fookiat's web log

Dear friend,

You have been with me for more than 4 years. Through this 4 years, we have gone through thick and thin. You have been with me through those cold nights providing me entertainment through those boring times.

Goodbye my friend. I will remember this 4 years. May you rest in peace.

I know it been a long long time since I updated anything. Well, here I go. I have the mother of all bad luck all in one day. It was 11 in the night and I got a call from my friends for a yam cha session. I parked my car at a well lit area at Ipoh Garden East. I got back to my car at around 3 something and guess what I came back to?

To put it literally, my rear passenger side mirror got busted! I lost the bag that I am suppose to use for work. Nothing was valuable in there. The bag itself is however very valuable to me. It was a gift. A very precious one at that. I lost my Petronas Bumblebee. Yeah, that Transformers Bumblebee. What a waste!

To the one that got my bag, may you rot in hell. To the one that broke my glass, may all the unhappiness in the world go to you.

To the one that got my Bumblebee, may the door of heaven are close to you.

Anyway, I got myself another Bumblebee. This time, its the Transformer : Revenge of the Fallen, Deluxe Bumblebee. I never got the chance of a getting a decent Transformer figure when I was little. Manage to get one now that I have started working.

The Chevrolet Camaro Concept. An interesting car.

Back to my mother of all bad luck. The next morning, after sending my mom to work I was on my way to the workshop to fix my car, my car broke down in the middle of the road. So, I was stuck there, smoke coming out from my engine, wind coming in from the back, it was hot. I was lucky that it was not raining. A blessing perhaps?

I sat in my car cursing my life. Sigh..

Takoyaki from Sushi King, Ipoh.

Pork Chop Burger with Fries from Food and Tea, Ipoh

I got myself a new phone. Its the Sony Ericcson K660i. Its a simple and minimalistic phone. Straight to the point function. Try video calling me sometimes.

You have been drinking the other night, you head is heavy from the hangover and you can't even walk straight. The slightest noise makes your head banging like construction workers trying to lay down the foundation of a building.

Now, imagine waking up to the smell of a nice and aromatic cup of hot coffee that will kick start your day. Imagine this...

And all this is possible with the Coffee-O-Maker-Matic-3000xx. Alright, I'm joking. As the Joker would say 'Why so serious?'. The real name of this baby is the

Delonghi Espresso Steam Coffee Maker - EC9

I have always fancy those US drama series. They have a coffee maker everywhere. In the office, in the house, in the boat. You name it, they have it. In the Malaysia scene, your coffee would be those typical 3 in 1 instant coffee or those really really strange and awkward 13 in 1 Tongkat Ali + Kacip Fatimah + Ginseng + xxxx. Hell, one sip from those and your nose will be bleeding non-stop.

Then are those novelty coffee stores such as Coffee Bean and Starbucks. Its not cheap you know? If I want to get a cup of genuine coffee, I would have to resolve to this...

Recently, I visited a newly opened shop near the highway entrance in which ironically, the name of the new shop is Highway Kopitiam. Coincidence? I don't think so. Anyway, I visited the shop when they were having their promotion on their 'personal steamboat'.

Basically, every table have two stoves, literally. You can adjust the intensity of the fire so that your pot can be boiling or just nicely simmering.

You will be given two plates of food to be put into your pot. It contains mainly of seafood and vegetables. Nothing fancy but it is very filling. They have 2 kinds of soup, the famous one being porridge, followed by tom yam. You can ask for a refill for the soup. Drink till your hearts content. I find the tom yam to be on the spicy side. Careful guys.

The decorations of the shop is comprise mainly of a big mirror and a board with a lot of photos. The photos show what life story of the owner. Quite special really but I just connect with the photos.