#EnglishMalaysia#: Satay Kitchen

Satay is a seasoned meat skewered with stick usually made from coconut frond. This meat is grilled on charcoal stove. Here in Malaysia, in the state of Kelantan, there is a village called Baung, where majority of the inhabitants make Satay.

Let take a peek at one of the house making Satay





Here they are roasting peanut, main component of gravy serve alongside the Satay







Over here they are boiling 'nasi himpit', literally mean 'compressed rice. To make it, they put rice into plastic bag, sealed it than boiled it.

The final process......

Damn if you do, damn if you don't

I seldom tell people what i'm going to do or my plans. Why? Because inadvertently you will get unsolicited advice. When you need advice, no one have a clue to solve your problem. But when you are doing something quietly not bothering anyone, suddenly everyone is an expert! Everybody have the ultimate answer to your probem. One says white another says black.

Yesterday I take a walk around my village. I cannot jog 2-3 km around countryside, not with my body and i'm not feeling like going to gym that day. So fast walking should be reasonable right? Well its yes and no. 10 minutes walking, I stopped to tighten my shoe lace, came this guy, probably in his 60s. He asked, "are you jogging or walking?". I said i'm just walking. This guy continue to lecture me on health, approving my approach. Ok fine

So I continue walking, wandering from village to village, making a circle. I'm just about to reach my home, when I met my uncle cum neighbour. He said i'm not going to break sweat by just walking. (Useless endeavor). So in one day, I met two guy who said opposite thing. Strange enough, if I just stay home play video game all day long, nobody will say anything. No one will post on my fb, "hey adham get off your but and start exercise." sigh

PRU 13

Akhirnya parlimen telah dibubarkan hari rabu lepas. Mulalah laman fb akan dibanjiri kempen-kempen. Baru2 ni makin banyak orang post tentang 'Hukum Mengundi' Basically, menurut yang mengeluarkan fatwa ni, kita diwajibkan mengundi sebab ini tanggungjawab kita sebagai orang Islam.

Salah tu. Sebenarya apa yang hendak disampaikan ialah," parti pilihan saya adalah parti yang mendapat mandat tuhan, parti pilihan saya ini ialah cahaya yang menerangi kegelapan di Malaysia dan saya tidak senang hati dengan anda yang tidak mengundi, apatah lagi jika anda mengundi parti lawan. Tapi nak cakap direct takut nampak sangap sangat"

Maybe orang yang yang buat hukum tu betul-betul ikhlas, tapi orang yang menyampaikan/ share dekat fb belum tentu ikhlas. Analoginya macam ni, si A selalu buli si B. Hari2 dia menganjing si B. Suatu hari si B naik suara. Si A kecut perut so dia pun minta maaf dari si B. Si B kata, "weyh maaf la weyh, aku gurau je. Alaaa sama-sama member gurau". Untuk menambah ooommmph, si B sambung lagi, "sedangkan nabi pun ampunkan umatnya...."

Nampak tak permainan dia? Memang betul nabi ampunkn umat dia tapi si B ungkit bukan sebab dia cintakan nabi dia, tapi untuk melembutkan hati si A untuk memaafkan 'ke-tolol-an' dia. Ini cara menghalalkan matlamat. Cara betul tapi matlamat salah. Lain kali kalau ada orang buat macan ni, kata dekat dia," owh macam tu ke? Sayang betul awak dekat nabi, nabi ada menganjing umat dia ke?" Lepas tu tinggalkan mamat tu, biarkan dia dalam kebingungan

Balik semula pasal mengundi. Kalau anda rasa tak berkenan dengan semua parti yang ada, tak payah keluar mengundi. Sebab? Kalau undi jugak, sebenarya mengaburi hakikat. Orang dalam parti yang menang akan kata, "rakyat telah bangkit menentang kezaliman dan redha dengan parti kami yang mendapat mandat tuhan", atau "jelaslah kebenaran akan mengatasi kebathilan" atau ,"rakyat telah memberi kepercayaan dengan janji kmi".

Of course kalau parti mereka tak terpilih mereka akan kata," masih ada yang buta dan bodoh belum sedar" atau "rakyat termakan dakyah dan janji manis"

Jangan bagi golongan macam ini perasan. Biar takde pihak yang ada majority. Biar kalau sorang tukar parti atau jadi calon bebas, majority beralih kepada pihak lawan, tukar PM