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..

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.

Bukan laa

Yes, I once dedicated this blog to my Jedi Knight.

Yes, I did post entries on Raja Muda Johor here.

But let it be known that the RMJ is in no way my said Jedi Knight.

No, no, no, NO!

My Jedi Knight and Raja Muda Johor are two very different persons.

My Jedi Knight = Forbidden Enchantment.

Raja Muda Johor = Tunku Ismail Ibrahim. A prince of my home state whom I have deep respect for.

why do I say this? because.. from my web tracker, i found somebody searching for this keyword:

the jedi tunku ismail ibrahim raja muda johor DYAM

So, once again, my Jedi Knight is NOT the Raja Muda Of Johor.

What A Question

"Do you like me?"

And I said, "No."

"No! You don't like me."

Padan dengan muka. Tanya lagi soalan bijak. Intelligent question deserves intelligent answer. PADAN MUKA. Kenapa mengada sangat, tak taulah. Padan dengan muka. Padan muka!

Apa Ni?

"Habis macamana skang?"

"Entah tak taulah. Lantak situ. Peduli apa."

"Itulah yang aku tak berkenan. Cakap besar. Aku tau, memang kau tak heran. Masalahnya, dia bukan tak suka. Dia suka. Suka. Reti?"

"Eh engkau ni. Nahas kalau Majority shareholder dengar tau!"

"The more shareholders, the better kan...."

"Tamak, sey engkau. Kau nak kau amiklah..."

"Kau degil... esok apa-apa hal padan muka".

"Aku tak kisah, sey. Kalau dia suka sangat, go ahead. Ambiklah. Nak sangat, haaa pergi-pergi! Takde hal punya. Dia pun tak peduli".

"Eleh, tak peduli konon.... tak jeles?"

"Kalau jealous pun dia bukan peduli....."

I didn't know...

yeah, I didn't know until today that we do have pokok cermai in our garden.... seeing this brought back the memories of my primary school years where we used to hang out under the cermai tree at the back of our school and eat this buah cermai....

but I know that we have this belimbing buluh... campur dengan lauk masak lemak cili api sedap tau tak! This or bacang muda....pengsan!

Alcoholic 'soft drinks'?

From The Star Online, January 31st, 2008

Kids being sold alcoholic ‘soft drinks’

PENANG: Alcoholic “soft drinks,” some with alcohol content as high as 5%, are being sold to children in supermarkets and bakeries.

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) said that the alcohol content in these drinks was higher than that in beer.

CAP president S.M. Mohamed Idris said the law prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages to people below the age of 18.

He said CAP had received complaints from parents who said their children were consuming these drinks, adding that these drinks had also become popular among partygoers.

He said CAP had first exposed the hazards of a certain trendy intoxicating beverage in August 1997.

“Now after 11 years, the same type of drinks, designed and packaged like soft drinks, are once again invading the Malaysian market,” he said in a statement Thursday.

A CAP survey showed that members of the public might consume the beverage without knowing that they contained a high level of alcohol due to misleading labels with names like tropical fruit, ice lemon tea and orange juice, and with pictures of fruits.

He claimed that the alcohol content was printed in small letters that could hardly be seen.

Mohamed Idris urged the authorities to impose an immediate ban on the sale of such drinks.

I wonder, could this be what this article is talking about? Because there was this one day, I was reading a local english newspaper and there's the ad about this drink - and I didn't really notice that it was actually alcoholic. Because it really looks like just another ordinary soft drinks. The color of the can is really typical and the most natural one. Green and Red. Like Lime and Strawberry-flavored.

Just be very careful, okay.

You might wanna read more about The Alcohol Problem In Malaysia here.