O' SUmMi V'rOO

At a Senior citizen/retiree club in the very near future….

Luan2 Sek: Hi Summi, how do you like this place?

SummiVroo: I tell you…This place is great, I really love it! It's wonderful becos’ yeh-vryone ‘ere is so courteous and respectful.

Luan2 Sek: Really ah? That’s good to know because you know la fren…. you were not exactly a popular minister all those years.

SummiVroo: Ayo yo! Neverrrr mind those stoopid people la! Let me tell you about how wonderfully dey treat each other ‘ere..

There's a retired policeman -- he's 85 years old. He hasn't been in the force for 30 years …….but and yeh-vryone still call him 'Tuan'!

There is also a former judge here -- he's 95 years old. He hasn't been on the bench in 40 years and yeh-vryone still address him as ‘Yang arif’…….

and some more, there's a physician here – 90 years old. He hasn't been practicing medicine for 25 years and yeh-vryone still call him 'Doctor'!

Luan2 Sek: So… what about you? What do they call you here?

SummiVroo: Oh me?.. In spite that I haven't had sex for 35 years, yeh-vryone here still call me "the f@rking Indian!”

Bon Odori Penang 2008

Bon Odori, the Japanese equivalent to our Chinese ‘Cheng-Beng’ festival is a traditional custom to honor the spirits of departed ancestors. It’s kind of a family reunion holiday during which the Japanese Buddhists return to ancestral family places to visit and clean their ancestors' graves.

This is also when the spirits of ancestors are believed to be making their annual visits to the household altars ( since it's a family reunion ..so the late ah Kong, Ah Mah & Ah Ah Chor all must come back also lor! hehehe!)

I was first introduced to this wonderful Bon Odori event in Penang way back in the early 80’s when I got acquainted with an official of the Japanese Consulate here who verbally invited me to the event held at the Youth Park then.

At that time, the Bon Odori festival was mainly an all Japanese community affair....It was like all the Japanese families in Penang were out there for a picnic in the sun.

The Bon Dances then were performed on the field at the Youth Park by a long single-file train of little Japanese children, all cutely dressed in their best yukatas looking so cute and impressive in their flawless dancing! (Oh gosh! come to think if it.. they should all be in the late 20's or early 30's by now!)

This annual event was later moved to the Botanical Gardens where the Bon Dances were performed by a small group of Japanese expatriate adults as well as members of the Japanese Graduates Society before it was finally adopted by the Penang State government as a state event and since held annually at the Esplanade Padang in a very much larger scale.

Apart from Christmas, this wonderful Bon Odori festival has always been my favorite event that I would not miss to bring my kids to ..(Well..err..at least until now when poor 9pek9bo dad is dumped for the preferred company of their friends instead..haizzz!)

So, instead of staying 'HOME-ALONE' and 'yak chiew' by myself, limpek went for the 'Full Moon' dinner of my nephew's first born and went to bed early missing this year's Bon Odori ..............

Needless to say, my photo-shooting crazy son, CharlesKey went on a cam-whoring spree at the fest and came back with some pics ...making me even more regretful for not being there..(haizzz again!)

A Spectacular Bon odori drum performance on the center stage....

As before, one of the many 'Bon' Dances lead by a single file of dancers on stage
for revelers to imitate and follow the dance steps.

Charles told me that this year, there were too many photo hunters occupying the surrounding space of the stage that were meant for revelers to dance along ..thus unlike previously, the mass dancing was hardly successful this year even though it was not raining like it used to be all these years...what a waste!

Performers traditionally dressed in classic ancient costumes

OMG! Gigantic lotus shaped hats! ...rain or shine keeps one dry and fine!

Hmmm... what a wonderful idea! Carrying a little pillow on your head ..
can go 'paklah-ing' comfortably anytime, anywhere you want..hehehe!

CharlesKey finally wore the Yukata I bought from Japan after hesitating for 3 donkey years..but alas! ..dad was not there to see! Was told that some SYT (Sweet young things) mistook him for a real Japanese teen and invited him for cam-whoring! Swt!

Adrian looking seriously pro with his Camera... or was he watching closely on Rbx?

CharlesKey (looking cool or 'lansi' like that) with PTPL college-mates...
Sherlyn and Jason (JJ)

Adrian the photographer turned Japanese 'Satay-man'! hahaha!

and finally ....ShoutOut members with their funny & crazy 'lala' 1,2,3,4,5 poses!

tHE rOOkie cameraman @ I LOVE PG Brand event.

My tired eyes were ‘Paklah-ing’ away at siesta time last Saturday when CharlesKey suddenly suggested going to the 'I LOVE PENANG BRAND' Campaign at New World Park to listen to some photography guru’s talk.

For the passion of my beloved son, my mind said, “YES! OK!..No Prob!” but somehow, my tired body objected saying “NO! ...Not that I'm unpatriotic or I don't love PENANG..It's the damned weather I so tulan!”

Anyway, we settled going for the night program ..a fashion & variety show where CharlesKey could practice shooting catwalk models while dad could once again be like a photography ‘kindie’ student following ‘teacher’ cum son, Charles for a field trip lesson on how to use a DSLR camera.

The night turned out surprisingly to be kind of meeting up with old friends & acquaintances event for me.... Richard Rivali (the Fashion designer who was a hairstylist some 20yrs back), Rebecca (the dancing violinist who performed at a bank's function that I emceed 2 years ago) and the VIP of the night, YB Danny Law (who was my comrade in the bank Union as well as the DAP party since 20 years back)

tHe finale of Richard Rivali's Fashion Show...

Rebecca,'The Dancing Violinist' and her brother
gave a mesmerizing superb performance that night!

The night ended with some sexy Belly Dancing performances. Errr....wonder why they call this 'Belly' dancing when the butts are doing the job actually? hahaha!

"Oei! Ah bah...lu Chiak po ley tua eh arr??"
( meaning ..You eat glass and got transparent issit?)
No la...it wasn't like that ...just kidding nia..
It was me who actually went behind Charles to shoot him in action... hahaha!

My sifu & son, Charleskey in action... sitting on floor just below the stage ..
luckily models were wearing formal wears and not mini skirts! Otherwise, seet pun cheh cheh!

Charles taking a break ..too much shooting (and ogling..) eyes pun tired liao!

tHE LP~PL StoRY

BOSS said to LULU, the secretary: For a week we will go abroad, so make arrangement.

Secretary LULU make call to husband : For a week my boss and I will be going abroad, you look after yourself…chiak ka ki liao!

Husband, so happy bey tahan.. quickly make call to secret lover, LILY: My wife, LULU is going abroad for a week, so lets spend the week together!

Secret lover LILY make call to AH BOY whom she is giving private tuition:
I ‘ve something important to do for a week, so NO tuition class this week.

AH BOY make call to his grandpa: Kongkong ar! Ah Boy NO TUITION CLASS this week wor...b'coz teacher is busy. So let's spend the week together harrrr?

Grandpa (who is actually the BOSS) make call to his secretary LULU:This week I have to spend time with my grandson. We cannot attend that meeting anymore.

Secretary LULU make call to her husband:This week my boss has some work, we canceled our trip orledi liao!

Husband make call to secret lover, LILY: We cannot spend this week together, my wife LULU has cancelled her trip.

Secret lover LILY make call to AH BOY whom she is giving private tution: Ah Boy, This week NO CHANGE!.....we will have tuition class as usual!

AH BOY make call to his Grandpa (the BOSS): Kong-Kong ah! My tuition teacher said this week I have to attend class. Sorlee Kong-Kong..... Ah Boy cannot keep you company this week.

Grandpa (the BOSS) make call to his secretary LULU: Don't worry this week we…………

SOTONG MEE A La Carte...satu lagi!

Well...looks like Sotong Mee has become the favorite noodle in Malaysia especially in the political arena these days! So far, we have been served 2 servings of Sotong Mee a LA CARTE since 1998 by our good BohNow conspiring cooks crooks and if you are 'blur-sotong' on what 'sotong' leempek is ranting about...here's the menu~



NO.1 SOTONG MEE 1998 AZiZaN

July 28, 1999 - Azizan Abu Bakar, Anwar's former family driver, told the court he was sodomized up to 15 times by Anwar! (YUCKS!!! If only the Casting Director picked someone more appealing than this Mr.Arse-Season driver fler, it would have been more convincing instead of making us all went uuuuaaakkk-ing into the toilet bowls!)

On Aug 8, 2000 POOR ANWAR WAS SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SODOMY!!!!….

BUT after buta buta chiak curry rice for 4 years, on Sept 2, 2004, a panel of three judges of the Federal Court (Malaysia's highest court) OVERTURNED the sodomy conviction by a 2 to 1 verdict, finding contradictions in the prosecution's case.

1998 AZIZZAN SOTONG MEE Review:
Too Tasteless!
Old ingredients used!
HARD TO SWALLOW THIS!
The Cook's a mad old man!

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No.2- Sai~FULL SOTONG MEE

June 29, 2008- Saiful Bahari, the 23-year-old former aide to Anwar, lodged a police report alleging Anwar had sodomised him at a condominium in Damansara last Thursday!


Faster than you can say" Kanninehh Hao siao!" the photograph of the aide with a staff member of Deputy Prime Minister suggesting ......... started appearing in the net! (Our DPM, explained that the picture was taken three months ago when Mohd Saiful went to his office to apply for a government scholarship.)


hmmmm ...so considerate and kind.. entertaining personally to scholarship application of a university drop-out pun....how nice!



SAi~FUll SOTONG MEE Review:

Like the name "SAI-full" suggests.. it taste like shit!
Imported from unknown source!
Couldn't buy the 1st one...DON'T EXPECT ME TO BUY THIS!

My son's Yodeling peformance at Fete de la Musique 2008

Sanzhuang de gu niang ( Chinese version of Casting my Lasso to the sky)

She Taught Me How to Yodel

After my earlier post on my son, Charles's Yodeling practices, I did a check on my old neighbors (We 've since moved).. Found out that actually none of them were affected by the racket we made when we had our family 'yodeling' fun sessions back then.

I'm concluding this because none showed any sign of hearing disability especially when I went....

" Ayoh! Aunty..so long didn't see you ..you still look same same...so young!"

K@nn*h! Not only were they not deaf but were somehow so quick in responding "No la...I put on weight liao" obviously fishing for more compliments from leempek! Hahaha!

Yo- der – le –ee-deeeeeeeeeee!

Yo de – le –ee-deeeeeeeeeee!

Yo de - lo –oo -dooooooooo!

If you hear weird shrieking vocal-sound like this at New World Park tonight …don’t be alarmed….. It’s just my son, Charleskey the passionate photographer cum blogger singing two of his favorite country western yodels on occasion of the ‘ Fete de la Musique’ there!

Fête de la Musique in Penang

Date: Saturday, 28 June 2008
Time: 10am-11pm
Venue: New World Park & Khoo Kongsi

The Music Fest, brought to you annually by Alliance Française of Penang is a whole day affair and the Charles is slotted “to spoil your appetite’ at around

7.00pm -7.30pm! (part of the new government’s program to help you loose weight ma! good leh?)

Yes…beside photography and blogging, Charles also has special interest in ‘yodeling’...a very challenging weird style of singing he started to pick up during his preparation for his PMR exams as a stress reliever some 3 years back. (just hope our neighbors share this same interest…which I doubt they do. In fact they should be having hearing problems by now and no longer can whisper-gossip anymore… hehehe!)

If you are blur on what yodeling is …

It’s kinda of voice–break falsetto singing…( going from chest voice to falsetto and back repeatingly) very much like what chimpanzees do when they chase one another in the zoo! (Now that explains why Tarzan makes such noise as he swings from tree to tree…he’s communicating in yodels and NOT because ants got into his loin cloth!)

Yodeling originated in the Austrian Alps as communications between next-door neighbors (that’s what people do without mobile phones…raise your voice and yell at one another la!) It was originally called "Juchizn," an array of short yells which had different meanings, probably like "your cooking sucks!" or "is my hubby there?"

Like what’s happening to the present day hand-phones, yodeling turned out to be so much fun that it quickly turned into an art form and it expanded into the Swiss and Bavarian Alps…and later became a part of country and western music of the cowboys.

Note: for those of you who would like to try out yodeling like what Charles is doing tonite, here’s my advice-

1) Make sure you have very solid sound-proofed windows and

2) If not, be prepared to leave your home quietly through the back door for the next 2 weeks or, wait for some other tragedies (like earthquake or flood) to happen in your neighborhood before you dare to step out through your front door again..whatever comes first...hehehe!

Photo-shooting on a Sunday

What would be the next best thing to do.... besides 9pek9bo-ing on a beautiful Sunday? I would have lazed around and catch up with the long overdue sleep which I have neglected since God knows when ......errrmm.. probably since HE created children, housework and blogging I guess.

But instead, leempek was enticed by my 'passionate photographer' son, Charleskey to go photo-shooting at the Botanical Gardens! .......and OMG! I fell straight into his devious scheming plan to have his dad embarrassed in public, fidgeting for the first time with the knobs and dials of something more complicated than just a "point & shoot' camera!

...and it was juz only the 4 months old Fujifilm Semi Pro this 'Ah Ngau' me inherited after I bought him his Nikon DLSR! I had preferred learning the ABC at home first but this cilaka sar-laka multiple-laka son insisted that I should learn on the spot!

Anyway, here are the results of this banker/artist turning photographer for a day...





One of the first few maiden shots..taken at the garden beside the main gate





Spotted the multicolors of this palm tree from afar and went under the leaves
to take this shot.





Could not resist these shining waxy leaves of this flower plant.






Angry clouds before the rain...





We ran helter skelter after shooting this pic when it started to rain!






Rain stopped and the sky was even much prettier...so we stopped at the Batu Gantung Cemetery open space to have a few more shots..



and below, silhouette of Charleskey doing his stuff

Charles in Silhouette

Taking pics among the graves at dusk like this is not encouraged especially if you have just watched the movie "SHUTTER" like we did just the night before!



Spot the Rifle Range Flats on the left?
If you spot anything else not supposed to be there...please don't tell me about it..ok?

Oil Price causes C.I.B.A.I. Schizophrenia!

If words like SHELL, ESSO, CALTEX, MOBIL, PETRONAS and even EXXON are popping up in your mind while reading the above KNN News, it means that like me, you are a C.I.B.A.I. SCHIZOPHRENIC suffering from stress caused by the recent pETROL pRICE hIKE!

Maybe we should fill out the Medical Chit below, print out and hand it to our bosses.
If he doesn’t read it but asks why I'm sick…Leempek will be glad to answer, ”Cibai lor!” If he scolds me, ”cibai!” then I'll say,"Yes lor!" hahaha! Have a Nice Rest from the stress, folks!

Happy Father's Day to All!

Wishing all 'A HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!'

For today, CHARLeSkEY suggested that
we go to an expensive place
to celebrate FATHER'S DAY...
and leempek said," good! ....
let's buy some CharBeeHoon ....
and eat it at the Petrol Station!" hahahaha!!
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My "saja isu' little BiRD'sDaY PaRtY

Just a week ago coinciding with "Bak Chang Fest"..was leempek's Bird's Day (didn't even know about the fest until TauSarPniah of Manchester wished me..hahaha!)
As before, I don't fancy celebrating for fear that at this age, the candles may start a forest fire but Jboy & Charles insisted that we should have some wine and a small cake..'saja isu' to keep the tradition going.

Jboy complained that the price of the cake has also gone up by 20%. "Niamah! #@$%^6#@@...Cake baked with petrol wan meh?" my 'Vulgarian' son cursed!

The little 'saja isu' birthday party of 5 ...
with no birthday song sung
but just wine, cake and a wish for everyone's wish to come true
(see how we can cheat with one birthday wish by multiplying it?)

Petrol Price is killing me!

Attempts to kill myself failed...so back to blogging.. :D

On 3rd of April ...
PM announced,"NO PETROL PRICE HIKE"

Mr.Snoozie sounded so goodie...


So, like the little innocent 'mooi mooi' being charmed by Kam Yuee Sook Sook( uncle Goldfish), leempek fell for it and believed! Planned my financial budget for the year...

but then..... JUST 2 MONTHS LATER.....

Diu Lorr!!! PM forgot what he had said
about the wish of the rakyat ...

YES! We're all F@rked
with a 4o% petrol Price HIKE!

and NOW he says it again..
NO MORE PETROL PRICE HIKE!..

Want me to buy this again?....
Mei sei korr meh?

My dear MR. SNOOZIE, when you said 'NO'...you meant 'YES'!...and when you said 'YES' you also meant 'YES'. Aren't we too old to play 'TRUTH or DARE'?

When children were caught telling lies, grandma would stuff Cabai into their mouths as a punishment. As for adults who lie through their PINOCCHIO noses and speak through their asses, Hmmm…..just wondering what 'bai' grandma would recommend to stuff these KNMCCB liars with?

For those concerned friends ( & bros) who left messages reminding me to update, Sorlee-lor .... leempek was too down-dead to be able to update anything that could bring about some LOLs.

With such drastic and sudden record breaking Petrol price hike of 40%, which hamkaling would not be concerned with the domino-effect of an increase in the price of goods and other necessities that follows?

For this, we have to congratulate our~yOU Light Up My Life~TNB, for being the first in the race. They 've announced that they also wanna" LIGHT-en Up My Wallet Too".Thus, the beginning of our nightmarish walk drive into Elm street!

Talking about horror movies…. my recommendation is...

WATCH your FUEL METER, Nothing can be scarier!

,

“When Petrol is FULL…Leempek’s WALLET is EMPTY!” EEEEEeeeeeeeeks!!

.....and it's all BECAUSE OF YOU
and your FALSE INFO that messed up my budget plan!