The week that was

Tanjung Belanja, Parit, Perak

Petai

Inside the petai plant

It ended with being eventful. Drove on a day trip to Tanjung Belanja  in Perak for a relative's wedding. That's Tanjung Belanja, if you speed you will miss it. It used to be a ferry terminal to cross the river to get from one side to the other. They are cousins on my mother's paternal side. We entered through Bidor and stopped to buy petai or parkia speciosa.This is the petai tree. The inside looks like this.

We met relatives never met before and many others. It also shed some light on the mystery that is my great grandfather Raja Mahadi bin? (that's the mystery). I will add on the pictures some day. It is still in my camera and I am not too keen on opening my dry cabinet where I keep my cameras.

The handsome X6

We left Kuala Lumpur at 8:30 a.m. arrived there at 12:00 p.m. and by 3:00 p.m were on way home. Journey was not eventful except for an X6 that was racing with a Lamborghini. I love X6. I hope I can get it some day. Currently I am driving its lesser sibling....Alhamdulillah.

We arrived at 6:00 p.m and only then I checked my Blackberry Torch 9800. Because we shouldn't text while driving, a big no no. Saw the message and I was aghast. A very good old friend of mine just lost her father. He passed away at 3:00 p.m. Al Fatihah. Instantly I called my wife who was with the children at my in-laws place in Ampang. Se left the children there and came rushing home. The long journey and exhaustion forgotten we needed to be by my friend's side quickly and we left soon after I completed my Maghrib prayers. 

We got to Federal Hill not before a miss turn and quickly entered. She immediately stood up with her face terribly upset. A little squeeze from me and a hug from my wife we told her of how much we were sorry and cared for her. The remains of her father was placed in the direction of the Qiblat and everyone was on the floor reading the Yassin and other Quranic verses. Shortly representatives from the mosque came to begin the Tahlil.Tahlil is read among others when there is death in the family or when one wishes to remember and honour the memories and life of someone who have passed away.

Kuey Teow Kerang Wangsa Maju

We stayed for a short while and left at around 10:00 p.m. Stopped by Wangsa Maju for the delectable char kuey teow. There it is in the middle. The only one worth mentioning in my opinion. On its left serves satay, tauhu bakar and otak-otak. So far only tasted the tauhu bakar. Good stuff. It means grilled tofu. Here it is. And that was Sunday.

Leha Kelfood in Taman Melati

Example of laksam

Monday was a day of rest. Still the Chinese New Year holidays. Did nothing much. Went to have lunch at Leha Kelfood. Great food there. I had two helpings of laksam that did not help my figure ahems and ayam percik. 

Tuesday did a little more. Went to meet a friend over the Card Project. (more about that much later) in A&W. It was Coney Tuesday so had the Coney Dog and the root beer float which is a must for any visit to A&W. Went home and wife made nasi lemak with fried chicken and sambal petai (see above). Delectable.

Fusion Ara Damansara

Example of cantonese kuey teow

Wednesday. Did not feel like going to work. Traffic was smooth. Many still on holiday. Had lunch at Fusion Ara Damansara. Here it is. Food is wonderful here. Normally I would go for nasi goreng ayam dara, to die for, and last week I had their char kuey teow, so today I wanted to try their cantonese kuey teow. This is it. Look something like that. 

Thursday we worked on a big project paper for a humongous project. Still not getting anywhere but the message of how critical it was have been drummed into everyone. Colleague brought nasi lemak and murtabak Singapore from Johor Bahru. Lovely stuff.

Don't Retire, Rewire

Friday, still not getting anywhere with my work. The due diligence and audit teams is driving me nuts at how inefficient they are. Pity such big names in accounting and legal fraternity but how poor is their discipline. Maybe it is a reflection of Gen Y or Z or maybe that I am getting old and cranky. Still stuck with the book Don't Retire, Rewire. This book. Great book. Been dabbling on this retiring for a while now. The crankiness of the corporate world is getting to me and when I saw this book got my AHA moment. Why retire when you can rewire. So I visited my dear friend's SOHO (Small Office Home Office) and shared an idea of mine that's been bugging me all month. Then he called his brother and we got the picture together. With all our ideas put together it just might work. We call this Project Kakibut. He's going to put together a more definitive design next week while I work on the strategies. The Project Sepakmula is facing some obstacles. The Kakibut is tough but doable with something concrete.

We did our Friday prayers in Kelana Jaya not before we had our favourite chicken rice there.The he hooked me to this new game on Ipad called The Room, great stuff for mystery and history buffs like us.

Now it is Saturday and my mum is looking to get the Samsung Galaxy Note II and everyone wants to tag along. Looks like we are going to have lunch somewhere. Wonder where....

Okay wonder no more we had lunch at Chicken Rice Shop. Ordered the Prosperity Set C. Boy am I stuffed. My mum have not bought any but I swear there's conspiracy afoot. At every turn when we wanted to see Iphone 5 they would show us a carefully wrapped package with the words almost similar "sorry, we do not have a demo model, but we can show you the one in the package but you need to confirm that you are buying it first......". And I go eh? With Samsung we can see touch, scroll, hold, weigh anything we want but with Iphone? Even the Mac store does not sell telco stuff only the other stuff. Because of the size and its user friendliness my mum is all set to get the Iphone 5. Once she gets it I am sure my dad will follow suit....even though he swears that his basic Nokia is enough for him....I know he have been looking at the smart phones for a while now only the price is deemed prohibitive.....we shall see.....

In meantime this morning I started a couple of projects. The idea was to fix the curtain brackets at the children's room, to cut a recalcitrant padlock that I've misplaced the key and to lay out the cables to connect my Unifi box to my Iptv box. (These are in 2 separate homes.) I have sort of finished the brackets. Need to do another hole but not in the mood to grab my drills. Been trying to cut the padlock with a bolt cutter (why does CSI make it look so simple) and it is official! I am a wuss...weakling...sigh.....Even using a file took ages and I happen to have the wrong type of Swiss Army Knife that is without a file. Where did I put my old one I have no idea. And the cables are still neatly wound in a plastic bag. Been there for the last 6 months now? What happened to the old one? Mouse or mice that's what happened. And my wife is so cheesed off with them that she caught all 3 or 4 of them. I am not good at such things another long baby story.

So that's the week that was.