Well..Here's a greeting and present I brought from Langkawi..

*Hallelujah Langkawi*

See also Greetings From Kuantan, posted by Niviak at Bucket Full Of Shit..

Finally~!! I have come to my final installment of my Langkawi Trip Pentalogy..Hahaha..

I know you guys were having headaches with my long stories in the previous entries on this Langkawi Trip..

I too, had headaches with the stories, pics-uploading, and the webhost's server problem..At last, I'm done after this..Muahaha~!!

Day 3 - Homecoming

Woke up at 9.30am..Struggled to wake up after the fun night session..

Went to the resort cafeteria to have our breakfast buffet..

*Fried mee, porridge, omelette, sausages, pancakes, orange juice*

After that, had a breeze walk on the seaside along Awana Porto Malai..

*The Awana Porto Malai Resort's seaside*

*The 3 of us - Yatz, Hiew, Hikaru*

*The nice sea view*

*The Awana Resort view from the sea*

*Rocks*

*Awana Porto Malai (pic courtesy of Hikaru)*

*Pic courtesy of Hikaru*

*Water splash to the rocks*

Unfortunately, my 2-years old flip-flops was broken..Yay~! My luggage was lighten for a few grams..WTF~

*Flip-flops broken*

*The end of the flip-flops adventure*

Bare feet headed back to the room and get things packed and ready to leave the nice place..

*Lipau getting the camera ready for our cam-whore*

*Ready, ACTION~!!*

*We are Yatz, Hiew, Hikaru, Deral, Lipau*

*Nice liquor ad from me..Hehehe*

*Deral, cheers for the day*

*Guys~!! Let's drink til die~!!*

*Isn't the MPV nice~*

*Standing on it.? No problem*

*4 people standing on 1 side..No problem at all*

After checked out, headed straight to Kuah to have another meal..Hahaha..

After the breakfast, yet again, went to duty free store for shopping spree..Shopped for chocolates and liquors..

Shop til we drop..I mean..Til I drop..Over-budget..Godammit..

Then rushed to the Jetty, returned the Space Wagon, safely passed through the custom, and went on to the ferry at 1pm..

*Bon jour Langkawi*

*Pic courtesy of Lipau*

*Nice beach eh..Nice islands, too*

*I see skies of blue, clouds of white..And also the horizon*

I guess I'll stop my Langkawi journey here..

I had enough of it..I guess you guys felt the same way too..

Overall rating for this Langkawi trip, 7/10..Raining on the 2nd day ruined it..Fortunately the 2nd night saves the day..

The food was a bad experience..A FINAL CAUTION.!!! NO EATINGS AT THE TOWN AREA.!! IT SUCKS.!!

That's all for the Langkawi Trip Pentalogy..Refer to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 if you haven't read it yet..

Adios..

As everyone knows, the World Cup Fever has arrived, and will take place in every football fanatics heart from June 9th - July 10th 2006..

The Game is being held in Germany, Europe, so the time difference is about 6 hours, I guess..

Meaning football fanatics have to stay up for the late night matches..

What will keep me up if I'm watching the games at home and has been helping me struggle with my late night hunger.??

Ramly Burger seller nearby my house, of course..I have been some what a regular customer for quite a while..

I always walk on feet to go to the stall..It's just about 3 minutes walk from my house..

There's one thing not quite good about this stall..It closes quite early, which is around 12 midnight..

It is situated right at the border cross junction of Taman Pertama - Taman Kobena..You know, the place where a mamak stall used to be very very famous, even before Steven's Corner exists, I think..

*The stall*

*Ordering my favourite Double Special*

Double burger slice in one burger, be it any choices from chicken, beef, or prawn..

*Sizzling hot*

*Nice chilli sauce, mayonnaise, and black pepper sauce while the burger slice still on the hot frying pan*

*My burger is done*

*Not quite good-looking*

This Double Special costs RM 3.50, be it with chicken or beef..

A normal Prawn Special would be RM 3.00 compared to Chicken / Beef Special - RM 2.50..

*It's definitely one of my all-time favourite food and supper*

*Add on a slice of cheese of my own..Haha*

A slice of Cheesedale cheese will make you feel like you are eating a Double Cheese Burger from McD..

But of course, my Double Special has an additional egg with it..

It's totally finger-licking good..

Day 2 - 6pm

After wandering around in Langkawi Parade, we went out to the shoplots at the town area..Trying to survey the prices for the goodies we are going to buy - chocolates and liquors..

Then, we came across this shop..

*The Chapalang Shop*

Chapalang, in Cantonese slightly means varieties..As 'Chap' = mixtures / campur-aduk, and 'Hampalang' = all sort of things / kesemua barang..

So, the combination result of 'Chap' + 'Hampalang' = Chapalang..

At about 6.30pm, we left the shops and headed to the jetty, the Dataran Lang, where the Mighty Lang is staying..

What else to do but cam-whore~~!! A pic says a thousand words..Enough said..

*Parked our car and walked to the square*

*The mighty Lang is just in the middle of the Dataran*

*Flying up high*

*Dataran Lang, launched by our former PM, Tun Dr Mahathir*

*Handsome looking Lang.?*

*I believe I can fly~*

*I'm gigantic*

*I'm holding the belittled Golden Lang~!*

*I think I caught the Lang as well~!!*

*When Yatz and Lang become 1..The Yatzlang~!! (pic courtesy of Lipau)*

*Hiew the conqueror, with the Mighty Lang as his "back-up"*

*The Lang likes my finger-massage*

*Whoa..Hikaru caught the Lang's wing*

*At last, before we left..I befriended with the Lang and now I have a Golden Lang as my pet ^^ (pic courtesy of Hikaru)*

At about 8pm, we left Dataran Lang and went to Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall..

I guess the place is something like Jaya Jusco at Taman Maluri, Cheras..

But it's getting late..Most of the stores were closing..

*The empty-looking Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall*

A car fair was being held there..

*Mitsubishi Lancer*

Guess how much this baby costs in duty-free zone Langkawi.?? Just about RM 56k~!!

Imagine if you were to buy a Proton in Langkawi..Dumbfucked, right.??

*Other colors on display*

*Very spacious, but very empty*

Our main reason to be there is to pay a visit to the F.O.S (Factory Outlet Store)..We bought some clothes, and got to spin the Wheel Of Fortune with the single receipt..

*Filling in the Wheel Of Fortune entry form*

*The Wheel Of Fortune~!*

*Spin spin spin..Pening lah wey*

We got a RM 10 cash voucher and I used it to buy a Adidas soccer socks..Hahaha..

At about 9pm, our stomach already started to play the drums and gongs..

In search of nice food, we came across this shop selling Bak Kut Teh..

*The Shark Fing Restoran.?? Shouldn't it be Restoran Shark Fing or Shark Fing Restaurant.??*

Shark Fing sells shark fins.?? I don't think so..

Bak Kut Teh or seafood.? BAK KUT TEH~!! Majority wins..

This Bak Kut Teh, costs RM 6 per pax only..When we got to know the price before deciding how many pax are we ordering, we were like, WTF~!! So cheap.??

I couldn't remember how many pax we ordered, I think we ordered a claypot for 4..

And the result.??

*Looks alot.?? NOT~!!*

And they put-in beefballs in it.?? Beef is not compatible with Bak Kut Teh at all..

Bak Kut Teh is about pork and nothing but pork..

No more Bak Kut Teh in Langkawi..Lesson learned..

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REMINDER :-

As a matter of fact, if you ever visit Langkawi..Never ever eat your lunch or dinner in the town area..Unless if you are eating fast food like KLG, KFC, or McD..

Have your meal in the countryside such as Jalan Pantai Cenang..It's much tastier and reasonable, I suppose..

Check out this related entry that I wrote 3 months ago, again..Requested : Langkawi Trip Spoiler..

The restaurant that I talked about in the related entry is just situated opposite this Shark Fing Restoran (duh~)..

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After the meal, everyone in a tired state, headed back to our resort to have a nice bath and fun of the night..

It was a long journey..About 20-30 minutes drive, in the dark without much street lights..

With my concentration on the driving, we reached the resort at about 10.30pm..

Rest, and took turns to have a bath..

It was about 12.30am when we were ready to play our lose-and-you-will-drink card games..

*The Alize - French vodka and cognac, with natural exotic fruits*

*The drink is blue in color*

*Slightly smaller than the 1.5L Sprite, of course*

*Card on your forehead*

We were playing "Guess Whose Card Smaller.?!?!*

If you haven't play it before..Here's the explanation..

First, every player get a trump card, and place it facing outward on your forehead..

In this way, you wouldn't know what your card is..And you could only see the cards on other players forehead..

Diamond Ace being the smallest card and Spade King being the biggest card..

Based on the cards that you see, you can choose to add the soft drink, or the liquor, or not adding anything into the glass, which eventually the loser will drink it all..

Let say if my card is number 2 and yours is number 3..As I can see, my opponent holds the card number 3..

Who would have guessed in that 54 cards, I'm holding a card which is smaller than number 3..

For sure, I'll add-in the liquor, thinking that I wouldn't lose to number 3..

And the opponent, sees my card number 2, for sure, too he/she will add-in liquor into the glass..

When finished adding, open the cards..Mine is smaller..Therefore the punishment, finish up the drink..

*Deral knows he's wrong for adding too much liquor, but in the end, he's the one finishing it..Hahaha*

Deral was the first one who surrendered..Hiew and Hikaru, too in half-sober state..

I'm still alive after just a few glasses, with uncountable red-marks on my body (perhaps they are rashes, but it's not itchy at all)..Lipau, the winner among us..

*Whole bottle neat, at about 3am*

*Lipau still stand, because she uses Brylcreem*

*Hiew the photographer, snapped his own pic in half-sober state..Hahaha*

After that, everyone got to sleep..

And that's the end of Part 4 and the end of Day 2..

Hopefully, I can finish the final installment of my Langkawi Trip Pentalogy as soon as possible..

The FIFA World Cup 2006 is just around the corner..

The official opening match will due to start on this coming Friday, 9th of June 2006, in Germany..

Everyone is talking aloud which are their favourite teams and all..

Most Malaysians will support the few great teams of all-times..Namely Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Italy, England, Holland, and Spain..

But the most.?? I have to say England, coz Malaysians are brought up with English Premier League thrills..Not much on other leagues in Europe..

So indirectly, they'll support England as if England is their home country..

As for me, I'm rather a rational football fanatic, as in having a realistic perspective in everything in football..

Well, you see, I supported the Charlton Athletics since 1999 and still am one of the very few supporters in Malaysia, or perhaps the only one, I guess.?

I too used to support the great teams like Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Newcastle when I was in primary school..

Back then in the year of 1995/96, Arsenal was nothing but an Everton, if compared to the rankings now and then..

Anyway, now, I too support Arsenal because they played different style of football from any other teams in the EPL..

But of course, as I said, I'm rational and realistic..I do support Charlton but I know they won't be able to compete the champion's trophy..

Still, I support them because they are a great team..And I support Arsenal to vie for the champion's trophy..

Everyone who knows me well enough where football matters, you sure know I'm the kind of person who support the underdogs, rather than powerful teams..

Why am I talking bout leagues here.? Shit..Out of topic once again..

Let's get back to the World Cup..

Ok..The same thing applies..Rational and realistic..I'm a supporter of Sweden since World Cup 1994, and still am til now, with the greats of Henrik Larsson, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Fredi Ljungberg..

And not to forget our Asian roots..I'm an all-time Hidetoshi Nakata's fan since his appearance in the World Cup 1998..

Therefore, I'm also a fan of Japan, the country of the rising sun..

Again, I know Japan is up to the standard to vie for the World Champion title, but I wish them best of luck to go as far as they can, just like what South Korea did 4 years ago..

Probably Sweden could match the so-called prodigies in everywhere of the great teams in Europe and South America..

Wayne Rooney and Theo Walcott could make a great impact in this coming World Cup..Unfortunately Wayne Rooney has a metatarsal injury or something, whatever..

Lionel Messi, regarded as the new Diego Maradona..Robinho, as the new Pele..Francesc Fabregas as the new whoever it is..

Duh..Whoever they are..What about Ronaldinho.?? Personally, I strongly agree that Ronaldinho is the best player of all-time being..

Yeah..You heard me..I do think he's better than the so-called legends of Pele, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini, and whoever the legends were, you name it..

Ronaldinho is the only player that plays beautiful football with his feet just for the sake of entertainment for the supporters..Enough said..

Ok..Perhaps i haven't watched the 'Legends' play before..But just by the skills, you'll know who is better now..

I didn't forget about Thierry Henry, Rafael van der Vaart, David Beckham (satisfied when I add him in the list.??), Michael Ballack, Jose Antonio Reyes, Francesco Totti, yada yada yada..

I know they are great players with excellent ability to read the games well..I know Brazillians are not the best..Perhaps they are one of the best..

Ruud van Nistelrooy is the best striker (duh~).?? What about Andriy Shevchenko.??

To be realistic, Ukraine will be hardly to compete for the trophy even if Shevchenko is a god or whatever organisme he is, he can't play alone..

But I'm pretty sure Shevchenko will be one of the great contenders for the Golden Boots..

Alright, perhaps Didier Drogba, Ronaldo, Adriano, Miroslav Klose, Thierry Henry, and umm, who else, Cristiano Ronaldo (again, satisfied.??), and few more stars will be vying for the Golden Boots as well..

Has anyone forgotten Serie A's topscorer, Luca Toni.?? Perhaps not much Malaysians know about it when they only indulged themselves with EPL..

But I don't think I want to see Peter Crouch dances on the pitch everytime he scores a goal..Meaning.? I don't want to see him score goals..Nono to 'The Crouch Dance'..

Favourites.?? I mean the favourite to win the title..It has to be Brazil, no doubt, although it's a bit of boring to see them lifting the trophy for the 6th time..

Dark horse.?? I would have to say Sweden..And perhaps and African country, Ivory Coast.?

Senegal and South Korea did it 4 years ago..Why not Sweden and Ivory Coast this time, right.?

Let's have a little prediction here..Who'll advance to the 2nd round of 16..

A - Germany, Poland..B - England, Sweden..C - Argentina, Ivory Coast..D - Mexico, Portugal..

E - Czech Republic, Italy..F - Brazil, Japan..G - France, Togo..H - Spain, Ukraine..

What's your say.??

I'm not bias..I'm not un-realistic..I'm not irrational..It's just my pick that I feel..Like Kennysia says "No say, just feel"..

Before I stopped my topic, there's something funny to look at..

On The Star's newspaper, Monday, 5th of June 2006 issue, StarBiz pullout section, page-12, talks about some CEOs passion for the World Cup..

I found one funny thing about some of the CEOs involved in the interviews, particularly Michael Lai, TM Net CEO..

He thinks Holland is the dark horse..WTF~?! Holland would absolutely be one of the unicorns to challenge for the trophy, although I didn't choose them to be in the 2nd round of 16..

And the CEO's fondest memory about watching a World Cup match.?? You wouldn't remembered any or believe it..

His fondest memory is watching the 1998 World Cup Final between France and Brazil..

The extraordinary thing is, he watched another 'version' of the game..Ya, you heard me..Another 'VERSION'.!!

He said, "France won based on penalty shoot-outs, after they had played extra time and still were at a draw..That was really heart-wrenching to see Brazil lose the Cup due to that"..

No wonder that was his fondest memory..He was watching his own game, I guess..A very different thing from my 'version'..

I 'thought' France won the game fair and square on 90-minutes full-time with the score 3-0..Hmm, I guess I need to revise my football knowledge and facts..

That's something for us to laugh about eh.. *grins*

Ok..Everyone who reads The Star newspaper knows about this OtakuZone on every Sunday's Variety Pullout section..

Generally, OtakuZone is a section for all anime and manga fans, and probably for the newbies to know more about anime and manga..

It's a great section to introduce what anime and manga is, to the society nowadays, as anime-fans are mushrooming everywhere in the world now, since the arrival of Naruto and Bleach..

Actually, I have been related myself to anime and manga long ago, since 1994, where Dragonball is the boom at that time being..

Other than animes and mangas from Japan, I too heavily indulged myself with local animated magazines, such as Ujang and Gila-Gila..

They are not any manga of great artworks like the Japs, but they are very funny, as in the presentation of its local jokes..

Anyway..In my time, during my primary school times and early secondary (1994-98), watching anime was like a childish, girlish, and sissy hobby or interest..

Perhaps it's only the point of view in my school, and not other places..

So I kept to myself with most of the mangas that I read and animes that I watched..Only a few shared the same interest as mine..

I'm so into animes and manga (well, not that fanatic actually) that I could only borrow from few of my friends who could afford to buy the animes in bulk, such as VCD..

Until the time when I finished my SPM, not seeing my 'supplier' anymore..So I was left out of the on-growing animes..

Worst still, I didn't subscribe ASTRO..So those animes that aired on the pay channel of AXN, I didn't get to watch them..

Although I didn't kept myself abreast with the animes, I still managed to download loads of MP3s on the animes' OST, more on Opening (OP) and Ending (ED) tracks (with the 56k connection capability)..

So, I kept myself updated with the new animes just by listening to their tracks, without watching any of it..

But hey, I still know some of the new animes that were growing that time..

Anyway, I'm out of my topic already..

Actually I wrote a comment to the OtakuZone, about a month ago, and it only appeared yesterday, the Sunday, 4th of June 2006 issue..

Here's the article if you didnt happened to buy The Star or noticed it (click on thumbnails to enlarge it)..

*Start from the bottom left*

*I'm from Selangor.?! =.= *

Ok..I gave my details to the so-called editor, Elizabeth Tai..I did wrote my address, as in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur..

I don't know why suddenly I'm from Selangor..

Anyway, thanks for publishing my cen..

At about 2.40am Sunday 'morning', I was driving alone on my way back home after sending Hikaru back home at Taman Connaught..

We played futsal with Wah Kei & Co at Sri Petaling Endah Parade's The Cage Futsal Centre at 9pm - 11pm..

Then off we went for supper at one of the mamak stalls nearby Sri Petaling The Store..

At about 2.20am, we left the place and headed back home..

I always opt for the Taman Midah - Loke Yew highway, rather than the Yew Lek - Jalan Kuari way if I were to pass-by Connaught on any night-outings..

Lots of midnight road-blocks along the way of Yew Lek - Jalan Kuari..

Although I didn't and wouldn't do any wrong doings, I don't want to bump into any of these cops alone at midnight and giving 'innocent' bribes..

When I reached the Taman Pertama, Cheras roundabout (the 1 at the Velodrome, Bandar Tun Razak if you didn't know), I saw the red-blue lights of a police car on the ooposite road..

I thought it was just another road-block and I'm not even passing through that way..

But just as I pass-by, I saw lots of people crowding that scene..I knew it must be a road accident..And it's a big one..

So I drove to the Taman Pertama KFC and headed straight at the Jalan Sehala, and stopped my car beside the shoplots and walked over to join the crowd..

As usual, the busybody me will take pics to talk about it in my very own Jenkin Yatz blog..Muahahah..

*That's the car..A Subaru WRX*

Crashed windscreen, fallen bumper, number plate smashed, flatten tyres, etc etc..

*The crowd is blocking my way*

*Trying to squeeze myself in*

*The car being pulled out by the tow truck*

*The crowd follow as it goes*

Had some chat with some fellow on-lookers and by-passers..No one really knew what was actual cause of the accident..

*The blue Subaru WRX*

*Wrecked bonet*

Airbag popped out from the dashboard, thus saved the driver and passengers, all chicks..

The driver, a guy around the age of 18-21 years old, came out unhurt..Not even a scratch on his head, clothes, or arm..What a lucky man..

I bet the car is one of the major factors that saved the passengers..

A Subaru WRX, saved 4 lives..If it was a Wira or Sang Kancil or Satria or Iswara, will kill 4 lives and few more injuries because the driver couldn't control the steering wheel..

*The tow truck does its job*

*The crowd is dispersing*

The driver and few of his friends, and some tow truck operators/agents quarrelled with each other because of the payment or something..

So I heard some of the conversations..

The driver was actually drunk driving..At the traffic light at the Shell petrol kiosk there, he was trying to avoid a lorry or something and bumped onto the roadside and a great rampage along the roadside..

I didn't dare to take a pic of the driver and Co, because they are so gangster-look alike to me..

I don't want to end up in hospital being beaten up by the injury-free driver..

And one could have guessed, yeah, they are all La-Las a.k.a Ah Bengs and Ah Lians..

All of them, or probably most of them, are Hokkien Lang (Hokkien people)..I don't understand a word from them when some Malays asked me what were they talking..Hahaha..

*The messy soil caused by the car*

*What's this.?? A metal road signboard pole being unearthed by the car rampage*

*Knocking straight into the billboard and landed at the sign "Gelumbang Jaya"*

I was there for nearly 1 hour..Hahaha..What a free man I am..

At about 3.45am, I got back to my car and drove back home and bathed..Then have a nice sleep..