Hokkien Mee @ Restaurant Ahwa

After a long long time of silence, I have decided to write again in my blog. No more on politics or controversy issues where I might be considered seditious, I would to stick to something close to my heart that is food.

Let me start of with the Hokkien mee. According to the Wikipedia Hokkien mee refers to fried noodles cooked in Hokkien (Fujian) style. Hokkien mee is served in many Southeast Asian countries (mostly Malaysia and Singapore) and was brought there by immigrants from Fujian Province in southeastern China.

Hokkien char mee (Hokkien/Fujian fried noodles; 福建炒麺) is served in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding region. It is a dish of thick yellow noodles braised in thick dark soy sauce with pork, squid, fish cake and cabbage as the main ingredients and cubes of pork fat fried until crispy.

If you are in Kuala Lumpur or the Petaling Jaya area, you must try the Hokkien mee at Restaurant Ahwa along Jalan 14/48 off Jalan 222, Section 14, Petaling Jaya.

The Hokkien mee here is fired in a Chinese wok with charcoal fire. Although it is the best in town, the price is a bit expensive and because of its popularity you must be prepared to wait patiently for your food to be served.

There are also other dishes available to suit your taste buds.

WHY SABAH IS ALWAYS LEFT BEHIND…..

Malaysiakini first broke the news that all is not well in Sabah BN when it reported the call by Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Deputy President Datuk Chin Su Phin for Sabah Chief Minister to dropped former Sabah Progressive Party Deputy President Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah who is a BN friendly independent assembly from the state deputy chief minister post.

Subsequently BN politicians from the state has come out with various comments including some championing that they have been faithfully serving even one community by the number of Chinese lunar activities that he had organized.

All these seems to be linked to a move to weaken the power of the Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman. It is a fact under the Chief Minister the state financial situation has recovered from being in the red previously. So why the sudden flurry of “calls” for the Chief Minister to take note?

Is it because of a UMNO political power struggle at the state level? Is it linked to the “MAZU” statue court case (where former LDP President Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat sue the Chief Minister and the state government) ?

Even both Presidents of BN’s Pasok Momogun (UPKO) and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) who have said they will only give their views to Datuk Musa in private, have their parties leaders coming echoing LDP’s stand.

Is this the end of the road for Datuk Musa as chief minister of Sabah? Will he survive this latest onslaught? I am confident he will be able to ride through all these and thereafter will have his critics kissing his hands again. After all, is he not a firm leader who do not dilly-dally or flip-flop like some others. Sabah finances is in the surplus now instead of being deficit for a long time.

The antics and sincerity of his allies turn critics or “foes” are questionable. As a layman, all these have one motive which is to eye for positions instead of serving the rakyat. If they had been sincere they would have made the call earlier instead of waiting untill now. Maybe they were hedging their bets earlier. Even the call by LDP for state BN meeting saying it had not meet for 4 years is a joke. Why wait now to ask for it? Just to help BN win in the next general elections?

Wake up! For BN to win in Sabah (minus those seats with “phantom voters”, if there are) you should start taking up issues which affects the rakyat such as the coal plant in Sandakan, consistent electricity disruption, flag burning incident and last but not least the absence of a general hospital for the city of Kota Kinabalu of which only Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) is the odd ones out.

You want to win in the next elections? Stop fighting for positions and do what real politicians should be doing, that is give solutions to the woes of the rakyat. And the rakyat would know how to recipocrate.

SABAH MAJU JAYA !

The Sound of Silence

Happy Belated Birthday to me!

Many friends has asked why I have been so quiet on my blog here. Of course I am quiet especially when the Malaysian government suddenly been hauling “individuals” slectively for sedition charges, etc…etc…..

Hey, before you criticise me for being afraid please understand that i got three beautiful daughters and a sweet wife to fend for, ok.

After a long silence and celebrating my birthday with work and being away from my love ones yesterday, I guess I will just jot a few notes in my blog here.

Malaysia politics is getting more and more exciting with 3 by-elections being held at the same time (guess who arranged it?) and both sides are working hard to win.

The campaigning starts today and the blogspheres will be lively again.

Here let me salute the Barisan Rakyat Bloggers Team and their counterpart for bringing us the real news and not those from the “filtered” ones.

Repeating the Whisperer’s ritual let me sing along with them on this;

“Inilah barisan kita, Yang ikhlas berjuang.
Siap sedia berkorban, Untuk ibu pertiwi!
Sebelum kita berjaya, Jangan harap kami pulang!
Inilah sumpah pendekar kita, Menuju medan bakti!
Andai kata kami gugur semua, Taburlah bunga di atas pusara.
Kami mohon doa, Malaysia berjaya!
Semboyan telah berbunyi, Menuju medan bakti!”

Happy Chap Goh Meh!

This is the first time that I am not celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year Fifteen Day dinner with my girls at home as I am away for work.

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Chap Goh Meh!

Selamat Tinggal To A Real Anak Bangsa Malaysia

It was enlightening to read about a true Malaysian who passed away at a young age from Haris Ibrahim’s The People’s Parliament. Thanks Haris for introducing Markus Ng. I would have loved to attend his funeral but having just moved from my hometown of Kota Kinabalu to Petaling Jaya, I only manage to clear my net stuff over this weekend.

Indeed from the tributes (read here) that flow for the late Markus, it is sad for Malaysia to have lost a courageous young man. I know that with his death, it will unite all true Malaysian to continue to walk the talk in ensuring we have a truly free, just and fair society.

In case you would like to know him better and what he stood for, visit his blog at My Little Thoughts.

I salute our Real Anak Bangsa Malaysia Markus Ng. May you rest in peace.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Wishing everyone a Very Happy Chinese New Year and may 2009 brings more health and wealth!

Best wishes from Telisha, Tasha, Tiana, Carol & Tony.

Malaysiakini news provider of the year 2008!

As everyone would have their man of the year or even anything of the year recognition, my news provider for the year is Malaysiakini.

Malaysiakini has been able to provide a up to date news without “adding salt and vinegar” (a chinese saying) to eveyone with access to internet.

Unlike the convention newspapers and television media, the news are updated as its received. And among the many news portal available on the web, its the best so far.

So for me The News Maker for the year 2008 …goes to Malaysiakini.

I salute eveyone of the crew bringing the latest to us. May we have another exciting time again like March 8, 2008 night….hehehe…..

God Bless Malaysia!

Happy New Year 2009 !

I would like to say a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2009 to everyone.

As we bade farewell to 2008, let us not live a life of regrets but look forward to 2009 with hope and expection.

Same as anyone who make their resolutions, mine is many but for the blog, I shall resolve to write more regularly on anything that comes to mind.

Cheers and God Bless!

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!

Its a pleasure for me to greet everyone a very happy Merry Blessed Christmas !!!!!!

cheers..from ah tat & the girls……

Don’t mess with nature!

By courtesy of The Star

A couple of days ago, I had lunch with Carl to catch up on the latest topics from the Junior Chamber International to politics.

In our course of conversation, I remember sharing that we must not try too hard to alter nature and what has happen had happen and we should learn from it. We must let nature take its course. Because when we mess with nature or try to alter nature course, it will come back to bite us. Off course, this was on the subject of leadership.

Today it seems our conversation applies to the Bukit Antarabangsa tragedy. It is unfortunate that 4 lives perished in this tragedy.

We have not learn from the Highland Tower tragedy 15 years ago. I was younger than and 15 years later, I see the braeking news of yet another similar landslide. When will Malaysian learn?

Now everyone from our nation top leaders to man in the street like me are calling for a halt in hillside development. The sad thing is this will be forgotten after a few months.

You see, Malaysia are a forgetful lot unless you are directly implicated or involved. So we can expect to see this happening again if not in the near future, it would be at least 10 years later.

Nearer home in the District of Penampang, we have seen a number of hillside development. Are these slopes stable and sustainable unlike the slope in Bukit Antarabangsa?

I pray that we don’t have to sacrifice some lives back home here before the local authority and government sit up and notice properly these approved developments.

May GOD Bless the souls of those who perished and my prayers oes out to those affected.