Fishes on a plate

The fishes in this picture is from the dessert dish when we had dinner at a chinese restaurant. These "fishes" are made of flour with mashed red beans for fillings. They actually taste quite good. The presentation of the dish is nothing spectacular as it is on a plain white plate.

I guess using a white plate does not distract a person's attention from the fishes. These fishes are hhmmm..... delicious.

Driving in Kuala Lumpur

Something inexplicable is happening on the highways in Kuala Lumpur. We seem to have moved from driving on the left side to the right side and now to the middle lane ... if there is such a rule. Lol.

What I am trying to say is that in Kuala Lumpur, the law says that the slow drives on the left lane and the fast on the right lane. However, since a few years ago, people started to drive slow on the left lane and the right lane. And now, the center lane too.

I have observed cars being driven at the same speed (about 60km an hour) on all 3 lanes while the speed limit is 90km an hour. The cars hogging the fast lane fail to realise that their act of selfishness is a possible cause of accident which may happen when other cars try to overtake them while avoiding the slower cars on the left and center lane. In fact, one such accident almost happened if not for the successful sudden braking and pick-up by the faster car.

It was once repeated to me that the attitude is "I paid the road tax too so I can drive where I want to" - yes, folks, another case of 'courtesy out the window'. Maybe there is a reason why the car is driving at a fast speed...?

Well... that does not explain the accident that almost happened (again, avoided because of the fast reaction of the faster car) when cars had to brake because someone decided to cross the highway.... yes..only onKuala Lumpur highways - people cross the highway to get to the other side. Why did the chicken cross the road??

Olympic Torch Relay 2008

Well, wrote this blog on April 21, 2008 when the Olympic torch relay is in Malaysia. The last time it was in this country was 44 years ago. One of my colleagues called it a "once-in-40-years-not-to-be-missed" event. Since our office overlook a portion of the torch relay route, we saw it from the office when itwent past. Someone came prepared and recorded it on her camera.
When looking down at it, we see people waving flags lining the route, noise, anticipation, police escort, vans, more anticipation, siren, police outriders, more homo sapiens, a flamed torch goes by, end of story. I guess a person has to be standing among the crowd to get the "olympic" feel.
After that, someone asked "what happens to the flame when it rains, won't it go out?". The answer - it is known that the flame will remain lighted even in the rain. Not later after that, as if to show us that it is true, it started to rain, and Yes, the flame did not go out.

The excitement among my colleagues died down and it is time to be ready for "going-home-late" as some roads are closed for the relay. Me? - I took the train today to avoid the traffic jam. Only disadvantage is having to walk in the rain.