Nasi Goreng Mastura

I was at Larkin Perdana early Thursday evening, minding my own business. Just got off from work, I was actually looking for a few things. Then I went to this restaurant (tak ingat apa namanya but I did posted some photos of it in the Jedi Album when I went there with my sis), thinking of buying something for dinner.

I was going through the menu, and reading... Nasi Goreng Anggun.... Nasi Goreng Mastura. I asked the waiter, what's Nasi Goreng Mastura.. "Nasi goreng ngan cendawan, ngan ayam" came the reply. Interesting. Balik ni mesti citer dengan Mastura, my sis.

Apparently the restaurant is owned by a Kelantanese, as everybody who works there speaks Kelantanese language.

I settled for Nasi Pattaya. Haven't had that since I cannot remember..

The Little World

As Well He Should..

From the star online, July 6, 2009

Manohara: Kelantan prince files demand for RM1mil, her return

KOTA BARU: Tengku Temenggong Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra filed two applications at the Kelantan Syariah High and Lower courts here on Sunday demanding the return of nearly RM1mil from his wife Cik Puan Temenggong Manohara Odelia Pinot and her return.

In the affidavit filed by Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar and Abdul Halim Bahari on behalf of Tengku Muhammad Fakhry before Syariah High Court registrar Abu Bakar Abdullah Kutty, he claimed that before he married Manohara, she and her mother Daisy Farajina, had borrowed money from him totaling RM338,500 including a Swiss-made Audemars Piguet watch costing RM174,000.

Tengku Muhammad Fakhry also claimed that throughout their marriage from August 26 2008, Manohara or her mother had borrowed a further sum of RM634,250.

He said they understood the total of RM972,750 was a debt that had to be repaid.
He also said that, to date, the sum had yet to be settled and asked the court to order Manohara to pay the sum borrowed, costs and other relief deemed fit by the court.

At the lower Syariah court, Zainul Rijal and Abdul Halim also filed a summon on behalf of Tengku Muhammad Fakhry to demand the return of Manohara who had yet to come back to their client although an ultimatum to do so had been issued.

In his affidavit, he said that in the earlier stages of his marriage to Manohara, everything was blissful until Daisy started slandering him in the Indonesian media and that affected his relationship with Manohara.

He added that on May 31, 2009, while the couple was in Singapore keeping vigil on his father Sultan Ismail Petra Sultan Yahya Petra who was suffering from a heart ailment, Manohara left for Indonesia on her own accord.

He further said Manohara did not return to him and, in fact, had slandered him in the Indonesian media.

Tengku Muhammad Fakhry said Manohara’s action had tarnished his name and the Kelantan Royal Palace in the eyes of the Kelantanese subjects.

He claimed that that he issued an ultimatum to Manohara on June 26, through the local media, to return to his side and reconcile by Jul 2 and carry out her responsibility as a wife under the Syariah laws.

He added that Manohara was duly informed of the ultimatum via the media but she failed to comply and he asked the court to issue an order to reconcile or deem her to be nusyuz (recalcitrant).

He also claimed costs and other relief deemed fit by the court.

Tengku Muhammad Fakhry’s counsels also made an application for a notice of interlocutory at the Lower Syariah court to be served to Manohara via hand, Malaysian Embassy in Indonesia, advertisement in Indonesian newspapers or via post.

Abu Bakar who received the notice allowed the application.

The case is set for mention on Aug 2.

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Wonder what her response would be after this...

Happy Birthday, Honey

Happy Birthday, Honey. May your birthday be as bright and as happy as you make the world around you.. Good Luck and May Allah Bless You.

Oh My God!

I was shocked when I read this a moment ago:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/5/nation/4260041&sec=nation

I extract some info from that site:

Taman Sinar Harapan is an institution for the disabled or orang kurang upaya with learning difficulties and require care, training, rehabilitation and shelter.

As at December 2008, there are a total of 776 residents living in the seven Taman Sinar Harapan institutions in Malaysia.

Objective:

1. To provide care, shelter and rehabilitation for abandoned disabled people with learning difficulties, orphans and those in need of rehabilitation.

2. To provide training on self-management and daily living skills so that they would be able to be independent.

3. To give pre-vocational training.

4. To offer the residents a chance to interact with friends and the general public through social activities.

5. To provide social skills training and cooperate with volunteer groups to help integrate the residents back to society.

Some more extracts from the report:

- Half of the men were locked behind bars like animals in a zoo while the others were able to move about in the front portion of the room. Those in the “jail cells” were segregated so that they would not harm their non-violent roommates.

- Most of them looked no older than 50 but they were just skin and bones and some looked extremely frail. One resident was lying on his stomach on a wooden bench and had passed motion; we almost gagged at its stench.

- Fans were installed inside the room for better ventilation but that was the only luxury the men had. There were no beds, no toilets and not even blankets to keep them warm on cold rainy nights.

- We asked the volunteers what would happen to the residents on weekdays when the group was not there to offer their help.

“The caretakers don’t do much. There are only two of them while there are 50 residents. If it’s time to feed them, they would just walk one round with a bowl and feed whoever wants to eat. Those who don’t are left alone,” answered a volunteer.

She divulged that another charitable organisation had brought food for the residents but it was thrown away. “When the group asked why they did such a thing, the caretakers said that the residents would create a bigger mess if there was more food because they would defecate more often,” she said.

- The women’s wing looked cleaner and did not smell as bad but a handful of the women were seen walking about in the nude.

The two caretakers stationed at the block were seen watching TV and chatting.
We noticed that the women’s clothes were laid out to dry on a dirty floor caked with fungus.

We walked over to the children’s block which seemed to be the best kept part of the home. It was decorated and there were proper beds. But the children were curiously quiet.

A volunteer claimed that the children were fed with cough syrup so that they would be sleepy and docile.

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First, this happened in Malaysia. Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor.

Secondly, I can understand la kalau some of them tak boleh diberikan pakaian kerana ada suicidal nature..takut dia jerut diri dia sendiri ke etc. Tapi kenapa SEMUANYA dibiarkan tak berpakaian? Sedih sangat tengok.. sudahlah setengahnya dirantai... kesian betul.

Thirdly, kalau cuaca sejuk, kasihan la, sakit, menggigil. Sudahlah semuanya frail and skinny.

Paling geram dengar part caretakers tu buang makanan donated by sebuah badan amal. Alasan sebab nanti lagi banyak makanan lagi kotor, sebab mereka banyak buang air. Amboi, nak menyenangkan kerja sendiri... dah nama caretakers tu, kerja la betul-betul. Tau nak senang aje. Stupid! Orang susah-susah dermakan untuk kebajikan penghuni, kau senang-senang buang sebab your asses are too heavy to clean up eh? Totally stupid. I hope you would be replaced instantly!

Finally, the sentence highlighted in red. DIA PUNYA PEMALAS NAK JAGA BUDAK-BUDAK KURANG UPAYA TU, DIBAGINYA UBAT BATUK BIAR NGANTUK DAN TIDUR.

I seriously think this matter should be investigated and IMMEDIATE actions should be taken. Otherwise, it will defeat the entire purpose of Taman Sinar Harapan.

Siap?

Banyak la punya siap..

Tadi bersilat gak la . Kejap buat bank... ceh tak macam empat pulak bank account dia kan. Kejap jengah Other Receivables. Nasib baik tak manyak kerenah walaupun uuu mak datuk manyaknye item.

Kisah unrealised gain/loss on foreign exchange under Other Income. Rupanya itu kaka suda manyak sumbat sana sumbat sini, Beta jugak yang kena reclass. Dah le sorang2 je tadi. Tapi betapa aman dan damai, Tuhan aje yang tau. Syok je wat kejer.. tak sedar dah tengahari. Siap tak lunch tu, punya la dedicated.. ececeh... tapi sedih gak sebab arini miss makan jemput2 pisang makcik kedai tuh.

then part sundry income, content dia mostly jual sekepin tanah tu... tu je. then ada la sket bab dividend from unquoted investments.

kira puas hati gak la ada manyak menda baru belaja. Walaupun admin expenses dia berjela panjang macam kain sari...taper taper practice makes perfect.

tapi semalam dalam bersilat sempat gak ber-sms dengan sahabat Beta tentang my not-so-ordinary miracle tu. huhuhuuhhuu... rasa happy semacam je kan.. itu satu.. satu lagi.. hehehehehe... taper la.

yang payah, time tengah busy time tu la semua menjelma dan berupa dengan bermacam-macam rupa. mahap le, Beta tiada waktu nak mencemar duli melihat-lihat tuan-tuan sekalian. tunggu la situ sampai kejer aku settle. . Padan muka.

Dah la.. nak g sambung wat kijer huhuhuhuhuhu...

Yerr ker....

Kejer Esok

Esok tinggal kena buat:

-Bank
-Other Income
-Other Receivables

pastu ada la nak kena interview Exec tu sket sket pasal admin expenses. Cadang nak habiskan by noon. Tapi tengokla... team leader ngan team member dah habes audit dan kena titah balik office, ada kejer lain menunggu...

Heheh ni kes tension la ni.. sebab cuaca teramatlah sangat panasnya.. lemah tulang belulang..

Lovely Kelantan - Part II

Dalam merayau-rayau semalam, I jumpa ini di forum lowyat.net, thread Villa Danialla Resort, Tok Bali, Kelantan. Description di forum tu tentang Villa ini buat I sangat tertarik:

The Villa Danialla is a spectacular beach paradise with alluring South China Sea blueseascope as far as the eye can see. A place surrounded by calmness that you might only dream about, where you can walk along the waters edge at sunrise or watch breathtaking sunsets with pastel coloured skies off in the distance. Provides the warmth and charm for an ideal retreat and romantic getaway.

Cantik, kan? SPECTACULAR. Nanti I sambung dengan gambar pantai dan resortnya lagi. Credits go to forum members neojack and villa danialla.

Lovely Kelantan Part I

Dalam bercerita-cerita pasal Kelantan, let's have a zoom at the state itself. I sendiri dah lama tak ke sana. Masa kecik-kecik dulu ada pergi dengan family, ziarah sedara-mara sebelah sana. Dekat Bachok, kalau tak silap. My last visit was a few years back, time tu sebenarnya ke UiTM Dungun, to support UiTM Johor debate team. Then time nak balik tu, tah cemana our lecturers boleh ter'taksengaja'ly ajak kami ke KB. Sempatla ke Pasar Besar tu, tengok tengok sebelum balik ke Segamat semula. Dan I plak, dah sampai Segamat kena balik JB.. alahai jauhnya...

Okay, dah... moh kita ke Kelate. Tadi ni merayau-rayau, jumpa blog yang cantik ni. I pinjam gambar-gambar dan info nya untuk tatapan bersama.

Negeri Kelantan ni ada 10 jajahan, kalau ikut info dari blog tu. Kalau kat Johor ni, istilah 'Jajahan' tu mungkin sama la dengan Daerah di Johor. Jajahan-jajahannya terbahagi kepada:

1. Jajahan Kota Bharu
2. Jajahan Pasir Mas
3. Jajahan Tumpat
4. Jajahan Pasir Puteh
5. Jajahan Bachok
6. Jajahan Kuala Krai
7. Jajahan Machang
8. Jajahan Tanah Merah
9. Jajahan Jeli
10. Jajahan Gua Musang

Dan sebagai seorang yang menyintai island and beaches dengan sepenuh hati, maka dah jatuh wajib I letakkan gambar pantai di sebuah perkampungan nelayan yang sangat cantik di Kelantan ni...so beautiful and serene. Imagine taking a long walk by the beach... sangat nyaman dan cantekkk...

ni plak, Wau Bulan yang amat sinonim dan femes dengan Negeri Kelantan ni. Kalau tengok dia ada banyak design, dan jenis la. Warna-warni dan menarik. Dulu-dulu di RTM ada segmen buat kraftangan Malaysia. Ada Wau Bulan ni, ada buat labu sayong, tikar mengkuang, keris, khat. Macam-macam la. Memang asyik kalau tengok. Wau juga lambang syarikat penerbangan Malaysia Airlines.

Okay, nanti sambung semula Part II. Ada jumpa yang lebih menarik masa merayau-rayau tadi. Tunggu I, tau!

Highly Commendable

yang ni, baru je baca di NST Online. Just been posted, by the looks of it :

From New Straits Times online, 27/06/2009

Royal couple's marital affair is personal: Kelantan palace

KUALA LUMPUR, Sat: The Kelantan palace has reiterated that the marriage of Tengku Temenggong Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra and Cik Puan Manohara Odelia Pinot is a personal matter.

In a statement to Bernama here today, Royal Palace Coordinator Datuk Abdul Halim Hamad said that as such, it had nothing to do with the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra, Regent of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra, who is also the Crown Prince, and the Kelantan Sultan's Office.

Abdul Halim said the statement was issued as instructed by Tengku Muhammad Faris.

"It is hoped that the issue will be resolved fairly according to the law. I hope both of them will be given enough space to solve their problems," he said.

This is the first time the Kelantan palace has issued a statement on the marriage after Manohara ran away from the prince last month, upon returning from Singapore where the couple had gone to visit the Sultan who was recovering from a heart ailment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

The issue of the marriage was sensationalised by the media, especially in Indonesia. Manohara, a former Indonesian model, has filed for divorce while her husband lodged a police report, denying allegations made against him by his wife and her mother, Daisy Fajarina.

Meanwhile, Abdul Halim said that the Sultan, who was still receiving treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, was in stable condition.

He said all members of the royal family were also in Singapore.

He also urged the public to pray for the recovery of the Sultan and all issues involving the Kelantan palace to be resolved. -- BERNAMA
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I rasa this is most appropriate of the Istana Kelantan in handling this matter. It is highly commendable. Istana Kelantan memang cool. Memang kes ni being sensationalised at its worst.

Personally, I will pray for the speedy recovery of the Sultan and for this particular matter to be resolved in the most appropriate way.

A Smart Move

From The Star Online, Saturday June 27, 2009

Kelantan prince orders estranged wife to return by July 2

PETALING JAYA: The Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra has ordered his estranged wife Manohara Odelia Pinot to return to him by July 2, failing which he will proceed with legal action.

Stating that he was her lawful husband under Syariah law, he said Manohara’s rightful place was by his side and that she should obey him as long as it was according to the law.

Tengku Muhammad Fakhry said this to Manohara in a letter that was passed to his lawyer in Indonesia to be forwarded to her.

A copy of the letter was also sent as a press release to the media by his lawyer Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar here yesterday.

Tengku Muhammad Fakhry’s letter further read that he had engaged Zainul Rijal as his Syariah lawyer and Mohd Haziq Pillay as his civil lawyer.

Manohara, 17, a former Indonesian teen model, had fled from her husband on May 31 when they were in Singapore to visit his father, the Sultan of Kelantan, who was being treated at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital for a heart ailment.

She returned to Jakarta after accusing the 31-year-old prince of abusing her physically and sexually.

A medical examination in Jakarta allegedly stated she was repeatedly slashed with sharp objects on her chest and had been burnt with a cigar on her forehead.

Manohara had previously said she wanted to divorce her husband. Tengku Muhammad Fakhry lodged a police report on June 11 against her allegations.

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sebenarnya i kalau boleh tanak comment apa-apa pasal issue ni. i setuju dengan pendapat bahawa ini isu suami-isteri between Tengku Fakhry dan Manohara. Tapi lately dah makin melampau juga dan contradictory tuduhan-tuduhan sebelah sana pada Tengku Fakhry ni.

first thing yang buat i geram, was their actions naming Al-Sultan Kelantan yang sedang gering tu sebagai one of the defendants. ada ke patut, orang tengah sakit nak di bother nya.. pula yang tengah sakit tu a State Ruler yang belum tentu ada salah kat dia. dan yang best sekali ada pula video clip Manohara buat statement yang dia 'kurang tau' involvement Tuanku Sultan dalam kes dia ni.

secondly, i tengok argument dia dah melampau-lampau sangat. and contradicting everytime. macam ada satu instance dia kata dia kena dera menggunakan seterika di dahi at a certain date. tapi at that date and the days after that dia punya public appearance tak ada lak bekas cop seterika kat muka dia. to this, i suka nak say something, ayat yang selalu i gunakan untuk orang-orang yang 'perasan cerdik' ni : JUST BECAUSE YOU think YOU'RE SMART, JANGAN INGAT ORANG LAIN TAK PANDAI. Kan dah last-last statement sendiri belit leher sendiri.

itu baru sikit aje, tak perlu la disenaraikan accusations dia yang lain-lain. they are so ridiculous in such a way that daripada I nak ketawakan dia, sampai jatuh kesian pula menengokkan betapa teruknya level of thinking dia...

Referring to the above news report, I think that's a smart move by Tengku Temenggong. Biarlah segalanya diselesaikan dengan ikut procedures dan in a proper and noble way. I tak rasa dia long for his so-called wife to return sangat pun.. I wish him all the best and I hope he will move forward after all these dah selesai.

Sneak-peek: A Not-So-Ordinary Miracle

i don't wanna know the price i'm gonna pay for dreaming...

And more...

Oh yes, they are... HANDSOME, I mean.. what more can I say? Dah memang handsome, nak buat macam mana? Oklah, these are for those readers who searched for the four princes dengan tak jemu-jemu..almost everyday okeh, ada beratus-ratus search for them.

As always, credits are all for cik ayu999 of cari forum. Tak ingat dah gambar-gambar ni during which event. Yang mana google Tunku Boo (Tunku Abu Bakar) tu, nanti bila ada masa I will post a separate entry. Bye for now.

Expensive...

From The Star,Thursday June 11, 2009

KL and JB among most expensive Asian cities

SINGAPORE: Kuala Lumpur, Johor Baru and George Town are among the cities which are gaining reputation as the most expensive ones in Asia.

An ECA International survey on the 50 most expensive Asian cities ranked Kuala Lumpur at number 38, Johor Baru (40th) and George Town (42nd).

Globally, Kuala Lumpur is placed 210th, Johor Baru (216th) and George Town (218th).

According to ECA, strong currencies were pushing up the cost of living in Asian locations.

Tokyo, it said, remained the most expensive city in Asia due to the appreciation of the yen against other major currencies.

Others are Beijing (ranked 5th), Shanghai (6th), Hong Kong (7th) and Singapore (10th).

ECA regional director for Asia Lee Quane said the strengthening of Asian currencies was the factor which contributed to the region being more expensive for visitors than it was a year ago.

The cost of living survey is carried out by ECA bi-annually by comparing a basket of commonly purchased consumer goods and services in 370 locations worldwide. — Bernama