Influence

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Bought these basic beading books on impluse (probably, influenced by Angie-San, eh??), even though I expect they will gather dust in the corner.

Humanizer of the neighbourhood (part 2)

Still remember the "humanizer" of our neighbourhood ?  After not seeing it for about a month plus in  October, I was so shocked and sad to find him like that!  Heard from a senior citizen , that it was blinded by someone/something .... Fortunately, a  prawn noodle hawker pay for the operation fees out of his pocket for it.   Blessed  the good Samaritan !

An evening at Times Sq

The Chinese New Year decoration is up ! Two more weeks before New Year !!

Dancing in the air

Doesn't it looks like samba dancer ??

Orchids @ Chin Ho Plaza @ Times Sq

Orchid competition cum exhibition at Chin Ho Plaza from 14Jan to 23Jan11

Another outrageous piece from Nury

Hide your privates.   Machines which see through clothes are coming to Asia.  Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and other places have ordered the devices, already in use at airports in the West.

Reader Paul Fox has a plan up his sleeve (not his trousers, security officers, please note).

“One of the first items to buy on my holiday list are scan-proof undies,” he said.  Invented  by an engineer in Colorado, these underpants have a built-in fig leaf which keeps your private parts private.

I mentioned this in the bar, and an entrepreneurial friend became very excited.  He started scribbling a strange undulating shape on the back of his napkin.

“A lead-lined fig leaf just hides what you have. This invention will enhance it, “ he said.

I peered at what he had drawn.  “You’re going to put a bowl of fruit down your pants?”

He said: “It’s not fruit. It’s a moulded piece of rubber which will give men a flattering profile as they enter full-body scanners. Male security officers will gasp, salute you and say: ‘Respect”.  Female security officers will leap over their counters and ask for your phone number.”

He asked whether this happened to me when going through full-body scanners on my recent business trips.  I pondered for a while before opting for an ambiguous answer: “Not every time.”

The barman said a friend of his thought of a wild scheme.  “Possession of child porn in illegal, right?” he said.  “My friend plans to send his children through the scanner- and then arrest the entire air transport security department.”

Of course, one can opt for the patdown.  Paul said that he disliked the idea of a security officer ‘getting to second base” on their first meeting.

A male flight attendant said the main change in patdown procedure was small but important.   “Up to now, they stroked your private parts with the backs of their hands, which doesn’t feel intrusive.  But in the new system, a guy in uniform feels your private parts with his fingertips, which feels really bad.”  “Or really good, if you are gay, “ said the entrepreneur.

I found this comment objectionable.  I said: “Don’t assume all gay people are perverts who like being fondled by strangers.”  The flight attendant was puzzled.  “We aren’t?” he

asked.

This was all getting a bit too R-rated for me, so I tried to change the subject.  The others wouldn’t let it go.

A woman who reads gossip magazine said Fergie, an attractive pop singer, went through a full-body scanner the other day.  “When someone puny like you steps into such a machine, everyone just gets a laugh,” she said, looking at me.  “But when a celeb steps into one, that machine is creating a valuable image that could be sold for a fortune.”

“How can we assume security officers will resist temptation, as the world’s most beautiful people step through their scanners?”

I didn’t respond.  I was too busy looking for an online job application form to become an airport security officer.  I’ve always thought of the job as being among world’s most miserable but it’s just about to become a whole lot more fun.

Superstar Libra

Superstar Libra Star cruise is opened for the public today from noon till 4.00 pm. Quite regret that I have suggested this visit to Fussy M as we need to climb many flights of stairs to each level and there are 5 or more levels!! (hope her heart can take it! Pray that no more another "Ipoh event" like in 2008 !!Touchwood !!) ; the elevators and many areas are restricted from visitors. This is more like road show promotion for their cruise packages and we are are lead in a row like penguins to view a few certain areas of the ship under the watchful eyes of the staff.

The new jetty and a ferry is approaching the terminal which is blocked by the new jetty from this angle.

Century old warehouse at the harbour.

Games and food.  The snacks and drinks are not for free, though !

Surprisingly, Fussy M finds the snacks quite nice.

Saturday Night's Out @ Kim Gary in 1st Avenue

A night's out with some old pals.  We knew each other since primary school.   Try to make this an annual event to get together.  Kim Gary is equal to Kaki Bola's family restaurant.  They dine out at Kim Gary almost every week and hence, know all about the promotions and benefits being a member !

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 My favourite stone grill unangi rice mixed with kimchi etc.  (Had this also last year during Kaki Bola's brithday).  Forgot to take a pic before started eating and also before  Fussy M took my kimchi away for testing; it looked like a mess in the pic. 

This year, have a merrier crowd as WC manages to join us before she is due by this end of this month.  She also brought along her youngest daughter.

A " hyperactive" child at large after dinner.

This should be the cleanest and most beautiful parking lot we have ever seen in Penang!  I guess Gurney Plaza's one can't even beat it !  Usually, the shopping malls only look great on the exteriour and shopping areas but parking lots' are all coarsely done.  This one at 1st Avenue is clean and spacious.  I would vote this as the best multi-level parking lot in Penang!!