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I only got to know Anthony through my blog not so long ago. He is an articulate man, very straight-forward, hard-hitting blogger. His views are his views and he doesn’t feel the need to conform so his views always give me food for thought.

Please read what Anthony has to say about Malaysian dietary habits

It is not uncommon to hear of Malaysians paying huge sums of money to eat a certain dish or travel long distances in search of the perfect, original flavor. Very often, these same ingredients are bathed in condiments that hide the original smell and flavour.

I remember once travelling to Sitiawan to eat kongpia, Tanjung Malim to eat chi kek mien and Seremban 2 to frequent a certain shop which is supposed to be the best wantan mien restaurant in Malaysia.

But Anthony’s article is different. It refers to status, symbols, illusions , image and self esteem.

In the past, Romans too used to grind pearls and mix gold powder into their food to make it more luxurious, more costly and because it cost more..better for the health.

Many of my readers seem to love the topic of food. Feel free to comment on Anthony’s views.

A mother’s love

I was in a shopping complex today to buy school uniforms and school shoes. I dropped Miss Calm and Collected to pay a parking bill while I went to look for a parking space. She looked for us afterwards. I shouted to attract her attention but she didn’t seem to hear. The minute “Mummy,” sounded, she immediately looked over and her face lit up. Read more »

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I apologize to the many readers who accessed this post but couldn’t read it today. I was updating it and then due to a problem with the net, and other problems ….mainly due to my inadequacies this post was accidentally categorized as private.
I am truly sorry for wasting your time.

For the time being, I will not be doing any more updates of the flood situation because of the slowness of the net. It took me one hour just to write this apology.
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A compilation of the latest online updates as at 0600 Thursday Malaysian time. Many of them are however yesterday’s news as the internet was slow yesterday and i could not update. My humble apologies.

No water for dialysis patients
Enough greens despite the floods
Plucky neighbours help stroke victim
Johor worsens as Pahang and Melaka improves
Sarawak gears up for floods
Johor government receives 5.1 million from Sharizat’s ministry
Situation improves further
Flood victims told to be hygienic to prevent outbreak of disease
Thestar.gallery
Meat donations for flood victims
Floods cause RM 81 million damages to roads and bridges
Public was warned of floods
Victim back to square one
Segamat left with tonnes of rubbish
Flood aid panel to be set up
Beware of crocodiles
MCA goes all out to help flood victims
Beliawanis chips in to help
Shafie warns profiteers
Artistes lend a helping hand

Cooking for the novice cook

“Daddy, I am hungry. Mummy has gone out,” Benghui said. What is any decent father to do except to prepare some food. Miss Cool, Calm and Collected has not been so cool since her university transcripts went missing: supposedly someone had taken it for her and neglected to inform her. Hence she was flustered and rushed out to look for it. Read more »

This is the conclusion of Ah San stories. To get the flow it is recommended that you start from the first story - stories category :World War 2:Part 1 - 3, then After the execution 1-3 ). Otherwise it wouldn’t make sense.

Pic courtesy of www.hbp.usm.my/conservation/imagesJPG

Just some kopitiam stories from Bengbeng here. Read only if you have leisure time

Conclusion :

Just one more, another, another. Ah San thought to himself as he nailed clogs to be sold. But his heart wasn’t in it. “How am I going to find the money for marriage?” He knew he had a tough task ahead. Read more »

Everyone loves durians. It is not called the king of fruits for nothing. It is however an acquired taste and some people will actually avoid you after you have eaten it especially in a lift or closed environment like in a car. Because you will burp aikks! Read more »

George Michael sings for the nurses

George Michael is a resilient performer and has legions of fan the whole world. He has endured being in the public eye for 25 years. Even the scandals involving him that rocked the world did not diminish his popularity.

Are you a nurse? George loves nurses so much that he gave them a free concert. Read more »

Situation almost back to normal
Kota Tinggi electricity restored

The next few days residents in the flood-affected districts will find their hands full trying to revert to the status quo prior to the floods. Ruined furniture, mattresses, foodstuff etc have to discarded. ‘Cleaning-up’ has to be carried out. Government staff will be busy for the next month at least trying to get at least some semblance of order back into the streets. Read more »

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Yours truly here had a wonderful time, although it rained on the eve and on Christmas day.

I was invited along to a Christmas day evening concert. There were many items but yours truly bungled up with the photography so I have only the pic of the choir. Don’t they look lovely? I found out they took a long time to prepare for the item but they sang like angels .
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and seasons greetings from www.mylongkang.com