Bocor

My Merz has a bocor rear end. It is farting quite loud lately.





It is time to change . Money, money, money............


From the label, it is an OEM unit from Germany. I wonder whether the former owner has it replaced before, or it is the unit that came with the car from the assembly plan. 15 yrs already, can it be?

Now my dilemma is whether to fix a locally produced unit (cheaper), or to get an OEM unit from Germany, or to search for a 2nd hand unit from chop shop. Is there anybody that buy a 2nd hand muffler? I won't want to be a laughing stock. Who knows, the chop shop guy may laugh to death when I ask for a 2nd hand exhaust pipe. Hahahaha.....

DSLR

Has been quite a while since I last posted. May be sudah hilang steam?

I have a compact point-to-shoot digital camera, the Panasonic Lumix FX9.

Generally it has served me well. It can produce beautiful pictures. Recently I have been pondering whether I should go 1 mark up and get myself into DSLR territory.

But to use a DSLR to its full potential, I have a lot to learn . Will I have the passion? Will it be just hangat-hangat tahi ayam? ????? ..... pening......

Anyway, here are a few shot I experimented with my son's Canon 40D

Jalan-jalan Cari Makan_ Cukai_Kemaman_Trengganu

This seems to be a very popular restaurant in Cukai, Kemaman district in Trengganu.
The place is packed with diners during weekends.

Although the shop may have a long history, but it is keeping up with the trend . Website pun ada, don't play-play.....


Their signature dish:stuffedcrab, but actually so so niah, nothing so special.



We only ordered the normal dishes, takut not enough $ to pay the bill, hahaha......

If you have not taken breakfast in this kopitiam, then you cannot considered have been to Kemaman. This is more or less like a local landmark.

The morning crowd.

The breakfast table, help yourself, eat first then pay later... wua caya sama lu......

So far the best kopi-o I have tried. But the second helping I ordered not as perfect. QC not consistent.

In the small fishing village of Kuala Kemaman, locals busily making lekor keropok.

Another local speciality, satar. They are grilled over charcoal fire, taste like spicy fishball.

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

From this.......

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.