Melaka River Cruise

We hopped on the river cruise at 9:30pm, and the final one leaves at 11:30pm.

The ride was alright, though the water was a bit smelly, which slightly dampened the experience.

I think the best time to take this cruise would be during sunset. The soft, golden light reflecting off the water and the city skyline would create a much better illustration.

 

Fare is at RM10 for adults and RM5 for children, applicable for Malaysians with MyCard.

The fare is higher for foreigners.

Pokok Melaka

Ini ialah Pokok Melaka.

Tapi ini bukanlah pokok yang menghasilkan gula Melaka.

Pokok ni ada menghasilkan buah yang sesuai dibuat jeruk.

*Photos were taken at Puri Hotel, Melaka

Durian Cendol, Melaka

Durian cendol ini dijual di seberang Bangunan Merah, Studhuys, Melaka.

Harganya RM3.50 untuk durian cendol, RM2 untuk cendol biasa.  

Walaupun presentation nyer ada kurang sikit banding ngan Kedai Kochik, Jonker, tapi rasanya lebih sedap dan lebih murah.

Bahaya Facebook

British banker fired, escapes to Australia after his remarks on 'poor' Singapore on Facebook.

A Singapore-based UK banker, Anton Casey, who triggered massive public outrage over his Facebook remarks insulting Singapore residents, has been dismissed from his post and forced to flee to Australia.

His employer Crossinvest (Asia) Pte Ltd and Casey “parted ways”, the company indicated on Saturday, as quoted by AFP.

"Those comments go against our core corporate and family values that are based on trust, mutual understanding and are respectful of diversity," the company’s statement said.

Anton Casey, 39, married to a former Singapore beauty queen, has gone to Perth, Australia, in the wake of the scandal.

Casey has permanent residence in Singapore which he calls his adopted home, and claims he received death threats after posting his “poor people” comments on Facebook, referring to Singapore commuters.

One of the posts was a picture of a boy who is apparently Casey’s five-year-old son sitting inside a metro train, with a caption above his head reading: “Daddy, where is your car & who are all these poor people?”
 
In another post, Casey complained about “the stench of public transport” while his Porsche was in the garage.

source: http://rt.com/news/british-singapore-mock-australia-206/

Notakaki: Bahaya tau social media ni, jangan sebarang cakap ya.

Renew Passport

Seronok pula bila dapat tau yang Jabatan Imigresen buka half day pada hari Sabtu dan Ahad, tak payah la nak apply cuti untuk renew passport kan..

So sabtu lepas kami pun siap-siap untuk ke immegresen, masa tu dah kol 9.30am.  Hubby try call office Imigresen, mana la tau number giliran dah habis ke kan..

Ringing tapi tiada jawapan, hmm mungkin diorang busy sangat kot.  Takpe, kami pergi je la.

Sampai kat office immegresen ada makcik staff imigresen duduk kat depan pintu..

Staff: Eh, nak buat passport? Kami tutup hari ni, ada kursus.

Me: Tutup? Esok buka tak?

Staff: Esok pun tak buka.

Me: Sabtu minggu depan buka tak?

Staff: Sabtu depan pun tak sure lagi, you call dulu la hari jumaat tu.

Apa?! Kursus pun kena tutup counter ke? Apa la salah nyer at least ada orang jawap call ke tadi, takde la menyusahkan orang nak kena datang.

Cubaan ke-2

Lepas ambil Eugene dari sekolah, kami terus ke Imigresen, sampai sana dalam pukul 12.40pm, tapi malang nyer nombor untuk sessi pagi sudah habis.  Kena tunggu counter petang buka pukul 2pm.

Kami isi perut dulu kat kafe di tingkat bawah.

Pukul 1.20pm kami naik lagi, 1.35pm orang dah start beratur, kamu pun q gak orang yang ke-3.

Pukul 1.55pm counter number start buka.  Rupanya sekarang kalau renew dah tak payah nak isi borang lagi, ada improvement.

Tengok tu, Eugene sampai tertido kepenatan.

Dalam pukul 3 lebih passport kami dah siap.

Yeay, gumbira nyer.

Chap Goh Mei @ Bau Town

Chap Goh Mei night parade at Bau Town, Kuching

Beautiful and colorful celebration of culture.

More photos at http://ez-pix.com/greetings.html.

Valentine 2014

To me, Valentine's day 2014 is about...

Flowers

Present

Food

And cute card from my sons..

Thank you, Lord.

I am BIG

I am officially a BIG shot member :)

The only reason I applied for this card is to avoid paying for the service charge or whatever extra charges when purchasing an AirAsia online ticket.

Hope it is worth the sweat..
Think big, live big, yeah!

Sushi Tokoro, CityOne

Sushi Tokoro, CityOne Mega Mall, Kuching

Our 1st time here...

Besides having those sushi from the conveyor belt, we also ordered these..

Tako Yaki - RM7.90

Not nice, rasa macam digoreng, btw where is the Katsuobushi?!

Yee Sang with salmon - from RM13.80 per person.

This is nice.. I like it, feel like going there again just for this.. yumms

Green tea (Ocha) drink is charged at RM1 per-glass, can re-fill.

You have to ask for the nitsume (sweet sauce) if you need any, it's not readily available on the table.

To you, me, and all Malaysians

Quote "To my Muslim brothers and sisters, I say this to you. Let us not allow our faith and our religious beliefs to be hijacked by groups and people such as Perkasa and ISMA who have fringe and extremist views regarding Islam in Malaysia and those of other faiths. Close your ears to the messages of fear, distrust and hate, even when they come clothed as religious rulings or come from the Friday khutbah because men are fallible and we know who writes those texts.

To my non-Muslim brothers and sisters, I ask for patience, compassion, love and acceptance. Open your doors and your hearts to us so that we may learn and know of you better. I know some of you already have. Forgive us for our harsh words and actions because sometimes we know not what we do. I sometimes fear that as humans, even your patience has limits. Don’t lose faith in us

To all Malaysians: we need to get some sanity back and to send a clear signal to our leaders, representatives and these people who claim to speak for us and on our behalf but remain silent. This arrogance is not what our individual faiths are about. Neither is it about being rigid, regressive, dominant, tyrannical nor authoritarian."

- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/opinion/azrul-mohd-khalib/article/to-my-muslim-and-non-muslim-brothers-and-sisters

Dahulu dan sekarang

Ini bukan post politikus ya.

Lately selalu dengar orang merungut pasal kenaikan harga barang sehingga membebankan rakyat.

Tapi tak kurang juga yang tersangat positive-thinking dengan mengeluarkan statement seperti:

1. kalo takda duit kenapa KFC/McD asyik penuh?
2. kenapa orang masih berpusu-pusu ke shopping complex?
3. dulu orang naik bus, sekarang semua rumah pasti ada kereta.
4. ramai yang mampu beli rumah sendiri, kalo takda duit kenapa tak menyewa je?
5. dulu nak minta duit 20sen pun payah, budak-budak sekarang duit 20sen pun tak tengok.

Pada pendapat saya...

1. makan di KFC/McD bukanlah sesuatu yang dikira kemewahan sekarang.  Saya rasa ramai yang pergi ke KFC/McD ni ialah golongan income below average.  Kalo income bagus pasti akan memilih restaurant yang tak-layan-diri or kedai organic gitu.  Disebabkan masa bekerja yang panjang, tak dapat nak masak di rumah maka KFC/McD lah yang selalu dituju.
2. orang ramai berpusu-pusu ke shopping complex terutamanya pada hujung minggu bukan la bermaksud mereka ni kaya.  Ada kemungkinannya mereka ni nak jimat lektrik di rumah, so pergi je la shopping complex untuk sejukkan badan.  Brapa ramai yang betul-betul mampu nak shopping setiap minggu, kebanyakkan setakat window shopping, cuci-cuci mata je.
3. tentang pengangkutan awam pula, tak payah nak tengok jauh,  contoh di hometown saya je, dulu boleh ada dalam 10 buah bus yang standby di bus station, sekarang nak tengok sebuah bus pun payah.  So jangan ingat orang ada kereta tu kaya, tapi terpaksa, dahlah semua tu beli dengan berhutang.  Yang dulu naik bus ada tak hutang tambang bus?!  So kamu rasa orang sekarang ke dulu yang lebih senang/kaya?!  Tengok negara maju yang sistematik macam Singapore,  pengangkutan awam sangat canggih,  tak ramai diorang yang ada kereta sendiri, adakah bermaksud mereka ni miskin?!
4. mampu beli rumah?  Rumah sekarang bayar downpayment jer dulu, yang lain tu semua hutang. Lagipun sewa rumah lagi lebih mahal banding ngan beli, kan?!
5. kenapa la nak banding duit 20sen dulu dengan duit 20sen sekarang.  Nilai mata wang sudah jauh berbeza.  Dulu 20sen dapat beli macam-macam tau..

Saya tak menyalahi atau memihak kepada mana-mana pihak.  Apa yang saya impikan bukan la sebuah negara yang kaya,  kaya tak semesti bahagia.

Memadailah sekiranya negara kita dapat masuk list Happiest Country:

World's happiest OECD countries (2013):

1. Australia
2. Sweden
3. Canada
4. Norway
5. Switzerland
6. United States
7. Denmark
8. Netherlands
9. Iceland
10. UK
11. New Zealand
12. Finland
13. Austria
14. Luxembourg
15. Ireland
16. Belgium
17. Germany
18. France
19. Slovenia
20. Spain
21. Japan
22. Czech Republic
23. Italy
24. Israel
25. Poland
26. Slovak Republic
27. Korea
28. Portugal
29. Hungary
30. Greece
31. Estonia
32 Russia
33. Brazil
34. Chile
35. Mexico
36. Turkey
source:  Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Ada tak jumpa Malaysia dalam list tu? huhuhu