Updates (Part 1)
It has been a long time since my last entry.
Just like to do a quick recap of what I been doing… maybe I will just break into a few part series. Let me try to just type whatever come to my mind first… see how random my mind can be…
Two week ago. Yup. It was two week. I was in Penang and KL. It was a good time spent. It was good time not because of the great company, it was because the new thing that I experience during that brief moment interacting with people… and they don’t just talk about the sun, the moon, the star, the beach, etc. most conversation revolve around the local business and going-on. It make me again feel much more like a Malaysian. In Singapore, seldom conversation on Malaysia, at most, some speculation on Malaysia’s political soap show, and some report on the rocketing crime rate… little on the business activities and the people’s thought on local economic.. there I was. Able to catch a few good conversation and talk about such. Blessed. I would say. I see more thing and more potential in Malaysia. And there and then, I can’t help but to condemn the government on their lousy management. Not to mention the M authority, even the those in authority and polictics who is yellow in skin… those C in MCA is sleeping and running the show for M that keep surpress the other race. While the government said try to pull the gap between the rich and poor, what they do is in fact, just robe the rich and give to the poor. While it not just don’t actually work in long term, and create a more dependent M, it make more resentful C and I. anyway, I still will pray for my nation on the 31th Aug. i love Malaysia still, despite all this negative comment. 爱之深，责之切。
Talk about eating.
Myself, and my two ex-bosses. We took coach up to KL. Then, my principal supplier sales person, (I call him my friends, we been knowing each other for 2 plus years). He is Jasper. He drove us up to Penang from KL. After 2 hours driving, we stop by Ipoh, and eat the famous 芽菜鸡. Two thumbs up. No question about the taste. Then, from there another 1.5 hours up to Penang. Settle down in the hotel. Then, went for a Spa Massage. Some awful experience there. Skip this. Then, myself and Jasper and one of my boss went out for midnight supper, with another friend, SS, also from supplier office. Very hospitable friend. Buy us some really really really spicy bbq stingray.. it is really hot and spicy. No joke. That one if give Poy one bite, and I am sure he will sweat like raining and stick out his tongue one.
Then, some not-very-good 甜水, not very nice because the stall owner didn’t put the heart into making it. myself and Jasper agree on this. Anyway, that 甜水 is not origin from Penang, it is from KL actually. Orh. The Penang 炒馃条 is ‘没话说’, you will never find it in Singapore. Those who claim to be Penang炒馃条 locally still got blend with local taste to suit the population’s taste. The only good Penang炒馃条 I ever eat is in a 5 star hotel in Singapore. One of the buffer style, only serve Penang food. That one is not bad, and the price is NOT-BAD too, if I am not wrong, priced at 30 plus and then +++…
So, that’s about my first night, for this trip. It was a Monday.
Second day, we went for breakfast serve by hotel. I can tell you, those 3 or 4 star hotel never serve good food, at least in Malaysia. So, not a good food, I regret to eat in hotel. I should just go out to nearby hawker stall to eat some 地道的 local food.
So, the meeting at factory start at 10am. After 2 hours brief meeting. Not much thing there. Boss and boss in meeting room normally is quite boring. And, this trip to Penang, I just sit in and listen only. Nothing much.
About 12.30pm, there we go, and, we eat again. This time the bill on Penang’s boss. Eat very very good seafood and some dish. So good that I can eat two bowl of rice. Appetite is big when food is good. And this seafood lunch, is CHEAP. Only RM108 for 5 adults. Ha.
Ok. Then, another 2 hour ride to Ipoh that’s about 4pm. And then, eat again. =.= at this point, and I believe this is the point that I became sick. We each eat one bowl of 怡保鸡丝河粉. Not question asked as well… so good. So nice. I never regret even the food already stuffed to my throat level…
6pm Reach KL. This time the hotel is either 4.5 star or 5 stars. Very comfortable hotel. Rest for 2 hours. And, then, eat again. Where we go this time? Another seafood restaurant. Now together jasper’s wife. Ha ha. I knew what he planned, anyway the bill is going to company entertainment claim, so, he just bought along his wife. Smart move. Lucky thing is that not all his family members turn out. So, here, in 水上人家 (restaurant name), we eat again. After the meal, I felt something strongly. I felt that my stomach is rebelling… this is the point of my painful night.
Went back hotel at around 10.30pm… touch up some presentation material for next day meeting. Lay on bed… but couldn’t sleep, the stomach is 隐隐作痛. I will need to visit a doctor on this. I suspet I got problem with my diaphragm, I felt excruciating pain that night, partly because it pain when I breathe at certain posture... And even now, it is also 隐隐作痛 at some occasion... Keep me in prayer.. if you are stil reading till here) So, that night, got the whole 1 or 2 hour of painful time, finally I slept, and without clothe on top… This is one of the mistake this trip... I underestimate hotel aircon, or, I have too much confident on the bracket, or, I overestimate myself... either one of them is the reason for the next day suffering...
Next day wake up… feverish… get a quick shower. And go out.
Reach KL office. Impressive office building. After the 1 hour presentation, I already feel quite weak.. but still, went for lunch together at Japanese restaurant… eat again.. but, this time round, I only manage to finish up my portion of fish, and leave half bowl of rice.. a sick person should refrain from eating too much heavy food. I always have this philosophy in mind. So, tight through the day, in a freezer like office tower, a normal office aircon is a freezer for a patient. :)
Evening came, KL boss want to bring all of us for dinner… this time, I excuse myself liao. Ha. The blessing of rejecting the offer was that, I not just spare from heavy food, but also free visit to nearby clinic, and the visit to clinic was accompany by one of the lady secretary there. Ha. Consider a blessing ba. So, this lady and the other colleague also very hospitable, after accompany me to clinic, and suggest to bring me to nearby restaurant to eat porridge. And afterward, send me back to hotel.
Never been so ‘cared-for’ after I leave my home to study and work in Singapore… I still can recall one dreadful evening in NTU hostel, alone in room, high fever, no handphone (stil pager era for me in first year), one pair of wet shock to cover my forehead to keep my head cool-down. I thought I will be called to be with God. Ha. That was first my near-death experience in Singapore.
Ok. After reach hotel, eat the medicine, and I thought I already half dead, and not going to go out with friend. (I got pre-arrange a meet-up with a PJ friend). He came back, and talk to me for awhile. I was contemplating if should go out and walk walk... I prayed for a prayer of healing that point. Strange. As I walk out the room and walk toward my friend car, the fever is leaving... perhap it is my desire to go out that overcome the virus, or, the medicine is really effective.. but I believe God was healing, though it come only after I see the doctor.
Got another good session with fren just talk talk talk about what is going on around in JP. talk politics, talk about relationship, talk about education in Malaysia, talk about the death of one student because of robbery.. talk about an attack and robbery case on a female friend of my friend.. this is why I so scared of KL and Johor. those crime report on news not just happen on newspaper, it happen so close to every malaysian... Police, time to do something solid, and stop talking rubbish... I mean Malaysia's police.
Till now, it is only the 3rd day of my trip in Malaysia. Still got 1 more day to go… Still haven finish… I think I have to stop here… night is not young for a working person…
Continue…
Just like to do a quick recap of what I been doing… maybe I will just break into a few part series. Let me try to just type whatever come to my mind first… see how random my mind can be…
Two week ago. Yup. It was two week. I was in Penang and KL. It was a good time spent. It was good time not because of the great company, it was because the new thing that I experience during that brief moment interacting with people… and they don’t just talk about the sun, the moon, the star, the beach, etc. most conversation revolve around the local business and going-on. It make me again feel much more like a Malaysian. In Singapore, seldom conversation on Malaysia, at most, some speculation on Malaysia’s political soap show, and some report on the rocketing crime rate… little on the business activities and the people’s thought on local economic.. there I was. Able to catch a few good conversation and talk about such. Blessed. I would say. I see more thing and more potential in Malaysia. And there and then, I can’t help but to condemn the government on their lousy management. Not to mention the M authority, even the those in authority and polictics who is yellow in skin… those C in MCA is sleeping and running the show for M that keep surpress the other race. While the government said try to pull the gap between the rich and poor, what they do is in fact, just robe the rich and give to the poor. While it not just don’t actually work in long term, and create a more dependent M, it make more resentful C and I. anyway, I still will pray for my nation on the 31th Aug. i love Malaysia still, despite all this negative comment. 爱之深，责之切。
Talk about eating.
Myself, and my two ex-bosses. We took coach up to KL. Then, my principal supplier sales person, (I call him my friends, we been knowing each other for 2 plus years). He is Jasper. He drove us up to Penang from KL. After 2 hours driving, we stop by Ipoh, and eat the famous 芽菜鸡. Two thumbs up. No question about the taste. Then, from there another 1.5 hours up to Penang. Settle down in the hotel. Then, went for a Spa Massage. Some awful experience there. Skip this. Then, myself and Jasper and one of my boss went out for midnight supper, with another friend, SS, also from supplier office. Very hospitable friend. Buy us some really really really spicy bbq stingray.. it is really hot and spicy. No joke. That one if give Poy one bite, and I am sure he will sweat like raining and stick out his tongue one.
Then, some not-very-good 甜水, not very nice because the stall owner didn’t put the heart into making it. myself and Jasper agree on this. Anyway, that 甜水 is not origin from Penang, it is from KL actually. Orh. The Penang 炒馃条 is ‘没话说’, you will never find it in Singapore. Those who claim to be Penang炒馃条 locally still got blend with local taste to suit the population’s taste. The only good Penang炒馃条 I ever eat is in a 5 star hotel in Singapore. One of the buffer style, only serve Penang food. That one is not bad, and the price is NOT-BAD too, if I am not wrong, priced at 30 plus and then +++…
So, that’s about my first night, for this trip. It was a Monday.
Second day, we went for breakfast serve by hotel. I can tell you, those 3 or 4 star hotel never serve good food, at least in Malaysia. So, not a good food, I regret to eat in hotel. I should just go out to nearby hawker stall to eat some 地道的 local food.
So, the meeting at factory start at 10am. After 2 hours brief meeting. Not much thing there. Boss and boss in meeting room normally is quite boring. And, this trip to Penang, I just sit in and listen only. Nothing much.
About 12.30pm, there we go, and, we eat again. This time the bill on Penang’s boss. Eat very very good seafood and some dish. So good that I can eat two bowl of rice. Appetite is big when food is good. And this seafood lunch, is CHEAP. Only RM108 for 5 adults. Ha.
Ok. Then, another 2 hour ride to Ipoh that’s about 4pm. And then, eat again. =.= at this point, and I believe this is the point that I became sick. We each eat one bowl of 怡保鸡丝河粉. Not question asked as well… so good. So nice. I never regret even the food already stuffed to my throat level…
6pm Reach KL. This time the hotel is either 4.5 star or 5 stars. Very comfortable hotel. Rest for 2 hours. And, then, eat again. Where we go this time? Another seafood restaurant. Now together jasper’s wife. Ha ha. I knew what he planned, anyway the bill is going to company entertainment claim, so, he just bought along his wife. Smart move. Lucky thing is that not all his family members turn out. So, here, in 水上人家 (restaurant name), we eat again. After the meal, I felt something strongly. I felt that my stomach is rebelling… this is the point of my painful night.
Went back hotel at around 10.30pm… touch up some presentation material for next day meeting. Lay on bed… but couldn’t sleep, the stomach is 隐隐作痛. I will need to visit a doctor on this. I suspet I got problem with my diaphragm, I felt excruciating pain that night, partly because it pain when I breathe at certain posture... And even now, it is also 隐隐作痛 at some occasion... Keep me in prayer.. if you are stil reading till here) So, that night, got the whole 1 or 2 hour of painful time, finally I slept, and without clothe on top… This is one of the mistake this trip... I underestimate hotel aircon, or, I have too much confident on the bracket, or, I overestimate myself... either one of them is the reason for the next day suffering...
Next day wake up… feverish… get a quick shower. And go out.
Reach KL office. Impressive office building. After the 1 hour presentation, I already feel quite weak.. but still, went for lunch together at Japanese restaurant… eat again.. but, this time round, I only manage to finish up my portion of fish, and leave half bowl of rice.. a sick person should refrain from eating too much heavy food. I always have this philosophy in mind. So, tight through the day, in a freezer like office tower, a normal office aircon is a freezer for a patient. :)
Evening came, KL boss want to bring all of us for dinner… this time, I excuse myself liao. Ha. The blessing of rejecting the offer was that, I not just spare from heavy food, but also free visit to nearby clinic, and the visit to clinic was accompany by one of the lady secretary there. Ha. Consider a blessing ba. So, this lady and the other colleague also very hospitable, after accompany me to clinic, and suggest to bring me to nearby restaurant to eat porridge. And afterward, send me back to hotel.
Never been so ‘cared-for’ after I leave my home to study and work in Singapore… I still can recall one dreadful evening in NTU hostel, alone in room, high fever, no handphone (stil pager era for me in first year), one pair of wet shock to cover my forehead to keep my head cool-down. I thought I will be called to be with God. Ha. That was first my near-death experience in Singapore.
Ok. After reach hotel, eat the medicine, and I thought I already half dead, and not going to go out with friend. (I got pre-arrange a meet-up with a PJ friend). He came back, and talk to me for awhile. I was contemplating if should go out and walk walk... I prayed for a prayer of healing that point. Strange. As I walk out the room and walk toward my friend car, the fever is leaving... perhap it is my desire to go out that overcome the virus, or, the medicine is really effective.. but I believe God was healing, though it come only after I see the doctor.
Got another good session with fren just talk talk talk about what is going on around in JP. talk politics, talk about relationship, talk about education in Malaysia, talk about the death of one student because of robbery.. talk about an attack and robbery case on a female friend of my friend.. this is why I so scared of KL and Johor. those crime report on news not just happen on newspaper, it happen so close to every malaysian... Police, time to do something solid, and stop talking rubbish... I mean Malaysia's police.
Till now, it is only the 3rd day of my trip in Malaysia. Still got 1 more day to go… Still haven finish… I think I have to stop here… night is not young for a working person…
Continue…
2 Comments:
hi brother! Its andrew here =p
When you were here, I wonder would you get indigestion when you are in kl or Sg....and you really get sick of too so much food! Take care, fren!
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