Dr. Baker Invited Me Cake Workshop

Click me for a free baking workshop

The above banner is going to get me to a free baking workshop with Dr. Baker @ Malaysian Institute of Baking's Chief Executive Officer Don Yong leading the workshop. When I learn to be as good in baking as Mr. Baker himself, I am going to recreate the crazy multi-colored "layer" cake you see below:

Photo of crazy cake is property of James

Sepak Takraw Traditional Sport SEA (South-East Asia)

Facts and Figures, Sepak Takraw

Sepak Takraw is the Malay name for a sport which is a cross between badminton and volley ball. Players kick or head a rattan ball and try to get the rattan ball across the net to the other side without using hands. According to Wikipedia, this sport originated from China. It is know as "thuck thay" in Laos, "sipa" in Phillipines, simply as takraw in Thailand and in Malaysia it is sometimes referred to as sepak raga.

When it is played informally like in the video above, a group of players form a circle and try to keep the rattan ball in the air for as long as possible using just the leg to kick and the forehead to head the ball into the air.

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Japanese Food Buffet 1-Utama Shopping Centre

Photo of Japanese Food is property of Rodrigo Damico

Do you like Japanese food? If so, go for the all you can eat Japanese food buffet at
Shogun Buffet Restaurant
Lot.S 335A 2^nd Floor Oval
1-Utama (One Utama) Shopping Center
No. 1 Lebuh Bandar Utama
Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-7726 3770 (Hunting Line), 7726 5770, 7728 0770
Fax: 03-7728 9770

Opening hours:
Lunch: 12pm to 3.30pm
Dinner: 6.30pm to 10.30pm

SS3 Aerobic exercise announcement 16 to 20 June 2008

SS3 Petaling Jaya community exercise will be on

Thursday 19 June 2008 7am to 8am
Friday 20 June 2008 7am to 8am

at SS3 Petaling Jaya basketball court next to the community hall:

Map to SS3 Petaling Jaya basketball court

Those interested in fitball exercise scheduled for Friday 20 June from 6.30am to 7.00am will have to give notice to Pathmanathan. Fitball exercise will only be on if there are sufficient participants.

On Thursday, Pathmanathan will distribute a booklet to those who write their names and other details in a book.

For map to

Father's Day Dinner at Restoran 33, 88 SS3 Petaling Jaya

This is Restoran 33, SS3, Petaling Jaya:



Restoran 33 is located in front of the SS3 Petaling Jaya football field. It used to have hawker's stalls. Now it only have 1 restaurant - Restoran 88 or Stop Look Go Restaurant. There are altogether 3 restaurant in these 2 rows of shop houses, this one is relatively new (a few months old) and not as busy as the other 2. This was why my children decided to belanjar (give a treat) me on Father's Day.

They have a menu book with the restaurant's name, address and hand phone numbers of 2 contacts on its front page:



Inside the menu book are photos of dishes available plus their prices:



These are the dishes we had for the dinner:



Above are what they call "Malay Chicken" and "Egg Omelette". The "Malay Chicken" is chicken steamed with ginger, black fungus and Chinese herbs.

The other dishes we had were:

fried tau foo

lemon chicken

fried vegetable

Aerobic exercise health check fat BMI

This Friday June 13, 2008, Pathmanathan will bring a machine to measure body vital health statistics like body fat, BMI (body mass index) or Quetelet index. BMI is a statistical measure of the ratio of the weight of a person scaled to his or her height. BMI was invented more by a Belgian by the name of Adolphe Quetelet. Body mass index is defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of their height. The formulas universally used in medicine produce a unit of measure of kg/m2. Body mass index may be accurately calculated using either of the formulas below.

BMI SI unit	weight (kg)/height2(m2)
BMI US units	[weight(lb)x703]/height(in.)

Aerobic exercise will be from 7 - 8am as usual. Measurement of vital body health statistics like BMI will be after 8am.

Aerobic Exercise Assistant Leader Alan

Pathmanathan is the leader of the SS3 Community aerobic exercise which is held on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. When Pathmanathan is not available, his assistant Alan takes over:

Malaysian loves Hawaii island. Hope to tour islands one day

This Malaysian loves Hawaiian islands

Hawaii is a Polynesian archipelago comprising hundreds of small islands with 8 main islands and is a state of United States of America. Just like Malaysia, Hawaii has a tropical climate. The difference, and sometimes it may snow in the highest peaks of the Hawaiian island, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa and sometimes Maui's Haleakala.

Photo of Napali Coast Kauai Hawaii is property of Jeff Kubina

Hawaii Main Islands

Hawaii Main Island or just Main Island

This is the largest island and is well known for its volcanoes of which Kīlauea is the most active volcano. I have never seen one. Wonder if I would feel secure enough to climb to its peak to see a real life volcano. One of my dreams , would be to own a Big Island real estate.

Oahu, nicknamed "The gathering place"

(probably because it has the highest population among the Hawaiian islands) is the third largest of the islands. Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, is located on this island. The Asian population is the highest among the US states and Honolulu has a Chinatown. Being Asian, I would love to own also Oahu real estate

Kauai, the "Garden Island"

Kauai is the forth biggest of the Hawaiian island with many nice sceanic waterfalls. Th Kauai must be a real beautiful for more than 70 Hollywood movies and television shows had been shot on location on this island. They include the musical "South Pacific", Disney's "Lilo and Stitch", "Jurassic Park", "Six Days Seven Nights", "King Kong", "Donovan's Reef" and "Blue Hawaii". Sounds like Paradise. Want a piece of paradise? Get some Kauai real estate for a piece of Paradise.

Niihau, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe

These are the other islands of Hawaii. More real estate? No, enough. That would almost complete my Dream driven Life^TM or Objective Driven Life^TM or whatever.

I like Germany: Superior Technology, Sweet Reminiscence, German Language

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Why this Malaysian likes Germany

This Malaysian (me) likes Germany. Why? Reasons:

German Technology is superior

Germany's technology is way above other countries. When I was teaching Wood Technology, we used a book published by Springer Verlag (Verlag is German for publishing house) as text. 30 over years ago, this Malaysian own and drove around a Volkswagen, a very hardy and reliable German car. When I visited Germany, I was impressed with the punctuality of the public transport. Malaysian has a lot to learn in this aspect (punctuality). German buses and trains arrive on time. Malaysian buses and trains follow Malaysian (rubber - elastic) time, if you know what I mean.

Sweet Reminiscence

My classmate went to Germany 30 over years ago to work. I started learning the German language, also some 30 years ago. That helped a lot when I became a post-graduate student in the Flemish (a dialect of Dutch language) speaking part of Belgium. I love sauerkraut and the frankfurter. My niece is married to a German and now living in Frankfurt. I visited Germany a few times when I was studying in Belgium, and then again en route to and from Geneva International Invention exhibition. Berlin was out of the way and is one city I could not visit. I would love to visit Germany again, especially Berlin.

Accommodation in Germany

When I last visit Frankfurt on the way back from Geneva, we stayed in a very nice German hotel. The Internet was not as well established as now and we had to depend on my niece to book accommodation in advance of our arrival. Now it is very easy to book online any Berlin Hotels

Switzerland and Austria

Switzerland

While I have visited Switzerland thrice, I really love Switzerland, especially in winter time up in the skiing resorts. We stayed in Grindelwald and it was just lovely. Again, my family had to go through the chore of hunting for suitable accommodation on arrival, not a pleasant experience and a waste of tourist time. Next time I will probably book online at websites like Switzerland Hotels

Austria

One country I missed during my sojourn in Europe is Austria. Austria, like Germany and Switzerland, is German speaking. I would like to see what Austria has to offer. For accommodation, I would probably try Austria Hotels

Malaysian likes Germany: Reasons Technically Competent

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