Faux Ex-PE 7.5 Gathering

Aww..you probably already know that I wouldn't miss my Merdeka post for anything =) Nah, nothing anti-government or anti-homosexuals today, although seriously, those PAS Youth suckers have nothing better to do than to disrupt the MLTR concert in Genting Highlands. Today's more towards Food.

Anyway, Lye Wan hasn't seen Kok Shen in such a long time and misses him suggested having a small gathering with us ex-PE 7.5 college mates during Merdeka Day. After procrastinating and putting off the planning, we finally got to discussing it the night before the gathering, which was August 30^th. We planned through MSN, and although most of the ex-classmates were included, only 5 gave feedback.

Choosing a place to eat in KL can be pretty headache-inducing, at least for me. If you're as stingy thrifty as me, you'd want someplace that fulfils your Three Golden Rules:

• Cheap
  
• Delicious
  
• Big Serving
  

Darren at last suggested his favourite 'budget dating' restaurant, Monte's Restaurant and Bar in Sunway Pyramid. According to him, he likes it because you get cheap western set lunch for a sub-RM20 budget.

Only 5 people turned up for the faux class reunion (Me, Darren, Kok Shen, Wayne, Lye Wan), which was also a good thing as there were less people to please. Imagine if 20 people turned up and each of them had an opinion on where to eat. I know because I've tackled such 'projects' before. With only 5 people, four of us could agree on the place to eat while the fifth one would have no choice but to follow, unless of course Kok Shen wanted to eat alone. Whoops, did I just say the name of the fifth person out loud?

Imagine our horror when we got there and found out that Monte's had already closed down, replaced by Zhia's, a Chinese cuisine restaurant.

Don't ask me how, but we ended up in a newly opened Tokyo "G" restaurant.

Ambience was somewhat good. Note the Morse code-ish patterns on the wall

They were having a Buy 2 Free 1 promotion, se we got 3 Bento boxes to share amongst ourselves.

We also got a free Chameleon sushi set.

I wouldn't say I was full, but with Darren entertaining us with his card tricks and looking at Kok Shen's bewildered face, it was a good and satisfying lunch.

And it was sub-RM20 too. =D

Post Script:

But if you want truly authentic Japanese food, nothing beats the Japanese restaurants in SS15. I went there (again) recently with my dad to catch dinner.Fuck I forgot the name of that fish-Set

Their very generous serving of Chawan Mushi

They use the freshest ingredients for their food, as you can see from the redness of the salmon.
And I think me snapping photos of practically everything in the restaurant somehow made me look like a food connoisseur. The manager/owner even gave us some free soup. =DCall me along if you feel like going there someday =P

Amanah Saham 1BN

In the spirit of the country's 52th Independence Day, what's better than a little bit of conspiracy, unless you already realized what I'm about to say.

Last month the Government launched a new fund worth RM10billion. Sold at RM1 a unit, and christened the Amanah Saham 1Malaysia (AS1M), it was the Government's way of 'giving back' to the rakyat. Yeah, three cheers for them!....that is if you're dumb. It's our money in the first place.
It came out in the papers that the Government was going to give out 100 free units to all freshies enrolled in local varsities. In case you didn't know, freshies are new, first year students.

Now if the Government wants to show a gesture of goodwill, and since this fund is called SATUMALAYSIA, shouldn't students from ALL universities, be it government or private get the free units?

Barisan got its arse whipped up pretty good in the March '08 General erection due to the fact that it underestimated the power of the young voters. With easier access to unfiltered and uncensored news sources, the young voters were so called "less ignorant" than the older generation of voters.

Barisan realised this, and before you know it, every Tom, Dick and Harry politician has a bl0rg and facebook account, to "get closer with the rakyat". So there, they are trying to get on the good side of the young voters. You know, give them a little "incentive" now and then, just enough for the equation "Barisan = goodies" to remain in their minds until the next General Erections.

What better way to "win over" some young voters than to feed them some cash under the veil of "Free 100 trust fund units for Local varsities".

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Post Script: Just a little update. So far, only about RM1.6billion units have been sold. And if my elementary maths doesn't fail me, that means that the Government is still RM8.4billion short of its set target.

Undilah 1Barisan Nasional...

...NOT







.......srsly

Pic of the Day: GOTCHA!

A screenshot from the documentary Nostradamus 2012 by the History Channel.
(Hint: Look at the words)

Post Script:
Yes I'm terribly bored to have watched that documentary. And yes, I snorted at almost every single sentence the so called "experts" said.

Pic of the Day: Pointless Label(s)

"OMG! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A PAIL!"

Post Script:

G.I. Joe was awesome.