Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan _Tanjung Tualang

The town, Tanjung Tualang, near Batu Gajah in Perak

The town is famous for fresh water prawn and fish

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become this........

One of the tastiest fresh water fishes that I have tasted :

My 'Masterpiece"

Normally a kitchen sink tape may look like the one in the above picture. My sink tape also look like that, until today.

The water tape has been leaking slightly for quite some time. So I decided to do an unconventional makeover.

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After half a day of sweat and labour, I created this masterpiece...........

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It is a piece of art. Don't you agree?

It looks cheapskate but very functional. Each sink has its own stop-cock so no need to swing the goose-neck tape left and right. The counter-top water purifier has its independent stop-cock as well.

Total cost of material: RM38

Labour charge : FOC

But I still have a bit of finishing touch to take care : how to improvise an adaptor to connect the counter-top water purifier to the centre stop-cock.

Searching for inspirasi...................

Edited after 3 days...........

Finally inspiration came and this is the end result.


Takda!!!!!!!!!!!

Different Setting

This is a chinese temple, just like any other temple.

But this temple is situated on the 4th floor of a hotel and shopping complex.
Unique, isn't it?
Facing the temple is a stage complete with an urn ( or furnance or whatever it is called) which is used to burn "kim chua" (golden paper for offering)
Chinese opera or singing stage show will be staged here during temple festival.

Just wonder, will crowd control be a problem? How about emergency exits, are they adequate?
Security problem?

Just next to it are conference rooms. Will noise become a problem if both types oy activities are held simultaneously?

I am scratching my head...............

The place is in Pulau Langkawi.

Tun M's Kedai Roti

I have heard about it and have read about it in the papers.
Finally, I patronised it.
The high class kedai roti is called:

The setting is rather upmarket.

Standing there, you may have the feeling that you are in Europe.

But actually, you are in PULAU LANGKAWI.

Go Around the World on 4 Wheels

While in Cherating, we met this friendly Swiss couple, Kari and Ulla. They have been on the road for 14 months since April 2008. During those time they have been to Croatia, Albania, Greece Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India ,Singapore and Malaysia. Their next destination will be Thailand and the neighbouring countries, then off to Australia and New Zealand .


So they will still be moving around for many more months or years to come, in this mobile home that they named passionately, " friieda" .

They blog about their journey through here:

http://www.friieda.ch/

The blog is in German and I used the babelfish to translate it into English.

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

The ever obliging Kari was kind enough to show us the interior of his "home". It is a very well equiped mobile home with all the basic amenities. How nice if I am as courageous and as brave as Kari and Ulla to see the world like this
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Next to friieda was parked this "German Tank". It is "home" for another German couple.

The lady of the "house" was busily cooking. So we didn't have chance to chat.

Wish you all the best in your future endeavour, Kari and Ulla.

Cherating

The whole family went to Cherating recently for a few days of sun and fun.

Whenever the word 'Cherating' was mentioned, friends would ask:

" You went to Club Med ?"

" No lah, Club Med very expensive le, where got so much money?"

Actually, We booked this place.

The chalets are quite ok actually, considering it only charges RM88 / day for a family unit with a queen and a single bed, and attached bathroom.
The only setback is that they are not by the beach. We had to walk 5 minutes to go mandi laut.

A bit inconvenient la.

If I have known, I would have booked this chalet instead.

Just walk out the door and one can jump into the sea.

I will most likely stay here if ever come to Cherating again.

How to kill time in Cherating ah?

Go snorkelling?.......... already done that in Pulau Redang and other pulau.

Go for river cruise and watch fire fly?...... not very keen.

Join a guided tour to look out for mother turtle laying eggs? ......... no fun

Aiyah just go mandi laut la. During low tide, walk 100m into the sea and the water is still only knee deep.

or just admire the beautiful sunset

or drive 20 minutes to Kuala Kemaman, at the border of Trengganu


Although the weather was very hot and the sun was burning the skin, the view of the open sea was beautiful.

A bit surprise to find a rather grand SJKC here. Must be quite a large number of Chinese staying around this area.

My Hifi "Silk Road"_ Part 2

The first addition to the system was
a phonogram(record) changer. It was a UK made
unit .
This was an automatic player. A few records could be stacked up on the spindle and they would be played one after another.

Purchased in 28/1/1968 at a cost of RM69.

It was connected to the radio's mono amplifier, driving a 12" speaker and a tweeter.The speaker cabinet was made of reinforced concrete. Very unique indeed.

The phonograms(record or vinyl) came in 2 sizes; 7 inches diameter ( speed 45rpm) and 12 inches diameter (speed 33 1/3 rpm).

Average cost of a small record at that time was RM2 and that of the big one was RM6

All purchases were documented.

He is my dad's favoutite singer.We had a full collection of his albums.

The last entry was in 1/9/73

Of course I still bought records after that, but never border to keep track

The next upgrade was this stereo Monarch Amplifier, bought 11 months after getting the record player .

Being a sterophonic unit, it had to be connected to a pair of speakers( left and right channel) So a second speaker cabinet was added. But the second cabinet was just made of plywood, not concrete.