Traffic Garden

This is a garden that makes me laugh coz' everything is so small!

.:This walking sign's posture has always been weird:.

.:GIANT! ahahahhaha:.

.:The Bahasa Malaysia used here is very wrong:.

When I was a little girl, daddy used to bring us there until one day the drains along the garden were dirty and smelly. We stopped going there since... It must have been almost 20 years...


Since we've always been to Friendship Park and seeing the same thing over and over again, I introduced Traffic Garden to Jen. So far, there's no smell, they must have improved the drainage system.


It's actually a place where the Traffic Club of primary schools around Kuching have their practise, exam and competition. Part of the schools co-curriculum.

Uncivilized

We're talking about NO PLASTIC BAG campaign and I am even taking eco-bag with me everywhere I go like a psychotic shopper and... this is an eye sore for me to see such an incident while driving to work! 

.:QCA5548... really disappointing me by throwing the plastic bag from the rear window:.

Oppss I did it again...

I kept bitting my own lips whenever i eat and it seems to be happening once a month now since December. In Kuching, many believe that whenever you bit your lips while chewing the food, someone is gossiping about you. Maybe there are people talking about me behind my back all the time!

.:December 2011:.

.:Today over dinner:.

I do not have the photo of January's lip sore but both December and January were lower right lip and tonight i bit my lower left lip.. Apparently, i softly bit my lower right lip this morning... It could be the unbalance bone structure of my lower jaw that is causing it...

Ongako's Birthday 2012

.:Group Photo.. My hair sux:.

Being mischievous since forever, I was kind of disappointed with all my cousins for not knowing how to draw an act to bring Ongako for a surprise dinner... I've told them what to do but they have done it all so wrong... hahaha can't blame them for being honest lah! :P

To cut the story short, a so called surprised dinner has failed to the maximum as Ongako was supposed to not suspect anything instead, she didn't look surprise at all... Anyway, we had a good time among cousins and my parents join the dinner too at Coral Seafood Restaurant at 7th miles next to Everise Supermarket.

.:The kids love to blow the candle:.

The restaurant serves 'NO PORK' menu but they have some exotic selections like deer meat and ostrich meat. We ordered the deer meat in sizzling plate, ostrich meat with ginger, Nestum prawn, sea cucumber soup & baby kailan with garlic. Damages done was RM168.00 including drinks for 9 adult and 3 children. For me, the food is not the best but under the 'nice' category. Service was 'so-so'.

.:3 cousins:.

Overall, everyone was happy :)

Baby Genevieve

Last week, Baby Genevieve came for a week visit. Of course both my parents and Ping miss her the most. Who doesn't?

.:She tried to eat my piggy bank:.

.:Meeting Crystal:.

.:In the car:.

I need a Hair Cut

.:My Hair Sux:.

Looking at the photo, it means.. Hair Cut! Maybe in March this year. The photo was taken during reunion dinner January, 22 before Chinese New Year.

REX Cinema

.:Rex Cinema in the 50's:.

.:My dad's stall with Uncle Dean, Zack, my mum and Suzie Che's dad:.

My childhood memoir revolves around a cinema because my parents used to run a movie snack stall next to the cinema. Until now, I can still remember bits and pieces of the sweet and bitter things that happened over the years. The cinema was officially shut down when I was in primary 4 '10 years old' and I remember watching the last movie shown that night. It was devastating and being so young, I sense sadness in the eyes of everyone. I'm going to list down what I can recall before I forget them.

The People
1. Ah Moi Ee - The ticket counter (i remember she bought me a bracelette)
2. Another untie who are slimmer and more fierce. I was afraid of her
3. Ah Lau - The ticket collector who also sleeps in the lobby of the cinema. I used to see him every morning when we walk to the breakfast place.
4. The Fat drink stall tauke at the food court behind the cinema. (This was where Ellen told me story about the most work in a company is office boy but usually he is first to go if economy is bad).
5. The Rex Cucur tauke - My aunt used to work for him and then she opens her own stall
6. Michael - The boy i played with and his mum can make 'Kueh Sepit' aka 'Love Letter' and he is staying behind the cinema next tot he super smelly toilet. I went to their house alot too.
7. The chines girl - I remember her mum opens hawker stall at the food court but i have no idea what her name is until now.
8. The sugarcanne family - his son was my classmate in kindergarden and form 4 and 5.
9. Ah Hia - owner of another hawker stall opposite the sugarcanne family.
10. The stall operator inside the cinema premise - I can't remember him much coz my dad prevent us to play inside the cinema premise much.
11. Ah Kheng - Her family lives somewhere next to Dr Chan clinic and they moved to KMC flat after they got the placement from MBKS.

The Sweet & Bitter Memories
1. Self made singing competition - It was with my cousin Diana and the chinese girl. We will win a drawing painted by the chinese girl. We used the side entrance of the cinema where there's staircase that made it looks like a stage.
2. The Reservoir Park stroll - I have always been going to the park with my cousin and his brother. It's without my dad's permission. We just kinda found our way there and I get to call these 2 old couple at the corner of the demolished role of shop in front of the demolished prison opposite Borneo Hotel and they will give me 10 cent. :D
3. Watching Free movies - Sometimes Ah Lau made me sing a song first.
4. Playing with the daughter of the tailor shop owner 'American Tailor'. I can't recall what we usually do but I remember I've always gone to their shop.
5. Playing with Ah Kheng - We do meet sometimes in the shopping mall as she works as a promoter now and happily married.
6. I stepped on a lot of dead caterpillar that caused me walking like handicap for at least 2 months. I got it when I was washing my leg at the side of the drain opposite dad's stall. I have to blame my dad for throwing the caterpillars there after he had killed them. He should throw right into the drain and not leaving it on the road!
7. Broke a horlick bottle on the way back after buying it with my brother at Ting & Ting Supermarket. My late 3rd aunt was furious...
8. Spitting activities with some boys and my cousins. We were scolding each other and spitting on each other. To think about it, that's when I start learning how to roll my eyes when meeting people that I don't like.
9. My eldest brother told me that the crystal like sugar is used by the Japanese to make bombs. His attention was so that i do not disturb the sugar bottle.. I felt like an idiot after i asked my dad couple years back.
10. I saw a sanitary pad with blood in the toilet thinking that the toilet is haunted coz I thought I saw a bloody flesh in the toilet bowl.
11. Believed that there's an old man died in the cinema stuck on the gate because of heart attack. (Untill now, I'm not sure if it's real)

and many more which I can't think of now....

Egret

The first time I've seen an egret in the drain was about 10 years ago. That time, my family was staying in Jalan Stampin. I still remember being so fascinated to see it as it reminds me of my aunt, 'Ongako' whom's chinese name is related to the egret and I kept teasing her everytime I see egrets since.

The sad truth is that seeing egret in the drain or in the street is not a good sign. It shows that the bird that is suppose to live with the nature has now moved to the urban city and there must be reasons for it. I've been seeing plenty of egrets in the street these days on my way to work. Hopefully, their population is not going extinct.

.:Spotted in front of general hospital before I turn into Bampfylde Road:.

Thai Food Crave

.:Pork Rinds in a Container:.

Since my last Thailand trip in October 2011, I've always wanted to make my own Thai style pork rinds 'Kaeb Moo' as comparing to the ones I had here which is so hard it might break my tooth. The pork rinds in Kuching are made as one of the ingredient for soup and the one in Thailand is made as snacks. It has a the super crunchy texture and at the same time it's not too oily after being deep fried and drained properly.

I made some research through youtube.com and found out that it's also a popular snack in the Philipines. They are called with different names. The video shown below is basically what I did but i added in some 5 spices powder, salt, pepper and chilli powder to add a twist of spiciness to it.

I am quite happy with the result and everyone who ate it were also happy coz Pork is the happiest meat of all. Everytime anyone mentioning Pork, the rest will put a big smile on their face with their eyes glowing. Perhaps this is a muslim country customary where they are eating places that do not sell pork and even work places that do not allow their staffs to bring Pork into the premises in respect to the muslims.

It's an evident of a natural human behaviour. The more you control them in something, the more they are excited to do it. Who knows... we might not love Pork that much and treat it equal to other meat if Pork is everywhere in everyshop. We'll never know...