.. breakfast ..

a typical malaysian usually had either nasik lemak (steamed coconut rice), roti canai (a type of bread) or mee that goes with teh tarik (pulled-tea) for their breakfirst.


today is a public holiday as the nation celebrates the chinese new year. i'm expecting most of chinese shop will be closed, but to my surprise, all malay's nasik lemak stall around my house also close today. i think they took the opportunity of 4 straight holiday for a vacation or going back to their hometown.


and so i'm heading to the 24hours, 365days operations mamak restaurant for roti canai. my friend and i used to have this discussion on mamak restaurant:


me: "you know why mamak restaurant always a happening place to go everyday? because they open everyday!"
my friend: "no lah! not everyday. some do close for few days - sometimes"
me: "come on la wei. they even open during muslim eid mubarak"
my friend: "some restaurant do close on one particular day"
me: "when?"
my friend: "when local municiple council whack them up for the cleanliness. they have to close a few days to clean up their shop. haha!"
me: "aiseh. not all lah. some only"

.. year of rat ..

me: "happy new year auntie"
auntie: "thank you. thank you. your muslim new year is on muharram right? i think somewhere last month?"
me: "wah, you know ya auntie?"
auntie: "of course ma, we are malaysian right?"


one thing that i know about chinese traditions, they are not allowed to sweep the floor on the new year day as it will sweep away the good fortune and luck for the new year so they will do all the clean up the day before. they will also decorate their house with red colour for good luck.


tomorrow, chinese celebrate their new year. it's the year of rat. malaysian celebrate all races new year (some as public holiday, some only states holiday) which makes us knows something about their new year and traditions and they learn some about ours. well thats the beauty of being a malaysian. you get a lot of holiday. haha.

.. concern ..

me: "do you want to take my camera along with you to Brunei?"

mulan: "yeah! thanks!"

me: "but the small one ya?"

mulan: "i want the big black box!"

me: "no you can't"

mulan: "oh so you're more concern about the camera than me?"

me: "no, it's not that. i'm very concern... that you gonna spoil my camera!"

mulan: "you!..."


she's going outstation to Brunei next week to wrap up her project. anyone organizing a party this week?