Jim's Merdeka Barbeque Mash

As it's the Independence Day weekend, someone (not sure who) decided that it would be a good idea to have a Barbe in the Pub. Well actually, the Webber was set up behind the pub, not actually in it.... but that's me being pedantic again.  

So there I was on a Friday afternoon, peeling 20 extra large spuds to make Mash Potatoes to feed 20 persons. By 7 pm the Mash was ready, so off to Jim's I went to be greeted by the gang, who all surpassed themselves this time around.

There was a Tomato and Onion soup from Mr Koh (though I'm sure Mrs Koh made the soup); the Sith Lord set up the Webber and smoked chicken, sausages and some wonderful lamb chops to go with some equally good onion sauce; Mr Goh brought the briquettes(?!!?); Bee Yen (the proprietress of Jim's) provided the salad; Doreen provided not 1 but 2 outstanding desserts, a lemon tart and a custard caramel; Mr Wong the fruits and I provided the "would you like some potatoes with your butter" type of mash.  

The Sith Lord lording over the Webber

Mention must also be made of the aperitif, a Cloudy Bay 2005 provided by the Sith Lord. Oh yummy!!!

Doreen: Please Sir... may I have more Tomato soup?

All this followed by some wonderful coffee. Oh... what a meal!!!

 

Big Ship

What's this Heap Big Ship doing parked outside my window??

Got back home today and saw this ship parked outside my window. Living with a view of the Straits of Malacca, one does encounter some unusual sights out there from time to time. But having a ship parked so close inshore is unusual. This one's parked especially close to an outcrop. (You may just be able to see a little white beacon close to the bow of the ship)

And the phallic symbol you see there, well that's the minaret of a mosque.

The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Look! No strings!

Tuesday nights seems to be my Cinema night. Last night I watched the latest installment of The Mummy. 

The verdict? Well it's another Whoosh, Wham, Bamn film. Great action scenes, with some nice comic touches. Worth watching if you like that sort of thing. 

Of course I have my usual gripe with the Malaysia Censors, however with a big action film such as this, it can only be fully appreciated on the big screen; 2 rows from the front of course!! 

Datuk Lee Chong Wei

Did he not lose in the final???!!!!

Beijing Olympics

It was not too long ago

The Olympics show was a go

Now it's about to come to a stop

Beijing's about to close shop

So maybe it's time

To reflect on what was sublime

Was it Phelps

Or the Jamaica Bolt

For me it was a jolt

Realising that the women are now in revolt

To look like ladies

Rather then laddies

Before - Fatimah Whitbread a laddie   

Now - Leryn Franco definitely a lady

Not convinced??! Try these

Google Antonio Bourdain

Did you know that if you googled Antonio Bourdain, top of the list is my post of the 17th of May? How did that happen, It's even ahead of Tony's own blog!!! 

Now that's cool!!!

What's in a Name?

I'm about to buy a Schnauzer she-dog (okay.... bitch), she'll probably be delivered this week.

I'm having trouble picking up a name for her, so I thought I'll post my short list and ask everyone's advice.

1. Pork Chop - My feeble protest for Article 11 to be respected.

2. Athena - Greek Goddess of Wisdom

3. Pandora - She of the box.

4. Vesta - The virginal Roman Goddess of the hearth and home, also a subject in the song "The Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum.

5.Phoebe - After my favorite stock; Public Bank (PB geddit?) 

The Hungry Ghosts

Last night, the 16th of August, we had the 7th moon prayers at Ole Sayang, to feed the Hungry Ghosts. Done annually, this the Chinese equivalent of "All Souls Day", however, it lasts for a whole month. Apparently the Chinese souls are hungrier then the others!!

The Invincible Man - Olympics Ad.

Oh Rodger, the ads say that you're invincible
Today, the results proved unsustainable
Young Rafael has now broken through
And turned the ads into turkey stew

I guess that you'll be feeling blue
That this year's results were just poo
I hope you won't bid adieu
In the resulting hullabaloo

Briefly....

I've just received this, thought it was so funny, I had to post it immediately.

This is a good one. It really prove that Malaysia Boleh. We are better
than Russian+German+ Israel . Haha
*Medical Advances - M'sia the best. Boleh mah.*
*An Israeli doctor says ..............*
'Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one
man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks.'
*
A German doctor says ..................................*
'That is nothing, we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another,
and have him looking for work in four weeks.
*
A Russian doctor says ....................................*
'In my country, medicine is so far progressed that we can take half a heart
out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in
two weeks.'
*
The Malaysian doctor, not to be outdone, says ...............*
'You guys are way behind, we recently took a man with no brains, out from
Kepala Batas, Penang, put him in the Parliament for 5 years, and now half
the country is looking for work.'

p.s. forgive the grammer, but it is a Malaysian joke!