To turn over a new leaf

The devil within me has outreach the angelic side of me, and this is not supposed to happen. Flashing back to my own little childhood, i was baptised with a Christian name gabriel from my godfather, hoping that i will always remember the task of angel gabriel who brought the good news to St. Mary. In reality, he is hoping that i will always be the one who brings good news to everyone around me, my family, my friends, and my loved one.

However, reality is always cruel to me. Not only i failed to achieve my task, but i failed miserably. Materialistic and "girlistic" have overcome my mind, blinded my soul and perverted my destiny. Maybe it is time for me to recall back what am i really searching for for my life, the destiny to become a better man.



Does material and girls really so crucial for me?? or it is just the empty feeling of mine. Am i going to be contented with endless of money and tons of pretty chicks?? I not think so. I should feel contented with what i have now. I should cherish my relationship with everyone around me, my parents, buddies, friends, my loved one *still finding...haha* and those who i don't really know them well. I am really out of my track horribly and it's really the time for me to turn over a new leaf, start the next journey of my life. Hoping that i will become a more mature guy and a place whereby everyone besides me can leaned at.

I do really appreciate if you guys can lend a helpful hand to me in order for me to archive my destiny. I am not afraid of being showered with bad and hurting comments, as i take them as my compliment.



And not forget to thank Sergeant Rahman. Your words wake me up....and i am determined to turn over a new leaf.

Islamic city of Malaysia - Kelantan Darul Naim

After 10 hours of balls-shrinking journey from Malacca, with the aircon cyclinder blasting mercilessly from the bus onto my face, finally i stumbled myself on the land of lighting- Kelantan. It's the islamic city of Malaysia governed by Islamic Party of Malaysia with a green flag which have a white ball inside the flag...haha...


fighting with PAS in Kelantan is a ball-shrinking task for BN..haha~~humiliation~



Firstly, an interesting plat number of a Proton Wira and the logo of Al Rajhi Bank. Well, it is quite common to see a car with such kind of plat number and the Al Rajhi Bank is in every states of Malaysia. But it's just so co-incident that i saw both things at once. So, i manage to take pictures for them.

Another interesting fact about kelantan is that every single word on shops or supermarkets comes along with Jawi translation.


even tesco comes along with jawi translation too





The three girls inside the Ambank advertisement board supposedly aren't wearing any tudung. But, at kelantan, they ought to.

Let me bring you all to Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah, the famous market at Kelantan.


Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah (Siti Khadijah Central Market) in Kota Bharu is arguably the most oft-photographed market in Malaysia. perhaps, it is due to the unique architecture of the market which comes in 3-storeys, orthogonal building with transparent dome roof with spiderweb frame. This translucent roof enables sunlight to penetrate through the roof and illuminate the whole central area of the market which is the wet market. Photographers usually likes to take pictures for that area as the sunlight is even-toned, providing an interesting lighting for them to take their pictures.


Now, let me choose a parang first, before going into the market to argue price with those ladies. My parang for sure gonna speak louder than them.


Kelantan is still famous in ladies enterprising. Most of the traders inside the market mostly are women.


The orthogonal central area of the market




You know what?? they are selling this turtle eggs RM10 for 3...OMG~Its freaking expensive man~!! My balls look much more better than those out-of-shape balls~!

The first floor of the market is selling those dried food.



I am wondering what is this?? Looks like those furs from ang-mo.



Lets move on to the second floor where batik and cloth sellers congregated, shouting their lungs out, arguing for the best price they can with the buyers in order to make money for their livings.




Wei, your face like that, how you gonna attract customers?? looks like owed you Rm100,000,000....your face really sibeh tulan.



Outside Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah, tons of sellers open up their stalls under the burning rays from sun. They sheltered themselves with big umbrellas, selling fruits and vegetables.


They called this "snake-skinned fruit" , direct translation from chinese...haha..because its skin looks like snake's skin.


Some selling jeweleries. As what you observed from those pictures, those sellers are all ladies. My legs are sticky with the filthy water of the wet market, yuks~~! Its been a decade whereby i didn't step my foot on wet market. Now, lets move on to Pangkalan Kubor, a duty free zon in Kelantan.



Thats the place, where by Nike, Adidas, Polo, Gucci, LV and many more branded stuff are sell in very cheap price. Why?? Because they are not original product~!! Just like those being sell at petaling street in kL. Ranging from branded stuffs to kitchen accessories , children toys, electronic gadgets and even food, pangkalan Kubor offers a wide array of stuffs for consumers.


And it is also the place whereby local people can get themselves to thailand through the emigration counters and boat a sampan to cross the Golok river to reach thailand.



thats thailand...but i din bring my passport...damn~!


the emigrations

Oh man, how nice it is if i manage to go to thailand!!! Tons of ah gua which is much more pretty than local chicks, tiger shows, cheap original Nike stuffs at pasar malam which the factory workers brought out from their factories, Thai massage and spa (not including special services...haha) and thai food~~~!!!!

Forget about that. I am not going thailand, maybe next time with my passport with me. And save more money for ah gua and tiger show. hahaha....

On vacations

Dear readers,

I will be away for vacations until 30th May 2008. Therefore, there will no be any update at ahgab.blogspot.com...however, do catch me up again, after 30th may as there will be many interesting posts coming up next~!



Wish me a happy vacations~~!!! haha

I bring you taste baba nyonya

Well, from the previous post, i have mentioned about some of the famous delicacies at Malacca. So, today i am going to bring you all to one of the famous baba nyonya food shop at Malacca. But, before that let my friend, Mr LMF feed his car with petrol first.



"UNLEADED FUEL ONLY"....always prefer unleaded fuel and protect our mother nature.



And let me briefly introduce you all some of the famous places at Malacca. I manage to take those pictures on the way to my destination of getting one of the best baba nyonya shop at Malacca. Well, i can't directly say that that shop is the best one, as different people got different taste in food. Maybe the girl i think is pretty, you won't gonna have the same point of view like me. And same goes to food.



Make sure you don't turn into "Taman Limpah". Me myself also don't know what is inside that taman. So just head straight to town.



Tan Kim Hock product centre, is one of the place whereby foreign visitors such as Singaporeans always buy local products of Malacca.


So called "red-houses"



Christ Church Malacca, one of the tourist spots at Malacca. Normally, many tourists come here to take pictures and for tricycle ride which will bring you go around the Malacca city.


another better view of the church, photo from www. flickr.com


Museum Malacca, photo from www.flickr.com


photo from www.flickr.com

Well, there are many types of museums at Malacca. Another special Museum which is located inside a ship is called maritime museum.


eyes on Malacca?? nono~~!!!

Now, finally we arrive at our destination, Donald and Lily corner. From the exterior outlook, the shop seems like nothing special, just looks like an ordinary shop house that are selling cendol. Nothing much different right??



So here we go in......


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The interior is totally different than the exterior of the shop. The interior is so old school and provides you a baba nyonya "feel" which you can't feel it at the other shops outside Malacca state.



Collections of unique antiques which are priceless being display along the wall.



And from unique antiques to the pictures of oldies, which you all can slightly browse through if you get the chance to visit the place.



From the pictures display, I can roughly understand the owner's family and their wonderful contented lifestyle



Each of these remembrance means to be worthless to them.



See...apart from baba nyonya pattern, it's mixed with local chinese style too~~haha~~thats so called the society of Malacca..different cultures mixed together harmoniously



And not to forget to tell you all, the shop isn't that small from what you all can see from the pictures....have a closer look



Another compartment which you haven't found from the previous pictures. And here goes to the kitchen of the shop.



Manage to find that there are still some spaces right after kitchen?? It is long enough right?? well, don't think of others~!! i mean the shop is long enough.



Not forget to tell you all, the place is being visited by Ho Chak Food Review. See the prove below, so "mai siao siao" with the taste of the food they served here. The food here will make you drooled and addicted on it.....hahaha



Able to see the HO CHAK logo on the white envelope?? The envelope usually comes with a pair of chopstick which HO CHAK will normally give away as a souvenir to those places that they visited for doing food review.



So here's the food. My shooting skill isn't that pro enough. So those food pictures that i have shot are not really clear. The above picture is the rojak at Donald and Lily Corner. The ingredients inside contain sliced cucumber, pineapple, fish balls, and lastly "dao gua" in hokkien. I not really know how it calls in english, it's some sort like the dry tofu.



Another food that we ordered is nasi lemak with rendang chicken. Arrghhh~~~after i went back, i only found that the picture is blur....sad~~!!!anywhere, you all can roughly see hows it looks like from the not-very-blur pictures that i taken la...hahaha



Next, nyonya cendol..needless to say, the descriptions of nyonya cendol can be found from my previous post. What i have to say here is, the cendol here is really the best for me.



And here goes the baba nyonya laksa. I quite prefer the laksa here as it's thick with the taste of coconut milk. Nice~!





Lastly, not forget to thank to owner of the shop for her nice food~!



And thanks me as well. No photography is allowed in that shop. And i sacrifice myself from being scolded just to take pictures and let you all have a look. So, should i be thanked?? haha