After my CPR exams, I received a call from Mr Chua( a person I did not even know) asking me whether I could give a tour of Georgetown and a few historical sites there on bike. I, without asking what this was for, who's attending it, have they obtained police permit, agreed. So, I arrived on time, in fact I was early. Then, I met Mr Chua who's actually a Guang Ming Daily Reporter and secretary for some Penang Cycling Lifestyle Association. A very jolly fellow, I see a lot of myself in him. Very funny guy. He was super the friendly and he introduced me to a few people who were starting to arrive. Initially, I thought to myself, " Hmm,, just as I expected 6 or 7 cycling freaks like me, should be not a big problem"

I was so WRONG. Then, more and more people arrived on all sorts of bicycles. Tall, short, three-wheeled(featured on the STar Netro today), 4-wheeled pink bicycles with ribbons at the ends of the handle slowly arrived. ANd suddenly, Mr Chua introduced me to someone with the gelaran Y.b Y.B..Oh Y.B. Teh.

Oh rupa-rupanya this project " Exploring Georgetown on Bike Project" was an initiative by Y.B. Teh from Tg Bungah. He was real friendly towards me and all. By the time I finished having a short chat with Y.B Teh, my god, 2 to 3 police outriders arrived on their classy superbikes. Walao! Then, I began to panick. Crap! Not 7 or 20 cyclists but 100 cyclists. MY GOD! ANd whats worse, I am the ONLY tour guide and so called captain. I didnt know when I was promoted to Captain all of a sudden, being a totally blur-dono-anything newbie there.

Soon, the launch began and Y.B. Teh invited me to be positioned next to him when the press started clicking away. My GOD! Bangganya! Y.B. allocated a the space beside him for me you know! Then, the tour was flagged off.


~ It's not everyday a boy gets to cycle through the streets of Georgetown with 2 police outriders right in front of you and 100 cyclist following behind you. ~

Our first stop was Hai Kee CHan or Penang Peranakan Mansion. I gave a very short "lecture" on my favourite topic- Secret Societies of Penang after all Hai Kee CHan was the former HQ of GHee Hin. ANyway it continued on in this manner:

* cycle, stop, listen to tengshin explain, give applause even though its damn boring, and cycle again.. *

It ended at CHeong Fatt Tze Mansion and we moved on to Little Penang Street Market. People were staring, of course. We sat down, had our breakfast there and chatted. Oh, I was sitting at this table with this very familiar-looking woman. She was one of the people who listened intently while I was explaining and she asked what I was doing, which school was I from...... Of course, I took this opportunity to advertise AAK. And soon after that did I realize, she was Lydia Ong, the State Exco for Sports and Womens Affair!!! My God, another State Exco and Y.B.! Then, a gang of STate excos arrived(they didnt join us previously) giving their compliments to Y.B. Teh and all. It seems that a lot of the people there were either Y.B.s themselves or were working for Y.B.s. And, Y.B. Lydia Ong was so kind, she insisted in belanjaing me for breakfast eventhough I declined repeatedly. And after that, I took a photo with YB Teh and YB Lydia Ong. But I cant upload it right now as someoone else took it for me using her camera. And, the YBs even asked for my handphone number, email and name you know! Walao! SO syokman! *winks and grins at selven, my colleague* XD


My god! Thank god I accepted the offer! It was so Damn FUN!!!

And finally, there's an interactive game. Its simple to play.
How to play :
1. Look at the newspaper cutting below.
2. Locate Me
3. Locate Me
4. Cant find? Try harder.
5. Try even harder.
6. There, I told you, definitely can find one!

Let the People Decide

Obviously Perak is now in a mess. With 2 Menteri Besars, one calling the other illegitimate, things can't probably be too good. Come to think of it, it's already a year past the March 8 political tsunami, and now the storm is not over YET. With 2 captains on board, how will Perakians sail through the stormy seas ahead?

The people's interest are at stake and the politicking still goes on. The people's voice are not being heard . They seem to be left out and the only people we see in the news are none other than politicians and their "friends"..........& Rihanna , Chris Brown of course. Where are the ordinary Perakians?


~ A concerned & exasperated citizen

Fruit Dance?

Seems like a post of my pose.

Photo courtesy of Aun Qi.

Feeling so tired right now. Will complete my post tomorrow.

A little update on my holy trip to the Waterfall Temple for our family's annual event

THAIPUSAM

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And there you have it , the Yogi!!!!!

And time for more Videos. THis time, do turn the speakers on for best effect.

I am driving............!

Hello guys. I have been real busy lately, well because of work and all. Now, I get to go under the hot sun doing ratings for endangered trails in Georgetown and not only do office jobs! But, I was a part time computer freak for now, because of MY efforts(lol), Anak-anak Kota finally has its own BLOG

http://anak-anak-kota.blogspot.com Come on go over there right now, no wait, after u read this blog of course.

Anyway, the real thing here is that, the day before yesterday was my first time driving on the road with a P license. Haha. Selven you lose!! Haha!

Anyway, Me, being the obedient law-abiding citizen drove so carefully and slowly along the Jelutong Expressway and suddenly this big asshole swerves out from his lane and nearly bangs into my car. It was a freaking lorry and he gave me some sort of freaking body language some more. Gilalah. Pilah Brother! Hoiyo!

Yesterday, it was one of Selven, my bozoic colleague with his pompoms ( thx villeena for informing me abt his little secret),'s luckiest days, as he got to be driven around by the man, ok not yet a man, the 3 quarter man who has the hands Guan Eng desperately needed to shake. All the way to PCGHS to drop off my sister, my mum being very critical of every tiny bit of my driving said her heart was thumping non-stop all the way and of course, Selven sitted at the backseat, kept complaining about my driving all the way. But you did say my driving was better than my motorcycle. Hence, thou shall be forgiven.

Anyway, when I was doing the endangered trail at chowrasta market, accompanied by old selven looking for locksmiths, we were commenting on a clothes and I came up with a new name for condoms. Hey, I am not being a pervert ok, just look at it scientifically, as a male contraceptive device.

" Pajamas for P*n*ses = condoms "~ tshin, 12th Feb 2009.

~Turn off your perverted brains people!~

and that I mean you, brother. You know who you are. XD LOL

Pai Ti Kong

After returning from my first-ever one-storey plunge into the waters, it's time to do Some PRAYING! And this time, on the eighth day of Chinese New Year, we pray to Ti Kong which literally translates into The God of Heaven. This is a very very important day for the Chinese, especially the Hokkiens. In fact, this ceremony is even of more importance than the first day of Chinese new Year itself. This can be proven by the massive on-going display of fireworks all over Penang which is even on a bigger scale than on the first day of CNY.

So lets do a case study. What happens in the Khoo family?
The pictures will be able to tell the story from now on. Enjoy.

The offerings

The sacred altar.

Meesa favourite. Peanut Cookies!!!
watching American Gangster on HBO
Me and my friend watching American Gangster again

The Two Towers

And...... not to forget ... some ACTION!!!!

CNY Day 1

CNY Day 1 ( All vegetarian)

CNY Day 2 ( Dig in folks!!!___)

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a SUPERSIZED MEAL
PLUS

Red Wine

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tHIS!!!
or i'd rather say this.>>>!

The Gamb.....no I dont gamble, better name would be the
King of Cards







( the last drink for the day- to neutralize the effects of the red wine)

Day #3


and of course.......

CNY Eve 09

Report
Chinese New Year Eve 2009 :


Washing my sexy and hot car

Presenting the new toyota model
Come to me, come.... *smiles freakishly like a pervert*




Aha. Check out the muscles.........and the ribcage...



Lo and behold. For a new superhero emerges....................................



The Housemaid
` CNY CHAOS `

In the name of justice and hygiene, the housemaid starts off on his quest to save the world once again from the evil dark forces composing of Mr and Mrs Dust who seem to be everywhere around us, General Leaves and his known infamously merciless partner in crime - the Birdshit strikeforce who have held supermaid's 50 year old Toyota Corolla in captive. It seems like an uphill battle for the Housemaid this time, a seemingly impossible task. Will he be able to save the day once again? Will he even make it out of this holy quest by the strike of midnight in one piece this time? Check the video out and see if he's able to make it.








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The answer is ....Yes he did. He did it! He swept, he mopped, he washed his car, and that only. Yes! The world is safe once again!


However, sunny it seemed at thast time, darkness swept in quickly. After doing some last minute New Years shopping for pagoda tshirt(those traditional langchia men or trishaw peddler used to wear), I returned in time for the reunion dinner. Somehow, I found out that some of the relatives who were living in Penang did not attend the reunion dinner( not the one in my house, its some relatives) claiming that it was too far. His family lives in Penang and he, as a son wont even come to the reunion dinner with his parents and siblings. THis is unacceptable. The dinner was after all on Penang island too. People fly in from the States, from Hong Kong just for that and you live in Penang and you cant give a better explanation. (once again this did not happen in my immediate family, its a relative whom I know really well). That was totally unacceptable.

Anyway, the news came soon after the dinner. My aunt got robbed. SHe called us and we went to see her at the police station. Her left window was smashed and broken. The robber grabbed one of the bags lying on the seat not knowing it was just empty paper files in a bag and dashed off in a motorbike. He was just 15 at most. Whats worst? It happened right in front of my aunts house. She did not even get out of the car when the asshole smashed hardly onto the window. The glass shrapnels penetrated quite a widespread part of her skin and boy the sight didnt really look good. Imagine that! Chinese new year eve! and they wont give us a break! Damn those people.

We fetched our aunt to the general hospital and the shrapnels were removed. WHen we first arrived at GH, we couldnt even locate the emergency department. The path leading to it was so dark and after a while, only could I figure out a "emergency" word on a signboard. No lights at all at that region. My goodness! If people were to be involved in a serious accident, and the person were to drive there, half dying , how would you expect he or she to even locate the emergency room? He or she'd be probably saved if not for the crappy lighting.