Something to do Every Day of the Week

NIGHT MARKET LIST FOR LANGKAWI.

Monday - Jalan Makam Mahsuri Lama (off Ulu Melaka) and Pekan Rabu in Kuah.

Tuesday - Kedawang.

Wednesday - Kuah.

Thursday - Bohor Tempoyak (off Pantai Cenang).

Friday - Ayer Hangat (Near Tanjung Rhu).

Saturday - Kuah.

Sunday - Padang Matsirat (1km from Airport).

AND...

Daily Night Market in Chenang (In front of Underwater World Langkawi)

Rafi's Place... Again...

Wednesday Night Dinner with Mr. Awang Riduan and DJ Nurul... At Rafi's.

The Menu- Thai Green Curry, Stir-Fry Beansprout and Daging Goreng Kunyit and SAMBAL BELACAN!!!!


DJ NURUL "TENGKU SABRI"... Hehehe... The best part of dinner is having the dinner...


Dessert! Pisang bawak sendiri! Fuh.... Best giler!


Banana Fritter with Ice Cream and Honey... Layan.... Pipi makin kiut dah ni...

BTW, if you happens to be at Rafi's (between Aliah's Restaurant and Tomato Nasi Kandar) ask Auntie to make you her specialty sandwich (egg+tuna+cheese)- Sedap wooo.... I ate 1 set there on Monday and tapau-ed another set... Silap tadi gi Chenang tak beli... Haih...

Woke up early to send Mr. Awang Riduan to the airport, it was raining cats and dogs and pickup trucks...

Then dropped by to the BREAKFAST BAR to get some makan2.... Met Datuk Hassan Bulat there... Waaaa... Gotta make effort to wake up early everyday go breakfast... Dono who else can meet.... Hehehe....

Breakfast pagi ni.... Tapau mee Udang (RM4) dari Breakfast Bar kat Chenang... Nyum!

A NOT-SO-TYPICAL DAY...

I am like Taz the loony tunes character... Been running here and the since yesterday... After 6 hours conty... MAQAN Time!!!!

Chicken Beryani, Fried Fish Roe, Fried Bitter Gourd with Onion, Pappadam and Soya Milk- RM12.50

IN A FLASH 25 MAY 2009

IN A FLASH 25 MAY 2009
GOOD AFTERNOON AND SALAM MUHIBAH.
IT IS TIME FOR IN A FLASH.

MADA will be focusing on the paddy management system by estate as a step to increase production.

MADA Chairman, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said, the focus will be on increasing production with each area containing one exemplary plot.

Before this the only paddy estate in the state was in Jelai, Pendang.

He said, the four districts identified are area 1, Kampung Bohor Rotan Pahit in Perlis sixty-three hectares; area 2 2, in Kubang Pasu Kampung Masjid Kuala Sungai seventy-nine hectares; area 3, in Jelai Pendang seventy-nine hectares and area 4, in Batu 14 Yan eighty-five hectares.

He added, the farmers should switch to modern methods and that the estate solution will guarantee the increase of production.

Farmers in Jelai, Pendang recorded an increase from 6.12 tonnes per hectare to 8.2 tonnes using the method.

He was speaking to reporters after chairing the MADA meeting in Ampang Jajar in Alor Setar.

He also said two hundred fifty farmers will be involved in the project and will begin using the method this coming season.

He also said the response from farmers is very positive.

/ENDS-RTM


The Health Ministry announced today that the Leptospirosis outbreak in the Juru Detention Camp, Bukit Mertajam, Penang is now stable and under control.

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said no new cases have been reported.

He said until 8am yesterday, the number of Leptospirosis cases being treated at the hospital remains at seven.

All six cases treated at the Bukit Mertajam Hospital isolation ward and a case treated at the Seberang Jaya Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) have been shifted to normal wards.

He said this in a statement in Kuala Lumpur.

Meanwhile in Pahang, a respiratory tract infection occurred at the Maktab Rendah Sains Mara, Kuantan, involving one hundred ninety nine people who experienced symptoms such as fever, cough, headache and flu.

He said the students involved have been placed in isolation rooms at the school to control the situation, and they are reported to be stable.

No cases have been warded so far.

He added a medical team visits the school twice daily to treat and monitor the illness.

It is expected they will come out from isolation today.

In Kedah, nine out of thirty five students at the Pendang Special Model School who experienced respiratory tract disease Influenza A, have been discharged from the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital yesterday.

He said eight students were sent home Saturday evening.

Dr Mohd Ismail said lab tests showed that the students experienced a seasonal Influenza A infection which is not related to the Influenza A (HINI) disease.

/ENDS-BERNAMA.




THAT’S THE END OF IN A FLASH FOR TODAY.
SALAM MUHIBAH.

IN A FLASH MAY 24 2009

IN A FLASH 24 MAY 2009
GOOD AFTERNOON AND SALAM MUHIBAH.
IT IS TIME FOR IN A FLASH.

The arrival of Singaporean tourists to Langkawi is expected to rise after AirAsia and Singapore’s Tiger Airways scheduled direct flights between the republic and the island.

AirAsia will have the direct flights to Singapore starting from June 1, while Tiger Airways will start its direct flight to Langkawi in August.

MATTA Kedah Chairman, Pishol Ishak said, Tiger Airways will add to the existing direct flights between Singapore and Langkawi as well as the existing services provided by Silk Air.

He added the step taken is very much welcomed and hopefully it will increase the volume of tourists’ arrival to the island.

The Tourism Statistics Unit for LADA recorded thirty seven thousand nine hundred eighty-eight tourists arrived from Singapore last year, compared to thirty four thousand six hundred forty three recorded in 2007.

Singaporean tourists ranks fourth after United Kingdom, Thailand and Australia.

During the first quarter of this year, some four-thousand Singaporean tourists had visited the island.

/ENDS-RTM


The governments decision regarding the continuation of PPSMI will be known in 6 months.

Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Mohd. Puad Zarkashi said, the decision will be decided as soon as possible after the research done by various parties was carefully studied.

He said this to reporters after officiating the Johor State Level Teachers Day Celebration 2009 at the Pasir Gudang Stadium.

He added the six month period is relevant because during that time frame all research on that matter will be completed and can be evaluated.

He then said personally he thinks that the teaching of English and Mathematics should be done in Bahasa Melayu while the learning of English should be intensified.
He then held a meeting with twenty six teachers’ association to discuss about the welfare of teachers.

He also said, another meeting will be held in a 3 days workshop starting June 7 in Langkawi.

//ENDS-RTM

THAT’S THE END OF IN A FLASH FOR TODAY.
SALAM MUHIBAH.

Saturday.... Oh Saturday....

Me on duty trying the sexy thin lip pose!!!

After work, I made the biggest mistake for this week!!! I went to the fish store to see a new arrival shipment of about 10 different species of African Cichlids!!! Info on cichlids here.

Nyesal tol pi kedai tu!!! Owner Toboh Aquarium.... I HATE YOU!!! Hehehe... Emo kejap...

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OK, enough bout cichlids d.... Now makan time!!!

Nasi Putih with sambal belacan and Daging masak Merah with Daun Bawang and Bwang Putih lebih!

Dim Sum Again

Dim Sum Friday. Again. With Mr. Musli!

PIX!

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Makan... Look at the object on the far left side... It's a Century Egg!!! Looks like grass-jelly (cin cau/ lengkong with egg yolk!) Tastes like egg... Too pwetty to eat and looked kinda mysterious... We LIKE!!! Info on Century Egg here.

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Makan... Burps!

I regret to announce that The Bayview Langkawi no longer have the All-You-Can-Eat Dim Sum Buffet on Saturday!

The Friday one is still on from 10am-230pm at RM25 per head... Makan Dim Sum sampai kenyang!

Then when we entered the car... Look at the temperature reading!!!!

So we went somewhere "cool".... Mount Raya!

The at the rock! With water cascading and moss... Haih...

The view...

Cloudy sky... Complete with 2 eagles flying in circle

Pokok Temu Blooming.

Micro Orchid of some-kind... Blooming too...

Mr. Richard!!! PACAT! Terrestrial Leech!

2 single dudes, cam-whoring! (Actually only one is single, the other one... hehehe... )
Our faces turned pale when I found a hungry leech on my left ankle...
We checked and rechecked our trousers for MR. RICHARD!!! None were found!

Proposed Malta and soya milk advert poster! Rejected!

Mr. Musli trying to walk the pipe! (True story: Takut pacat! Hahaha...)

A fast-crawling caterpillar. Crossed a 2 lane road in less that a minute... It's "persian", me thinks.

A beautiful, deadly and dead green pit viper. ROAD-KILL!
Some people have no idea how long it took this snake to grow to this size. People normally go like "Oh, look, a chubby faced green snake with red-tail, let's go back and run him over..." Stupid!


Another project at the foot of Mount Raya...

Formerly known as the Nature Interpretation Centre... What is YOUR interpretation?

A climbing vine with orange flower spotted around LISHAM... I mean LISRAM!

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