Tuesday 14 January 2014

the politic of yong tau foo and pecal ...


one can learn many things from a simple but extraordinary incident and of late ... about one of my favourite sayur ...

 and yes ... what is yong tau foo ... or pecal without kangkung ...

yong tau foo ...
image source and recipe here ...

there's a favourite Yong Tau Foo gerai in Paroi ... Awe Yong Tau Foo (awe as in awang :) ... and if i do not see kangkung displayed, sometimes tergantung, at the warung i'll definitely change my mind about having Yong Tau Foo ...

and surprise surprise ... awe yong tau foo is in google image ...


pecal ... 
if you don't banjir it with sauce, pecal is the most healthy dish in the world!

but
Pecal is not so easily available around here ... it's a favourite during Ramadhan ... and again pecal without kangkung? it's like satay without kuah satay i think ... at least it is for me ...

it's a simple dish to make ... just google pecal recipe ...

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out of curiosity i checked the national value of this sayur and here are some information worth reading ...

ladang kangkung from ...
a not so ordinary blog by a senior agronomist here ...


sayur prices from FAMA ...

kangkung in Indonesia ... the land of pecal? ... 
image source and story here ...


yum yum ... kangkung belacan anyone?



Thursday 9 January 2014

Budget made simple ...

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Since young we have been told ...

... belanja bila ada duit ... buat apa yang patut nak cari duit ... sambil sekolah pun hujung minggu boleh tolong emak abah buat kerja mereka ... menoreh ke ... ke sawah ke ... niaga ke ... masa cuti buat kerja jadi pembantu kedai dsbnya ...

beli apa yang perlu. yang lain simpan untuk hal-hal sekolah dsbnya ...

kita diajar bagaimana nak dapatkan duit untuk tampung belanja ... tak ada pula kita diajar ... pinjam duit buat belanja ...

walaupun kita tahu ... emak abah kita pinjam duit juga dari sanak saudara bila tak cukup nak bayar itu ini kat sekolah ke atau universiti ... tetapi berpada-pada juga ... sebab sama je dalam keadaan saling membantu ...

... kata orang kaya pula ... kalau nak kaya kena lah berhutang ... then i would prefer to remain not kaya ... but hati senang tak de hutang ... alhamduLillah ... but i urge all to carilah duit banyak-banyak tanpa berhutang ... dan gunakan duit untuk kita sikit, untuk cari ilmu dan banyakkan bantu yang lain ...

... duit bukan untuk sentiasa nak upgrade current toys and joys ...

Allahu'alam


Israel Armed Security Police at one of the the Doors to Masid Al Aqsa ... bajet bajet lah sikit and do please try to make a visit to Baitul Maqdis ...

Saya sampaikan pesanan our Brother Guide in Palestine "Please inform all in Malaysia, do not stop visiting us"
 ... and do try to go very early in the morning for your Fajar Solat ... and to see Palestinians sitting in front of the door ... till it is opened from the inside by the Israel Armed Security Police ... (the above is google image ... because we can't ever take any photograph involving the Israel Security Police ... the ones we saw tak lah seramai ini ... ini ada special day ni ... tengok Jemaah Palestine yang sabar tunggu nak masuk tu ...)

kalau mata mu tak merah menahan sebak then you would have to imagine pagi subuh di Malaysia you pergi masjid tunggu Pembuka Pintu Masjid seumpama di Occupied Palestine territory tu ...
belum lagi lah minta di jauhkan Allah SWT ... 
tetapi apakah tidak mungkin? ... kalau kita tak pandai belanja tanpa deficit ...


Allahu'alam