Happy Independence Day Malaysia - Rooze Esteghlal dar Malezi

It's the 56th year of Malaysia's independence day. Me and some of my khanavadeh (family) went out for countdown at our beloved city, Pontian Johor. We arrived around 10.30p.m. The whether was so lovely tonight as the rain has stopped pouring. There was a big crowd of people at the mini stadium which is facing the Malacca Straits, hence the nice sea breeze. There were performance from some artists, traditional zapin dance and patriotic songs. As the normal ritual, we countdown for 12 a.m., sang national anthem, Negaraku, sang few patriotic songs and the star of the night fireworks. This year, they showed about 10 minutes real fireworks. When I said real it does mean the big one not the one we usually played for Hari Raya. 

All in all, I felt happy tonight to see that Malaysians really appreciate Merdeka Day even I don't know they understand the meaning of independence or not. The only things I don't really like is to see many children or I can say teenagers around age 13-15 with their bicycles going nowhere in the middle of night on the roads. I wonder where were their parents, don't they worrying their children?hmm..

Ok lah. I managed to record videos even the quality is not good as I used iphone. Enjoy...

Taa daafe baad..be omide 1000000 sal esteghlal va azadi (eh,shabihe sooroode melli iran) dar Malezi...khodanegahdar

World War III is Happening?

The East and West had experienced it. Is time for the Middle has arrived? War in nowadays time will not called war it will be doomsday. I am talking about the latest news of Syria's conflict which Obama is ready to call upon WWIII. I read an article from here.

What really is happening? Why the conflict become worst? Where the heck they put their brains on? Rebellion? What's that for? To be syahid? Then what will happened to the family, wife, children, mother, father? Will they live a better life after your death? For me their dreams will never happen. There's no justice or independence if you get it from blood. Because blood will put grudge and things will repeat.

I am very glad that I was born and bred in Malaysia. Peaceful albeit the multi-culture, multi-religion, multi-everything. I know there are foreigners said that Malaysians are slow, no-heart, no-feelings, that we are afraid to change or rebel. But hey, what's that for? If in the end we lost things we used to have. Our silence is not because we're afraid but because we are glad to live in a harmony. What we are having now is more than enough. Maybe there are lacks here and there in the country's management, but nothing is perfect.

Happy Independence Day Malaysia. 31 August 2013. Let us pray for the best for all world's residence.

Taa daafe baad....khoda ro shokr baraye harchi ke darim...khoda hafez

Me and Puts (niece) today. New irani hijab ( made in china). :)

Simple Chicken Rendang

Rendang is a popular dish during hari raya. But I didn't cook any this year. Today I'm craving for it, so I cooked some for lunch. This is my favourite rendang recipe. I don't like much rendang with kerisik as I think it's too heavy. So this is my way of cooking rendang and I think I'll stick to this recipe for now.

Ingredients:

~ Chicken pieces

~ 1 medium onion*

~ 4 garlic cloves*

~ half inch ginger*

~ 1 cm galangal*

~ 4 dried chillies*

~ 1 lemon grass - bruised

~ half cup coconut milk

~ kaffir lime leaves, finely chopped

~ turmeric leaves, finely chopped

~ cooking oil

~ salt, sugar, msg

*finely grind

Methods:

1. Heat some oil, fry the blended until fragrant with lemongrass.

2. Add in chicken pieces, cook until all sides brown.

3. Add in coconut milk, kaffir lime leaves, turmeric leaves, salt, msg and sugar.

4. Add some water if sticky, let everything simmer for 40 minutes.

See, it's very simple. Just in an hour rendang is ready. if using kerisik you need to add another hour to prepare just kerisik.

Taa daafe baad....khodanegahdar

Post Election Rambling

Hello. Hi. 5th May was Malaysia election day. This is my second time voting. Went to the poll station with my sis and bro around 12pm. Not many people as my place is in rural area so there are not many voters there. For DUN it wass BN vs PAS while for parliament BN vs DAP. What I crossed? Secret lah of course :P

Around 1250 midnight they conformed that government won more than half of the chairs, but less than previous election. It was expected to be like that. And for some reasons this time election is the worst phenomenon in my country. In social media especially people saying about the misbehaved of SPR (organization that handle the election) process. Regarding "pengundi hantu" (illegal voters) from bangla, about the sudden blackout during the process of counting votes and so many more. The opposition had tried so hard to show that the election was badly managed so that government still ruling the country. At the same time also, the other side saying that all these rumors were being planned by opposition to gather people's attention to change the government. At the time I am writing this, I heard that Anwar Ibrahim (opposition leader) is going to file petition to the court for the matter. Besides I heard that people with pea mind want to get help from the white house. One of the main contributor to the fight is that about discrimination between different races in Malaysia. Malay and Chinese particularly. It's like a time bomb that can explode anytime. True what bff said to me 1 time, if Malay and Chinese fight each other, Malaysia will 'begar' (riot). I just hope the current misunderstanding can be solve quickly. People unite regardless of race or nation. The new government need to prove Malaysian what they can do, not just spending money on gaining people attention without solving the problem from the bottomline.

Some pictures from the election scene:

Campaign - notes they delivered to home

The controversial blue ink for those who voted.

Random at home. Now you know which one i've crossed :)

The night before election, we had family gathering which means foods. I'll share another time ok. 

Khoda Hafez!