Road Side Nasi Lemak Stall @ Jalan Pinang KL

Looking for nice nasi lemak in city centre in early morning might not be easy. It had been 3 months plus i work from home but yet, I still go for a road side stalls near to my old office at Jalan Pinang to have my favourite nasi lemak operate by mak cik. Most of my colleagues and ex-colleague really love the nasi lemak which is nice, mouth fulfilling and the price really ridiculous for the big portion.

The stalls operates on weekday from 6:45a.m till 9:00a.m. One must be early if you want to get hold of your favourite side dishes either ayam masak merah, kerang, sotong, ikan, sardine and etc. Beside selling nasi lemak, you may opt to choose fried noodle, fried bee hoon and local kuih muih.

Variety of nasi lemak side dish.

But this Mak Cik is a nice person. Each time i come o her stall, she will ask,”Lama tak nampak dik” which translate in English,”It been a while didn’t  seeing you”. I told her that i’m no longer have an office in city centre but now working from home. She ask why i come all the way from my place to city centre, i replied her that my wife now working at the hotel nearby and miss mak cik nasi lemak.

While she wraping the nasi lemak, she usually will chat with her customer.

She also still remembered one of my colleague from Sibu which is Choo as i did introduce my sibu staff with her nasi lemak. Choo did take photo of her and her stall which later he posted about the nasi lemak on his blog. You may read his blog here regarding the nasi lemak.

The wrap nasi lemak in oil paper.

Nasi Lemak with Kerang and Sambal Lebih (My Favourite RM2.50)

If you are working in KL or living in the hotel nearby, just try this nasi lemak and you might get hook with it like me.

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Chuang Yang Restaurant @ Sibu,Sarawak

This year on Easter 2010, me and my wife flew back to our hometown Sibu for few days getaway from busy hassle of city life in Kuala Lumpur. We spent our holidays with foods and foods each day when we arrive in Sibu.

The shop entrance. You may seat in open space or inside hall with aircond.

The shop been decorated with colorful lights.

There is one place that been long existence in Sibu but seems not a lot of blogger writing about their shop. So here I’m writing about the shop. The shop located near the Lanang Bridge. When you drove from the sibu town, do not take the ramp going up across the bridge but instead take the road leading you back to Sibu town. You can easily spotted the restaurant with an ample parking space and lighted with colourful lights.

It was Sunday we went there with our family after we pay a visit from cemetery from both of our side. My late date graveyard located at Sungei Merah and my wife late mum located at Salim cemetery.

When we reach there, it was packed with people as usually Sibu people have the tend to eat dinner early. We reached there at 7:15 p.m and it was hard to find parking space.Maybe it due to conjunction with Qing Ming Festivals as i saw most cars parked at the parking lot are from outside Sibu.

So we settle down in a big table near the counter and there were big menu being displayed with numbered to make us easy to making order with the waiter. As we all are not sure what to order as they were variety of food available, so we decide to have 5 common dishes that we know as most of the food written in Chinese. (Hope the owner can change the name of the food in English).

A big menu for you to choose but major setback for those who can't read chinese.

Beside selling food, it seem the shop also sell variety of fresh water fish which patrons are allowed to choose the fish for cooking. Besides that, i heard from my brother in law that they also sell exotic meats such as snake, deer, wild boar, soft shell turtle, dog meat and etc upon request and availability. As I explore the area, I saw 6 foot aquarium fills up with live frogs. It not the ordinary frog sell in town, it’s the big green frogs!!! I’m not sure why people eat only the legs but not the whole frog meat. It looks pity at the amphibian fate which end up in a wok.

Frog leg or meat anyone?

Fresh fish for patrons to choose.

I snapped few photo of the foods and the scenery of the restaurant for sharing. By the way, we end up ordered another 3 more dishes which total up complete 8 course dinner. Amazingly, the price is quite affordable and cheap for 7 pax. Our family planning to have a family reunion at this restaurant as the price is quite reasonable and the food are much nicer than the last family gathering held at Hope Happiness Restaurant near the new bus terminal.

Fried Midin with Shrimp Paste (Blachan)

Siaw Bee

Amazingly, this shop also sell the hot and cold dishes in boat plate.

Fried calamari with french fries and mayonaise topping

Fried Butter Prawn

Deep fried fish with sweet and sour sauce.

On my way back, saw this white H2 parked outside the shop with Sibu registration plate.

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Earth Hour 2010 @ KLCC Malaysia

Earth Hour is a moment where we will most iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to Asia to the America will stand in darkness for 60 minutes. This annual event is organized by WWF with almost 5 millions supporters and a global network in over 100 countries. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural environment and build a future where people live in harmony with nature.

Earth Hour 2010 took place on Saturday 27 March at 8.30pm (local time) and is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. It is a call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future. People across the world from all walks of life will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet.

We here in Malaysia, the place where the iconic buildings the Petronas Twin Towers stand will be participate for the 2nd times this year since this project been launch in 2007 starting in Australia. As last year, me and my wife only able to view the moments whereby the iconic building shut of it exterior lights from the highway. This year 2010, we decided to capture the moments at KLCC Park.

As i was new in photography using DSLR, i brought along my tripod as it was been advisable by other photograph if we are taking  photo at night scene. There were a crowd of people in the park and some even have picnic with family and friend to view this event. As suspected, they were a lot photographer with their tripod trying to capture the moment.  When the clock struck 8:30p.m, the KLCC shut down it display lights part by part and it ended for 5 8 seconds for complete darkness. Surround buildings also shut down their display light to show their support on this event. I managed to captured the moments from it shutting down off the lights and turn on the lights at 9:30p.m.

At 8:29p.m, both tower still lighted up.

At 8:30p.m, the show begins where both tower shut down the tip light gradually.

First tower completely shut off the lights.

The spotlight at the tower bridge been shut off.

Complete darkness in 8 seconds.

Using special Picture style, managed to capture the image of the Twin Tower in darkness

The surrounding building around the KLCC Twin Tower also support this campaign.

KLCC view

 This following pics is quite interesting as i have remove my UV filter lens before earth hour to remove glaring results but yet it still a mystery for me when i view the photo on my notebook.

This photo taken at 8:25p.m preparing for the moment KLCC will be lighted up. 

I snap few trial shot, and i get this result. You can see some sort like a green batman look alike beacon like appear next to the 2nd tower.

The light still appear but in different shape.

The light getting fade.

Slightly fading as KLCC begins to lighted up.

KLCC lighted the bridge but the green light still there but fading

Hope next year, more people will support this project.

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