Having living in Malaysia, one thing i enjoy most is the variety of food that our multiracial society offers and some even have the opinion that food plays a significant role in Malaysia’s culture and unity.

That is why there is always something to look forward to for every festive celebration.

With Hari Raya just round the corner, the various see-once-a-year-stalls starts to emerged during the Bazaar Ramadan.

And during this period, there is one particular dish that keeps me looking forward to - Ayam Percik.

I understand that you can get ayam percik at lots of places through out the year, but some how, only during the fasting time, the ayam tastes better than usual.

Though most of the time the chicken is not fully cooked, with only those few bites of cooked portion is enough to for one to look forward to next year’s ayam percik.

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I decided to bring my camera one day to Sri Serdang’s Bazaar Ramadan with the intention of capturing some portraiture of people in the bazaar.

And I took quite a number of shots, though there were some good shots but overall I’m not really impress of my work.

Perhaps you guys might have a different point of view.

Enjoy!

Happymah!~

Jumpstart:

friend  : ei how long does it take to drive from png to kl?
me      : the same period that you need to drive from kl to pg
friend : not farny
me     : yup, i wasn’t joking

Yeap it’s been a while since i share my in sights of things happening around our ever changing and ever hard-to-understand habitat.

One being our political landscape that is going on a very guided random course, the other being the fuel price that seems like a healthy stock counter bouncing up and down on a up trend climb.

Then there is the Merdeka that doesn’t seem to have the spirit of Merdeka, thankfully guys from Petronas still produce excellent national advertisements which you can get hold of them on either NST or The Star’s website.

The Malaysia i once knew has changed. Perhaps because of a prime minister changed that produce this after effects that is filling the country’s atmosphere when we were so used to Tun’s style for 22 years.

Or maybe I never really knew the real Malaysia when i was small and young. I’m glad to read in the newspapers that the spirit of ching gay is still well in Penang during this “road shows”.

Anyway, it’s been a while since i had my camera, and none of the pictures i took actually found it’s way here. So i guess i present you with my first gallery - fireworks.

Fireworks is compiled from 4 days of fireworks photoshoot during the Malaysian International Fireworks Competition in Putrajaya.

As an amateur, who does not know his stuff, i think it’s a pretty good start.

Also i’m trying out this flash picture viewer which i’m testing out, besides your kind comment and critics on my pics, i would appreciate the same C&C spirit on the picture viewer itself.

Enjoy!

Happymah!~

Ok peeps, time to know how to get your RM625 from our beloved government.

Now for those who don’t know, the subsidy payout is done in two phases:

Phase 1: Those who bought and renew their vehicle road tax during the period of 1st April 2008 until 31st May 2008.

Phase 2: Those who bought and renew their vehicle road tax during the period of 1st June 2008 until 31st March 2009.

For those who qualify under phase 1, you can start collecting your not-really-enough subsidy on 14th June 2008 onwards.

Now, there are some eligibility criteria that you might not wanna overlook.

• Malaysian citizen who is the private registered owner of vehicles
• Vehicle owners who had their road tax renewed and with effective date from 1st April, 2008 till 31st May 2008 for Phase I.
• Vehicles that run on petrol or diesel (what else can we run on? if I’m not wrong, it means hybrid cars don’t qualify)
• Limited to a maximum of 5 vehicles per owner depending on the vehicle types and engine capacity

5 vehicles. With any combination of motorcycle and cars that runs on petrol or diesel.

Boss, I ada 5 kancil. Jadi, RM3125 la, terima kasih!

*ehhh…. boleh beli hand phone baru ni! Kena minta binni beli 5 lagi kancil, jadi dapat 2 hand phone! Pandai pun aku.*

So what do you need to do to get your kacang putih?

Firstly, if you fall under phase 1, only vehicle owners are allowed to claim the subsidy. You will need to bring along your myKad/Police/Army Identity Card when you make your claim.

You will be required to fill in a form regarding your claim and the pos fella would cross check the data you provided with JPJ’s database.

If it’s a positive match, then they will need to make a thumb print scan to verify your identity then only you get your goody money.

If doesn’t match, well……you decide la.

Now if you’re in phase 2, can start to claim the subsidy from 1st July 2008 (Tuesday) onwards.

Third parties are only allowed to make the claims on behalf of the vehicle owners during phase 2.

So go on and choose your time and choose the most pretty post office among the 683 post offices in Malaysia and go make your claims!

Pos offices are open from 8:30am to 5pm Monday to Saturday, except for post offices in Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu, which are closed on Fridays. Post offices are closed on the first Saturday of each month and on public holidays.

And for those who don’t wish to join the long queues at the pos offices, you may fill up the same form, and slot it into a special mail box provided by Pos Malaysia. At the end of the day, they will cross check with JPJ and will post the money to your mailing address. (no finger print verification?)

Happymah!

Info from paul and the star.

Pete Teo

I first heard of pete teo about 5 years back i think. I’m not sure how i got to know about his name, but i’m very sure it has to be about local music that i was searching around till i bum over his name here and there.

If memory serves me right, he was a DJ-ing for NHK radio in japan for sometime.

For a independent artist, he sure has make his mark in the local industry.

Malaysian Racism

Now.

What has Pete Teo and malaysian racism has in common?

The story was like this:

pete was juggling tomatoes.

bored. so he telephoned a few friends instead. “how about getting together to make an anti-racism song and music video?” all said yes without hesitation. not because pete threatened them with a rusty knife. only because they love malaysia.

The headcount grew to 52, then swelled to 120. Including famous people like ning baizura, amber chia, reshmonu, jaclyn victor, awie, daniel lee, tony fernandes, maya karin, and so on.

Besides the obvious celebrities, among them include local filmmakers, dancers, singers, producers, musicians, actors, entrepreneurs, designers, footballers, activists, models, students and even a florist!

they named the project “Malaysian Artistes For Unity”.

Originally, they were suppose to use a old john lennon song for it. Some how they got into some licensing issues with the john lennon guys.

And so, Pete kind of wrote the song 5 days before the studio recordings.

Later on, they manage to shoot a MTV of the song with KLPAC sponsoring the location. (I personally like the MTV, it’s shot at with a very malaysian style.)

we the rakyat lah

With just over 5 weeks of effort, they manage to complete the production phase from scratch. Best of all, all these was done without any budget.

Some of you may have heard the song from local radio stations or on 8TV. But if you missed it, here it is:

Here In My Home - Malaysian Artistes For Unity

try to look for tony fernandes.
And try not to laugh also.

Oh yah, since it’s a non-profit effort and they would like both the recording and the video freely and legally available to every malaysian regardless of race, income and politics you may get it over here. You can download the MTV,MP3 or even in your mobile 3gp format.

Let’s throw away all those racial nonsense and lets be Malaysians.