Art of Fusion

Say Owl City

What comes to mind is

Peaceful

Melodic

Soft yet catchy tunes

Songs best heard all alone at night

Say Hip-Hop and Rap

And it's everything opposite of Owl City

What they have in common together?

Virtually nothing

But Owl City's latest hit

Alligator Sky

Combined typical Owl City's tunes with rap

And the outcome

Far from disastrous

Somewhat surprising

This

Is fusion

We live in a world of fusion

Even more

We live in a country of fusion

From the food we eat

To the language we speak

What's more interesting

Rojak

Can be a food

Penang rojak

Can be a language as well

Bahasa rojak

Away from sounding so patriotic

We need fusions in our lives as well

Everyone view and do things differently

Why all those repelling and eliminating?

Sometimes we could look at it in a different way

Try to understand and accept each other's way

If everyone in a group is doing things your way

Would it spell chaos?

We need all sorts of people

Adding and subtracting each others' strengths and weaknesses

This is fusion

Sometimes it don't necessarily be

1 + 1 = 2

It could be

1 + 1 > 2

The Other Side

We are used to a complicated world

At times we make things even more complicated

And we end up cursing

Sometimes we should pause

And look towards simplicity

Delete all complications

Return to basics

And explore the other side

A side that is always there

But often covered up by complications

You might find out a side which you didn't know existed

And you didn't know it could be this way

More importantly

It's a side that is plain and simple

Turn on your speakers

And you will hear what I mean

Double Doze

Double doze of Brazillians

Is what it takes for Chelsea to beat Man City

Right at the moment when we thought that hopes are lost

Not only they did the job

They did it with such flair and brilliance

Constant hard work for long periods but to no avail

Could have put anyone down

But they didn't back down

And got rewarded brilliantly in the end

In this case

Endurance mattered

It made the difference

Wouldn't it be nice if this applies to everything in life?

Under The Moonlight

This is it

The much hyped super moon

That would cause disaster

Well at least I'm still here

Scientifically and mathematically

Yes this is the period when the moon is closest to the earth in years

But to be honest I've seen a much bigger moon

Sometime during mid-autumn

Perhaps it's just psychological

Due to the festival

The moon

The closest thing to us in the entire universe

Often outshone by artificial lights

In the concrete jungle

But when it's on it's own

It's really capable of lighting up the night

The best moon I've ever seen

Was around 10 years ago during my trip to Pulau Perhentian

The beach was dark

With only stray lights from the chalets coming through the trees

It was the brightest moon I've ever seen

Lighting up the beach

While listening to the sound of light waves pampering the beach

We could actually see it hitting the sands

Without any artificial lighting

Thanks to the moon

That night

There were two moons

One in the sky

Another in the sea

Reflection of perfection

Extras Extravaganza

Extras

Pelakon Tambahan

临时演员

Hmm

What's the feeling?

Complex feeling

Easy job

No need to memorize scripts

Spend a few hours

Filling up the edges of the picture

If you are lucky

Your face is there for a second

If you are not-so-lucky

You appear as a dark, unfocused figure

Spend a few hours there

And the pay is better than what a sales promoter get in a day

As a bonus

You get to see people whom you usually see on tv

You might even get to take a picture with them

Nice huh?

To be honest

Yes

But at times

Being at the background

Looking at actors while they act

You can't help but feel

"Hey, I want to try acting that part"

"Hey, if I were in his position, I would act this way, not that way"

"Hey, if I get to act his character, I would present that character in another way"

No disrespect to anyone

Sometimes you might even think

"Hey, I might be able to do a better job portraying that character"

But of course

At times you might also go like

"Wow! I could learn his way of portraying a character"

But those thoughts

Remain thoughts

Only to yourself

Sometimes it really does come down to one word

Opportunity

There are a crop of good actors in the country

But the difference is opportunity

There's only a fine line in between

Opportunity comes in two ways

If you're lucky

Or if you fight hard enough for it

But the industry is on the up in this country

Our tv is no longer saturated with Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas

Hopefully this would spell a chance for the current crop of extras in the country

Speaking from the viewpoint of an extra

For the crop of extras in the industry

我的贪吃日记 第二章

我的贪吃日记 第二章：Cendol

大热天

路边摊

如果是马来档

逃不过椰水凉粉

如果是印度档

就是ABC或Cendol

ABC和Cendol

我个人就较喜欢Cendol

Cendol

相信大家都看过吃过吧

所以就不附上照片啦

很普通的一样东西嘛

通街都是

可是要好吃的Cendol

就比想像中难找到

不知道是不是我味蕾的问题啦

我连咸的Cendol都吃过

真的咯

夸张到啊

Cendol的味道要刚刚好的

太甜

当然不行

所以有时要求kurang manis的

可是有时kurang了之后

又变到太淡

由于椰浆的关系

吞了下去之后

嘴里会留下一点酸酸的味道（aftertaste)

所以甜度要拿捏得刚刚好

巴生最出名的Cendol

莫过于Cendol Klang

这间店可是历史悠久的哦

可惜到现在我还没机会去试一试

所以我这里介绍的不是那一家啦

我这里要讲的

是巴生永安镇大路边的小食中心啦

相信这里是所有巴生（至少巴生北区）的居民都有去过的地方吧

这一排档口是出了名的多种小食

Pisang Goreng

薯饼

薄饼

Laksa

炒粿条

猪肠粉

糖水

样样到齐

当然这排档口的第一档就是Cendol档

也有卖ABC和Rojak

这里的Cendol是我吃过算不错了的

讲起Cendol

就不得不提起曾有个朋友跟我说了令我差点对Cendol反胃的废话

他说Cendol里的那些青色条状物

像鼻涕！！！

算了吧

到此为止

-.-"

我的贪吃日记 第一章

别看本人虽然是很瘦小

我可是很爱吃的人哦

食量搞不好比你多很多哦

哎呀再怎么讲你也是不相信的啦

对于买用的穿的

我的确很吝啬

不过对于吃的喝的

我的确舍得花多一些

本人不爱山珍海味大鱼大肉

更不会去大酒家大酒楼

本人爱的

是某某大路边不起眼的小摊子

或是某某地方一排店的角头间

亦或是某某大厦旁的小食中心

这些简单便宜但好吃的小食

所以在这里猜一猜

我最爱的本地旅游胜地是哪里？

应该不会猜错吧

答案是槟城！

反正最近blog都不知道要写什么

自己每天又到处吃

所以打算在这里时不时分享一些吃的跟喝的

而且是华人马来人印度人小食通吃哦

当个山寨版’阿贤‘

我的贪吃日记 第一章：客家面

今天下午到红屋找吃

不是马六甲那个荷兰人的红屋

而是在Klang Parade附近的红屋小食中心

讲到华人小食中心

里面的摊子

总是逃不过这几样

鸡饭

云吞面

炒粿条

面粉粿

伊面

虾面

经济饭

这些统统吃到厌了

突然给我看到卖云吞面的档口也标着’客家面‘

这个比较新鲜

没吃过

所以就叫一盘来试试看是什么东东

其实它的面条和云吞面的没什么两样

但相对配料就简单了许多

鸡肉碎（或猪肉碎）加上葱叶

淋上鸡肉汤汁

就这么简单

比较令我印象深刻的是这碗面的颜色

不说你不知

我确确实实是个干捞王

怎么说？

我爱吃干捞

当一些食物（例：伊面，猪肉粉）有干捞和清汤的选择时

我十有八九都是叫干捞的

而说到干捞

相信很多人（包括我）对它的印象是’黑黑‘的吧

对

黑黑的

就是因为干捞的酱汁的主要材料是黑酱油

我就是喜欢黑酱油的味道

不过

摆在我面前的客家面

是白白的

没有黑酱油

面条的颜色也是原本的金黄色

不像在干捞面里那些被黑酱汁染得褐褐色的面

说到这里

想起爸爸曾对我说的东西

我爸在Batu Pahat出生长大

在大约十岁时才一家人搬过来巴生

他说爷爷嬷嬷（我不叫婆婆，我叫嬷嬷）起初搬来时

吃不惯外头的面

他们不解为什么巴生的面总是黑黑的

原来’黑黑‘的干捞面是巴生河流域的特色哦

我爸说Batu Pahat的干捞面不是黑黑的

相信是地方文化之别吧

吉隆坡巴生一代的干捞面

就是黑黑的

说回下午吃的客家面

挺不错

但味道偏咸了一点

虽然客家面说不上’濒临绝种‘的食物

但相比起云吞面炒粿条

还是相对少见

印象中我今天也是第一次吃

价格还不错

一盘大的RM4

可是很抱歉没拍到照片放上来

预告我的贪吃日记 第二章：Cendol