50,000 times a day, it can reduce to a few times and it will preserve the energy and harmony of the body. A discipline mind focusing on positive thoughts will bring contentment and joy and ultimate happiness. If the mind is happy, the body will become positive and restful.
With these two combination, it will slow down aging and promote longevity and living in contentment and happiness. Life is a journey and have a wonderful trip while you are passing through.
Namaste.... A tribute to Dr Satis, a person I don't know but thankful for his percepts and the awareness of Cheewajit.
When he talks about the body, it involves proper food, proper rest, good and consistent exercise, abstain from abuses to the body , keep a simple life style and have a compassionate and kind heart and be engaged with people and charity.
On the topic of food, it should be organic and balance diet with abit of everything from fresh vegetables to fresh meat and fish. Abstain from processed food and food tainted with chemicals.
Proper rest entails sleeping soundly and adequately for 8 hours and consistently and regularly. Let the body be set in the rest routine at the regular time. Preferably, we can engaged in healthy activities like resting at spa, massage of the body and foot or balinese massage. Any such activities will relax the body and reduce stress and promote rest. Such healthy activities should be done moderately.
The practice of simple exercise like Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga and simple walking on a regular basis relieve stress and stimulate a restful body. It relaxes the body and promote proper rest while exercise all the vital organs and keep them in an active stage. Too strenuous exercise will in turn harm the body and exercise must be modelled according to the aging body. For example, a man of 60 years old should not run like a 30 years old man. Take aging gracefully and timely.b
Abstain from abuses to the body refers to the excess consumption of alcohol , stimulants, drugs and herbs. Refrain from seeking instant relief and bodily pleasure ie excessive sex , use of pain killers, anti-biotics , morphine, tongkat ali or viagara,etc. Such chemical and herbs abuse the body and the mind and will unbalance both the body and mind and will become uncontrollable.
Keep a simple life style. Have time for a good and slow meal, take enough rest from a hard day's work, have good time management to avoid rush hours and traffic jams, don't over exert your body and mind, have a balance life between work and rest, eat moderately and avoid buffet, read moderately to keep your mind active and avoid gambling, gossips and avoid difficult people and have simple entertainments like reading ,music and dances, etc.
Be God fearing and be compassionate all the time to the unfortunate, the lesser children of GOD and always have a loving heart and spread the message of love. All people are inter-connected and the good for another person will have positive impact on us. Never curse or expect bad things on other people.
'
The above is for the body and now, we have to consider the mind.
The mind is stutle thing. It is there and we do not know exactly where it is locate in the body. Is it in the head or in the heart or somewhere in the chest. It does not matter. It is there. An untame and untrained mind is like a monkey, running around in a banana plantation. Actively jumping and running around until it is tired. While it is jumping and running , it causes a lot of havoc and trouble to the space around it. The space now is our body.
If we trained our mind, it will promote positive thoughts and vibes which, in turn, will promote a healthy body. There are ways to train the mind and one of the way is through meditation. Through meditation, the mind becomes more discipline, calm and focus. Instead of switching in and out of a thought for 50,000 times a day, it can reduce to a few times and it will preserve the energy and harmony of the body. A discipline mind focusing on positive thoughts will bring contentment and joy and ultimate happiness. If the mind is happy, the body will become positive and restful.
With these two combination, it will slow down aging and promote longevity and living in contentment and happiness. Life is a journey and have a wonderful trip while you are passing through.
Namaste.... A tribute to Dr Satis, a person I don't know but thankful for his percepts and the awareness of Cheewajit.
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