Uncle Burger hit by thieves

In a very sad development, our sponsor, Uncle Burger, reported that his stove, table and parasol was stolen from his residence yesterday morning at around 10:30am.

The Mentally-Blind Motorist Syndrome

Recently, the Ipoh City Council went about the whole of Ipoh Garden and its surrounding areas, repainting road markers, lines, and parking lots. That's utterly commendable - syabas! Job long overdue, but still most welcome.

Having said that, the folks around Ipoh Garden have pretty much adapted to a "no-lines-so-taroh-onli-who-cares" mentality. Although the demarcation lines are highly visible now, motorists cannot "see" them anymore after over 10 years of driving around purely by experience around the area (where's the parking lot, stay off that road shoulder cos ada lobang, fire hydrant tarak pakai one so park onli nobody kacau one, etc.) - and here's the result:

 

Excuse me, where is the hand washing basin??

Post contributed by member definite_maybe

Hi CN .. sowieeeee .. It has been very crazy weeks/months for me .. work, family, love life .. sigh .. sometimes i think i fall into the category of abnormal people .. :-(

Anyway .. I just got back from Cameron Highlands .. and yess it is still cool .. literally :-D Just not as cool as last time .. global warming?? Ask Bush about that! Anyway, on my way back, I stopped for lunch at a food court at Brinchang, it's the one in front of Hotel Jasmine, right adjacent to Brinchang Central Market .. and i noticed there weren't any hand-washing basins/sinks .. I wonder how the premise was approved as one of the requirements for setting up food premises is to have adequate hand washing facilities. I have to go into the kitchen to wash my hands and .. hmm ..

I think Majlis Daerah CH should visit this place and do something about it. I mean .. it is clean alright .. but no hand washing sink??? It's unacceptable, man ..

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Medan Gopeng Bus Terminal

Continuing on with the Ipoh Blog & Podcast article on Ipoh's worst public infrastructure, I have here yet another recent photo of this public disgrace:

Poslaju for international deliveries

I had to send 4 pieces of A4-sized documents urgently to the US. The first people I think of to do this for me is Poslaju Malaysia, secondly - if you must know - is FedEx. More on FedEx later ...Edit July 11, 2006: Read about my FedEx experience!

So ok, I filled in the international airwaybill; waited patiently for my number to be called and attended to. DING! I'm up ...