oh venus...

..is not some goddess i'm talking about..it's a project actually..hehe

one that just might change the way we live, and thus the world we live in...

a friend introduced this to me a couple days ago and i've been intrigued, so intrigued by the concept. is this an utopian model we are talking about? no need for hunger or poverty, no more wars, and no need for any money anymore..!! everyone and i mean everyone will have everything that they would ever need for life to go on..A resource based economy !! yeah..all of the world's resource will belong to everyone..no need to set up boundaries, no need to fight for anything..and thus no need for separation, as we become 1-world, 1-global family.. wow..this is so exciting.. :O)

the gist of this concept is this..taken from here..

[...A Resource-Based Economy utilizes existing resources rather than money, and provides an equitable method of distribution in the most humane and efficient manner for the entire population. It is a system in which all natural, man-made, machine-made, and synthetic resources would be available without the use of money, credits, barter, or any other form of symbolic exchange. A Resource-Based Economy would utilize existing resources from the land and sea, and the means of production, such as physical equipment and industrial plants, to enhance the lives of the total population. In an economy based on resources, conservation and the most advanced methods of science and technology, we could easily produce all of the necessities of life and provide a high standard of living for all. To do this, we have to overcome our current, outdated, establishment practices. This is the purpose of The Zeitgeist Movement- to create a global awareness to thus transition into a new, sustainable direction for humanity as a whole. ]






i leave you to explore the link above and the connected links on that page or you can go directly here to learn more..

table slurping...

..finger licking (now that kfc has abandoned this tag-line, i can use it..hehe) fantastic tasting good curry chicken, made the old fashioned way - in a kitchen, with a fresh bird of chicken, curry powder, coconut milk and a million and one secret herbs & spices recipe concoction passed down over the generations..

and all that has to be laboriously prepared, cooked & gently stirred for hours to bring out the correct texture, colour, aroma and consistency.. just look at those pics above..yummeh isnt it? see the chef stirring the pot..very tiring one you know..coz must do it gently at a certain rpm (revolutions per minute), must not be too fast or too slow one..

and where can one find such a delightfully tasting specialty dish? well..the exact location is a secret (just like the recipe..) it is somewhere in bukit merah, singapore, that's all i can reveal..but if you're dying to have a taste, you'd have to contact my friend in singapore..coz it was her mom who made that dish magical...or you can go to bukit merah, stand in a corner, catch a whiff of that aroma and just follow your nose..the trail will lead you there...

..i had 4 helpings of those..that's how good it was..if i hadn't stuffed myself so much earlier that day, i might have gone for 8...i wonder if i could arrange for dhl deliveries to me everyday..hmmm....

ahpooki's mobile..

..no i aint referring to my mobile fone..i was talking about my little sports car...woot2 !!

just you take a look at my picky-sports..bootiful aint it? just look at them wheels..awesome eh?? !!

..feels so nice zipping around my neighborhood in this turbo wonder (oh..wait, no turbo charged engine yet but soon to have one..hehe)..so easy to park, so easy to twist in and out of traffic..and so thrift on petrol consumption..(oklah2..not that thrift but i just had to exaggerate a bit here..hehe)..hmmm, maybe i'll add a sun-roof to it..that would be absolutely amazing..(oh wait..better not, i might end up looking like jarjarbinks behind the wheel.. :OP )..kekkekeeke

so now..this big monster-momma, my pooky-sedan that is, is just sitting and resting at home coz i am having too much fun with my picky-sports....wheeeeeee..!!

pd wheeee...

so..right after my trip to singapore, i had a one night stay back in my sty before heading towards port dickson for a 2-nite stay at a resort with some relatives..


talk about expensive food and stay..wow..

was trying to check-in to our chalets at 3pm but the rooms were not ready. so off we trotted to the cafe for a bite while we waited. my nephew ordered a lasagna which came out so tiny and little he practically walloped it all in two spoonfuls. i was a bit luckier...my fish and chips came in a very slightly bigger portion but that too i finished very quickly and was hungry after that..all my relatives had funny looks on their faces when they finished their meals....hmmm..maybe they too were hungry still...and i nearly swallowed my tongue when the bill came...

it was a good getaway for the family anyway with nothing much to do in pd except laze by the pool, go walk on the beach and just eat and eat...again..
the evenings were nice as we watched the sunset and searched for places to eat along the coast..and food tasting became our escape for those two days there..



quite nice nachos from el cactus (i think..)






very2 plain pasta aglio olio..from a very2 small italian cafe that doubled as a clothing bazaar..






very2 plain pizza we had too..from same italian cafe




we also had a pretty bad dinner at one crowded seafood restaurant on the first night. all the dishes came out so bad i didnt bother to take any pics.. but it was food anyway and we just chomped down on them happily..later that night we went to the resort's all nite cafe..you see, we had a rm50 food voucher to use, so we had one char koay teow (rm28 !!) and a fruit basket to go...and our voucher was eaten up already. we ended up cooking cup noodles that i had bought in singapore in the rooms...coz the ckt wasnt enough to go around..hehe

you are so gonna like me..

..ya singapore?

i thought the post on my recent visit to you was kinda a bit too brief to do you justice..so okay, i'm gonna expand a little bit more here..

one of my side visits while there was to their friendly neighborhood McD.. :O) and Oooo..they had quite different burger/chicken meals there compared to here.. Samurai Burger & Spicy McWings caught my attention !! the chili sauce was different too.., so bright and lip-stick red..and somehow the chicken tasted kinda healthier?? nvm..maybe my tongue was just playing tricks on me...

then on the second day of my visit, just prior to rushing back to my beloved "tanah-air ku", my friends took me to Bedok Town hawker centre for some delicious street foods, singapore style..

my first hunt was for their version of ckt. the char koay teow tasted weird (what to do? every version of ckt must compare to penang one mah..hehe) but decent enough...hmm, i think i can live with that..

the chicken rice was however absolutely fabulous. never have i seen such healthy-looking and nicely presented plate of chicken rice from a stall ever !! my goodness, i kept wondering.."how come so clean one this chicken? can eat one ah?"..and of course, it tasted like what good, clean chicken rice should..

then i also had this funny looking kon-lou meen (dry noodles) which was strangely wriggly but with a naturally springy quality to it and it was kinda nice too, maybe because it wasn't massively coated with huge amounts of boric acid that i'm so used to over here..hmmm












...and so after that, i rushed back, flew across the causeway and got completely lost in JB..and all the while thinking about that can of ice lemon tea i had in bedok..filled with envy, confusion, and a tinge of sadness..

anyway, au revoir..let's hope we meet again..soon enough.. :O)

wah..kah ki lang..

kah ki lang...

so i went to singapore over the cny holidays...the drive there was such a breeze. got from my house to my friend's apartment in exactly 4 hours...was waved away by our jb immigration without even a smile or look from immigration officer's face but was suddenly so warmly welcomed and greeted on the singapore side..what a difference..!! even the cleaners at the woodlands checkpoint said gong xi fa cai to me while i was asking for directions to go get the autopass card..wow !!

anyway, it was an orgy of food and more food at my friend's relatives' as we went around visiting..man, those singaporeans can really eat !! was talking to my friend's dad during one of those visits, he, now a grandfather, had originated from kampar, perak long2 time ago, and told me of stories about how he could not get any work during his youth because of his ethnic background, how he came to singapore, took in all kinds of works and managed to raise a large family..he still spoke with a smattering of malay words..i was impressed with his courage, his tenacity and endurance in the face of those odds that were stacked against him by his country of birth..and his subsequent success in life in a new country that accepted him as one of her own..

it was a brief visit to a "different" country, so near, yet so far...i did not manage to catch in all the touristy sights or visit the new sentosa island resort due to time constraints but what i could just see from the balcony of my friend's apartment in pasir ris, with pulau ubin in between and pasir gudang at the far end in another country, the view could not have been any more distinct or divergent..