My Business Plan Got into Top 100!!!!

You see, i am not known for being a businessman but recently, i joined a competition called Nescafe Kickstart with enormous help from BB and XY and my business plan got into top 100!!!

Now, it all come down to voting and hopefully i can get into the next stage.

My business plan is simple, do a healthy food delivery service. Afterall, i had been cooking for years, though that is also not what i am known for (what the hell am i known for then?), hahaha...

So my friends, please do me a favor and vote for me will ya? register as a member and click here to vote for me.

thank you very much!!!!!

In Remembrance of Tsunami Victims

May they found peace, those who are with us, and those who no longer are..

Trip to Penang

after a long, exhausting, unappreciated year of free labor and community service to a bunch of whining and grumbling fools, it is time for some holiday! but even during holiday i must make myself available to answer calls and queries. Pathetic. I solemnly swear that during this remaining year my me not having committed to anything yet to not committing to any free labor and community service. The remaining golden year should be a year for me to enjoy. Hopefully.

so off i go to penang, spending more time in Butterworth than on the island.

People say you go to Penang for the food. I cannot agree more. The bitches, opps, beaches were horrible with the sea water yellow in color! So what else are there to do than to eat?
Penang, here i come!!!!


However, i am not a fan to spicy plus sour food so most of the local delicacies seems out to me.

At the food haven of Jalan Raja Uda, i found out that most of the food are mediocre. They are of normal taste, meaning they are very much edible. The good news, however, is a serving only cost you RM 2.50/3.00. The bad news is, it is so small that you have to order two or more serving to satisfy your stomach. but then again, if you wanna try some variety of food, the minuscule serving serves you best.

The foods, of course, there will be a few reviews later. So we shall go to some places of interest then.
this at around Queens Bay Mall

There are a few places, first of all the war museum. However, it cost RM 15 per entry and that was deemed too much so we gave it a miss. So do a bird park on the mainland. And obviously, it was given a miss.

Then there is this Kek Lok Si Temple, an over commercialized temple. Quite a sight, with all the tourists' money gushing in.

I think the best place to be in Penang is the Toy Museum. With so many toys around, that is the place to go, with only RM 10 per entry. However, the owner seems to be not liking teddy bear so much, having only a few in it.

this kinda small museum is touted as world largest....
i am spiderman....almost...
grrrrrr.................... wow.............

Oh yea, there is an AutoCity lying around on the mainland. AutoCity is primarily a place to be if you happen to be buying a car. But some brilliant guys had some brilliant idea to transform it into a happening area with all the eateries and clubbing joints there. So spend your day choosing a car, then unwind by having a few pints of beers and a dance there. Oh by the way, there is few boutiques with nice clothes such as a stall called Imei and another place where branded items are sold cheap. And every weekend, AutoCity transformed into a fashion haven. Have a look when you go there!
this thing from the weekend AutoCity fashion pasar malam
this from Imei

The Pesta Penang? Totally forgettable. To hell with it. Just don't know why people plunged there every night causing the bridge to jam. Maybe they see something i don't. No offense.

Penang by and large is a good place to be. People are, well, Penangites. And all Malaysian road users suck. Seen enough from KL to Penang, all around North-South Highway. Crazy drivers, crazy rider, even pedestrians suck.

one of the sucker is this double parking bitch

Quote of the Day

Falling Leaves Quote of the Day;

"Yesterday is history

Tomorrow is mystery

But today is a gift

That's why it is called present"

Enjoy the day folks!

I am Back!!! Merry Christmas!!!!

First of all, Merry Christmas......

I am freaking tired, traveling here and there, barely having any time for rest.

People, merry christmas and see u soon...

I will be away

i will be away for two weeks. However, if i may find internet i will be updating. Happy holidays people!!

Let's Go Check Groceries Prices at Government Website

No shit. Now we can check groceries prices on Ministry for Consumer Affairs' website (see here). It seems the ministry sent some people out to survey the price. A quick check shows that, however, only limited places are covered. Which means probably the area of your house are not covered. My house however, is covered, so i got to know which hypermarket (meaning Carrefour, Jusco, Tesco etc, not Ah Chong Groceries) is having the lowest price. Hehehe.. the limited coverage however is a good start towards spending my tax money a bit wisely.

However, as I was about to shout here that finally someone in the ministry got it right, the Malay Mail reported yesterday that the according to the price surveyed, some same Hypermarket in different states have different price for the same item. The next day, some hypermarkets retorted saying the Ministry got it wrong. Carrefour and Tesco said their prices are the same throughout Peninsular Malaysia while Giant maintain the differences are normal (aiyo, you know lar..those logistic cost, purchasing cost etc).

When contacted, the Minister, Sharir admitted that the differences may be due to human error. He asked for more partcipation from the hypermarkets.

Aiyo, Tesco and Carrefour, if the website really got it wrong, just go tell them where...Is it so hard?

Anyway, the move was a good one. Now we can go online and check before deciding which hypermarket to go. Especially when aroung my house has around 5 or 6 of them, which are, let me count, Jusco, Carrefour, Mydin, Tesco, Giant, Parkson (does it count?), Cold Storage...man i lost count.

Why does this post looks like something i would post in amethyst boy says...? Dunno, maybe i just wanted my friends who are not looking there to know about this. Afterall good news should be shared right?

Danger....snatch thief ahead...

While i was clicking the camera away in Kajang, i saw this;


What is that? No, it is not the tree (which had obviously taken the central focal point) but the sign board. Still cannot see? what about this?


Savvy? Apparently, things got so dangerous that there is a sign board for "beware of snatch THEFTS"? What the fuck? The MPKJ cannot spell? It should be "snatch THIEF/THIEVES" right? Hopefully they got the telephone number right.

So next time when you are walking there, make sure you keep your handphone inside your pocket but not handbag so that you can still call the police after the snatch THIEF (MPKJ, get it right already) snatched your handbag. Oh wait, get a torch light too since normally you will get snatched at night as well!

Oh yea, do you realize what is on the bottom of the sign? Let you see again;


Yea, damn fucking right. There is not only one but TWO fucking "Along" advertisements down there. Talk about safety huh...

Quote of the Day

Falling Leaves quote of the day;

"Early bird catches the worm....
Early worm caught by the bird...."

Explanation:

This is just a cheeky retort for those who does not want to wake up. However, come to think of it, there is a little truth behind the aforementioned modified quote. Now when we "wake up early", for simplicity sake, let us just assume that means taking positive action. When we take action, we either "catch the worm" (getting some benefits or success) or we get eaten up by the bird. There is always danger when we stick out.

On the other hand, if you just wake up late, nothing will really happen. You won't get any worms nor will you get eaten. You won't die of staving as there will be grains beside the road for you to eat. But you have to go vegetarian and no meat for you.

Everything has a give and take. You go out, it is either you climbed out or screw up. But Purple Leaves wanted to say that even if you screw up, there is still tomorrow. Wake up even earlier and hopefully, there are worms for you.

Or if you prefer vegetable, by all means lie low and wake up late. Not a crime if you ask me.

Just don't be a thief who steal others' worms or grains. ^v*

Bakti Siswa @ Felda Lok Heng

Just a couple of days ago, we went to Felda Lok Heng for some community service. Bakti Siswa, as it is called, is like this - you go in and be "anak angkat" of one of the participating family. You stay there with them, but you have to join all the programme lined up. No its not a free loading either, these families were paid some money for that.

So off we go to Felda Lok Heng, Kota Tinggi!!

The first stumble though, came as early as on the first day. We were told to wait for the bus at 7.30 a.m. Guess what, we waited for 1 hour plus for the UKM drivers to drive the buses here. WTF!!

But still, over 40 of us still managed to embark safely to Kota Tinggi.

After some long long journey which was filled with sleeping and more sleeping, we reached our destination at 3.30p.m. We were served with some foods to cure our starving stomachs.

Then, we were assigned our "keluarga angkat" (foster family) and go home with them, only to take bath and get to know the house we are going to spend two nights there. At evening, we were to be playing some local sport call petanque. Apparently, their main evening sport is this.

petanque is just like lawn bowl...only in a traditional way

the nearest to the tiny ball wins, every ball for one point. First to 15 points win.

That night after prayer, the game continues but i and another engineering faculty dude who were assigned to the same family decided to chat with the foster father Mr. Jamaluddin Hashim. He has 4 children, of whom all were quite successful on their own right. The eldest is even a doctor. He is, no doubt very proud of this daughter.

In Felda, there are many benefits the settlers can get. Felda even sponsors the children to further their studies and many other useful courses. However, Mr. Hashim said that many were not interested and they are more comfortable lazing around waiting for parents to feed them.

Apparently, their TV can received Indonesian and Singaporean channels too! We watch and Indonesian show called the Miss Celebrity Indonesia, which was won by the most "not beautiful" finalist.

The next morning we had aerobics, which was miraculously attended by all UKM participants and lead by the elders from Felda Lok Heng. And they put many guys to shame by outlast and outfit them. Serve them right.

Then the real fun begins. Our first trip of the day is to the palm oil plant nursery. Here, all baby oil palm plants are palnted and taken care off before being sent to the real farm to be planted. Of course they do tell us a lot of things but as you know, i am more interested in sightseeing than hearing. But i ask the only question that come to my mind. How long does it take from planting a seed to the day we got the return? 4 years. And compare that to rubber trees that also need the same soil as palm oil.

beautiful? I think the same....

up close and personal, people.....

Next on our agenda is the oil palm farm. Here we are to walk through the farm and reach the factory. My fantastic friend Aiza was unfortunately carrying some injuries and the walk was a chore since we were in nursery and it worsen in the oil palm farm. Poor girl...

me at the entrance to the farm

Aiza who by now is half-dead but still play on for this photo..We had many scandals already so for you who saw this picture and think of anything, save it.

Felda seems to be very creative. They manage to convert the palm oil waste into fertilizer. They called it forming, i think it is because they wait for those waste to foam. The smell stink by the way.

we hiked a lorry to the foaming pool. this photo is deliberately taken this way so that you know how chaotic this bunch of law students inside the lorry

This fantastic technology is, however, not shared with other companies. If this is shared, surely the environment would be better. When i ask if they had any plan to sell the technology, they are non-committal.

the final level foaming pond

this is how they spray. However, only ten years old above trees can be sprayed. Every three months spray one time.

Then, we get to get into the factory for real. In the factory, we were glad to be treated with a tasty lunch. Tha should be our breakfast though but we were delayed at the nursery so it became our lunch. I must say, the foods are good, but poor Aiza would not be joining us in the factory but to rest in the bus while eating the food in the bus all alone!

We do see a lot and learn a lot about the factory. One advice to be given to the kids. Study hard or you will end up in the factory everyday! That is not a good thing. You had been warned.

However, it is said (i do not know if it is true) that the engineer there work only one day per week in the factory and their salary is, well, high. Maybe it is not so good that i reveal the figure here.

factory!!

Just so you can see the smoke that came out. by the way, that is Geok you are seeing.

i am not kidding you, the smoke smells sweet

We skipped the jungle trekking part as it was already too late. We organized a motivation talk for the local students here on that afternoon, while we ourselves busied ourselves by making some beautiful bookmarks for the benefits of the disabled institution in this place. Later, we had a futsal match, which the UKM girls teams were thrashed badly by the Felda Lok Heng teams while the boys teams fared much better but still lost. Nevermind, it is the sporting spirit and friendships that matters.

That very night, we organized another talk, this time on family and relationship for the benefits of the older generation of the settlers. I do not think it is wise for me to list out what the ustaz said lest my blog be the religio-political battleground.

The next morning was the time to say goodbye. After the closing ceremony, the buses were, of course very late again so we bought some drinks for all the "parents". Everyone was happy so i don't mind taking out some money. Afiq was so nice to share half of the cost and Shahrul lent his bike for us to get those drinks.

When the bus finally arrived, it was an emotional scene as this time, it is farewell for real. Jasmine was crying so badly and so do many others. They had really treat us very well and it is always hard t say goodbye. May they always have happiness and good health.

Some pics we managed to take together

After we left Felda Lok Heng, we went for a round of fun in Desaru. Geok and Shea Erl still owe me those beautiful pictures. Better get some from Aien too. Haha..

Note : Special thanks to Geok and Aiza for lending me their phone for me to take pictures. Moral values - do buy phones with picture taking capability.

More notes :

1) The Felda Lok Heng settlers are mainly well-off, mainly from the generous Felda and also the recent palm oil price hike. They need not our help financially but as their children had grown up and they are left at home alone, i think we brought some colors to their life, which is not at all a bad thing.

2) Don't ask me how the Felda scheme works and how much they earned. I do not think i should reveal them in public domain.

For all the great memories, we thank all the people involved directly and indirectly.

Petrosains photos

queuing up to get into the Dark Ride, the entrance of Petrosains












In the Dark Ride, nothing more than some video show












Have fun with hurricane anyone?















does nothing more than ruining my hair













We found a scale!













Wonder why orang minyak? your guess is as good as mine..












this is how a certain space tourist exercise















and this is how he sleeps!
















bzzzzzzzzzzz















who cares?















some beautiful video call



















the "reused" band













wait...that didn't come from dump site!




















Grrrrr........
















nice dinosaurs plastics














now this is great















high five to the worker on oil platform...














this is where those workers stay















another kids playground!!













i dedicate this bomb to all who deserved one....









so long folks...