Saturday, February 26, 2011

Kuey teow and Mee

It was a really annoying yet funny situation I encountered this evening
while I was ordering for my dinner in a hawker center in Sibu

Looking at the menu hanging on the wall of the stall,
the conversation began with:
来老板,你要吃什么? 'What you want to order?'
炒粿条面 'Fried kuey teow mee.'
She suddenly stared at me and stopped her work in hand
粿条面? 'Kuey teow mee?'
你要粿条还是面? 'You want kuey teow OR mee?'
I insistingly said
粿条面 'Kuey teow mee'
She felt a bit annoyed, me too
你要mee kahwin是吗? 'You want mee kahwin orh?'
'Mee kahwin?' -- a new word in my own 'dictionary'
是不是粿条掺面? 'Keuy teow mixed with mee larrr'
Ok。。。Ok。。。给我一盘 'Okay...okay...give me one'

I went back to my seat
and started thinking back
'Kuey teow + mee is not kuey teow mee?'
From here, you can see the differences between West M'sia and East M'sia
the same thing may
have different name
or
totally have different look/presentation

I want my Kuey teow mee goreng!!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Pending trips


It was a fantastic week though workload for this week was a bit heavy.
Staying back till 4am for booking air ticket was really an unforgettable experience
Still remember this Tuesday very very early morning
together with me is my colleague here, Charles
stayed alert together in my place for booking air ticket

Yet, Airasia really makes our dreams come true with offer of cheap air ticket
where EVERYONE can fly!
I was one of the lucky guys
who able to book for two trips:
To Yogjakarta-Bandung-Jakarta
and
To Cambodia-Vietnam
And, there was another trip to Hong Kong and Macau awaiting me this June
which I booked earlier, a family trip
Hope to gain some experience through these trips
which would change my perception towards the world
in which I would able to close to two of the seven wonders of the world
Angkor Wat and Borobudur

Friday, February 11, 2011

Essay Writing

WHAT CAN A NEW PHARMACY GRADUATE CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE PHARMACY PROFESSION?

A title which sounds nice
but the range of writing is too wide

That is the title for
MPS-CCM Gold Medal Award for the best pharmacy student of the year
Somehow, this is not the criteria of getting the award

What I should write for a essay with 3 A4 pages long with Arial font of 11?
Give me some ideas.