The Legend is Real!

Those who know me long enough will know that i'm a Nissan Skyline lover (freak). I have a huge collection of die cast cars which are all Skyline. Yes, i have practically bought all the Skyline that you see everywhere in Malaysia (and other countries too). This is just one part of my 'money wasting' hobbies. Too bad though i still haven't own a Skyline yet....

Well, i don't have to further elaborate what the Skyline is capable off, you can google it anytime. Below are two videos which i've obtained  through one of the many Skyline owners' blog that i follow.

This is a short film by Dylan Osborn featuring the GTR with the title: Inheritance.


This one is a GTR evolution film celebrating the GTR legacy


Well, i don't know if it excites you, but i'm sure it turns me on....

(DAMN, the wide screen is screwing up my page layout, but for the Skyline sake, it doesn't matter)

I'm Back Once Again

Hi everyone, i'm officially back once again. As usual blogging wasn't on my agenda for almost a month as i was busy with work and some other stuff that interest me more than anything else, which i'll definitely blog about it in my next post.

Therefore, to apologize to my anonymous readers, i decided to share an image i got from a colleague of mine. I find it really true in my working environment, how about yours? Also the image is now my wallpaper at my workplace, lets hope i can help change the culture and manage to stay on before they realize they dun have to shit at us.

Till then, i'll try to blog at least an entry after Saturday to update all of you what have i been up for the past 1 month, till then, ADIOS, not forgetting, thanx ndrutan for tagging me from his blog so that i can get more strangers reading my blog..... DAMN, now i really need to get the nuffnang ad template to start generating money so that i don;t have to keep looking up at assholes....hahahaha

Things Gone Wild in Quattro....

What can i say. I'll just have to keep all of you guessing on this entry.

Up Up & Away, Final

After the attempt on Station 3 & Station 5, we hiked ourselves past the boundaries of Station 5. It was muddy track all the way for about 1/2 hour (Bear in mind, no one was around while were we hiking this trail, not even a monkey) and we reached a junction which point:

84: Go Straigth
39: Turn Left
5: Go Backwards

My instinct told me to try 84 and off we continued and half way, things doesn't seems right, the weather was gloomy and i decided to head back and try trail 39 which somehow leads us to an abandon rest area with well equiped facilites to hold a big party, but the strange thing was, the area was deserted and it was getting eerie.

Rain started to pour and it was getting heavy. i went straight and saw a tomb written, 39 and i was relieved we managed to get ourselves to 39, then i follow the long staircase down the hill and while hiking down under the rain, i kept on looking back imagining 'things' were following us. After about 20 minutes of continuous hiking downhill under the heavy pour, i felt to get uneasy and we were not aware where we were heading. then out of no where, a woman with a yellow umbrella appeared and was hiking uphill.

Without wasting/ thinking unlogically that time, i stopped her and asked her in mandarin where is the trail heading, she told us Rifle Range and i thought to myself, fuck, we are now at another side of the hill. Anway, we continue down and came to a rest area with few people and were relieved that finally we can shelter ourselves from the rain. After chatting with the stranded hikers at the rest area waiting for the rain to slow down, we headed down and it took us another 30 minutes before we reach civilization.

So, what do you do when you hike all the way up and comes down at another end? Well, you have to start looking at you handphone's address book and pick a victim nearest to you and in this case, it was my bro to fetch us back to the starting point at Youth Park. While waiting for him to come, of course i savoured myself with 2 roti telur and a cup of teh tarik (Heavenly)

The trail we hiked, after Station 5, we headed to the split when 84 goes to waterfall and 39 goes down to Rifle Range

The trail after Station 5, muddy and silent all the way...

The Split: 84 or 5

Trail to 39, going downwards

By far the most awesome view from the hill. This was taken at Station 39, a deserted rest area

Overall, it was a super experience for both of us, not much picture taken as it was raining and my hp battery was on its way to fail us. Had to save it to call my driver to pick us up. I actually took few photos at Station 39, but it was not saved onto the phone, i wonder, how come....hmmm

Random Update

I'll be having this new posting where i'll name it Random Update where i'll post misc photos taken by me whenever i'm on the go. Well, don't expect superb quality photos as most of the photos will be taken using my Sony Ericsson Cybershot K800i (Sounds so great, but it's just a bloody hanphone with camera)
Willian & Murni move away, i found a better place serving jumbo juice in JUG, yes JUG instead of the large mug that is normally served at mamak. Venue: The Metro, Ipoh Garden East (I was the lucky one served with jug as they ran out of big mugs btw)

Nasi Lemak Liverpool, one of the famous joint in Penang, finally tried it though it's located near my place. Normal stuff, plus the pandan leaves used on my pack smells like crap

Singapore registered subaru with airbrush motive all over the body. This portion is interesting, there are 2 wolves which looks exatly like the two chap inside the car, muahahaha

Talk about this, hmm, you know who you are, com eon, get up and start baking, your powder is taking up my space and it's an unused inventory to me. So, when can i have this make into the real thing?

Up Up & Away, Part 2

Two weeks after our attempt on Station 3 of the so called 'Penang Hill', this time we made our way up to the next stop: Station 5. It's funny though that all the station were named in odd numberings. What happen to the even numbers?

To cut the story short, our attempt from Station 3 to 5 took us roughly about 1/2 hour with lots of stairs
Welcome to Moon Gate 5, was told there are 8 stations in total. Notice the Penang flag color at the background? Ingenius...

The view at station 5 is relaxing, reminds me of The Peak in HK, here i have a comparison of what i meant. The difference: The Peak's view are concrete jungle but at Station 5, the view is pure jungle on one side and Penang skyline on the other. 2 views, how about that?

Not forgetting the residence of the hill: our relatives, say 'Hi' to the 'moonkey' aka guardian of the Moon Gate BTW, they are all over the hill in different sizes

Flight of stairs leading up & down the hill, this can be a good wallpaper, but too bad i wasn't arm with my D300

Well, that's me again pointing downhill, this time is wan ton mee waiting for me.

Tomorrow will be our final attempt to conquer all the way up to Station 8 (Hopefully the peak stops at Station 8, if not, then you have to bear with me posting more photos of me pointing downhill)

Purple Freak!

Barney, the famous purple singing t-rex dino, seen here with his two banana + leaf combination color triceratops friend at my workplace.
"I Love You, You Love Me, We Are Happy Family......"

Do you want one? The last i heard, it was fully sold out, guess these freaks are famous afterall.

BD: Squid De Yoong Yoong

Right after the week we attempted the Fettuccine La Fong Fong, things were getting excited and we decided to try out another dish. This time, i'll call it Squid De Yoong Yoong, though the original name for this is Stuffed Calamari.

As usual, ingredients were bought (last minute as we were still 50/50 whether to do it or not). As you can see, 12 squids were bought from tesco, heads, skin and internal parts all cleaned up. In fact i felt good digging the bone out from its body, feels horny though, if you get what i mean...

Smoked bacon, prawn, and toasted garlic bread were all chopped and mince to tiny bits (I can't find bread crumbs, and feeling generous i bought a pack of toasted garlic bread to replace it)

That's me stir frying the prawn and smoked bacon, adding in some basil and butter

Then after all the frying part, we mixed the main ingredients: smoke bacon, prawn and crumbs with parmeesan cheese, then stuffed it into the squid. (Tips: do not over do it thinking it looks good when you see it's round and fat). Well, the book says stuff it and leave is as it is, but as a Chinese, we used toothpick to seal the opening.

Heat the pan, put in garlic and butter (lots of it), then throw in the big fat suckers and you'll immediatelly see it shrink to half its size. (Remember i told you not to over stuffed it. If you do, then the fun part will begin here as the squid shrunken, the ingredients inside has no where to go but to pierce through the squid...Ka BOOM, Kamikaze Sotong)

Fry it till it turns golden brown, but my suggestion for you is, just fry it for 2 minutes for each of it as it will never turn freaking golden brown like what we see in the book. Finally, sprinkle basil on top of it and it's ready to be MUNCHED!

As usual, lets see what are the comments from the in- house chefs

1. Michelin Consultant CW said, (well, i guess he was impressed as he did not mention anything or he was just too hungry as we took 2 hour + to prepare)
2. Pinhorn Main Chef said, feels like eraser as we pan fried it too long waiting for it to turn golden brown (which it didn't) Just fried it for 2 mins and next time do not throw the squid head away which is such a waste, and she suggested we stuffed the head into the body together (OK, this is turning into chinese style)
3. Pinhorn 2nd Chef said OK lah, but recently this 2nd chef is turning into grass eater, so her comment might not be valid
4. Chopper Boy (Me) and WF felt we did a bloody great job, the squids were great and in fact i like the 'rubbery' feel of the squid...

Overall, i'm glad we did it, at least it proves i can cook to impress when it's needed, next attempt will be......... well, i'll say just gives us a break as i have yet to get over with the feeling of digging the squid.

Up Up & Away...

Last weekend, wf and i decided to continue from where we stopped few weeks ago and try hiking one of the many trails at youth park which leads us to.....well, i have no idea where leads us.
The view, 1/2 way, forest taken down by land owner who owns some part of the hill

This is station 3, have no idea how many stations are there until it reaches the peak

That's wf posing for my sony cybershot k800i....

In case you are wondering, i was pointing downhill, Mcd breakfast waiting for me...

Well, since someone is so eager to conquer mount kk (which i've done), she will have to keep on practicing before attempting the challenge. As for me, i'll most probably go to kk arm wif my D300 to tembak...